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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1906
Page
18
The Anaconda Standard lists subscription prices for Daily and Sunday editions including monthly six months and annual options. It notes offices in Standard Block Anaconda and provides telephone lines for business and editorial inquiries.
The Standard is available at news stands across New York Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland and Kansas City with additional office contacts in Butte Missoula and New York Chicago. General correspondence should be sent to Standard Publishing Company Anaconda Montana.
The Valencia steamer wreck caused heavy loss of life in perilous seas. Lifeboats failed against the rocks. few survived. A government inquiry is expected, with inspectors to verify life-saving appliances yearly, underscoring limits of safety against the sea.
Testimony on the life insurance probe reveals Town Topics power and methods. A black list targeted those who would not subscribe to Facts and Fancies, labeling others as victims and coons to be attacked. The Saunterer column draws from dozens of contributors across Newport, Washington, and Baltimore.
A court read circulars to correspondents noting Town Topics favors ridiculing or flattering elites. It argues the journal targets persons of distinction and wealth, using satire to critique social influence.
A tribute to Robert Burns, defender of truth and friend of common folk. The piece highlights his poverty bound education, rural genius, and lasting impact as the voice of Scotland. It notes his faults and virtues, his brief life ending at thirty eight, and quotes a Massachusetts Quaker poet on Burns and his poetry.
The beef trust figures push for immunity under information law, arguing technical defenses may clear them of conspiracy to evade laws. They claim to have rebutted Commissioner Garfield with their disclosures, while the public already feels they are guilty. The Wall Street News questions the standing of Perry Heath Senator Dietrich and others before public opinion as the case shapes a broader anti trust campaign.
In Missoula this week the Montana State Horticultural Society holds its annual session amid hope for a productive meeting. Despite a cold snap that damaged much of the crop, members remain undaunted as they promote Montana apples known nationwide for quality and cleanliness.
Best wishes are extended with hopes that the meeting will be profitable and pleasant for all attendees.
The 1904 naval bill authorized construction of new battleships and three armored cruisers. One cruiser was named after Montana by Rep Dixon, with the others named Washington and North Carolina. A 1994 note recalls Montana's design from official navy drawings and published plans.
Students at the Naval Academy report a heated term with rising temperatures and discomfort. Officials are urged to address housing and dormitory conditions as protests grow.
Israel Zangwill takes up boxing advised by his physician for exercise. Carlton J. Balfour, a 20 year old Kansas City blind composer, has sister read notes for him. The Rough Riders plan a dining table silver gift for Miss Alice Roosevelt. Edison jokes about a microphone cradle motor that rocks a baby to cry louder. Geronimo, 76, marries for the eighth time to 58 year old Apache widow Mary Soto during Christmas holidays.
In Butte city and county clash over gambling on slot machines. Chief Mulholland began collecting fines from saloon keepers where machines ran, while County Detective James Gallagher removed handles from machines and warned owners to hide them. Mayor MacGinniss later ordered arrests for gambling but no arrests were recorded.
Miss Mabel Baker defeats Miss Emma Soles in a close finish at the Holland rink winning the $100 prize. Soles slips on the final laps, Baker grows clear as crowds cheer. Spectators pack the rink as plans for future matches unfold with Salt Lake’s noted skater slated for Butte.
Chief Mulholland expresses confusion over a telegram received yesterday that reads Who wants Jack Munro. The terse message raises questions about a possible missing person or the motive behind the inquiry. Local investigators will trace the sender to uncover the intent.
A Buffalo physician endorses Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as a safe method to absorb stomach gases purify breath and improve complexion. The product priced at 25 cents a box is claimed to aid liver health and provide ongoing benefits with daily use.
A brief family notice identifies Hector Munro signing on behalf of John Munro with an address in Jamaica Plain Boston and notes the notice is dated at Glengarry Nova Scotia.
In Butte curling action at the rink on Montana street last night OBrien skipped a team to a 13 to 8 victory over Falconer. The result puts OBrien in the finals as Tonkin Macaulay Wood and OBrien faced Joe Case Schule Dr Macgregor and Falconer in the other lineup.
At a meeting last night the ladies of St Patrick's parish voted to stage a church fair next month to fund the Sisters' home near Galena and Washington streets. The event, set for February 7 to 15 at Adams store on North Main Street, will feature booths and contests with prizes including a four year Fort Leavenworth music scholarships. Officers elected: Mrs George Rockwood president, Mrs Margaret Loughrin vice president, Mrs P J Brophy secretary, Father Barry treasurer.
Benevolent and Protective Order of Eagles No 11 plans the most elaborate ball in its history at Renshaw hall on February 19. Decorations will be lavish and the lady friends eagerly anticipate the event with joy. A large orchestra is promised and committees are already at work with Dr A Galbraith as chairman and members Abe Cohn Maurice FitzHarris Mike Sullivan R P Benjamin and John H Rooney.
John Snow of 240 East Granite Street narrowly escaped death when a cowcatcher struck him as he crossed the B and A tracks near the Leonard mine. He was sent flying aside by the impact, the wheels missing him. He remains at Murray’s hospital with bruises to the back and head, no broken bones reported.
Dan Misso, 20, of Meaderville, was struck on the head by a heavy drill falling from the 800 level of the Rarus mine last night. He is hospitalized at St James with a scalp wound but his skull remains unfractured.
The fragment describes Charley Grund's fire call at 847 Caledonia and a biographical sketch of a planter's son who at 16 went to sea, survived a wreck, settled in Belle Isle, and joined a cavalry troop at 23 during the French and Indian War, noted for his taciturn nature and bold frontier conduct.
Yonker Burns, 18, who escaped from the city jail after being held in the Driscoll saloon holdup case, was recaptured near East Broadway alley in the 4% block by Sergeant Parlan and officers Walsh White and Brinton. He admitted aiding in the robbery to Under Sheriff Quinn and is held at the county jail.
Atlanta woman Marion McEachern reports a secret marriage to an Atlanta businessman and claims his family abducted him to keep them apart. She says her Pittsburgh father disinherited her for the union and that she attempted suicide on her eighteenth birthday after weeks of searching for her missing spouse James Elias, heir to a millionaire manufacturer.
Helena reports B S Thresher did not appear as his supreme court hearing on unprofessional conduct proceeded. Witnesses testified on forged endorsements tied to checks and a bogus attachment bond, with Canter and Nickey disputing indorsements and payments. The court reserved judgment on the forgery claim.
L Osservatore Romano reports the Spanish king wishes to visit the Vatican if it avoids offense to the Quirinal. He aims to cordial ties with Victor Emmanuel III and Pius X without triggering excommunication rules that followed 1870 Papal policy. Three powerful Spaniards work to reconcile royal access with papal sensitivities.
A Massachusetts man recalls a milder January about 30 years ago with a 91 degree reading at Plymouth. Bluebirds sang, butterflies fluttered, grass stayed green, and a cherry tree bloomed as boys bathed in Little Pond. Capt Parker Hall planted most of the year on January 12. Elijah Sherman fed hens on grasshoppers February 7. Mayflowers plentiful by March 22.
The phrase means adopting a measure from which retreat is impossible. It compares Caesar crossing the Rubicon with Austrian and Italian military actions in 1859 and 166, marking declarations of war and invasions beyond traditional provincial limits.
Queen Margherita of Italy gardens 6,000 feet up the Alps near St Bernard. The Alpine garden is described as the highest and most perfect of its kind. The queen conceived the project during an Alpine tour and personally planted many specimens gathered from around the world.
After a Cork performance the audience clamored for a speech, but Sousa, famed for avoiding public oratory, finally raised his hand and asked if all could hear him before simply wishing them good night.
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