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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1914
Page
25
Lawrence Kansas hosts a conference where Irvin S. Cobb argues sound advertising promotes rational, intelligent spending rather than waste. The note accompanies bids for Helena Montana school building contracts and describes sale of Deer Lodge county bonds with terms, bidding, and conditions.
A Paris fashion note describes a midnight blue satin gown worn at Auteuil races. The outfit features a rusted white satin blouse under a lace trimmed blouse and accessories complement the formal attire.
Mr Cobb argued that no advertisement, however widely promoted, should be forced on readers unless it has merit. He doubted newspapers use subtle appeals to urge spending. Addresses were given by Richard H Waldo, advertising manager of New York magazine, and others.
Bridgeton Barbadoes May 13 Col Theodore Roosevelt today replied to Sir Clements Markham's criticism of his discovery of an unknown river in Brazil. He said the British geographer had paid tribute to his work and that existing maps are largely wrong about this South American region. He insisted mountains on maps are imaginary and noted the lower river has long been known to rubber gatherers as the Arpoanan and the upper as the Castanao but had not been mapped.
Stockton California May 13 F P Hagal of Rochester New York for forty years a balloonist and parachute jumper died today at the county hospital after an illness of several months Hagal is said to have been the first man to leap from a balloon with a parachute in California He was never injured and travelled around the world several times giving exhibitions He was 62 years of age.
London, May 1 Mary Ansell a militant suffragette was sentenced to six months imprisonment after yesterday flashing the Royal Academy portrait of the Duke of Wellington by Hubert Von Herkimer.
Classified ads for the Standard offer 1 cent per word, guiding readers to place notices at branch agencies in Butte Anaconda. Listings show drug stores and exchanges in Butte Walkerville Centerville and more, plus employment and sale items, with contact details and office routing.
A dense collage of classified notices from Butte listings. Includes for sale dry farming seeds at Gregson Springs, cheap vacant lots, 12-room houses, two and three-family flats, acre and multiple acre land offers, building sites, by owner sales, junk shop notes, and trades. Also mentions massage services, circular letters, and various local business ads. Many entries name Butte addresses, Butte streets, and local firms, with prices and contact hints scattered throughout.
Classified ad fragment listing second hand furniture including tables and stoves sold or exchanged in Park Union area Butte Ind Butte. Also mentions plants in bloom, gasolined items, a motorcycle, mare and harness, cattle and poultry, team of ranch horses, used cars bargains, passenger auto, Ford car, bank fixtures and complete modern bank furniture, and a 2-room furniture sale in Butte details incomplete.
Money to loan on real estate and chattels with various security options. Local listings mention best rate of interest, terms from Wilson & Smith Co and J Corkish, address 401-9 Phoenix Block, Butte, plus numerous rental notices for furnished rooms, houses, and suites across Butte Anaconda and nearby areas. Listings also advertise wanted items and services including furniture, safes, and tailoring.
Our LOYMENT OFFICES provide reliable help for railroad construction work and all classes of labor. PARSONS' Office in Butte lists contact options on 211 N. Main and Bell phone 1902, with locations including St. Paul E Park.
Chicago May 18 residents tell Illinois public utilities commission the Byron Telephone company cannot install modern devices or raise rates because individual service lets neighbors listen in. Subscribers say the bell brings no privacy and ruins evening amusement as people along the line eavesdrop on conversations.
A Vienna telegram reports Austria will be officially represented at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. With a government grant of only $12,000, a special Austrian pavilion is planned to be erected.
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