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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1902
Page
6
The notice lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, including annual, six month, and monthly plans. It announces main and eastern office locations in Anaconda Butte Missoula Great Falls and Washington bureau with advertising rate info and contact addresses.
An obscure home scene marks February 12 1809 the births of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin. The piece extols Lincoln as the nineteenth century’s grandest man and notes his heavy presidential burden while praising Darwin as the era’s greatest naturalist.
The piece portrays Chairman Payne of the Ways and Means Committee as a cautious, long-serving but dull leader whose moves on internal revenue taxes and sugar duties sparked Republican criticism over Cuba. It notes Payne’s rise after Dingley’s death and hints at past threats within the committee.
Maria Halpin died in New Rochelle New York after a life marked by the 1884 affidavit accusing Grover Cleveland of immorality. The charge sparked national attention, framed the campaign as a lie by some, and left her life clouded by public scorn. Her dying request was for a quiet, private burial.
A political note argues Mr. Paynes plan to ignore Cuba's demand is driven by a few wealthy planters, not the Cuban people. It suggests the Republican party will not be misled by a weak captain, implying firm leadership against the approach.
The piece argues Secretary Gage is unlikely to gain the 1904 Republican nomination despite talk of a high salary, while praising his resignation timing. It also discusses Bremerton naval yard’s positive impact and Puget Sound defenses, contrasting with California’s envy of northern development and naval placement.
San Francisco papers argue Bremerton gains drive naval yard expansion at Mare Island expense. They claim Boston capitalists push a land scheme, while California awakens to competition from Puget Sound cities as Pacific trade shifts north with new lines and rail rivalry.
Brooklyn physician Dr James E Russell offers his body for a year to surgeons to advance medical science with his consent only that his family be provided for and he may withdraw if alive at year’s end. His wife vows to fight the plan in court and children oppose it.
Chicago Inter Ocean reports Judge Tuley voids Dowie's contracts with Samuel Stevenson deeming them invalid due to unequal power dynamics between guardian and disciple. Zion Lace Industries assets may transfer to a court receiver as scrutiny of Dowie’s entire system increases. Dowie's financial status and prestige suffer a severe setback.
Dr Henry Minton warns ministers of Chicago about internal skepticism eroding faith and mission. He cites doubts on foreign missions and church purpose, contrasting external attacks with internal undermining that weakens zeal and risk to national faith.
The column juggles a mix of social and political remark touching market and public life. References include Soffel and juror issues, Miss Alice and coronation affairs, fire brigades and Paterson, coal stock, Kipling and England, Parkhurst, Spain and friendship, Edward coronation, Henry’s welcome, Hearst, Groton notable crisis, and Wilkes Booth’s birth anniversary.
Henry Watterson pursues music or journalism as a career while Booker T. Washington’s Up from Slavery nears translations into multiple languages. John F. Dryden proves a keen calculator and Dr Elisha Gregory marks 50 years at Washington University medical dept. William Ramsey buys Westover estate to restore its colonial charm. Annie Blalock funds an industrial school in Georgia.
The article mentions a plantation gift for black education modeled after Booker Washington's Tuskegee Institute. It cites Frank W. Rollins as president of New Hampshire forest protection society. It notes Earl of Dysart's large donations for a London national opera house and a Hamhill site for a Baireuth style theater. Henry Lumley is described as a London auctioneer with literary talents and ship rudder invention.
A collage of humor quotes from newspapers includes dialogue about statues for Kansas, quotations on fear and bravery, a Christmas gift dilemma, a doctor’s bill, and light verse. The fragment preserves the style of early 20th century humor columns and editorials.
Miss Cornelia Dyas piano instructor to Miss Ethel Roosevelt leads her two sisters Miss Louise Dyas violinist and Mrs Dyas Standish soprano in a Washington concert under high social patronage. Louise recently studied with Ysaye in Brussels and has set Stevenson's poems to music.
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