Anaconda Standard Advertising Directory Splits and Notes
Fragmented OCR shows a garbled ad listing for the Anaconda Standard Publishing Company and branches. It mentions services, rates, and distributors in New York Chicago Detroit Rochester and other cities, with references to news stands and agencies and a postal address on Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Standard 18
New York
Hotaling
Park Row
Denth
Broadway
Chicago
Congress
Albania crisis and electric farming gains debated at league meeting
A Yonkers or Philadelphia dispatch reports Washington denying any intent to intervene in Albania while European powers seek peace. It notes Albania’s volatile mix of populations and warns intervention could worsen matters as discussions continue. Separately, National Electric Light Association delegates in Philadelphia hear Mr. Martin claim high frequency electricity boosts crop yields by about 75 percent, based on trials in Center Moriches and Denmark with lettuce, radishes, and grains.
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Irian
Greece
George Fred
Washington
Balkan
al- Dania
Europe
William of Wied
Albania
Willams
Andrias
Vienna
United
Massachusetts
National Electric Light Nation
Philadelphia
Martin
Moriches
Long Island
Denmark
Dayton
Ohio
Brooklyn Eagle
Uute
Leven
Carnegie gift boosts endowments to Pittsburg institutions
Carnegie adds 2 million dollars to be split between the Carnegie Institute and the technology schools in Pittsburg. The gift raises total foundation endowments to twenty four million, placing five percent bonds that provide fifty thousand dollars more income for the tech schools and pension extensions for key educators and curators. The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph notes the added funds will expand work and teaching, enabling focus on core tasks without future funding concerns.
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Carnegie
Carnegie Institute
Schools For Technology
Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph
Institute
Carnegie Foundation
Pitteburg
Parcel Posts Rival Boosts Direct Producer Consumer Link
Parcel post expands to include a clearing house for excess products. Express companies will match quantity and price, handle delivery to buyers, and return funds to sellers. Rates run 25 percent below Interstate Commerce Commission commercial rates, with a small return-fee. Speed promised to beat regular parcel post.
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Parcel Post
Express Companies
Express Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Paicel Post
Great White Ways and Skunk Value in 1913 America
A curio of early 20th century miscellany notes that bright city lights on Broadway may dull attention, and that softer illumination could aid pedestrians and drivers. It also surveys the North American skunk’s value to fur trade, with prices and protection laws cited, plus brief society notes from Madrid and Mexico about weddings, court cases, and political figures overseas.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
United States
Indies
Department
New York
London
Nichola Longworth
Madrid
Farmers May Benefit From Electricity Replacing Fertilizers
The general farmers face high fertilizer costs, and if electricity can substitute fertilizers at a profitable cost without enriching electric companies excessively, Mr. Martins reseate predictions might come true as market gardeners in large cities could benefit.
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Amon
Mr. Martin
Fragmented of dubious quotes and weathered remarks
A garbled clipping presents diverse statements on crime mob justice and political opinions. Mentions a sea-dog, lynching rope, a mediation board, Sherlock Holmes touring America, London outrage, Senator Tillman and President Wilson, and a French cabin phrase. The text is fragmentary with unclear context and attribution.
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Sherlock Holmes
America
London
Tillman
Wilson
Water, the Best Medicine, Says Avid Hydrant Advocate
A speaker extols water over wine and patent drinks, praising fountains as religious and healthful. He cites a Philippine soldier’s thirst in trenches and lauds water for stomach, liver, kidneys, and even spiritual well being, calling it Dr Vis Medicatrix Maturae.
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Philippines
Chicago
Dr. Vis Medicatrix Maturae
Walt Mason Poem Warns of Wild Oats and Regret
A reflective verse recounts how sowing wild oats leads to later aches and regrets. The speaker laments youthful frolics by William Henry Fitzjames and others, noting thistles grow from reckless sowing and warn readers to be wise in early life.
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William Henry Fitzjames
Iles
Baer Masons
Wireless motor lifeboats on Aquitania signal new rescue role
In addition to eighty lifeboats, Aquitania carries two large motor lifeboats of thirty feet with wireless telegraphy. They tow ordinary lifeboats and use Marconi gear with a 100 to 150 mile range to communicate with steamers in emergencies. Lowering appliances are installed. one wireless lifeboat sits on each boat deck side.
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Aquitania
Of Interest to Women on Individual Job Fit in Education
The piece argues that niches suit individuals better and that education should assess personal fitness for work. It notes a shift from fixed paths toward selecting vocations by talent, with tests and systems gradually guiding youths toward suitable professions beyond traditional lineage or expectations.
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Hoston Journal
Kiss talk and social wit from Luke M Luke in Cincinnati Enquirer
The column, filled with quips on marriage, money, and modern life, riffs on the cost of living, romance, and daily routines. It criticizes lavish spending on gifts, notes barber shop rituals, and jokes about a wife keeping things tidy while a rag man eyes the porch.
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Rom
Cincinnati Enquirer
A Woman's Switch From Producer to Consumer
A narrator contrasts a woman's shift from producer to consumer life. He notes a preference for homey meals and old routines, recalling a porch scene and the comforts of a kitchen, while reflecting on how some men long for simpler times even as social trends change.
Roosevelt faces hostile tribes on map revision
A Detroit Free Press note says Colonel Roosevelt will revise maps showing the Amazon and Brazil to remove errors. The Charleston News and Courier reports he fears similar hostile encounters in this country. They claim he has tasked map makers to erase a river on the latest drafts.
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Roosevelt
Brazil
Charleston
Z. R
Detroit Pree Press
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Ashing Company
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Meonda
Dng
Ermas
Anette
Independ Snone
Bei
Morton Co
Avenue
Gmeago Tribune
Saen
Earth
Ameen Winn
Iaty
Higaara
Hugo Muensterberg
Harvard
National Electric Light Association
Muensterbers
Springfield Republican
Igen
Mexico
Atlantic
Schumann-Heink
Billy Sunday
Harry Thaw
Kermit
Seabee
Villa
Mex~ Fcans
Marie Henry
Lierary
Huerta
Babylon
Boston
Braves
Huerta’s
Kermit and
Belle
Navy
Daniels
DR Frank Crank
Walt Mason
Mrs
Vernon Castle
Victrola
W. J. Ryan
Aoe Micon Silitary Band
Victor
Tano ‘Victor
Santley
Cecile
Esmeralda
Castle House
Orton Brothers
Victor Talking Machine
Butte
North
Main Street
Peggy Quincy
Luke
DuncKnann
Niven
BLACK
U. 7
Secret Service
Sunday Standard
Cal
Owsley Block
Mont
Tignes Ay Rice
Fulton & May
Props
Spirit of the Press
Mr. Culmet
Licely
England
Boston Advertiser
Awazon
Louis Globe-Democrat
Gounod
FAUST
Metropolitan Symphony
Salvatore Giordano
Caruso
Richart Savage
Grand Opera ‘Company
Maiptea
Boston ‘Opera
Erican
Friedmann Laboratory
State Savings Bank
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