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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1916
Page
8
Fragmentary excerpt lists multiple newspaper offices and distributors in cities including Detroit Chicago Spokane Denver Rochester and Anaconda. It mentions Montana based Anaconda and publishing connections with various agencies and addresses.
The city plans a grand illumination of streets on January 2 with a parade of decorated cars and masks, bands, carnivals, and speeches. Local groups coordinate with the city to ensure a memorable event, following earlier holiday lights displays who were praised.
The Zurich origin piece circulating in German newspapers outlines terms for peace with Belgium indemnity and German troop occupation, plus a separate Polish kingdom under a German prince. British and Allied views sharply oppose indemnities or territorial cessions while France faces heavy reparations and Russia independence. A Fortnightly Review article in England proposes no territory transfers, mutual disarmament, and an international league of peace. The piece also notes editorials on Ford, Wilson, and current European collapse, with allied leaders’ varied stances.
A reflective column argues that wartime zealotry cannot be converted by mere rhetoric. It contrasts German aggression with Allied sacrifices in defense of liberty, labeling Wilson and Ford as lacking spiritual insight and describing the conflict as a test of creed and nobility.
The tune less 2010 Signor Marconi, inventor of the wireless telegraph, has returned to Italy from America at the government s request. A light anecdote recalls a lady mistaking him for Mascagni and asking to hear the wireless piano, to which Marconi replied with formal humor.
William Waldorf Astor achieves his long held aim of British subject status by being raised to the rank of baron in the king’s New Year list. This marks a rare instance of an American becoming a British peer, with Lord Fairfax of Cameron the only other precedent recalled.
Dr. W A Evans notes that South Carolina Illinois and Florida joining the birth and death registration area in 1915 marks health data expansion. The 1914 death rate fell to 13.8 per thousand, with estimated nationwide lives saved around 150000. Leading states and cities with best improvements are listed, including Rhode Island New York Massachusetts and Portland Oregon.
A compilation of editorial quips and opinions from Philadelphia Public Ledger Boston Advertiser New York Sun and others on Theodore Roosevelt and pacifist themes. Writers mock or defend Roosevelt detailing motives and possible 1916 presidential plans amid foreign policy debates.
A collage of humorous lines from multiple papers shows jokes about brokers lovers and politics. The fragments reference a Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph Kansas City Journal Boston Tran Restaurateur and Washington Star with quips about financial pessimists and public figures.
Mary Pickford recalls that success comes from hard work not fantasy. She contrasts discontent with ease, describes early Biograph days, and explains the demanding schedule, eye strain, and constant travel. She notes the challenge of writing, reading, and maintaining focus amid the rigors of studio life.
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