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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1902
Page
6
The snippet lists subscription rates for Anaconda Standard publications including daily and Sunday options with varying terms. It notes print and postal status as second class mail matter and details advance payment terms.
Rates listed for 18 to 16 page editions up to 32 pages and 38 to 48 page editions. Three cents to Europe doubles for other foreign countries. Inquiries at Main Office Standard Block Anaconda. Standard has branches at Butte Missoula and Great Falls for advertising rates.
New York Office locations listed with contact at Nassau Street and Washington Street. JMO Nassau Street and W J Morton in charge coordinate eastern bureau activities.
The Standard can be found at newsstands in Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Salt Lake City Spokane Tacoma Seattle and Portland with addresses including Postoffice News Stand Palace Hotel 122 South Main Street 4% Seventeenth Street Mo West Second South Street 108 North Howard 128 Pacific Avenue 3161 Pike Street and Portland Hotel. All correspondence should go to the Standard Publishing Company Avaconda Montana.
The article recalls Sylvester Pennoyer’s political life in Oregon and Portland, noting his reputation as a demagogue abroad yet a man of integrity at home. It highlights his populist leanings, state rights advocacy, two clashes with Presidents Harrison and Cleveland, and his fiscal prudence and public trust during his governorship.
President Roosevelt, in a Memorial day address at Arlington, condemned cruelty by some American troops in the Philippines while acknowledging abuses have occurred. He urged punishment for offenders, urged caution before accepting every tale, and stated that government agencies are actively pursuing remedies.
The president condemned lynchings as cruel and barbaric, contrasting them with actions in the Philippines. Critics argue his Memorial Day address centers on a weak theme and fails to substantively address the accusations. Some note the remark exposes politics within the administration.
An editorial piece notes France may abandon Martinique and cede leprosy care to the United States. It observes a hundred unfortunates near the island’s coast and recalls the U S imperial reach, claiming America could host the leper settlement as a world power gesture.
The House passes a bill to melt silver dollars from the treasury and coin them as dimes and quarters, ending standard silver coinage. The nation moves toward a single gold standard, with critics deeming silver's obsequies complete. Meanwhile Edward VII’s birthday festivities face dampened public enthusiasm.
Henry Vignaud, first secretary at the U S embassy in Paris, argues in Everybody's that Las Casas forged Columbus history and that Sanchez discovered America in 1484, not Columbus. He asserts Columbus was not a worthy figure and questions the 1492 voyage, amid four hundredth anniversary festivities.
A cautious view defends Columbus against Mr. Vignaud's portrayal as a bad actor. The piece argues enduring national tradition outweighs recent historical critique and asserts Columbus remains safe from revision.
The fragment mentions a “republic of Cuba” and coronations as symbols of peace, while references to Butte and Helena describe alternating red skyline and cold gray dawn. It notes bravado and the notion that only the brave deserve favorable outcomes.
A Pennsylvania family experiences a string of coincidences after a breakfast reading. A son and daughter, both betrothed, see their would be illnesses fulfilled as the mother notes a typhoid case. The daughter visits New Jersey and sprains her ankle while staying with her fiancé. The son visits his intended wife and suffers a drum ear injury.
In Warren Missouri a traditional alewife fishing season draws families to catch the fish in the Georges river. Each household is allotted twenty alewives at a nominal price and the town hires workers to harvest them. Surplus stock is sold and the proceeds go to the town treasury.
The catnip vendor tours uptown New York on certain days delivering baskets of the herb to basement doors. Cats eagerly anticipate the visits, prowling front yards and street corners as they await the peddler. Upon arrival, felines greet him with purrs and rubbing against his feet.
George Morgan, famed as one of the haghomest men in New York, popularized polo in the East. Discovered in California by James Gordon Bennett, he impressed Bennett with feats on the saddle and was hired at a fabulous salary to procure polo ponies and coach Bennett’s friends in New York. Morgan has lived in the city ever since.
A lecturer argues Ethan Allen did not utter the famous line at Fort Ticonderoga. He allegedly told the British commander to bow out, shouting Come out of that, you old rat instead of the famed in the name of the great Jehovah and the continental congress phrase.
Melville E. Stone of the Associated Press hosted a dinner at the Black Cat in New York for twenty former Chicago newspapermen now working in the city. A committee was formed to arrange two annual dinners at that venue.
CC. E. Renton told the Society of Engineers in Boston that more people ride in New York office elevators daily than on the city’s electric and elevated railroads. He noted some office elevators carry as many as 10,000 passengers each day.
A collage of witty lines and quotes from Washington Star Yale Record Exchange Punch Philadelphia Bulletin and Baltimore American. It mixes political reform remarks marriage humor and social satire with playful banter about money, the worm turning, and light political jests.
In a broad sale note the store promises remainders from regular stock at 50 cents a pair. Offers include ladies Oxford ties, kid shoes, misses and children's styles, slippers and school shoes formerly priced up to four dollars. Featured makes include Dutte and Connell, with emphasis on men and women’s footwear.
Fifty dozen ladies silk lisle hosiery with lace insertions in blue, cardinal, purple and pastel shades offered at special pair prices. Also suede gloves in gray modes black and white with pair specials, Misses pure silk mitts in all colors, and lace lisle gloves in several finishes. Various collars linen silk and batiste with embroidery, plus white pique and Barathea stocks matching summer waists.
On Second Floor we offer special values today in new shirt waists wash dresses and muslin underwear. The goods are all on exhibition. Prices marked in plain figures. New fancy parasols just received.
The advertisement lists a Mannish boys blouse in madras and fine pei cale sizes 6 to 14 for 65e and boys straw crash and linen hats at 25e.
About 25 men’s Seatch tweed bicycle suits sold formerly up to 12.50. All go today at 1.95. Pick of entire lot for 4.95.
The column catalogs spring fashion trends including magpie black and white outfits, red capes for golf, white moire adornments, and delicate lingerie sashes. It also notes practical items like wood parasols and travel wear. Interspersed are quotes from Mrs. Sage and Elsie De Wolfe on income and acting, plus a dessert recipe and a civics nod from Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Heavy paper lamp shades printed with Japanese figures and floral motifs rest on wood japanned frames. The design blends traditional motifs with practical summer décor, presenting an appealing option for stylish illumination.
The passage praises new glass washboards as clean durable and sanitary compared with wooden or zinc faced boards which absorb taints. It notes a drawback that glass boards are slightly heavy and recommends drying oiling bearings and storing in a dry cool place to prevent warping.
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