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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1908
Page
12
The Anaconda Standard announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions including monthly and yearly terms with prices. It lists the main office location in Standard Block and contact numbers for the business and editorial rooms.
The item lists branch locations in Butte at 28 East Broadway and Missoula at 130 Higgins Avenue with telephone numbers noted for Butte. The Missoula number appears incomplete.
W J Morton is identified as manager of foreign advertising with offices in New York at Room 919 Brunswick Building 25 Fifth Avenue and Chicago at 17 Washington Street indicating the company’s regional presence and contact points.
The Standard is available at outlets in New York City Chicago Kansas City Minneapolis San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle and Portland. General business to Anaconda Montana.
Silver Bow county Democrats meet in precinct primaries to select 351 delegates for a county convention in Butte. The drive urges unity, welcomes all factions, and aims for broad representation in the party’s rallying to back democracy this year.
Emperor William envisions a portable stationary stage to travel aboard his train for rural audiences. He plans to set up a stump in fields in minutes and address peasants on issues of the day or future topics, even using a rain barrel if needed.
A Butte subscriber asks how a young woman should handle a love triangle with a man she loves, who is engaged to another man in the East. The Standard suggests she frankly request the eastern suitor to clarify his plans and feelings.
Simon Farr a Berlin Pennsylvania silk maker sues a Philadelphia North American reported for breach of contract after he shaved his mustache to win a love match. The woman, already engaged to another man, rejected him and mocked his changed appearance. Jury question looms over damages in this unusual romance dispute.
The Standard lauds Senator Knox as Memorial day orator at Gettysburg calling his Gettysburg Speech a model of substance and literary form. It notes his warning against federal overreach and asserts the Union’s survival depended on universal freedom and the preservation of the states. Continuous quotes from the address are highlighted for citizen reflection.
A letter contends ships in Pacific waters imply nearly two hundred million dollars in construction that could fund irrigation for 120000 families, railroads, inland waterways, or power plants. It criticizes the peace-sustaining war bluff and mocks a Butte minister's anarchism plea as sophistry used to justify annual Congress appropriations.
In a heated episode, Lilley faces denunciation by a house committee but gains support from Connecticut papers. Hartford talk centers on expulsion over failing to produce his letter-book, casting Lilley as a potential martyr if expelled.
The text discusses a split in Connecticut between a push for a congressman’s return and a governor nomination seen as progressing. It claims house Republicans fear exposing the Submarine business to the public while noting Connecticut could be moved into the election’s doubtful category, making Lilley’s vindication unlikely to shape state politics this year.
The Chicago convention opens with fights over seats and contested delegations. Taft’s backers claim a first ballot majority, depending on the credentials committee’s handling of contests and New’s influence. Indiana’s New leans toward Fairbanks and faces tense ties with the vice president as history echoes 1892 party power struggles.
The Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral Sperry arrives in San Francisco. The Connecticut Kansas Vermont and Louisiana drop anchor at Man o War, with hospital ship Relief beside them. The Minnesota joins later from Bremerton.
The article argues there is no good time to pause advertising in a live store. Maintaining open hours and consistent advertising pull is essential to public service, saving customers time and money, and suspending ads injures the business as surely as halting clerical work.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports twin bridges Montana townsite platted by a Whitehall businessman. The town on the St. Paul near Whitehall features 109 building lots with Milwaukee avenue as the central business street. The site is described as admirably located and set for activity.
In Sela Kansas on May 31 the jury found Samuel Whitlow not guilty of murdering May Sapp on September 27, 1907. The panel deliberated 386 hours with initial votes of 9 to 3 in favor of acquittal and the lone African American juror was the last to change.
A recruiting message offers a 3x5 flag with sewed stripes and fast colors as a reward for each new Stand ard subscriber kept at least three months with the first month paid in advance. Circulator urged to hustle for new names and earn a flag.
King Gustav of Sweden and the queen arrived in Berlin this afternoon and were greeted by the emperor and royal family. Troops lined the route to the castle as the royal visitors received an enthusiastic reception along the way.
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania recalls Gettysburg on Memorial Day, arguing the Union’s preservation meant universal freedom and urging relentless vigilance. He warns against federal overreach, defends the constitutional balance, and calls all citizens to serve in the ongoing, self-critical national task.
In Honolulu May 31 Prof Dr Robert Koch toured Molokai leper settlement. He examined facilities, questioned patients, and assessed treatment and nourishment. He stated his visit aimed to learn administration, living conditions, and disease development, finding the camp well provided and the patients contented. He declined to discuss potential cures.
Paris May 31 President Fallieres granted a special audience to Levi P Morton of New York and Representative A P Gardner of Massachusetts, accompanied by the American ambassador Henry White. They recalled their friendly relations when Morton served as minister to France.
This week features contests for the Republican National Convention with hearings in Chicago, Alabama leading the list. Five states plan Democratic conventions for Denver delegates: Nevada Carson City Idaho Twin Falls Louisiana Baton Rouge Maryland Baltimore Utah Salt Lake City. Virginia holds primaries and Jefferson Davis centennial events. Maine and Alabama battleships sail to the Atlantic via Pacific routes. David Jayne Hill to meet Queen Wilhelmina in The Hague to present recall letters as ambassador to Berlin.
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