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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1903
Page
34
Public notice page presents subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions with pricing for various terms. The snippet lists annual, half year, and quarterly options along with a brief header about the newspaper being published daily and Sunday and entered as second class mail matter.
Rates shown for 16 page editions at one cent and 32 page editions at two cents. Fourteen to 48 page editions cost three cents. Mail to Europe doubles these amounts. For other foreign destinations inquire at the post office.
The notice lists telephone numbers and addresses for the Main Office Standard Block Anaconda and branch offices in Butte Missoula and Great Falls where advertising rates will be provided on application.
Washington Bureau and eastern offices are listed with locations at Nassau Street Chicago and 87 Washington Street, with W J Morton in charge. The text presents office addresses and managerial designation for the bureau.
The Standard is available at newsstands in New York City at L Jonas Co Theater Ticket Office Astor House 4 New York Chicago at Auditorium Annex Minneapolis R G Hearsey Co 24 Third Street South Minneapolis Kavanaughs South Market Street San Francisco Palace Hotel Denver 6 Seventeenth Street Cape Lake City West Second South Salt Lake City Ogden Kinds 4 Twenty fifth Street Seattle Handburys 201 First Avenue South Portland Hotel Kansas City Ricksickers Ninth and Walnut All correspondence to The Tant Card Publishing Company Anaconda Montana.
The city of Butte greeted President Roosevelt with overwhelming loyalty and cordial demonstrations during his Montana tour. Citizens praised his understanding of the state and credited him with advancing Montana’s vital interests, while Helena also offered a warm reception marking a high point in the president’s continental journey.
The extra session was brief yet costly, approving three appropriations for the state fairs in Butte and Portland along with expenses for the state house and grounds. Governor Toole’s request for the state house fund exceeds prior regular-session appropriations of 12,000 this year and 10,000 for 1904, per his communication to both houses.
The governor proposed 1904 grounds embellishment and an annual maintenance cost of about 20000. The legislature had approved 22000 for this year and next but needs 45000. They voted 50000 for St Louis and 10000 for Portland, a total critics say exceeds Montana’s revenue and needed benefits.
The piece notes Judge Clark of North Carolina as a Bryan suggested candidate not nominated, provoking eastern press scrutiny. It recounts 1884 Democratic failures and Cleveland’s surprise victory, praising Thomas D. Folk for integrity and defying party machinations, with Folk slated to speak at Tammany Hall’s Fourth of July celebration.
Joseph W. Folk of St. Louis, elected as prosecuting attorney, pursues boodlers with relentless dedication. He enforces impartial, even handed justice, disregarding machine politics as he hunts criminals, shocking fellow politicians with his unsophisticated zeal.
Hundreds of friends and admirers honor Julia Ward Howe on her eighty fourth birthday with felicitations. The Boston women’s leader remains active in clubs and public life while Theodore Roosevelt visits and praises his hosts.
Mercury copy notes that McMer or Machen regrets a career choice in the post office and laments a misjudgment about state politics. Montana stays loyal to Roosevelt while Pennsylvania Republicans pledge four additional years of his leadership.
A miscellany notes Vanderbilt Jr buying a $12000 race machine, Gen James Longstreet in Garfield hospital for rheumatism, W T R Preston praised as busiest London man, D M Walker of Kirksville a long life and large family, Vermont July monument dedication for President Arthur birthplace with Lincoln Chandler and others, Richard Henry Stoddard memoirs due in autumn, Archbishop Ryan jokes about animals, Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes tales, James Judge Minneapolis avid baseball fan despite blindness, Cole Younger exposing a shortchanged patron, Pierpont Morgan and a broker dispute over $40000 ending in wary manners.
St Paul’s Covent Garden in London hosts a notable burial site beside Westminster Abbey. The church, built in 1623 by Inigo Jones for Francis, Earl of Bedford, features prominent dramatic and musical figures such as Macklin, celebrated as the father of the modern stage.
The passage notes renowned figures such as Wilkes Johnstone Woffington and others connected to a historic burial ground. It mentions the Beefsteak Club founder Escourt and figures like Mme Centlivre Wycherly Michael Kelly and Dr. Arne, with 1744 marriage of O'Brien to Lady Susan Strangeways at the Actors church and burials of Sir Peter Lely others.
In a Sundridge Park Golf Club address Mr. Balfour nearly pledged himself to retire from the prime ministry for golf. He sought leisure to seize the club’s honorary life membership and argued the sport leads to no abuse and cannot excess. He praised Foundations of Belief in keeping truth simple.
The London Chronicle notes that in Italy King Edward encountered a monarch more Stuart than himself. Both descend from James I, but the Italian king also traces to Charles I. Catholic faith excluded the Savoys from the throne, allowing the Brunswick line to inherit in 1701.
Dr. John H. Musser, a leading Philadelphia physician descended from a long line of doctors, was chosen president of the American Medical Association at its New Orleans convention. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1877 and comes from a family with extensive medical practice. He is a professor of clinical medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and serves on several hospital staffs.
London reports the Duke and Duchess will close their town house and relocate to Blenheim their country home. In New York the move fuels talk that the American duchess aims to sidestep social pressure from Newport acquaintances who sought favors last summer.
The colonial offices formally recognize Yiddish as a European language to avoid injustice in immigration. German and Polish Jews faced rejection for not answering questions, prompting the London chief rabbi to petition. From now on declarations in Yiddish will be recorded at the Cape.
Murphy's portrait of President McKinley is hung to the right of the north vestibule door while Sargent's portrait of President Roosevelt occupies the left. The oil painting, based on a photograph with no prior view of McKinley, is well regarded and praised by the late president's friends as his finest likeness.
A collage of quips from newspapers including Washington Star Philadelphia Record and Atlanta Constitution. Jokes touch on trusts per sonal explanations world's fairs pinnacle of fame and playful word mix ups with demijohn and demagogue.
A bright eyed girl reads aloud a written marriage proposal from Horace J. Pokelong, a rising young attorney. The scene shows the suitor’s earnest words met with jealous commentary from a timid dry goods dealer as the tale unfolds.
A fine all wool cheviot jacket in navy and black features a new blouse model with an effective cape over the shoulders. The fashionably cut skirt displays the latest ideas from Dame Fashion and would normally be marked at 37.50, but is offered as a special.
Linen bargains offer damask cloths in various sizes and finishes with prices from 40c to $2.00 each. Bleached damask, napkins, Turkish towels, huck towels, mixed linen sets, and Marseilles bedspreads are advertised with emphasis on wear and absorbent quality. Closeout includes summer weight bedspreads with sale of $1.00 to $1.25 items.
A man declares his love and grants all his rights and possessions to Miss Brisk Maud in a dramatic vow. He then shouts a marriage proposal, and Miss Clarence responds with a playful yet affirmative acceptance. The scene ends with affectionate embrace and a light exchange.
A young carman seeks magistrate advice and an order of ejectment against his mother-in-law who has lived with them six months. He says she pays no rent and his wife threatens to leave if she is turned out. The magistrate notes she is a lodger if she pays rent and comments on her vegetarianism as a factor.
A carman pleads with a magistrate over his wife and her mother who insist on vegetarian meals. He says meat is scarce and he works, while relatives banish meat from the house. The magistrate declines ejectment and offers no feasible remedy.
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