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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1901
Page
11
Anaconda Standard recounts a German invasion fantasy predicting swift victory and peace terms dictated from the capital. It notes the German army would outmatch American officers and volunteers, likening the plan to a failed Cuban insurrection scheme and predicting police intervention if disorder occurred.
West Virginia bans allow a rogue plan where Ohio and Kentucky dealers copy tombstone names and ship unclaimed liquor to mourners. Express agents handle orders from tombstone to two-quart bottles, boosting profits while angering adherents of prohibition. The piece critiques disrespect for the dead and notes potential sympathy from a southern hero viewpoint.
An essay denouncing insurance underwriters who threaten to ban Christmas trees as dangerous. It praises the tree’s role in homes, warns against overreach, and cites a Cleveland burglary tale where a child’s prayer halts crime. The piece critiques safety zeal without stifling holiday joy.
England contemplates a sweeping inquiry into Boer War conduct amid reports of transport frauds and vast wartime waste. Parliament, liberals, and taxpaying public demand reforms as officials face claims of top-level incompetence and profiteering. The piece links money spent in England to contracts favoring well-connected men.
The Montana Standard warns against harm to the art glass in the state capitol as snow slid from the dome toward the grand stairway. It notes Governor Toole will install wire screens to protect the glass and hopes the dome remains secure during winter.
A Berlin staff lieutenant argues in a monograph that Germany could seize the United States in two holidays by using 30,000 to strike a decisive blow and 60,000 total forces, sinking American fleets and paralyzing the Atlantic coast while employing decoys. The plan hinges on a scattered U.S. navy and minimal American resistance.
In a neighborhood scene a man with a subscription book asks a tobacconist for a donation to the improvement fund. The tobacconist refuses, stating plainly that the brand is not something they carry and thus cannot be donated.
A historical column mocks the 1902 coronation preparations as chaotic, detailing a court of claims examining rights for royal pageantry. It satirizes nobles including the Duke of Norfolk over robes, gloves, and scepter use while stressing exact tint, proper storage, and adherence to medieval ceremony.
A mosaic of reports circulated from Constantinople to Washington about the death of Miss Stone in the Bulgarian mountains. Physicians cited a long list of ailments, while others claimed lingering captivity and shifting fates for Miss Stone and Mme Tsilka.
The Hydrographic Bureau confirms a 100 foot sea serpent sighting near the Gulf of Mexico on Oct 26 1901 with a blunt square nose three fin sets and camel-like humps. Dr David Starr Jordan argues giant mesozoic saurians persist offering a vast potential use in maritime transport. The piece advocates international protection and eventual domestication of the ancient reptile to serve human commerce and industry.
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