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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1902
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard lists publishing details for STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY with pricing terms. It notes daily and Sunday editions, subscription rates payable in advance, and mailing details for periodical distribution.
The Standard lists postage by edition size from one to three cents based on pages and destinations. It notes Europe rates are double, other foreign countries require inquiry at the Main Office and lists branch offices in Butte Missoula and Great Falls for advertising rate information.
Washington Bureau No 4 Post Building EASTERN OFFICES Re Serve 1 Nassau Street man W s see 87 Washington street J Morton in charge The Standard available at fai bonne news stands Chicago Postoffice News Stand Auditorium Annex San Francisco Palace Hotel Los Angeles 422 South Martin street Denver 906 Seventeenth Salt Lake 5 West Second South Salt Lake News Co Spokane 108 North Howard Tacoma 1203 Pacific Avenue Seattle 31614 Pike street Portland Hotel Address to ANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY Anaconda Mont FRIDAY JULY 11 162
Announcement from Missoula notes the death of RE J Bonner, a longtime Montana merchant and pioneer. He founded major stores in Missoula and Deer Lodge, built a prominent Seattle area presence, and helped shape Montana commerce since 1866 with ventures in Butte and Missoula.
The Wheels Silver Year celebrates twenty five years of bicycle manufacture in the United States with a monster parade. The procession will traverse New York's Fifth Avenue and feature many manufacturers and users in a long, impressive display.
Colonel Pops, father of the eyeing industry, chosen as parade grand marshal with aides representing all wheel types. The silver celebration promises a finest parade and aims to remind readers that twenty five years ago bicycles were novelty. now they are a fixed rapid transit agency the world cannot do without.
The Standard reports funeral services for the late Henry Williams to be held this morning. Citizens praising his life note sincere tributes and regret his death, as his mortal remains are laid to rest in the cemetery with others who helped build Butte.
The article traces Lloyds from Edward Lloyd’s London coffee house to a guild of underwriters. It explains how shipowners and captains used “insurance” for voyages, distributing losses among subscribers if wrecks occurred. Over time underwriting broadened beyond marine risks, with Lloyds evolving into a centralized information and insurance association.
Reported scheme from New York to Chicago uses counterfeit stamps plated to resemble genuine issues. Postmasters of low ranks are lured into rounds offering 250 dollars to one dollar each, with altered stamps. victims quietly lose sums and cannot seek help. The scheme exposes public official corruption and widespread gullibility in the postal system.
The Army and Navy Journal recalls Whistler as a three year cadet at West Point who failed an exam after being asked to discuss chemistry. The topic was Silica and the event explains his short academy tenure alongside Poe and Carpenter.
An audience watched a demonstration on a gas described as elastic with unnamed characteristics. The speaker faced approval from some but the academic board dismissed further services from the lecturer at the military academy.
A Philadelphia cobbler remarks that the left shoe wears out first because people step differently left versus right. He notes the left foot bears more wear, the right steps forward, and that travelers in open country tend to circle without a compass due to uneven strides.
Young Cornelius Vanderbilt, member of the New York civil service commission, has been appointed chairman of the payroll committee. He will review the pay schedule of thousands of city employees and rule on salary matters, with final decision authority. He will soon rotate to chair the committee on appeals.
In his role as high priest the Chinese emperor must offer at least 46 sacrifices to different gods yearly. Each sacrifice requires one or more holidays spent in solitude, keeping him busy. Sacrifices occur at night or dawn as he travels by a closed palanquin through deserted streets, with houses along the route hung with black.
William Vernon Harcourt refuses a peerage, a move echoed by Pitt Canning Peel and Gladstone. Fox, aged 80, faced George III’s cordial hatred and was not offered a peerage. He would likely have declined, as seasoned debaters prefer the Commons to the Lords.
The British underwriters express sincere hopes for King Edward's recovery. They face losses ranging from 94,590,000 to 85,000,000 due to the postponement of the coronation, with potential additional costs of about 21,000,000 if he dies.
At the commencement exercises in Cincinnati last week Miss Corinna Quisenberry Clinkenbeard received the diploma of honor. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Hub T Clinkenbeard now residents of Portsmouth Ohio.
A seated marble statue of Empress Faustina, wife of Marcus Aurelius, has been found in the Roman Forum. The piece is intact but broken into four parts and the face is mutilated.
The piece notes a deep laid effort to prevent Henderson from securing the speakership. It recalls previous plots aimed at ousting Tom Reed shortly after Congress adjourned.
A Nashville Banner anecdote notes Mr. Cleveland reacting to Mr. Watterson's strong objections by spitting on his hair and calmly watching a cork bob.
Investors in the renomination movement are warned to guard against policy errors as it moves through political circles. The Atlanta Journal suggests the Senate would become a prize ring if the South sends more capable figures than Tillman McLaurin or Bailey.
A Baltimore American and Detroit Free Press exchange sharp views on Senator Beveridge. The column suggests his summer travel to Texas to article the remote regions, while the other mocks him with biting, vivid wordplay about gagging him.
In Cincinnati the Enquirer comments that several men volunteering for party reform resemble more fitting funeral embellishments than reformers. The piece criticizes candidates and hints at internal strife within the democratic camp.
Brer Williams returns from a long absence to a storm tale. He recalls the hurricane that carried Brer Thomas’s house away and says Providence works in mysterious ways. The scene unfolds with a sly moral about fate and resilience.
Nature provides the wasp with natural food in insects and temptation drives it to fine fruit. The piece calls the wasp a ravaging dipsomaniac and argues it must be summarily dealt with.
Overstocks flood nearly every department especially fine goods. The retailer notes profits are sacrificed to clear stock and keep up with the newest items, ensuring the store remains up to date rather than carrying goods into next seasons.
On the second floor the ladies of Butte and nearby areas can buy at cost with discounted season garments. Finely tailored dresses stays and muslin underwear, silk petticoats, silk dressing sacques, shirt waist suits with embroidery, and trims priced to clear. Other items include pedestrian skirts, cotton covers, linen and black pique skirts, children's jackets, and misses jackets at marked down prices.
Dainty silk sacques offered in pink light blue violet and white with lace and ribbon trims. Prices ranged from 75 to 2250 baht, now cut to less than half. Finer pieces heavily reduced while some French flannel sacques sold as is at low prices.
Advertises sale of Pereale wrappers with trim and cheap price. Buys girls sleeve less vests and women's vests and pants in odd lot, described as excellent value and offered at 57e per item.
The ad claims our muslin underwear has superior qualities not found in ordinary garments and emphasizes none sweatshop production. It offers Kor K1.55 muslin and cambric skirts with wide flounces and embroidery along with earrings.
A local retailer touts about 2000 new parasol styles all marked close. Prices start at 50 cents and a typical parasol can be bought for about 4 dollars, down from 87.50.
A millinery notice states hats and trimmed hats are offered at half price. The message emphasizes quality and urges ladies not to miss the sale, highlighting the current discount without lengthy details.
A clearing sale is noted with gains described as telling bar today. The brief item highlights sales activity and market movement, signaling improved demand though specific items or quantities are not disclosed.
Fiber carpets and matching curtains are heavily discounted in a store sale. Notable offers include lace and Swiss curtains from 0.50 to 15.00 per pair, Nottingham curtains at 1.00 per pair, and Battenberg varieties at half price. The promotion emphasizes better wear than matting and wide appeal.
In this department extraordinary markdowns offer half price on many items. Boys two piece suits for 3 to 15 years drop from 5.00 to 2.50 per pair. Straw hats, caps, jerseys, blouse waists, and black sateen shirts discounted with several items slashed to low prices.
Down to the First Floor we offer bargains in the shoe department. We are sole agents in Butte for HanAn hand made women’s shoes and Connell Perfection shoes. Ladies' button and lace shoes priced at $1.50 to $2.50, plus Cousins’ band turned boots at $2.50. Patent leather women’s shoes cut to $3.00.
At Chatelaines shop a wide array of ladies accessories is advertised with significant discounts. Golf stocks belts and buckles, seal leather waists bags and chiffon veils are promoted with half or sharp reductions. The sale emphasizes sheer lawn ties and new fabric patterns with low everyday prices noted.
Pinaud's fine triple extracts in standard and new odors at 1.00 per ounce. Pinaud's sachet powders finest odors 8c an ounce. Cascarilla medicated antiseptic skin soap 19c per box of three cakes. Castile soap 10c, cream white soap glycerine soap 10c.
We mean our clearing sale of all fine wash goods now in progress. Finest muslins Swisses and mercerized chambrays, etc. 85c qualities, 40c and 50c qualities, 2c.
On the men s side our annual discount sale offers 25 percent off all spring and summer clothing and light overcoats. Over 200 suits are reduced at the same discount. Also available are 100 dozen fancy silk bows, Hanan s tan single sole shoes at 3.50 a pair, and Panama hats in Fedora shape at 2.50.
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