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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1913
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard published by STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY. Entered at the Post Office in Anaconda as second class mail matter.
Fragmentary text shows subscription rates with monthly and yearly options, mentions standard and office standard plans, partial numbers and garbled words. Likely a notice listing pricing and contact details, but specifics are unreadable.
Independent and foreign advertising contacts for The Standard Publishing Company based in Anaconda Montana with agents and news agencies across major cities including New York Chicago San Francisco Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Seattle Portland Rochester and others. Includes office locations and street addresses for distribution and correspondence.
Deer Lodge residents mobilize to retain the College of Montana after decades in the city. Fundraising and mass meetings attract regional support, with Butte and Anaconda donors. supporters argue small Christian colleges suit modest communities and offer night classes for Milwaukee shop workers. The effort nears success.
The piece notes the collapse of the Turks and a failed bid for a Southeastern European confederation. Allies show little sign of broader cooperation beyond warfare, leaving a divided Europe with two hostile camps and no unified balance of power.
The article argues Balkan states remain volatile and vindictive, with peace fragile and vigilance necessary to prevent diplomatic or military slips. It warns against Turkish attempts to regain lost power, noting larger powers will not tolerate such moves due to past support of regional turmoil.
The piece condemns the census bureau for lagging data by over three years, noting 1909 automotive figures as outdated. It argues private firms yield timely, accurate statistics and urges Congress to require prompt compilation, as data from 1999 was only now published, making the bureau a costly, historical entity.
The Bozeman man Charles S. Hartman will be appointed minister to Ecuador at a salary of 10000 dollars. The article notes Ecuador's population about 1500000, key exports, climates in Quito, and a history of political instability with multiple constitutions and occasional revolutions. It reassures Hartman’s safety amid regional unrest.
The excerpt reviews diverse topics from diplomacy and security in Quito to American political humor and literary quips. It mentions Ecuador’s defense, city demographics, and notable figures, then shifts to satire on Bryan and tariff debates, Dooley’s views on statesmanship, religion and politics, crop politics, and interdenominational events.
The text riffs on Balkan unrest and stalled peace talks, noting Bulgaria’s turmoil and ongoing bombardment imagery. It references Gettysburg’s end and a northern resilience under southern pressure, while humorously urging Colonel Watterson to keep his hammer sharp for vigorous prose.
A jumble of humorous anecdotes and quotes from journals and magazines. A Short Stories vignette recalls Dugald ill and Donald’s whiskey gift, a physician’s sly eye exam quip, and feather banter from Mrs. Arthur Wentworth Balfour. A minister’s lost coat tale ends with a comic backfire.
The piece compares President Wilson's currency bill to Andrew Jackson's struggle with the United States Bank led by Nicholas Biddle. It notes Wilson would grant the currency board power without bank representation, drawing a parallel to Jackson’s controversial battles and the 1830s bank controversy that some tie to later financial panics.
A thought on loving self as a prerequisite to loving others and honor in life. The speaker argues true compassion for neighbor, family, friends, and God flows from a noble self love and inner beauty. He reflects on a hidden strength to love, and the awe of the good one can harbor within.
A verse praising patience during hardship notes that even on a rough road there is beauty and reward. It contrasts bruising trials with visible signs of good, such as a rose among thorns and a distant lamp in a window, urging steady resolve and cheerful endurance.
A collection of humorous quips attributed to Luke M'Luke from the Cincinnati Enquirer. The long list riffs on marriage, money, critique, parenting, suspicion, and social norms with satirical observations about men and women.
A 14 year old from Liverpool travels to London hoping for work and lands a trial for a boy part in Strife after meeting the producer who is overseeing rehearsals. He proves suitable and is taken to the theater for a test performance.
A new hitching strap invented in Illinois lets a driver unfasten a horse from inside a carriage by pulling the reins. The design aims to prevent the dangerous bolt when a horse runs startled.
The Sunday Standard highlights Mr Dooley’s burlesque on Roosevelt, Bryan, and others with claims of moderation in drinking and a jokey admission of secret habits. It also notes George Ade’s new fable, Wilson’s Plain Talks, a Montana Good Roads convention, sport cartoons, and a robust color comic section plus society and fashion coverage.
A cloth suit serves both summer wear on cooler days and travel. A smart black and white check suit is pictured, noted as a popular combination.
The Saylor Boarding School for Boys celebrates its fifteenth year in Spokane Washington. It claims to be the only West school limiting pupils to faculty, offering close personal care in health morals and manners alongside class instruction. Send for the new catalogue and testimonials.
A collage of vintage quips and cartoons from humorous columns and sketches. Witty exchanges concern fair clerks and customers, odd lawsuits, camping wit, and gossipy locals. Names of publications cited include Boston Transcript Puck and Punch, reflecting era tone and satire.
A two by three inch New Zealand ensign with the Union Jack and Southern Cross was presented to the Canterbury Museum. The tiny flag traveled to the south pole with Captain Robert Scott's polar party and was found on Dr. Wilson's dead body. It was returned to Miss Anne W. Hardy by Mrs. Wilson and ultimately gifted to the museum.
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