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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1902
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard announces postal classifications, subscription rates, and regional office contacts. It lists postage charges for various editions and regions, plus office locations in Anaconda and Eastern cities for Standard Publishing Company proprietors.
A Chicago judge granted a sweeping injunction against the Corners in the oats market, described as a drastic and revolutionary move in produce speculation. The ruling targets the clique driving price manipulation, with critics noting the decision could deter cornering and widespread stock gambling.
A Morgan line steamer will leave New York next Saturday signaling a shift of transcontinental Texas freight from New Orleans to Galveston. The plan, urged by Collis Huntington, aims to shorten rail routes by 350 miles and ease congestion between New Orleans and Houston. Galveston has offered wharf frontage and space for warehouses, though commercial prospects faced a halt amid storm-related setbacks.
English sociologists discuss hooliganism as a distinct disorder following the Boer War. The piece contrasts hooliganism with mafficking, notes its spread across classes and youth involvement, and cites Sir Robert Anderson advocating magistrate-led training or reform schools for offenders under 20 to curb the trend.
Beginning of the second half of the year marks bids open for stamping printing at the post office. Government prints have cost more under federal operation after eight years since taking work from New York engravers, with five billion stamps produced but high costs cited. Private firms reportedly can do the work cheaper.
A perplexing labor walkout involves workers building the First Baptist church in Austin suburb of Chicago. Pastor Rev C B Clapp seized a beer case toppled from a wagon outside the sacred doors, while workers and contractors dispute daily beer assignments and right to beer on site. Both sides halted work as arbitration stalls.
The piece surveys the coal strike's progress with reports of bloodshed at Shenandoah where non union men were attacked, two regiments deployed by Pennsylvania's governor, and the broader impact on coal prices. It also touches on political theater, royal news, and various public figures amid a chaotic national scene.
A letter from the late Bret Hares to Dickens sold in London recently for 8.20. Senator Platt of New York has enjoyed intimate social and political acquaintance with influential circles, reflecting ongoing political and literary connections.
The article sketches varied habits of prominent figures: John Morley’s frequent tongued wear at Glad ing the ear of Sweden. King Oscar's court interests. New Hampshire horse and fishing routines. Senator Quay’s reading habit. a Chicago University scholar living by a strict daily programme. Dr Harper planning each day with precise time blocks.
A fragment discusses a silken aristocrat premier and his bachelor status, golf skill, and busy life. It mentions Gerald William Raifour as biologist killed on an Alpine expedition with his guide. It notes Miss Alice Halfour, sister of the prime minister, as a writer and references prominent social figures.
A scrambled reminiscence traces peerage applications tied to King Edward's coronation, citing Sir Robert Peel's letters on restricting honors and his view that titles should not flow from birth or feverish demand. The piece alternates to curious digressions on parrot fish, wagging tails in many languages, Oregon snakes and thieves, and a Pearson’s Weekly anecdote about hair dust and diamond dust thefts.
An unusual coronation ceremony includes bonfires lit from heights across the land. The Argentine Republic is noted as the strongest South American state in artillery with 246 Meld mountain guns 98 siege guns and 42 howitzers. A Semian Roman bowl about 2,000 years old has been recovered from the sea bottom off the coast.
A fragmented clipping notes how a dredger named Bombast signified cotton stuffing for 14th and 15th century garments. It mentions postage stamps, envelopes, and contrasts freight costs and rail capacity with claims about Chicago port rankings, world trade, and competing nations in Asia.
The fragment jokes about political rhetoric and harmony with a mooner, Mes, and batteries quoted from Washington Star and Puck. It mocks oratory as a paid talent, notes a wife urging action by doing it herself, and laments a Mugwump nonpartisan label in a clipped newsy humor item.
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