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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1914
Page
13
The readable fragment from The Anaconda Standard mentions Perdido and a page-reads artifact. Likely a local item or column note, with limited readable context to identify a clear event, person, or place beyond Perdido in the Anaconda edition.
Standard Publishing Company publishers and proprietors listed as second class mail matter at the Anaconda post office indicating a formal mail status designation for the periodical.
Rates list daily and Sunday per month one year advance prices for daily, Sunday standard, and main office blocks. Includes business editorial office contacts and phone numbers for Bell and Independent lines, with office room numbers 47 115 48 116.
Rutte Branch No 28 lists a new phone number 422 and Independent number 1422. W W Morton is manager of foreign advertising with offices in New York at Fifth Avenue 200 and in Chicago at the Tribune Building.
A notice lists various newsstand locations and agents across major cities including New York, Detroit, Chicago, St. Paul, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Salt Lake, Portland, Spokane, Tacoma, Seattle, and Rochester with addresses. It directs all general business letters to The Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda, Montana.
The state widely supports Montana congressmen Evans and Stout for renomination in August despite possible opposition. Journal commentary notes broad Democratic sentiment praising their service and loyalty to the Wilson administration, while acknowledging open fields for favorite sons and potential challengers across cities and regions.
The Standard favors quiet, rational discussion of consolidating educational institutions. Opposition to consolidation is not treachery to the state, and support is not enmity. Honest differences exist, and full, free debate should present all arguments so the people may judge, with angry passions kept in check.
The New York Senate seat held by Elihu Root expires next year and Democrats race to nominate a partner to James A. O'Gorman. Possible candidates include Herbert P. Bissell, Herman A. Metz, Jefferson A. Levi, Martin H. Glynn, William G. McAdoo, William F. McCombs, and William R. Hearst, among others.
The fragment notes an upcoming New York senate election by popular vote and asserts the Democratic nominee stands a strong chance to win the prestigious seat. It emphasizes the significance of the contest and the nominee’s chances.
Washington advisories in the New York Sun state President Wilson will not recognize any Mexican government until land tenure reforms are pledged. Carranza or Villa would gain recognition only with explicit assurances. The land reform to aid peons is deemed essential to pacification and lasting peace, with Adm. Chadwick noting the immense challenges ahead.
A government census bulletin shows total state debt at 109 million dollars, with over half owed by New York and Massachusetts. Massachusetts records 117 million, Montana 1.2 million, and per capita debt ranges from 72.72 dollars in Massachusetts to 3.13 in Arkansas. West Virginia has no debt.
Tyrus R Cobb of Georgia addressed the American Booksellers association dinner in New York. The star ball player spoke in his characteristic brisk style, impressing listeners with a clean, punchy talk that reflected his independent approach and broad appeal among educated readers in the sport’s modern era.
The era’s shift from amateur to professional athletics is noted with Cobb and peers shaping modern sports culture. Commentary touches on Wilson, Roosevelt, Huerta, and Funston, mixing political satire with sports references and public life, including Mexico’s unrest, rocketed by curiosity about public dances and labor activity.
A brisk column riffs on paving for youth safety and figures from 1912, noting river familiarity and Niagara Falls banquets. References to Mr Folk, directors of New Haven, Mr Morgan and Mr Mellen frame a light exchange about leadership, vigor, and authority in a civic context.
A humorous verse extols lemonade as a soothing beverage in hot days and during games. The speaker claims it heals the throat, steadies nerves, and boosts energy for daily labor, moral duties, and even heroic, playful imagery at dawn. The tone combines light satire with nostalgic sport and work ethic.
A Cincinnati Enquirer column of wry observations and quips on life, manners, and social quirks. The piece ponders rain and sun, loyalty and punishment, fashion, praise, and everyday foibles with a string of humorous reflections. Entangled in era slang and light satire, it lampoons modern manners and clever comebacks.
Charles L. Doyle carried the message to Rear Admiral Fletcher from Captain Rush asking for fleet aid as snipers opened fire in Vera Cruz. His uniform and knapsack were shot away yet he escaped unharmed, then was hurt by an automobile, struck by a trolley, and later brought to New York on the hospital ship Solace with other wounded men.
A compact defense of female love as the redemptive moral force in humanity. The author contests church celibacy and anti-feminine views, citing Goethe Beatrice Dante Shakespeare and Shakespeare to argue love elevates virtue, inspires great deeds, and drives progress.
A column urging schoolgirls to make their own graduation gowns to promote economy and prevent extravagant dress. It criticizes parental pressure for costly attire, urges collaboration with sewing teachers, and argues schools should foster consideration for less affluent classmates.
A collection of humorous exchanges and quips. Senator Wombat laments a wireless system failing to deliver a paper trail. AOC and a pun about insubstantial life contrasts with a Baltimore quip about sick transit. A mother recalls shopping fatigue and a child comments on a cruel remark from Annie Green.
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