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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1902
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard advertises subscription rates payable in advance. Daily and Sunday options available with various terms including daily only and Sunday combinations. three months pricing listed.
Notices show postage for 16 page editions at two cents and 45s for other rates. Europe mail follows above rates, and foreign inquiries go to the Main Office Standard Place Anaconda. Telephone numbers for Business Office and Editorial Rooms are listed as provided.
The Standard states branch offices at Butte Missoula and Great Falls will furnish advertising rates on application.
The piece lists bureau and post building locations and newspaper stands in cities including Chicago New York Minneapolis San Francisco Spokane Tacoma Lake City Salt Lake City Portland and more. It also notes where to find The Standard at various theaters and news stands and provides mailing instructions to the Standard Publishing Company.
The White House displays a painting titled Love and Life in Roosevelts private dining room drawing renewed objections from the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. They argue government approval of nude art in a presidential space is improper, while defenders say private residence rights apply. In New York a tenants coalition battles heatless housing, buying coal to warm their building and deducting costs from rent as they consider court action against the landlord.
Mississippi asks Robert T. Lincoln to place a portrait of Abraham Lincoln in the new state capitol. The letter cites Lincoln's love for country, duty, and sympathy for the South as reasons for the honor.
In a sign of healing, former Confederate states depart the Union to honor Lincoln, praising his firm purpose and country devotion that halted disunion. The tribute suggests unity of hearts and hands now emerges across the nation, reaffirming the Union’s permanence beyond historical rifts.
A second assassination bid targeted King Leopold as he left Laken station. Two shots were fired but missed. The king’s guards have been doubled amid fears of dangerous repercussions for attendants.
The piece traces Francis H Clergue from a Maine Yankee to a rising power in Canadian finance and development. It notes his early moves at Sault Ste Marie, the creation of a canal and hydro power, and his role in promoting factories and industry to use the power he accumulated.
The article claims about 100 million dollars flowed into profitable ventures around Sault Ste. Marie through confidence in the Maine Yankee, with products shaped by Clergue’s influence.
The city council in Butte considers bids for municipal work with The Standard submitting a satisfactory bid. A typographical union committee issues an open letter urging contracts go to entities paying taxes to support city coffers. The Standard defends its status as a major local taxpayer and employer in Butte.
The report states Colonel Lynch, MP from Iris ing, has been summoned to a London grand jury to answer a high treason accusation. It questions his citizenship as a Boer War fighter and whether his allegiance lay with the Boer republic or England.
An editorial denounces the Germany Britain Venezuela coercion as a de facto war through a pacific blockade. It argues blockades violate international law and that Castro’s seizures of British and German nationals breach norms. The piece foresees possible Venezuelan unity against foreigners and questions deterrence by threat.
The czar expressed pleasure at a witty sketch that rarely appears in public. The amusement was noted despite the piece not typically being shown, underscoring its rarity and charm.
The passage describes how unused wine from New York chamber of commerce banquets is handled. Oscar, chef and wine cellar superintendent at the Waldorf Astoria, gathers and grades the leftovers before guests depart. He states that nothing is wasted and most wine is repurposed to flavor soups gravies and sauces.
A German scientist Professor Jurisch plans a Berlin lecture course on Luftrecht The Right to Air covering smoke gases dust disease and other impurities in the air we breathe The item notes his topics and aims.
An organization in Boston named the Mothers Birth Day Club of America invites exclusively married women to join. It offers a birthday fund that pays members five hundred dollars for each new baby born to a member, regardless of sex, with escalating payments for multiple children. The piece notes strong enthusiasm but doubts overproduction risk.
A Swiss lawyer Dr Winkler is credited with resolving what may be the longest lawsuit in history. Since 1370 a boundary dispute over 70 miles south of Cracow between Hungary and Galicia pitted Prince Hohenlohe and Count Zamoyski. The arbitrator ruled for Galicia, granting Hungary 20 acres to straighten the boundary.
A gambler named Shissler who killed F. W. Real at Watertown Wisconsin is out on bail and free to move. Witness William Crandall, a poor actor who happened to see the homicide, is jailed as a witness and may stay there for months.
The czarina is praised as the cleverest artist among royalties, using caricature to portray the czar and diplomats in humorous scenes. One image shows the bearded yet bald infant Czar surrounded by anxious relatives and flourishing feeding bottles.
In Washington Gov Odell and Senator Platt may pick a candidate with Roosevelt to be consulted. A House official returned from the West recounting a Colorado barbecue where an ox feast occurred. A Rhode Island candidate boasted of beating an opponent in November amid district remarks. A king defends home privacy and silences interviews. An auction in Washington saw Theodore Roosevelt's works fail to attract bids while a George Washington life drew no offers as the crowd rejected old back numbers.
A collection of rapid fire quips and cartoons on politics, trusts, and society highlights. Farmers, ward bosses, and columnists trade wry lines about cyclopedias, likelihoods in elections, and manners of power amid smoky city scenes. The piece captures era wit and public mood through brief jokes.
A brief, unclear excerpt from the Washington Star discusses attitudes toward trusts and perceived differences in treatment. The fragment mentions a person and a vague comparison but lacks concrete details or context.
A fragment from the New York Press features Richard Burton in Munsey musing on how unspoken words shape fortune. It contrasts lips that tell no tales with hidden passions and warns that what remains unsaid can steer lives.
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