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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1913
Page
6
Publisher and proprietor information for standard publishing company listed as entered at the Anaconda post office as second class mail matter.
The fragmented text references advance payments of 10.00 for Sundays and 2.50 for Office Standard Block, with mentions of Ana Potty Sundays per month and terms for Standard one year. It also contains garbled phrases about office, independent phone, NS oak Bank, and a set of unclear numbers.
An OCR fragment lists advertising contacts and addresses in Chicago including Buttetranch No. 28 East Broadway Belphone No 1 Independent Phone Nao Mortan Mieson r Foreign Advertising New Task otenteh Avenue bulld ine MA Fifth avenue Chicago Office-Tribune building.
A garbled OCR listing numerous street names and business references appears to outline a city news agency network. It mentions Park Row, Fifth Street, Main Street, and several outlets or offices with partial company names and addresses. The text ends with a directive about mailing letters to a printing company.
In a December 2, 1918, outlook Congress plans a busy session. Lawmakers will push currency bills, four anti trust measures, conservation acts, penny postage, and investigations into the high cost of living. California Japanese issues and Alaska railroad government rail project are slated for early actions. The president presses currency priority amid a formidable program.
General Manager Gallwey approves Charles F Murphy as superintendent of the Butte Anaconda and Pacific railway citing technical knowledge ripe railroad experience and high order executive ability. He earns respect confidence and admiration as a born leader and commander who will conserve patrons interests and railway needs.
The article argues the Conservation congress is a Pinchot dominated body, not representative of national sentiment. It cites Western and Southern delegates quitting after a steam-roller approach, and protests over forest service packed attendance exceeding 300 delegates.
Western and southern delegates criticized the Washington Forest Service clerks for misrepresenting public sentiment and vowed to quit the Pinchot parliament. They aim to form a new organization to provide a free forum for conservation discussion. The recent conservation congress session was described as sensational and scandalous under Gifford Pinchot’s influence.
A broad cross section of leading Republican and progressive newspapers praise President Wilson and his policies. The shift shows less bitter partisanship, with many papers expressing admiration for his sincerity and steadfastness, especially on Mexico, and signaling solid support for the administration against Huerta. The trend indicates a rapid dissipation of unreasoning partisan politics in the nation.
Governors appointive commissioners from many states met in New York to push for uniform automobile laws across states. The article notes motorists cross state lines frequently and ignorance of local rules can lead to fines. Data gathering from states and communities aims to draft model laws for each state's legislature to enact.
The Electrical World argues that developing water power activates latent forces and benefits communities. Capital investment is needed for progress, and those funding such schemes deserve reward rather than discouragement. It notes widespread positive views from communities where water power has been developed.
The text notes willingness to construct million dollar dams and utilize waters previously wasted to provide cheap power across the state, emphasizing a plan to expand energy access and development.
December raises talk of Christmas gifts and philanthropy as Red Cross seals fund the fight against tuberculosis. The piece notes rising past sales from 135000 in 1908 to 400000 in 1912 and forecasts at least 500000 in 1913 if donors participate, urging better housing and sanitation alongside cures.
The passage extols the brain as essential to civilization, arguing that plants transform soil minerals for nourishment and that superior minds, not laborers, sustain society. It praises aristocracy of intellect while condemning inherited privilege, urging recognition of greatness and condemning suspicion of intellect.
A collection of jokes and witticisms spanning misheard French, baby naming, a door to collecting charity, monopoly explanations, marriage age ethics, and a clever wife. The quips feature quick exchanges and light social satire, reflecting a mid century newspaper humor column.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer a collection of wry aphorisms about marriage, gender roles, social norms, and everyday life. The sayings poke at domestic quirks, skepticism of pride, and the humor in shared human foibles across couples and households.
Investigations reveal Henderson or Elizabeth Island hosts a tiny uninhabited colony with a rat a lizard and four island specific birds. The feature notes the remote 125 miles northeast location near Pitcairn and highlights a historical fraud selling dried grapes as wine to the English public.
In Paris Colombians including Senor Jose Vincente Concha dispute Lord Cowdray denial that Messrs Pearson's Sons seeks oil monopoly in Colombia. Concha warns the contract, if approved by Congress, would amount to a monopoly.
A collage of quips from multiple papers mocks figures and debates of the era. References include Anthony Comstock, suffragists, saloons, and politicians like Sherman and Henry Lane Wilson, with jests on circulation and public reform.
The 1888 Nebraska campaign is recalled with William Jennings Bryan delivering speeches while Gov Thayer presided and Bryant notes the governor’s lack of resentment. A traveling salesman named Cooke survives a railroad accident, and a railroad official faces a sharp rebuke from Mrs Cooke over damages.
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