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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1912
Page
12
The Anaconda Standard lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions with annual and monthly pricing. It notes offices in Anaconda Main Office Standard Block, Rutte Branch, and contact details including Bell and Independent phones, plus advertising and New York Chicago offices.
A fragmented notice catalogs numerous news agents and stands across cities like New York Chicago San Francisco and Spokane. It lists addresses and agents under the STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY in Anaconda Montana, urging distribution and correspondence.
The annual Methodist Episcopal church sessions open in Butte while a parallel Montana conference gathers in Missoula. The piece notes church division from the Civil War era persists amid wider calls for women’s suffrage with leaders from major political camps cited as supporters.
The New York Evening Post recalls Roosevelt’s 1884 convention stance and notes suffragists’ nonpartisan position yet cautious stance toward his bid for votes. It highlights Miss Fitner Byrnes and other suffrage leaders asserting nonendorsement while stressing women’s influence in 1912 politics and past reform clashes. The article links Roosevelt’s standing in 1884 to current expectations and party dynamics in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Nebraska.
German engineers unveil a proposed 780 by 72 foot airship with eight propellers and 34 motors delivering 6500 horsepower for 75 mph. The design includes double gas envelopes and nitrogen layers, carrying 300 passengers, with wider ambitions if buoyancy proves stable. The piece notes European tensions and alliances in the background.
The article critiques the Kaiser’s steady push for his aims despite Allied diplomacy and Germany’s concessions. It notes Italy’s pride in sanitary advances during campaigns in Africa and Tripoli, highlighting improved hospital mortality and the value of disease prevention. It argues that preserving life in battle is economically and morally essential, urging nations to extend such care beyond the camp.
A collage of brief items notes air squadrons, medical ideas, and various curiosities. It mentions twenty squadrons of twelve planes in French fall maneuvers, oxygen facts, a Madrid congress, olive oil production, a Canadian militia age limit, a rubber roller invention, and includes scattered trivia about languages, instruments, and a Bohemian Passion Play season.
Vice President Sherman, first to be twice named by Republicans, accepted the nomination at Utica New York. Senator George Sutherland delivered the notification speech, praising Taft and the party. He attacked the Progressive party and its Chicago convention, contrasting it with Republican principles and urging unity.
The speaker lauds Taft as a pedagogue upholding protective tariff and criticizes frantic calls for change. He commends Taft vetoes, urges Republican unity, and highlights national strength including a thriving navy, self-sustaining port service, and an almost built isthmian canal as the term nears its end.
Nine extra coaches on the stub train brought about 4,000 people to Deer Lodge for a pioneers day picnic. The Boston and Montana band played at the pavilion with Garnee dances and other amusements. The return train left around 7 pm as picnickers headed home happy. In Spokane the Retail Credit Men's National Association formed, aiming for 20,000 members by Rochester in November 1913, with individuals rather than local associations constituting the membership until the third annual convention.
A London Chronicle notice recalls four postmasters general who were blind. Henry Fawcett served in 1880 and pioneered parcels post. The piece notes blind individuals excelling in music travel and languages, citing James Holman and Miss Alice King among examples.
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