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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1903
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard offers mail subscription rates and delivery details as printed by the STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY. Rates include daily and Sunday options with varying durations and prepaid terms for mail service.
The Standard lists branch offices at Butte Missoula and Great Falls with advertising rates available on application. It provides telephone numbers for business office and editorial rooms and notes standard block services in Anaconda.
Watson E Gaily as circulator declares the Anaconda Standard had a paid circulation of 4 089 478 complete copies in 1902 averaging 11 204 daily with a Sunday average of 14 007. Notary F W Peckover attested on January 5 1903.
The Montana Standard argues for an appropriation of 25 000 to 35 000 dollars to showcase Montana at the St Louis exposition of 1904. It notes past delays and suggests a smaller yet sufficient sum, emphasizing careful use of funds for Montana’s institutions and charities.
A society woman at a New York hotel misplaces a twenty thousand dollar brooch with rich history. The clerk organizes a search as the owner weighs how far she will go to recover the heirloom, reflecting on how rewards vary across losses.
A detective aided by a hotel staffer recovered a valuable brooch after a guest left it in a room. A girl returned the item promptly and days later received a ten dollar gratitude note from the owner. The episode praised the honesty of the hotel staff.
Montana lawmakers grapple with bounty pay outs that have drained the treasury, with Governor Toole noting up to 860000 paid in two years and claims rising further. The piece urges aligning bounty levels with neighboring states and reducing incentives for out of state hides and skins. It also discusses broader topics like currency, banking, and inland waterways reform.
The national board of trade plans its annual meeting in Washington next Tuesday to discuss new questions from American expansion, labor emigration into the Philippines, mule liability rulings, and Montana and Northern Pacific issues amid a tone of public interest in manufacturing and commerce.
A garbled item notes Aide of iuaCurad and mentions East fields and public discourse on baby foods. It references Montana legislature, local-option gambling laws, and Idaho politics with Judge Heyburn and Borap. The text hints at St Louis exposition funds and Crown Princess Louise, Madame Hubert trial, in a period voice.
Sedgwick Martyn pastor of Malden Unitarian Church vanished from his pulpit last November. He is now in Bloomingdale asylum after being secretly taken to New York by his father for mental treatment. Included are notes on Dr Milburn and other anecdotes from the era.
Princess Xenia, Montenegro’s jilted royal, will wed the Grand Duke of Hesse after canceling her engagement to King Alexander of Servia. Montenegro’s royal circle links to Russia and Italy. Xenia’s sisters are married to a Russian grand duke and the Italian king. The Grand Duke of Hesse leads one of Germany’s major states and supports art and music.
A Detroit man recalls entering an auction on State Street Chicago and bidding on an old chest filled with deeds and bonds. He imagines wealth in the trunk, including deeds to vast California land, until a rival bidder reveals a debt motive, adding a note of suspense to the find.
A large clearance offers carpets curtains and draperies at half price and less. Yard wide cretonnes for ordinary draping go for sea yard. Notting ham curtains in 15 designs three yards long and 45 inches wide reduced. Bonn Femme curtains with renaissance Marie Antoinette motif slashed from $25 to $10.00.
The February Standard paper patterns and Designer issue feature spring fashion news. Sales include substantial markdowns on Portieres and artificial palms, plus discounted mattings and carpets with low, set prices across multiple fabrics and designs.
Silk bargains to day in blue pink cream and white pompadour silks for waists and gowns at 9c yard. Black taffeta silk regular 75c yard now 49c. 24 inch extra fine black taffeta regular 1.25 now 75c. 24 inch soft finish Liberty Sarahs in 15 shades regular 1.00 now 75c. Friday sale prices good for limited time.
Bargain prices on hats and bonnets across styles and sizes. Highlights include $20 hats down to 7.55 and $15 hats to 5.95. Children’s street hats 50c, untrimmed hats 50c, corded silk bonnets 25c and 75c, novelty hats for children 1.95.
A historical sale ad lists Florida Water large bottle 15e, Bay Rum 15e, Ammonia 5e, Liquid Bluing 5e, Listerine 25e, Pine Tar Soap, Pure White Soap, Vaseline jars 5e, Sperm Machine Oil, Rubber Dressing Combs 10e, Genuine Bristle Hair Brushes 19c, Wire Hair Brushes 19e, Sachet Envelopes, Tooth Wash, Tooth Brushes Me, Toilet Paper 19c, Witch Hazel 2e, Easy K Z Powders 1e, Pearl Neck Chains turquoise, Stick Pins 5c, all in a condensed catalog."
A stash of 300 dozen unlaunched handkerchiefs with hand-embroidered initials is offered for distribution. Each customer may buy at most one dozen.
See a dozen children's handkerchiefs with hemstitched borders in faust colors. Each actual value 1 cent.
Store slashes stock by about half with dramatic price cuts on boys overcoats shirts gloves and suits. Offers include five dollars for five dollar overcoats and reduced prices across all sizes as inventory aims to drop.
An auctioneer narrates a convoluted tale of a chest bought for a high bid after a sharp two-person contest. The buyer regrets the gamble, recounting the moment, the pounds paid, and the hidden plant within. The seller jokes about being a fool yet hints at sharp observation throughout the procession.
A fashion note describes a new chamois collar in clerical shape with a front table and cherry embroidery. The set includes cuffs and a matching narrow belt, all embroidered with natural red cherries on pale chamois, presented as a dainty imported looking novelty.
A girl in a smart outfit designs for herself accessories including a chamois collar cuffs and belt and even a home made chamois hat. The hat features a shaped brim with a sable edge and cherry clusters near the crown. Chamois and fur trims emerge as fashionable hat novelties of the season.
A London suburb resident kept a house museum featuring a centuries old Indian fire god. During a party a playful kowtow led to two ladies refusing the act saying it was wicked. Within two months the fire god was said to have exacted revenge in the tale.
A fragment describes two women connected to a house fire. one lost her home the week after and another later fell into the fire sustaining severe burns. The note remarks not to add commentary and refers the matter to Mr. Anstey.
In the Brooklyn Eagle comedy line, a quip links baldness with artificial light as a joke. The exchange plays on sight and wit, with a jab about bald heads near foot lights.
In a playful quip a speaker asks about admiring mother of pearl and laughs at the punchline that the spouse is Pearl himself. The exchange hinges on a pun about the name Pearl and a marriage joke.
A dialogue reveals that the speaker claims truth by body language while accusing the other of calling them a scoundrel. The exchange centers on whether open hands or clenched fists convey honesty and insult.
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