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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1902
Page
6
Public notice from The Anaconda Standard listing subscription rates payable in advance for daily and Sunday editions. Indicates post office mailing details and standard publication information for daily and Sunday issues.
The notice lists price points and edition counts for newspaper issues and mentions shipments to Europe and other foreign countries. It directs inquiries to the post office for overseas distribution details.
The Main Office in Anaconda lists telephone numbers for the Business Office and Editorial Rooms in a reading of the standard block.
The board has branch offices at Butte Missoula and Great Falls where mortgage rates will be furnished on application. The text notes availability of rate information upon inquiry at these locations and indicates consumer access to local branch guidance.
Washington Bureau No. 41 Post Building and Eastern Offices listed with New York Nassau Street and Washington Street locations. W. J. Morton is noted as in charge.
The Standard is available at Chicago Postoffice News Stand and Auditorium Annex Chicago. San Francisco Hotel s Angeles at 4228 Main Street. Denver 906 Seventeenth Street. Salt Lake 51 W Second South Street and Salt Lake News Co. Spokane 108 North Howard. Tacoma 19 Pacific Avenue. Seattle 316 Pike Street. Portland Portland Hotel. All general business letters addressed to ANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY Anaconda Montana.
Distressing reports from Martinique describe a vast lava-borne death toll likely in the tens of thousands. Smoke and toxic fumes blanket the region around St Pierre, hindering reconnaissance as tremors and warnings disturb nearby Antilles locales. Washington chatter critiques Congress while roping in Roosevelt and Cuba policy amid campaign logistics and mass print stock.
The speaker mocked a Democrat analogy likening leadership to Moses and Aaron. He argued the comparison flawed given Moses historic leadership and Aarons past missteps. The remark highlighted Bryan as bright and civic minded yet not prone to clever orwise commentary.
The piece denounces Republican fear of new territories joining the union and questions claims that admitting territories would produce inferior citizens. It attacks those who urge Congress to reject statehood based on social or moral fitness and ties such rhetoric to Grover Cleveland's stance on undesirable states.
The passage reviews census figures for Oklahoma highlighting population literacy and native groups while praising suitability for statehood. It notes Arizona likewise shows fitness and suggests New Mexico’s figures may be less favorable in a combined omnibus bill for admission.
Ambassadors questioned Roosevelt about awarding honors to Admiral Dewey and General Miles. The president reportedly did not favor the idea, but the French envoy was not bound by his view. U.S. law requires state department mediation and congressional authorization before any foreign decoration is delivered.
A Philadelphia physician Dr Seiler states that the habit of reading in bed is safe despite medical cautions about germs. He contrasts warnings about opening breakfast letters with reassurance that reading in bed does not pose a health hazard.
The plan describes a terrace 280 feet long and 70 feet deep with a five foot high platform reached by broad steps. A center pedestal holds General Grant on horseback, flanked by four lions on smaller pedestals. At terrace ends are cavalry and field artillery groups, plus balustrade and semicircular railing.
Long article recalls St Vincent eruptions and 1812 devastation with volcanic history of the Windward Islands. It highlights Martinique's size 381 square miles, Mt Pelee at 4450 feet, Fort de France harbor, French governance, education funding, sugar and plantation economy, and colonial aid from France including 659500 in 1896.
The text notes the figures to be bronze while the surrounding elements remain white marble. It emphasizes material choices for the sculpture set.
George B. Cox, Cincinnati Republican boss, visited Washington and was escorted to the White House by Congressman Shattue. In Roosevelt’s presence Cox was introduced, and the president acknowledged him with a brief greeting before the visitors left.
George C. Carrie, 25, of St. Louis, a Grand Avenue Presbyterian choir member, displays two octaves and a half tone with rapid high notes. His range outshines Jean de Reszke by a full tone, earning praise from Mme Livan Nordica who calls him one of the most remarkable voices she has heard.
A Philadelphia Record reader describes Porto Rico schools as thriving and pupils highly intelligent. He cites a 17 year old girl who walks 20 miles daily, sleeps on a bare floor, and begs for food. He notes no truancy issue and recalls a night school where men share candles in groups of three.
A fragment notes a notice in Washington state about something not originating from Montana. Details are unreadable but the item appears to be a public or official notice with unspecified action or deadline. No clear names, dates, or organizations are readable.
A rural Wisconsin congressman visiting Washington DC pressed a wall button that read Push twice for water. When the bellboy arrived with water, the congressman held an empty glass, revealing his distance from a big city hotel and a humorously practical error.
Joseph Jefferson explains he did not introduce a real dog in Rip Van Winkle. He says a dog would not please all audiences due to varying ideas of the ideal dog. He adds a wagging tail at the wrong moment could spoil the performance.
Thomas F E Watson of Georgia once a People's Party leader is under contract with MacMillan to write a history of the United States. He is gathering material to begin the task early this summer.
The narrator recalls learning finger spelling from her teacher in a room with a doll. She spells words like doll and hor, then other simple terms such as pin hat cup sit stand and walk, realizing that everything has a name after weeks of lessons.
From Tit-Bits style notes on the Alexander Nevsky monastery choir in St. Petersburg. About 30 monks trained as opera singers, famed for powerful tones that can shatter glass. Monks vegetarian, hair worn long, shaved rules relaxed for appearance, and pension on age. Also mentions fashion tidbits about laces and lace fashions, plus ping pong vogue in Turkish harems and ornate Chantilly lace skirts priced around 30 dollars.
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