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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1908
Page
12
The Anaconda Standard lists subscription options with Daily and Sunday plans. Rates include per month and yearly payments for advance plans, with separate listings for the Sunday Standard annual subscription and main office contact details provided.
Local business branch offices listed with contact details at Butte on East Broadway and Missoula Higgins Avenue, including telephone indicators. The fragment shows address lines and partial phone prompts.
Advertising notice for The Standard distribution with list of news stands in New York Chicago Kansas City Minneapolis San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tecoma Seattle and Portland. Office addresses include W J Morton manager foreign advertising in New York and Chicago. All correspondence to Anaconda Montana.
Veterans of Montana's G A R posts praise Butte for a successful annual encampment last week. The gathering drew many comrades and featured well arranged functions and generous hospitality.
The Gray league banners a new campaign in Philadelphia signaling support for Judge George Gray. Pennsylvania strength is cited to claim New York’s Denver delegation may back Gray, though New York reportedly prefers Johnson over Gray.
Ten years ago in the House of Representatives in Washington the war party seized the moment as McKinley’s message was referred. The banner waved, and by a near twenty to one vote the House committed to the proposal that the president should intervene at once and drive Spain from Cuba, marking the start of a remarkable decade in American history.
New York Republicans declare for Governor Hughes and pivot away from the old machine. Stewart L. Woodford rises as a practical operator and heads the Hughes league, signaling a notable change in the state’s at large delegation and party dynamics. Odell is sidelined from leadership, marking a notable machine shakeup.
The piece argues outsiders substituted for old leaders show little real change. Depew is said to have posed without influence while Platt remained out of depth in conventions for two decades, rendering New York's weight in convention work largely diminished.
The article argues against a plan for sixty days of racing in Butte this summer. It questions the economic and moral impact, suggesting two weeks would suffice for a town of that size and warning of potential harm to business life finances and home life.
The Montana Democratic central committee endorses Bryan for the Denver nomination, a move seen as a forecast of state convention sentiment. Bozeman hosts the June convention delegates, while Anaconda to host September events. debate over trimming the word central from committee titles ends the piece.
European cynicism toward cross ocean marriages contrasts with American pursuit of European titles. Wealthy American girls chase noble status and Kensington pomp, as exemplified by Gladys Vanderbilt and Count Szechenyi. The couple’s Budapest honeymoon and royal reception in England illustrate the era’s royal glamour.
The count and his bride face hostile crowds in Hungary as locals flood streets and hotels demanding money and attention. Police disperse mobs while photographers chase the couple, ending with the bride fleeing her apartments as rumor and ridicule cloud their new status.
A collage of quick quips and jokes from multiple papers including Philadelphia Press Chicago Daily News Seattle Times and Puck. Snappy one liners cover love graft weather and wordplay with humorous exchanges and character bits.
Labor agitator challenges a capitalist, asking about a strike right as a clock metaphor unfolds. The capitalist replies that a useful clock keeps working whether it strikes or not. The exchange highlights tensions over labor rights and productivity.
Andrew Lang writes of a moonlit world where the moon’s pull shapes hearts and dreams. A lover longs for distant lands while the Moon’s kiss leaves pallor and a mystic ivory cast on a youth’s face.
The speaker thanks an old friend for years shared and guidance toward wisdom. He recalls youth's indiscipline and aging's lessons, noting that fear and hope once blinded him but now his focus lies on the present path. Walter Savage Landor signs the meditation on aging and perspective.
A brief note from the Philadelphia Ledger records a man died after removing his flannels, describing a seasonable warning about a fatal cough and its concealed danger.
A massive blaze swept Chelsea from the marshes near the Boston & Maine railroad to Broadway and east into East Boston, destroying 13 churches, 2 hospitals, city hall, a public library, 20 blocks of commerce, about 20 factories and hundreds of homes. Fire officials from Boston and surrounding towns fought the flames as embers crossed Chelsea creek and a Tide Oil tank exploded, with numerous injuries reported among firemen and residents.
Two men charged with highway robbery on Quartz Street were arrested early yesterday by Patrolmen J. J. Sullivan and Mitchell. Harrington identified them as O'Donnell and Jack Sullivan, with Downey as a witness. $4.25 stolen from Harrington, who was beaten near the Pleasanton hotel.
Teddy Roberts, secretary of the Builders' Exchange, chased his straw hat after it blew from a streetcar window near Gates Mills. Passengers and the motorman reacted as the hat rolled along the track while Roberts sprinted back to retrieve it. The car continued on with the passengers amused by the incident.
At Independence Missouri a tongue speaking by Elder J Wight and its interpretation warned that calamities loom over the earth. The spirit says gentiles will be turned away and God's sanctified people will gather from four parts of the world to meet Christ. Other revelations are anticipated as the conference continues.
New York April 12. Prince Helie de Sagan and Mme Anna Gould announce their betrothal after a long courtship. De Sagan says their love began after a divorce decree and that they plan a quiet marriage and retirement in a Paris suburb. Netter released the statement as the couple sails for Europe.
In a Chicago court the defendant is charged with feloniously appropriating a vehicle from John Doe on August 14 1907. The plea is not guilty though the prisoner admits to stealing a buggy. The judge reads the formal complaint alleging malice aforethought and violation of the Illinois statute.
Primary results show undecided races with Bryan forces suffering a major setback in Western Pennsylvania. In Allegheny County Col J M Guffey led regulars defeating Bryan faction delegates. Penrose wins key races while Dalzell and Oliver lose delegate nominations.
Warren W. Bailey, secretary for the Pennsylvania State Bryan league, says Bryan forces scored a victory. He says a majority of state delegate candidates were pledged to Bryan before the primaries and that the delegation to Denver will likely vote as a unit for Bryan unless any pledged delegates break their trust.
In a Washington Star interview Thomas A Edison defends his novel cement house plan while joking about objections. He quips that critics are “more previous” than a leap year romance and insists the structure will be molded and ready soon.
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