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Newspaper

Anaconda Standard

Location

Anaconda, Montana, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1917

Page

6

Newspaper Advertising Rates And Distribution Details

The Anaconda Standard announces subscription costs and foreign and domestic advertising relations. It lists daily and Sunday rates, including carrier and mail options, and provides sale points for the Standard in New York Chicago St Paul Detroit and other cities through various news stands and distributors.

Pilliam J. Morton Co New York Montana York Hotaling’s Broadway Congress Hotel Paul—N. St. Marie Fifth Street Detroit Woodward Michigan Rochester Ann—Kelly Denver Western News Agency Emma van Patten San Francisco United News Praians Portland Rowman

Conscription Law Exempts Various Groups in 1817 Act

Friday May 18 1817 the conscription bill passed by congress exempts many from army service including married men and others who support dependents. Officers government ministers sect members whose creeds ban war are exempt. Some workers in agriculture munition shipbuilding mining and related fields may be excused if essential to the state. Physically unfit men are also excused.

Congress United States Livingston Great Falls Eureka Ruffans M. Kerensky Ermany

American Guns Power U.S. War Effort

American industry, including Bethlehem Steel, is rapidly producing guns for the United States. Steel plants have long supplied allies and munition factories now supply vast quantities. The pace aims to have ample, top quality guns ready once soldiers are enlisted and trained for overseas service.

United States France Bethlehem Steel Company

Decline of Montana Cattle Rustling Echoes in Canada

The history of range life in Montana praises earlier raids by rustlers and branders, while noting a shift to infrequent rustling. Recently two Montana rustlers in Moose Jaw were sentenced to long terms in a British Columbia prison, seen as marking the end of organized northwest cattle raids. Northern Montana sheriff officers aided the roundup and were praised as sentence was delivered.

Montana Moose Jaw Canada British Columbia Northwest

Rustlers Tracked Across Lines Into Canada Captured

In Northeastern Montana officers chased rustlers who crossed into Canada. They were captured and sent to execution. Valley County reportedly lost over 250 head of cattle and horses in ten months, with crimes traced to men now resting in Canada. Northern Montana, North Dakota, and Southern Saskatchewan residents fear nightly livestock rustling will resume. Old days saw harsher methods used to deter rustlers.

Montana Canada Nto Echusion Valley County Jatt North Dakota Saskatchewan

Railroads seek 18 percent intrastate freight rise

The letter argues railroads in the region deserve an 18 percent freight hike to cover higher wages and material costs. It contends increased operating expenses cannot be fully absorbed and that higher rates will improve service and keep communities prosperous, noting rail profits fund equipment and reliability.

Local option law passed in New York state

New York legislature approved a local option measure that lets communities decide on liquor sales. The move is expected to expand dry areas in rural districts and smaller towns, though New York City is unlikely to vote dry.

New York New York City

Foreign-born Americans praised for loyalty in wartime crisis

Attorney General Gregory reports that foreign-born citizens have shown law and order and supported the government since war was declared. The piece recalls past Standard notes on German-Americans, noting trust in Americans first while acknowledging some spies. It contrasts this with current discontent led by a band of industrial workers of the world.

America Germany Department of Justice of the United States Gregory

Bananas Keep Food Bills Low in Frugal Kitchen Tips

Frances Marshall shares economical banana usage ideas from baked bananas to grilled and fried preparations. Guides include peeling and cooking methods, serving suggestions, and a banana custard pudding, all framed as value friendly and adaptable to everyday meals.

How to Keep Well By Dr Evans on Fly Control

This July season urges practical fly killing to reduce typhoid spread. Flies, drawn to milk and food, carry disease. Nicoll's report supports their role in typhoid transmission. Authors advocate municipal and individual daily manure removal, or at least twice weekly, to curb the problem.

Nicoll England

Training Men to Officer Uncle Sam's Army

A bulletin discusses fly control methods and manure use to reduce breeding habitats. It cites formalin and salicylic acid solutions, sticky fly papers, and borax as effective for killing houseflies. The note mentions typhoid and infantile diarrheas linked to flies, and muses on seasonal nuisance levels.

Uncle Sam Fies W. A. Evans

Todayu's Short Stories and Goofy Conversations

A collection of odd tales and quips from a century past. A boy asks if Plymouth Rock should be a hen or a rooster while Mrs. Bearit and Mr. Rattlepate chat over tea. A Texan speaks with a telephonic lurch about talking for himself and a farmer jokes about labor and a quarter found in dirt.

Rattlepate Europe Smiley‘isle

Humor Quips From Various Papers

A collection of light jokes and witticisms from newspapers including a French soldier searching for a bullet, a man boasting about marrying Miss Fluff, children clashing with trouble, a slacker bride taking in washing, and quips about jury duty and legal satire. Notable lines reference Topeka State Journal Baltimore American Detroit Free Press San Francisco Chronicle and Boston Transcript.

Topeka State Journal Jibbs Miss Fluff Detroit Free Press Ralse van Fielding Van Bounding West Browning

Press cartoons lampoon early 20th century war debates

A collage of editorial quips from various papers mocks American policy and allies during a period of global tension. Jokes about Pershing in Paris, Joffre's English, and Russia reveal satirical takes on leadership and wartime funding. Names and sources echo the era's media commentary.

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