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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1912
Page
13
Suburban note describes a publishing association listed as a standard publishing company. It notes post office entry in Anaconda as second class mail matter and mentions subscription rates and contact numbers for business, editorial, and independent offices.
Directory listing for Butte Branch with contact numbers and managers. nationwide network of newsstands and agencies across major cities. Includes addresses for New York Chicago Detroit St Paul Minneapolis Kansas City San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland and Anaconda office details.
The Silver Row school trustees propose adding the two days before Christmas to the holiday break and closing at week’s end. They argue Christmas falls midweek and students and teachers need time for gifts and travel, noting many teachers plan to leave for vacation and would struggle to reach destinations if school runs Tuesday.
Woodrow Wilson returns to this country and plans to stay as New Jersey governor for several weeks more. He will attend a New York banquet this evening and visit Staunton Virginia on his birthday, then dine with Chicago’s Commercial Club on January 11. He plans to decline other invitations to focus on gubernatorial duties and upcoming inauguration.
New York case results show gang leaders once state witnesses face harsh fates after release. Immunity from punishment fails as vendetta law takes hold. one former gang member, unwilling to stay in the city, seeks escape from the current danger.
A fleeing figure, fearing assassination, returns to the United States by boat after attempting to hide in Havana. Once a key player in wide profits, he cannot outrun his past as associates face the death chair. Retribution looms, as justice or violence awaits.
The Montana progressives face a crucial choice as the new session nears. They hold potential balance of power but risk being labeled Republicans if they ally with one party. A New Hampshire resolution urges independence, insisting they refuse to trade with either major party and place principle above personal advancement. A separate note discusses arson investigations and insurance fraud, advocating preissuance scrutiny of policies as a remedy.
Michigan Governor Osborn preached in Chicago at a friend’s church and urged less ostentation in dress at church services. He compared to Spain and South America where women wear plain black, hoping poorer attendees would feel welcome. He warned American churches may seem exclusive and notes the Faster parade’s year round influence on such impressions.
Senator Penrose introduces a bill to cut local letter postage to one cent in cities with free delivery. The plan gains broad support, especially among business people sending monthly bills and statements. If enacted, postage on local letters would drop from two cents to one, saving half the current cost and accelerating a nationwide penny postage goal.
New York city fire commissioner cites a “fire bug trust” among its systems based on reports from department chiefs and marshals. He claims at least one fire in four is arson, noting proof is hard to obtain as evidence is typically destroyed in the blaze.
A collection of snippets notes advances and curiosities from different fields. Topics include steel coated roofing with lead, nettle fiber as cotton substitute, peat bog reclamation in upper New Jersey, a planned London to Karachi flight, Birmingham traction bonuses for safe operation, an oil filled hollow lifeboat anchor, Hudson Half Moon replica anchored near Yonkers with crew relief duty, a four cottage England area, a cavalry officer guarding horses, a recruit warned about approaching from behind, and long tenured Pennsylvania Railroad workers with pensions.
The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court on November 5 ruled usurious loans void as to principal and interest. If usury was paid, the borrower may recover amounts, striking a major blow to loan shark practices in the state.
The Survey reports a case where Alexander Dunscomb borrowed 47.50 from the Royal Company, paid 2.4 monthly for two payments, and was then repeatedly loaned against his salary. After refusing further payments, he sued for double the usury paid. The municipal court granted double the last payment, but on appeal the division reversed to allow recovery of double all payments.
Spokane news report details Northwest fruit growers meeting to create a cooperative selling association covering Montana Idaho Washington and Oregon. A nine member committee representing key districts begins organizing with Spokane as headquarters and W T Clark Wenatchee named chair and H S Sampson Spokane secretary. Plans will be submitted to districts for ratification.
In Saarbrucken 30,000 Christian Labor union members vote to strike January 2, affecting Saar coal mines. Other Catholic unions, about 15,000 from the Berlin wing, opt to await operators’ promised higher wages before acting.
A shopper delays his Christmas buying as time runs short. He smiles and insists he must shop, despite rent clothes and the sting of the season. The verse hints at the inevitability of following one’s nature and the mysterious survey.
Henry Huntington purchased John Toppner s Portrait of Mrs Munroe from W G Fischer Art Gallery New York and will ship it to San Gabriel California as part of his unrivaled collection of old English masters including Reynolds Gainsborough Romney and Raeburn The painting is described as among the master s best works by W Roberts and referenced in The Book of Hoppner Paintings by Mr McKay
Harry Shannon, 30, a broker and drug user, is arrested after claiming discovery of a vast morphine mine behind Columbia Gardens Mor phine mine. He boasts a 40 foot tunnel and a vein of morphine mass considered the greatest mine, while authorities prepare a sanity hearing.
Washington reports Royal Cabell, commissioner of internal revenue, says illicit distilling plants seized in 1912 total 2,465, similar to 1911. Corporate returns show 1911 federal receipts from the corporation tax at 28.58 million with total U S capitals around 60 billion dollars and net income rising.
Riverside Cal Dec 16 Breaking silence from county jail Patrolman Bert Barrett claims the killing of Acting Chief John Baird was not about office rivalry but Baird's alleged persecution of Barretts two nephews. Barrett says the boys were repeatedly arrested and harassed. Bairds funeral is set for tomorrow. An inquest will be held then and Barrett faces possible first degree murder charges. A guard was placed over him to prevent self harm after a prior suicide attempt.
Special Correspondence reports wolves in Philipsburg area causing stock losses. J A Gillies notes two yearling calves killed last week and several ranchers suffer similar damage. The predators target young cattle and some colts, often leaving only a small portion of carcasses.
Tacoma December 16 Guy McClure an electrician inspecting the city fire alarm system was electrocuted on a pole at a principal business corner today. His safety belt held his body as he fell backward.
A special Philipsburg Chamber of Commerce meeting drew leading businessmen and landowners to respond to recent newspaper attacks on Granite county roads. They cited county commissioner reports showing only about 25 miles of 40 miles are impassable, mostly in Granite, with the rest in Missoula. Hell Gate canyon’s narrow, shifting river makes road work hard, and spending has exceeded tax revenue. A committee will draft resolutions to publish in papers that carried the criticism.
A squad of Italian laborers idle due to work drought at Coney Island spend days sifting sand beneath bathhouses and along boardwalks. Police report they frequently find coins and rings in substantial quantities from their methodical digging.
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