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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1902
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard lists publishing company details and postal information. It notes daily and Sunday editions with subscription rates for one year six months and three months and mentions entry at the Anaconda post office. The text ends with garbled words likely describing year and location.
Postage scales list charges by edition size from 10 to 16 pages at 1 cent, 2 to 32 pages at 2 cents, and 36 to 48 pages at 3 cents. International rates: Europe and other foreign countries double these amounts. Inquiries at the office.
Main Office Standard Block Anaconda lists telephone numbers for editorial rooms and advertising. Branch offices are in Butte Missoula and Great Falls with rates furnished on application.
The notice lists Eastern Offices in New York and Washington Street contact, plus Standard magazine newsstand outlets in Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Salt Lake Spokane Tacoma Seattle and Portland with specific street addresses and the mailing address for The Standard publishing company in Anaconda Montana.
The Pennsylvania and New York Central unveil fourteen page twenty hour trips between New York and Chicago. The service claims to be the fastest regular run, boasting superior locomotives coaches and crews. Time is money, railroads say, with speed favored by those who value swift travel over cost.
The piece blasts governors Gage of California Davis of Arkansas Stone of Pennsylvania and Yates of Illinois. It contrasts libel suits and church excommunications with political struggles and criticizes their public performances while noting public mockery in the press.
The Philadelphia Inquirer refuses to bolt the Pennsylvania Republican convention criticizing Elkin as unfit. It sides with loyalty to the party and rejects calls to support reform. The North American mocks the paper while defending its own political stance amid debate. New York court limits anarchist publication rights, upholding that liberty does not permit murder or incitement.
The text notes Chicago rhetoric shaped by the University of Chicago and contrasts Yates with Gage. It mocks Yates for political naivety and comic missteps, while condemning the Chronicle as criminally libelous in a sharp, period-voice critique.
Rostand admits guilt in a Chicago plagiarism case brought by real estate agent Gross. He jokes about stealing from American authors to fund works like Princess Lointaine and Romanesques, while claiming to write a new drama from Virginia and Louisiana authors. The court’s decision is satirized by Rostand in a wry show of bravado.
The New York Court of Appeals upholds Joan Most’s one year sentence for inciting murder of public officials. It condemns anarchist teachings as threats to law and order and affirms the section penalizing acts endangering public peace. The decision warns against publications that instigate revolution and murder targeting officials.
A report notes King Edward has recovered from a chill linked to Aldershot exposure and will travel to Windsor Castle. The piece mentions royal preparations, potential costs of gifts like zebras and Nubian lions, and the treasury’s burden, while detailing crowding and signaling plans for the coronation period.
Miners and prospectors from Montana and nearby towns prepare for a five mile land rush near Blackfoot Idaho with locators filing at the Blackfoot land office. A railway train from the Short Line will shuttle men toward Blackfoot, while riders paid in advance for relay horses aim to outpace the line.
In Pawtucket on June 16 the militia ordered by Governor Kimball to handle a street car strike will be withdrawn after a meeting among Mayor Fitzgerald Chief of Police Rice Brigadier General Tanner and 54 business leaders. With only three stone throwing incidents the day remained quiet and local car service operated normally on all lines.
In Cleveland on June 16 Miss Mabel Hanna eldest daughter of Senator M A Hanna married Harry Parsons of this city at the Hanna residence on Lake Avenue Bishop Leonard of the Episcopal church officiated Only close family friends attended After the ceremony the couple planned a trip to Sault Ste Marie where the groom owns a summer home and where they will honeymoon Parsons has long served as one of Senator Hanna's secretaries.
Helena June 16. The Helena city council classed hypnotists as fakirs. A proposed ordinance to prohibit burying hypnotists alive and similar displays was reported adversely. The committee recommended applying fakir license to hypnotists, effectively prohibitive.
Paducah Kentucky June 16. In Marshal county Davis Chapel section opponents fired into a Mormon meeting wounding Harry Lamb in the leg. The converts 15 or 16 returned fire raising fear of further bloodshed. A church burn and eviction of two elders occurred less than a year ago. Mormons have appealed to the grand jury.
The closing exercises of St. Joseph's parochial school in Walkerville featured a large audience and presented medals for attendance and premiums for application and deportment. Awards were distributed by Rev. Father Batens with praise for the pupils' conduct and efforts, and J. H. Leyson received special recognition for attendance. Dr. Turner leaves for Salt Lake City for the Finten-Ives wedding.
The House adopted a $25,000 plan for a Lincoln memorial in the capital and $100,000 for a monument to prison ship martyrs at Fort Greene. It also appropriated $10,000 for a Fredericksburg Va. Hugh Mercer monument while passing pension bill amendments. A resolution on Rebecca J. Taylor was laid on the table.
The debate recalls Lincoln memorials with unanimous resolution in the senate. A ship subsidy bill to aid government supply transport to the Philippines failed 78 to 66 as critics likened it to favors for ship owners. Elmington estate in Virginia is praised as a historic site tied to Powhatan and Pocahontas.
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