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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1911
Page
18
The notice identifies STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY as publishers and proprietors, noting its registration and postal handling as second class mail matter at Anaconda.
Daily and Sunday per month one year options listed with payment terms. Advertisement mentions rates, office locations at Main Office Standard Block Anaconda and Business Office Bell Phone, Independent phone numbers, and stray garbled lines about telephones and addresses.
A listing of newsstand locations and offices across major cities including New York Chicago Philadelphia Cincinnati Detroit Indianapolis Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Kansas City San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland Vancouver and more. Details include specific street corners and agency names, plus a note that all general correspondence should go to Standard Publishing Company Anaconda Mont.
In a May 31 1911 note the California Outlook compares William J Bryan to Woodrow Wilson, noting Bryan once backed initiative and referendum but now trails Wilson. Harper’s Weekly had lampooned Bryan’s stance yet today praises Wilson for advancing similar ideas more effectively.
The court declares the tobacco combine a illegal restraint amid Sherman Act concerns with intimidation to curb competition. All justices concur, sending the case back for assessment of a harmonized condition with the law. Justice Harlan dissents, criticizing the record as lacking grounds for endorsing a new cross company arrangement.
The chief justice argues the rule of reason in the Standard Oil decision clarifies the Sherman Act. Debate continues over precedents, potential congressional overhaul, and whether the old methods persist under new form.
The Billings Gazette hints La Follette may win the Republican nomination while Taft seeks support among progressives. It notes Taft’s strengthened standing with many after Payne Aldrich and observes Democratic optimism under Woodrow Wilson if radical sentiment grows. Montana voters likely back Democratic electors if La Follette gains momentum.
The Lorimer seat dispute moves to another hearing as senators debate proper procedure. A senate caucus spent days seeking a policy, with reports that Bailey and other Lorimer allies may withdraw support. Washington correspondents note Democratic leaders face public opinion pressure as the issue nears a nonstandard path.
In a blend of political gossip and current events, newspapers insist the Lorimer investigation will not force resignation and note ongoing commentary from influential journals. The piece also touches on Madero in El Paso, New York politics, tobacco trust critiques, and summer heat signals.
A列miscellaneous items note British capitalists building slaughterhouses for Russian bacon exports, St Petersburg’s record telephones, Yale's Directory of Living Graduates urged for editors, origins of the turkey’s name from Africa and India, a remark on cross country flight safety, and a pilot’s near-mind error from oil fumes in Bourne mouth with a hot-water remedy.
A Montana violinist touring Valier is accused of soliciting patronage for a fake advertising scheme before a performance. The writer chides the musician for mixing commerce with art, praising Charley Russell's craft over advertising schemes, and urges the fiddler to stick to music.
The Kalispell Times notes Montana residents built roads under county board authority to connect scenic places. It argues such highways, like those near Glacier National Park, could prove financially beneficial, comparing Flathead and Lincoln counties to Switzerland with similar landscapes and wealthy visitors drawn by scenery.
The piece argues high school events mark epoch moments for students and parents. It warns against trivializing graduation, noting its implications for future business and government duties and urging a sober, respectful appreciation of the ceremony's significance.
Forsyth Times-Journal notes bound volumes of the session laws are being sent to legislators and a few officials. It suggests few people will know the new laws until newspapers print them free of charge and warns that a progressive country spends much to enact laws unknown to citizens due to economy.
Polson Sentinel notes lands along the Pend Oreille from Polson to Dixon set aside for power, with an estimated 77000 horsepower to be developed. It states that at current progress it would take over 50 years to develop 75000 HP, raising the question of how long 240000 HP would take under the same system.
The Powell County Post reports that Roosevelt says his presidential bid for 1912 is painful to him, while the colonel should find some comfort in shared misery. A broad spectrum of Americans recognizes the harshness of the situation.
From the Lewistown Argus a lighthearted ode notes the dandelion’s resilience and ubiquity. It praises the plant’s thrift and staying power, mocks crusades against it, and recalls how it returns each spring despite many eradication attempts.
New News of Yesterday recounts Charles Albert Fechter, famed actor from 1876 onward, whose America debut sparked furor with blond Hamlet. He rose atop Paris and London stages, aided by Charles Dickens who advised his unique casting to suit Danish traits, shaping a legendary American image. Fechter later embraced fealty to Dickens as their close friendship grew.
Fechter toured England and America in the 1860s and 1870s, urged by Dickens to perform Hamlet in the United States. He attracted vast attention in New York alongside Edwin Booth, with both praised for their distinct takes. Fechter retired in 1876 to a Philadelphia-area farm, citing fatigue with Falstaff roles and an undisclosed organic illness that would claim his life within three years.
Nashville correspondence notes the pilot wheel from the Robert E. Lee, famed for the 1870 Mississippi race with the Natchez, is now on the Nashville steamer on the Cumberland. The relic was recovered from the City of Providence, to which it belonged.
The Lee steamer wheel, over 10 feet in diameter with a walnut and cherry construction, survives in excellent condition. A double-circle wheel with inlaid spokes and polished basswood rows recalls the Robert E. Lee’s Mississippi days guided by Captain Cannon, noted for a famed record run and a story of a man on the safety valve.
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