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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1912
Page
12
Publisher and proprietor notice details indicate post office filing for second class mail status in Anaconda. No names, dates, or explicit actions provided beyond standard entry language for mail matter.
The brief item lists subscription rates and telephone service notes. It mentions Bell Telephone and independent phone offerings, with references to editorial rooms and rates, though the text is garbled. No clear dates, amounts, or entities beyond Bell and independent phone services are identifiable.
The notice lists contact points for AUTTE Branch located on No East Broadway with Bell Phone 422 and Independent Phone 1422. It presents essential telephone numbers for local communications.
WwW. J. Morton, manager of foreign advertising, lists New York and Chicago offices. New York is in the Fifth Avenue building at 200 Fifth Avenue. Chicago is in the Hartford Building at the corner of Madison and Dearborn streets.
The passage lists multiple city news agencies and addresses nationwide with the Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda Montana as the correspondence address. It names firms from New York to Seattle including Kemp's, McGillis Ludwig, and Eckhart's among others. It preserves the era tone and format of the directory listing.
The Progressive party convenes in Chicago for a two day meeting with leaders from across the nation. The opening address will be given by the party’s main figure, and delegates will decide the platform and future actions. The party shows no sign of backing down on principles or candidates.
In the republic of China primary elections are under way to select candidates for the national house of representatives. The system restricts suffrage to male citizens 21 or older who own $600 in real estate and pay at least two dollars in direct taxes, with army navy police and priesthood barred from voting. One representative is allotted per province.
The excerpt notes per capita voting limits under imposed franchise rules with about ten eligible males per hundred. It observes no suffrage movement in China dispatches and predicts decades before universal male suffrage, while existing voters select delegates in primaries who then choose representatives.
A 1915 Panama Exposition forecast spurs transcontinental travel dreams. Denver eyes a Wild West Carnival with a Pike's Peak miniature and rotating restaurant to draw stopovers. Visitors would gain panoramic views of San Francisco. Montana promotes See Montana to boost exhibit appeal.
Prof John C. Stone of Montclair New Jersey argues most arithmetic time is wasted and would cut fractions with large denominators and advanced topics. He says future generations will question current emphasis on mental drill and urges focusing on practical business uses like percentages and interest.
Colorado voters last month approved a new nonpartisan ballot format. Candidates for each office will be listed alphabetically with no party designation, requiring voters to know individual candidates to vote straight-party tickets.
A collection of satirical observations notes voters facing a complex party ballot, diplomats in London, and political quips about Governor Blease, Turkey, and Roosevelt. It highlights colorful commentary on Christmas timing, media, and international affairs with a sharp tongue throughout.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports that Secretary Fisher proposed 1 102 50 for Montana Indians but the House Indian appropriation bill reduces new amounts and slashes most existing items, yielding 669 575 for Montana. Key items cut include irrigation at Pinthead and Fort Peck lands, and support for Flathead and Fort Belknap Indians. Senator Myers plans amendments to restore denied items and raise appropriations to departmental estimates.
Joe Foreman a young Black man faces trial in Judge Don lan's district court on a serious case after eight stab injuries are found in the autopsy of the deceased Handy a leader of the colored sporting population of Butte Witnesses say Foreman and Handy clashed at a saloon on East Galena Street Foreman left then returned Handy threw glasses and Foreman slashed with a knife Handy grabbed a public safety item fired two rounds and died Doctors testified eight knife injuries three fatal to the heart and other vital areas Jury impaneled with names including Gingress Shea Belveale Caddy Sinnett Oberem Fraser Steele Powers Dunstan and Powers Prosecutors Donovan Walker. defense Furman Verheyen.
Paris reports Cipriano Castro former president of Venezuela the target of intense newspaper comment The Temps claims he is plotting another revolution and his exact location remains unknown Telegrams place him moving from Antwerp to Hamburg then to a German sanitarium another account has him disembarking at Windunk and heading to Brussels then Paris
Chicago story: James Gordon, once a Chicago police officer earning 70 a month, is on trial for allegedly embezzling 175000 from the United States sub-treasury. Cross-examined by government counsel, Gordon claims a 45000 net worth and that his wealth came from real estate. He admits borrowing 2500 in 1990 and having 16500 convertible to cash the next year.
Two fires in Winnipeg Manitoba caused total damages of 130000. Mackenzie Bros wholesale hardware house and an adjoining tent factory were each damaged 90000 and 50000 respectively, with the Saturday Evening Post building also burning for a 50000 loss.
In Washington on December 9 Secretary MacVeagh ordered the abolition of the common towel from railroad cars vessels and all interstate vehicles and stations under the interstate quarantine regulations. Towels may be used again only after sterilization in boiling water following the ruling.
Washington December 9 Chairman McCombs of the Democratic National Committee conferred with Speaker Clark Representative Underwood and other Democratic leaders today. He had a private luncheon with Secretary Hill where the organization of the White House offices was discussed. It was reported McCombs would take an official position but friends say he has not decided whether to accept it.
Clara Butt contralto queen of English song will begin an eighteen months world tour in January opening with a monster concert at the New York Hippodrome. Admiration from Queen Victoria era sovereigns. Among her intimate friends is Princess Patricia daughter of the Duke of Connaught, rumored to attend several New York performances.
O M Auerbach, a 1909 Princeton graduate, is sent to life imprisonment for the murder of his employer Harrison Fisher in Baldwin Michigan. Fisher was killed while hunting with Auerbach who claimed the shooting was accidental. Judge Withey written a personal letter to the warden requesting comforts pending the supreme court review.
Graham Taylor of Chicago, head of the national conference of charities and corrections, told the federal council of the Churches of Christ in America that about 50,000 Southern European immigrants will land on the Pacific coast within two years of the Panama canal opening. He said with scarce manufacturing work, solving their placement will require church assistance.
Chicago December 9 Hearing of testimony in the Grace Brown Guggenheim suit to set aside her 1901 divorce from William Guggenheim was postponed to later in the month. The case likely will be heard December 19 or 23 in the wealthy mine owners family neighborhood.
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