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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1913
Page
6
Standard Publishing Co advertises subscription rates with monthly and annual prices. It notes second class mail matter, rate of $1 per month, $10 per year for Sunday editions, and locations in Anaconda with office contact details.
Butte Branch No. 2¢ East Broadway. Bell phone No. Independent phone No. 1422. W. J. Morton, Manager Foreign Advertising. New York office Fifth Avenue building, 200 Fifth Avenue. Chicago Office Tribune building.
A list of newspaper stands selling the Standard Publishing Company in various cities including New York Detroit Chicago St. Paul Kansas City San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Salt Lake Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland Rochester and more with contact address in Anaconda Montana for general business correspondence.
Friday, August 29, 1913 notes Senator Myers of Montana entered Congress in 1911 and now chairs the public lands committee, a premier western post. His ascent since 1911 has been swift, aided by changes in party control and the vacancy created by other leaders. He supports practical conservation, opposes waste, and backs homesteading on public land in harmony with Secretary Lane.
Montana state officers and legislators lose railroad passes after a commission ruling in Colorado denied rail rate hikes. Railroads argued expenses required higher rates but the commission held many passengers are carried free, supporting current rates. The Montana legislature last winter amended the anti transportation law to permit further action.
Railroads issued passes to state officers and lawmakers under an amendment but now require fare from all. Passes were accepted by most, with few refusals, and the use period was brief as issuance occurred late in spring.
Secretary Lane backs a 30 million dollar federal irrigation appropriation while Senator Borah proposes a matching 30 million dollar bond issue to speed completion of government projects. Western senators urge funds for Yakima valley Sun River Milk River Boise projects, with East say difficulty in approving more money. President Wilson's support could sway Congress to act. Without a loan, projects would stretch over a decade with ongoing fund shortages.
Reporters say senators and representatives will stay in Washington through the 1914 currency and tariff battles. With no recess in sight, the next regular session would open December 1, grinding on as Congress adjourns and mileage claims loom for early holiday travel.
The column toggles between congressional maneuvering and international affairs. It jokes about adjournment timing to snag mileage, notes John Lind’s return prowess, mocks Judge Globensky, and teases Governor Sulzer’s political standing while commenting on Canada’s stance toward Harry. It mentions Huerta and Gamboa amid Mexico’s unrest and the Imperator fire scare.
In Today's Short Stories McCarthy and Casey clash over prayer and its power amid wartime talk. Casey doubts faith while McCarthy insists prayers influence battles though he concedes others fail. The piece shifts to a humorous scene where a drug clerk recalls a caller asking about carbolic acid, ending with a hurried exit.
Intellectual Cocktails by Dr. Frank Crane argues that people despise those who agree least with them. Family quarrels become the bitterest, siblings despising each other most. church factions say the meanest things about one another. political foes hate each other when parties split. Even co-religionists disagreeing on baptism or Eucharist become unspeakably abhorrent, while other nations or races are tolerated.
Walt Mason argues that poets cannot survive on sixty pounds a year and a cask of ale or porter. He criticizes Britain for starving the laureate and other poets, noting ruined throats and gray hairs from starvation wages while demanding better support and groceries for literary workers.
Wry social musings survey marriage, flirtation, age, appearance, and gender norms through pointed quips. The column lampoons modern romance with tongue in cheek lines about husbands, wives, vanity, and social expectations.
John Hillis Roosevelt announces engagement of his elder daughter Gladys Roosevelt to Fairman Dick of Garrison New York. She is active at Long Island horse shows, athletic, and a niece of Theodore Roosevelt. After her mother's death she and sister Jean S. Roosevelt spent the winter in Europe. She is at Meadowcroft.
A collection of satirical quips from various papers critiquing politics culture and society. Observations range from renaming Sunday to Slaughterday to legal battles over eggs and celebrity politics. The snippets reflect editorials and headlines highlighting public folly and media bias across multiple cities.
The Christian Science Monitor contrasts current U S sentiment with late 19th century unity when parties vanished moving to today where parties exist though divided. It notes bitter campaign after war, a national mood awakened, and Wilson facing strong disapproval from half the country over tariff policy amid scattered opposition.
The press notes Wilson's leadership bringing tariff and currency bills forward, banking interests aligning, and Mexico handling easing. Critics once predicting failure now acknowledge his control without coercive tactics, praising a rare mix of high purpose and political tact. The nation grants cautious admiration for an administration proving adaptable and effective.
The Washington Herald and Baltimore American exchange jests about flattery and a dry town. A judge jokes that telling a married man he doesn’t look it is delicate flattery. A quip about serving liquid refreshments in a dry town ends with a demand for something extra dry.
In a burst of quips and quibbles, strangers debate honesty, wit, and manners. A Buffalo Express line mocks a spade and suit caution as a warning drifts into a joke. The Detroit Free Press notes a claim about a suffragette starving herself. A Washington Star exchange jokes about a wife’s sense of humor. A Kansas City Journal quip recalls modesty versus allure. Lippincott's Magazine features a running gag about laziness in a family.
A new Philippine highway will be built within months to connect Manila to Southern Luzon, forming the southern link of the unbroken road chain and linking the towns of Albay and Sorsogon.
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