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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1906
Page
3
The Anaconda Standard lists ETASDATND PUBLISHING COMPANY as publishers and proprietors. It notes daily publication, mailing options, and subscription rates with ads for Sunday editions. Branch offices are described in Butte and other cities with contact details and resale newsstands across the region.
In Prussia inspectors scrutinize bakeries and butchers finding filthy conditions and oddities. Some bakeries knead dough with feet while others house cats and hens. One shop even doubles as a goose pen and cooks a goose on a barely cleaned floor. The government vows to act.
Despite rain and wind the Ancient Order of Hibernians delegates were warmly received in Anaconda. The opening sessions were well attended as local hosts, the Amiconda Hibernians, showcased hospitality and noted figures Meagher and Maginols linked to Montana’s history amid hopeful, cheerful proceedings.
In Kansas a backlash to a general's beard ban sparks resignations and defiance. Soldiers insist whiskers are essential to pride and tradition, arguing sanitary reasons fail to justify the decree. Chiefs say Kansas upholds principle and filial patriotism despite losses.
The Democratic Central Committee will soon select the state convention site. Anaconda proposes itself, touting facilities and security. Butte remains crowded with copper industry and hotel pressures. The article notes Anaconda’s suitability and the army units’ favorable return from campaigns, praising Colonel Heit and the regiment’s leadership.
In Lichterfelde this month a celebration marked twenty five years since the first electric car ran from Anhalt to Lichterfelde. A government inspector who operated that car attended the event, highlighting progress in electric vehicle use over a quarter century. The piece notes global adoption of electric power and predicts further advances in the next twenty five years.
Report says insurgents capture a Cuban city of about a thousand as heavy fighting roars in the stormy region near Havana. Leaders include a influential citizen and former Cuban congress member amid deaths, granting control of a strategic stronghold.
A survey of turbulent political scenes mentions Cuban revolutions, fears of leadership succession in Turkey, and the wider impact on global stability. The piece also notes American political chatter around Georgia, Ohio, and Walter Wellman, with reflections on press access and public reaction.
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria traveled from England on the royal yacht Giralda and proceeded to the Miramar palace in San Sebastian, Spain, marking a notable early step in their visit.
Mrs Douglass Robinson of New York, wife of Caroline Roosevelt’s half sister to the president, died at her summer home in this county at midnight last night. She was aged 1 year.
An Attorney General opinion to Gallatin County Attorney A J Welmth concludes that betting on horse races and pool gambling are not prohibited by Montana anti gambling laws. The ruling hinges on whether horse racing is within the statute’s defined “game of chance” or “game played with a device,” and finds no explicit prohibition since horse racing is neither named nor included in the statute.
Victoria B C Aug 73 The fishing schooner Athens reports finding indications of a sunken sailing vessel about a mile from the southeastern entrance to San Jun hertar on Aug 8 and Aug 28. The mass remains in the same position with a spar alledgedly still fastened. Water dirty. no soundings taken.
Weehlnxton reports the abolishment of the long standing clerks discipline scheme in the postal service. Postmaster General Hitchcock plans a uniform efficiency records system to guide salary increases and reductions based on merit. Periodic promotions will be reserved for employees who merit advancement according to the new records.
The Iron Workers announce plans to strike on August 27 if employers do not concede an 8 cent weekly wage increase. The action involves about 1,600 members directly, impacting roughly 10,000 skilled workers across Manchester and Southeast Lancashire.
Special dispatch reports the resignation of Thomas and McAloney, longtime superintendent of the stain for six years, accepted by the local board. The mace is offered to A. T. Schanleld, formerly head teacher in the boat department.
President Roosevelt defeated rival plans today while Postmaster General Cortelyou, chair of the Republican National Committee, led party efforts. Cortelyou, noted for a summer lodge at Mount, figures prominently in the campaign strategy and leadership role.
Akron Aug 23 United States Senator Dick as ranking chair of the Ohio Republican State Executive Committee outlined his stance on the coming state convention He urged a platform framed by the convention body with open debate and no committee referrals He supported endorsement of President Roosevelt and Congress He proposed party rule changes including electing the state committee chairman by the convention and allow two resolutions endorsing and censuring the senators.
Tvingston Aug 2 9 Governor Toole and Charles Clark rode to the park in the regular transportation mode. The party includes BR Worcester New York Central official and several railway leaders. Colonel Wood plans retirement in Washington after forty four years of service.
In Stevensville, R W Fleher of the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station will survey Bitter Root valley orchards to record acres, varieties, irrigation, and pruning methods and yield. A cemetery association formed with Mrs J N Smith as president and Mrs B O Lewis as secretary. Mrs J W Simpson and others welcomed. several residents returned from Missoula, Helena, and Portland with health and family notes.
A farmer named Wright and his team of horses were killed when a passenger train from Tatoma to Olympia struck near General Fane ston’s headquarters at Camp Tacoma. The horses were dragged about 200 yards after the wheels cleared the rail, and the train was halted two feet from the track.
Washington Aug 2 Bits opened at the bureau of insular affairs for one million dollars in Philippine certificates. Many bids came in but the likely award will go to Fiske and Robinson of Boston who bid 1.0723 for all or none. One offer reached 1.03 for one hundred thousand dollars.
District Attorney W F Jerome criticizes Hearst and party dynamics in a verbose August New York address. He argues Hearst is unimportant and urges the Democratic convention to seat delegates, reassess leadership, and focus on fund-raising and unity amid mounting internal squabbles.
Secretary Shaw plans to raise public money deposits to 50 000 in national depositories nationwide. The move affects about 150 banks and will add roughly 3 million dollars in deposits across the country.
Firefighters at the John Lucas paint manufacturing pilot on 333 North Desplaines Street were overcome by smoke or injured by explosions during an early morning blaze. The fire, suspected to have started from spontaneous combustion, caused an estimated property loss of 85000.
New York August 28 Allied reports say the brokerage house M. J. Sage & Co. suspended operations yesterday and was visited by anxious creditors in New York and Jersey City. Assignee William Beverly estimated assets at $110000, liabilities near $330000. chief creditor Albert Adams Jr claimed total losses under $350000 and urged patience for full repayment.
Cheyenne authorities report Christian Haggerty attempting a trans continental auto record. He left Julesburg Colorado this morning and was due in Cheyenne this afternoon. Weather yesterday slowed progress. current roads improving. Haggerty previously faced eight days and 724 hours on the route but plans to resume as schedule allows toward Salt Lake City.
Kansas City reports Prosecutor filed charges against W F Lyons president of Central Teo company for perjury and conspiracy and against Harry T Burke secretary of the People's Ice and Fuel company for perjury and conspiracy. Both were arrested and released under bonds as the case centers on testimony about maintaining a trust.
The board of review added 1.9 million dollars to the Pullman company personal property valuation in Chicago on August 23. Last year the personal property valuation stood at 7.52 million dollars, but this year an extra assessable property was included, with contention that Pullman's home status justified the addition.
In San Francisco on August 53, M C Hare filed a finel in the U S district court against the tark entine Hawaii to recover 1019 dollars for four cargoes of grain destroyed at Osaka Japan by water used to extinguish a fire in the hold of the vessel.
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