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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1903
Page
18
Publication listing rates and offices for The Anaconda Standard. Details include daily and Sunday subscriptions, prices for various periods, and contact addresses for the main and telephonic offices. The notice reflects standard 19th or early 20th century newspaper business information.
Butte office at 28 East Broadway with phone 422. Missoula office at 110 West Main Street with phone 118 percent. Great Falls Post Office News Stand serves as the third location.
W. J. Morton, Manager Foreign Advertising lists newsstands where The Standard can be found in New York Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland and Kansas City with addresses at Brentano's Vanderslices Palace Hotel and more All general business letters should be addressed to Anaconda Montana.
The Montana State Teachers association began its session with informal preliminaries and music followed by Prof John Kay delivering the annual address on public school education progress. An extended summary will appear in Sunday's Standard. Routine sessions start today.
The piece notes Greenland as a vast iceberg with fringe land suitable for few humans on the edges. It recalls Canada’s failed bid to buy Greenland, its Danish ownership, and hints that renewed talks could spur expansionist sentiment in the United States seeking control for potential iron copper lead and possible gold resources.
In Uniontown Pennsylvania a jur y found Jim Swaney guilty of second degree murder for killing Bill Turner. Swaney asked to be released to spend Christmas at home before sentencing. The sheriff and district attorney opposed the request and pledged he would return, while Swaney promised to come back.
A dispatch from Uniontown describes crowd cheers as a judge grants permission for a killer to visit his wife and children. It recalls Bill Turner’s prior workhouse episode, where a sheriff finally allowed entry after a stubborn exchange, illustrating regional attitudes toward crime and punishment.
An editorial in the Wall Street Journal is cited questioning whether Hanna donors would back his Republican bid while avoiding Roosevelt. The piece suggests journalists should verify the claim and notes a hope that less money be spent by both sides, implying Roosevelt’s nomination would reduce Wall Street aid.
The piece notes a revival of New York City New Year's calls with open houses and Dutch hospitality. It cites a shift toward nonalcoholic beverages among leading women and describes a traditional display of food and glassware. The essay contrasts New York trends with slower national adoption in social customs.
The passage notes Bailey and Gorman rallying Democratic support while the party faces the Panama question. It describes Republican plans to press policies not in line with Democratic national policy views and signals tensions within the Senate over administration foreign policy.
The text notes southern states swelling for a Panama route canal, with Louisiana’s legislature in extraordinary session voting unanimously for the Panama treaty. Senators McEnery and Foster may not be bound but likely align, signaling southern political momentum.
The McClellan administration is expected to revive activity in Tenderloin dives closed under the Low regime. Newspapers note resor te districts around Broadway and Twenty Ninth Street reemerging under lax police oversight as New York trends toward a more open era.
The speaker praises Old Corbett for keeping the famous name alive through Young Corbett though the younger bearer’s true name differs, noting the lineage and posterity reflected in the continuation of the famous identity.
The administration aims to use the holiday recess to apply pressure on the opposing senators, likening its strategy to a domestic remedy.
A New York state prison used six electric shocks to execute a murderer, highlighting extreme punishment methods. Other notes question a potential British allyship with Japan and remark that by tomorrow night events mark the end of 1903 with remaining celebrations fading away. Santo Domingo revolutionists admit money troubles yet deny being out of the race.
After 16 rounds the confrontation concluded with Mr. Hanlon stating the bout was more complex than a standard decision. He asserts the fight defied a clean sweet sixteen label and demanded careful, nuanced review.
The former Kentucky governor John Young Brown is seriously ill in Henderson with his son, a physician, at his side but expressing little hope for recovery. The report notes his public life in politics and athletic interests.
The store advertises deep discounts on women’s wear including blue and gray tibeline suits, gray walking skirts, Persian velvet military coats, Misses long coats, zibeline skirts, and black cheviot skirts. Also offered are black velvet coats, sable and marten accessories, Norfolk jackets, and priced waists, with regular prices shown beside sale figures.
Ladies' French flannel waists in red and blue with full plaited fronts. Trimmed in velvet and buttons. Regular price is 3 dollars 25 cents.
A trial in Toulouse ends with a light sentence for assault. Speed Mosby loses his Missouri Supreme Court post over published portraits. A Pierpont statue is placed in West Virginia’s capitol statuary hall awaiting unveiling. Senator Depew shares a witty quip as Diaz hosts American visitors. Baron von Eitz studies American railroading in Michigan. Tim Sullivan pursues a house pinochle crown with Bartholdt in a chatty pairing of lawmakers. Judge Nelson rests ill in St Paul while Henry Irving recalls meeting an old actor friend after a Lyceum era triumph.
The piece argues that South American nations like Argentina Brazil Chile and Uruguay have matured after revolutions and can stand alone. It cites rapid growth immigration and exports in Argentina and notes Brazil’s vast size and future population.
A ladies petticoat described as heavy black sateen with a deep full flounce and stitched in heavy white silk. The regular price is 2.50 dollars.
Ladies' wrappers in red blue and black flannelette feature deep flounces and ruffles over the shoulders with braid trimming. Regular price is $1.50. Ladies' gowns of heavy out ing flannel in stripes and plain colors have high neck turnover collars and full sleeves with cuffs.
Ladies gowns described in plain daisy flannel feature full gathered sleeves and a square yoke with ruffles. Regular price listed as five dollars.
The article notes South American nations stretching in size beyond France and the UK, with figures for Venezuela Colombia and Austria-Hungary. It argues these republics will rival but not dominate a continent, praising arbitration begun by President Hayes and predicting lasting peace and regional rivalry for glory and independence.
A Washington conductor explains flat wheels on streetcars linking the brake mistake to smoother operation. New York notes Dr. Cyrus Edson's estate valued around $4,000 despite a yearly income of $30,000 to $40,000. His widow recalls lavish yacht trips draining funds before he returned to work. The West Fiftieth Street home long thought owned appears to be in question.
Obituary notes Mrs Mary Lee the Bee Hive landlord of White Waltham England as the oldest public house landlady. A Wild Was tribe in Burma buries skulls on village posts. An Oxford freshman quips on Euclid proving. Lotta Crabtree sells SF real estate for 50 000. A toy balloon voyage from Bloomsburg reaches Biddeford Maine with a letter from H Ainslee.
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