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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1913
Page
12
Publishing Company notice details subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, monthly and yearly terms, and payment in advance. It lists offices and contact numbers in Anaconda, New York, Chicago, and other locations, with billing and mailing specifics.
A garbled listing shows various city news stands and agencies worldwide selling the Standard publication. It mentions New York Park Row agents, Chicago hotel outlets, Los Angeles Kemp News, Seattle Eckhart’s, Portland Rowman News, Denver Western News, and others. It notes correspondence to Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda Montana.
In Boston a club proposed Hadley and Butler for the Republican nominees as speeches sparked cheers. Talks floated Taft stepping aside, Roosevelt options, and party flux ahead of the next convention. If Wilson strengthens, opposition to reelection may wane. Bryan is mentioned in the fray.
The article notes General Menocal will be inaugurated president of Cuba on May 20. It states American investors are lining up large investments as soon as his administration begins. Menocal is portrayed as a conservative, reluctant nominee who accepted due to trusted conservative support, while earning about 100000 dollars annually managing Cuban plantations.
The piece contrasts Cuba’s conservative leadership and sacrifices proposed by patriots with a looming European arms buildup. It notes Cuba’s president salary and a corrupt ex-official’s fortune, then shifts to rivalries across Europe as superdreadnoughts and new weapon plans threaten peace. The article questions the cost of war versus diplomacy.
Newspapers oppose the administration over Wilson's request to postpone the meeting to select the democratic congressional committee. The president has not dicted but made a proper request to improve party unity. A delay of a few months could help congressmen acquaint with each other and the president, possibly yielding a more efficient committee.
A mass of 52 eastern railroads plans to seek ICC authorization to raise rates. They argue current charges hinder prosperity and needed investments in rolling stock and roadbed amid rising wages. A five percent increase may be requested to cover operating costs and enable improvements.
About 1500 students at Stuyvesant High School staged a strike to press grievances over poor food and ventilation. They disrupted the basement dining room after a series of protests and called for livelier music instead of repetitive songs.
Miss Mercedes Madero, sister of the late Mexican president, wed Antonio Ganalizo of the Mexican House of Representatives for Lower California. The union, amid Mexico's turmoil, was quiet and markes a romance of official life in the capital. The couple plan a European tour before returning to America in fall.
A collage of anecdotes from Harper's Magazine Philadelphia Telegraph and Lippincott's recount witty social moments and misunderstandings. A doctor at a dinner asks to be called what you please while a one armed veteran jokes about awards. A police case involves a burglar interrupted at work and a man questioned at the station.
A Cincinnati Enquirer feature lampoons love and marriage with blunt, humorous quips about men, women, jealousy, and social vanity. The piece riffs on public affection, attire, sparrows as food, and the quirks of courtship, courting, and domestic life with sharp observational wit.
A portrait of a kindly old-time minister known as No. 2. He tends a small farm drives to a schoolhouse to preach, comforts the sick at night, and embodies a practical daily religion. Loved by all, including dogs, he is seen as a true benefactor whose salvation relies on personal effort.
A collage of satirical lines from multiple papers mocks President Wilson and Mr Bryan. It mentions Husam yohnson and a cat swallowing a pup as plausible in a curious America, with quips about pacifism and grape juice.
A collage of jokes and witticisms from early 20th century papers. Topics include marriage, traveling performers, and social anxieties with quips about steeplejacks, sewer men, Reno divorces, and celebrities like Kean Kemble and Patty Lind. Voices poke at matrimony and vanity in brisk, period tone.
A skeptical essay argues that popular authors gain fame through herd behavior and fashion rather than intrinsic merit. It questions whether acclaimed works are chosen for personal taste or societal pressure and cites Pascal as an example of misattribution by copyist edits.
Poem reflecting on life as a newspaper game with players as marks or sharks and editors as dynasties. It laments long hours, little pay, and the obsession of the press, praising the love of the game despite costs to health and wealth.
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