This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1912
Page
18
The notice lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with monthly and yearly terms. It provides multiple office addresses including Anaconda East Broadway, Chicago, and Hartford building locations, and names WW Morton as manager and two phone numbers for inquiries.
A directory fragment lists numerous city based news agencies and offices from cities including New York Detroit Minneapolis Kansas City San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Salt Lake City Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland and Anaconda with addresses and agency names. The fragment ends noting to address general business letters to Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda Montana.
Committees of the Butte city council are considering a reduction in the taxable property tax. Voters elected a socialist administration with promises of retrenchment, yet taxes rose to historic highs. Taxpayers urge a substantial fall to below Nevin era levels and call on aldermen to honor campaign pledges.
The International Isible Students Association in Washington DC repudiates eternal hellfire as unscriptural. It calls on ministers to state beliefs on punishment of the wicked and invites editors to publish clergy views. The piece notes the shift from fiery sermons of past generations to focus on love and obligation.
The piece discusses Democratic loyalty, progressive splits, and potential defection to Roosevelt or Taft, citing Senator Isley’s stance against leaving his party. It notes Hearst and Ryan’s influence questions, Dixon’s nominations, and calls for party unity amid Republican dissension and Wilson support. It highlights advocacy for peace, antiwar rhetoric, and tuberculosis migration concerns to the American West, plus editorial serious tones about governance and elections.
Dr T B McClintick of the Public Health Service, who fought Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the Bitter Root valley, contracted the disease and is being sent to Washington for treatment. Reports say he remained at his post during peak risk and helped control the outbreak with preventive measures, including dipping livestock and clearing parasites.
George M. Nichols, a Port Republic hermit farmer with an estimated twenty five thousand dollars in Virginia and Maryland banks, died last week after drinking coffee in a bare one room mansion. Authorities find he lived in squalor, wrote checks on scraps, and left no will. He was a Confederate veteran with a wooden leg, died unmarried, and left four brothers.
Assistant District Attorney W J Ford opened the Darrow bribery trial in Los Angeles denouncing Clarence Darrow as a corrupter of men and praising his intellect. He accused Darrow of influencing jurors and defense witnesses, including Job Harriman and Lincoln Steffens, and charged a frameup by the defense. The prosecutor urged conviction, noting quote laden denunciations and a claim that Darrow’s teachings fueled the Times building disaster.
Helena August 12 stockholders led by William Mayger seek a restraining order to stop the St Louis Mining and Milling Company from selling shares for a 15 cent assessment levied June 6. Judge Clements signed the order directing the company to show cause August 18 why the relief should not be granted. The firm, longtime manager Mayger, acquired the Drum Summon mine at Marysville after protracted litigation with an English owner.
Washington August 12 Senator Overman amendment to the postoffice bill providing 250000 for highway work in each state was defeated today. The Shackleford roads feature adopted in the house would give general all to the roads used for public purposes. By a vote of 7 to 21 the senate struck out the house provision and adopted an amendment providing an investigating committee of senators and representatives to report soon on federal aid.
Linda Pagani was shot by her husband Joseph Pagani in Berkeley on August 12 after a jealousy dispute. Pagani surrendered to police and was charged with murder claiming his wife was associating with another man.
The Jana Laymen's association plans a two day church conference in the gospel tent with sessions led by ministers wives association members and deaconess speakers. Sunday features sunrise prayer love feast and ordination of ministers with Epworth league rally and sermons by Bishop Luccock and I P Kelly and George Mecklinberg.
Missoula Aug 12 The democratic county central committee met to arrange the county convention at the courthouse Aug 3 opening at 10 am Primaries are set for Aug 24 between 5 and 7 pm Each committeeman was to report polling place choices for the primaries to be well advertised to avoid past squabbles Delegates to the state convention at Great Falls will number 27 A full county ticket will be nominated at the convention S J Coffey Montana delegate addressed the group and a resolution approved the delegation actions at the Baltimore convention backing William Jennings Bryan for chair and Woodrow Wilson for president
Washington August 12 a fourth democratic house caucus was called for Wednesday to decide the battleship question fully 100 democratic members have acquiesced to a compromise with the senate to accept one battleship instead of five the bill calls for one battleship believed to be the most formidable ever built or contemplated
Washington August senate judiciary committee refused to report Senator Pomerene’s resolution instructing Attorney General to press criminal prosecutions against officers of Standard Oil and American Tobacco. Pomerene pressed for action against corporate officials.
The remains of Frank Tanko will be removed Wednesday morning to Holy Savior School hall for a 6 o clock funeral service at Holy Savior Church. High Mass will be celebrated at 99 Week. Members of St John the Font Society are asked to attend.
The sentence notes an intention to ask the senate to discharge the committee from further consideration of the matter, signaling a procedural shift and potential new handling of the issue.
Special Dispatch to the Standaga from Livingston August 12 Durian McDonald of Sweet Grass County was released from jail after testimony in the cases against Jowell and George Ricketts who was found guilty of manslaughter in Deputy Sheriff Joseph Brannin’s murder near Milville last November County Attorney Hatch of Sweet Grass County decided to dismiss the case McDonald had been jailed since November awaiting trial and now threatens to sue the county for false imprisonment.
The fragment appears unreadable. readable entities are sparse. No clear event, person, or organization can be identified for a coherent headline and summary.
Funeral notices report the deaths of John Eva O'Neill William O'Neill Emily Brown John Garvasevich and others. Details mention funeral arrangements at Richards undertaking parlors and family residences with dates and locations in town. The notices indicate services to be held at homes or parlors, with several entries listing ages and affiliations.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.