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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1902
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard lists daily and Sunday subscription prices and distances for mail and foreign editions. It details rate structures, office addresses, and regional bureaus in Butte Missoula Great Falls New York Chicago Washington and notes telephones and editors.
Washington Governor McBride, newly in office after Governor Rogers’ death, declares against the Northern Securities merger. A prudent, conservative Republican, he has long pushed railroad regulation and a state railroad commission, signaling strong opposition to the merger plan as Washington’s interests guide his stance.
The Mosquito party defends the insect as a health asset while Prof. Smith introduces a bill to spend ten thousand dollars to extinguish mosquitoes. Citizens protest and argue mosquitoes contribute to public health, opposing extermination efforts and suggesting mosquito sanitariums.
The piece cites Former Assemblyman Righter claiming mosquitoes can cure rheumatism, arguing the insect’s bite may provoke healing. The author notes the humorous parallel with Pudd'nhead Wilson’s fleas for dogs, emphasizing unfounded health claims.
Article reports President Hill urging that rail competition lowers freight rates while facing opposition from Interstate Commerce Commission members. It notes Hill’s inconsistent past actions, cites a commission member’s rebuke, and recounts a separate Montana autograph dispute over Captain Clark Gibbon signatures.
In Chelsea Massachusetts a production of Uncle Tom’s Cabin features John L Sullivan as Simon Legree. He reportedly whipped an actor so severely the scene required a stretcher and bandages. The piece faces protests for its brutal depiction and perceived Southern slights.
The text notes disagreement over adding an extra e to Capt William Clark the explorer. It cites a letter from John Gibbs to the New York Times arguing the commander wore no trailing e, referencing an 1877 Gen. John Gibbon article about Pompeys.
A New York Times piece joyfully reports diamonds found in Fergus County Montana. It notes geologists warned only lack of stones, not potential, and imagines Montana supplying the king of gems while provoking London critics. The column muses on global reactions and local chatter about the find.
A discussion of Jacques Loeb and Albert W Matthews showing electrical charges in life processes. They demonstrate fertilization with sea water, neural activity via electrochemical theory, and survival of unfertilized sea urchins in cyanide. The piece links these findings to Harper’s new institution and calls for broader academic support.
From the Houston Post, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts clash in a public dispute sparked by Boston reformers and a Pennsylvanian judge. Judge Pennybacker declaims against Massachusetts while defending Pennsylvania politics and the legacy of William Penn and Daniel Webster.
The article notes that upon the founding of the School of Correction, authorities requested the officers of that institution to turn in their resignations.
A group of playful youths in Washington DC steal a school bell while a separate item notes University of Chicago President Harper defending continued co education and cooperation with John D Rockefeller holding sway. Molne Wallace Hopper pursues full inheritance after securing brother's share. A performer hints at having broader ambitions.
Sir Redvers Buller nearing 62 with five years as a general officer. Senator McEnery cites a $5.90 election ticket from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. Senator Tillman praises the Louisiana delegation for sugar interests. Mirza K Nweeya seeks consul general post for Persia. Waistcoat fashion shocks in Congress as Sheaitue’s buttons glow. Hay funeral oration planned for Feb 27. Mrs. Hannah M. McPherson dies in Baltimore, a flag fragment linked to Fort McHenry. Frederick MacMonnies returns to Brooklyn to live and work. John H. Bryant, brother of William Cullen Bryant, dies in Princeton. James Gordon Bennett active in Paris circles near Versailles.
Grand Duke Alexis and M. Waldeck Rousseau engaged in hunting over Bennetts inclosures. City business occupied Mayor Collins of Boston when Mrs Hetty Green requested a private interview. He stated office hours were devoted to city affairs and could not meet her. She, labeled the richest woman in America, remained unsatisfied.
A short blast of verse fragments recalls playful rhymes about a car mishap and a girl described as a peach, plus a Philadelphia Bulletin note on a cookery columnist. Then a sentimental vignette follows about William Herbert Brown’s first day at school with mittens shoes and a broken rule, contrasting with a well-off child and the ragged boy.
A collection of jokes and quips from old newspapers highlighting farmer humor about politics and ethics. First Farmer jokes about assembly men. Uncle Mose poultry luck. Grimes Harris ego. Fogse about forgiving enemies. Uncle Tom on charity with a twist.
A New York Evening Post piece traces the rise of self made leaders from humble roots. It cites the Chicago banker Lyman J. Gage Iowa governor Leslie Shaw Isidor J. Kresel and Maine congressman Charles Littlefield as examples proving opportunity for ambitious poor youths across the nation.
The Canadian Pacific Railway plans vast locomotive and car works in east Montreal. About 7,400 workers will be employed on a 350 acre site. Existing shops will be consolidated at Montreal to produce engines and cars for the road.
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