Anaconda Standard publication and office details
The Anaconda Standard lists subscription rates and offices in Anaconda Missoula Butte and branch offices in several cities. It provides main office addresses telephone numbers and foreign and advertising offices. It also notes news stand locations in major cities and urges general business correspondence to the Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda Mont.
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Standard Publishing Company
Anaconda
Arle
New York City
Hotaling
Broadway
Chicago
Auditorium Annex
P. O. News Co
Dearborn Street
Empire
Jackson and
Dearborn
Kansas City
Yuma News Co
Ninth
Minneapolis
Kavanaught
South Third Street
San Francisco
van Ness Avenue
Los
Pacific Avenue
Seattle
International News Co
Portland
Oregon News Co
Sixth Street
Andard Publishing Company
Mont
Cheerful guesses of a busy business year
Publications on business and manufacturing forecast active markets and mills next year. Reports claim New England factories and metal plants will rebound as year ends, with workers returning and production planned before spring. Trade journals push optimism despite the panic, which some call a speculators panic that harmed communities tied to the Standard.
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New England
Trouble Ahead for Waterways Bill in Congress
Prediction of a stormy fight over great waterways funding as many congressmen push district interests. The river and harbor bill is linked to large misappropriations and waste, with hundreds of millions cited. Major schemes favored by the press may be traded for federal funds to satisfy thrifty districts.
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Congress
Federal Treasury
Sixteen American warships sail for Pacific amid safety doubts
The fleet headed for the Horn faces questions about construction quality. Naval artist Rueterdahl criticizes armor placement below the water line and accuses naval builders of ignoring American inventions, importing ideas from abroad, and using discarded concepts. The public, however, mostly trusts the ships will prove their worth if needed.
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The
Horn
Pacific
Rueterdahl
Je Sam
Ican
Roosevelt theories spark debate over navy shipbuilding
An East Coast newspaper critic, Mr Reuterdahl, claims the naval bureau is flawed and ridicules the naval construction board. Supporters of Roosevelt defend the president while critics doubt his shipbuilding knowledge. The fleet sails soon and hopes run high that the ships endure the voyage and hold together.
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Bureau
Reuterdahl
Naval Construction Board
Roosevelt
Navy Yard
Naval Bureau
Platform Speakers and Lecturers Earn Big Money
A manager ranks William J. Bryan as the top platform speaker by audience size and earnings, earning about fifty thousand dollars a year. Maud Ballington Booth follows closely, with nearly as much per lecture, all for prison relief work. Other notable names include Dr. Frank Gunsaulus, Dr. Hills, and Governor Hanley, while a well known lecturer in Butte reportedly earns nineteen dollars a night for a heavy schedule. The piece notes today’s lecture circuit pays few highly while many earn little, contrasting with the era of Beecher and Gough.
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Bryan
United States
Maud Ballington Booth
Frank Gunsaulus
Hills
Brooklyn
Hanley
Indiana
Henry Ward Beecher
George William Curtis
Edward Everett
Dr. Chapin
John B. Gough
Lawson's reckless campaign plan shocks Boston donors
The political figure Tom Lawson pushes a Roosevelt re election and a Johnson VP bid regardless of approval. He believes Wall Street might fund a Bryan ticket, but it is unclear how the money will be spent. His manifesto claims to know the real thought of the American people and may warm winter for Boston’s needy.
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Tom Lawson
Roosevelt
Lawson
Johnson
Wall Street
Bryan
Boston
The Uses of a Vice Admiral in the Navy
Congress considers establishing the vice admiral rank in the U S Navy. Secretary Metcalf and former secratries support it, citing Admiral Dewey’s endorsement of at least two vice admirals. Evans is cited as driving urgency for the pending bill to improve fleet efficiency.
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Congress
United States
Metcalf
Dewey
Admiral Evans
Evans Seeks Vice Admiral Rank To Match Fame
The text argues for creating the office of vice admiral to honor Admiral Evans. It notes his fleet travels for spectacular purposes and suggests he could face lesser-ranking officers in various events. The piece implies Congress might be urged to act so his status equals his public prestige.
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Congress
Evans
Water Wagon and Politicians Dominate New Year Reflections
A Portland mayor warns of Japanese agents mapping water pipes for sabotage on the Pacific coast. The piece lampoons Prohibition era excess, Elks versus Methodist services, and Clarence Darrow amid a busy year end. It notes Nevada's extraordinary session, Roosevelt's potential vows, and tax delinquent lists as 1907 ends and 1908 begins.
South Dakota to be placed in commission by Navy
Vallejo California December 30 Orders received at Mare Island yard to place the cruiser South Dakota in commission January 16 Captain Charles Ek Fox will command the vessel with the officers assigned. The crew is being assembled. The South Dakota, a first class cruiser and sister ship to the California, displaces 13 000 tons and has 23000 indicated horsepower. She will operate in Pacific waters for several months before moving to the Asiatic station.
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Vallejo
Cal
Mare Island Yard
South Dakota
Union Iron Works
Charles Ek
Fox
Ier
California
Pacific
Asiatic Station
Jeffries Arrives to Referee Moran Attell Featherweight Fight
Champion James J. Jeffries arrived in San Francisco from Los Angeles to referee the Moran Attell featherweight title bout. He called Attell a tough opponent but refused to name a winner and denied bias toward the English challenger.
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San Francisco
James J. Jeffries
Moran-Attell
Los Angeles
Attell
Jeffries
Interior official to visit Crow Reservation for talks on Dixon bill
Secretary Garfield orders Inspector McLaughlin to visit the Crow reservation and confer with Indians regarding an agreement tied to opening the reservation as provided by Senator Dixon's bill. William Lindsay of Glendive, once Montana’s Republican gubernatorial hopeful, spends holidays with his children in town.
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Standard
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Garfield
Inspector McLaughlin
Crow Reservation
Dixon
William Lindsay
Glendive
Montana
Evidence ends in Harden case with medical and political notes
Testimony centers on Professor Schweninger of Berlin and relations with Bismarck. He describes Mrs von Elbe as mentally sound despite alleged violence by Count von Moltke and hints at Zu Eulenburg’s perceived risks. Witnesses challenge Elbe’s reliability while detailing family attitudes and engagements surrounding Moltke and von Elbe.
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Schweninger
Germany
Prince von Bismarck
Joan
Bismarck
Mids Schweninger
University of Berlin
von Elbe
Count von Moltke
Prince Philip Zu Kulenburg
von Moltke
Zu Eulenburg
Hau
Camarilla
Danckelmann
Coat theft linked to four rounders in Missoula
In Missoula four rounders were arrested by the sheriff. Christ Jensen is suspected of stealing J. E. Powers beaver coat. Cleve Paul was caught attempting to dispose of it. Jensen says he and Paul took the coat from the first thief at a restaurant to return it to the owner, but officers doubt their involvement. The real thief is described as known to them.
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Missoula
Christ Jensen
J. E. Powers
Jensen
Cleve Paul
Paul
Thief Believed to Flee City Through Key Figures
Passages suggest authorities worked through certain individuals to locate the thief. It is believed he has escaped the city, with investigators continuing to trace his movements and possible accomplices.
Succumbs to Injuries at Garrison Coal Docks
John Gaarden 22, a Northern Pacific coal docks worker at Garrison, died in Missoula at the company hospital from injuries suffered in a morning fall. He was brought by local train, treated, and died shortly after noon. His mother lives in Spring Valley Wisconsin, and the body was later turned over to Undertaker Lucy.
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Missoula
John Gaarden
Northern Pacific
Garrison
Company
Spring Valley
Wis
Lucy
Curlers Open Tournament Handsome Leys Trophy
Inaugural Leys cup matches at the Butte curling rink last night saw Dr J D MacGregor and T H Wilson rink victors. Skips MacGregor and Wilson led teams to 11 to 7 and 12 to 7 scores amid a list of players. Two more games in the same series scheduled for this evening.
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Butte
J. D. MacGregor
T. H. Wilson
B. H. Irish
W. F. Noyes
Donald Arthur
Will Falconer
N. A. McMillan
John Elliott
J. A. McMillan
Ae MacGregor
E. L. Chapman
G. Wood
A. McMillan
M. J. Beandre
R. P. Wood
D. McMillan
William Robertson
More charges made against big bankers
Indictments returned by the fraud jury against James Dalzell Brown former general manager Walter J Bartnet former vice president general counsel and director and James Treadwell director in connection with the California Safe Deposit and Trust Company failure depositors owed nearly nine million dollars Brown and Bartnet face one felony embezzlement count while Treadwell faces two counts
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San Francisco
California Safe Deposit and Trust Company
James Dalzell Brown
Walter J. Bartnet
James Treadwell
Brown
Bartnet
Treadwell
Ladd to guarantee deposits of defunct Title Guarantee firm
Portland, Dec. 80. William Ladd announces plans to assume the obligations of the defunct Title Guarantee and Trust company and guarantees full payment to all depositors. Ladd formerly headed the Title Guarantee and Trust, and bank stationery bore his name when it failed, leading many depositors to believe he remained in charge.
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Portland
Ore
William Ladd
Ladd & Tilton
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Ladd
Tithe Guarantee and Trust Company
Privilege Withdrawn by Dominion Government
Vancouver Dec. 30. Has the liberal government at Ottawa withdrawn the courtesy of permitting U S immigration officers at the examination of incoming Japanese debarking at Victoria. This privilege has been withdrawn after a complaint by the Japanese consul to the U S immigration office in Vancouver.
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Vancouver
B. C
Ottawa
United States Immigration Service
Victoria
United States Immigration Office
Missoula Woman Seized On Insanity Complaint
In Missoula on December 30 Mrs Florence R Converse of Orchard Homes was taken into custody by the sheriff after her son Arthur A Robinson accused her of insanity. She was confined at the county jail privately while authorities investigate the claim, with no clear signs of insanity noted so far.
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Missoula
Florence R. Converse
Orchard Homes
Arthur ©. Robinson
Draw Fights Billy Papke in Milwaukee Clash
Hugo Kelly of Chicago and Billy Papke of Spring Valley fought ten fierce rounds to a draw at the Badger Athletic Club. Both men exchanged heavy punches with blood drawn, rounds alternated in edge, and the final bell left judges to declare a draw amid a well received decision.
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Milwaukee
Hugo Kelly
Chicago
Billy Papke
Spring Valley
Badger Athletic Club
Kelly
Papke
Daughter Sought After Father’s Death in Reno Telegram
In a telegram received in Butte last night the daughter of George Brown, a former resident, is sought. Brown died in Reno Nevada yesterday. The telegram was addressed to George C Fitschen at 17 South Main Street.
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Butte
George Brown
Reno
Nev
George C. Fitschén
South Main Street
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W. J. Morton
New York
Brunswick Building
Fifth Avenue
ST Washington Street
William J. Bryan
Oregon
Tokio
Harden-von Moltke
Max Nordau
the Elks
Georgia
Clarence Darrow
Nevada
White House
Mr. Harriman
Sparks
Beef Trust
1908
Jim Jeffries
Harden
Curlers Open
Handsome Leys
Eoetno Moktori
Japan
Continental Oil CO. (Incorporated
Dominion
Remington
Remington Typewriter Company
West Broadway
Butte, Mont
Sguth
Owsley Block
Rice & Fulton
Ind
Milwau
Kee
Nixon & Zimmerman
Park Street
Ellis Paint Co
West Granite
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