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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1910
Page
12
An Anaconda newspaper notice lists subscription rates for Daily and Sunday editions, with monthly, yearly, and advance payment options. It provides office locations, telephone lines, and publication identification details for the Standard and Independent titles.
Branch offices listed for Butte at 28 East Broadway with Bell phone 422 and Independent phone 1 42¢, and Missoula at 130 Higgins Avenue with telephone details.
J Morton in New York oversees foreign advertising from 225 Fifth Avenue while the Standard is sold at news stands in New York Chicago Kansas City Minneapolis San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Houston Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle and Portland. Address correspondence to the Standard Publishing Company Anaconda Mont.
Montana reports show a fragile agreement on resuming ore and smelter switching at Butte and Great Falls. Butte Miners' union opposes the plan, while Great Falls mill and smelter workers back it. Butte engineers and Anaconda workers have not acted. The situation remains precarious with potential widespread disruption.
The article notes that at the start of the new year the tariff session did not favor the Taft administration. The press began with popular support, a degree of goodwill unseen before, and signals a forthcoming reversal in sentiment.
The article argues Ballinger's cabinet appointment as interior secretary hampered Taft’s image. It notes growing public scrutiny, upcoming congressional inquiry, and that the investigation may determine the administration’s standing on the eve of the new year.
A report circulating that Colonel Gordon, named by Mississippi Governor to fill the McLaurin vacancy, may not be seated as senator. Gordon is in Washington awaiting Congress’s assembly, while Mississippi lawmakers convene noon tomorrow to fill the seat, prompting doubt about the governor’s appointment.
Senator Cummins declared that the fight for tariff reform and progressive principles would continue with vigor, naming Aldrich Hale Payne Calwell and Cannon as opposed leaders. He attacked tariff pledges in the Taft platform and asserted the insurgent Republicans’ stance against party bosses while urging a consumer‑oriented tariff and railway regulation in the ongoing political struggle.
The passage questions Senator Cummins and insurgents for not embracing the president's Payne bill and accuses GOP leaders in Congress of focusing on tariff issues while rebuking other topics.
The horoscope predicts an excellent day for new ventures and opening new businesses. Mercury favors advertising and public appeal, benefiting promoters, clerks, merchants, bankers, and clergy. Traveling looks favorable, but business and speculation carry risk. a coming US gambling scandal is hinted at, with caution urged on gossip and extravagance.
In Granada on January 2 a spontaneous demonstration saluted President Taft and Secretary Knox during a private visit by Captains Gulick Gibson and Little of the Buffalo. ArelIano, jailed by Zelaya last November and recently released, toasted Taft's election amid strong pro US sentiment. authorities did not oppose the gathering.
Morgan Schively, a street car conductor, was killed in the home of George A. Stone in San Gabriel. Stone and his wife were jailed on murder charges after Schively's body was found in a gully nearby, with multiple knife wounds. The couple deny the alleged crime.
The trial of former Congressman Binger Hermann for conspiracy to defraud the United States over public domain lands will begin January 10 in U S district court. Judge Charles F Wolverton will preside with Tracy Becker and Francis J Heney aiding from San Francisco. Prosecution by John McCourt. defense led by B S Worthington and J M Gearin.
Local store promotes now loaded with fine new undermuslins priced as low as usual items. Shoppers encouraged to stock up for a year’s supply at bargain levels.
Alexander Ure, Scotland’s lord advocate, is a keen golfer with a string of tales. On a Beath course he recalls playing a round with Todd McGregor, a grand player, and the caddie hints McGregor is no longer living.
The Cleveland Leader quotes the philosopher of folly joking that dentists will form a trust, perhaps to be called the Teething Ring, a humorous take on medical industry consolidation.
Dr. A. B. Melvin reports that federal meat inspection is insufficient without state and municipal checks and that uninspected plants often slaughter diseased animals for local markets. Despite flaws, overall inspection improves sanitation. many condemned meats and sums spent are noted, with commentary on public health risks and defenses.
A compact note on elephant locomotion comparing a German bronze specimen and a Japanese model, detailing their poses and movements as artists weigh realism and craft. The German figure strides forward with right legs leading, while the Japanese is a pudgy green likeness reflecting quiet Asian repose as it moves.
The tale recounts Sada Numata who raised rabbits en masse in Fukagawa, mortgaged his land, and later slaughtered his herd when the craze faded. He saved one pair, grew rich from rabbit skins during wartime, and built a 15 foot memorial tomb for his rabbits, depriving himself of further care.
Overview describes how hundreds of kite and sounding balloon flights map the air. It notes flights occur day and night in all weathers and regions from equator to Arctic, advancing understanding of warm air and atmospheric layers.
The Nicaragua revolution brings Gen. Juan Estrada near the presidency and Senora Estrada appears set to be the next mistress of the executive mansion. She is hailed as clever and charming with storytelling skill and fluent English, a linguist noted for a Dessartian style blending Spanish and French.
The text explains three atmospheric strata above the earth, detailing the troposphere from two miles up with turbulent winds, the cooler and drier second layer, and the third iso thermal strat to beyond eighteen miles. It notes extremely cold temperatures, easterly winds, and the unknown end of the permanent inversion layer, suggesting future weather forecasting possibilities.
Miss Martha Berry began a Sunday school for mountain white children near Possum Trot Georgia. The small cabin class grew into a permanent school as needy families crowded in, transforming a modest effort into a lasting educational institution.
Miss Berry urged a day school for mountain children and traveled North to appeal to philanthropists. Her appeal yielded funds to run and enlarge the school, now 100 acres with several buildings and 199 pupils. She has $25,000 pledges from Andrew Carnegie and Mrs Sage Stussell to build an endowment.
A Philadelphia Ledger note records a superior court judge yawning at a long winded counselor. The lawyer quipped about not trespassing on the court’s time, and the judge replied that there is a difference between trespassing on time and encroaching on eternity.
A short exchange shows a couple insisting on keeping their engagement private while one notes they've asked others not to mention it. The tone mimics a light society page exchange from an illustrated section.
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