Standard Publishing Company Ad Rates and Branches
The Anaconda Standard Baler tial Office Standard Building Anaconda Montana Butte Branch lists address and phone numbers for business and ballart departments. It details subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions by carrier and mail including North America rates and mentions where the Sunday Standard is on sale. It also lists multiple out of state newsstands and cities with agents and agents' locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balterial
Ofice—Standard Building
Anaconda
Mont
Butte
North Mainstreet
Business
Ballart
Willam J. Morton Co
New York
Fifth Avenue
Chicago—Tribune
Builetin
North America
Sunday Standard
Montana
Hotaling’s
Broadway
Laco— Congress
St. Paul
N. St. Marie
Cigar and News Co
Fast Fifth Street
Detroit
Metropolitan News Co
Woodward
Michigan
Rochester
Kelly
Denver
Portland
Bowman, Postofice
O'Mara
Fifth and Wash
Tacoma
Trego News Co
Seattle—Whitney
Seattle
Acme News Co
Occidental
Spokane
B. Stubeck, Wall and
Riverside
Standard ‘Publishing Company
Progress in War Preparations Reported May 25 1917
On May 25 1917 officials note slow but steady progress in war mobilization. Congress debates war tax censorship and other measures while the army navy and marine corps expand to full war strength and units sail to Europe. Conscription registration is set for June 5 and Montana’s regiment joins national service July 25.
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Congress
Regular Army
Navy
Marine Corps
France
Europe
Montana
Exodus of Negroes From South To North Expands
The migration of African Americans from the South to northern states grows, drawing wide notice. Birmingham alone sent about 5,000 men and families north in a month seeking higher wages, risking labor shortages in steel mills and cotton fields. The northern Black population is reported to have doubled over the past year.
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United States
Birmingham
Ala
South
North
Montana Timber and Coal Outlook for Winter Fuel
The article argues Montana should not face a fuel shortage next winter and urges opening timber lands to entry to expand wood supplies. It notes coal may rise above ten dollars a ton and calls for faster access to wood resources to ease cost of living amid government conservation debates.
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Montana
Rocky Mountains
Plan to Stockpile Wood for Winter Fuel
The article urges immediate preparation for cold weather by building a large wood pile as fuel costs rise. It notes workers cannot exceed means in summer or winter and that food may be settled amicably, but fuel must be secured now before severe snow arrives.
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Santa Claus
Sam
Wiftch
Canada prepares switch to conscription after volunteer system
The Canadian government moves to adopt conscription following three years of volunteer service. Volunteering yielded 260000 seaborne personnel and 160000 more at home, yet provincial imbalances and labor shortages persist. The policy aims to equalize draft intake from underperforming regions and extend the war effort for years.
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Canada
S Ea
Quebec
United States
Great Britain
Revive the Gold Pan Prospecting Call in Montana
A zestful editorial urges Montana prospectors to resume placer mining as abundant winter water supports promising gulches. It argues gold remains hidden in many unprospected areas and calls on hardy locals to grab pack, grub, and pan to harvest Virgin gold for national betterment.
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Montana
England Moves Toward Woman Suffrage in Parliament
In England a government backed bill to enfranchise women is introduced in the house of commons. It provides voting at age 30 and allows absent soldiers and sailors to vote at their locations while elections proceed.
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Great Britain
House of Commons
England
War-era wry notes mix politics and puns across globe
The column parries wartime moves from Bethmann-Hollweg to Pancho Villa, laments tax battles, and mocks Austro-German fears while noting Pershing aims to keep busy. It blends calls for patience on amendments, jokes about Uncle Sam and spuds, and social quirks like Liberty bonds as alimony.
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Uncle Sam
Pancho Villa
Napoleon
Short Stories Cheating and Thievery
A fragment from a column on deceit and trust cites a Philadelphia divine hosting a dinner for New York clergymen. Conversations touch on dishonest aid, a vanished confidant, and a friend’s sympathy amid reported thefts and smuggling.
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Philadelphia
New York
Prompt payment and insurance talk among rivals at table
A New York clergyman overheard a lively table talk between an American and English insurance agents. The Yankee boasts of prompt settlement, while the Englishman cites his firm’s no fuss approach. A grisly joke about a death claim follows.
Housewife Sees Fly Problem Change Over Time
In 1917 Cornell entomology professor Glenn Herrick notes the shift in how women view flies from mere nuisances to disease carriers. The article outlines methods once recommended to kill flies, including sticky fly paper milk and formaldehyde mixtures, Persian powder, and other home remedies, due to rising health concerns.
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Glenn Herrick
Cornell Agriculture College
Jone
Fies
aoCtare
Laundries and Disease Warned Near Chicago Ordinance Debates
Dr W A Evans argues that laundry health standards lack regulation and that NY studies show steam laundries reduce contagion risks more than hand laundries. He notes infection potential in home laundering, calls for ventilation hot-water sterilization and better sorting, and urges net washing discontinuation.
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Chicago
New York City
Department of Health
New York
W. A. Evans
Humorous Quotations From Newspapers
A collage of quickfire wits and quips from syndicated jokes and humorous exchanges. The bits feature a nurse in a hospital, a fiancé vow, domestic advice on marriage, a hostess asking a bachelor about singing, college letters, a doctor and patient banter, and a gardener’s reluctance to meddle.
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Betty
Jack
Wyse
Boston ‘Transcript
John
Browning
London
Harry
Baltimore American
Detroit Free Press
Duluth Herald
Wartime talk shows vary in war plans across papers
Editorial snippets from Pittsburg Dispatch Louisville Courier Journal Chicago Tribune Springfield Union St Louis Globe Democrat York Sun and Detroit Free Press weigh political and military figures Roosevelt Bryan and others. They debate leadership roles in war effort and public service, pondering drafts and mascots and future actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saya Bill Ston
Chicago Tribune
Roosevelt
France
Springfield Union
T. R
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Emerson
York Sun
P. D. Q. Bryan
Detroit Free Press
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Nty
Adam
America
Tarnowsky Gate
Billy Sunday
Bethmann-Hollweg
Nega
Italy
Teutons
Germany
Petrograd
Petersburg
Pacific
Japan
Atlantic
General Pershing
Russia
Berlin
Red Cross
von Hindenburg
New York National Guard
Dr. Wu
China
Texas
Kaiser
Emerald Isle
Pat
Deuce
Owl Creek
Bear Creek
Rock Springs
Montana Transfer CO
DR. WA
EVANS
San Francisco Chronicle
Spirit of the Press
States
Pittsburg
Dipatch
Bill
Wilelm the Great
Louisville Courier-Journal
Night Rice & May
Mae
Miners Savings Bank and Trust Company
Park ST
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