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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1903
Page
16
The Anaconda Standard lists prepaid subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions including one year at 810.00 or six months at 5.00 and three months at unspecified price. The notice cites the Main Office Standard Block Anaconda and telephone numbers for the business office and editorial rooms.
Branch offices listed with city addresses and phone numbers in Butte Missoula Great Falls and regional offices in New York Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland Kansas City and Anaconda Montana. General correspondence to Standard Publishing Company Anaconda Mont.
Obituary recalls Robert Cecil Lord Salisbury as a leading conservative statesman in Victorian England. He rose after Disraeli's era, led premierships shaping policy in Turkey Egypt India and China, and died recently at retirement after a career defined by dogmatic, incisive speeches and a scholarly bent.
Naval experts hail a first class armored cruiser built at the Cramps shipyard in Philadelphia. Not a battleship, it rivals a battleship in firepower yet surpasses it in speed aiming for twenty two knots. The vessel began as Nebrasa before the name Pennsylvania was placed on a Seattle built battleship.
The Cramps' vessel is christened the Pennsylvania and praised as a superb war machine. It will feature premier shipbuilding ingenuity and top equipment, promising high speed and strong war readiness with a length of 502 feet and twenty three thousand horsepower.
A man on the Kaiser Wilhelm II voyage asked New York police to arrest an opponent after losing heavy stakes on a poker hand. Claiming four kings beat four aces, he blamed fraud, but the magistrate ruled no authority on the high seas and discharged the defendant. The piece ends with a cautionary note on gambling discretion.
The article warns that many Chautauquas imitate the original and mislead the public, while defending the genuine Chautauqua and denouncing cheap substitutes. It discusses Ford of St Louis and Baconian claims about Shakespeare, and Justice Brewer’s remarks on lynching and criminal appeal delays.
A critique blends warnings about growing electric dangers with a light take on the America's Cup races. The piece cites accidents, future power transmission fears, and a spoofed fate of Shamrock II as Sir Thomas and Corbett clash in yachting headlines. Itmixes public safety anxieties with sport commentary and political jests.
A lively discussion critiques the Baconian theory of Shakespeare. Dr W Hutson Ford claims a new method proves Bacon authored Shakespeare without prior discoveries, challenging Donnelly and others. The piece notes rivalry among theories and historic tomb searches as evidence.
Justice Brewer of the U S Supreme Court notes in a preface to a paper on lynching that governments resist external pressure on internal abuses. He cites Russia’s refusal to receive a protest over atrocities against Jews and argues about international responses.
Secretary Root departed aboard the Atlantic liner Elihu Root bound for Liverpool to settle the disputed Alaska boundary with Britain. The voyage marks his first solo diplomatic mission, amid broader notes on his Cabinet role and ties to President Roosevelt.
The Springfield Republican argues the era of young men is overstated. It notes Schwab and Carnegie show age here and there, but real power rests with older leaders like Morgan and Rockefeller, with presidents and generals often well past 40. The piece warns against assuming youth dominates progress.
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