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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1902
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard publishing masthead describes STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY as publishers and proprietors, with daily and Sunday editions and postal classification as second class mail matter. Subscription rates are payable in advance with annual and monthly options listed for Dily and Sunday and pail and Sunday editions.
Rates listed for local and overseas editions include one cent for 10 to 16 page papers and two cents for 20 to 32 pages. Three cents applies to 48 page editions. International rates: papers sent to Europe or other foreign countries are double these amounts. Inquiries encouraged.
Readable fragment lists contact numbers for the Main Office and Business Office within the Standard Block in Anaconda. No further details provided.
The Standard lists branch offices at Butte Missoula and Great Falls where advertising rates will be furnished on application.
The Standard is available at newsstands in Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Salt Lake Spokane Tacoma Seattle and Portland. General correspondence should be addressed to the Standard Publishing Company Anaconda Montana.
The editorial figure Larry Godkin, American editor and critic, is remembered for clear incisive writing and strong political insight. Born Irish, naturalized in spirit or not, he led The Nation and later the New York Evening Post, shaping literary and civic discourse until ill health forced retirement and his death was announced.
A court of inquiry assesses George W. Gardner adjutant general of Colorado’s national guard for saying Telluride snowslides were an act of God linked to miners’ strikes. The piece contrasts secular and divine explanations and warns against attributing war events to divine action.
Labor unions demanded General Gardner's removal after he allegedly made a statement. Gardner denied he spoke, while a newspaper claimed he did and offered proof. The inquiry was ordered by Governor Orman and the board's sessions are expected to be eventful.
The article says President Roosevelt plans to visit the Middle West this autumn, addressing county fairs, granger picnics, and a rural roundup on current issues. Officials had denied a full campaign swing, but it is now accepted he will engage in political appearances across communities.
The article recalls Empress Josephine born in Martinique and notes monuments at risk from Pelée. It also tells of Aimee Dubee de Rivery born 1766 captured by pirates, sold to Algiers, and made sultana by Selin III, with son Mahmoud II succeeding the throne.
The piece argues against placing a statue of Frederick the Great on U.S. public land, noting many Americans know little of his history and labeling the gift from Kaiser Wilhelm II as incongruent with American values. It recalls Roosevelt’s response and highlights the Berlin statue as a counterexample of fitting art.
Spokane merchants propose a noon closing once a week to give both employers and workers a half day. They seek the Trades Council's cooperation and note the initiative comes from the merchants themselves. Movements like this have merit but need full merchant participation to succeed.
The piece argues for midweek half-day holidays to give rest and recreation to workers and merchants. It claims leisure improves homes and citizen happiness, while profits only slightly decline, and condemns the nervous wrecks and economic toll of constant competition.
The Boston Globe notes two powerful shifts shaping the nation migration and immigration. It cites April arrivals of 60 000 New York immigrants and a 30 percent rise in immigration, plus a westward boom as 140 000 move to the Northwest from the West and South. It highlights land prices, new towns, and vast unsettled territory drawing farmers toward North Dakota Washington Manitoba and South Dakota, foretelling a rapidly expanding Northwest and Southwest with millions yet to settle.
The excerpt satirically rails against politicians and leaders. It treks through Cuba Martinique France Russia and Spain with jabs at Hell Roaring Jacob A Smith Rochambeau Edward VII and Elijah Dowie while hinting at coal region woes and philippic tone.
The Boston Herald condemns Arkansas Governor's pardon of a colored criminal on condition of emigrating to Massachusetts. The paper dismisses the act as fatuity and with little dignity, questioning the governor's judgment and propriety. The New Orleans Times-Democrat weighs in on the idea that a small red schoolhouse could reunite the Union.
A Memphis Commercial item questions why the beef trust does not justify high prices by citing the number of American males sent to South Africa. The columnist notes this would be a reasonable point if the trust had yet offered it.
In La Crosse, two women discuss their voting in the recent city election. One reveals she voted while wearing an old blue brocade dress, reflecting social habits of the era.
Beriah Wilkins owner of the Washington Post and former Ohio congressman recalls his nomination speech at a district ratification meeting. He was to speak after two spellbinders failed to appear and endured a silent hall after delivering a brief address. The chairman then opened the floor for anyone who could speak.
A Berlin law court heard of a farmer’s gate facing tree that withered after a deep hole was bored in it. The incident is linked to superstition with suspicion cast on the act of harming the tree at the farm entrance.
A farmer was charged with the deed and fined but appealed and proved the hole in a tree was made by a superstitious person who believed illness could be driven away by burying medicines in a healthy tree. The judge acquitted him, noting the act could be done by any superstitious neighbor.
Chicago banks adopt a trend of handing out money gifts to staff when absorbed by larger institutions. Metropolitan National, merging with First National, gives $100 to $60 to every officer and clerk, totaling about $12,000 to the cashier and $10,000 to the assistant cashier, with varying amounts to other staff based on tenure, plus $1,500 to the long serving janitor. The practice draws mixed feelings as some view the sums as substantial life savings.
As a child Ellen Terry first impersonated Prince Arthur in King John then left the stage after Hubert warned her eyes would be burned out. Mrs Kean reproved the girl as she wept, and the next night she again delivered a flawless performance praised for dramatic force simplicity and truth to nature.
The text describes the king of Greece as a robust, self sufficient figure skilled in farming tasks. It portrays him as capable of plowing, milking, and managing a farm alone if needed.
Baroness Burdett-Coutts eyes the coronation procession from familiar windows as she did Victoria’s. Bishop Theodore Kohn offers his ancient golden carriage and eight horses for sale to aid the poor. King Edward asks artist Robert Lee Keeling to paint his miniature, following Queen Alexandra's. George B. Richardson marks 65 years in craft by visiting three offices with breeze. Prominent ages: Levi Morton 78 and Morgan 65 amid a long friendship. Wu Ting Fang attends a reception at Senator Hanna’s. a recalled rumor spurs cautious humor. Vermont gubernatorial hopeful Percival W. Clement courts crowds with four colored comedians while stressing liquor law enforcement.
The article notes Clement’s vigorous opposition to prohibition and support for a high license and local option law. It also describes preparations at Sagamore Hill for Mrs Roosevelt and the children, with the president planning to join them by June 8. A passerby gardener testimony accompanies a brief White House anecdote about plant spacing during Roosevelt’s walk.
The note recounts Cummings joining the New York Tribune under Horace Greeley’s editorship, his residence in Newark, and a telegraph report of Senator William Wright of New Jersey’s death prompting Greeley to write an editorial. The excerpt ends as Cummings’ task begins to place part of the article.
A New Jersey bound printer informs editor Horace Greeley that Senator Billy Wright is not dead. Greeley, puzzled, orders him to read the telegram. The printer returns upstairs and finishes the editorial sermon over the living senator. Two days later the Tribune issues a correction.
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