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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1908
Page
3
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A New York policeman was found guilty of burglary and grand larceny after robbing four stores. The case prompts debate over police trust and punishment, with commentary on crime stories influencing public perception. The piece notes potential exceptions to the law and suggests the severity of the offense warrants strong penalties.
In a public letter Professor Pickering argues Mars canals are water pipes not geological features. He suggests water moves from poles through an elaborate piping system for distribution, implying Martians may have factories and advanced engineering. The piece notes Mars gravity differs from Earth's and hints at intelligent life.
Gen Charles H Taylor of the Boston Globe notes U S newspaper circulation nears eight billion copies annually with revenue from sales and advertising around one hundred million dollars. He compares past coverage of major events with modern papers, pointing to expanded pages and greater telegraph activity at conventions and the industry’s growing scale.
Montana lawmakers debate Senator Dixon's push to raise the homestead limit from 160 to 480 acres. Proponents argue it would hasten settlement and boost farming, while opponents warn it could absorb most available lands into large holdings, disadvantaging small settlers and altering the state's agricultural future.
General Taylor notes readers demand shaping of news by editors and publishers. The piece muses on public ignorance of newspaper workings, the costs of printing, and readers’ readiness to critique publishers. It touches on journalism, politics, and society with scattered references to figures and events of the era.
A critic laments widespread ignorance of Holy Scripture among young men entering religious training. He recalls cases of examinees failing due to lack of biblical knowledge, contrasting with expectations from learned authors and pastors like Melville, Robertson, and Spurgeon.
J. W. Imes criticizes the Dixon amendment and calls for stronger protections against fraudulent desert entries in Montana. He urges a three month waiting period before entry on surveyed lands, ready access to plats and field notes, and equal treatment for outsiders. He argues for continued homestead rights in forests and nonmineral lands, and notes widespread survey fraud and Canadian migration due to range disputes.
Miss Lizzie Gleason, a 29 year old schoolteacher, made a death bed statement leading to the arrest of Dr. W. Hemphill and Rev. C. W. Gow. Hemphill bound over to the grand jury while Gow fled Elsberry and was arrested last night. The coroner’s jury earlier denied that peritonitis caused the death.
Cleveland reports a Civil War veteran named Russell Page found dead in bed from starvation. He was lauded for service at Fort Donelson and Fort Pawelson and had lived in dire poverty with his wife, who searched in vain for aid. Page was bed-bound from a war wound and too proud to seek help.
In Chicaxo on February 27 William Jones alias Blemingham and his wife were sentenced by Judge Kernsten in the penitentiary for the kidnapping of eight year old Littan Waltz last December. He received thirty years and she two years.
A Dillon man William Ridgley identified from remains found on the Oregon Short Line tracks one mile north of town. Investigators believe Ridgley was murdered for his wages of 400 to 700 dollars, robbed, and placed on the track to imitate an accident. A 14 cariGold ring with a heart, two pencil cases, and a pocket knife were found on the body. Chief Stong and Otto Schultz pursue a second man seen with Ridgley leaving town toward Beaverhead River.
York February 2. Captain William R. Schaick, master of the ill fated General Slocum, surrendered today and was taken to Sing Sing prison to serve ten years for misconduct negligence and inattention to duty as master. Captain Luther B. Dow of the Pilots Masters and Mates association left New York for Washington with a petition to pardon Captain Van Schaick.
Chicago February 27 Emus Goldman the anarchist appears in a cage next week and it has been ported so intends to do she may be deported by the government. The immigration officers declared today that when Bliss Goldman went to Europe last year she cut herself off from the privilege of residence in this country and the immigration bureau ordered that she be guessed and deported upon her return. If she is now in this country she must have evaded the immigration officers.
A three story stone apartment building at 530 Forty seventh street suffered a fire early today causing panic among tenants. Several residents were rescued by policemen and local residents rushed to assist. Reported damage around 60000 dollars with partial destruction of the structure.
Jefferson City Mo Feb 27 The supreme court held that a law barring the sale of intoxicating liquors within five miles of any state educational institution with 1400 students is unconstitutional The ruling focuses on Missouri State University at Columbia and the law's applicability.
A blaze in the Grenninger block in Bloux City Iowa today gutted the basement and damaged the building and stock of the Bloux City Iron Company. Estimated loss runs to about 140000 with wholesale disruption to local business.
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