Subscription Rates and Office Contacts for The Standard
The Anaconda Standard lists subscription rates as one month 1.00 and one year 10.99 with payment in advance. Office and address details appear in Standard Block Anaconda Montana with postal and telephone lines. It also notes outside sales stands in several cities including New York Philadelphia and San Francisco with multiple agents and offices.
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Standard
New York
Fotaline’s
Park
Montana Federation of Labor Meets in Roundup
The Montana Federation of Labor holds its annual meeting this week in Roundup with delegates from across the state. Important subjects will be discussed amid hard work, while social events and Roundup hospitality enhance the convention experience.
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Montana Federation of Labor
Northwest
Roundup
Age limit for homestead entry cut to eighteen
Senator Sterling has introduced a bill in the United States senate to reduce the homestead entry age from 21 to 18. The change aims to encourage young people including women to take undeveloped government land and begin farming. The measure is viewed favorably in Washington and Senate public lands committee reports support its passage.
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Sterling
United States Senate
Montana
Washington
Congress
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Spelling Woes Hit University Freshmen Across States
A lengthy report highlights widespread poor spelling among high school graduates and even college freshmen. In Illinois a test of fifty everyday words yielded an average of 55 percent. Common errors included consensus, renaissance, diphtheria, rhythm, and judgment, with many students mispronouncing or misplacing syllables.
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Montana ‘Etate Superintendent of Public Instruction
Chicago
University of Illinois
University of Virginia
Separate spelled and mis spellings in school spelling test
A list shows how often each word was misspelled by students in an A grade school exercise. Words like innocuous luscious dirigible occurrence inoculate and prerogative appear with counts from 82 down to two for advisory and others.
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Cwhall
Impeachment and suspension questions face Sulzer case
The New York courts must decide if impeachment suspends Governor Sulzer until innocence is proven. Historical cases like Andrew Johnson’s trial in 1868 and English impeachments frame the debate, with the senate as the proving body. The draft suggests a bleak outlook for Sulzer given constitutional questions and past senate confrontations.
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New York
Salzer
Andrew Johnson
Johnson
Sulzer
New York State
United States Senate
England
Lord Bacon
Warren Hastings
Ie Tribunal
New York State Senate
No Reason For War, President Says U S Should Avoid Mexico Clash
President Witson yesterday reiterated in the United States senate that a small lobby is pushing for war with Mexico. He says the movement is not extensive but troublesome and urges calm. The public would view any war as a calamity and no cause for intervention exists. He notes a past push to declare war on Spain and hopes the current effort fails as the situation improves.
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Witson
United States Senate
United States
Mexico
Washington
Spain
Supreme Court in Alabama Limits Reversal for Technicality
The Alabama Supreme Court will reverse lower court decisions only when a technical defect injures the rights of the party appealing. Declares that justice should not be defeated by formal errors, aligning with similar moves in several other states despite Montana efforts failing.
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Supreme Court of Alabama
Montana
Supreme Courts
Alabama
Food imports and Canada not feeding prices, Buffalo News says
The article notes eggs and staple foods are imported in large quantities chiefly from the United States. It cites Canada as too busy with wheat, manufacturing, and road terminal development to grow food. It argues global markets expand faster than resources, with only Australia and Argentina able to feed themselves for export.
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United States
Canada
Buffalo News
Australia
Argentina
Suiser Confesses How The Frugal Family Got It
A string of satirical headlines weighs on Sulzer and Huerta politics. Mrs Suiser confesses to frenzied family finance while Huerta’s alliance needs Japan’s cooperation. Charley Murphy is blamed for impeachment, and John Lind presses on with woodwork. The Diggs trial tale turns erotic, Marietta doctor vivisection raises ire, and Marsha Warrington vs Martha Washington is noted.
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Mrs. Suiser
Billy
Thames mud larks and the river rescue sting
A historic note recalls a practice of paying five shillings to anyone who finds a dead body in the Thames, while offering nothing for saving a life from drowning. The riverbank characters, including mud larks, were said to always ensure a body was recovered.
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Thames
Riverside
Austrian Rescue Caution Sparks Court Fine
A Viennese tradesman who cut a rope to save a man hanging from a tree faced a court ruling under Article 33% of the Austrian code. He had activated rescue efforts but caused bruises when the victim’s fall occurred. The court found him liable for damages due to want of due care.
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Austria
Comic Observations From Luke M'Luke on Life and Fashion
A Cincinnati Enquirer column surveys social quirks with wry humor. It notes that plans may change but brands of booze endure, men and women clash in theater and sport, and aging norms shift as women chase fashion trends.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Rhine Anthem Chorus of German Guard on the Rhine
A German patriotic song recounts guarding the Rhine with thunderous voice and chorus. It proclaims steadfast sons to watch the stream, vowing German sovereignty, blood, and sword to defend the sacred landmark.
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Rhine
Urging Intervention in Mexico Cited by Virginian
The Richmond Virginian comments that if all advocates of intervention pledged to respond to the first call to arms, Uncle Sam would be more willing to listen to them.
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Mexico
Uncle Sam
Richmond
Canton Battle Sees 500 Killed or Wounded
Northern government troops and rebels clash at Canton China, two divisions attack the East Gate. Reinforcements including an Indian regiment from Hong Kong arrive to protect foreigners in the Shamen district amid the fighting and disruption.
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Canton
China
Hong Kong
Shamen
Canada imports threaten farmers under new tariff act
Canada’s food supplies worry farmers as reciprocity debates stir. The country relies on imports for nearly all food except wheat and is increasing purchases. A recent report shows Canada importing reef and mutton from Australia in the hundreds of millions of pounds.
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Canada
Australia
Intellectual Cocktails and the Quest for Universal Knowledge
A small blonde man with spectacles proposes a universal card index of all facts from art to astrology and beyond. He claims his cross indexed system will let anyone locate any item of information, from Nineveh inscriptions to auction rules, but funding runs out as the audience disengages when the hat is passed.
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Nineveh
Walt Mason Style Satire On Talk And Labor
A poem in the voice of Walt Mason argues that talk cannot replace work. It satirizes philosophers and politicians complaining that grand phrases fail to ease daily burdens. The verse mocks idle talkers as lazy, while praising steady labor amid wintry hardships and toil.
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Cicero
Burke
Jealousy of rank sparks witty exchanges in anecdotes
William H. Osborne of North Carolina, new commissioner of internal revenue, recounts a tale of a docked steamer and a barge captain who asserts equality with the vessel. Another broker lampoons John D. Rockefeller, noting Sage’s more prudent living philosophy and urging enjoyment of today over hoarding for a rainy day.
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William H. Osborne
North Carolina
Internal Revenue
Feller
Bute
Humorous Quotations and Witty Exchanges Echoed in Newspapers
A compilation of brief jokes and quips from various papers. The humor spans domestic lines and political boasts, including a pithy remark about a traveling peddler, a governor or statesman’s speech, and comic exchanges about love, promises, and poker. Notable one liners appear from the Judge, Washing ton Star, Buffalo Express, Baltimore American, Birmingham Age Herald, and Boston Transcript, reflecting early 20th century wit.
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Old Batch
Washington Star
Domehead
Buffalo Express
Rooter
Grady
Miss Newton
Puck
Baltimore American
Eiffels
Birmingham Age-Herald
Griggs
Briggs
Boston Transcript
Tidbits From Across Papers on Public Figures
A compilation of brief quips and commentary from multiple papers. Topics include Secretary Daniels defense readiness in the mountain states, tariff bill motions by Senator Smoot, and political jests about Lodge Bryan Castro Diaz and Portugal's president.
A Eugenics Marriage Law in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania eugenics marriage license law prompts applicants for matrimony to answer blunt questions about family health, mental capacity, and guardianship. The process mirrors a stricter, investigatory approach, with clerks judging intoxication or impairment as part of eligibility.
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The
Kansas City Star
Pennsylvania
Saylor Boarding School for Boys Fifteenth Year
The Saylor Boarding School for Boys enters its fifteenth year as a West coast school limiting pupil numbers to teachers. It emphasizes health morals and manners with close personal care alongside class instruction. Catalog requests and patron feedback are noted. Sayilog School Spokane Wash.
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Sena
Sayilog School
Spokane
Wash
Shopping Round Instructs Readers To Explore Store Ads
A promotional piece urging readers to use today’s Standard advertising as a quick tour of town stores. It describes advertising as a merchant’s latch string and a courteous invitation to discover what to see, guiding footsteps and highlighting lively store displays.
Philadelphia marriage license rules heighten questions and delay
The city faces longer applications as new state rules demand extensive health, race, residence, and family history questions. Applicants must swear to illness status and provide parental details, birthplace, ages, and prior marriages. Despite the complexity delays remain without extra fees, with licenses costing still $1. Public clerks expect three workers to handle applications.
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Marriage License Bureau of Philadelphia
Philadelphia
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