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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1902
Page
6
Rates for daily and Sunday editions are listed, with pricing for different page counts and durations. Foreign mailing costs to Europe are noted, with inquiries for other countries.
The notice lists contact details for the Main Office Standard Block in Anaconda including the Business Office and Editorial Rooms with room numbers and telephone references.
The Standard notes branch offices at Butte Missoula and Great Falls where advertising rates are furnished on application.
Eastern offices list New York coverage with Nassau Street and Washing-ton Street locations indicating bureau mailing addresses and office designations.
The Standard is available at Chicago Postoffice Newsstand Chicago Auditorium Annex San Francisco Palace Hotel Denver 86 Seventeenth Street Salt Lake 51 W Second South Street Salt Lake News Co. All business letters go to Andard Publishing Company Anaconda Montana.
The Butte aldermen decided not to seek voters’ approval for a 350000 bond issue to fund floating indebtedness and redeem existing bonds. They expect debt to drop within three to four years and aim to redeem all bonds by October, possibly making the city debt free except for public utilities ventures.
A jurist mocks a self styled American aristocrat who sought British links by genealogical schemes while a judge notes Americans claim to link themselves with British aristocracy. The piece then shifts to Butte spring elections with aldermanic races, party roles, and citizen candidates across the mayoral terms and council.
A rich figure seeks lineage to the Montmorencys or another great ancestor to justify his success. The judge or plaintiff muses on tracing ancestry as a scholarly occupation, noting such work is not a dependable ordinary vocation.
Bath House John Coughlin a Chicago alderman staged a playful lese majeste stunt during Prince Henry’s stay in Chicago. He seized the mayor’s office with aid from William A. Vail and others, presenting city officials to the visiting royal party in a comic improvised ceremony. The episode amused civil service staff and drew wide attention.
An English clergyman censures King Edward for attending a Sunday concert and publicly drinking beer at a brewery. The king’s actions provoke widespread reaction, seen as unbecoming of the crown and provoking moral and political debate abroad.
Judson Clayton owner of the Lady Washington Inn in Huntingdon Valley Pennsylvania keeps a marble statue of General George Washington on his lawn. Moss periodically grows on the statue’s upper lip chin and cheeks and if not shaved it forms a beard and mustache. The mossed beard gives the father of his country a dandified look and draws local curiosity.
A press agent notes noted minstrels restrict space for famed performers. A letter to Lillian Russell offers joint stardom with a blackface troupe for next season if she travels and sings two coon songs for a $50,000 season. Russell declines strongly saying she would not tour with a minstrel show.
Andrew Carnegie recounts his troubles with social and business groups. He recalls being blackballed by the Authors' Club and blocked from the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce with five secret votes. The Homestead strike fueled the opposition and some locals blamed him for poverty.
The text discusses experiments to produce light for a city inspired by the stock yard district and referencing Professor Gordon of Brown University who uses discarded beefsteak and pork chops as a source. It notes that when the king has a speech, it is often prepared on small backer slips of lined paper read on both sides.
The passage advocates militarism as the National Guard gathers nationwide for the president's induction. It asserts that public display, within proper limits, upholds societal foundations and state stability amid fears.
The British war office will employ ex soldiers as clerks across all departments with preference for first class educated or invalided personnel. The London Illustrated News reports an American publisher preparing a deluxe edition of a novelist's work in 130 volumes priced at $1,000 per volume, totaling $120,000 for the complete set.
A Philadelphia Inquirer reflection argues display for Prince Henry’s visit is not autocratic endorsement, comparing past displays to modern taste. It also condemns wartime waste in Britain, citing seven war fund demands, total costs approaching 845 million dollars, and contractor profits amid heavy military spending.
The French Academy of Medicine details a new nervine named acoine discovered in Paris by Dr Chauvet. It is described as nonpoisonous and said to have remarkable pain relieving properties.
The inventor Marconi is described as only half Italian his mother Annie Jamison from Dublin is Irish. Her family lore says a great ancestor predicted a descendant would gain fame.
The advertisement promotes Connell's Perfection shoes at $3.50 praised by Butte ladies for style and comfort. It notes five thousand men in Butte and surrounding towns buy Tanan's hand sewn shoes, and announces new spring shapes in patent leather and kid. Fifty six pairs remain?
The advertisement offers boys spring clothing featuring all wool cassimeres and serges. A good wearing suit sells for 3.50 with extra knee pants priced at 50e and 75e. Available sizes cover boys from 3 to 14 years.
Mrs Henry Sidgwick presided over a university women teachers gathering in London. The piece covers her role in advancing women’s higher education and ties to Cambridge figures. It also details salads with herring varieties and a detailed salad recipe. It ends with notes on bridal attire and hairstyles, including maid of honor dress, best man dress, and a black bow hair accessory.
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