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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1913
Page
8
The Anaconda Standard lists publishing details, prices, and circulation notes, including branch offices, mailing matter, and newsstand locations. It enumerates subscription rates, main office address, and a long roster of news agents in various cities, with directions for inquiries to Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda Montana.
A push grows for creating a new county centered near Three Forks with Three Forks Pony Norris Harrison and other towns backing the plan. Residents in Jefferson and Madison fear long travel to county seats while Gallatin residents say they pay for roads they cannot use. A committee says the necessary in tax base exists and the name is yet to be chosen. Concurrently Congress tariff action drags on with expectations of August passage and possible Montana favorable changes affecting lumber wool and sugar in the bill.
The piece outlines tariff reduction debates within the Democratic party and contrasts radical versus conservative revisions. It discusses the Butte Miners union election, emphasizing pro-work, pro-business cooperation with mining companies, and the aim to avoid strikes. It also notes political maneuvering around a New York campaign and praises the Glendive Independent as a long-standing Montana newspaper.
Representative Stout of Montana introduced a bill to allocate 190000 to the commissioner general of agriculture to gather data on opportunities across the United States and distribute multilingual information to new immigrants at ports. He argues many migrants stay in cities, spending their funds and becoming public charges, while knowledge about Western farming could attract them to Montana and stimulate settlement, growth, and citizen contributions.
Senator Root of New York plans to retire at the end of his current term and will not seek re election under the new popular vote law. Friends say his reluctance stems from not wanting to campaign, while critics point to his past as Republican national convention chair and former corporation lawyer. The anticipated re run would spark a hard fought battle with prosecutors likely opposing him if he pursued the seat.
A fragmented column from the Cincinnati Enquirer pokes at social norms with quips about marriage, vanity, credit, and old sayings. It jibes at women insisting on dress, men overreacting to drink, and Solomon as a satirical touchstone, ending with a flurry of oblique musings about face powder and vanity.
The essay defines laughter as mankind’s instinctive protest against unity and self protection of society. It notes ridicule attacks reformers, with examples of suffragettes and prohibitionists, and warns that the desire for dignity and fear of being laughed at deter progress. It cites Paley on reformers and recalls that early apostles were deemed madmen, urging perseverance over ridicule.
A long reminiscence on the old Astor House in New York, once a six story granite landmark now dwarfed by modern towers, prompting readers to recall its grim dignity and the era before its disappearance. The piece references Ross Tweed, the York Independent, Ward Beecher, and Henry Bowen as part of the bygone publishing world.
Dr Joseph J O Connell Port of New York Health Officer urged Health Board to halt vaccine sales by the Friedmann Institute for the Treatment of Tuberculosis until proof is provided. Dr Geers Gitevan, soon director of the Friedmann Institute, urged practitioners to suspend judgment awaiting a promised reveal in years to come.
The memoir recalls Henry Bowen a prominent New York publisher with Woodstock, Connecticut connections, hosting a grand Fourth of July style celebration. Bowen, tied to the Independent, sought a formal city banquet honor but faced invitation delays that led to a staged entry through Astor House to the committee room, where the boss Terence Farley presided and Bowen’s status as a reader public figure was implied to affect political maneuvering.
The Argentine government weighs camel importation for agriculture in arid zones. A decree outlines inspection and quarantine rules for imported camels to replace horses or oxen where vegetation and water are scarce.
A collage of quirky quotes cites humor about President Wilson and Secretary Bryan, hints at political strategy, and mocks media tropes. Mentions Thaw as a potential lawyer, a Arctic wireless project, and baseball as national life, reflecting era satire and opinion.
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