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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1903
Page
12
A business leader in Butte argues against removing all smelters to curb smoke. He says the city cannot sacrifice smelter pay rolls and warns against radical action while calling for enforcement of roasting laws and protecting miners. Local market ad notes bargain meat prices at Smith's New Cash Market.
Rev James Vernon, superintendent of the Union Gospel Mission, addresses the Ministerial Association on church unity and cooperation. The meeting also debated Sunday saloon closing with a bill to be pushed in Helena, and a representative to advocate its passage was discussed for next week.
Washington January proceedings reveal Senator Lodge moves to probe whether France Germany and Russia discrim inating against the United States and seeks preferential duties. Debates on Port Arthur entry and statehood for Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico are noted along with objections to immediate conference on the commerce bill.
Judge Clancy expressed the view that the marriage of Mrs. Emma Broughton and George Hesse is illegal due to Hesse’s false age of 21 when he was 19. He suggested possible setting aside of the divorce for collusion and delayed ruling until next Saturday after hearing arguments on the case and related alimony actions.
In Omaha Nebraska on January 19 seventy five workers from the wood working and steam fitting shops at Union Pacific went on strike. They protest the introduction of piece work pay in their departments which had not been affected by a July order. The workers walked out upon seeing the posted pay system change.
While celebrating Armenian Christmas Mass in Kumjap cathedral Constantinople Armenian Patriarch Ormanian was wounded by a revolver shot fired by a drug clerk. The wound is not mortal and authorities suspect a planned action by agitators. The clerk faced near-lynching after the incident.
Freehold New Jersey January 19 Dr Charlee Hendricks who was convicted with Samuel Stanton of conspiring to secure Laura Biggar the entire estate of Henry M Bennett and sentenced to two years and six months in jail was today released on bail pending an appeal.
In Vienna on January 19 a strike involved twenty five thousand garment workers and aides seeking better wages and shorter hours. They demand a living wage and an 11 hour workday.
In Palermo on January 19 the steam yacht Margerita carrying Charles Schwab prepares to sail to Tunis and will return to Sicily next week.
The 9th NM legislature convened with Col J Francisco Chaves elected council president and Nestor Montoya speaker. The house set to draft a congress memorial for statehood and gratitude to Senator Quay. Governor Otero urges free textbooks local option and new state posts amid $80,000 treasury surplus.
A Butte Montana carpenter reports chronic back and kidney troubles improved by Dean's Kidney Pills. He purchased a box locally after cold contraction and endorses the remedy as working as advertised. The ad urges readers to visit Smith Drug Co. and asks customers to report their results. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo distributes the pills in the United States. Remember the name Dean's.
Representative Crumpacker of Indiana introduced a resolution asking the postmaster general to send to the house all correspondence and documents in his possession about the Indianola Mississippi post office case. The measure was referred to the committee on post offices and postroads.
Washington reports Binger Hermann of Oregon has resigned as commissioner of the general land office with effect February 1. The nomination of W. A. Richards, former governor of Wyoming, to succeed him will likely be sent to the Senate tomorrow.
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Washington reports George R. Wilson has been named postmaster at Two Dot in Meagher County.
Robbers entered the jewelry establishment of E. M Munich in South Bend Indiana last night and carried away goods valued at five thousand dollars. There was no crew.
Butte Anaconda and Pacific railway tickets are on sale to Anaconda and all stations between at the Great Northern ticket office 41 North Main street. Time card and freight rates information cheerfully furnished.
Henry Green of near Saginaw, Michigan, visits Chicago to see the 20 story Masonic temple. He pays $10 to have the building turned for him but is duped when the engineer and a temple employee fail to return with change. He reports the incident to police.
LOCAL APPLICATIONS cannot reach the seat of the disease catarrh is a blood or constitutional ailment. Internal remedies are needed. Hall's Catarrh Cure acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. It is not a quack medicine and was prescribed by top physicians.
The article traces historic and contemporary opera salaries, noting Catalini, Jenny Lind, Patti and others, and explains why American stars earn more. It cites figures at the Met and Grau's company, with Patti $4,000–6,000 per appearance and leading sopranos around $1,400–1,850 per show, plus concert fees. It argues higher costs of living, travel, and cultural demand justify large emoluments.
The text extols the law of supply and demand and praises the effort behind artistic mastery. It argues that great artists achieve success through long study, industry, energy, and perseverance in mastering the most difficult art.
The Chicago Record-Herald profiles Bert Moore known as the Canyon Kid. From an 18 year old Western Union messenger in 1897 to 23 and owner of a Wyoming ranch, 480 acres of grazing land and hundreds of cattle after five years. He homesteaded 160 acres, recruited cowboys, and shipped fat steers to Omaha.
The piece notes at three minutes before 11 each day the Washington operator alone can key while all other lines pause. This ticking synchronizes clocks for all lines, with about 2000 operators active nationwide. Counting three minutes per operator yields 60 000 minutes idle daily and a hypothetical man earning 75 000 dollars over many years at fifty dollars a month.
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