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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1908
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard lists subscription rates and distribution points. It notes daily and Sunday pricing, rates for monthly and annual terms, and directs readers to multiple branch offices and newsstands across cities including Missoula, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland. It also provides office contact details and directs correspondence to Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda, Montana.
A tribute recalls Tennessee Senator Edward Ward Carmack who served in the Senate six years before his death in March, praising his counsel and stature. The piece traces his Sumner County origins, Tennessee legislative start, Nashville and Memphis editorial roles, and his national influence as a journalist and statesman. It also surveys mining fortunes, political campaigns, and global naval race context alongside a note on Texas and New York law regarding suicide and assistance.
Albert T. Patrick, imprisoned for the murder of W. M. Rice in Texas, endured a lengthy fight against execution. After a death sentence and commute to life, he seeks a rehearing arguing Governor Higgins overstepped legal bounds by imposing punishment beyond death. The case remains a dramatic, notable national affair.
The article reflects on the mining districts of the Northwest, comparing Fleton to the broader truth that many prospectors rise from poverty to wealth in Montana, Northern Idaho, Nevada, and Coeur d Alenes. It notes how some become millionaires and others leave the mines with little to show, illustrating the adventurer’s path.
Washington reports a White House conference with President Roosevelt James Wadsworth Jr and William Ward. It is widely believed Secretary of State Elihu Root of Clinton New York will succeed Thomas C. Platt as senator on March 4 1908. Root has not ruled out the candidacy if no opposition exists.
Trenton New Jersey November 9 The state supreme court quashed the indictment against Democratic State Chairman James R Nugent for alleged election frauds in Newark.
A column argues for a monument to inventors and criticizes government patent finance. It recounts humble inventors who found aid in the Patent Office, cites English patent law changes limiting foreign patents, and imagines future wireless and automated breakthroughs transforming industry and society.
In the injunction suit by Butterick Publishing against Anaconda and Typographical Union, Chancery Crane hears testimony. Walderman Stein, Helena union treasurer, testifies receipt of New York union communications last summer. Stein says Helena union took no action against Butterick. Strain recalled, but his later testimony seems limited.
Yellowstone County commissioners met to canvass returns from last Tuesday’s election and adjourned at 8 00 pm with eight of 15 precincts reported. Nat G. Carwile plans to contest the race against Loren Jones who is shown elected district clerk by a small margin, with attorney William J. Johnston engaged to represent him.
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