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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1901
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard lists its publishing company, offices, and branch locations in Butte Missoula and Great Falls with advertising details and postal information.
Washington Bureau and eastern offices listed with street addresses in Washington New York Nassau Street Chicago Washington Street and CW J Morton in charge indicating editorial administration and contact points for the paper.
The Montana Standard warns of risks to the art glass in the statehouse grand stairway as a snow slide threatened the newly installed dome. Governor Toole plans wire-screen protection to safeguard the fragile glass and prevent further calamities while political issues loom.
A new bootlegging scheme uses tombstone addresses to ship unclaimed whiskey from Ohio and Kentucky to West Virginia. Express agents list available sizes from quart to two gallons, selling to thirsty locals who claim or direct delivery. Critics call it disrespectful and untrustworthy, though some see it as clever evasion.
A Berlin strategist argues that Germany could conquer the United States in two holidays using a 60 000 man force led by the navy to strike the Atlantic coast while 30 000 are deployed as decoys. He claims American ships are scattered and unable to mount a formidable defense.
The article mocks a German invasion scheme claiming American volunteers and national guard lack real war experience. It argues a coast to coast victory within a month is improbable and compares it to a failed Cuban insurrection fantasy. Police would curb any disorder if such an invasion occurred.
A historic rant denounces insurance underwriters for wanting to banish the Christmas tree as dangerous. It defends the tree’s role in homes and churches while urging safe lighting practices and caution to prevent fires from candles and decorations.
The text argues for measured scrutiny over a sweeping edict, suggesting underwriters may object but that careful vigilance will yield quicker, humane results and avoid an unenforceable, condemnable policy. It emphasizes restraint and moral consideration.
A Cleveland mansion burglary tale centers on two intruders confronted by Levi Goldman and his family. A Goldman girl persuades them with faith and song, offering a quarter for a broken lampshade as the scene ends with a moral uplift and dialogic reminiscence.
A British inquiry probes Boer War mismanagement amid reports of transport frauds and patronage. The piece notes waste on government contracts, aristocratic ties, and public outrage at profiteering, with Liberals pushing for reform as the Boer War drags on.
Her distressed speaker, identified as Theo's wife, accuses him of not being kind and denying jewels. He retorts with a diamond eyed boast about desires, claiming rare jewels would be superfluous. She then kisses him for the first time in days.
A man with a subscription book asks the tobacconist for a donation to the neighborhood improvement fund. The tobacconist refuses, noting that the requested brand is not handled by the shop. The exchange ends without a contribution.
The piece surveys the chaos in 1902 planning for King Edward VII's coronation. It mocks noble robes color tints and royal costumes, notes the court of claims weighing many appeals, and preserves medieval rites over modern changes.
Reports from Sofia and Washington detail the fate of Miss Stone in the Bulgarian mountains. Conflicting rumors place her death from a chain of ailments with gunshot wounds, while Mme Tsilka reportedly survives and faces alternating fates on different days.
A sea serpent report spurs Hydrographic Bureau validation and calls for mesozoic saurian cultivation. Dr. David Starr Jordan argues giants persist, urging perpetual megasilosaur closed seasons and oceanic domestic work to haul freight from Seattle to Shanghai and beyond.
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