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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1907
Page
18
The Anaconda Standard lists subscription rates for party and Sunday editions, daily and Sunday six months, and annual plans. It provides branch offices in Butte and contact addresses, plus distribution points in major cities and news stands.
In Butte the city council voted to suspend four members amid a broader dispute over police policy. The Standard argues the issue stems from a flawed system, not individual officials, and urges careful, nonpartisan coverage while condemning ongoing police service scandals.
Next Monday the Smithsonian Regents will elect a secretary to succeed the late Prof. Langley. The post is nearly the nation’s highest official rank, second only to the chief justice in independence, with a $7,500 annual salary and heritage of Senate floor stature. Smithson’s fortune funded the institution after a long congressional struggle and a dispute over its benefactor James Smithson’s will.
From Dayton Ohio comes word that the Wright brothers who have been making flights in the air are close to a public demonstration. Citizens say they have flown long and short trips despite wind, planning to perfect their motor and rebuild two complete machines for emergency use. The cautious team has not yet announced a date for a public test, but experts expect results that could surpass past feats.
Two years after Sanders county creation the assembly debated naming it Paradise county but an eloquent member moved to substitute Sanders as a compliment to Colonel Sanders. The proverb about Solomon favors a good name over riches appears amid the discussion.
Horace D. Hand, attorney and chief clerk of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad law department, pleaded guilty to perjury and forgery charges. He was sentenced to five years in the state prison and was sent to Jefferson City. Hand’s social prominence in Kirkwood stirred consternation in the community.
At a Denver meeting of the county commissioners on January 17 they appointed delegates for the Dry Lang Farming Congress to be held January 24. The union named D. P. Moss, Dr. W. X. Sudduth, J. T. Graham, H. Rowley and F. W. Schauer. Mayor Foster will appoint five delegates soon.
Testimony depicts a tense police division with captains and plainclothes officers denying favoritism and corruption while detailing past incidents. Witnesses reference shifts, gratuities, and attempts to halt criminal activity, including robberies and lax supervision.
Reports from Zelwan south of Melila say the Moroccan pretender leading a rebellion shows waning support since Tangier actions. He has 31 wives and no sons, weakening tribal loyalty. many tribes may desert if he dies, fearing Abdul Asis's soldiers. Brutal punishments used to enforce loyalty are reported, including cannons and horse-drag executions. A Billings factory project in South Billings plans a two story building with modern machinery to employ about 20, serving wholesale trade in Montana and Wyoming.
A Chicago Chronicle excerpt surveys beauty practices across cultures, noting painted and dyed teeth in Japan and the Indies, facial coloring in Greenland, nose shaping in Persia, eyebrow plucking in China, and nail dyes in Turkey. It describes varied ideals from nose rings in Peru to cosmetic grooming among African and Turkish women, then ends with a Sunday school joke and a farmer’s question about milking a cow.
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