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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1902
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard lists publication details for STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY with terms for daily and Sunday editions. It includes pricing options for one year, six months, three months, one month, and Sunday edition subscriptions.
Rates listed for different edition sizes: 10 to 16 pages cost one cent, 32 pages two cents, 48 pages three cents. European mail doubles these rates. For other foreign destinations, inquiry required.
Fragmentary OCR lists telephone numbers and codes with scrambled words and names like MOORE and ERL TRGGTER. The readable text hints at standard office blocks and contact identifiers but lacks coherent context or complete data.
The Standard notes branch offices at Butte, Missoula and Great Falls where advertising rates will be furnished on application.
Eastern offices listed for New York Chicago and the cavevese address on Nassau street. W J Morton is in charge at 87 Washington street.
The Standard is available at Chicago Post Office News Stand and Auditorium Annex, San Francisco Palace Hotel, Los Angeles 422 South Main, Denver 4% Seventeenth, Salt Lake 51 West Second South and Salt Lake News Co, Spokane 10% North Howard, Tacoma 1 Pacific Avenue, Seattle 26 Pike, Portland Portland Hotel. All general business letters go to the Andard Publishing Company, Anaconda Mont.
The long obituary profiles James Fergus “the king of pioneers” in Montana and two states, noting his industrious, honest nature, anti suit policy, and role in setting aside Yellowstone as a national park. It highlights his citizenship, liberal views, and influence on Montana pioneers born abroad.
London papers faced ire from cable correspondents as New York reports asserted the king’s serious condition. The Aldershot incident and the king’s pain led to cancellations of engagements and indications that his health was deteriorating.
Reports say a plan was made to remove the king from public view to allow post coronation celebrations to proceed without his presence. Observers note the monarch has been in a dire condition for days and the earlier assessments of his health were accurate.
While some senate Republicans withhold backing, Roosevelt wins backing from Nebraska and Missouri factions and gains momentum for Cuban reciprocity. Henry Watterson attacks Cleveland’s politics as he accuses the former president of seeking office and corral supports amid recent university boat race chatter and other political notes.
A critique notes Grover Cleveland as a tool and apologist for trust interests and asserts his self professed accuracy. The piece accuses him of serving as democracy’s embodiment while aligning with major trust promoters. Henry Watterson’s fiery editorial calls him a death’s head at the feast.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes Grover Cleveland in a long gown and student cap, walking across a lawn by a snapshot photographer, evoking images of a justice or Mardi Gras figure. The mention blends with commentary on Mr Quay’s continued political presence from the New York Times.
Charles Francis Adams urged Congress to consider a national monument to Lee in Washington, noting parallels with Cromwell and Washington. The piece argues statues should honor causes the nation stood for and cautions against partisan memorials, urging future dialogue and balanced recognition.
A top party figure faced a sharp challenge from a trusted lieutenant but repelled the assault by backing a well regarded candidate for the bench in Pennsylvania. The move signals strategic consolidation amid intra party tensions.
The St Louis Republic notes a surprising lesson for Republican speakers in 1902 and 1904. Rally cries for tariff and trusts lose potency as voters recognize the bunko nature of high protection and the dangers of trusts. The people want neither and will push both away.
From the Typographical Journal comes a tale that Mark Hanna aims to prevent strikes by sending all his clocks to the repair shop and removing the striking apparatus. This anecdote highlights his practical approach to labor tensions.
The Cody family descends from Heremon of the Irish royal line and is highlighted in a genealogical note. Baltimore weighs renaming North avenue to Schley avenue to reflect city growth beyond the old boundary. Commander William Hovgaard will extend his MIT naval architecture course as he resigns from the Danish navy to join the institute as a permanent staff member.
A massive early storm swept north central Indiana from Hancock through Boone counties, injuring about 50 and causing extensive damage. Hundreds of buildings toppled, thousands of trees crashed, and highways, railroads, and traction lines were blocked. Property losses near 2 million dollars. Dead include James Van Hoy and James Bailey. fatally injured Charles Shepard and Walter Moore, with others unnamed.
The Boston Transcript questions a president's claim that West Point graduates have given more lifetime service than graduates of any other institution. It notes the government funds and expectations behind this assertion and weighs the implied duty on officers.
A page of bargain items listed for clearance includes Florida water and accessories, bristle tooth brushes, embroidery and insertions, bows, ladies real Maco tan hose, and heavily discounted shoes. Shoes are marked down ahead of stock-taking with prices from 50c to 1.50.
The Pittsburg Post notes the 1890s billion-dollar congress changed the country and warns a two-billion-dollar congress could repeat the impact in 1902. It argues the United States remains rich yet wasteful, and government spending fuels public concern.
The Providence Journal reports speculation by Emperor William about 4.40 armed men with machine guns resisting larger forces. The piece questions the plausibility of such calculations and notes the potential impact of numbers on defense, without drawing firm conclusions.
Gen W kh Shafter tours his birthplace log house in Galesburg Michigan and visits the family burying ground nearby. The Society des Amis des Arts plans an engraving of Mrs Theodore Roosevelt by Chartran for its annual subscriber album. Sir Frederick Pollock seeks formal recognition of the Monroe doctrine by European powers to avert future clashes. Senator Ross of Kansas cast the deciding vote against impeaching President Johnson. he now types in a Albuquerque newspaper office. Colonel Cody claims to be a lineal de-
State University bonds worth 45000 were received by State Treasurer A H Barret for the First National Bank of Missoula which bought them. The bonds will be signed by the state land commissioners and returned before the bank advances cash. Construction work proceeds on the new buildings funded by these bonds.
Senator Carter and H J Van Ness appeared for Orient Insurance of Hartford in a case against the Northern Pacific Railroad to recover insurance paid on Hunter and Anderson wool destroyed in the Miles City wool warehouse fire on June 30, 1900. Afternoon focused on jury selection as opinions on origin of the fire circulated.
Miles City June 25 The extended trial of Rev Henry War man of Glendive against the Knights of the Maccabees ends with a jury verdict for the defendants after about 30 minutes deliberation. Attorney H J Haskell and C C Hurley led the defense with Syd ney Lanner and Judge Strewell presenting plaintiff instructions.
Washington reports an agreement among senate committee on territories and senate ratified arrangements will send a territorial statehood bill to the Senate for consideration early in December when Congress reconvenes. The main opposition to Senator Quay's omnibus bill stemmed from the motive to prevent action.
The exhibition showcases striking new designs including a delicate white china statuette of a mo aelled girl leaning by a tree with four electric light shades in red silk tulip shapes. An elegant black and gold Etruscan lamp features a beautifully designed figure.
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