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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1902
Page
19
The piece frames a humorous critique of modern diplomacy. Mr Hennessy and Mr Dooley debate the changing role of an ambassadore from heroic untrammeled envoy to bureaucratic need, noting cables, elites, and the impracticalities of current expectations. The dialogue mocks political pomp and contrasts past adventurous diplomacy with present constraints.
In a humorous monologue, the narrator laments the burdens of an ambassadorial post while mocking diplomacy. He riffs on roving ambassadors, beefs with czars, and the comic misadventures of an American envoy in Russia and Europe, ending with Ireland’s freedom as a dream.
A vivid telegram-style line from the Atlanta Constitution notes Br'er Williams suspected of addiction as onlookers describe his appearance with two pairs of gold spectacles and a puzzled expression, hinting at social satire of the era.
Oney Gagan reports from a legendary hideout described as a lawless town carved into a granite hill. He portrays a city of huts, a shrine of horror, a harsh court, and a governor who burn wrecks, with residents trained in crime and a yearly influx of criminals who depart with wealth.
The St Paul Globe reports government statistics showing opium smoking rising across the United States. Customs data miss much of the drug trade, with over 4 million dollars worth imported in the last year and a single Macao shipment valued at 500 thousand dollars arriving in San Francisco. News notes opium dens in major cities and growing in-home use, especially among women in New York, Chicago, St. Louis, and San Francisco, urging vigorous legislative and policing action.
Reporters describe the vessel nicknamed Not Modest and sighting patterns as the first yacht Nancy nears the Jersey coast. Observers record a hug between the first yacht and the Jersey shoreline amid ongoing coverage.
The Idaho log building from the World’s Fair near Lake Geneva Wis is said to be haunted after vandalism and a false ghost sighting. A Chicago socialite named Mrs Della Wallace traded the structure for a blue pearl and left town. A visitor from Illinois reported a ghostly cowboy on a flaming bronco emerging from the building at midnight causing terror before fleeing.
The article recalls Dr. Joseph Guillotin’s push for humane capital punishment and abolition of the guillotine. It notes public revulsion at barbaric methods before 1789 and traces the debate in the French Senate where abolition is urged as a national scandal and reform.
In Butte a Montana senator and millionaire visited a barber for a haircut and shave. The barber said Charley normally pays five dollars, but the senator was charged the regular fifty cent rate and paid a half dollar, remarking that his son has a rich father and he does not.
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