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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
6
A lengthy gaggle of curious notes and quips cover a range of topics from a circus leopard in Minnesota that keeps changing spots to jokes about politicians, penitentiary baptisms in Kansas, and light banter about President Wilson and coal prices in Chicago.
Publication imprint for the Anaconda, Montana region lists subscription prices for weekly and Sunday editions, with annual prepaid rates. The page references the main office location in Standard Block, Anaconda, along with mailing details and issue numbers.
An OCR fragment lists advertising offices and contact numbers for SUVTTE BRANCH at Mast Broadway, Bell Phone 1422, Merton as Manager Foreign Advertising, with New York Fifth Avenue and Chicago Tribune Building addresses.
A fragment lists diverse newspaper agents and offices from New York to Rochester, noting locations such as Park Row Broadway Times Square Columbus Circle and others. It instructs readers to address correspondence to The Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda Montana.
Washington reports President Wilson ignores office seekers and congressmen urging patronage. The pattern suggests offices wait until tariff and currency measures are resolved. Expect swift votes on tariff, while currency reform lags as Republicans hold on postoffice jobs.
The National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage in Washington issues its first authoritative statement. It argues for exemption from politics to allow women to do charitable work and fulfill their roles without the burden of the ballot, noting only eight percent of women support suffrage while ninety-two percent oppose it.
The article condemns suffragists arguing voting is a right or privilege, insisting it is a duty imposed by the state on women deemed capable. It scorns nonparticipants and predicts heated battles in Montana as the 1914 campaign unfolds.
Representative Hull of Tennessee introduces a bill to amend the U S Constitution allowing two thirds of both houses to remove inferior federal judges. He argues impeachment is slow though cautions against politicizing the judiciary and favors preserving the current impeachment process.
The piece argues that initiative and referendum may invite fraud and corruption. It cites Ohio where petition signatures were forged to recall laws, with arrests following. Vigilance is urged to ensure government remains honest under new laws.
The piece notes anger in southern circles over Walter Hines Page, then ambassador to Britain, for a book titled The Southerner written under the pen name Nicholas Worth. It compares Page's transparency to Mark Twain and calls books a public act.
The piece surveys a southern author Nicholas Worth criticizing Confederate memory and southern women, then shifts to reactions to diplomats nominees, including Walter Page and Henry Wilson. It notes senators’ protests, delays on foreign appointments, and reflections on American slang and fashion in a montage of editorial quips.
Teachers note a shift from the shy, long-legged figure of ten years ago to a modern young woman. The new type embraces progressive ideas and supports comprehensive education on human life for girls, marking a notable social change over a decade.
A stark meditation on collective guilt and suffering. It catalogs suffering across workers, intoxicated victims, destitute elderly, and failed lives, urging the privileged to bend and listen as Abel’s blood cries from the earth. The tone is urgent and prophetic, echoing a moral summons from intellectual circles.
A humorous verse in which Walt Mason parodies a patient’s struggle with doctor prescribed eating. The speaker laments craving juicy meat and sweets while the doctor warns of grave consequences if he does not follow strict daily routines and diet, ending with a note of comic defiance.
A Cincinnati Enquirer column collects sharp witticisms on marriage, virtue, fashion, and social behavior. It jokes about wives, husbands, dating, and public image with pointed quips and social satire.
A collection of light anecdotes features Congressman Lewis recalling Pat fleeing a farm bull, a New Mexico governor praising humor in trouble, a locksmith burglar joke, an Irish crossing tender quip, a neighbor dispute over a dog, a southern crowd riot joke, a Sambo courtroom exchange, and Carlsbad waters' famed ironic epitaph.
The Portland Oregonian notes that if the people of Oregon or their representatives refuse a proposed measure, the state faces political friction and potential delay in enacting policy reforms. The piece emphasizes civic involvement and the impact of legislative deadlock on state governance.
The Saylor Boarding School for Boys in Spokane Washington marks its fifteenth year as the only Western school limiting boys per teacher. It emphasizes health morals and personal care alongside instruction and invites readers to request its new catalogue with patron testimonials.
The article explains that strong retailer manufacturer ties rely on consistent newspaper advertising. It says service to customers includes informing them you have desired goods and that readers are potential customers. It urges merchants to advertise nationally distributed articles with the bureau’s contact for guidance.
The piece denounces the compensation act referendum as a tool exploited by hidden interests and bogus petitions. It urges safeguards, warns of emergency clauses, and condemns anonymous petitioners and agitators who claim to speak for Oregon's people.
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