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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1902
Page
20
The Anaconda Standard lists STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY as publishers and proprietors. It notes daily printing and post office mailing as second class matter.
Rates listed for Daily and Sunday editions offer one year ten dollars two six months five dollars three months three dollars one month one dollar for daily and Sunday. Sunday only is also offered at one year.
Rates shown for local editions 16 pages cost one cent each 32 pages two cents 48 pages three cents. Europe deliveries double domestic rates. For other overseas destinations inquire at the office.
Fragmentary OCR from the Main Office block in Anaconda shows stray telegraph, numbers, and editorial notes. The legible items include references to business, production, and office routines, with unclear formatting and missing context.
The Standard has branch offices at Butte Missoula and Great Falls where advertising cares will be furnished on application.
Washington Bureau No 41 Post Building lists city newsstands for The Standard with locations in Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles Spokane Seattle Portland and more. It also gives the mailing address Anaconda Montana and notes Morton in charge.
The article critiques Senator Elkins proposing Cuba annexation and immediate statehood. It portrays Elkins as aligned with sugar interests opposing the president and mocks the plan as a political maneuver before November elections. It suggests sending General Wood back to Havana to influence Cuba’s stance.
The piece links Boer prejudice to attitudes toward England and the United States, then shifts to Utah grasshoppers, calling the Rocky Mountain locust a damaging, nearly locust plague with San Pete county urging kill and burn orders. It mixes satire with commentary on political and agricultural troubles.
The Crozier case fuels a senate clash over President Roosevelt’s 1905 nomination of Captain William Crozier for brigadier general and chief of ordnance. Critics note he jumped over thirty three officers, some from West Point class of 1861, who would now serve under him.
The discussion claims officers must align with those in power to succeed, calling such precedent dangerous. It parallels the criticized appointment of Surgeon Leonard Wood as brigadier general, asserting the move was ill advised and would harm the army's effectiveness.
Dr. John H. Grannis told the Connecticut state medical association that sea bathing is overrated and should be limited to about five to ten minutes per day or half an hour per week. Montanans are urged to heed caution, as excessive sea baths may reduce seaside patronage and leave readers fatigued after rubbing.
The grasshopper plague devastates Mormon stronghold farms in San Pete County. Ephraim citizens form a defense bidding one dollar per bushel for carcasses and stage grasshopper dances to raise funds as hoppers descend in clouds over Mormon and Gentile crops.
A bandmaster declares rag time will no longer be featured in regular Marine Band performances at the White House and adjacent lawn recitals. He notes rag time may be played only as encores, while praising the band as a representative of the nation's tastes.
The Detroit Tribune savors a copper needle found by a Hancock, Michigan resident, claiming ancient tempering proves Michigan’s pioneering intellect while lampooning modern progress and spotlighting the region’s enduring quirks and wit. The piece ribaldly exalts Michigan figures, critiques War of 1812 gaps, and muses on New York’s fate as the era of tempers copper age is recalled.
Missouri residents shower Mark Twain with honors from Hannibal to Columbia as crowds greet him at rail stations and in church, signaling deep state pride in his career and achievements.
An HP announcement by Prof. Hamilton Herbert argues the Hudson will drop and flood New York City and nearby real estate. The piece ties Peekskill lava flows to ancient volcano activity, while praising Mark Twain as a national gem despite tax and business disputes linked to his North Tarrytown estate.
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