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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1910
Page
14
The fragmentary text lists publication details for The Anaconda Standard including publishing company, postal status, subscription rates, and office addresses. It appears to be an archival newspaper masthead or notice with pricing for daily and Sunday editions and contact numbers.
The notice lists office locations including 28 East Broadway Butte with telephone numbers for branch services. Calls to Independent phone 1422 and Higgins avenue contact point are provided for inquiries and business details.
W J Morton Manager Foreign Advertising New York 67 office Brunswick building SS Firth avenue Chicago Office artscordh building corner Madison Dearborn streets The Standard is on sale at many news stands including New York City Hotaling's 1 Park Row Thirty-eighth and Broadway Twenty-ninth and Broadway Chicago Auditorium Annex P O News Co 17 Dearborn Empire news stand southeast corner Jackson Dearborn Kansas City Yuma News Co Ninth Main Minneapolis Kavanaugh's South Third San Francisco Van Ness Avenue statel St Francis news at and Los Angeles Amos Til South Olive Denver Seventeenth Street Houston White News Co East Lake City Rosenfeld Hanson 4 Church street Ogden Lowe Bros 114 Twenty eighth Spokane 19 North Howard John W Graham Co 112 Pacific Tacoma Acme News Co post office Times building Seattle Third Avenue Union Street Acme News Co Times building Second Avenue Union Portland Sixth Street Rose City News Co All general business letters addressed to STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY Anaconda Mont.
The piece notes the May eighteenth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's nomination for president and reflects on a half century of national service, unity after war, and the enduring blessings of American citizenship amid new times and challenges, urging remembrance of the war's price and the republic's ongoing duties.
The article argues Butte should not incur more debt to fund an incinerating plant. It urges restoring city credit and budget discipline before any costly waste facility. A proposed fix is a special garbage tax to cover removal costs without increasing indebtedness.
The author argues against raising city indebtedness via higher taxes for garbage removal. He says taxpayers already burdened deserve municipal benefits without extra assessments. An additional levy would be unjust and unwelcome, given current tax levels.
The Texas agricultural college trustees plan special road building instruction as many state schools widen farm related topics. Montana opens a “school on wheels” tour for soils crops and dairy while Kansas launches two cooking on wheels outfits to bring lessons to farmers wives. Civic improvement groups and state conferences push outdoor improvements and state wide movements for better roads parks and sanitation.
Lorimer in Washington delivers a broad denial of corruption charges tied to his senate election. He portrays critics as reckless press figures and Illinois politicians aiming to ruin him. Simultaneously Chicago lawmakers admit voting for Lorimer and reveal bribe funds to a grand jury.
The article notes Pennsylvania Railroad operates 24000 miles of track and carried 168,067,115 passengers in 1908 and 1909 with only one passenger death from a wreck in 1909. It reports higher passenger totals in 1909 than 1908, 270 injuries across the two years, and fewer wrecks and collisions in 1909.
The Cumberland Valley line carried 3,395,266 passengers over two years with no passenger or employee deaths and only one lightly injured employee. The Long Island system carried 50,709,597 passengers in two years with no deaths among passengers or employees.
The Hamilton Western News published a richly illustrated magazine supplement highlighting Bitter Root valley resources and possibilities. It features historical and horticultural articles by Bitter Root writers and stands as one of the paper’s most attractive special numbers.
The calendar predicts good outcomes for women and children with Venus favorable and an excellent sign for courtships weddings and amusements. Beware faithless acts as danger looms in this period. Herbs favorable sun and Jupiter guide foods and hiring. sons and daughters may need clear explanations to learn and obey.
Cody Wyoming May 29 a big brown bear paused by a ranch road and Rudolph Rhovigni a cowboy chauffeur lassoed it while steering the car The bear was dragged to the Rudeson ranch and is on display there with bare spots on its coat.
The article reviews Bredichin's three tail classes for Halley’s comet, describing long straight hydrogen tails, curved hydrocarbon plumes, and short brushlike iron vapors. It notes solar repulsion, spectroscopic evidence, and debates over the classification, with a call for liquefying air to test the theory.
In Amoy on May 29 the price of rice rose by 50 percent, leaving the poor unable to buy food. Consequently, an anti-government demonstration occurred at Chang Chow.
Washington observers describe how fashion leaders in the House influence the social climate, with Thomas Heflin and other members setting summer attire trends. The piece follows the misdirections of press reports on Representative Douglas’s nomination and a tale of Martin Madden's silk purchases in Panama.
The article recalls Italo Campanini performing at a New York Memorial Day event for both sides in the Civil War. He shared his Garibaldi scar and stated pride as a soldier. Rose d Erina accompanied him at the piano for Il Trovatore, drawing the audience to its feet. Tomorrow Edwards promises more on The Scar That Captivated a President.
Special dispatch from Bozeman notes Rev. Wiley Mountjoy of Twin Bridges preached the Gallatin county high school baccalaureate at the Christian church with special choir music. Memorial Day services at First Methodist drew overflow crowds including Grand Army of the Republic members, Confederate Veterans, national guards and the Woman’s Relief Corps. A Memorial Day praise service was led at the Presbyterian church by Prof. E. B. Oliver and Mrs. L. S. Willson with special choir.
Former Boston mayor George A. Hibbard died of tuberculosis. A non partizan leader elected as a Republican, he claimed to have saved the city 2 400 000 during two years in office. He had served eight years as postmaster up to 1908.
In San Diego on May 29 Nurr Westlake an architect from Pasadena shot himself in the residence of Miss Bertha Schaetz after she refused him. She heard a shot as she left the room and found him dying.
The United States cruiser Prairie carrying ammunition and supplies for marines in Central America left the Philadelphia navy yard today. At Colón a detachment will join the ship and be taken to the fighting in Nicaragua.
Among the first to congratulate Curtiss after his landing at Governor's Island was Charles K. Hamilton. The article recalls Hudson’s 1614 voyage to Albany, Fulton’s 1807 steamboat trip, Champlain’s 1835 race, and the fastest New York to Albany railroad time of 2 hours 49 minutes.
Glenn H. Curtiss, age 32, pioneer aviator from Hammondsport New York, rose from a newspaper seller to aeronautical innovator. He helped push early flight through motor and engine work and earned the Gordon Bennett Trophy at Rheims in 1909 before later Hudson Fulton event setbacks.
Brig. Gen. James Allen, chief of the signal corps, lauds Curtiss flight and notes the unknown potential of aeroplanes in warfare. He urges rapid production of aircraft and dirigibles and praises innovators like Glenn Curtiss as essential to American progress.
New York May 21 Curtiss flew a two hour and two minute air trip today. The report compares his performance with a recent Curtiss flight noting notable achievements and advancing aviation progress.
In a May 29 statement from New York Curtiss described rising at Albany and staying high and swift toward Poughkeepsie then landing safely. He recounted a near upset over Storm King mountain and noted he was too busy to feel any sensations while flying.
President Taft in Washington expresses intense interest in Curtiss aviation achievements. He notes the potential for longer flights, credits Curtiss with surmounting unknown ground challenges, and hails the milestone as among the greatest in aviation history.
President Taft leaves Washington at midnight aboard the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for New York where he will arrive tomorrow forenoon and ride in to review the Memorial Day parade. He has no speaking engagements.
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