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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1901
Page
21
A satirical tale portrays John Bull as a world traveler with vast land claims in a New World. His relatives in a growing confederation challenge his power, spark political and social turmoil, and foretell a doomed experiment. The piece blends nationalism with a prophecy of decline and revival.
A satirical clash unfolds as John Bull dismisses Americans as inferior then recognizes their success after a Yankee uses money and influence to win markets. The tale ends with a moral that modest worth prevails in time.
A Montana tale recalls Charley Kelly’s Palace saloon incident with a southern herder in Billings who attacks a plaster negro statue, pays for damages, and wanders back to sheep herding. Other notes describe Monarch water troubles from a concentrator tailings spill, Sweet Grass honey beehive finds near Big Timber, and Livingston Post critic jabs at Quo Vadis performances.
Lyman D. Goff plans a boys club in Pawtucket while Alfred Giebeler touts a cheaper harder steel. Waldorf Astor may be invited for Maidenhead coronation year but not Westminster. McKeesport miner George Adams hears of tramp David Craig’s death in Colorado after aiding him a decade ago. Peffer curates a congress index for sale. Edison resists rest amid tough problems. Michigan Rep Smith touts 3700 pensioners in his district and tops peers in proposed bills.
Rev. Jerry Rounder speaks on Paramount Issues in a sermon urging restraint during election years. He warns that campaigns inflame public fear, distract from peace, and lead to regret after voting. He urges citizens to put country first and resist running for office as a personal paramount concern.
A Washington correspondent recounts snagging an exclusive Dole interview on a train to Green River, only to learn a rival Chicago paper had slipped ahead. The rival used the scoop while the reporter filed a resume of his talk for multiple western papers. The Chicago rival later fired for missing the Dole piece.
In a humorous Woodville letter to J Chauvin Paul Girard recounts town antics. He describes a domestic quarrel, a $14 fine for breaking peace, a beer bottle incident, a jury verdict of 8 to 4, and a playful jab at Woodville’s post office status.
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