This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1918
Page
4
The Anaconda Standard announces a change in publishing policy under Bttannard Publishing Company. Printers and proprietors rotated positions, listing East Hew Yak, Detroit, Chicago, and New York bureaus among others, with broad general business entitlements for the publication of credited and local news.
On Monday July 29 1918 community leaders declare no tolerance for I W W agitators in Butte and pledge protection for miners who wish to work. They emphasize loyalty patriotism and support for copper production with mines to operate uninterrupted.
Reports from Montana crop agencies show improved conditions through June with rains easing drought areas. Wheat near 30 million bushels for the year, corn yields projected, flax and beets promising, oats better, livestock generally encouraging. Banking Corp notes strong prospects aiding the nation’s bread supply amid high feeder demand.
The piece muses that after the war ends the truth about Von Hindenberg's fate will emerge, along with whether the czar and Grand Duke Alexis are dead. It notes past conflicting reports of leaders’ statuses and doubts that will be clarified once peace returns.
An editorial reflects on bankers as cautious barometers of economic health and forecasts a strong agricultural 1918 in Montana. It lauds Allied leadership under Foch, notes improved coordination, and presses that American forces bolster artillery and air superiority, while German reserves may launch a final offensive. It praises patriotic Americans, native and naturalized, and condemns treasonous ambivalence.
A 1918-era piece blends a forecast of a massive U S battleship with fusion politics in New York as Republicans and Democrats back a united front against socialists. It discusses a battleship of 180000 horsepower at 35 knots with ten 12-inch guns, 115 officers, 1095 sailors, and 64 marines costing about 25000000 dollars, plus wartime bakery tips and a long poem by Katherine Lee Bates about Archduke Francis Ferdinand and the war’s reach.
Editorial laments that true patriots must support America and its war aims, condemning pro German sentiment and indifference. It asserts revived pride in the American cause, warning against slurs about the country, its flag, soldiers, or president, and notes loyalty predominates.
Wartime Housewifery by Frances Marshall presents a German Christmas cookie recipe renamed Liberty Cookies. The instructions list honey, cream, spices like cloves and cinnamon, nut meats, citron, brown sugar, and flour to form a batter, then shapes baked on a greased pan with milk and honey to finish.
A man seeking shelter from footsteps hid behind a screen as a family held a music lesson schedule. From 9 to 12, the eldest daughter, second daughter, eldest son, and younger son each had lessons, then all gathered for a joint piece. The intruder cried for a policeman as he emerged.
Two Yankee soldiers sit among trophies they captured from the enemy in the battle of Serche prey, France. The image shows their evident satisfaction and pride in the spoils of victory.
A jumble of wartime commentary and humorous sketches cites German tactics as a warning and mocks Anglophile habits. It brackets hallucinatory tales from Iowa, poems, and riffs on Uncle Sam, the Hun, and Long Island heroines, ending with light political and social asides.
A collage of satirical lines and wartime quips from multiple papers. References to carriers shot, leaders like Kaiser and Foch, and mock headlines critique politics and the war effort. Authors poke at Paris, Berlin, and American officials while noting public fatigue with conflict reporting.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.