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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1914
Page
14
Commentary argues the average man of judicial mind may be better on the federal bench than in the Senate. Ambition to the senator has spoiled some good judges, with examples that some current senators might serve better wearing the ermine. The piece praises Judge Clayton’s wise decision in hindsight.
A Texas judge quashed a robbery indictment for a variance between charge and proof after asserting the money stolen was two nickels rather than one dime. The decision sparked debate on technical errors vs substantial justice and fueled calls for judicial recalls, though calls warn recalls are dangerous.
The article argues the United States has nothing to gain from a war with Mexico. It notes Wilson’s pledge not to annex Mexican territory and warns that war would cost lives and money with little or no gained prestige. It calls for keeping out of war and pursuing lasting peace.
The piece recounts H D Clayton Alabama congressman briefly pursuing a Senate seat alongside Underwood and Hobson. It notes President Wilson urged Clayton to withdraw to aid anti trust legislation and that Clayton then backed the federal judgeship offer with life tenure, while Underwood won the Senate contest.
Representative Mann publicly clashed with Representative Bryan over the Puget Sound harbor's naval value. Bryan defended the harbor while Mann cited navigation dangers highlighted by Washington’s delegation. The exchange shows how contemporaneous remarks are selectively recorded in the Congressional Record.
The report warns the moist climate and night heat are not healthful for troops. Insects spread disease and fevers run severe along the coast. Physicians say preserving soldiers’ health will be hardest as contagious illnesses, including smallpox and teefus, threaten the territory from the gulf to the foothills with the May tropical rains.
The article riffs on political maneuvers and global tension around Huerta and Wilson. It notes the Niagara Falls mediation board may only settle hotel bills, while battles and politics unfold with references to tampico bands, Becker case, and presidential stances. It blends satirical lines about campaigns, courts, and public notices with a Northwest newspaper voice.
A Cincinnati Enquirer humor piece compiles quips on social manners and human foibles. It critiques old fashioned types and modern habits with compact, ironic observations. The tone mixes social commentary and playful jabs at behavior and vanity.
A poem by Walt Mason laments youthful excess and drunken folly. It links drinking to job losses, stalled pay raises, and social downfall, urging restraint and cleaner living amid a satirical critique of alcohol culture.
The essay discusses the weariness of reading aloud and the urge to escape. It laments long passages spoken by friends or clergy and argues reading aloud should be banned save for death warrants or excommunications. It notes good passages linger while tedious ones exhaust listeners.
The Archiv fur Eisenbahnwesen reports German rail rates from 1907 to 1911 aiming for lower German averages. The U.S. Bureau of Railway Statistics bulletin shows German average 1.27 cents per mile versus 73 cents in the United States for all commodities.
A sprawling OCR fragment collects mock quotes from major papers lampooning political figures. It references Roosevelt Taft Wilson Villa Carranza and General Maas with sardonic tone about U S politics and foreign affairs. The tone mirrors syndicated humor columns and editorials of the era.
A light string of 1920s era gags features a waiter faced with challenging steak, a locomotive joke about trains at both ends, a prone rider preferring frontward, a quip about dealing with children, and a quip about engagement gifts. A golfer banter line closes the collection.
The item mixes varied notes such as the German pound value, an Oxford expedition with a Polish guide to Siberia origins, an orphan care scheme, Britain's rail system, early aeronautics, a Philadelphia balloon order, and a mention of the first woman lawyer in Australia, all appearing as disjointed historical curiosities from a scanned page.
A recently appeared French Albessard monoplane follows Langley flight principles and features tandem wings behind each other with arched wings and cruciform tail. It adds a wing balancing device and pivoted horizontal planes to adjust lift, with a span of thirty-five feet and overall length of thirty eight feet.
Diverse excerpts cover a sessional barrister in a first case, a Vancouver woman tallying 49 miles of chores, vast farmer family figures in the US, a Hull case ordering a 1 penny monthly debt payment, 12 pounds of documents for a 3 cent debt in France, a Portsmouth tax tale with a delinquent wagon, Nigeria’s 1910 union, ancient West African towns, meadow land auctions by pin and candle, Lincolnshire sand glass auctions, and a Belleville return surprise involving a train stranger who turned out to be the brother.
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