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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1902
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard lists subscription prices payable in advance. Rates include daily and Sunday, one year for 10.00. six months. three months. daily one month. Sunday one year. The notice reflects second class main matter status and regular publication terms.
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Silver Bow returns show a fractional Democratic gain and require official tally to confirm who captured what. Officials anticipate revision of precinct counts may affect the final outcome, with little expected benefit for the paper’s side.
Adjutant General Corbin, returning from Europe, urges music to shape discipline and morale in the army. He cites German regiments' airs as example and proposes each regiment sing a marching song. He critiques early marriages among officers while embracing musical culture as beneficial for troops and civilians.
News from Philadelphia reports Captain J. O. Gregg of Great Falls Montana elected junior vice commander of the Medal of Honor legion. A Civil War veteran and pioneer of Northern Montana, Gregg has held high GA R positions and inspired stories in the Sunday Standard.
The newspaper notes stories about his medal winning and membership in the Medal of Honor Legion. The Legion gathers officers and enlisted men who earned the nation’s top decoration for extraordinary heroism. It compares the medal to the British Victoria Cross and highlights Civil War, Indian wars, Spanish American War, and Philippine Insurrection veterans as its members.
County returns indicate most Democratic candidates in Silver Bow aligned with average county totals, with notable exceptions Kilgallon for sheriff and Gilchrist for state senator underperforming. Republican results appeared evenly distributed, showing little county gain relative to state trends. A literary note discusses the play Under the Helmet about Frederick William of Brandenburg and critiques William Th’s portrayal.
The article compares Nome prospectors with 1860s Montana pioneers, noting Nome winters are brutal and deadly while early Montana hardships centered on travel and Indians. Officials report Nome area output of 4 008 980 dollars for ten months, highlighting harsher conditions in Nome.
Emperor William, aided by court poet Joseph Lauff, completes a drama titled Late The Helmet or Under the Helmet. The work evokes themes of secrecy and leadership, contrasting with the private communications of figures like J J Hill and the Northern Securities president.
The fight for control hinges on Granite and Rosebud counties as Republican and Democrat candidates claim votes. With 13 seats contested and a possible majority elusive, observers see a close, uncertain result affecting next winter's legislation and governance.
Referee S. A. Balliet orders the sale of John H. Geiger’s mining stock assets in Flathead county for Monday at 10 o clock in his office with H. Weston as trustee. Also set for Tuesday at 10 o clock is the creditors meeting for Charles Paisel of Townsend. Henry Trau of Havre will have his first creditors meeting on the same date. liabilities $1,950 and no assets.
Alma Webster Vowell and Eugenie Pirant joined Mrs Maxwell for a Carnegie Hall recital with Mrs Maxwell returning from a European tour. Pirani directed and wrote all pieces for Mrs Maxwell with a three octave voice range from contralto to soprano. Pirani performed his own Venetian pieces arranged for piano and orchestra.
Chicago reports Daniel Heales Republican candidate asserts victory as sheriff, contesting Thomas Barrett’s 7000 plurality. The Record-Herald notes possible overcount beyond ballots issued, citing 24000 to 285000 ballots issued, with total sheriff votes given as 24943. Fraud accusations arise amid disputed counts and damaged stamps.
The five foot nine inch world record for pony hurdle jumping, set by Kruger, was equalled tonight at the St. Louis horse show. Among the prize winners was Limestone Belle, the high school horse owned by O. R. Woodward of Kansas City.
A Butte meeting at the auditorium three days after the election launched plans for a new socialist campaign. Rev. Carl Thompson led talks on socialism, urging no fusion, promoting a revolu tionary stance and plans for permanent headquarters and speakers to visit Montana.
Complete unofficial returns show a near dead heat between democratic and fusion candidates for justices of the peace in Walkerville townships, with republicans also contesting constable positions. County-wide results hint at wins for Ryan for county clerk and several democrats for administrator and surveyor, while a constitutional amendment to county commissioners failed and a $250,000 bond measure was defeated by a large margin.
Beginning tomorrow St Josephs church in South Butte hosts forty hours of adoration. A bishop ordered devotion, with eminent priests delivering sermons. Sunday features a 10 30 high mass with a procession of white-clad girls and a sacred canopy. Monday and Tuesday mass times are 9 30 and 10, with 7 30 confessions.
In Boston at the Criterion Athletic club Dave Sullivan of New York won by decision over Jimmy Briggs of Chelsea in round eight after a foul claim. Briggs dominated much of the match with solid blows, Sullivan clinched to endure in rounds six and seven, and a postfight melee nearly broke out as Sullivan returned to the ring. Earlier in Buffalo Jim Parr defeated M. J. Dwyer two straight falls in 19 minutes.
W Db Smith of Billings, stock inspector of Yellowstone county, is in the city. Martin Mulvehill of Helena, a well known mining man, was in town yesterday. H J Toomey and wife and C H Williams of Deer Lodge were in the city yesterday.
A section of the Darling warehouse in Minneapolis buckled with the walls giving way as hundreds of tons of material collapsed. Four feet of debris and a severely strained area raised fears the rest of the structure could collapse at any moment with injuries reported.
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