Newspaper Masthead and distribution notes for Anaconda Standard
The Anaconda Standard lists publication details including subscription rates, office addresses, and branch news stands across major cities. It provides contact numbers for the main office in Anaconda and mentions foreign advertising offices in New York and Chicago along with various news stand locations nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Tacoma
Pacific Avenue
Seattle
International News Co
Portland
Oregon News Co
Sixth Street
Political forecasts and a new Butte union station debate
A brisk discussion of looming campaigns notes both parties predicting state results and a shift toward real issues after August. Separately Butte’s new Northern Pacific depot sparks renewed talk of a true union station shared by rival railroads as business interests push for coordinated use of a single transit hub.
Methodists of Spokane Plan Baseball Fund Drive
Spokane Methodists aim to enrich the church extension fund by a baseball game pitched against Mayor Moore and city department heads. The event, set for next Saturday, has already sold five thousand dollars in admission tickets and promises communal support for enlarging church memberships across inland empire parishes.
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Methodists
Spokane
Inland Empire
Methodist Church
Moore
Ministers Take On Moneyed Opponents In Public Exercise
The public will see an interesting contest between money and the preachers. Wagers are not invited though bettors may lay odds about three to one against the ministers. The preacher class covers more bases in life than any other group.
Butte Baseball in Northwestern League Sees Poor Attendance
The Butte team, fielding decent play for the pay it receives, suffers weak fan turnout. Paid attendances reached sixty or seventy five in midweek games, prompting calls for loyal support to boost gate receipts and justify stronger payroll and better competition.
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Butte
Aseball
Rues Hall
Garfield's Hawaiian Visit Seen As Duty Not Pleasure
Secretary of the Interior Garfield recently returned from Hawaii after a strenuous journey across the islands. He faced seasickness while sailing between groups and traveled by auto, wagon, horseback, boat, and on foot. He logged eighty miles on horseback along mountain trails and focused on land and labor issues with Hawaiians demanding reform of land laws. he pledged to work on revising them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaiian Islands
Garfield
Honolulu
Garfield Urges Reclamation Move for Territory Statehood
In Honolulu Garfield spoke at a Republican campaign event urging extension of the federal reclamation service to the territory to bring desert lands under cultivation and pressed Hewatt for active backing toward statehood at the earliest possible time per Roosevelt’s message.
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Federal Reclamation Service
Garfield
Honolulu
Roosevelt
Pardon Letter Mixup Reveals 1889 Swenson Case Errors
An 1889 pardon for George Swenson, signed by President Harrison, arrives decades late at Columbus penitentiary after a mail misrouting via St. Louis. The incident exposes mail mishaps and potential miscarriages of justice, urging follow up and caution in sending crucial letters.
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George Swenson
Columbus
Ohio
Swanson
Benjamin Harrison
William F. Wharton
Washington
St. Louis
Various World Notes From A Busy Page
A crowded Dey Street scene shows an old plow. Rear Admiral Evans praised for knitting and embroidery. Estimates for water supply cost 92 dollars per 1 900 000 gallons. If Manhattan real estate were divided, each person would own 2020 dollars. Australia may train 214 000 troops in eight years under a new scheme. Norway may be a limited automobile market. The Amazon Stone near Colorado Springs commands demand. a German firm ordered supplies. Great Lakes vessel movement totaled 73 769 ships and 99,186,409 tons, up from last year. American British tobacco firms control over 40 percent of Korea cigarette output and 50 percent of Manchurian trade. A private was punished for failing to salute. a London Punch note comments on modesty of the substitute. Southern Illinois penitentiary ships limestone dust for fertilizer at 50 cents a sack. Chile sees rising small industries powered by electricity in Valparaiso and beyond.
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United States
States
Williams
West Indies
Chicago & Northwestern
Frederic J. Haskin
Thirteen on the Quarter Dollar Draws Superstition
An observer notes superstition about the thirteen features on the U S quarter dollar. Thirteen stars on the face and on the scroll thirteen letters appear, plus thirteen shield bars and thirteen arrowheads. The Philadelphia Record links the count to the original thirteen states.
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Philadelphia Record
Union
Paying Off the Panama Canal Pay Force in Spigotty Money
A 1908 account describes Panama Canal Zone pay operations from Empire to La Boca. Laborers receive American gold for Spaniards, Panaman silver for others, with strict checks, police guards, and language interpreters. The system costs the U S more per month due to bulky Panaman currency and lack of paper money.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Cain aOu
Empire
Gold Hill
Culebra Mountain
la Boca
Pacific
Canal
Panama
United States
Indian Picnic Ideas for Summer Attire and Entertainment
A guide to hosting an Indian picnic with costumed guests, torches and village decorations, musicians, a campfire, archery, dances, dream tales, and Indian themed refreshments and souvenirs for men and women.
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Redman
Giant oak moved by locomotive crane at Vcrocker Wheeler plant
A sixty foot high oak tree was relocated at the Vcrocker Wheeler company plant using a locomotive crane. The operation showcased the crane’s lifting capability as workers carefully guided the transplant. No injuries reported. The plant area remained secure during the maneuver.
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New York Herald
Vcrocker Wheeler Company
City tree relocation employs 20 ton crane in Pere New Jersey
In Pere New Jersey a large tree with a 18 ton Earth bed was lifted by a 20 ton crane. The earth was loosened and the tree moved about 200 feet to a new position beside a brick and stone post office on company property. Lift height reached 26 feet with clearance four feet above ground due to ground fill.
Sympathetic Shriners Help Newsboy After Hard Week
A St Paul Shriners parade anecdote tells of Ivan Isonieck, a six year old Jewish newsboy who sold few papers in the heat. A Shriner regalia clad man learns his tale of losses in Russia, stocks him with a five dollar bill, and fellow Shriners give money and clothes, leaving Ivan with over 200 dollars and grateful relief. Lutey's 45c sale note closes the item.
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Shriners
St. Paul
Ivan Isonieck
Ivan
America
Russia
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Standard Publishing Company
Anaconda
Sunday Standard
East Broadway
Stesoate
Higgins Avenue
J. Morten
New York
Brunswick Building
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Ofice
Washington Street
Anaconda, Mont
Texas
Taft
Virgina
Lone Star
Pennsylvania
Bryan Porch
Fairview
Keystone
Bryan
Illinois
Indiana
Montana
Union Station
Northern Pacific
Short Line Road
Ress
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Great Northern
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railroad
Dey Street
Evans
Manhattan Island
Australia
Michael Alger
Christiana
Norway
Colorado Springs
Colo
Germany
Great Lakes
Korea
Orient
Japan
the Express
London Punch
Southern Illinois Penitentiary
Alfred A. Winslow
Valparaiso
Chile
Panama Canal
Redskins
Lutey
Wyoming
Idaho
Utah
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
North Main Street
Butte, Mont
Mose Linz
Lends
Sherman
Schaeffer
West Park
The
Home Baking Company
North Main
Louise L. Leese
Penn
Block
Bulte, Mont Na
Owsley Block
Rice & Fulton
Ind
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