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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1911
Page
18
An Anaconda based notice lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with monthly and yearly terms and advance payment requirements. It references second class mail status and a main office in Anaconda.
Long list of newsstand and office locations for the Standard Publishing Company throughout the United States and Canada. Names include New York offices, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Detroit, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Salt Lake City, Ogden, Spokane, Tacoma, Seattle, Portland, Vancouver. General correspondence to Standard Publishing Company Anaconda Montana.
The article recounts the Betsy Ross claim as the origin of the first continental flag made in Philadelphia in 1777, with George Washington and Robert Morris approving a design of thirteen stripes and a blue field with thirteen stars. It notes earlier flags and the Ranger voyage, and explains later changes as states joined in 1794, leaving thirteen stripes and a changing star arrangement.
Poem urging steadfast loyalty to the flag and honoring heroic sacrifices of fathers and soldiers. The verses praise immortal guardianship and the transfer of duty from ancestors to descendants.
The article traces how each new state's star was added on the next July Fourth starting in 1818. It notes the flag’s birthday was irregular for decades, while the Flag Day observance gained formal attention from 1891 and is now widely observed nationwide.
The piece notes a strict return to horse drawn pageantry for the coronation, forbidding automobiles. The king has purchased many horses, carriage hire costs soar, and peers commission state coaches while emperors invest in cars, yet the parade remains a horse driven tradition.
The piece recalls the Trent affair and Lincoln’s decision to surrender the Confederate envoys to Britain, noting the North’s outrage and the threat of war with Great Britain. It links public sentiment, political risk, and how the crisis shaped the presidency and Union resolve.
The piece recalls Civil War memory and the flag as a sacred emblem. It discusses postwar disputes over Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Pacific policy, noting Roosevelt's Memorial Day remarks and anxieties about arousing retaliation to the stars and stripes.
Michael Murphy a young New York clerk risked his life last night to save his sister's coffin from a blaze in an undertaking establishment. Fire broke through from a basement, he chose to drag the coffin through smoke and flames to the street rather than abandon it.
A lightning bolt hit the S. Fillies Hall & Sons nitro glycerin factory and magazine nine miles from Clarion Pennsylvania, today causing a blast that ripped a 150 foot long and 30 foot deep hole in the ground.
The St. Petersburg report says an overcrowded Volga ferry boat sank near Uglitch with thirty people drowned. The incident highlights unsafe passenger boats and the tragedy prompts rescue and inquiry efforts by local authorities.
Washington June 13 Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin is described as one of the world’s largest standing timber owners with wealth estimates from 10 thousand to 30 million. The piece critiques his blunt language and loyalty to the Democratic party while noting his recent nomination for sergeant.
Salt Lake City June 13 three thousand corporations in Utah Wyoming and Montana must stand trial in U S courts for failing to report last March the net income for 1910. The government will seek at least 30000 in fines and up to 20000000 if the law is enforced to the limit. The list was completed today by clerks in the local collector's office and will be turned over to H E Booth district attorney under orders of R E Cabell commissioner of internal revenue. Booth expects prosecutions under the law.
In New York a bomb in Frank Zivello’s grocery in a five story tenement caused panic among 200 Greek tenants on East Eleventh Street. Zivello admitted paying blackmail to Black Hand men for three years and said a bomb set outside his store went off too late to harm occupants. In Chicago two bombs exploded within four blocks of each other on the south side in saloons owned by Italians, injuring several and shattering windows as police link the attacks to blackmail schemes by the Black Hand.
Lebanon Kentucky June 13 former governor J Proctor Knott is gravely ill at his home following a stroke months ago pneumonia threatens him and he is nearly 82 years old
Troy New York June 13 Myer Daniels of Hoosick Falls says he has no confidence in banking institutions and plans to withdraw funds and seek alternative storage for his money, signaling growing distrust in local banks.
In a day of mourning a man recounts losing about 4700 in greenbacks burned when his house burned down yesterday. He narrowly escaped with his life while trying to salvage the hoarded money from the flames.
A quiet Japanese student and bellboy at a Boston hotel ships home to Kyoto as Prof Yoshio Sanikwa head of philosophy at the University of Kyoto. He earned Harvard MA last year after a Minneapolis bachelor degree and has served as a special commissioner for the Japanese Buddhist Charitable association.
A near Utica New York tornado struck Farville last night, unroofing the Riverside hotel wrecking freight cars into the Chenango river and felling 500 trees. It damaged barns and sheds but caused no loss of life. The 1 mile by 4 mile path largely missed heavy property followed by farm land. A Paris physician touts a new machine recording voice vibrations on photographic film for singers.
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