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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1913
Page
6
Public notice listing subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions with annual and advance payments, and office contact details for Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda including addresses and phone numbers.
Butte branch details list telephones 423 for fast Broadway and 1422 for independent. W. S. Morton named as manager of foreign advertising. New York office at Fifth Avenue building, 200 Fifth Avenue. Chicago office located in Tribune building.
A list of newspaper stands and news agents across major cities including New York Chicago Detroit Los Angeles San Diego Seattle Portland and Rochester with shop addresses and the note that all general business letters should be addressed to the STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY in Anaconda Montana.
Information from the Orange Judd Northwest Farmstead notes Montana Idaho Oregon and Washington enjoy abundant crops and favorable rains with no drought. In contrast Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri face long drought and heat losses running into tens of millions of dollars. The Middle West and East report rain shortages hampering crops from New York to New England.
An association in Great Britain plans to present the United States with a bust of William Pitt to mark the centennial of the peace with America. President Wilson seeks congressional consent to accept the gift, though it may not be necessary since the gift originates from individuals in England, not a foreign government.
A Haiti president Tancred Auguste dies suddenly amid poisoning suspicions. No coroner’s inquest, no post mortem, yet the funeral in Port au Prince is described as spectacular. Eyewitness Marfield Kemp of Lexington reports on the church service and preparations.
Vast crowds attended the Catholic cathedral for the funeral of M. Auguste. Soldiers lined the aisle and at blessing were ordered to fire arms but shot into the casket instead. The scene erupted in uproar as attendees fled. The event was described as a jarring mix of grim tragedy and farce.
The American Bison Society reports the buffalo population is rising after near extinction. About 3,900 buffaloes are in captivity in North America and numbers are slowly increasing, reversing decades of reckless slaughter that pushed the species toward disappearance.
The public tires of aeroplane exhibitions due to accidents and fatalities, with crowds diminishing since earlier years. German reports note the Sachsen Zeppelin completing its hundredth voyage, having traveled about 7,000 miles with 2,400 passengers and no injuries, suggesting dangers of flight are being overcome and will likely reduce in the U S.
The piece debates whether Sulzer can be impeached during an extraordinary session restricted to governor recommended topics. It contrasts constitutional clauses granting impeachment power to the assembly with limits on extraordinary sessions and notes the legal ambiguities highlighted by the Brooklyn Eagle.
A governor deemed unfit is exposed as morally insufficient, with the state facing eight months without relief until the January legislative session. The piece argues the constitution requires urgent amendment and condemns reliance on slow court processes, urging impeachment as a swifter remedy.
A collage of satirical lines from early 20th century papers quotes mock politicians practices and public life. The snippets mention weather offices governorships stores and social behavior with wry humor and regional newspaper tones. multiple cities cited include New York Chicago Cleveland and New Orleans illustrations of public sentiment.
The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes Luke M'Luke musing on Chicago school plans for a winter course in physical purity and on social habits. The bitingly ironic prose covers women, men, beauty products, marriage, finances, and domestic life with satirical, pointed humor.
Walt Mason longs for a fiction escape from the tariff and tax grind. He imagines Rex Beach style adventures in Alaska with snow, guns, and grim expeditions, craving a desert retreat from White House news and daily official weight.
A collection of wry anecdotes opens with a Life magazine quip on microbes as imaginary beings, then moves to humorous misadventures including a mountain diner tale about milk and a dog, and finally Mrs Brown’s card club humiliation at a regu lar meeting.
The piece argues two eternal power sources drive all human action hunger and love. It observes crowds, workers, and artists to illustrate how most effort aims at sustenance or affection. It cites Schiller noting philosophy relies on these forces, which shape civilizations now and long into the future.
A Bozeman banquet reads Sam Gordon letter praising Charley Hartman now Democrat. He recalls 1897 Helena hotel clash and detests partisanship, hopes for a pure politics dawn and Millennium ahead, four years early.
A collage of jokes from various papers features witty quips about nurses and reliability, boarding house gossip, domestic authority over wives and coupons, real estate chatter, a tramp’s misfortune, and a daughter's suitor named Harold Reginald. Strong names and punchlines drive the humor.
Lord Haldane sails for New York aboard the Lusitania on August 23 to address the Bar Association meeting in Montreal. He accepts one invitation and plans a Hudson trip on J Pierpont Morgan’s Corsair to inspect cadets at West Point after arriving in New York.
A new English mine rescue apparatus eliminates the helmet, weighs 28 pounds, and allows a worker to operate in deadly gases for over five hours. Paris unveils a unique subway with large sewers, electric cables, and a proposed electric road for transporting men and materials under the city.
R H Compton reports to the Cambridge Philosophical Society on eight two rowed barley varieties showing a left turn in the first leaf in over twelve thousand seedlings, with similar left handed growth in millet and oats, while corn shows no clear bias. No hereditary link or significance stated. A pistol with a tiny search light enables shooting in darkness with a pencil like beam. The Kaiser hoards ties, over 5000 stored, ranging from cotton cord to embroidered cravats. Durban chamber of commerce says 12 whaling firms operated on Africa’s coasts in 1912, five Natal companies catching 984 whales last year.
The Rand in South Africa yields about 185 million dollars of gold annually with total extraction near 1.795 billion dollars since discovery. Wages, European and African labor, and dividends shape the economy while Sir Lionel Phillips explains the geological origin of Rand gold through impregnation and vapor theories in a recent lecture.
Fifteenth Year advertisement for Saylor Boarding School in Spokane Washington. Claims unique student limit per teacher, emphasis on health morals and manners, invites readers to request the new catalogue and student testimonials, with address given.
An advertising column extols merchants who advertise as reliable and trustworthy. It urges readers to buy wisely and to read ads to learn who is dependable, noting advertisers’ confidence in goods, prices, and service.
An English scientist argues rest is essential to growth in both plant and animal life. Infants show high activity, yet require long rest. Rest used for healing tuberculosis in bed. active cases need careful feeding and prolonged rest until vital signs normalize. He notes 2,000,000 farmers in the United States now use the telephone.
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