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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1914
Page
4
A garbled OCR item includes scattered phrases about Meeks, Montana, Benet, Berenson, and Ber Gan ETRY with scattered names and terms. It reads like a collage of places, people, and unrelated notes, lacking coherent events or dates. The text appears as stray fragments from a period newspaper page.
The piece notes New York voters will face a wholesale referendum next year after a constitutional convention in April. The proposed constitution will be presented next fall with likely separate submissions on suffrage, prohibition, budget, judges, and other major issues, while wartime Christmas tempers a global sense of peace.
The New York Stock Exchange resumed trading after a July shutdown caused by war fears. Directors guarded against renewed panic while prices rose, signaling improved conditions and a hopeful tone. The piece questions whether the Exchange will maintain its past prominence. It urges continued use as the primary meeting place for buyers and sellers.
The Anaconda company will immediately begin construction and improvements in a plan seen as the most important mining news in years. The investment of eight to ten million dollars should prolong Butte mining, create substantial employment, and boost Montana business and copper markets as war rebuilds proceed.
Speaker Champ Clark hints at James R. Mann of Illinois as a strong GOP presidential candidate in 1916. Clark praises Mann as a skilled parliamentarian and capable leader, noting the Speaker may not pledge votes but recognizes a worthy adversary. The piece reflects Clark’s speculative talk on party leadership and strategy.
The most useful people are those with money who spend it in hard times, buy usual goods, pay debts promptly, and support employment. Regularly employed individuals should set an example, maintain confidence, and help others by purchasing, giving work, and circulating money to lift community spirits. Germany and England are mentioned in a wartime context with Haeckel’s views on punishment and invasion.
A fragment discusses how the map of Europe has been reshaped by allied perspectives, while Germany retains confidence in victory aligned with German interests Prof Ernst Haeckel of the University of Jena outlines a German perspective including added territory Germany seeks from war success.
A collage of light verse and quips from Boulsville Courier Journal and Louisville Courier Journal pokes at style and domestic life. Jokes touch hats, love, fathers stale jokes, and a thermometer that fails to steady home temperatures. The snippets showcase playful banter and newspaper voice of the era.
A family scene shows Bobbie and his father arguing over a school poetry contest. The teacher asks students to write alone and aim for a prize, prompting discussion about honesty and pride. Pa eventually writes a poem while Bobbie finishes first, raising questions about who truly completed the work.
A jumble of disjointed phrases speaks of eternal peace and war, with references to Hobbes and a poem about peace as a duty. Mentions a father’s verse and a feature on a poet named Teena ENTE ATLA Brooke, amid garbled wartime observations.
A collage of satirical lines and brief items from early press blurbs. Mentions Taft 1912 platform, Monroe Doctrine, and diverse quips on war, taxes, and social topics, including a dialogue with Admiral Sir Hedworth Meux and a joke about a Tim Corry.
A fragmentary miscellany notes humorous observations about a nine pound girl with a I shaped figure and shoe wear, jewelry at princesses, a married woman's gown truth, old fashioned men at the depot, European snobbery, and a boy reaching thinking maturity.
A vintage guide advises housewives on keeping jewelry dust free using improvised storage like a lined box or fabric bag. It details cleaning methods for gold and silver, including soap and sawdust, ammonia soaks, baking soda paste, and chamois polishing, plus careful drying and storage tips.
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