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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1908
Page
3
The Anaconda Standard Publishing Company announces daily and Sunday editions with subscription rates and office contacts. Branch offices are listed in Butte and major cities, with advertising and foreign advisory staff details and newspaper distribution points across several western cities.
The latest Taft news centers on a letter from Secretary Taft to Parsnnns asserting no interference in naming national convention delegates. Parsons, New York city county chairman, faces a boycott by Republicans who back Hughes. Upstate districts push Hughes delegates to Chicago while Taft allies urge restraint.
Alderman Timoths Sullivans proposed ordinance to bar women from smoking in public places draws protests from chorus girls and supporters. A city committee held an open meeting with a large turnout as reformers urge a prohibition while opponents push for leniency.
The report recalls a Hobson lecture in which angered listeners clash with pacifist critique. Congressman Hobson from Alabama faced opposition in Hertford Conn and Dr John H. De Forest challenged his Japan war habit claims, arguing pacifist history and Perry era Japan contrast.
Chinese officials discuss a twenty five million dollar loan for railway expansion to be financed by German and English lenders. The government will own and operate the line, while investors receive revenues from selected provinces. This marks a shift from foreign concession models to domestic construction using loan funds amid lingering public skepticism.
A collage of remarks touches on themes from blind readers and the mind’s possibilities to political figures and society. Mentions include a Portisal operator, Senator Foraker, President Roosevelt, Taft, and Admiral Brownson, with scattered notes on charity balls, unemployment, and stock market caution. The text weaves disparate anecdotes and opinions without a single cohesive event.
A collage of humorous vignettes from France includes a joke about Synputating aules for 2a0 francs and a matap cdr, a Bon Vivant quip about arithmetic and the price of things, a remark by Lavolge on silver wedding plans, and a stage advice piece on feminine temperament. Also notes on tea scarcity during a war, a Spanish officer’s tale, and Henri’s kite observation.
A Portland, Maine telegraph operator who is deaf has developed a sixth sense through touch and movement. He reads messages by feeling the signals at the telegraph key and interprets transmissions from across the continent, proving deafness need not end a career in telegraphy.
Dr John C Johnston pioneer physician of Butte dies after a long illness. Born in Pennsylvania sixty eight years ago, he came to Montana in 1878 and built a renowned medical practice with extensive charity. He attended to patients until a recent carbuncle and diabetes forced hospital care.
In Redlands California two ha shop workers were informed they would no longer be employed five days a week. The notice, dated in New York, references Ja MoeTwo and tensions around shifts, with mention of George Slossom and other figures in the labor adjustment. The source text is fragmentary and inconsistent.
An old advertisement praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ills. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. Mattie Copenhauer and lists conditions it claims to cure such as displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities backache and fatigue. It invites women to write for advice to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
A cryptic score shows Sutton ahead by three in a late action filled meme themed contest. The text references Bod and 4 in BHR and a tonight outcome with a favorable tally for Sutton.
Lewidtown Jan 7 A warrant changing Brand Jeray has been issued for the arrest of A Proembling, keeper for Power Mercantile, who is alleged to be short in his accounts. Manager Drdambilng left the city last Saturday night driving out and heading the road, with shortages totaling only a few hundred dollars.
New York January 4 Paul Wesley the motorman indicted for homicide in the Ninth Avenue elevated wreck that killed ten on September 1 1930 was found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree tonight. The jury urged mercy. The car derailed at Fifty Third Street and Ninth Avenue, sending passengers to the street. Kelley later died.
Guayaquil January 4 Eleven army officers were arrested yesterday as they prepared to leave Quito to join Colonel Navarre near Barra fifty miles northwest of Quito. Navarre is said to be organizing a band of revolutionists. Colonel Larrea, former secretary of war, who had just returned from exile, was arrested and is suspected of being a conspirator.
In Boliheld Nevada the mine operators announced capacity for 1000 more miners. Preference to social miners, but if not enough by next Tuesday, additional men will be hired. The Gem lease, recently employing Western Federation miners, has closed, and the Florence Annex will close tomorrow, both set to reopen with independent miners.
A major fire in Gernettsville, D C, swept an entire business block and seven residences, with estimated damages between 150000 and 200000 dollars. President Hackart of the Bennettsville & Cherokee railroad, staying in a hotel room, fractured a leg leaping from a second story window.
Secretary Taft was the principal speaker at the Yale Alumni Association of Essex County annual banquet in East Orange New Jersey. He spoke briefly and informally to the attendees signaling a relaxed evening with the university’s alumni group.
The article discusses Chester A. Arthur vetoes on harbor appropriations under twenty million dollars and the political fallout, including effects on nominations and speakers. It cites Congress expanding river and harbor spending to about 470 million across the nation, with France and Texas used as comparisons, and extols transportation and railroads as drivers of wealth and civilization. The piece ends with a sweeping reflection on exchange, trade, and global good, contrasting past distances with modern interconnectedness.
Nurse recalls years ago in Tule Nonge ayaky when children played in garden rooms among tea leaves. She watches little shadows, hears their voices, and wonders why they return at dusk. The speaker, grown, senses their soft feet on the grids and fears they may rend them from home to bed.
Fragmentary text from Washington Herald mentions routines and personal admonitions. The garbled lines reference walking to an office, opportunities, exercise, and implied costs of luxuries, all in a disjointed, nonsensical style. No clear events or entities emerge.
In Washington January 24 Nt Shackleford of Missouri attacked Speaker Cannon’s power in the house during the urgent deficiency appropriation debate. He called Cannon the boldest autocrat of the age and claimed he wielded greater control than any European monarchy. Cannon offered applause and sat as Shackleford urged men to bow in submission, then the speaker laughed.
Special Dispatch to the Blanchard Billings dated January reports two men charged with assaulting and robbing Martin Ryan, a Northern Pacific Railway employee from Park City. William Burntford and Bertie Cit Ung allegedly held Ryan up, struck him with a wagon wheel spoke, and escaped with a small sum of money. preliminary hearing held and defendants held for district court. Stratford and Matting are reported fatal.
A small mining town near Ottumwa is reported on fire following an explosion in a powder house. Details are scarce but credible sources suggest possible casualties. Local authorities are investigating and issuing cautions as information remains unconfirmed.
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