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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1912
Page
12
Publisher and proprietor notice states the business is entering the Anaconda post office as second class mail matter and lists publishing company status and proprietors.
An unreadable OCR fragment from a business office notice mentions phone lines and numbered entries without clear names or actions. The text lacks identifiable persons, organizations, or events to summarize meaningfully.
Butte branch listing shows contact options with Bell Telephone number 422 and Independent Telephone number 1422. The brief notice provides two local phone contacts for branch services and inquiries. The text emphasizes the regional utility connections and suggests customer access points.
Vr J Morton, manager foreign advertising, based in New York at Fifth Avenue building 200 Fifth Avenue. Chicago office located at Hartford building corner Madison and Dearborn streets.
A list of news stands across major cities with addresses and agencies. Includes New York Hotaling's at Park and Broadway, Detroit Metropolitan News Co. at Woodward and Michigan, Chicago Congress hotel, and others in St. Paul Minneapolis Kansas City San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland. All correspondence to Standard Publishing Company Anaconda Montana.
European correspondents say no settlement will erase Turkish influence in Europe, leaving only Constantinople with a small hinterland. The empire has ceded Northern Africa and lost Caucasus regions, Armenia, Hungary, Southern Russia, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, and Serbia, shrinking population from 12 million to about 2 million. The final retreat is seen as postponed until future European trouble arises.
Across the country events mark Lincoln's 1862 emancipation with New Year's Day observances. Proclamations and public talks recount the slave era, noting advances in education literature music and the mechanical arts.
Dr A T Meas Laughlin of the United States Public Health Service cited typhoid’s heavy toll in the U S, estimating about 100 million dollars in yearly losses. He urged education to reduce infections, noting high death rates in major cities and comparing typhoid to cholera and plague.
A reformer argues that Asiatic cholera outbreaks in large American cities can be halted by public education and aggressive sanitation. He notes typhoid fever, though less deadly per case, spreads more easily and costs more to treat. The key steps are safe water, fire prevention campaigns, and preventing food contamination to nearly eliminate the disease.
The Butte chamber of commerce revived a debate on adopting the commission form after a two year push. Voters previously elected socialists, raising hopes of better governance, but tax burdens rose and plans faltered. A committee will study the commission plan again, aiming for a report at the next meeting. The outcome hinges on the individuals chosen to lead under either system.
The piece notes that letters to Santa Claus addressed to the post office are undeliverable and go to the dead letter office, though charities historically respond to many such appeals. It reports Postmaster General Hitchcock considering options, with potential to direct letters to agencies that might fulfill some wishes.
The Navy Department proved it can manufacture ordnance cheaper than private contractors. Bids for four and five inch guns favored the Washington navy yard gun factory, with the Watervliet plant second and two private steel companies much higher, highlighting a high degree of self sufficiency.
A satirical survey notes government department economy, urges disarmament as a solution, and reports on European crisis trade with Russia and Austria. It mocks Roosevelt Taft politics, Christmas shopping, and public life while predicting winter weather and holiday fuss.
A Fairbanks despatch reports seven U S army soldiers from Fort St Michael face grave charges after an alleged Sunday night assault on an Indian woman and her 15 year old daughter near the fort. Two suspects have been identified by victims, with this marking a third similar offense in three months.
One Pension Office in Washington reports Commissioner Davenport orders the New York Philadelphia Louisville Knoxville Indianapolis and Topeka offices to send all books and records to Washington by December 15 as part of abolishing 12 agencies January 31. Boston San Francisco Detroit Columbus and Augusta Maine offices will send records around January 15.
Kansas City report by E. J. Fleming of the Free Legal Aid Bureau notes 323 wife abandonment and non-support cases over the last year. He states the majority of offenders had blue eyes, highlighting a sensational statistic from local crime and family welfare efforts.
Washington December 10 The Navy League of the United States has organized a campaign to raise interest in naval needs. Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright Captain W F Fullam Commodore W H Adams and Colonel Robert M Thompson are among speakers slated for engagements in various cities.
A mass meeting is set for Wednesday December 11 at 8 p m in the Presbyterian church to debate whether a medical certificate should be required for marriage. The event is organized by the Great Falls Ministerial Association with pastors Pettibone and Giboney as coordinators. A local physician will present the case following previously shared concerns about diseases among marriageable youth.
In Los Angeles a 17 year old polytechnic high student Elmer Minegan was shot and killed by Patrolman Hoffman after he and another youth tried to inspect a garage automobile posing as detectives. Hoffman said he tripped and fired into the air intending to halt the youths.
Mrs Virginia Blankenship a Gallatin valley resident for 33 years died at her Bozeman home after a nine month decline Born in Missouri in 1847 she moved to Gallatin county in 1879 Her husband James W Blankenship died in 1908 She is survived by sons Ed W Blankenship Houston W Blankenship and Charlies C Blankenship
Washington December 10 testimony by Sherbourn R E Hopkins former legal adviser to the Madero revolutionary commission says the Mexican revolutionists who ousted Diaz received no aid from American sources. He denied Standard Oil or Waters-Pierce Oil Company funded Madero and said the revolution was financed by the Madero family and Mexican citizens.
Spokane December 10. To mark the grave of Dr. W. H. Olds the administrator may spend 160 for a monument as requested by Mrs Della Olds and other heirs. Mrs Olds killed her husband with a rifle at a telephone and was tried for murder but acquitted.
Washington December 10 Senator Sutherland introduced a bill granting pecuniary indemnification for defamation of character caused by erroneous convictions. Anyone pardoned or acquitted could apply, with payment capped at 5000 dollars, to be determined by the court of claims.
A Cologne dispatch reports Liberian soldiers threaten Europeans along the Sestos River in Liberia. Europeans are preparing to leave. German gunboat Panther anchors at Sestos with Eber off Monrovia as tension rises in the region.
Beckman ordered the lodger relocated, retrieved his belongings, and five weeks later returned at dawn to shoot the girl through her bedroom door. He argued the woman’s gifts and finery fueled disputes, seeking to justify the deadly act.
Helena Dec. 10 The action of Acting Governor Leighton in granting an unconditional pardon to Seth Dix and in commuting the sentence of William Fitzgerald to one year and the commutation of the 25 year sentence of Frederick Byrd to seven years by Governor Norris were affirmed by the state board of pardons today. Dix served 30 years for murder in Yellowstone county 1991, paroled in 1907 after prior pardon rejected by the board. Byrd convicted in Carbon county 1909 for murder, 25 years. Norris reduced to seven as manslaughter. Fitzgerald convicted Flathead county 1910 of forgery, five years reduced to four to enable parole.
Two men were killed and three injured when a steel rail load on a moving work train at Granite Point, about ten miles west of Lovelock, Nevada, fell from the car and swept laborers from the car. Two men were crushed under the wheels.
The Portland Chamber of Commerce received a memo from Secretary of State Knox noting the new China republic is likely to gain U S recognition following China’s January elections. The view reflects ongoing diplomatic considerations amid interim government formation.
Valdez Alaska December 10 Capt Elbridge Barnette and B R Dusenbury were acquitted today by Federal Judge Thomas R Lyons on the charge of making a false statement about the condition of the Washington Alaska bank at Fairbanks.
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