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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1908
Page
22
The market shows mixed signals with copper stocks down while a La France liquidation proceeds under review. Analyst notes suggest potential further declines before a possible rebound, as Lawson and other key players influence trading. Amalgamated, Reading and Northern Pacific remain active amid broader market speculation.
Montana forestry officials urge safeguards to protect mining and lumber interests near Butte as fires threaten forests. Roadways through reserves aid firefighting while fines and imprisonment deter careless campfires. Insurance funds and brigades are proposed to curb small bush fires before they spread, with lessons cited for other mining states grappling with depleted amber supplies and forest risks.
A reader argues that wealth concentrates in a few through the stock market and cites last October's panic where farmers lacked funds while Rockefeller and Morgan amassed hundreds of millions by manipulating stocks bought cheaply and sold to the public at higher prices.
A long critical narrative claiming a powerful system uses banks and trusts to manipulate stocks and bonds. It details a plan for a perpetual corporation to control markets, names Bay State Company and Addicks, Rogers, Rockefeller, and a drastic financial struggle culminating in panic. The writer warns readers that stock market manipulation erodes public savings and vows to reveal how to reclaim billions.
A disrupted report from Helena details officials delaying a plant inspection as a large conflagration risk prompts rapid work. A secretary of the association overseeing a smelter in a western state hits a brief visit, with 100 workers reported at the site and assay readings opened for business.
A U S district court found a suspect guilty in a poisoning plot case. Prosecutors named the defendant and presented evidence from witnesses. The verdict follows a months long investigation and pretrial proceedings.
Peter Claudines told Detective George H Burns of San Francisco that he would return to California and make a full statement on explosions he says his brother forced him to admit. He claimed the blast erupted at Gallagher residence in STU and that his brother was involved.
A fragmentary note cites a quarrel involving Gallagher and Claudine with detective Burns stating plans to depart for San Francisco tonight on Mor te morning, mentioning a person.
Fifteen men employed by the Diamond Match Company were held up and robbed in relays by two highwaymen on the road from Sterling City to the camp on the Feather River. They were returning after dark with their monthly pay when the robbers escaped with cash and valuables.
The wheat market opened firmer but remained unsettled with a nervous session. September moved higher early, then advanced toward the close, while May and December deliveries failed to recover earlier losses. September pork and lard showed modest gains as provisions held firm.
Chicago market figures show cattle and beef prices with varied results. Beefs and Texans traded around 305 dollars for select lots, westerns around six hundred six dollars for quality stock. Cow and feeder categories appeared steady, while overall demand reflected typical August activity.
A note recounts an elderly man recalling white trousers once common in old times and on yachts. He notes that many wore white trousers though few owned yachts, contrasting past fashion with present habits and joking about authority on the subject.
A speaker recalls a shift in clothing styles noting many in white trousers on Sundays and summer weekdays, contrasted with fewer white trousers now. The anecdote reflects nostalgia for earlier fashion and everyday street scenes. It captures a memory of observable change in public dress and manners.
From the TAUER RILLE article: Lubla Behrend, famed Sta.ietere actress, earns £15 a week by dedicating an hour or two daily to sniffing fumes from a leading Russian scent maker. Behrend suffers acute smell sensitivity, which makes her indispensable for testing perfumes. Queen Alexandra’s violet scent, distilled in Tenesia at 1 cent per ounce, requires her keen nose and the work of four other professional sniffers to ensure proper flavor.
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