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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1912
Page
18
Publishers and proprietors. Finted at the Post Office in Anaconda as second class mail matter.
Rates shown include Daily and Sunday per month at 1.90 and annual prepaid options 10.90. Also listed are Sunday Standard at 2.50 per year with references to office and telephone lines and several numbered entries indicating independent lines and room numbers.
Directory of newsstands and agents by city including Butte branch contact, Morton manager foreign advertising New York office, and lists of locations in Chicago Detroit Philadelphia San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Seattle Portland Anaconda address for STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY letters.
The piece contrasts humane efforts to reform prisons and aid freed convicts with reports of brutal punishment in Michigan prisons. It cites straitjackets, cuffing, and prolonged punishments as evidence, arguing that the aim should be rehabilitation and safer reintegration rather than punishment. It then covers a visit by W J Bryan to Butte, noting his stance as a noncandidate who desires a progressive Democrat leading the ticket and the local support for him.
The piece argues harsh treatment erodes reform while Western prisons advance in reformist methods. It notes road construction by convicts, already tried at Deer Lodge, as a wise and beneficial system tied to penal servitude.
Analysis of Roosevelt's Columbus Ohio address notes a shift from direct statements to hedging on key pledges. Critics say he attaches strings to radical ideas, with vague positions on judges recall and limits on initiative and referendum. The speech unsettles many lawyers and constitutionalists in his party.
The piece argues that Roosevelt shows contempt for rigid constitutions unless easily amended and suggests his Columbus address reveals a plan to adapt constitutions to majority will. It says public reception forced him to qualify his statements and posits his current stance as an attempt to mitigate a perceived radical blunder.
Eastern commission men backing the Sulzer apple box bill propose to strike the box reference if western objections are withdrawn. Western growers oppose the grading provision, arguing it discriminates against western apples. A Thursday hearing will seek to amend the bill to adopt the Oregon box as the standard and adjust grades to allow western grade A status.
A Bowdoinham committee gathers funds to celebrate the town's 250th anniversary in 2024. Money will be invested for savings, placed with various institutions, and left untouched for 100 years until the target year arrives.
Two American orphans in Sydney care for by a charity funded from sale of cigar bands. Charles E. Beebe ships 40 000 bands from Butte to Spokane to fund their education and support. Bands go to an Indian curio shop in Sydney aiding M Harshman and a home for the captain's sons.
The Borah Jones three year homestead bill gains amendments setting seven months residence per year and a habitable house prior to final proof. It would apply to pending unperfected entries and reduce residence from five to three years. Interior department opposition is not anticipated. Also note Kentucky tobacco industry employs 3045 women at $4.62 weekly.
The British army estimates for 1912-1913 total 139.3 million dollars, up 850,000 from 1911-1912. The increase stems entirely from aviation development plans. A complete military aviation school will be established at Salisbury Plain.
Helena March 5. The Helena Commercial club adopts resolutions opposing the abolition of government assay offices and refineries in the Northwest. It urges miners unions and merchants across Montana to press Congress and Northwest leaders to protest. The resolutions note small operators rely on local offices for quick returns to meet payrolls and purchases. Removing these offices would force miners to deal with pawn brokers and costly smelters, threatening profitable but small operations.
Mrs Caroline Engler heads a drive to build a home for working girls in Lynn Massachusetts. The project aims for 75000 dollars with construction starting once 50900 dollars is raised. The item notes broader reform efforts and related regional developments.
The article notes plans for municipal transport mandates including gasoline and electric buses, taxi quotas, and a freight motor truck service in a route over four years. It also mentions a London school for women teaching daily life skills from window opening to lamp trimming, plus dog care and sanitation, with lectures on food prices and clothing needs. Major d Anger’s claimed discovery of human body photography is touched on as not startling.
ABE MARTIN quips that the consumer bears travel tips and still eats at home. He notes a rise in fake goods daily, predicting a difficult afterlife for foolhardy spenders who lived to 98.
The article recalls photographers handling dry plates at arm’s length to avoid actinic effects from the body and mentions blurs and fogs. It also references French discoveries adding to this knowledge. A second note describes camel postal riders in the Nubian desert delivering mail, and mentions Peking planning an electric streetcar line.
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