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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard lists publication details including publishers and proprietors, printing schedule and mailing, and subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions with annual and half year prices. It notes post office registration and class mail status for the newspaper.
Rates show one cent for 10 to 16 page editions and two cents for 20 to 48 pages. Three cents applies to 4 to 48 page editions. Papers sent to Europe cost double these rates. For other foreign destinations, inquire at the office.
The Standard Publishing Company, Anaconda Mont, lists main and business offices in Anaconda with a Washington Bureau and Eastern offices. It notes branch offices in Butte, Missoula, and Great Falls and provides advertising rate inquiries and newsstand locations in major cities across the United States.
On June 4 the region near the Little Bighorn recalls the Custer battle fought 27 years ago as part of a Montana memory. The article notes the massacre of nearly 500 troops, West Point graduate Custer’s legacy, and the site now marked as a national cemetery with graves at West Point.
Yale is favored to win the four mile varsity eights race against Harvard in New London as crowds gather for the annual New England regatta. Yale won last year and led Harvard four to one in recent decade showings, with Harvard’s last victory in 1891.
Students and graduates celebrate a victory in New London with loud cheers and a festive atmosphere as the champions are hailed by the crowd.
The event at the mammoth stack in the Deer Lodge valley invites residents to view the colossal structure. Attendees will witness an immense smokestack and its expansive approaches, praised as the largest architectural feat in the Northwest and a social highlight of the day.
Des Moines reports show a split in Iowa on policy at the state convention. Delegates vote 464 to 24 to refuse reaffirming the Kansas City platform, aligning with gold Democrats. A proposed railways reform plank fails 2 to 199 as party leaders debate direction for Iowa.
Reports from the resolutions committee show a fight over the railroading plank and a split in Iowa Democrats. Van Wagenen pushes for a governor candidacy on the plank, while the convention rejected it. The Des Moines platform favors tariff removals for trust-made goods, yet the party again leans toward the Cleveland-Whitney faction, signaling trust influence in 1901 leadership.
King Peter receives a cordial welcome from his subjects in Belgrade while the diplomatic corps gives a cool reception led by the Russian minister with Austria appearing late. The new ruler likely relies on the army that backed his predecessor's murder, and will face potential challenges from factional officers if Russia backs its recent stance.
The text notes tense political reflections as Peter’s inauguration proceeds with no casualties. It mentions Belgrade and Glasgow in contrasting terms, hints at past assassinations, and comments on public appetite for foreign influence and violence, with Tennessee lynching briefly referenced as an ordinary event.
Judge Leslie rules in favor of Havre school district and Clerk Henry Meili's listing of residents under 21 for apportionment, despite Miss Elizabeth Flagler challenging 18 names she said were floats. The decision upholds the inclusion of most questioned individuals with five exceptions.
A new railroad, the Big Blackfoot Midland, is proposed from Bonner in Missoula county to near Copper Cliff in Powell county. Articles of incorporation for 160000 dollars have been filed. Directors include John R. Toole, Kenneth Roas, Frank Vogel, Frank Toole and Thomas C Marshall, each with 100 dollars in stock.
J M Murdock manager reports Revenue quarts mill restart after seven months and plans to start a new mill and cyanide plant around July 1. Kimberley Montana will use electricity from Bear creek power station with expansion options from the Yellowstone River. An electrical expert has been sent to Jardine to specify machinery.
Lillian M. Snooks of Kings files for divorce from George E. Snooks alleging cruelty and abuse following their 1901 Cleveland marriage. She claims he knocked her unconscious, kicked her, and drove the family from the house before she supported herself. the defendant is a non resident.
The Boise labor city convention named J. H. Hawley for mayor and L. W. Grubb for treasurer with a full council slate for the July 12 vote. Democrats likely to endorse Hawley and the ticket. Socialists also listed a slate headed by John Workman for mayor and Mrs. Fred Carter for treasurer.
Lewistown June 24. The Fergus County High School board awarded the contract for the new two story native stone schoolhouse to Tubb Bros. The bid was the lowest of six. The building will include a heating plant and be finished by January 1. Architect is Charles B. Bell of Helena.
Genevieve Peits, 15, daughter of Alfred Peits the wallpaper magnate, died from burns after a blaze destroyed the family home in Greenwich Connecticut. Her mother and the aunt, burned while rescuing her, will recover.
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