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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1913
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR mentions capac business price Bell phone lines and multiple old phone numbers including 47 48 115 116 and independent listings for phne rooms suggesting an early telephone directory snippet.
The text lists locations and phone numbers for advertising offices in Rutte Branch Georgia and New York, noting the Morton manager and the foreign advertising office at Fifth Avenue near the Tribune Building. It references Bell and Independent phone lines and includes a New York address at 200 Fifth Avenue.
Land outside Montana where the standard is on sale lists New York Detroit Chicago St Paul San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Salt Lake Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland and Rochester agencies with addresses. All general business letters and correspondence should be addressed to the Standard Publishing Company, Anaconda, Mont.
President Wilson, praised for clear thinking and expression, critiques Mr Roosevelt’s trust platform. He warns a government trust partnership would empower monopolies and threaten democracy. The first in a Sunday Standard series promises further insights from Wilson.
The Senate tar off debate will span weeks with two to three weeks of set speeches before amendments. Few members deliver commanding speeches as many attend only galleries. Older senators are absent to prepare their replies while new senators stay to hear all sides and avoid walking out.
The article notes that senators often leave the chamber when proceedings drag, yet Senator Smoot, Utah Republican leader on tariffs, stays on the floor during debate and beyond. He is described as among the few who remain, spending more time on the senate floor than any other member across parties.
Washington gossip says strong opposition has formed to advancing the currency bill in the current special session. Democrats split on full consideration, while bankers urge currency reform. Some favor delaying final framing till December to gain expert suggestions. administration supports passage, but delay may benefit the bill. A later note recalls Senator Lewis's Bryan salary remarks and a tense press gallery debate that cooled a long Senate dispute.
The Western Federation of Miners leads a strike in Michigan's copper district urging nonviolence and arbitration. Despite appeals, minor clashes occur prompting sheriff and governor involvement for possible state troops. Mining companies did not request militia, and leaders call for peaceful conferences to end the dispute without protracted loss.
Butte begins its first summer Chautauqua experience sharing in popular entertainment and instruction. Attendance is smaller than the quality merits, but promoters remain hopeful as familiarity with the program grows and Columbia Gardens provides an ideal venue for these gatherings.
The piece lauds Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois for his florid, ample language and leadership as Democratic whip. It notes his stature as a top orator and dresser while mentioning his limited participation in recent Senate debates.
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels will spend a few hours in Butte next Wednesday as a guest of local newspaper men. The Butte Association of Newswriters previously hosted President Taft, an event praised as a landmark in state journalism. Daniels, a veteran editor by reputation, will be welcomed by capable hosts in a well managed reception.
It is noted that the New York New Haven Hartford line showed a fair approach to Billings. A remarkable coincidence is mentioned that Secretary Lane fell ill the day he arrived and studied the matter.
The text notes Mr. Bryan’s return to Washington before a war with Japan and Mexico, suggesting Republicans may temper their harsh denunciations of his alleged high treason. His absence was brief, not allowing full accusations from the Newgate calendar.
The text notes rioters at Sing Sing failed to take control while contrasting diplomatic views on Huerta and Wilson. It hints at political shifts, including calls for new leadership and Republican tariff criticisms echoing past stump speeches. A Chicago chauffeur received a 14 year sentence for a fatal crash.
The piece savages July as unpredictable, notes hot waves in the capital and pink whiskers. references Senator Ham Lew in a cream suit, Yuan Shikai’s troubles, and Charley Murphy in connection with a Binghamton fire. Mentions Secretary Daniels and Sing Sing matters amid Chicago politics.
The piece praises Henri Bergson highlighting his essays Essay on the Immediate Gifts of the Consciousness Matter and Memory Creative Evolution and his role in freeing thought from mechanistic limits. It extols his view of free will, personal influence on nature, and the spiritual value of his philosophy.
A collection of short humorous exchanges from various papers. Jokes touch on horseshoes luck marriage and everyday mischief. Notable lines pair punchy witticisms with asides on spouses cooks and voters in a light editorial humor tone.
A string of brief anecdotes features a secretary of the interior with a town youth who refuses offers at a party, a New York judge recounting a hotel lobby quip about drummers, and a four year old girl hoping her slow talking aunt will yield an English speaking child. The tales echo light moral observations and amusement in late 19th century tone.
A collage of wry quotes critiques politics and society from various papers. It notes plans for a Rhode Island lobster breeding plant, jokes about fortune and madness, militia and marriage, a call to a cop, fraternal order chatter, and a boy’s fishing misadventure.
The Cincinnati Enquirer comic tone jokes about domestic quirks and the antics of a family. A girl warns a suitor about spending, a note signed Dolly tests a father's age, and a husband surreptitiously frisks a wife’s handbag only to uncover a mix of recipes memories and a milk receipt.
Walt Mason muses on extreme heat as corn beans and prunes struggle yet thrive. The poem contrasts tropical warmth with Arctic cold, urges perseverance and cheerful resilience while praising heat for pruning crops and urging practical farming patience.
The report notes that arm strength equality occurs about twice as often in women as in men, and that more men show greater strength in the right arm than in the left.
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