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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1905
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard presents subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, including six months and one year prepaid options. It lists the main office in Standard Block Anaconda and provides business and editorial telephone lines.
The Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda Mont lists branch offices and contact details including Butte East Broadway and East Main Street, with managers and advertising offices in New York Chicago. It also provides sale points for The Standard at newsstands across major cities including New York Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland Kansas City and addresses for correspondence.
The piece argues Britain supports Japan defining terms for peace after its war, while Washington, led by Roosevelt, seeks a role and pressure to influence outcomes. It contrasts London’s neutral stance with Washington's desire for glory, urging U.S. restraint and respecting Japan's autonomy.
Butte thrives as mines run at full blast with no shutdowns for 20 months. Amalgamated Copper reports rich ore at depth, old properties remain productive, and new companies form to expand. Depot construction progresses and the smoke problem is resolved, while lawns flourish across the city.
The city is attracting residents from across Montana as building accelerates. Merchants report busy, prosperous commerce and ample work. Butte’s current upswing benefits Anaconda and the state, signaling sustained growth for the foreseeable future.
The writer argues against assuming English will dominate diplomacy, citing Mulhall data on language use in Europe through 1890 and 1895 figures showing a growing but not yet majority English share. The piece notes English influence in peace talks, mentions public figures like Russell Sage, and weaves in assorted topical jabs about politics, science, and places, all in a period-voice survey style.
In Pittsburg a will from Miss Gunning offers Carl Miller $500,000 to divorce his wife, weighing the wife at 130 pounds and valuing her at about eighteen times her weight in gold. Miller accepts the fortune, but the dead rival’s money cannot compel happiness. Mrs. Miller remains secure as Miller’s affections outweigh the testator’s bribe.
Washington reports a cooling of ties between President Roosevelt and Senator Lodge after Lodge joined Republicans to defeat the arbitration treaties. The rift centers on senatorial prerogative and Lodge's convictions, contrasting with Roosevelt's view that Lodge should align with the president and press on the matter.
The article asserts Roosevelt believes any opponent is against him and not a confidant. It states Lodge will no longer be seen as the president’s close friend. It notes the president grew cold toward Lodge months ago after Lodge refused to back the president’s plan last winter, straining their longstanding intimacy.
Henry H. Rodgers of Standard Oil gives Fair Haven teachers 100 in gold for vacation spending. Archbishop Glennon heads to Europe to study medieval cathedrals for Saint Louis project inspiration. Queen Helena of Italy faces poplar critique over lavish public funding while Prince Luca Esterhazy plans a grand Transylvanian church modeled on Solomon’s temple. Count Esterhazy is described as a mystic.
The article notes a reclusive scholar studying ancient oriental architecture plans a church modeled after Solomon's temple. It covers Maarten Maartens’s honorary membership under the name J. M. M. Van Der Poortch Schwartz, Bill Nye's attendance, and Vanderbilt’s shift from farming at Biltmore, with Mascagni’s coin charms and Signor Mascagni’s remarks. It ends with Secretary Charles J. Bonaparte silencing opponents by repeating his argument until dawn and backing the report on a crooked official.
Mrs Burton Harrisons The Carlyles leads the August Smart Set offering a vivid Civil War era romance set in Richmond with strong characters and historical texture Richard Le Galliene contributes The Butterfly of Dreams an idyll of refined diction Elizabeth Jordan offers We Save Evelina May a humorous tale Edna Kenton probes a wifes psychological response in The Good Man Emery Pottle analyzes a young girls struggle against paternal bigotry in The Higher Life Zona Gale sketches an old couples party in The Dance May Isabel Fisk delivers a humorous monologue Henry Sydnor Harrison presents A Matter of Hats Maurice Francis Egan essays on the Infernal Feminine The issue showcases top poets including Ethel Watts Mumford Frank Dempster Sherman Arthur Stringer Mildred I McNeal Duncan Campbell Scott and Ethel M Kelley A varied issue with high merit and notable pieces.
The Cosmopolitan, once a pioneer of 10 cent periodicals, reappears in fresh garb with an August issue from cover to cover. It features Richard Le Gallienne on The Poetry of a Woman's Smile with photos of New York society women, Alfred Henry Lewis’s Paul Jones serial, and George D. Abraham's Most Daring of All Mountain Climbers. Garrett P. Serviss profiles the Carnegie solar observatory on Mt. Wilson, Ada Patterson on child adoption in New York, Ambrose Bierce on The Jury System in Ancient America, and tributes from Herbert D. Ward. Fictions by Lynde Masson Nordau Morris Quick and Bierce, plus works by Hubbard Markham Brady Tabb and Alan Dale. The issue is richly illustrated and marks a strong return to form for the magazine.
A vivid portrait portrays life on a western cattle ranch with scenes of daily labor, frontier discipline, and quiet domestic moments. The piece highlights rugged work, expansive plains, and the interplay between settlers and landscape.
The August issue of Popular magazine features B M Bower with Dim Trails and five serials including a new piece by the author of The Van Suyden Sapphires. It also offers a variety of narratives such as The Birds O Freedom in war time Philippines and Winning His Rights by Edwin L Sabin.
A hygiene authority counsels thin people to eat bacon and pork if digestion is good, with potatoes, eggs, and butter suitable, and milk morning and night. Fat individuals should avoid cakes and alcohol, restrict breads and potatoes, and exclude salmon, herring, trout, most fruits, and prefer tea to coffee. Claret is advised if wine is consumed.
The Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha attended Sandroyd school in Cobham. When he spilled ink, the boy was sent to fetch a cleaning pail and brush, insisting he was the queen's grandson. The Duchess of Albany praised the tutor’s discipline after hearing the anecdote.
Russian railway stations are placed about two miles from the towns they serve as a fire precaution, since many rural dwellings are straw thatched.
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