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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1913
Page
6
Gigered at the Post Office in Anaconda listed as Second-Class Main Matter. The notice identifies STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY as publishers and proprietors on record for mailing matter.
Rates listed include daily and Sunday options. In advance price for Sunday and one year is $10.00. Standard one year is $2.50 for office-standard block. The snippet shows office phone and room numbers, indicating a local newspaper ad or subscription notice.
A fire on Fifth Avenue damaged the Tribur building. Morton, manager of foreign advertising, reported the incident from the Bell phone exchange and Yadepegydent line, with fire crews responding promptly to contain the blaze.
A listing of numerous news agencies and their street addresses across cities including San Francisco, Denver, Ogden, Spokane, Portland, and Rochester. The item directs that all business correspondence and confidence be addressed to the STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY in Anacortes, Mont.
Article notes sympathy for Butte women pressing the street railway to reduce car steps to fit hobble hats and skirts, while managers doubt fashion dictates car design. It argues styles will change again next year, possibly to hoop skirts, making car redesign impractical.
A William Howard Taft era column outlines Secretary Daniels pushing a big navy and split Pacific fleet plan, Secretary Garrison backing Wood’s militia reform and centralized army posts, and Redfield and Wise steering commerce and agriculture. It also notes a National Protective Association campaign to curb avoidable fires, citing Binghamton, Oakley, Sing Sing, Newark, and Triangle disasters.
The passage lauds Secretary Houston as a highly capable administrator who has streamlined the department, revived the pure food law, and improved administration, while Franklin K. Lane, as secretary of the interior, is also credited with notable success.
The Industrial Workers of the World conducted two major strikes in Law rence Massachusetts and Paterson New Jersey. After twenty two months out of work the Paterson silk mills strike ended with workers penniless and homeless to some extent. Leaders failed to gain concessions and urged workers to return on poor terms. The piece argues workers may grow weary of the I W W methods.
Ambassador Wilson told the senate foreign relations committee that a limited recognition of the Huerta government might be best for the United States. He impressed several members with candor and detail in a secret session. The Mexican problem remains a steady thorn for the Wilson administration, with Monroe Doctrine commitments constraining options and no quick solution apparent.
A collection of opinion remarks covers Mexico's political chaos, potential mediation, and the risks of intervention, alongside notes on China, Europe, and U.S. diplomacy. The writer casts doubt on stable Mexican governance, warns of guerilla warfare costs, and critiques political spins while touching on Huerta, Madero, Wilson, and foreign affairs.
A pragmatic tone notes the stifling weather in Chicago while contrasting with the distant diplomacy of President Wilson and President Huerta. The exchange signals no impact on U S atmosphere or policy amid the heat and public bustle.
Queene Hauhew Adams laments modern skills outshining cooking in 1912 verse. The speaker praises various female talents from sports to law, then laments wives who waste meals cooking poorly, leaving husbands with charred meat and bleak meals.
Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of the President becomes an honorary member of the Eagles Mere fire department after aiding in a cottage fire beside the hotel she was staying at. She and several other girls braved flames and rain to save tenants belongings with help from Mr and Mrs W C Dodge of Washington and their family, including a two month old baby rescued from the burning cottage.
A reflection argues justice requires love to illuminate truth, guide fair reasoning, and ensure honest decisions. It claims perception, logic, and judgment falter without affection, noting hate or indifference corrupts understanding and undermines reward and punishment.
Baseball rivalries spill into the stands as John J. McGraw and umpire Bill Rigler trade barbs at the Polo Grounds. Rigler threatens to name culprits after a tossed mask and a shouted challenge, McGraw coolly retorts it was only his echo.
A collection of quips from multiple papers lampoons topics from ancient laws against usury to bees invading a hotel and the idea of loafing on vacation. Mentions John L. Sullivan farmhands fearing felons name and a militant suffragette across the water.
Christina Rossetti writes of a garden that becomes inaccessible as a spirit shuts the gate. The speaker, bereft, imagines asking for a twig to remember the lost paradise, but is rebuked and the wall is built. Now alone, tears blind the eyes as the violet bed and lark nest offer faint solace.
The Saylor School in Spokane Washington marks its fifteenth year as the only western school limiting boys per teacher. It emphasizes health morals and manners beside class instruction and invites readers to request a new catalogue with patron praise.
A call to progressive retailers to recognize newspaper advertising as a powerful business builder. It argues manufacturers should cooperate with retailers by funding and planning ad campaigns to boost sales for both parties and invites dealers and manufacturers to contact the Bureau of Advertising in New York.
A collage of light humor and quips from Life Yale Washington Star Chicago News Judge and others. Jokes cover clergy verses baseball, a diamond pin tale, Latin dictionary queries, a principal and a crying boy Mose pun, a sales pitch delusion, a New York waiter tale and vaudeville past life.
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