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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1903
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard lists publisher and postal details with daily and Sunday subscription rates. It shows year and half year options, monthly pricing, and mailing office information.
The Standard Publishing Company announces pricing for editions of 30 to 16 pages and other formats with per edition charges. It lists branch offices in Butte Missoula and Great Falls and provides addresses for ads and a Washington Bureau and multiple U S newsstands and the main office in Anaconda Montana.
A 1903 commentary notes a shift among eastern Republican organs as they back Roosevelt’s irrigation plan. It praises the broad scheme to arid West lands and credits the president with advancing national irrigation efforts beyond years of western campaigning. The piece views the turn as beneficial for the West.
James B. Marcum, a courageous Kentucky lawyer targeted in a long-running feud, was killed at the courthouse after years of ambush threats. A sheriff and onlookers described the scene as smoke and a hidden killer escaped, with Curtis Jett later arrested in a related county.
The text discusses Jett seeking return to Jackson where acquittal seems likely amid threats of perjury from witnesses. It notes possible Kentucky legislature action to amend venue rules to curb feuding and ensure law and order.
The piece rebutts claims of no anti third term sentiment and flags the ongoing opposition to Cleveland’s candidacy. It names Platt Roosevelt Bryan Hearst Harrison and others, observes power shifts in Buffalo and Albany, and notes editorials from major papers and public figures. It ends by contrasting cries of a Cleveland revival with Bryan’s pacifying stance and looming political battles.
The poet Richard Henry Stoddard died yesterday at age eighty? no, seventy eight. He was a Massachusetts native and long served in the New York custom house. His verse drew on daily life with simple elegant diction and he wrote scholarly prose in essays and criticism.
In a Madison Square Presbyterian sermon Rev Charles H Parkhurst ties Theodore Roosevelt to William Platt highlighting jealousy at the Philadelphia convention that helped place Roosevelt as vice president and later the presidency following the Buffalo assassination. He notes providence in events without naming individuals.
Port au Prince May 12 The Moniteur prints a committee report for President Nordac accusing officials of extensive fraud in haytian government securities. The probe places about 2000 dollars at stake and alleges complicity by the National Bank of Hayti a French institution.
A private cablegram from Callao Peru reports six bubonic plague cases on Saturday seven new cases on Sunday and six new cases on Monday.
Yonkers broadcaster F W Hoie said tonight he would decline the appointment offered by President Roosevelt to act as umpire in the Venezuelan dispute. He indicated personal reasons but did not specify details.
The Great Northern and its trainmen face a looming strike with a joint committee from the St. Paul robbers' union and the Minneapolis chamber of commerce to meet railway officials and seek a peaceful settlement. Ward’s letter reinforces company positions while unions push for double header demands. Separate reports note boiler makers strike at Bakersfield and a wage rise walkout by American District Telegraph messengers in Portland. Kansas City waits on waiter and bakery driver actions affecting 48 RestaurAnt Men's Protective association members.
In Los Angeles on May 12 Judge Wilbur opened litigation over Charles Hill fortune of 142000 dollars stored in a Union Bank deposit box. Petitioner Mrs Gertrude P Driggs seeks probate of a 1818 Dayton Ohio will leaving property to her. Contestants include Abbie Hill and other family, but judge limits the dispute to Driggs and Hill interests. A lengthy poker anecdote and a final quip about education in southern Illinois close the piece.
London May 12. W T Maud artist and war correspondent for the Graphic of London died of syncope at Aden while returning from the Somali campaign.
A Chicago Inter Ocean reader recounts a Springfield incident where a judge played poker with four men and his 14 year old son present. The tale notes the boy joined in a $2.50 limit game with a $25 jackpot, skirting concealment while handling his cards.
In New York on May 12 the leading building trades groups and the Iron League announced plans to unite for aggressive action against labor organizations. The move threatens to affect more than 106,000 workers in Manhattan and the Bronx.
A Swiss hunter Amrheim scaled a 200 yard high rock wall to retrieve eagle young in a basket using a pulley system. Magle hunting blends sport and risk as hunters endure days of rock scanning and peril from mother birds.
The passage describes using an owl decoy to lure a mother eagle from a nest, noting low success if hunters are detected. It details concealment of guns, dangers of the ascent to inaccessible nests, and a swinging seat lowered by ropes. It portrays the eagle hunter as a respected, formidable figure.
Street car conductors now tag messenger riders by punching caps to expose hitching on cars. A cap hole marks a rider as a “nickel snatcher” while riders earn the moniker “wire biter.” A North Clark street incident shows the tense method to prove a rider’s misdeed.
A tense scene unfolds as a boy is seized by a conductor to safety inside a street car. The boy tests his cap for damage then resumes riding the car shouting insults at the gripman and conductor as the “nickel snatcher” is dubbed the danger.
The Detroit Free Press argues that higher wages boost employer profits by raising efficiency. Well paid workers are well fed and clothed, leading to smarter, more productive labor. The piece asserts that ample food and wages underpin national growth and competitiveness.
An English edition publishes Pension Commissioner Ware's poems with footnotes explaining slang. The editor includes a diagram of the lines and clarifies that a suck er refers to a fish in American waters.
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