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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1902
Page
20
The Anaconda Standard publishes daily and Sunday editions with rates for local, Sunday, and combined plans. It notes postage, foreign rates, and office locations in Anaconda and branch offices in Butte Missoula and Great Falls.
A querulous voice argues that a man with a brief cold on Sunday fears church due to proximity to the superintendent of a dangerous plant. The piece mocks such logic as as silly as a police invitation to drink on a cold night and echoes old habits of wives handling churchgoing.
Minister Wu, described as the brightest Chinaman, debated the exclusion act with ex Mayor Phelan of San Francisco in a New York hotel. The dispute grew heated prompting hotel staff to intervene to keep the peace as a New York Herald columnist covered the incident.
The telegram from Major Micah J Jenkins to Lieutenant Governor Tillman sparks a flare of South Carolina pride over a proposed sword presentation for Jenkins. The episode follows Tillman McLaurin tensions, Roosevelt, and a canceled presidential invitation amid debates on Chinese immigration and Wu’s diplomacy.
The notice lists multiple regional offices for The Standard Publishing Company including New York Nassau Street Chicago Washington Street and San Francisco with general business correspondence to be sent to the company office in Conda Montana.
In a Philadelphia church last Sunday Rev J Wesley Sullivan praised punctuality by likening the devil to a punctual attendee who is always first in and last out. He warned this could unsettle a portion of the congregation and spur avoidance of worship despite his intent to warn against Satan’s wiles.
A May 24 dedication in Washington will unveil a statue of the Comte de Rochambeau. France seeks official U S and French representation plus Rochambeau descendants as guests, highlighting Franco American ties and history.
The article discusses a postwar theory of a hoodoo on individual reputations from the Spanish American War. It notes limits of luck or charms on leaders and highlights Roosevelt and Wood as the main figures who benefited with little reputation damage, with others perceived as lacking favorable outcomes.
Postwar judgments praise some officers while dismissing others as the author notes the mixed legacies of Roosevelt Shafter Lawton Chaffee and Dewey. It contrasts civilian influence with military rank and recalls Powhatan John Smith and Pocahontas era anecdotes tainted by later distortions and skeptical modern historians.
The Daughters of the American Revolution push a plan to erect a bronze heroic statue of Captain John Smith in Jamestown. The piece would mark the town as the origin of the United States. The suggestion is met with mixed commentary on Smith and Pocahontas and the broader history they shaped.
A critical editorial on May 17 when Alphonso XIII turns 16 and assumes rule. It contrasts a glorious Spain under Charles V with a weak current monarchy facing anarchism, graft, strikes, and famine. The piece forecasts a brilliant coronation but a troubled reign and warns the system is decaying.
Kentucky critic Col Henry Watterson praises Tillman and McLaurin as a disgrace to South Carolina and faults the state for politics profanity cocktails and firearms. The piece contrasts South Carolina with Kentucky and calls for a Burr Hamilton style finish between the senators.
The article contrasts modern political contests with medieval methods, noting the swearing in of Alphonso XIII and the coronation of Edward VII. It suggests that lawsuits now dominate disputes over precedence, replacing knights and battles as a means of resolving claims to power.
A chaotic satire on University of Chicago disputes over Dean Marion Talbot’s plain living diet system. The piece mocks the hash focus, university management, and a mock royal feud among four English peers with legal speak and absurd stakes.
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