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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1900
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard announces its publishing and circulation details with daily and Sunday editions. It lists main and branch offices in Butte Missoula Great Falls and Washington Bureau and provides subscription rates and newspaper distribution information.
The Anseconda Standard reports a larger paid circulation than all Montana daily papers combined for the six months ending June 1900. Daily and Sunday averages total 11,785, indicating strong market reach.
Local audience in Nebraska shows support for Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois as the Democratic vice presidential candidate. Organizers praise his national leadership and policy visions while rallying voters to unite behind the ticket.
A historical column questions why Britain maintains a large Indian Army amid imperial ventures in China and South Africa. It cites 36 000 troops in Africa and 7 000 en route to China, with 129 963 native troops across five commands. The piece condemns Indian independence desires as ingratitude and fears mutiny.
The Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow details Cuban postal frauds showing Neely’s embezzlements over 130 000 dollars and collusion among Heath Neel and Reeves. The findings label Rathbone as extravagant and accuse imperialist motives behind the schemes.
The author argues neither Cubans nor Filipinos are fit for self-government and condemns the imperialist push to subjugate the Philippines for wealth and commercial gain. It claims party leaders enable such oppression, likening it to highway robbery and noting embezzlement harms a dependent people more than similar acts in the states.
The piece argues General Wheeler’s long career from Civil War service to Santiago and the Philippines shows a proven record in warfare. It contrasts Wheeler’s courage with Roosevelt’s disparaging remarks about Democrats, asserting Wheeler would outshine Roosevelt and other leaders if tested in China.
The piece argues bicycle riding is fading as a fad while horse use rises in Chicago. It notes wealthier riders selling horses, declines in stylish turnout, and automobiles as a fad likely to fade or be improved and cheapened, with the horse returning to prominence on city streets.
The Conservative notes sharp gains in farm product values from 1895 to 1899 under a gold standard regime. It cites corn rising from 44 983 524 to 629 210 110, wheat from 237 935 45 to 8719 545 260, oats 163 655 068 to 198 167 975, cotton 200 335 098 to 432 000 000, tobacco 25 574 200 to 45 000 000, flax 12 006 000 to 24 006 000, claiming overall gains exceed prior benchmarks.
The writer argues that rising farm values since 1895 do not prove the gold standard helps the economy. They contend price increases reflect money being cheaper, and credit expansion, not solely gold supply, raised values. They claim silver restoration could further boost the money supply and farmer welfare.
In the weekly After Milne installment Milne is enamored with Pauline Astor, daughter of the millionaire, who returns his affection. Father Astor vetoes the match and mutual friends fail to broker peace. An elopement is speculated though Astor’s aversion remains sharp and public.
The text argues that bimetallism rests on unrestricted coinage of both metals and fixed legal tender. It explains how silver and gold dollars are weighed and how the 16 to 1 ratio arises, noting historical variations yet asserting sixteen to one as a logical, equitable standard for the United States.
A 1900 editorial argues the imperialism issue defines the election, urging voters to oppose McKinley era empire. It contrasts Republican pursuit of colonies and tariffs with Democratic commitment to liberty and consent of the governed, calling German Americans to reject imperial policy and defend the republic.
The text argues the value of silver declines with disuse as money and warns that changing the coinage ratio would shift dollars and prices. It favors restoring a sixteen to one silver to gold ratio, warns against open-ended ratio, and suggests only silver advocates should determine the adjustment, criticizing anti bi metallicists who attack via monetary ratio debates.
The Palladelphia Reed notes the United States as a rising world power needing instruments and agencies. the Army quartermaster department faces strains from peacetime to wartime demands. It highlights required transports, mules, field equipment, guns for foreign service, and other gear for distant campaigns against a powerful enemy.
An Indianapolis Sentinel summary notes mob action against Chinese laundries in Kansas City over Boxer outrages, condemning it as ignorant and brutal. It contrasts with typical duties of citizens and argues Chinese people bear no responsibility for events in China.
The passage laments a war costing the country over 4,000 lives and £500,000,000 with ongoing annual costs of at least £100,000,000 and untold future casualties, noting Mr. McKinley and Congress have not yet provided adequate provisions despite the huge toll.
Hartford and Indianapolis papers critique republican speeches on independence while noting a shift toward governing for power. The piece argues true threats to peace come from weaker nations and cites Turkey Spain and China as disruptors of global equilibrium in the past decade.
A review of prominent figures and officials includes Admiral Dewey aboard a horse and Harvard’s Lewis Gates preparing Victorian poetry lectures in Edinburgh. It mentions Transvaal secretary Smuts, Princess of Monaco as the first Hebrew on a European throne, Prince Albert aboard a yacht for marine biology study, and U S consul John Fowler’s long service. Lord Salisbury creates ten new peers among lawyers.
A collage of quips and cartoonish lines from 19th century papers shows misreadings and malapropisms. Jokes about poets, proposals, dialect, and everyday misunderstandings highlight playful chatter across cities like Nashville Philadelphia and Indianapolis.
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