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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1908
Page
3
The Anaconda Standard lists subscription rates and offices, with daily and Sunday options and advance payment. It provides a nationwide network of newsstand locations and branch offices from New York to Seattle, plus general business addresses for Anaconda Montana.
A translated report notes the court found Park Arthur could have endured longer defense while Steesser profited by selling supplies at high prices. The verdict condemns cowardice and improvidence, suggesting officials may have sought graft in Port Arthur during the war with Japan. The piece questions whether the defense was truly honorable amid scandal and retreat.
The piece analyzes the rise of prohibitionists seeking national impact through electoral strategy. It notes southern states backing temperance as a state issue, and questions the plausibility of a nationwide ban sweeping the presidency. Historical references to St John and party dynamics illustrate the uncertain electoral payoff.
The piece outlines rival Republican and Democratic strategies around Benjamin Harrison Blaine in New York, noting Butler as a workingmen’s candidate and St. John funding. It reports Cleveland’s slim edge in New York by 1,047 votes, part of a national win margin of about 24,000, with commentary on Dewey and Roosevelt era figures shaping public memory.
A court ruling upholds Harriman led trusts owning 233 201 shares and grants them voting rights in a contested Hartman election matter. The decision notes corporate ownership, Winter election strategy, and Harriman’s potential convention actions with Roosevelt in play.
A fragmented report notes a venture by Alieke from New York to Pars with aims stated as probing routes by land. Despite daily bulletins on machine progress, the public finds little concrete value for winter automobile travel between New York and Chicago.
A garbled OCR style passage weaves random phrases about automobiles farmers mud routes political figures ships and poets. It references New York Paris aviation and maritime topics with disjointed sentences and unclear narrative. The text lacks a coherent event or identifiable subject.
The annual report of the state racing campaign group, chaired by Dumas W. Wadsworth Sr., rejects any change to the racing law urged by Governor Hughes. It states no further registration is needed and the current law fulfills its purpose. It warns that proposed amendments would harm racing and likely ruin it soon.
Washington dispatches say the American minister to Persia reports to the State Department that the prohibition on grain exports has been revived. The drought condition that existed near the Persian gulf caused fears of a grain shortage, but with rain now fallen the scarcity does not appear to persist.
San Francisco February 4 The chamber of commerce reports Wu Ting Fang the new Chinese minister to the United States has accepted an invitation to a reception in his honor upon arrival in the city. He is expected to land next Friday aboard the steamship Siberia.
In Detroit Michigan the Rellance Motor Company has fallen under the control of Victor Gorway as receiver to avert pending foreclosure proceedings. An issue of bonds totaling 1300000 dollars is involved in the distressed transaction.
Debate in the House of Lords over Congo reform highlights UK Belgium tensions and international hurdles. Lord Fitzma n urged time for action by Belgium while stressing treaty obligations and humanity. Britain seeks U S cooperation, noting America's neutral Africa stance and ongoing consultations with Brussels to extend Congo reforms.
A mob of about 50 night riders destroyed Brandon Hurt's barn near Kirksey, Mayfield, Kentucky, after a warning. They cut telephone lines and set the barn ablaze between midnight and Sunday morning. Hurt, an offensive tobacco grower, reportedly was not a member of the association.
A nine car passenger train with four sleepers wrecked after a broken axle on the engine. Most travelers were from Toledo and Chicago, with several from San Antonio aboard. A special train with medical staff went to the scene from Laredo and another from San Antonio. Early reports say multiple fatalities.
A chaotic snowstorm traps motorists and blocks a cross country auto race from New York to Paris through Birchigan City Indiana. Bob H leads an American team but blizzard conditions force evacuations and detours toward Chesterton as crews abandon the car to cope with the drift.
The report notes the New York to Paris rate crossing the Ohio line today with two automachies in transit. One car named Bloc left Dryan at 8 AM after an overnight stop, followed by a French car named Gernidin edr Proton. A farmer towed the damaged vehicle into town after snowbound trouble near Kégerton Gio.
Representative leg of Connections, who introduced a resolution attacking tia Ejectile Boat company on the charge of influencing legislation, plans to appear before the rules committee with his evidence, likely tomorrow. A Washington committee on newspaper correspondents is probing alleged journalist links to the affair and has not yet commented.
New York report states former champion W. OG Grant beat T. R. Poll for the national Indoor championship crown at the Seventh Regiment Armory. The Californian G. P. Touchard also showcased top form, advancing by defeating Dean Mudhey 6 1 3 in a Princeton interscholastic bracket.
London reported a provisional agreement to end a shipbuilding and allied engineering strike along the Tyne. Representatives of the employees and labor leaders met and tentatively accepted terms for a settlement.
In Colorado Springs a murderer named Al Gullieppe Alo, born in Avalon Sicily, describes an anarchist motive against church authorities. He says church reforms and priestly influence fueled his plan, killed one priest with a revolver in New York after arriving in 1907, and fled via Kansas and Denver. The account cites his expulsion from the church in Italy and his wife’s desertion as catalysts.
Four women from St. Marys church testified that two Italians loitered outside prior to Father Leo Heinrichs shooting. One woman identified Guaricello and another man as connected to the plot, prompting renewed custody of Maria Brunelli, Guaraccios companion, as investigators press a possible premeditated murder scheme.
An old advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the leading remedy for women's ailments. It claims widespread endorsement, decades of use, and relief from backaches, irregularities, headaches, and nervous symptoms, urging sick women to choose this product over substitutes.
The Chicago Antlacrunchy Society is accused of warfare on the church and seeking to convict Chancellor Dunne of the diocese. Dunne said he believed Allo received inspiration to murder at a December Chicago meeting. Reports say an assassin described as similar to Alo was seen at several Chicago churches.
J L. diunzer, scion of a wealthy New York family, shot himself in the head at the Audubon Hotel on Ellis Street. Once in theater, he recently traveled for the Munzer Leather Goudy Co., headed by his brother. Letters to friends were found but not opened. despair is blamed.
San Antonio reports thirty persons injured after a TX rails wreck near Orville, twelve miles north of Laredo. The derailed train left the tracks, with cars thrown into disarray as crews respond to the incident tonight.
Anadvertisement claims Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery treats weak digestion, stomach gnaw, acid reflux, headaches, and fatigue. It presents a no alcohol formula with root extracts and glycerine, touting liver invigoration and nerve support as a permanent cure, listing medical authorities and ingredient transparency.
Pueblo Colorado February 24 by an order Wesund by ile Santa Fe all of the men tho tere victims of the ratrenching process recently were put backe ta twork on full tine. The men erected are bailermakers blackwaiths rar cendivers Miachinista and all Wake men. The sane order area went into effect at La Junta.
Washington February 24 Senator Knox introduced a bill allowing full pay retirement for any United States court judge who has served at least ten years and reached age seventy. The Senate committee reported the measure favorably today.
Grand jury in Macon Ga returns indictments against Alexander Wachtel and Charles P Bangon two prominent young men accused of embezzling ninety thousand dollars from the defunct Exchange Bank where they served as assistant bookkeeper and cashier respectively.
Verne Gott, aged about, was killed when struck by a freight train near Marysville California on February 4. His parents reside in Kansas City, where his father formerly served as a minister and currently works in real estate.
Dr. Stuart B. Macdiarmid of Omaha, president of the Green Mountain Savings Bank, was arrested on a charge of fraudulently conducting a savings bank. The accusation was filed by Bank Examiner Leland Windsor.
The bribery trial of the trolley case moved forward with all proceedings continued for two weeks before Superior Judge William P. Lawlor. Judge Lawlor set new dates as the case awaits further action.
Kansas City reports Mayor Henry M Beardsley was renominated by the Republican city convention for mayor. A full city ticket was needed.
A small bomb exploded in a house in Bartedlona Fab today injuring three women. Police investigate motive and origin as residents describe a loud blast and scattered debris.
A fragmentary piece outlines warnings about counting stars, mentioning curses tied to repeating phrases, and dire fates at death. It references omens tied to dancing alone, shadows on walls, and misdeeds like throwing stones from windows or doors. The text reads as a folk cautionary note on superstition.
An American Federationist piece denounces the Lowe & Co. decision as drastic and far reaching, arguing labor organizations must not be outlawed. It reviews the ruling point by point, aiming to show the court erred, and ends by warning there is no law or court that can force labor friends to buy particular articles.
A clipped exchange shows a confused caller and editor bantering about newspaper policy and borrowed papers. The dialogue is garbled with misread words and nonsensical phrases, obscuring concrete events or dates. It reflects a playful or satirical tone rather than a clear news item.
The article touts advances in vital sciences and germ theory, claiming a dandruff germ causes hair loss and that a remedy named Herpicide kills it. It asserts stellar efficacy with no failures, praises its non oily hair dressing qualities, and lists agents and cities for purchase and distribution.
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