Standard Publishing Company Advertises Subscriptions and Newsstands
An Anaconda Montana notice from Standard Publishing Company outlines subscription rates, carrier delivery, and six months terms. It lists various newsstands and agencies across the country including New York Chicago St Paul Detroit and Seattle. Contact addresses urge correspondence to the Standard Publishing Company Anaconda Mont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mam J. Morton Co
Representati Rew
York
1Ifth Avenue
Chicago—Tribune Dalla
North America
Montana
New York
Hotaling's
Sen
Diego
Cnliee
Portland
Rowma F
oMara, Fitts, and
Wash
Tacoma
Trero News Co
Beattle—Whitney
Beattle
Acme News Co
Ocel
Yesler
Spokane
B. Stubeck, Wall and
Rivil
Standard Publishing Company
Anaconda
Mont
Bill seeks division of Montana into two congressional districts
January 11, 1917 report notes a bill in the Montana state senate to create two congressional districts. Proponents argue eastern Montana deserves representation, while current representation favors the west. The proposed line runs along the eastern boundaries of Flathead, Lewis and Clark, and Gallatin counties. Those east of the line would elect one congressman and those west would elect the other.
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Montana
Flathead
Lewis and Ciwater
Gallatin
Fone
Peace talks and cautious hopes for end to war
The article notes peace negotiations will be gradual not abrupt and warns against discouragement if war continues. It compares to informal talks last a year before Civil War ended and credits the president's note with real progress toward peace, hoping for settlement before year’s end.
Road Rights and Pedestrian Responsibilities Debate
The article discusses motorist and pedestrian rights on roads, citing American Automobile Association President J M Towe on pedestrian responsibility for many accidents. It argues the street frame must be kept orderly, noting cars do not travel on sidewalks but pedestrians often encroach into auto territory, contributing to crashes.
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J M. Towe
American Automobile Association
Rowe
Willis G
Rights on Highways and Fashion News From 1917
The text argues pedestrians and drivers alike are free to move on streets, with public opinion and old law supporting individual rights. It notes carelessness on routes remains but wanes slightly amid wartime strain. It also reports the National Association of Clothing Designers states no major men’s fashion changes for 1917-18, reassuring the average citizen.
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Cincinnati
City
National Association of Clothing Designers
Buffalo Bill and a World of Nineteenth Century Echoes
A condensed reminiscence of Buffalo Bill Cody as famed hunter and showman, praising his Wild West spectacle and frontier influence. The piece shifts to contemporary topics, noting a proposed $20 million bond issue for national defense, with allocations for the army navy shipping bill and island purchase. It then drifts through political and social commentary on figures like Tom Lawson and Harry K. Thaw, and ends with remarks on stock markets and public discourse.
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Col
William F. Cody
America
East
Buffalo Bill
Redskins
Army
Navy
West Indies
United States
Tom Lawson
Tom Harry Thaw
Housewife’s Economy Soup for Nothing
A 1917 McClure Syndicate piece promotes thrifty use of kitchen scraps to make soup. It urges using celery leaves and roots, mashed potatoes, and meat bones to create stock. It outlines practical leftovers-based methods and simple tomato soup with stock to stretch meals.
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McClure Newspaper
Refugees from Belgium and Poland Arrive in New York
The arrival of nearly 1,000 refugees from Belgium and Poland at New York's port reflects wartime displacement. The piece notes obstacles to escape, military conscription fears, and possible future immigration restrictions, while affirming a welcome in the United States for those fleeing horrors.
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Belgium
Poland
New York
United States
Geremany
Europe
Congress
Bond Issue Debate Sees Lines Drawn in Administration
Administration circles largely favor a bond line to cover most of the deficit from preparedness measures. The president opposes government bonds for current expenditures, insisting running expenses be met by taxes while defense costs argue for part of the burden to be borrowed.
Frying Pano Fire and a Quizzing Bureau Chief
A playful scene recaps a bureau of information chief admitting nine children as a joke about relief at home. A rising artist defends his studio work and a wife quips about a wolf deterrent painting. A school inspector tests first graders on objects and a map’s purpose, with shy, comic answers.
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Bureau of Information
Noted society woman in British army scandal described
A London court of inquiry reports influence exerted over high officers by a prominent society woman, Mrs. Cornwallis West, wife of Colonel William Cornwallis West and mother to two titled daughters. She is officially censured as many senior officers including Field Marshal Lord French are named in the affair.
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London
Shakespeare and Medicine The Freudian Theory Debate
A compilation of sensational claims posits Shakespeare held hidden Freudian insights on sleepwalking, ambition, and repressed emotion as seen in Lady Macbeth. Critics cite Coriat and Evins, while various newspapers comment on the idea with quips about modern psychology and literature.
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Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Lady Macbeth
Corint
Coriat
Macbeth
Coriot
Malcolm
Maéduff
de. W. A Evins
Humor Fragments and Quick Jokes on Daily Life
A roundup of humorous exchanges and quips from various figures. The items include a lampoon line about a class schedule, a hall named for Daniel Webster, gags about buying gasoline, a divorce quip, a blind tiger reference, kitchen banter with a landlady and new girl, a school prank dialogue, and a portable vacuum cleaner described as multipurpose furniture and instrument.
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Austin
Daniel Webster
Spirit of the Press Roars At Officials in Washington
A heated exchange features Bob Henry taunting Tom Lawson with the line put up or shut up. The remarks imply Lawson’s history of occasional action yet cast doubt on his willingness to expose leaks in a government department and reveal those responsible.
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Oyster Bay
Bob Henry
Tom Lawson
Tom
Government Department
Washington
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Mr. Aayan
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News and Courier
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Phoenix
Artz
Minneapolis Journal
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Mexico
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Elphia Ledger
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Scott
Millway
King Constantine
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Axe- Heral
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Indianapolis Star
Boston Transcript
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Landy
Fix'am
Twleet
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Boston ‘Transcript
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