Anaconda Standard publication and distribution details
Listing of publication offices rates and distribution points for the Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda Montana. Includes mailing and carrier rates for daily and Sunday editions and the locations where the Standard is on sale in multiple cities across the United States.
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Standard Publishing Company
Anaconda
voNo Gt Raitoriat
Standard Santice
Mont
Rutte
North Main Street
Montana
New York
Hotaling’s
Broadway
Chicago
Congress
Marie Cigar and
Senth
Denver—Western News Agency
Balt Laie
Emma van Patten
San Francisco
United News
San Diego
Spokane
B. Studeck, Wall and Riverine
Feney
Oceidental
Cut the Expenses and Ease War Tax Burden
Editorial urges government at all levels to slash running expenses and avoid costly projects to ease the anticipated surge in taxes for the war. It notes the need to employ scarce workers in productive roles while minimizing official counts and expenditures until hostilities end.
Old Methods and New in Civil War Conscription
A Utica Observer excerpt recalls the Civil War era where counties strapped quotas with bounty funds raised by wealthy subscriptions. Advertisements shouted "Substitutes Wanted" and premiums were paid to enlist. A supervisor offered $26 plus town authorized bounty to men who enlisted by a set date.
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Congress
Utica
Bounty Jumpers and the Draft War Effort
The piece explains how substitutes were bought and sold to avoid combat, with payments from $500 to $1,000. It notes bounty seekers, sworn in under false names, deserting for new bounties, and towns paying for substitutes. It praises the selective draft preventing such practices and asserts equality before the law.
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Congress
Auc
Anaconda Plan Provides Land for Families and Institutions
Practical Solutions describes a plan by which 300 to 400 Anaconda families gain access to 80 irrigated acres for two years. The land will be cultivated as a whole under company supervision with labor supplied pro rata. Each family will receive a share of produce and pay only the actual irrigation and horse labor costs. The article notes 1000 acres donated to the state penitentiary and the hospital for the insane to be tilled by convict labor to save taxpayer money.
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Anaconda
Dr. H.C. Gardner
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
State Penitentiary
State Hospital For
Butte urged to pave streets and build auditorium this year
The piece argues war cannot excuse neglect of Butte's business district pavement and a central town hall. It calls on the commercial club and local groups to act now for a safe level auditorium and paved streets to serve conventions and public gatherings.
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Butte
Commercial Club
Merchants’ Association
Rotary Club
Ad Club
Women’s Organizations
Amusement Tax Passes Congress For Theaters And Tickets
The article reports a 10 percent amusement tax on all theater and concert tickets, prize fights, and moving picture tickets. It notes higher-priced venues may pass the tax to customers, while dime and nickel houses may not, making the levy potentially impractical for some operators.
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Atlantic
Congress
War Taxes and Global Conflict Highlight Wartime Press
A long, disjointed column reflects on wartime economics and public sentiment. It notes proposed and adopted taxes on automobiles and club dues, cites global casualties in the millions, praises Allied leadership, and critiques Russian policy and German strategy amid submarine warfare turmoil.
Butter Substitutes At Home The Frugal Cook Explains
In this 1917 column a housewife advises economical baking using pure butter substitutes to cut costs. She notes butter's value, warns against low quality oleomargarine, and suggests tactful substitution in cakes and muffins while considering family taste and budget.
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McClureigganer Syndicate
Congress in War Time Echoes and Labor Shortage Reflections
A fragmentary op-ed tone notes a farm labor shortage in the Middle West prompting ads for workers. It laments political discord over wartime leadership and criticizes Senate conferees while praising the Congressional Record as a comforting, soporific presence during war.
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Middle West
Keeping Well and Home Sanitation in Rural Areas
An article outlines how improper or absent toilet facilities fuel hookworm typhoid and diarrhea. It cites the Virginia Health Bulletin advising affordable privies built in half a day for 4 to 8 dollars and describes both pit and pail privies with flyproofing and septic options. It notes state boards publish plans and manufacturers, urging practical sanitation in country life. Also described is a gasoline horse two-wheeled tractor demonstrated in Chicago touted for potential military use.
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Virginia Health Bulletin
Kentucky
State Boards of Health
California
Indiana
Virginia
W. A. Evans
Chicago
Popular Science Monthly
No Man's Land
Humorous Quotations From Various Papers Compiled
A reading of jokes and light exchanges from newspapers includes lines about beat chasing gardening mischief political stances and comic opera references. The samples feature dialog between characters and humorous asides attributed to papers like the Buffalo Express Boston Transcript Baltimore American and Washington Star with an odd note about a farmer and his son awaiting rain.
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Cholly
Adele
Cain
Suffalo Express
Boston Transcript
Senator Soreham
Washington Star
Boston ‘Transcript
Etrott
Baltimore American
Wartime Newspaper Snippets Rally and Riff on Figures
A collage of quotes and blurbs from multiple papers mocks officials and public figures, praises soldiers, and jokes about wartime excess. It references Albany Knickerbocker Chips, Private Marshall Pield, U.S. Grant, and Josephus Daniels Jr. while lampooning Chicago mayor Big Bill Thompson and La Follette.
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Marshall Pield
U. 8. Grant
Josephus Daniels Jr
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Germany
Republic
Scuba Nero
Rome
House
Senate
DR Wn
VANS
Ng Tolne
Spirit of the Press
Albany — Knickerbocker
Bill
Big Bill ‘Thompson
Marshal Joffre
Thompson
Syracuse Post-Standard
Albany Journal
Union
Wall Street Journal
Salvany Journal
la Follette
Baltimore
Zusiniofelega
Rice & May, Proprietors
A. C. M. Hardware House
Quartz
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