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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1918
Page
4
Fragmented clerical ad text from The Anaconda Standard listing offices in Anaconda Montana and subscription terms. Includes references to circulation and distribution points such as Butte and Chicago Tribune, with scattered addresses and rates, largely unreadable.
The July Fourth message argues independence beyond national bounds toward global democracy ending tyranny. It anticipates an era without autocratic rule and foresees world liberty as divine right history shifts. In Butte, Anaconda and Montana towns Independence Day will feature parades, orations and readings of the Declaration.
Independence Day will mark the launch of the largest number of ships in one day in this country. Fifty five new ships will enter service at 36 yards as part of a proud shipbuilding push. The piece notes American tonnage rising from 2.4 million to about 4 million, with no limit to future builds, plus extensive imports and chartered vessels boosting the fleet to nearly eight million tons and 1,600 ships overall. It highlights a surge from 45,000 to 300,000 shipyard workers.
The passage extols wartime shipbuilding growth paving a future as a major American maritime power and merchant fleet. It notes Senator Titman’s prominence as a sought after speaker whose Thuttegome lecture from twenty years ago is still remembered for captivating audiences.
The article extols a national Fourth of July spirit amid World War I, urging unity and eliminating hyphenated loyalties. It praises Pershing’s troops, morale at training camps, and the home front’s entertainment drive by MC A, Knights of Columbus, Salvation Army, and others, linking celebrations to wartime efficiency and Americanism.
Senator Tillman of South Carolina, a fierce and outspoken figure in the Senate, died yesterday. Known as Pitchfork Ben, he challenged administrations and led the opposition, later moderating with age. A farmer by origin, Tillman rose from governor hopeful to longtime senator through 1890s and beyond, twice clashing with McLaurin and Roosevelt in notable debates.
A rousing piece notes over one million American troops in France, ongoing shipbuilding gains, and a fortified war effort. It contrasts celebratory patriotism with German aggression while humorously picturing heavenly and wartime figures shaping a grand Fourth of July in the nation’s mood.
Frank J. Valenti of New York creates a war painting inspired by his enlisted son Lorenz Valenti’s last words, Papa I am going to defend the Red, White and Blue. The undersized figure represents his son, drawn from memory due to lack of a photo.
A collection of vintage wartime quips and random notes from various papers. The July Fourth achievement of a Byzantine logothete is echoed alongside reflections on the Kaiser’s unpopularity, U-boat threats in flux, and mixed sentiments about Turkey and Palestine. Headlines tease American morale and press wit amid World War I discourse.
A collage of jokes and quips from Yonkers to Los Angeles and Boston, including wry lines about birthdays, the road rules, office girls, and social mores. It mirrors early 20th century humor in a doodled collage of brief punchlines and light satire.
Wartime guidance urges housewives to curb paper use by asking merchants to wrap goods in newspapers instead of new paper. The piece notes sugar rationing, explains economic patriotism, and cites a British magazine urging citizens to adopt newspaper wrapping to conserve materials for the war effort.
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