Publication and office listings for The Anaconda Standard
The Anaconda Standard presents subscription rates and extensive office and news stand listings. It details daily and Sunday rates, identification as second-class mail, multiple city branch offices, and foreign advertising contacts. It also lists sale points in New York, Chicago, Kansas City, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Salt Lake City, Ogden, Spokane, Tacoma, Seattle, and Portland, plus main office in Anaconda Montana and contact numbers.
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Bozeman Faces All-Night Saloon Vote In 1908 Election
Bozeman voters on March 30 1908 will decide whether saloons close at midnight in a city noted for early bedtimes. The issue contrasts with fireyard towns like Butte and Anaconda where night shifts create later hours. Sunday closing also looms as a separate question with no clear information available.
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Bozeman
Butte
Anaconda
Gossip and Scandals Roil Gilded Age Society
In this look at American high society, readers hear gossip about heiresses marrying foreign fortune seekers and the fortunes of the Gould and Vanderbilt families. The piece notes a New York court suit involving a duke and a European match, plus Alfred Vanderbilt’s altered family finances and marriage fallout.
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New York
London
Europe
Alfred Vanderbilt
Marge
Alfred
Inherited Vanderbilt Exemplary and Heir in Turmoil
The text contrasts Cornelius Vanderbilt as exemplary with the principal heir, aged thirty five, whose domestic affairs appear chaotic. It laments that in decency of life the rich require divine aid, while the poor manage themselves, reflecting a general rule.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Battleship Fleet Ends Target Practice at Magdalena Bay
The battleship fleet will stop bombardment and target firing on April Fools Day to cut expenses. After a costly voyage around the Horn, ships will be cleaned and painted for receptions in California cities. Dispatches report good general averages and skilled gunnery as the fleet plans another leg to belt the globe.
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Magdalena Bay
California
Magdalena
Hand of Providence
Bourne’s daily White House visits spark term limits debate
Washington reports say Senator Jonathan Bourne of Oregon visits the White House once daily. Attendants and secretaries joke about it, yet the president greets him. Bourne, owner of the claim to a second elective term, remains undeterred as the fiercest third term advocate in the land.
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Washington
Jonathan Bourne
Oregon
White House
White-House
Bourne
Four Butte trustees named to lead schools again
The Butte school election set for next Saturday will be a formal matter with no opposition. Four men named at a mass meeting ten days ago will continue as trustees, continuing management and policies that have raised local schools to high standards. Charges against Superintendent R G Young were withdrawn, with possible representation if pressed. The public maintains confidence in Young’s ability and integrity.
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Butte
R. G. Young
Young
Board of
Remarkable amphibians in New York and Norfolk legends
Reports describe a living frog said to have been blasted from deep underground in New York, possibly ten thousand or ten million years underground, and a tiny frog that emerged after twenty-five years of hibernation in a Norfolk man’s throat. The man says he feels better now than in a quarter century.
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New York
Norfolk
England
Frog Incident Explains Coughing Man’s Ailment
A man experiences coughing fits after drinking sherry or beer as a mysterious throat discomfort appears. After a heavy lift triggers a violent attack, a frog emerges from hiding, recalling a childhood pool with tadpoles that now explains the incident, suggesting frogs will stand for anything.
Butte Moves To Enforce Street Corner Loitering Ordinance
Butte officials recently revived an ordinance aimed at clearing loiterers from Main and Broad Way and Main and Park street corners. Police conduct drew criticism for harsh enforcement, and a Missouri Supreme Court ruling against leafing on streets raises questions about constitutionality and personal rights on the highways.
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Park
Supreme Court of Montana
Supreme Court of Missouri
Missouri Court
Smiling Remarks And Quick Wits In Jokes At Play
A collage of quips from old newspapers features a bulldog and porcupine bout a playful exchange. Jokes touch on post office classes, morals funding for France, jilting romance, beauty and bank accounts, prosperity, prehysterical mice, daisies under car, and a misrepresentation divorce claim from Lippincott's.
The Prosperity Convention Poem in New York Sun
McLandburgh Wilson critiques the Prosperity Convention as a festive display of wealth and contentment. The speaker notes morning-after conversations, broken engagements, and the suburban cottager claiming happiness while resisting selling their land, portraying a sweeping boast of national prosperity.
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McLandburgh Wilson
New York Sun
National Political Strife and Diplomacy Dominate Week
This week centers on national politics with the populist convention in St Louis ahead, Indiana Republicans at Indianapolis choosing delegates, and currency measures in Congress. Focus also on the Hill selection for Germany’s ambassador, the White House stance, and the Mine Workers leadership change. Chester Gillette execution and district conventions add to a packed national agenda.
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Bulletin on jail bar break hints at hidden buck saw
A bulletin reports that a buck saw or blunt tool was used to pry jail bars. The article notes the method as mysterious and mentions suspects in hiding, awaiting opportunities to spend money before possible arrests, with garbled trailing text suggesting names or places.
Taft to Speak in Chicago and Bryan Plans Kansas City and Lincoln
The article notes Secretary Taft will travel to Chicago later in the week to address the Commercial club and the Baptist Interdenominational union. Governor Hughes is to speak at the Herkimer Business Men's association banquet on Monday. William J. Bryan will speak in Kansas City Monday and entertain Democratic editors at a banquet in Lincoln, Nebraska the next day.
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William J. Bryan
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Speaking Many Tongues Hungry in Same Language
In Ogden on March 29, 56 unemployed men arrived by Southern Pacific car saying they have no food since Winnemucca. Police met the train and 24 destitute men were fed bread and coffee and given lodging, while 32 had some money to manage. The workers had been employed in Nevada mining camps but are adrift due to industrial contraction.
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Southern Pacific
Winnemeca
Nevada
Evergreens Dormant Rest Periods Across Climates
A St Louis Globe Democrat article explains evergreens are dormant in winter, not truly alive, with foliage and branches drying and shedding as growth pauses. It contrasts temperate dormancy with tropical rest in highland Mexico and Central America, noting moisture and climate shape rest periods across plant groups.
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Washington Congress Predicts May Adjournment Boosts Business
From Washington, word that both houses of Congress expect final adjournment in May. This development is regarded as favorable to a revival of business and is noted as a positive sign by observers.
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Wall Street Journal
Washington
Houses
Congress
Agriculture in Montana shows strong irrigation gains
The River Press outlines Montana’s agricultural rise driven by irrigation and modern farming methods. It notes new irrigation projects, steam plows, a beet sugar plant in Yellowstone, electric rail through Gallatin valley, creameries, grain elevators, and fattening pens as signs of growth. Substantial homestead entries in Yellowstone County and rising immigration underscore expected continued expansion.
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United States
Helena Jail Break Details Spark Grand Jury Call
Helena jailbreak by two train robbers prompts calls for grand jury investigation into jail security lapses and possible inside help. The Kalispell Journal questions guards’ blindness during the two hours of escape and warns that heavy penalties and deterrence of future crimes depend on proper prosecution rather than private deals.
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Kalispell Journal
Helena
Train Robbers Escape Sparks Indignation in Spokane
Spokane detectives and railroad officials condemn the Hel ena jail escape of train robbers. They fear it complicates rewards and recovery of plunder believed hidden in the mountains near Sylvanite, as Spokane men claim an agreement for the robbers to plead guilty.
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Spokane
Helena
Sylvanite
Admiral Evans Coming in Advance of Fleet
The flagship Connecticut was detached from the fleet at Magdalena to bring Admiral Evans to San Francisco for treatment at San Luis Obispo. Health reports from Magdalena Bay had been improving, but moving him north two weeks early indicates health concerns. Elaborate shore entertainment plans were arranged along the coast, with potential disappointment if he cannot participate.
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Connecticut
Magdalena
Reflections of a Bachelor Observations on Love and Age
A playful, satirical set of maxims about love, aging, and marriage. It mocks weight, courtship, timing, and gender roles with wry humor, noting how perceptions shift as people grow older and relationships evolve.
Kentucky Forever Not Dry Says Watterson Editorial
The Washington Post notes that Kentucky will never be completely dry while Henry Watterson writes bold three column editorials for the Louisville Courier Journal, highlighting his influence on state temperance debates.
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Washington Post
Kentucky
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
It Looks Inexcusable sheriff duty after jail escape
It looks inexcusable that two prisoners could saw through five heavy steel bars without being detected and shows gross negligence by the night watch. Judge Hunt orders an investigation into the Lewis and Clark county jail escape, urging stricter custodial duties to protect the public from high crime.
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Sheridan Enterprise
Judge Hunt
Lewis and Clark County
Night Watch
Breeders Form Montana Horse Association
A Gallatin Valley club meeting elected a board to create a permanent Horse Breeders Association of Montana. The group aims to promote horse breeding, seek state legislation to require stallion registration, and oversee horse diseases. The recent show’s success encourages another event soon.
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Bozeman
Gallatin Valley Club
Horse Breeders” Association of
Montana
Governor Lover or Guilty Thief Gets Pardon Plot
An Arkansas railway passenger scheme unfolds as a pompous man declares intent to obtain a governor’s pardon for a convicted thief. He boasts of a $500 payoff and asks the quiet man, who claims to live in Little Rock, for influence in his grand attempt.
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Little Rock
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