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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1903
Page
17
The Anaconda Standard details subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. Rates include six months, three months, one month, and yearly options, with advance payment required. The notice lists publication terms and postal classifications for the newspaper.
Postage scale lists rates from 1 to 3 cents based on page count for domestic editions. Europe rates are double the listed domestic charges. foreign inquiries advised at Main One-Standard Block, Anaconda. Business office and editorial room numbers are provided.
The Standard has branch offices at Butte, Missoula and Great Falls, where advertising rates will be furnished on application.
Washington Bureau No 41 Post Building Eastern Offices 150 Nassau Street 87 Washington Street Morton in charge The Standard available at newsstands in New York City Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco Denver Lake City Salt Lake City Kane Albuquerque Seattle Portland and more All general business letters to the Standard Publishing Company Anaconda Montana
The biennial Montana session convenes in the new capitol with a largely fresh membership. The Senate leans Democratic while the House tilts Republican and little contentious business is on deck. If diligence holds, thirty days could suffice, but many unseen projects may stretch the term, and the public awaits whether lawmakers prove worthy. Go it, gentlemen, and be square with the people.
A Toledo bazaar by good women to aid nurses featured dolls donated by prominent actresses sold at high prices. The event raised a large sum but some organizers urged returning the money, splitting the group over what they deemed improper funds. Meanwhile Connecticut politics stir as Senator Hawley faces pressure to resign and be placed on the army retired list.
The article details a sacrilegious money issue as promoters fail to finish a building due to funds. A dubious donor offers wealth later rejected after consideration. Toledo women reversed the order by accepting then rejecting funds. Unclear if money returns to donors or buyers, leaving the nurse’s fund further behind.
The Long illness ends for Llewellyn A. Luce at his Bozeman home with family at his bedside. A native New Englander who came to Montana twenty years ago, he earned high regard as a lawyer, public citizen, and upright, genial gentleman. His death is a loss to the state and will draw tributes of respect.
A view of suffrage agitation in Montana cites Abyssinia as a model where women hold all traditional male rights. In that region the female head of the household owns the home and its contents and can evict the husband for misconduct without apology.
The passage portrays a gendered household norm where men must remain home and cannot sleep away from home or carry keys, while women enjoy freedom of movement and do not need to remove shoes when arriving late. It notes men have not begun any equal rights movement, suggesting the existing gender structure persists.
The Illinois legislature party, led by Mason and Hopkins, is set for a senate bid. Mason accuses opponents of crooked methods at the state convention while vowing a vigorous Springfield campaign. Supporters say his effort may force repairs to the Republican machine if Hopkins wins.
RACE BAPTIST TEMPLE in Philadelphia faced a clash over memorial tablets inside its walls. Southern women sought to place a Winnie Davis tablet, provoking opposition and a meeting that ended with withdrawal and a policy to allow future requests while avoiding refusals for political or social reasons.
Spencer Trask of New York and George Foster Peabody of Brooklyn employ workmen to remodel Crosbyside hotel on Lake George where they will establish a vacation home for New York City young women workers. Miss Anna E. Schaffer of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin becomes Wisconsin state superintendent of schools for the deaf with a $2,000 salary. Henry Marr near Columbus Indiana marks census center. slab placed in barnyard amid 18,650,000 people each direction. William H. James, Rochester post office carrier since 1865, survivor of original nine, once visited England to study methods. Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson names her Santa Cruz residence Vanumanutangi and hosts a housewarming for San Francisco luminaries.
The Literary Digest translates interviews with Daudet Zola Loti Maupassant Brieux Anatole France and others on the fear of death. They debate immortality heaven and the afterlife with views from Anatole France Louise Michel and Tolstoi’s biographer Merejkowski noting fear and longing persist yet Christian faith remains the only clear answer.
The Chicago city legal department plans an X-ray adjunct with a dedicated electrical diagnostician to inspect injuries in trials. Critics warn it may sway juries, as the diagnostician could testify for the city for substantial salaries and cost, raising concerns about impartial medical evidence in personal injury cases.
Berlin reports government lacking information on alleged landing of German marines at Puerto Cabello Venezuela. Vossische Zeitung argues Monroe doctrine lacks legal basis and US suzerainty. German claims to debt payment are to be treated cautiously, while France and Britain are noted elsewhere in the year’s reviews. The piece critiques intervention rights and highlights European reluctance to recognize the doctrine.
Great Falls dispatch reports V M Pyatt waived preliminary examination on criminal assault charges and was bound over for trial in Teton county district court. He was brought from Clarkston Washington after arrest and claims innocence. The alleged victim Blanche Herald, in Great Falls, is under eighteen and has two children. the younger infant was adopted in Cascade county court yesterday.
Mayme Allison a young mulatto woman long known in Great Falls was arrested for insanity. Neighbors reported erratic behavior for days. She armed herself with a carving knife when officers attempted capture but was handcuffed and taken to the city jail. A mental exam is expected in district court tomorrow.
A Southern railway passenger train from Atlanta to Birmingham derailed near Weems station in Birmingham. Engineer White was killed, twenty seven passengers slightly injured, and a relief train moved victims to hospital. The derailment caused by torn spikes on the rails. traffic resumed the next day.
The question asks for the date when Ben Jonson's play The Silent Woman was first promulgated. The source notes uncertainty, acknowledging it predates the rise of stage realism, but provides no exact date.
Washington reports the official 1902 NL leaders by batting average sacrifice hits and stolen bases. W J Wagner of Pittsburgh tops the batting average list. Tenney of Boston leads in sacrifice hits with 29. J Wagner also leads stolen bases with 43. Other top names include Clarke Beaumont Leach Crawford Keeler Sheckard Buckley Ritchey and Tinker among the leaders.
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