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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1913
Page
13
Anaconda Montana publication lists subscription rates and contact details for STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY. It includes monthly and yearly prices for Daily and Sunday editions, mentions offices in New York Detroit Chicago Salt Lake City and other cities, and provides address and phone information. The item reads as a generic publisher directory notice with assorted distribution links and general correspondence instructions.
The piece argues the US Supreme Court must define who qualifies as free white persons under naturalization law, noting debates over Japanese and Asian eligibility. It calls for ethnologists to weigh in, mocks xenophobic rhetoric, and advocates eliminating the fly as a sanitation war cry.
The New York legislature approved a near unanimous bill to spend 850000 immediately to build a state power plant near Albany utilizing water from the canal. It notes Sweden Switzerland and California as leaders in hydro power and suggests Montana could follow New York’s example to gain prominence in hydroelectric development.
The state authorizes construction to carry current to eight capital district municipalities for private consumers and city lighting. The state conservation commission oversees the project and a successful system could expand statewide during the coming year.
A garbled OCR fragment reviews figures like John Watter-pite Hiram John governor-general and Andrew Carnegie, referencing universal peace, world affairs, and politicians from the Detroit Free Press to the Denver Republican. It mentions Beulah Williams, Rhode Island prodigy, and Hudson Maxim in a scattered media mosaic.
A US Bureau of Education bulletin notes psychology as an intermediary, with scientists using lab tests to measure qualifications for work. Hugo Muenberg leads experiments for telephone firms to rate memory, attention, intelligence, space perception and movement speed. Firms report testers find most efficient workers among high scorers, while low scorers quit.
A report cites Dr. Hutchinson arguing urban life now rivals rural health. It notes a decades long shift since grim city conditions, with London New York and Berlin achieving death rates near or below national averages. New York and Chicago led in 1912 with about 14 per thousand.
Fragmented reflective prose mourns a beloved figure, blending ornate metaphor with teary recollection. The piece asserts love as the basis of immortality, claiming certainty of an afterlife through emotional fidelity beyond rational proof. The writing voices intimate sorrow and existential musings on loss.
A portrait of a 41 year old businessman named Jon Merciant, described as coarse and talkative with small gray eyes. He is money-obsessed, cheats friends, and believes money buys anything, with a cynical view of honesty and a motto: Get the Money. The text also notes his wife’s diamonds and lavish lifestyle and compares him to Bill Bryan of Nebraska.
He believes he has deceived the world but in truth has cheated only himself of a clear conscience and self-respect as his arrogance collapses before judgment.
A fragmentary, humorous venting piece reflects on marriage, wealth, and social norms. The writer mocks headlines and public perception, noting desires, honesty, and gossip while weaving jokes about famous financiers, fidelity, and happiness.
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