Newsstand and distribution network listings across major cities
The excerpt catalogs numerous news agencies and stands by city, naming operators and locations in New York Chicago Philadelphia Detroit Indianapolis Minneapolis Seattle Portland Vancouver and other centers. It lists venues such as hotel and station news stands and agency outlets, with addresses like Fifth Avenue Park Row Broadway Ninth Street Main Street and Union Street. The note directs all business correspondence to Standard Publishing Company in Helena Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
New York City
Hotaline
Park Row
Thirte-eighth
Broadway
Twenty
L. Jonas & Co
Astorhouse
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Fountain News Co
Fifth
Walnut
Chicago
T. Paul
N. St. Marie
Clear and News Co
Fifth Street
Minneanoti
M J. Kavanaugh's
South Third Street
Kanenas City
Yoma News Co
San Francisco
Palace Hotel
San Neisco
Diego
R. M Child's
Denver
H. P. Hansen's
Western News Agency
Salt Lake City
Rosenfield & Hanson's
Main Streets
McGillis & Ludwig's
Whitehouse Corner
Ogden
Lowe Bros
Twenty-fifth Street
Spokane
F. W. Fritzsch
North Howard
John W. Graham & Co
Avenue
Tacoma
Treco News Co
Seattle
Fokart
Cherry Street
W. C. Whitney
Acme News Co
Ird Avenue
Union Street
Portland
Oregon News Co
Morson
Northwest News Co
Portland News Co
Vancouver
B. C
Wide World News
Montana Hopes for New Counties and Senate Reform
A 1910 editorial argues Montana should redraw county lines to balance representation in both legislative branches. It critiques the current county based senate plan as a burlesque on republican government and urges immediate abandonment in favor of proportional districts. It also notes a journalist’s brisk American tour by the Mauretania and his observations of diverse nationalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Legisla
Constitutional Nation
Helena
Senate
Montana counties and legislative balance prompt early action
The author argues that Montana’s large area necessitates creating more counties soon. Texas and California are cited for comparison, noting different counts and senate sizes. The piece suggests that Montana’s current plan misaligns representation and urges early correction to match future population and county growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Texas
California
Senate
Migrations and land ownership in New York farms
The article compares immigrant patterns and land values, noting foreigners flood into New York with access to abundant land, while New York farm land prices fall. It contrasts Hungarian farming migration with U.S. land sales and cites Albany figures showing a twenty year drop in New York farm land value amounting to at least $168 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Hungary
Albany
As To Economy
Analysts warn that President Taft faces a stern test to curb federal expenses. They say his intentions are sound but doubt he can achieve required savings. His tariff aims and budget proposals are viewed as likely to falter under Senate and House protectionist influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Senate
House
Taft Faces Push for Retrenchment Against High Costs
The article notes rising total expenditures surpassing costly predecessors and argues the government could save tens of millions annually. While praising the president’s intentions, it contends retrenchment requires a stubborn fighter and questions Taft’s willingness to adopt such a policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Tetrazzini Delights 79,000 At Open Air San Francisco Concert
Signora Luisa Tetrazzini drew a vast Christmas Eve crowd of 79,000 in an open air San Francisco performance. The singer, recently in a court battle to cancel a New York impresario contract, sang to emphasize music's supremacy and human sympathy in a memorable holiday moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signora Luisa Tetrazzini
San Francisco
New York
New York Opera
Curious facts and municipal oddities from around the world
The piece surveys various odds and ends from history and current events. It notes Chile's post offices. Swiss tourism spending. milk weight conversion. the envelope's French invention. suicide statistics. US descent mix. wagon wheel life. Canada's lobster law. Paris cats tax proposal. threats from cat owners. a multi role mayor in High Wycombe. suffragist raids and a courtroom anecdote involving Dr Grace Cadell and Miss Mary McKengle with brief quoted lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Grace Cadell
Mary McKengle
Nagel Urges Immigration Reform and Stricter Labor Laws
Secretary Nagel's annual report to the president calls for tighter steamship regulation and fines for immigrants with diseases. It notes 1,198,037 arrivals in 1919 and warns of family separations, urges family inquiries before admission, and advocates improved enforcement of the white slave law and contract labor controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Europe
Mann on the House Floor Aide to Speaker Cannon
James R. Mann of Illinois, secretary of procedural battles, maneuvers on the floor to aid Speaker Cannon. He objects to measures and, when parliamentary tangles arise, speaks at length to secure rulings, as Maurice H. Thacher’s Panama reception anecdote reveals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James R. Mann
Congress
Illinois
Cannon
Mann
Panama
Maurice H. Thacher
Canal Zone
Thacher
Asher Hinds
Hinds
Federal corporate reporting idea for uniform business data
The text argues for a single federal agency to collect essential business facts from all interstate corporations. It asserts this central body would provide reliable national information, inform public opinion, reduce prejudice, and create a permanent government contact with corporate managers to improve cooperation and uniform accounting.
National Capital Affairs in Brief
President Taft spent hours in the executive offices and spoke with Representative Dwight of New York about advancing a legislative program this session. A series of conferences after the session resumes will test sentiment in the House and Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Dwight
New York
House
Congress
Senate
Hampton Normal Institute
Hampton
Martin A. Knapp
New Court of Commerce
H. C. Emery
Tariff Board
Interstate Commerce Board Fixes Bituminous Coal Rate
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled the rate of 2 dollars per ton for bituminous coal from East St. Louis to Omaha and South Omaha Nebraska is reasonable despite Illinois miners seeking 1.80 dollars. Attorney General Wickersham leaves town for a week to prepare for trust cases in the Supreme Court next month, delaying the first bill against the electrical trust. Four firms named in Sherman act action reportedly withdraw from the plumbing trade agreement to avoid further opposition to injunctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East St. Louis, Jr
Omaha
South Omaha
Neb
Interstate Commerce Commission
Breeze-Trenton Mining Company
Illinois
Wickersham
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Bath Tub” Trust
Government to proceed with injunctions and tribal prosecutions
The government will likely conclude injunction actions and continue criminal charges started in Detroit. Also reported is the confiscation at Fort Apache of gallons of tiewn or tulapal, an Apache intoxicating drink said to fatten users, with a milky appearance and strong odor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Indian Office
Fort Apache
Arizona
Classroom Repartee Recounted From Columbia And Yale
A column recalls fiery classroom exchanges with Franklin Giddings at Columbia known as the wild man and Yale’s William Lyon Phelps famed for quick replies. Miss Smith outwits a loud question, while a student jokes about joining his father’s brewery after Phelps’s sharp retort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Giddings
Columbia
Miss Smith
Giddings
Yale
William Lyon Phelps
Phelps
Wanted campaign promises cash for owned lots
A note promotes a wanted campaign claiming you can cash in on lots you own by selling them to a ready buyer. It suggests immediate use and quick purchase, appealing to property holders looking to monetize.
Cleveland praised General Arthur’s presidency by Parker account
George F. Parker recalls Grover Cleveland praising Chester A. Arthur for his calm patriotism during a tumultuous period after Garfield’s assassination. Cleveland admired Arthur’s moral courage in vetoing a pork laden river and harbor bill and believed future history will honor Arthur’s service. Edwards previews tomorrow’s piece on Chief Justice White’s rise to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Edwards
George F. Parker
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
United States
Birmingham
Mr. Parker
Chester A. Arthur
General Arthur
President Arthur
New York
Albany
Parker
Arthur
Garfield
Congress
BE. J. Edwards
Also Mentioned on This Page
Standard Publishing Company, Publishers and Proprietors
Anaconda
Sunday Standard
Fusinese Ofice
Bell Phone
Praitorial Noome
Sioesaens
Bell
J. Morton
Manaecer
Tieine
Offee
Brunewick Helsinge
Fifth Avenue
Chicaca
Hartford Hidding, Corher Madison and
Dearborn Streets
Andard Publishing Company
Naconda, Mont
Mauretania
Liverpool
W. R. Holt
America
Baltimore
Manhattan
Connie Mack
Bowery
Chinatown
Grant's Tomb
Riverside Drive
Stock Exchange
Foreign Quarters
City Hall
Gaynor
Hfolt
Little Old Island
Chile
Switzerland
Canada
Paris
High Wycombe
England
Territorials
Fire Brigade
Department of Command Labor
Ree
Bureau of Corporations
International Harvester Company
Steel and Tobacco
Cops the Gentleman
Illinois Desist
Governor Thacher
Hitchcock
Post Office
J. Q. Byram
Indiana
Institute of Dental Pedagogues
Byram
Owsley Block
Butte, Mont
Butte Business
Gallege
Bath
Edwards
Justice White
Supreme Bench
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