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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1914
Page
6
Merchants report strong holiday business with crowded streets and generous gifting despite lingering worries. The public is urged to clear war fears, spend with confidence, and resume normal activity to ease economic hardship and stimulate recovery.
The piece discusses calls to expand income tax to all earners, urges lowering the exemption from 4000 to 3080, and cites Secretary McAdoo advocating broader taxation for greater government revenue and citizen accountability in spending. It notes opposition urging universal taxation of all incomes.
The state acts to allow commission government reforms, led by Butte and Missoula successes. 248 cities across the nation use the system with 8312 population total in these municipalities. Large cities include Buffalo, New Orleans, St. Paul, Denver, Jersey City, Oakland, Memphis, Portland, Nashville, Omaha, Spokane, Tacoma, and Salt Lake. Overall, commission systems show initial gains but long term vigilance is needed to prevent rigidity and decline.
The piece recounts Mme. de Thebes prophesying upheaval next year with Germany dissolving, Austria dismembered, Belgium thriving, Russia prospering, and the United States facing financial crises amid a foggy, stormy year. It notes political vows on prohibition and suffrage, and details Senator Myers’ Washington record and Montana interests.
Lord Kitchener predicts a three year war and prepares accordingly. Mme de Thebes of Paris returns with yearly prophecies, claiming the war will end early next fall and hinting at the Kaiser’s fate without detailing specifics.
A garbled summary blends references to slavery in the United States before a European conflict, percolating with odd phrases about weights, pearl, and a bandmaster linked to Chobham. It mentions Welsh regiments, college ministers, Moscow guilds, and gratuitous services for wounded soldiers, plus a Kansas irrigation experiment using windmills to pump water and deposit dirt near Montreal.
Chicago date Dec 22 Jane Irving known as the old woman of the alleys was buried a second time today A former pauper she died penniless in Kane County A funeral was held at the Episcopal cathedral Walter Summer bishop of Oregon presiding The will found in trunks and boxes left by Summer left money to the diocese of Chicago to aid the poor
New York December 22 ownership of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway was liquidated on the courthouse steps. The old railroad stock tied to 4 percent collateral bonds was bid in for 7.13 million dollars by James N Wallace, promoter of the protective committee, amid a foreclosure by Central Trust Company of New York for interest on bonds totaling 71.363 million dollars.
The London Daily Chronicle described Anglo French relations amid war as mixed, noting British soldiers admire French and Belgian troops. It highlights the French view of the British as resolute fighters and the Belgians as heroic allies, with mutual esteem evident in imagery and sentiment.
An elderly couple revisits a young Indy poet Inez Casey Dolores Edgerton Tam glad yure husband. She reads two poems titled Drifting and Memories while Pa notes the craft and aims of poetry. The dialogue reveals family ties, pride, and challenges of domestic life amid social norms.
Luke M Luke speaks in a clipped regional piece about a local controversy. The fragment references community figures and a municipal issue with unclear scope. Names and specifics are unreadable, but the item suggests a public statement or opinion from a figure named Luke M Luke.
Collected quips from papers mock war scares and political figures. Taft, Cannon, Rockefeller, and Tesla appear in a string of satirical quotes about neutrality, pork, diplomacy, and the next Republican convention.
The article offers practical kitchen tips from 1914 on olives celery oysters almonds and nuts preparations. It describes chilling olives, slicing celery hearts to tender portions, plating oysters with small garnishes, toasting home made salted almonds, browning nuts in olive oil, and shaping cheese into decorative balls or cones for an elegant salad course. It emphasizes freshness quality and careful handling throughout.
Australia shows rising trade values with foreign goods purchases increasing from 184 000 in 1900 to 202 000 in 1905 and to 388 609 090 in 1910, while exports grow from 225 010 000 in 1900 to 818 000 000 in 1915. The Bodleian Library at Oxford claims status as the greatest university library, followed by the British Museum among English speakers, hosting about 275 000 volumes. The United States reports a net public debt of 208 200 Shs.
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