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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1903
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard prints daily with Sunday editions and lists subscription rates in advance. It notes office locations in Standard Block, Anaconda, and telephone numbers for business and editorial offices.
Branch offices and foreign advertising are listed with addresses in Missoula Great Falls New York Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland Kansas City and more. General correspondence should be sent to the Standard Publishing Company Anaconda Mont.
The obituary tribute portrays Leo XIII as the finest of pontiffs whose statesmanship and philanthropy shaped his era. Justin McCarthy is cited praising his care for workers and the poor, his educational influence, and his aims to ease burdens and promote peace.
In New York City a bankruptcy petition by Edmund Lyon seeks discharge with $30 000 in debts and no assets. Creditors including Littauer Bros oppose discharge alleging fraudulent intent tied to war era government contracts for gloves gauntlets and cans tied to the assistant quartermaster's department during the Spanish American War. Lucius N Littauer served in Congress during and after the war.
Damaging documents admitted in evidence link Tite tader to Littauer led contracts with the government. Lyons testified Littauer interests secured nearly 500000 in contracts and about 99000 in profits. The house committee letterhead noted indebtedness to the Littauer concern.
Public wrangle over prize fighting in Butte centers on faked bouts and mayoral limits. Citizens and Judge Aspinall defend stricter punishment, citing integrity and the danger of perverted justice amid alleged schemes by club interests.
In Brooklyn four burglars faced sentence before Judge Aspinall. Andrew Brown pled for leniency for a co defendant but was sentenced to four years. After insults Brown received two more years and a third denial led to three extra years. Critics say the judge’s actions verge on arbitrariness.
John Barrett, 37, formerly minister to Siam, is chosen as minister to Argentina. A Democrat turned Republican, Barrett promoted expansionist ideas and earned praise for negotiating a Siamese settlement. He helped drum up interest in a major St. Louis exposition and refused Japan posting to finish his Orient work.
The article recalls Mark Hanna, devoted husband and son, bidding goodbye to his mother in Cleveland at the Second Presbyterian church sewing circle before traveling to Washington for McKinley’s first inauguration. He urges his mother to rest in North Carolina for the winter, expressing care and affection. A spectator notes he looks like a boy leaving his mother for school.
George E. Calvert, a United States Court of Claims employee, is the nearest lineal descendant of the Lords Baltimore and would bear the title if it still existed. A middle aged, modest man who spent much of his life at Mt Airy, he recalls Civil War days when the estate was a Confederate secret service link. The Calvert home has been bought by Delaware politician J Edward Addicks who plans to convert it into a clubhouse.
A Scottish Burial Reform and Cremation Society report for the year ended Sept 50 shows 25 cremations carried out in Scotland, indicating rising public favor for cremation. The figures reflect a trend toward alternative funerary practices and the society urges broader acceptance.
A fire at Bodringallt colliery engine house trapped 11 men in a descending cage. Engine man Evan Lloyd held the lever behind a metal shield until all but one man reached safety, while others risked lives to rescue passengers, signal boxes, and hospital victims across several disasters.
The rise over the previous year totals 122 and a reduced fee of 6 guineas now grants a Scotland cremation certificate. It includes one cremation in Glasgow or another British crematorium and a niche for ashes in Maryhill Columbarium, Glasgow.
The Danish dramatist Ibsen has ceased reading and writing and no longer correspondence or engage in literary work. He rarely leaves his Copenhagen home, moving only with two canes and seeing only his servant and masseur. Five years ago he remained active with strict routines, daily walking to the university clock to set his watch and then reading papers at the Grand Café.
Senators Blackburn and Lindsay travel through the Alleghanies. Blackburn laments losing the better part of his baggage the cork came out, leaving him low in spirits. Lindsay questions him as to cause.
The Tennessee constitution states ministers of the gospel who are devoted to God and the care of souls shall not be eligible to seats in either house of the legislature. The rule applies to all denominations and prevents clergy from serving as legislators.
The text notes King Edward as the sole English monarch to visit St Pauls publicly for a non thanksgiving purpose. It states Edward VII has had more visits than any other monarch. Queen Anne made at least seven visits to mark victories over France and Spain at the current structure.
The first American baby born on the island of Guam is the daughter of Eu gene Dewey Ryan, a United States Navy paymaster. The newborn is estimated to be 1 to 2 months old, and Ryan has been in Guam about a year, having served on the Concord at the Battle of Manila.
Rev J W Cross of Lawrence oldest Harvard graduate at 95 celebrates birthday. King Edward donates a famous Mafeking gun to London museum. Ex crown princess of Saxony to reside in a French chateau with infant daughter. Tioga PA honors John Schaeffer railway watchman who died saving a crossing victim. Jaime Angles elected to Spain's cortes representing Barcelona, a first for a workingman. Gen Lee Christmas leads American mercenary forces in Honduran conflicts.
A miscellany recounts General Lee’s Jersey City invitation, General Lee a descendant of Light Horse Harry. It notes a Missouri reunion of Jones descendants, Herbert Gladstone’s nicknames, and Horace Boies’ loss of his son Louis. West Point alumni outcomes are listed, plus quirky Maine names and Lipton Morgan camera incident.
The excerpt notes a character named Morgan as an obstacle to a plan, describing his plain face as nearly capable of tearing at a camera. It hints at a tense scene where luck and appearance influence actions and perceptions.
The article surveys summer wear for men in Chicago including silk and pongee gowns, bath robes, and luxurious lounging attire. It notes styles such as white silk and linen robes, revised bathing suits with sleeveless jerseys, and wool preferred for swimmers, plus critiques of straw hats, opera crush shapes, mixed black and white straw, and the decline of Panama hats and tan low shoes in town wear.
Supreme Justice Potter of Pennsylvania upholds Judge Arnold in denying a charter to the First Church of Christian Scientists in Philadelphia. The piece scolds Philadelphia for conservatism and notes the court did not align with Mother Eddy’s faith, criticizing the city’s ethics and the outcome amid local debate.
Fioravante Picavelli and Pasqualina Novelli, with an older couple, entered the recorder’s office and sought marriage licenses. A misheard request led the elder woman to protest that the young pair did not want to marry, but after interpreter aid the nuptials proceeded and the couples left.
Dr H L Bonner of Marion Ohio, a famed physician and Edinburgh graduate, displays an astonishing appetite. He reportedly consumes massive meals including multiple steaks eggs pies seafood and fruit, with remarkable stamina and a passion for rare plants and high culture.
A brief humorous note from The New York Press about a man who mentions his yacht despite owning a mere sailboat and his wife calling the chore boy the coachman, reflecting a playful family dynamic.
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