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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
23
The Anaconda Standard markets itself as Montana's leading daily with extensive local coverage, readers’ features, and comprehensive sporting news. It touts diligent reporting, a fair stance, and engaging weekly sections including a women’s page and a children’s comic strip.
Daily and Sunday rates listed in a compact old style: one month two dollars, daily and Sunday six months five dollars paid in advance, daily and Sunday one year ten dollars in advance, Sunday standard one year two dollars fifty cents.
A vivid profile of Denton T. Young known as Cy Young, detailing his no hit feats and career arc. The piece paints him as a countryman who avoids temptations of fame, highlights key teams Cleveland St Louis Boston and Boston Americans, notes his no hit games in 1904 and 1908, 468 wins in 739 starts, and mentions peers McGuire Taylor and Criger while celebrating his enduring tenure and reputation in early baseball lore.
In a streetwise exchange Cy warns a young man about Broadway dangers after a terse moment with Jes and a taunt about constant failures. The youth heads to the Knickerbocker Theater where Jerry Cohan greets him at the stage door amid lively street chatter.
New York August 4 General manager Whitcomb of International Paper said the strike now affecting all mills could force closure of plants. About 1,000 paper machine operators and 5,800 other workers are affected as some foremen join the union. Wages cut about 7 percent for foremen, spurring the walkout as paper makers seek restoration. The cashier reports standing loans and around 20,000 dollars owed, with slow collections causing bank embarrassment. the bank plans to resume without a date.
Lima Peru Aug 4 The supreme court today issued a decree unconditionally setting at liberty all political prisoners with the exception of those who were condemned when arrested. The ruling marks a broad amnesty affecting many detainees amid ongoing political tensions.
Reno Nevada August 4 The Bank of Austin Nev one of the oldest banks there failed last Tuesday The cashier J A Miller Jr says it is a temporary suspension and the bank has 281000 in assets
Minneapolis notices the death of T McKnight a prominent real estate man and millionaire lumberman from heart disease. The report notes his prominence in business and local society. The item also mentions upcoming entertainment and a local organ dealer advertisement at 29 North Main Street by Orton Bros.
Theodore Clowes, an attorney and Tom Miles’s nephew from Nome, is visiting in Butte and will spend time with relatives in Dillon. He arrived with his wife Mrs Joseph Woods, married in Seattle about a week ago, a well known figure in Montana. Clowes once served as a United States attorney in Alaska and owns a team of huskies kept near Miles’ crossing, one dog given as a gift and noted for its wolflike appearance and keen intellect.
Edward Randall of Spokane a teller at Old National Bank visits Butte for a few days. W D Rand is a prominent northern region figure known to many. He will stay through Sunday then proceed to the coast to visit relatives and other Berkeley connections.
Receipts for July totaling 2278 show 1710 from fines by the women of the bad lands, 558 from court fines and 10 from witness bond forfeiture. Two hundred cases heard with arrests for drunk 66, disturbance 7, fast driving 4, malicious mischief 1, concealed weapons 2, miscellaneous 1. Disposition: 43 committed to jail, 10 suspended, 30 dismissed or pending district court. Mentions Mugsy and Teddy Bears in Sunday Standard edition.
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