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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
8
Publication notice from Anaconda Standard lists publishing company, pricing, offices, and contact numbers. Includes daily and Sunday rates for various subscription periods and addresses for the main and business offices.
The Standard Publishing Company announces branch offices and newsstands locations across multiple cities. It lists stores and managers in Butte Great Falls Chicago New York San Francisco and other major cities with collection points and office addresses.
Montana Elks from across the state arrive in Butte for a two to three day visit. The program includes a parade a baseball game and evening minstrel entertainment by Anaconda. Business sessions and social events will feature prominently with gala days anticipated by Montana's best people.
An analysis of the Mississippi political clash over civil rights centering on Indianola and the postmaster affair. The piece predicts Mississippi’s next governor will oppose black opportunity and notes Senator Money’s controversial color views including a streetcar incident over a five cent fare.
A New York Evening Post correspondent reports on life in Manila amid American rule. He describes housing patterns involving American men and Filipino women, nightlife and social tensions, and notes many Americans in Bilibid prison as debtors or defaulters.
The text reflects on US rule in the Philippines, criticizing costs of living and corruption tied to economic disparity. It notes frequent ownership disputes and money mismanagement as evidence of moral issues amid the era following Manila’s surrender to American forces on August 18, 1898, five years prior.
The article recalls Senator Morgan’s warning that Colombia will not ratify the Panama canal treaty, forecasting delays as Bogota considers amendments. It notes tensions over Secretary Hay’s note, lobbying whispers, and claims that Pacific railroads may influence events from Bogota.
The article recalls Chicago’s failed 1900 census count of 1,698,575 and recounts decades of aspiration as city directories and opinion supported a growing population. It notes the shift from Two Million to Three Million and hints at future four and ten million clubs with optimistic rhetoric and a Sellers-esque flourish.
With Wall Street experiences fresh in memory the nation’s prosperity earns congratulations for remaining resilient and robust amid past market shocks and economic pressures. The statement frames continued confidence in the country’s financial footing and growth trajectory.
The dispute surrounding lynching is active at Chautauqua and is a public concern. Observers hope for clarity and resolution amid heated debate and community response.
The column quips that Roosevelt may secure the Republican nomination in 1904 while others weigh in on contenders. It notes August’s calm, predicts Miles heads to San Francisco, and jokes about Corbett versus Jeffries while contrasting Turks and Bulgarians.
A wry wrap of Montana notes mentions General Miles as the season’s favored figure with bouquets piling up. It also jokes about Corbett's training and breakfast, hints at a Butte convention stance, and quips about Montana summers and Borelli’s four-tailed comet.
Jean A Crone a newspaper man from Augusta Me plans to visit every U S state capital covering more than 21000 miles in three years six months He travels on a wager walks with a wheelbarrow style trolyette carrying his gear and supplies nearing Lansing Mich after 274 miles since April 1.
The New York Tribune notes a steady drop in Shaker numbers from Watervliet to Shaker settlements across eight states. Leaders say rebuilding hinges on a calmer world, as the sect faces its lowest membership since Ann Lee founded the movement.
The Shaker census grew from 1 632 to 5 000 by 1839 but has since fallen as civil war, labor capital tensions, and market pressures erode numbers. Mt Lebanon in New York remains their largest yet shrinking community, with 120 members in four families and mills closed.
Special Dispatch to the Standard Bozeman Aug 12 Joe Huber was fined $1 for exhibiting a deadly weapon during a scuffle between two men Ole Ole personal and others tried to separate them when Huber drew his gun though he denied aiming at anyone After consulting his lawyer and Acting County Attorney T M Pierce Huber pled guilty as charged.
The Amateur Athletic Union committee in St Louis ruled that foreign athletes may compete in Olympian events without fee if their national governing body confirms amateur status. Western association leaders John O Connor and H C Garneau will register such athletes free of charge, resolving a previously intricate issue.
Prominent Detroit captain Harry E. Smith, a Riviera Hotel guest since November, vanished after leaving July 21 for Los Angeles. His trunks and clothes remained, his wife informed Detroit, and Smith, who fell ill in Cuba, had been recuperating in Long Beach.
Rev Raylon Brooks demanded the return of his sermon manuscript from Joseph Goldman who holds it after Goldman refused to surrender it. Goldman faces a grand jury subpoena for September 14 and fears contempt if he relinquishes the manuscript.
Three workmen were crushed to death at the Cleveland Furnace plant when a six tone bell atop the blast furnace stack collapsed during final construction. The bell, intended to regulate the furnace draft, struck the men 75 feet below as they laid the last course of material.
Special dispatch from Billings notes ranchman J Wryeoff died after weeks of typhoid fever. Funeral services were held at his family home at 2 30 this afternoon conducted by Rev C B Miller of the Baptist church. Burial followed in Billings cemetery.
Bert Shepherd, son of wealthy coal operator W. A. Shepherd of Oskaloosa, Iowa, was arrested in Muscatine on August 12 charged with killing Arthur Meade in West Liberty several months earlier. He claims innocence.
Secretary Root travels to New York with Judge Henry C tde of the Philippines. With the Philippine currency law to take effect September 1, concerns rise over Mexican dollars in Manila Hong Kong and New York markets. War Department favors no tax on foreign coin, plans redemption of Spanish coins in Puerto Rico style.
Charles McNeill of United States Reduction and Refining says Colorado City and Florence mills will shut within ten days due to the Cripple Creek strike. About 500 workers will lose pay while Canon City plants continue, with ore on hand sustaining nine months of operation.
Judge James B D Black opened the defense closing in the Jett and White trial at Cynthiana Kentucky. He will be followed by Frye for the commonwealth before the jury retires to consider its verdict.
In Bozeman on August 12 workers on the city water main extension to the fair grounds quit at the union's request. City authorities told the fair association it cannot finish the work now. President R D Steele arranged with the union to complete the job at union scale, at the association’s expense. Ten men also quit digging for the People's Electric Light company over hours of work.
High winds and threatening conditions affect all Cuban provinces but no major damage reported. Land telegraph to Santiago restored after interruptions. Crops and small buildings damaged in Pinar Del Rio where winds strongest. Cable links to West Indies intact except Jamaica Martinique Guadeloupe and Dominica.
Judge Frank Henry of Livingston arrived in Billings and convened the regular term of court. A jury is ordered to appear next Monday and the murder trial of E. R. Etland for Edward Teasdale will begin Monday morning at the Yellowstone jail is holding him for safekeeping.
Gottlieb Stuckey leaves Bozeman for San Francisco as a Montana department delegate to the annual national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic.
County commissioners set the county tax levy at 14.5 mills for the year, 1.5 mills below last year. The city levy remains 11.5 mills, unchanged, while school district levies across the county range from 1 to 10 mills.
Pioneer John Walker of California Oregon and Idaho dies in Baker City aged veteran of Northwest Indian campaigns. He fought against Bannacks and Piutes under General Howard in 1878 and contributed to frontier defense across three states.
A marriage license was issued this morning in Bozeman to George Frank Ayres of Billings and Sarah Boren of Chestnut.
A note recalls prior discussion of color vision issues and outlines approaches to prevent color blindness, highlighting medical insights and suggested preventive measures.
The article argues color blindness is preventable through education and practice. It notes stronger color perception in women than men, cites 249 affected of 16,000 men, and suggests early childhood training stimulates color perception and reduces color blindness.
The New York Sun notes Sweden produces wooden candy boxes used for sugar or butter fetching and berry picking. They feature metal hasps, staves, and bright rustic murals by Swedish peasant women. Prices range four to seven dollars for two to three pounds, due to decorative motives.
A wooden bar and pin wall peg box imitates a housewife keyholder with mottoes about order. It features a miniature chess shaped box with hoops and a wooden staple for handkerchiefs or trinkets. The love message motto reflects homely sentiment and seasonal promises to dance and be merry.
Hartford Times reflects on a simple token awarded to soldiers, a withered flower kept in a golden locket. The piece contrasts costly battlefield badges with a humble keepsake that steadies courage and hope, guiding actions in war.
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