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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1916
Page
6
Publication and office details for The Anaconda Standard include publisher and proprietor information, multiple city branch contacts, and postal subscription rates. Advertising and editorial departments are listed with addresses and phone numbers, plus newspaper distribution and sale points across several states.
The Rev Dr Richard J Cooke new bishop of the Helena area Montana Idaho and the Dakotas made his first appearance in Butte preaching morning and evening to large attentive congregations. He is described as vigorous articulate and a powerful orator whose delivery and voice command attention. The article also discusses weather commentary and the dog days with references to Bermuda high and summer heat across the country.
The article notes that many blame Sirius for heat, but Geminus argues the star merely marks a season when the sun is hottest. Sirius is not visible in evening at these latitudes. it is the sun's heat that causes hot days, and Sirius lies trillions of miles away, not millions.
A fragmentary account reports Roosevelt did not hesitate to undertake delivering a skeleton remains to the X O P camp. The skeleton remains in the possession of the would‑be vice president and associates who are said to be rattling the framework, distracting the prodigal son.
At a East convention of shoe men the claim was made that America faces a leather famine due to wartime footwear demand and exports. Speakers warned of woodlike future if substitutes don’t appear, predicting fashion shifts away from high boots and changes in women’s skirts to cope with leather shortages.
Denver based Springfield Republican correspondent reports inaccuracy in Western political sentiment. Hughes is popular in the Middle West as a party voter region, while many western progressives prefer Republican comradeship. Wilson’s wartime diplomacy and re election appeal shape Democratic prospects. Peace and prosperity win Western votes. opposition to war and Mexico is muted. Organized labor in the West shows cautious support.
The article notes labor and farmers lean toward the Democratic administration due to favorable internal measures like agricultural credits and rural services. It criticizes heavy armament spending and military expansion while noting the West remains preoccupied with crops and potential railroad strikes and will not engage politics until mid September.
Interest grows as Mitneis Hospital at Elgin unveils a patient use golf course. Patients enjoyed the game amid a blazing hot day, with enthusiastic play and promising results for treatment. Critics warn of club control parallels, but supporters praise the venture as beneficial.
The New York Sun critiques the war revenue measure as crafted by the Democratic majority. It denounces the excise on gross receipts from copper refining and sales, arguing the miner and refiner bear little or no burden while smelters and refiners face hidden costs. The piece labels the plan unjust and economically harmful, warning it rests on a flawed premise.
The fragment discusses a copper trade tax hurting industry and a tribute piece praising James Whitcomb Riley. It references devaluation, legislative attention, and public sentiment, blending economic critique with a sentimental obituary-like homage to the poet.
Hundreds of Americans crossed the Rio Grande to attend Juarez’s first bull fight and broncho busting contest since the Villa era. Francisco Gonzales and Andres Garcia praised the turnout as a sign of growing friendly ties. The arena held Mexican soldiers and both American and Mexican spectators, with amateur matadors and vaqueros competing for relief funds for Queretaro district.
A Morgantown West Virginia oil tank was struck by lightning during a storm on Sunday July 28. Despite efforts of many workers, between 8000 and 10000 barrels of oil burned and the tank was completely destroyed.
Dr W A Evans explains dengue or breakbone fever in New Orleans terms, its blood parasite link, mosquito transmission, and rapid spread in ships or camps. He details fever cycles, joint swelling, skin rashes, throat soreness, and misdiagnoses from malaria to scarlet fever, noting a low death rate but lasting weakness.
A housewife shares practical tips for quick omelets for any meal. She notes baked omelets for dinner, sweet omelets for dessert, and bread omelets as easiest. Key ideas cover serving one per breakfast guest, preparing mix, and cooking in a pan with milk and eggs.
A compilation of editorials mocks Sulzer as a doomed reformer and notes party shifts. It cites comments on secretary Daniels disarming navy wine gear and jokes about sailors keeping voices. Other clippings discuss Castro, Roosevelt, Villa, Bryan arms plans, Wilson and Carranza opinions, and Hughes and Wilson as possible candidates.
A vivid portrait of actress Alice Brady full of youth and health, with her merry laugh and stage presence. The narrator recalls meeting Brady at Loew theater during Mimi in La Boheme, noting her beauty, voice, and ambition, plus anecdotes about audience reactions and her father William A. Brady’s theatrical prominence.
A collection of humorous quotes and light exchanges from various papers. The snippets reference freethinking jokes about editors, wartime convalescents, a conundrum about spending money, teacher’s pet lines, Votes for women debate, marital music, and an insurance quip about a Miss Oldbud and a 20 year endowment policy.
A humorous exchange mocks fashion trends and awkward shopping requests. A man explains an end-seat hog parks himself in the best spot while a clerk jokes about matching stockings to the wearer’s eyes and ailments. The dialogue ends with a witty punchline about tinted socks for cross-eyed customers.
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