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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1903
Page
4
Public notice lists subscription options for daily and Sunday editions with annual and half year pricing and terms. Details show different periods and rates, indicating advance payment requirements for readers in Anaconda.
Telephone lines listed for the Pe Office Standard Block in Anaconda show office and editorial rooms. The snippet notes a business office telephone connection and editorial room numbering, indicating directory style details.
The Standard Publishing Company lists branch offices and newsstands across the U S including Butter 2s East Broadway New York Nassau Street Chicago Dearborn Street Seattle Hanbury's 201 First Avenue South Portland Hotel Kansas City and others. General correspondence should go to The Standard Publishing Company Anaconda Montana.
The article recalls Chicago's discovery on August 17 1803, noting the river site and a century of water quality issues. It cites a 1808 Swearingen letter describing the river as dead water and unfit to see, and mentions the Chicago Historical Society's search for his full diary.
A humorous survey links ULMOST Tillman’s railroad pass withdrawal with Maryland’s Baker returning an annual pass as bribery. It recalls Montana legislators’ rejection of 60 day passes and a Kansas reformer’s stunt ending with the moment he declares the chamber devoid of honesty when none heed his pass.
Montreal this week welcomes the Empire Chamber of Commerce gathering led by trade leaders from Britain and England’s industrial sectors. The Montreal chamber had invited the event to Canada, hoping for significant commercial impact on the Dominion.
London and Liverpool shipping interests join with Midland manufacturers as a congress opens. Delegates will discuss fiscal policy postal reforms emigration and imperial commercial law then visit Ottawa and tour Canada for six weeks covering fisheries Nova Scotia maritime provinces wheat fields Manitoba Alberta mines British Columbia and Northwest Territories.
The piece argues Wood faces opposition over his conduct in Cuba and hints at investigations into his career. It notes Senator Fairbanks may lead the opposition, citing strained ties with the president and political maneuvering. The column uses a wartime analogy about contraband in prisons to illustrate risks of smuggling and wrongdoing.
The New York Evening Post argues it is easy to defend the coast with present forces and questions ongoing shipbuildings. It notes recent fleet attempts to enter harbors failed and urges a navy built on common sense rather than rival nations, citing Captain Mahan and Roosevelt era debates.
Prison authorities note rising methods by which inmates obtain drugs and liquor. Reports detail outside confederates, rope, and new techniques like a rubber tube to siphon bottles from windows. In Omaha a messenger delivered sandwiches in a bag to a prisoner, highlighting lax outside food access.
Experimental work in Hamburg reported by Sir Fenix Lemon suggests a toxin isolated from grass pollen may provoke hay fever symptoms and, when diluted, can quell both subjective and objective signs in sufferers. Animal testing aims to produce an anti toxin for treatment in humans.
Reports from Washington and naval circles describe a clash over replacing night shirts with pajamas. Proponents, calling themselves the pajama brigade, argue for modernization while traditionalists dubbed nighties defend the old garment. A sample $1.25 pajama pair awaits Rear Admiral Taylor’s return from vacation as the dispute continues.
Miss Carrie Frost of Stevens Point operates a fly making business employing 60 to 70 girls who produce 3 000 to 4 000 flies daily. She sources feathers from India Africa and South America and sells excess materials locally. The factory features skilled assembly of buck tail spinners and various fly patterns with wide customer demand and a 300 pattern catalog.
The Wigan guardians discuss educating pauper children funded by rates. They plan to base homes and reforms on Pett Ridge's A Son of the State while noting other novels influence public projects. Examples include Besant's All Sorts and Conditions of Men and Westward Ho, with authors like Zola and Dickens cited for social change.
The New York Sun reports Jewel the elephant in Central Park Zoo limps due to corns on her foot soles. Director Smith orders elephant man Billy Snyder to pare the corns with a draw-knife assisted by Keeper Peter Shannon. The process involves Jewel kneeling and the men working carefully, but the animal remains uncomfortable after the procedure.
A doctor and keeper remove a three inch nail from Jewel the elephant’s foot. Jewel is made to kneel while the wound is enlarged and cleaned with turpentine and germicide to prevent lockjaw. Director Smith orders care and hopes for recovery.
An East Side Pole earns fees by breaking mortuary plates for Orthodox Jewish burials. He uses an iron hammer to split each plate into three pieces of fixed sizes, a method handed down rabbi to rabbi. The two small pieces cover the eyes and the larger piece spans from eyebrow to mouth to protect the soul.
An extended discussion from the Washington Post on the fallibility of circumstantial evidence. The piece recalls cases where blood stains, weapons, or witness testimony misled juries, stressing that moral doubt and safety should favor the innocent. It includes dramatic anecdotes of alleged crimes and court outcomes to illustrate how scientific claims can misfire.
The New York Times surveys Mars signals as possibly artificial communications. Percival Lowell notes a brilliant Martian projection urging astronomers to respond, while Ball suggests impractically large signals. The piece treats Mars as a playful, speculative topic rather than a serious threat.
A playful verse recounts a suitor asking a sweetheart for a kiss. She scorns him and claims only after he binds her can bliss be known. Then she injects a cryptic line about ropes hidden beneath a closet, adding a twist to the exchange.
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