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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1903
Page
7
The Anaconda Standard publishing details show daily and Sunday editions with subscription terms. Rates are listed for one year ten dollars ninety cents, six months five dollars, three months two dollars, and one month one dollar with Sunday editions included.
The notice lists page counts for editions from 10 to 48 pages priced from one to three cents. It notes double rates for Europe and directs inquiries to the Main Office in Standard Block Anaconda with telephone numbers. It mentions branch offices in Butte Missoula and Great Falls for advertising rate information.
Overseas dispatches from New York and Washington list J Morton in charge at the Eastern Offices. Street addresses 150 Nassau and 87 Washington expose the bureau’s contact points and regional coverage.
The Standard can be found at news stands across major cities including New York City at L Jonas Co The Theatre Ticket office Astor House and 7 New York City Brentano's Union Chicago Vanderslice in Minneapolis R G Hearsey Co in Minneapolis Kavanaugh's in San Francisco Palace Hotel in Denver Salt Lake City Belt Lake City Ogden Spokane Seattle Portland Kansas City and more. General correspondence should be sent to the Andard Publishing Company in Anaconda Montana.
The Standard features a map of major rivers to show the flood swept Middle West area. Reports indicate Topeka and vicinity may have faced the worst but relief comes as the crisis passes there. Kansas City bore the storm center with extensive devastation and looming sickness afterward.
The piece argues against a third term for Cleveland noting the enduring anti third term tradition. It criticizes New York moneyed interests and their plan to swing key states, suggesting such a move would risk democratic principles and likely fail.
The article notes efforts to operate within opposing lines and repeat past wins. It suggests Bryan faced repeated challenges and that the average citizen is reluctant to acknowledge cross-party success.
IR Thomas Lipton argues he is on a lucky streak and could win the cup this year. The Weymouth accident is seen as a sea misfortune with loss of life noted. The Reliance competes with the Constitution and Columbia in preliminary trials, with optimism that Lipton's yacht will prevail.
Rumor says Senator Quay may hand his term to his son though unlikely. The piece recalls Simon and Don Cameron as historic Pennsylvania political figures whose lines show how family succession played in early party leadership and Senate service.
An article notes Andrew Carnegie has given 83,780,0523 dollars to date and aims to reach one hundred million by January 1, 1904. It highlights his selective philanthropy focusing on education and self sufficiency, with many gifts unpublicized to avoid publicity.
The article notes six hundred Carnegie gifts totaling from $500 to $10,000,000. Most funds support libraries, with some directed to hospitals churches and schools. Major sums went to the Carnegie Institution at Washington and to Pittsburgh where he made the largest contributions.
Paris gossip centers on Mrs. Potter Palmer of Chicago rumored to be engaged to the Monaco prince known for Monte Carlo gambling. She lives in Paris after her husband’s death, reputedly maintains a grand establishment, and faces skepticism about a match with the controversial royal. The widow, sixty, is urged to decide her own path despite the chatter.
The Helena baseball team trails Butte after three straight defeats, but observers urge a philosophical view. They argue Montana clubs can still rise as California teams visit, noting Helena and Butte showed late-season strength in 1902 and urging improvement rather than despair.
Mrs Isabel Beecher Albert grand niece of Henry Ward Beecher appears on the lecture platform. Ex senator Thomas W Palmer Detroit celebrates a bad birthday yet remains hale. Miss K Chamberlain niece of the colonial secretary named resident physician at Gray's Inn Road hospital. A German personal column notes an engagement ending over a pawning ring. Miss Schley daughter of Admiral Schley ill from exposure after a sea collision. Rev J Selden Spencer reaches 52 years as minister and 50 years with one church rector emeritus of Christ Episcopal church Tar- has record
Miles City Journal notes the final exams for public school pupils with June 5 closing. The piece mocks questions on Columbus Coronado and Roosevelt, lampooning their difficulty and relevance while reminiscing about the era’s school testing.
In the St Louis Globe-Democrat, the essay reflects on how Emerson’s centenary renews interest in his life and works. It notes his magnetism, Concord shrine, famous lines, and the contrast with other authors whose anniversaries faded quickly, praising his enduring inspirational role in American literature.
A sprawling notices column highlights General Booth remarks on prizefighters, St Paul Mayor Robert A Smith celebrating 50 years in office, Owensboro Knights Templars honoring W D Everly, a naval burial of Ella Renshaw with parade salutes, Dharmapala seeking Indian industrial schools, Abyssinian currency shift to rifle cartridges, Ellen Spencer Mussey aiding mothers rights and women earnings, Col Johnson L de Peyster honored for raising the first Richmond flag, Margaret Berger memorial altar plan in Newport, Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow lauded for exposing postal corruption. references to Senate interactions.
A Kansas senator arrived in Washington to dislodge Bristow from office but after a cordial audience with President McKinley he pivoted to patronage, praising Bristow and hinting Kansas has produced good men. The senator’s push against Bristow ended.
A country lawyer recalls a Saturday auction where rivals Bill Jones and Abe Smith bid on an old fish crate, ending with Smith winning at 3.25. Jones later presses to reclaim it, paying a private price to the owner, who reveals he bought it to spite Jones and sells it back at the same amount.
A man recounts bringing a box to his office back room and meeting Jones who, after checking the item, confirms no further payment is needed. Jones leaves with the box saying he would have spent $100 rather than be beaten.
Mrs. Gibbons searches a news stand for a missing husband in a humorous vignette. The clerk and a boy describe a man with a light overcoat and blue eyes, while others recall only a stout man with a black mustache, leaving her uncertain.
Agnes Wood, star athlete at Vassar College, has broken girls records in running and nearly matched male standards despite a cumbersome costume. She balances sports with studies and will graduate near the top of her class in June.
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