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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1912
Page
13
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY lists publishers and proprietors. It notes post office registration as Second Class Mail Matter and provides subscription options for daily and Sunday editions, including annual rates for advance payment. The piece includes office addresses, phone lines for business and editorial rooms, and issue numbers 115 and 116.
Rutte Branch on Broadway lists Bell Phone 422 and Independent Phone 1422 as contact numbers. The fragment provides line items for phone services at a location likely in an old directory or notice.
W J Morton serves as manager of foreign advertising with offices in New York at 200 Fifth Avenue and in Chicago at the Hartford Building on the corner of Madison and Dearborn Streets.
A list of news agencies and offices across major cities is presented with addresses and notes that all general business letters and correspondence should be addressed to the Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda, Montana. The piece emphasizes the widespread presence of the standard and catalogues outlets in New York, Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco, and other cities.
Stockton Veazey departs Anaconda today to become vice president of the First National Bank in Great Falls after five years as cashier of the Daly Bank and Trust. J C Harrington, ex-Chicago banking executive, takes his place in Anaconda with broad experience and cordial welcome.
Government census reports a three percent drop in illiteracy in the United States from 1900 to 1910, with 7.7 percent illiterate in 1910. Northern states show as low as one percent while the South remains higher. More than half of illiterates are among Negroes, Indians, Chinese, and Japanese. overseas, illiteracy remains high in Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Serbia, and other nations.
The list includes United States, Denmark England and Wales Scotland Finland Sweden Norway Germany empire Netherlands Switzerland and Australia as referenced in the text.
An infamous former prizefighter turned street evangelist in Philadelphia uses boxing tactics on hecklers to draw crowds. He directs his workers to form a line beside his car and applies demonstrations of punches to those who resist. Despite criticism from fellow evangelists, his militant approach yields audiences and some former opponents return to attend services.
The House will include 139 Democrats from the solid South and 153 from the North and West, marking the first time since before the Civil War that northern Democrats outnumber southern ones. The piece notes a nationwide shift toward the South, with no expected change in cross regional cooperation and a wartime-era pattern of solid blocs.
An eastern railroad mulls nursery compartments in Pullman cars on through trains. The plan would charge extra for a special child care service, arguing demand justifies the extra tolls. Critics call the move a sign of remaining childlike sophistication in the future.
The new federal wireless law requires operators to obtain licenses before sending messages across state lines or abroad. Constitutional exceptions allow in state radiograms but limit commercial value. The aim is to curb foreign stations and protect maritime distress traffic, highlighted by the Titanic era chaos.
A new law aimed at stopping amateur operators from jamming Hertzian waves assigns absolute priority to distress signals and radiograms from ships. Stations must cease during distress and refrain from transmitting until the call ends. Operators who cut in risk license revocation. Wireless promoters praise the measure.
The clipping surveys cremation trends in Europe. It reports Germany with 7,555 cremations last year and 6,500 in 1910. It mentions other varied topics including business, missionary work, and social notes from several countries.
Two damage suits pending in district court made little progress yesterday. James Kelly sued the Butte Miner for 100000, denying libelous claims and recounting a shooting during a Pipestone bar holdup. Sarah Davis sues the city for 10000 over injuries from a fall on an icy South Arizona street, with testimony detailing months of disability and medical issues.
Chicago Tribune reports Tavolara off Sardinia as the world’s smallest republic with a population of 55. In 183 Tavolara gained independence with Barteleoni as Paul I, later becoming a republic in 1886. A president is elected every 10 years per their constitution.
The Empress launches a new bill this afternoon headlined by Nick's Roller Skating Girls from the Berlin Winter Garden. A sextet of dancers on ball bearing rollers perform to captivate the audience, while George Palmer Moore and Florence Elliott present their lively act A Matrimonial Substitute.
In Richmond Virginia Governor Cole L Blease of South Carolina defends his lynch law statement despite a fourteen to four repudiation by fellow Governors. He dismisses potential censure and says threats have followed his remarks.
Grant Gardner billed as The Mirthful Music Box offers a new act for Butte audiences. Frank Pierce and Alice Mazee perform songs and smiles alongside The Four Les Jardys who present a unique athletic offering. Empress will show motion pictures with Lyle Bishop directing the orchestra.
Atlanta on December 13. Robert L. Clay hanged after seven months of silence admitting he killed his wife last May. He said he went to see his separated wife, kissed their baby, the child shoved him away, and in anger he shot the woman dead.
Readers are urged to submit a list of names with the price per copy in cents to ensure copies arrive in time for the holiday issue releasing tomorrow. The message emphasizes avoiding disappointment for friends awaiting their copies.
The candy trust of Philadelphia is accused in a civil anti trust suit filed by Attorney General Wickersham. The Philadelphia robbing confectioners association is said to have members and officers who conspire to force manufacturers to sell only to members or through certain channels, forbidding direct sales to retailers consumers or jobbers outside the group.
Mrs. Walter Jr. Haugh aged 55 wife of a Spokane manufacturer was found in a Chicago north side hospital. She had disappeared after shopping with her husband in the downtown district and said she became ill while her husband telephoned in a State street store and went to the hospital for treatment.
St Augustine Florida December 18 La A Thompson alias Louis Hail was arrested by Detective Grogan of the New York police department on a $20000 swindle connected with the wire tapping game Indictments have been returned and Governor Dix has wired Governor Gilchrist of Florida for extradition papers
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