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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1908
Page
12
The Anaconda Standard prints daily and Sunday editions with subscription rates and office contact lines. Includes pricing: daily and Sunday monthly and yearly rates. main and business offices listed with telephones.
Branch offices in Butte Missoula and across the country plus New York Chicago Denver Los Angeles San Francisco Seattle Portland and more. Standard newspaper on sale at numerous city stands with general correspondence directed to Anaconda Montana.
On Monday February 17 suffragettes descend on Albany to argue their case with Governor Hughes and lobby legislators while anti suffrage women plan to debate. The scene promises earnest, persistent advocacy in the capitol and a test of public sentiment.
Massachusetts savings banks may establish insurance departments and issue policies up to 500 dollars with 200 dollar annuities under a new law. Policies become non forfeitable after six months and beneficiaries must be state residents. Former Governor Douglas, now bank president, champions the plan as a worker’s security within capitalist systems.
The text argues the American spirit requires workers to secure wages sufficient for a surplus set aside for their future. It emphasizes paying moderate premiums and developing personal strength and self control to voluntarily allocate funds for such use.
Wisconsin sends a Denver delegation for Bryan with a dozen votes aiding the nomination. Yet in November, the state seems unlikely to help Bryan at the polls. Historically, Wisconsin rarely votes for the Democratic candidate, except in rare freak years like when Harrison lost and Cleveland carried multiple states.
The Fort Benton River Press reports no ice crust on the Missouri River at Fort Benton and says any harvest must come from small ponds or creeks. Montana faces a rare shortage of thick ice. January and February have been mild with only a few cold days, risking an ice import for domestic use.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway reports rapid construction as train service starts between Aberdeen South Dakota and Terry. Track lays at five miles daily with a goal to mile finish to Miles City and trains into Butte by May. Advanced roadbed methods and heavy machinery speed operations through the Rockies, with high authority praising the line’s quality.
Americans and Europeans in China charge that reforming leaders are teaching anti European themes through the Chinese National Reader. The book, used by 280 000 pupils, extols militarism and imperial subjugation of Hindus, while praising a Japan England alliance and warnings about white rule.
The article notes a rising Chinese interest in modern education and science. It describes China as waking to new ideas, with schools expanding and both parents and children eager for modern subjects like mechanics, engineering, geography, and literature. It frames Western supremacy claims as a threat.
The February with five Saturdays is a calendar oddity that only occurs in leap years and then only in certain cycles. It requires February to start and end on a Saturday, a phenomenon not repeated until 1936, making five paydays in the shortest month a rare treat for Saturday earners.
The writer argues that war between the United States and Japan is unlikely and unnecessary. He views the Pacific voyage of the American fleet as a demonstration of power and capability, not a provocation, and cites diplomacy and friendship as foundations of American policy. The piece questions sensational war talk and notes experts consider war more hellish due to modern weapons.
London laments the loss of riverside favorites as the Old Ship inn at Greenwich closes its doors. The article recalls its historic role in Whitehall feasts and ministerial whitebait dinners, including Charles Dickens’s 1842 visit and jovial banter over the wooden spoon prize for the least active minister.
The archbishop of Canterbury, a remarkable chess player, traveled in India with an official overseeing a new railway. They played many games without a board or pieces, making verbal moves and keeping every move and point perfectly in mind.
A review notes Rosebery on modern politics and literature, praising Gladstone and Peel, and critiquing encyclicals and closet drama theory. It discusses Grieg’s music, religion’s broad expression, and a critique of literary and musical figures in a periodical titled The North American Review.
Ex-banker Morse faces indictments tied to three notes of 100000 dollars each from former Chief Justice Morgan J. O'Brien. Allegations say Morse discounted a note at Mercantile National, received bank check payable to O'Brien and cashed it under O'Brien’s name. Indictments center on a single transaction and court action to be announced tomorrow.
In Missouri concerns rise as residents rely on gas to keep a blue flame burning amid freezing temperatures. Officials urge providers to ensure adequate gas supply and stable service during the cold snap.
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul head Earling arrives in Lewistown aboard a special car with Stanley Field John Quincy Adams and Henry F Hunter. They tour the Judith club with local business leaders and discuss the Judith basin country as Earling notes promising progress and a bright future for the area.
Prof Rudolph Emmerich of the University of Munich announces a new diphtheria cure called Pyocyanase. He claims it is effective in the most dangerous cases and acts quickly, delivered by blowing into the throat after Cultures of pyocyanaeus bacilli are grown in liquid culture.
Anaconda parents urged to try Vinci a cod liver preparation claimed to build vigor improve flesh bone and blood. A Massachusetts mother cited rapid gains in two sickly children after using Vinol, with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied. Sold locally by Smith Drug and elsewhere by Newbro Drug.
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