Anaconda Standard publication and office details
The notice sets out publication facts for The Anaconda Standard including pricing for daily and Sunday editions, postal and foreign rates, office addresses in Anaconda and branch offices in Butte Missoula and Great Falls, contact numbers for business and editorial rooms, and lists newsstand locations in Chicago San Francisco Denver Salt Lake City and Los Angeles with the Standard Publishing Company address in Anaconda Montana.
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Standard
Butte
Missoula
Great Falls
Chicago
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Auditorium Annex
San Francisco
Palace Hotel
Denver
Seventeenth Street
Salt Lake
Butte Democrats seek local control via special charter plank
The Butte city convention endorses a plank urging state legislature to empower Butte to govern local affairs with a popular vote check. It argues a special charter or broad local code tailored to Butte’s growth is needed, stressing that changes must win approval of qualified voters. The Standard commends the stance as timely for Butte’s spring election.
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Butte Democrats
Butte
Democratic Party
Montana
Helena
Anaconda
Missoula
Great Falls
Standard
Mantle
Progress Toward the Coronation Amid Smallpox Outbreak
The article notes smallpox hampers London coronation preparations with 706 deaths since the outbreak began eight months earlier and 80 deaths last week. It details public alarm over coronation crowds, pricing of London accommodations, and lists the duchesses likely to attend the queen, highlighting the Duchess of Somerset’s premier rank after royalty.
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London
Duchess of Somerset
Duchess of Beaufort
Duchess of
St. Albans
Leeds
Crown Alterations Underway For Coronation
The king approves tweaks to the crown used at his mother's coronation. Weighing two pounds the jewelers race to finish and deliver on time. The crown is valued politically socially and financially as the era's priceless two pounds.
Anaconda Registration Surpasses Early Spring Totals
More than four hundred names appear on the Anaconda registration rolls for the first two days ahead of the spring election. Republicans lead the count, while Democrats rally to nominate capable candidates and redeem the city from misrule amid calls for a cleanup of the city hall.
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Anaconda
Pook s belief in spirits and other worldly talk
The piece quotes Rev. Minot J. Savage endorsing spiritual communication as a real phenomenon while criticizing hallucination and charlatanism. It notes Savage’s claim of a message from his dead son and questions the truth, suggesting the records may boost spiritualist businesses. It also tidbits about public figures and political quips of the era.
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Pooks
Minot J. Savage
New York
Savage
American Society For Psychical Research
Church of the Messiah
East
Dr. Savage
Prince Henry's Visit Aims Revealed By Kansas City Star
The Kansas City Star states that Prince Henry came not to purchase colonies nor to permit port stations. He reportedly offered 750 dollars for Alaska, sought a German coaling station at Cape Cod, and discussed export plans for Prussian forces. He planned to explain vessel activities in Mania bay to Admiral Dewey and inquire about open door treaties at Sabine Pass and Port Arthur. He would visit Camp Aver and other sites of interest.
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Kansas City Star
Prince Henry
Philippines
Caribbean Sea
Alaska
Cape Cod
Admiral Dewey
Mania Bay
Sabine Pass
Port Arthur
J. Pi Vpent Morgan
Camp Aver
William Patterson
Fireproof Buildings Burn Despite Claim of Safety
A New York Tribune feature notes that so called fireproof buildings still burn, as flame spreads through wooden floors and stairways, shaft linings, or other concealed wood, exposing flaws in the concept of fireproof construction. The piece mocks the excuse with a blunt verdict.
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The
New York Tribune
Frye’s pledge spurs growth of ships to power U S
The Indianapolis Times argues against subsidy in steel iron and mercantile marine, saying Senator Frye is the guardian of the policy. It claims America will recognize necessity and build ships of their own, speeding ahead to populate the seas with American flags.
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Indianapolis Times
Mercantile Marine
Frye
America
Seven Seas
Doomed subsidy bill splits in era tensions
The Philadelphia Times argues the subsidy bill is doomed or the party backing it will fail. It says leaders will struggle to honor the republican pledge in every American shipyard as the framers, now back to their trades, show indifference to the bill’s fate.
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The
Philadelphia Times
The Disguised Subsidy Bill Examined by Congress
The Charleston News and Courier notes Congress may pass the measure with its disguised tax and indirect operation. The paper argues the essential character remains hidden by its concealment and will be accurately judged by the effort to disguise its operation.
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Charleston News and Courier
Congress
Stead on tariffs and American prosperity
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch cites Mr. Stead noting the English worker fights machines while the American worker improves them, suggesting tariffs do not drive American prosperity.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Mr. Stead
Costliest painting owned by Duke of Marlborough and famed figures
The Duke of Marlborough may own Raphael's Blenheim Madonna of 107 valued at 350000 dollars. President Roosevelt drafts a North American deer book set for early summer. Dr Tolman of New York receives Legion of Honor from President Loubet for aiding New York's poor.
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Duke of Marlborough
Raphael
Roosevelt
North America
William H. Tolman
New York
Legion of Honor
Loubet
France
New York City
Remarkable Birthday and Naval Lore From a Century Ago
Bishop Doune of Albany marked his 70th birthday on March 1 as about 100 citizens from varied interests gathered to congratulate him, presenting a purse of over 1500 dollars in gold. Lord Dufferin’s fatal illness saw his daughter, a trained nurse, at his side, while Lady Hermione Blackwood pursued nursing training. A cabinet lull sparked fond memory of driving cows in boyhood, linking even the president’s inner circle to rural toil. Clark Russell, famed sea writer, aged 58 last month, lived in Bath and recalled his early sailor days at ages 13 to 21 aboard British merchant ships, shaping his oceanic portraits.
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Albany
Lord Dufferin
Hermione Blackwood
London Hospital
Whitechapel
Clark Russell
Bath
England
Humor of the Day Jokes and witty lines from 19th century papers
A collage of quips from papers including Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Puck Chicago Daily News and Brooklyn Life. Jokes cover social foibles misprints market panics class and marriage aged misunderstandings and theatrical tableaux.
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Marjorie
Chicago Daily News
Quaint or Curious Tantalus Club Slyly Pokes at Legislation
A 48 member Republican group in the House hosts a dinner and proffers satirical resolutions. They include H. R. 1001 to make Town an independent republic with offices, H. R. 806 to let Delaware cast two Senate votes, H. R. 666 for Maine irrigation, H. R. 4-11-44 to place Senators under civil service exams, and H. R. 415,677 to set a bureau clipping hair of Indian tribes and other players.
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Tantalus Club
House of Representatives
Town
Delaware
Senate
Maine
United States Senate
United States
Civil Service Commission
House
Metropolitan Church Plans Roof Garden Church in Chicago
The Rev Charles R Scoville of the Metropolitan Church of Christ in Chicago envisions a church with gymnasium and roof garden for summer crowds to enjoy gospel sermons and songs. He notes a roof garden church in Columbus Indiana as a model and plans ice cream socials and concerts on the roof with potential use by political parties for campaigns.
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Metropolitan Church of Christ of Chicago
Charles R. Scoville
Church of Christ
Columbus
Ind
Stevens waxed angry in court at Lancaster tale
A Lancastrian recalls Thaddeus Stevens facing a hostile judge during a cross examination. Stevens grew enraged, packed his papers, grabbed his hat, and started to leave before the judge halted him. Stevens quipped that he was not showing contempt but concealing it.
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Thaddeus Stevens
Lancaster
Stevens
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