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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1903
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard announces its publishing company and offices with address information and subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. It lists the standard block location, main office, and editorial contact numbers.
The Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda Montana provides branch offices in Butte and Great Falls with telephones and street addresses. It lists foreign advertising offices in New York and Chicago and many news stand partners across major cities.
The article traces the evolution of the two minute trotter, highlighting past records from Lady Suffolk in 1848 to Crescens in 1901, noting how each breakthrough narrowed the speed limit and arguing that today’s two minutes flat, while historic, barely shocks the trotting world due to prior feats by Crescens and others.
In Columbus Ohio the state democratic convention opens tomorrow to choose state officers and a legislature likely to decide Senator Hanna's successor. Tom L Johnson leads one faction favoring governor candidacy while the conservative wing backs John L Zimmerman. Johnson aims to control the legislative ticket to retire Hanna, while Zimmerman supporters push a Kansas City platform stance. The outcome hinges on faction harmony and district flips.
Advocates argue the Bryan Democrats must step aside and permit new leadership of the democratic machine. They claim if the already democratic districts had proper representation in the current legislature the Republican joint-ballot majority would be at most fourteen, a challenge in a 140 member body.
Judge Hayes repudiates pledges from last week about his resignation and the council move to remove him. Duffy absent and uncontactable, while many citizens say the magistrate's intemperate conduct brings the court into discredit, mirroring concerns in Butte.
The piece surveys political whispers that Grover Cleveland may win support from New Jersey figures once allied with various Democratic factions. It notes former Senator James Smith Jr and others praising Cleveland while Tammany leaders reportedly soften toward him to gain influence ahead of future elections. Campaign crosswinds and old enmities shape the shifting endorsements.
The article notes England’s success in international cups beyond the America, citing the Brenton Reef Cup won by Genesta, the Cape May Cup carried to England by Genesta and recovered by Navahoe in 1893, and the ornate Ailsa Cup made by Tiffany valued at about $2,500.
A historic yacht race off Nice in May 1895 saw Bri tannia lose to cutter Ailsa after a long 53 mile duel. The competition featured a surging wave and sea life imagery along the water's edge.
The piece notes an impending announcement from Mayor Low of New York about a possible second term. It cites Roosevelt’s favorable view, predicts political maneuvering around fusion forces, and mentions various contemporary topics and sports metaphors to illustrate the era's climate.
The Laidlaw & Carrie firm reopens talk of Miles Didn’t Know Powder amid Laidlaw’s prolonged suit over a 1891 bomb incident involving Rue sel Sage. General Miles at Fort San Jacinto encounters government officials showing powder strips from a rifle magazine.
A Prague violinist named Frang Wister posed as Kubelik during a Russian tour led by impresario Jassinski at Kamenetz Podolsk. The real musician refused to perform after discovering the deception and covered all travel costs.
A musician broke his engagement with the impresario and wandered the streets unable to return home. His talent and likeness to Kubelik eventually drew attention and after his story circulated he received funds to travel back to Prague.
Dr. Gillespie, moderator of the Church of Scotland, recalls a ragged boy tale. A boy explains no father or mother and says his brother at Glasca' college cannot help because he was born with two heads and kept in a bottle.
Daniel L Ney of Shar tlesville Pennsylvania keeps a new kind of watch dog a rattlesnake five feet long with fifteen rattles. He traps the reptile places it in a screened box on his porch and the snake rattles to signal customers are inside.
The Lan caster County Ministerial Association under Rev. A N Stubblebine aims to raise moral tone by aiding the arrest of Patrick McManus, a Pennsylvania road contractor, accused of violating a 1794 Sunday work ban. Locals say they do not view themselves as Sabbath breakers but resent Stubblebine’s zeal.
The text lists monarchs and leaders by their preferred dishes, from thrush salms and roast joints to underdone beef and cod fried, noting tastes of the German emperor, Queen Wilhelmina, the king of Spain, the czar, the president of France, and others. It mentions a king of Italy who favored bread and cheese and King Edward who preferred well cooked mutton chops.
A Harvard professor reports X ray observations of cats fed after hunger and notes two key findings. Calm disposition preserves gastric wave action and digestion proceeds until food is dissolved. anger delays or halts the churning process.
The article explains that heart wounds cause death by suffocation from blood entering the pericardial sac. It cites Empress of Austria and Admiral Villeneuve as examples, notes the precision needed to damage heart walls, and praises modern surgical skill to treat dangerous cardiac injuries.
In Hawaii native faith cure followers mark a semi centennial. They claim cures by faith prayer and fasting for leprosy tumors broken limbs and more. Leaders say illness stems from sin or broken promises and fasting varies to five days with doctors allowed if faith fails.
Reported cures included neuralgia relief for Rev. Edmunds of Hilo after 25 years, a former habitual drunkard Rev. Mathews of Honolulu, and a Lahaina pastor dying of consumption. Mrs. Edmunds described a seven day water fast and healing by faith. Multiple cases of leprosy asthma and paralysis were cited with names and addresses given. Two deaths were attributed to doctors.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports W. F. Snyder a prominent ranchman filed a complaint before Justice Fraser in Billings on August 4 alleging he shut off water.
Sny der accuses C. W. Connick of shutting a headgate that fed water from the big ditch to his ranch and to L. F. Babcock and J. R. Goss. A warrant is issued for Connick's arrest in the dispute over irrigation access.
Kalispell Aug 1 William Vaggett longtime local butcher left town suddenly Sunday night and vanished after being seen in Spokane Monday. His sister who had just joined him from the east suspects mental distress. The pair had started living together last week and search efforts continue.
In New York the Supreme Court reviewed Sharp & Bryans bankers and brokers assignment dated August 5. Liabilities total 5 537 339 with nominal assets 11 258 064 and actual assets 397 437 excluding pledged stocks and bonds. Major secured creditors include Russell Sage 201 333 Morton Trust 1 116 570 Nessau Trust 201 809 Western National 987 388 Lezard Fries 702 216.
The contract for the construction of a federal building in Portland Oregon was awarded today to Munetford and Walker for 140 dollars with completion expected in 41 months.
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