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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1919
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard, published in Anaconda Montana, announces its editorial and business offices and contact details. It notes its status as an Associated Press member and reprints AP dispatches with local news. The issue is dated Thursday September 4 1919.
President Wilson begins a nationwide circuit delivering about 50 speeches to vast crowds to spur ratification and shape public opinion. He faces opposition from Republican senators, Carranza, rail workers, profiteers, and prohibitionists amid scarce teachers and rising living costs.
Mayor Hylan of New York appoints Mrs William R Hearst as chair of the women’s committee to greet the Prince of Wales in October. Hearst is a leading member of the men’s committee. the Evening Post notes he may pose as a host while famous figures greet the prince.
The article discusses early declines in prices following a government drive. It notes Attorney General Palmer’s view that a peak was reached, reduced propaganda, and deterred profiteers. Meat packers face scrutiny in Washington as authorities target hoarders and speculative storage.
A compact collection of satirical riffs on world affairs and domestic politics. It lampoons figures like Carranza and Ebert while skirting Balkan tensions and the League of Nations. Prohibition debates and campaign theatricality surface amid quips about hunger, drinking, and public policy.
A retrospective on the Anaconda Standard founded February 4 1889 in Butte. It details Marcus Daly funding, early growth, multiple office moves, the private wire service, and notable events including the 1894 railway strike handcar deliveries and a 1907 newspaper shutdown.
The Standard’s early leadership included J H Durston as managing editor and W W Walsworth and C J Eggleston from the Syracuse Standard. Durston later edited the Butte Evening Post. Walsworth retired to Japan, succeeded by R R Kilroy. The paper grew with Montana, sharing a birth year and bright future.
A chaotic string of snippets from multiple papers mocks sensationalism and ethnic stereotypes while touching on crime, diplomacy, fashion costs, and moral debates. The fragmentary clippings include a hik for jiujitsu nine attackers, shoe pricing blamed on excited buying, ambassadors, and a Stamford man’s moral quandary over ransom.
Fragmentary verse reflecting on news, muse, and writers block amid a fixed time, with references to a central fox and a restless mind. The speaker laments artistic drought, attempts to write, and longs for a quiet house on the town edge amid the noisy world. Copyright notice appears at end.
Press of Montana and multiple papers call for food control that covers small retailers and farmers alike to curb profiteering. They urge against exemptions for farmers, warn of crooked dealing, and support laws that keep prices fair. The era’s wartime labor, education, and civic themes are discussed with a focus on national production, teacher wages, and patriotic unity.
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