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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1903
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard lists publication details and subscription rates. It notes daily and Sunday editions with annual and short-term pricing, including a mis-typed line for Sunday rates and a placeholder amount. This notice serves as a postal and subscription notice within the newspaper.
Postage rates listed for 10 to 16 page editions at one cent, 20 to 32 page editions at two cents, 7 to 48 page editions at three cents. Europe rates double the above. For other foreign countries inquire at Matin Office Standard Block Anaconda. Telephone numbers Business Office No 1 No 4s.
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 lists Eastern offices and contact points. The Standard is available at various news stands in New York Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco Denver Salt Lake City Spokane Tacoma Portland and other locations with specific store addresses and hotel venues noted.
Watson E. Gaily declares the Anaconda Standard issued 4 080 478 complete copies in 1902 with an average daily circulation of 11 204 and a Sunday average of 14 007. Subscribed and sworn before me on a Sunday in January 1903.
The three Republican insurgents Brackett Brown and Elsberg vote against Platt backed bills, shrinking the party vote from 28 to 25 in a 50 member Senate. With Democrats 21 or 22, the rebels can tie or block legislation, threatening Odell's agenda and prompting machine retaliation. The revolt shores up leadership and signals possible hard bargaining.
The report traces the Tillman Gonzales incident to earlier events including a White House dinner for Prince Henry. It notes Tillman’s political disgrace over a prize fight with Senator McLaurin and a retaliatory Charleston invitation that led to the president visiting and Major Jenkins being slated for a sword gift before declining.
A narrative from Charleston notes the president presenting a sword while Gonzales sharply criticizes Tillman in his paper. A prior challenge from the lieutenant governor was reportedly rejected, fueling partisan responses and speculation about ongoing tragedies.
A telegraph from St Louis reports Julian Ralph stricken before dying in New York City. Born in New York in 1855, he gained fame at the New York Sun and later as a correspondent in Europe and the Orient, admired for wit and insight. His death saddens a wide circle of readers and colleagues.
The piece condemns the twelve hundred dollar annual clerk hire allowance for House members as graft. It cites practices like pooling for a single clerk and hiring relatives, with four eastern-state members accused of this economy. It questions moral rightness, legality, and the impact on constituencies and opportunity for younger locals to work in Washington.
The newspaper discussion links oyster meals to typhoid fever after deaths of a lawyer and a churchman and others from contaminated water. It notes oysters can be harmless when clean but many beds near cities carry risk, ending the oyster’s reputation as brain food and social staple.
A column discusses a claimed oyster cleansing method using lemon juice as a typhoid disinfectant. It reports 70,000 people affected by famine in northern Sweden, with relief needed totaling 6,300 dollars to aid the famine district. It notes subscriptions reach 200,000 dollars, and mentions Swedish officials urging action. Also touches on New York politics with Senator Platt and other legislative hints.
The American Bible Society reports 71,600 New Testament copies distributed in the Philippines as Rev. Jay Goodrich leads translation for Tagalos and Visayans. Other items touch Roosevelts policies, Colorado politics, Butte raids, and Hindering figures in South Carolina murders.
A survey of remarks from Congress and culture notes recounts Senator Hoar’s absent minded recall of a dinner anecdote, Galusha Grow’s rail travel musings, Professor Mason on future electricity, Jay Cooke hats, Kaiser uniforms, Masujima at Albany, Mark Twain quips on coal, and Senator West’s tariff debate crowding the Senate chamber.
A Kobe Chronicle note recalls a government school inspector asking pupils odd questions such as the number of seed compartments in an apple and which jaw bears cow teeth. The next day a girl, role playing as inspector, sternly quizzes classmates on common things to avoid growing up stupid.
A Chicago women’s club invited a Turk, a Japanese man, and a Chinese man to share views on domestic supremacy. The Turk claimed his countrymen are top autocrits at home, the Japanese man said the mother-in-law holds power, and the Chinese man noted wives must obey both husband and mother-in-law. The American husband’s standing rose accordingly.
In Congress, billiard experts rank Senator Mallory of Florida as superior to peers Cochran of Missouri and Lanham of Texas, acknowledging his high order cue skills and placing him at the top of their class.
Cuba sustains four annual corn crops with planting in December for the first and harvesting the fourth in December.
Bloomington resident Jacob Judy at 99 claims to have voted in 20 presidential races starting with John Quincy Adams in 184. Philadelphia party leaders eye John Cadwalader as mayoral candidate. Cadwalader is a former port collector and member of an old city family.
A roundup of humorous lines and cartoons from Puck Philadelphia Press and Atlanta Constitution excerpts. The jokes lampoon politics, stock tips, offices, and social norms with light satire and dialect humor.
Philadelphia Inquirer recounts Manheim Jackson of 2920 North Camac Street claiming to design the first modern hat for women in 1858 at Quincy NL. Now 70, he says women wore bonnets then and notes his 1858 millinery shop started the era of hats for ladies.
A pasteboard frame hat with velvet cover becomes a local hit in Quincy. Within a week orders flood in and soon many women abandon bonnets for sailor hats, inspiring imitators and cheap straw goods manufacturing across Livno's state and the nation. Mr. Jackson moves to Philadelphia then joins his in law's family in town. The piece ends with a poem about nature by William Cowan.
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