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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1913
Page
6
The readable lines hint at commentary on Egypt plagues, protection for Americans in Mexico, and Secretary Lane on Sun River and Panama exposition. The passage uses oblique satire and ends with a metaphor about a fly in a pie.
Fragmentary notice from STANDARD PUBLISHING listing postoffice, second class mail matter, and subscription rates. Mentions Sunday edition at $1 per month, $10.09 per year, with advances required. Includes odd stamps of office and issue numbers 47 and 115.
The notice lists the Butte branch and references Bad Bredway with Bell phone number 1422 WW. It also mentions Morton as Manager Foreign Advertising for the New York Office at Fifth Avenue and the Tribune Building on Fifth Avenue.
A list of city news agencies and addresses across the United States and beyond. It names New York Detroit San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Salt Lake Ogden Spokane Seattle Portland Rochester and Anaconda as locations with various agents and offices. The note directs all general dress letters and correspondence to the Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda Montana.
The piece notes growing national debate over women's suffrage and predicts extended discussion in coming years. It cites race track observations in Butte over the last thirty days, arguing these observations show women’s fitness to bet on horse races rather than to vote, and claims general public opinion would align with this view.
A Washington correspondent for the Brooklyn Eagle says President Wilson is not alarmed by house committee disputes over the administration currency bill. He remains confident Congress will pass the measure this session, with Democratic support likely and little delay foreseen. The president has shown resolve to push his programs and has previously secured broad backing for the tariff bill, suggesting similar support for currency legislation.
Detroit prepares for the third annual American Road Congress to be held the last week of September. The first congress met in Richmond in 1911 with 1 200 attendees, the second in Atlantic City in 1912 with 2 000. Organizers promise a large assembly of road builders with exhibits on construction maintenance materials machinery and related scientific topics.
Builders consent to discuss worn macadam surfaces under F E A Stevens of New Jersey and other officials. Maryland’s Henry G Shirley outlines material procurement papers, Virginia’s Wilson covers road construction ethics, Wisconsin’s Hurst on drain structures, Alabama’s Keller on unsurfaced roads care. McIlhenny of the civil service commission to address merit system in road administration. Detroit seeks President Wilson’s attendance, backing government role in good roads.
Yale and Towne Manufacturing presses urge a fair test of the proposed tariff cuts, preferring a smaller reduction but pledging to accept Congress correction if rates prove harmful. Managers commend fair attitudes, note long opposition to downward revision, and urge all interests to allow the bill a chance before judgment.
Munich bacteriologist Dr. Emmerich Emmerich declares daily calcium chloride in food can enlarge growth, strengthen resistance to disease, and improve temper. He cites animal tests and a case of an infant gaining weight faster when calcium chloride was added to meals. He notes chalk as a curative dietary aid.
A Munich professor has perfected calcium chloride bread fed to animals and now a Munich baker will market it. The lime fed man reportedly enjoys vigor and faster recovery from disease as metabolism accelerates and waste tissue is replaced, boosting resistance to bacilli. Also mentions Henry Lane Wilson and Mexico not expanding to the solar system.
A column of satirical observations from Washington and beyond. It pokes fun at politics, figures like John D. Rockefeller, Secretary Lane, and Ambassador Wilson, mentioning the Panama Exposition, coroner verdicts, and odd news items with a wry tone.
Senator Billy Mason recalls a Southern Illinois rally tale where a barber overheard a radio address and declared it the best speech yet. The anecdote contrasts eloquence with substance, noting many works are long on style but short on the core point. The sword-smith refrain echoes through reflections on politics and rhetoric.
The Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt lampoons social mores with sharp, humorous observations about clothing, taste, and gender roles. It contrasts bulgarian blouses and Turkish skirts with domestic rituals, money woes, and flirtations, highlighting quirks of urban life and humor in ordinary scenes.
Mrs. Clara Driscoll Sevier gains control of the Alamo ruins from Governor Colquitt in a feud over memorial plans. The Texas Daughters of the Republic favor erecting a memorial and park to honor the Alamo, while the Governor seeks to restore the fortifications in their older, crude state. Sevier went to Austin to secure the project and has pursued it for years.
A compilation of humorous quotes from various papers highlights wit on fame luck and clothing in lighthearted exchanges. Notable lines about fame lasting power and shifting fortune appear alongside jokes about loans riders and self made men.
The verse muses on a village banker contentment and the lure of a worry free life. It contrasts bankers’ abundance with poets’ struggles to find fulfillment while chasing rhyme and peace remains unattainable to many who toil in busy trades.
A meek prisoner denies stealing a rooster from Mr. Jones and claims innocence, offering to prove it by noting he stole two hens from Mr. Gaston instead. The exchange unfolds in a local Arkansas courtroom as the judge probes the defendant's defense.
The judge declares the proof conclusive and orders the discharge of the prisoner, noting the proximity of Jones to Gaston and referencing National Food Magazine.
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