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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1907
Page
18
The Anaconda Standard publisher details include subscription rates, daily and Sunday pricing, and office contacts. It lists main office in Standard Block Anaconda with phone numbers, and branch offices in Missoula and other cities, plus advertising and press office addresses in New York and Chicago.
The Standard is on sale at numerous venues across major cities including New York Broad way and Thirty-eighth Street Chicago Auditorium Annex P O News Co Dearborn Street Empire news stand and more. Other locations include Kansas City Minneapolis San Francisco Los Angeles Pasadena Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland Anaconda Montana.
In Missoula Montana teachers gather for their annual convention praising public schools and state progress. Citizens of Garden City welcome the group and show strong support for education across Montana with generous city and statewide backing.
Longstanding rumors link King Leopold II to plans for Congo exploitation via a crown domain and revenue concessions. Belgian parliament members accuse the king of seeking vast graft while debating a treaty that would favor Belgium over the Belgian ruler in the Congo annexation proposal.
An Ohio-originated story claims the state penitentiary lacked printers to run the Penitentiary News, prompting the Typographical Journal to investigate. The report suggests prisoners were ready to set up and publish, challenging the notion of printer-criminals.
A prison superintendent reports that only two of six steady printers are union members with the International Typographical Union. Most printers are un fair, subs are scarce, and few professional printers become inmates. bankers predominate among inmates, while ministers have fewer occurrences.
Eastern papers report a growing Hughes momentum as the New York Republican Club endorses Charles Hughes a few days after the county committee dodged the issue. The talk claims club influence exceeds committee sway and predicts the committee may bow to Hughes before year’s end, potentially sidelining other Republican booms as delegates gather. President Roosevelt’s stance is seen as increasingly hostile to Hughes per gossip, with limited impact on convention dynamics.
The report claims Japan plans a five year cut in army and navy costs totaling over 200 million dollars, shifting funds to peaceful arts and industry. Washington chatter suggests Fleet dispatch spurred pacific caution, while observers doubt Japan will cut arms, noting global arms buildup by Germany Britain Russia and the U.S. race for naval power.
A young woman returning from Chicago to Indianapolis made bold public claims about losing faith in men and women. She sought a moral job as a stenographer, advertised for work, and stated she would not engage in casual dating. Interviews followed amid wide attention from the press and public.
A Catholic-era style reflection notes on women in public life and media notoriety, criticizing sensationalism and urging moral conduct. It contrasts Hoosier and Montana women's work ethics, cites a Chicago trolley accident with $590,000 scattered, and critiques Denver editors and political figures amid year-end reflections. The piece blends social commentary with satirical barbs about Taft, Foraker, and 1907 events.
Des Moines December court martial for Captain Kulp of Company EB Fifty-fourth regiment finds he did not intentionally disobey Adjutant General Thrift orders but did disregard them and recommends reprimand.
William Archer writes in the London Tribune about New York’s social strata: the sediment includes immigrants and slum dwellers from diverse backgrounds. the strap-hangers form the dense working class. the middle class intellectuals drive reform and education. and the plutocrats, a childless, spending-driven elite, loom as a stark but fading force. The piece notes Jewish settlement work, educational alliances, and a blossoming popular mind through magazines and lectures.
The text argues that educated elites seek to elevate society by using wealth for public good. It notes Carnegie as unique in trusting fortune, while others pay large sums to the community. It suggests a rising view that private business ends, and private fortunes, serve a common civilization.
Salt Lake reports bands of Colorado Ute Indians raiding sheep and cattlemen in Southern Utah. A small group near Verdure, San Juan County, forced three cowboys to drive their cattle back into the canyon under rifle threats on December 23. Cowboys and cattle remain confined. Governor Cutler will seek Washington action since Utah bans Utes from entry per Indian Affairs rules.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Eugene Francis, longtime chief mechanic at the Barnes King in Kendall, dropped dead at a Lewistown hotel at 2 PM. Death attributed to heart failure. Francis served in the Seventh Cavalry during the Nez Perce War and had held key positions at several mining camps. He was about 50 years old.
Spokane, December 27. Steve Adams, twice tried for the murder of Fred Tyler, was discharged and immediately rearrested by Sheriff Fitzpatrick of Telluride, Colorado, for the murder of Arthur Collings in 1904. He will be taken to Colorado at once.
The piece traces hat use from Greek and Roman eras where bareheaded heads signified freedom. It notes Saint Clement as patron of hatmakers and the hat’s late popular adoption, with Romans and Greeks viewing headwear differently and servants wearing skull caps as marks of servitude. The article ends noting England’s shift away from hats in the early part of the fifteenth century.
Salt Lake City Dec 27 The Silver King Coalition and Daly West mines at Park City will shut down January 1. Directors cite unremunerative lead and silver prices. About a thousand men will lose work directly.
The article traces headwear from medieval hoods and early beaver caps to the rise of flat woollen caps, the invention of cocked hats, and the shift toward wide brims. It notes Stow’s critique of fashions, the turbanlike styles, and the social signaling of hats, culminating in the late eighteenth century when round hats emerged and silk hats arrived via Paris.
A Garfield elementary class learns one pencil in each hand equals two as a teacher guides Helen toward a correct answer. James and Jimmie join in with confident, playful interjections, illustrating classroom dynamics and student voices in a brief Kansas City Star snippet.
San Francisco reports that stocks and bonds missing from the Colton estate were located in the California Safe Deposit and Trust company vaults. The discovery returns the case to its starting point, with indictments previously alleging embezzlement and interstate removal now facing questions over jurisdiction and paper validity.
Walter Bartnett, indicted banker, testified before the grand jury in San Francisco about the missing securities of the California Safe Deposit and Trust company. He volunteered to appear and was questioned over an hour. no public details of his testimony were released. Bartnett's wife also testified and denied knowledge of the bank's affairs. No subpoenas were returned by the jury today.
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