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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1902
Page
6
Publication details for The Anaconda Standard include publishing frequency and postal eligibility information. It lists publishing daily and Sunday editions with subscription rates, and notes postal matter registration and date stamping for the newspaper. The text reflects old formatting and rate wording typical of historic newspaper notices.
Rates listed for different edition sizes: 32 pages cost two cents, 48 pages three cents, 16 pages one cent. Europe use double this rate, other foreign countries inquiry at the office.
The Main Office Standard Block in Anaconda provides the Business Office contact details. The text includes scattered lines and unreadable letters but identifies a central phone reference and office labeling.
The Standard has branch offices at Putte Missoula and Great Falls where advertising rates will be furnished on application.
The Standard's Washington Bureau is No. 4 Post Building with W. J. Morton in charge. A list of news stand locations across major cities follows including Chicago San Francisco Angeles Denver Salt Lake City Spokane Seattle Portland and more. General correspondence should be addressed to Araconda Montana.
Former Senator Carter rejects a secret group calling itself the Seminoles in Silver Bow county. He objects to secret-order politics and to the name Seminole, deeming it a misfit for Butte Republicans and noting Osceola as an inappropriate symbol for the group.
The House Ways and Means Committee backs reopening negotiations with Great Britain to protect seals or permit slaughter. Press reaction targets Canadian poachers, but calls for action lack specifics. The issue echoes past diplomacy and hints at a seal trust controlling rookeries and pelagic sealing interests.
The piece argues that most pelagic sealers sail under Britain though many are American. It claims U S rights are not violated and says sealing harms salmon fisheries. It supports killing seal herds as a sensible solution to end a costly, lengthy dispute between seal and salmon industries.
The state department concludes Britain was within rights in buying horses and mules shipped from New Orleans for the South African war. The record notes only the financial cost to England, roughly $606,000 per month for eighteen months, while the war ended.
The article notes a planned June 19 gathering in New York with Grover Cleveland Bryan David B. Hill and Richard Olney slated to speak. It contrasts Cleveland's past stance with Bryan and Hill and suggests Olney's presidential ambitions while Croker's absence renews Hill's zeal for a run.
Senator Hanna shifts support between canal routes delaying final choice. He moved from Nicaragua to Panama citing night operation limits as a point of contention. The debate centers on securing a canal that can be operated consistently, even at night.
The piece notes that daylight hours reveal little concrete about a canal project and stresses that Senate divisions over Panama and Nicaragua routes suggest any canal will take a long time to achieve. The tension hints at prolonged political failure or delay.
The piece mocks Col. Arthur Lynch and Dom Paul Kruger, notes Lynch’s exile and return to Galway seat, and lampoons British authority, monarchs, and wartime figures. It mixes satirical takes on Kitchener, Miles, Dowie, and coronation chatter with unrelated bits about Montana, McMorgan, and global politics.
Judge Hubbard of Iowa argued a case before the United States supreme court with the state attorney general opposing him. The proceeding occurred one day last week in a notable federal session.
New reports from the war era describe two Boer republics forming in the northern Transvaal and west of the Cape Town Bulawayo line. Details note territorial sizes around 27 000 and 25 000 square miles, border features, and movements of burghers seeking new states amid ongoing disarmament pressures.
The attorney general pounded the reading desk and waved his arms during remarks. When Mr Hubbard spoke he joked he could break the board with his strong right arm if addressing a jury. A couple of justices smiled at the moment, and the attorney general noted he felt very small.
On a Brussels balcony the Yankee and Englishman mock each other’s flags and traits. The American calls the British flag a “gridiron a deuce big gridiron,” while the Brit retorts that the American flag resembles “a beefsteak” they can cook on a gridiron.
In Coytesville New Jersey a long standing Congregationalist society has transferred as a unit to the Protestant Episcopal church and been accepted. The society repays the Congregational Building Society the funds spent on the property.
The federal building in Chicago faces delays on its dome as only ten men in the United States can perform high altitude steeple jack work and all are employed. The vast dome appears daunting to a passerby until the worker reaches the height.
The Heys' Empire league collected funds for a gift to Jules Verne who lives in Amiens and is reported to be going blind. Verne has written about 80 books since he began, many years ago.
Water is split into hydrogen and oxygen by electric action. Recombination of these gases releases intense heat, a principle demonstrated by limelight.
A collage of light jokes and wry observations from 19th century papers. It blends snippets on domestic life misread arithmetic and social foibles with quips about politics and court proceedings. The tone echoes playful miscellany found in humor pages.
Fragmentary quotes show an army officer noting a damage claim against an officer and a claim that no new facts were uncovered. The text includes editorial snippets from Philadelphia Inquirer and Atlanta Constitution debates on public figures and generational politics.
A period column covers lemon juice as a liver aid and stain remover, a homemade washing fluid recipe, laundry tips, and moralizing anecdotes. It discusses washing methods, delicate laces, and care of collars, with a tale of a boy and prayer, then shifts to summer gown fabrics, muslin voile, skirts, petticoats, and evolving styles with details on colors, yoke design, and fabric choices.
The article notes the charm of beaded purses and embroidery while warning beads tarnish in sea air. It describes a home remedy alum powder to restore dull metallic beads and highlights couture elements from Mysore and Delhi including mother of pearl scraps, bold chain stitches, and mossy hats with pink rose accents and green plumes.
The passage praises lightweight veils with scroll patterns and diverse edges, noting how heavy crepey veils darken complexions at a distance. It highlights a pale green and white stock with white mull foundation, green top collar, French knots, and green hem stitching, plus belt buckles featuring amethysts and art nouveau nymph motifs in silver.
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