Anaconda Standard Publishing Details and Offices
The Anaconda Standard announces daily and Sunday editions with subscription rates and advance payment. It lists main offices in Anaconda and branch offices in Butte Missoula and Great Falls with advertising rates on request. It also notes a Washington bureau and distribution points in multiple cities and international reading room access in Paris.
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The
Standard
Butte
Missoula
Great Falls
Advertisement Circulation Guarantee Promised by The Anaconda Standard
The Anaconda Standard assures advertisers of bona fide paid circulation including Sunday editions, claiming three times the reach of any Montana newspaper. Advertising contracts will be based on this guarantee.
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Anaconda Standard
Montana
Democratic conventions urge Bryan as delegates head to Kansas City
Reports from Ohio California Georgia and other states show enthusiasm for Bryan as Democrats elect delegates to the Kansas City convention. Platforms reiterate support for the Chicago silver plank while some state texts hint at doubt about its meaning.
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Kansas City
Bryan
Ohio
California
Georgia
Chicago
Mistaken Conclusions About Fall in Commodity Prices
A critique of common explanations for falling prices in iron, steel, copper and lead. The piece argues demand shifts and supply adjustments, not trust manipulation, drive price declines and notes large producers have closed lines due to oversupply while copper drops remain gradual and not caused by Standard Oil.
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Standard Oil Company
Salt Lake
Bradstreets
Market Decline Pressures Producers and Workers
The piece argues falling commodity prices reflect widespread market decline. It notes copper and lead producers benefit from price sustenance while smelters, unions, and wages feel the impact. It cites Bradstreets data showing a 6 percent drop since February.
Cabinet Report Prompts Critique of McKinley Policy on China
The piece discusses a Washington dispatch claiming the cabinet favors aloofness in China, protecting American citizens only, and questions the administration's resolve. It argues the plan undermines imperialistic aims behind Philippines policy and warns against dismemberment by European powers.
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Woo
Associated Press
Washington
China
McKinley
Philippines
England
France
Germany
Russia
Rumpus in China Dismissed as Mock War Wit
The text mocks China’s turmoil, noting it cannot be called war until the American arrives. It adds Philadelphia hopes the late spring frost won’t hit by the first week of June.
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China
Philadelphia
Regents Question Probes Wind Origin From Young Pupils
A NY state regents question asks younger students to describe wind origins. The item mocks the idea that children grasp complex political theories and jokes about hot air as the explanation.
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Regents of
New York State
Tongue twisters vary in South Africa names
The passage lists names such as Lang Fang Tien Tsin Tong Ku Hong Kong Chew Chow Sing Song as examples of agreeable variations in tongue twisters across South Africa.
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Lang Fang
Tien Tsin
Tong Ku
Hong Kong
Chew Chow
Sing Song
South Africa
General Wood Reports Theft Cases Among 60,000 U.S. Soldiers
General Wood, military governor of Cuba, states only one embezzlement case has been found among the 60,000 American soldiers sent to the island. The remark highlights discipline amid occupation forces and underscores a rare misconduct instance in the deployment.
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Wood
Cuba
Army of republican office-holders in Cuba under General Wood
The passage notes General Wood cannot claim such resistance by the army of republican office-holders sent to Cuba. It recalls the St. Louis insurrection was quelled before General Otis could be dispatched. It also mentions rain postponements that farmers in Montana would welcome.
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Cuba
Wood
St. Louis
General Otis
Montana
Politically Charged Jumbles From Cape Nome To Pekin
A miscellany of today’s headlines notes Alaska expedition trends and Klondike tales, amid talk of Hanna’s possible VP list and Chinese Boxer tensions. It mocks U S policy in China, questions McKinley’s re election, and lampoons distant power plays with a satirical edge.
Boxers Show Footwork Against Foreign Marines
Description notes the Boxers display quick footwork when facing foreign marines, highlighting their agile movement in the encounter.
Dolliver Speech Links to Fame Over Pork Economy
The excerpt notes Jonathan P. Dolliver’s congress speech praising a future freer hog trade, contrasting a consumer’s pride with a joking reference to monopolistic railcar ownership. The piece frames his remark as a defining moment in his public image.
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Jonathan P. Dolliver
Town
Congress
Doliver
McKinley and Dolliver Drawn Over by Campaign Poets
Critics prefer McKinley and Long to McKinley and Dolliver as a pairing in the campaign, arguing the latter would be less acceptable to poets supporting the slate.
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McKinley & Dolliver
McKinley & Long
Current Humor From Old Papers Collage
A collection of light quips and cartoons from early 20th century papers. Jests about children misnaming places, marriages with age gaps, inheritance disputes, servants, cremation, and a census misunderstanding provoke dry humor and social observation.
Punished by Proxy From the Pittsburg Times
Several Chinese Boxers are said to have been arrested but they can hire substitutes to take the punishment and likely continue their nefarious work.
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Pittsburg
Great Wife of a Great Man Passes at Hawarden Castle
Mrs. Gladstone, wife of the long serving English statesman, died at Hawarden Castle near her birth place, aged nearly 90. For almost 60 years she stood beside William Ewart Gladstone, guiding him through travel and public life, while devoting herself to philanthropy and care for family. Her ancestry traces to 9th century Welsh chiefs, and she founded or supported multiple charities including Newport Market refuge, a convalescent home, an orphanage at Hawarden, and aid to London widows during cholera.
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William E. Gladstone
Gladstone
Mrs. Gladstone
The
Statesman
Mr. Gladstone
North
Wales
Stephen Richard Glynne
Catherine Glynne
Misses Glynne
London
Newport Market
Westminster
Hawarden
Bewrides
Greenwich
Hawarden Castle
What the imperialists Want
The piece argues the motive of imperialists is monopoly and theft rather than trade. It accuses capitalists of seeking to seize foreign wealth in the Philippines, condemns tariff protections, and highlights alleged postal service fraud and Triscornia railway misexpenses as signs of government graft. It cites the New York World and cites specific expense figures to demand scrutiny.
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Johnstown
Democrat
Philippines
Islands
New York World
Postal Service
Triscornia
War Department
Ope
North American Trust Company Rations Provoking Curiosity
A brief excerpt notes that rations of the North American Trust company in handling government money at very high exchange rates provoke further curiosity about financial practices and oversight.
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North American Trust Company
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