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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1908
Page
3
The Anaconda Standard announces subscription rates and office contacts. It lists branch offices in Butte Missoula Ogden Spokane Seattle Portland and other cities with street addresses and phone numbers for sales and foreign advertising.
The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church votes to elect eight new bishops though six had died since the last conference. Meanwhile Mrs. Gunness, the arch murderess, was burned to death, a sentence some hail as deserved. A New York case shows authorities noting shock at detention and the legislature in special session weighs race track gambling reforms to curb bookmaking while preserving civil action for bettors within tracks.
A debate over a proposed law aims to deter gambling at race tracks by raising penalties for betting inside the track and for keeping poolrooms. Supporters argue the changes align with constitutional aims to prohibit all gambling while opponents question efficacy and existing statutes. The controversy centers on whether stiffer penalties can effectively halt gambling at and around race venues.
Three New Jersey jurists, including two state supreme court justices, journeyed to Wilmington North Carolina to attend a peace conference slated May 4 to 10. The story claims Governor Farr commissioned them as messengers of peace, with the officials claiming prior knowledge of the exact dates and proceedings.
A European duchess and American heiress align with socialist-backed candidates in a Ohio congressional race. Backers include Countess of Warwick and Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Langworth as talks focus on mobilizing support, money flows, and district campaigning strategies amid a volatile political contest.
The Brownsville issue returns to House and Senate chatter as Senasoy Foraker shifts to postpone the matter until December. A veteran Washington observer calls the move disastrous, noting Foraker’s prior stand as a defender of colored people and soldiers against alleged wrongdoing by President Roosevelt. Analysts question why he abandoned the battle and how this affects the broader Brownsville controversy.
Amid campaign chatter, several anti-Roosevelt Republicans led by Foraker face pressure and possible truce as Taft’s nomination seems secured. Debate centers on assurances to Foraker and the risk to future senatorial chances, with voters in close states a campaign concern. May sunshine and weather hints mix with politics and church elections across states. Minnesota GOP to nominate state officers in St Paul on July 1.
Frederic J. Haskin chronicles Seattle’s dramatic regrading and hillside removal to create a flatter, more navigable city. He notes nine years of relentless work, expanded street widths, reclaimed tidal blocks, and the rise in property values. Massive earthmoving, hydraulic methods, steam shovels, and dredging define the project, with two worker shifts daily and a total yardage approaching 16 million cubic yards at a multi million dollar cost. The piece compares Seattle’s modernization to canal era engineering and highlights the new southern roadways built on piles to connect wholesale districts with farms and rural areas.
A 1905 narrative explains city growth around Georgetown and the push for arterial highways. It describes condemnation for improvements, assessment of property value increases, and rapid project progress including a cut hill, a tunnel, relocated churches, and a new five story school as part of a broad urban transformation.
In a lively scene from Tiwalrated Bits the women chatter about new attire. One introduces Indy RACrOt P A of navy, while another questions the bold choice and recalls worn dresses at past gatherings. The exchange ends with a polite, restrained protest against extravagance.
A collage of then fashionable quips and cartoonish dialogue from various papers captures humor and social foibles. Vignettes range from domestic squabbles to workers’ banter, with lines about manners, misunderstandings, and everyday life.
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