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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1909
Page
12
The passage asserts that midshipmen aspire to be admirals, West Pointers seek generals, and American boys hope to become president. It notes that if the goal is unreachable, friends still support Young America in their efforts to reach it.
No 47 No 115 branch offices in Butte with address 283 Fast Broadway. Bell phone 422 and Independent phone 1 422. 180 Higgins Avenue Telephone.
The winter session created two new state holidays Lincoln day in February to honor Abraham Lincoln and Columbus day on October 12 to mark Columbus discovery. Public observances planned in Butte with the Knights of Columbus joined by Anaconda council, at the Auditorium with Governor Norris Bishop Carroll and Senator Carter expected to speak. Montana becomes the first state to establish Columbus Day as a legal holiday. Other historical and regional observances are noted, including Pioneer Day in Montana and various regional celebrations across states.
Yale College President Hadley stresses a balanced religious life and insists students must think for themselves. He warns that heart alone or head alone fails and urges use of intellect to discern consequences, shaping moral responsibility and public opinion.
W J Morton manages foreign advertising with New York and Chicago offices. The Standard is sold at various city news stands from New York to Portland, with listed locations and addresses. All general business letters go to The Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda Montana.
Wilbur Wright expresses conservative views on aviation progress. He believes weight and distance limits cap improvement in heavier-than-air machines. He cautions gas motors offer limited future capability, suggesting prophecies overestimate aviation's advances.
The treasury department states a bank check for any amount is legal. A bank check, not meant for circulation as money, can be drawn even with a ten cent balance. The 1862 law is not violated, according to a high ranking official. Many find it easy to withdraw funds but hard to deposit and keep money in banks.
Former Chicago public schools chief Mr. Cooley argues against locking education to a few pathways. He cites the presidential odds as millions to one and urges broader training for all children beyond elite tracks.
Eastern papers dispute the tone of Taft's Middle West speeches with varied reports. In Montana, he delivered friendly, informal talks in Anaconda and Helena, stressing citizenship and prudent money use, while city crowds there remained cordial and the visit came off as social and educational.
Secretary Dickinson settles dispute with Chicago temperance leaders as they stage a large parade led by Gen Frederick DD Grant in the procession with public order celebrated this week.
The general wore a major general uniform and sparked controversy with his outfit. The secretary of war upheld the general’s right to dress as he pleases. The tale recalls Captain Shepard of Butte who always led parades in full regalia, setting a long standing precedent.
A Sicilian earthquake scare based on planetary alignments proved unfounded as a journalist notes the day’s focus shifted to a pennant race. An American scientist warned of possible quakes last week due to Sun Moon Earth alignment and planetary positions, but the universe watched baseball instead.
The reading says the fairest favor favors daily workers with chances for future profit. Saturn aspects Moon to ease wealth but caution on speculative gains. good for real estate, building, farming, and trades. Aged counsel is strong. employers should show deeds, avoid fires, and births may reveal mechanical genius yet carelessness risk.
A collage of quips and cartoons from multiple papers features the Controversial Explorer chasing a pole, jokes about getting friends, a hose reel blaze in St Peleg Whiffletree’s barn, wry lines from Mrs Climbery, Uncle Eben humor, and a punch question about Hamlet. The mix reflects early 20th century newspaper humor and light social satire.
The president praised the Portland stop on his coast to coast tour, with a 10 minute halt in the state capital for recreation and rest. He traveled as a personal guest of Senator Jonathan Bourne during the stop.
Gov James N Gillette and 20 Bay Area business leaders board a special car in Oakland to meet President Taft and serve as guard of honor. The trip includes stops at Redding Sacramento and Berkeley with a banquet in San Francisco before Taft heads to Yosemite Valley.
Yosemite Cal Oct 3 Prepared for President Tafts Yosemite visit Oct 6. Major Forsythe details 30 cavalry under Capt Wells to meet the presidential party at the park gateway and escort him through the valley. The schedule includes Wawona hotel stop and Glacier Point visit with a 21 gun salute.
St Louis Centennial week will bring at least a thousand American mayors to the city for conferences on city government. The Civic League and Centennial Association coordinate receptions, luncheons, a Veiled Prophet ball, pageants, airship races, aeronautic displays, and a Mississippi flotilla. Noted aviators like Knabenshue Beachey Baldwin and Curtiss are slated for dirigible and airplane events managed by the Aero Club of St Louis.
El Paso dispatch says President Diaz ordered a carload of choice flowers for delivery in Juarez on October 16. The blooms will decorate reception and banquet rooms for the Taft Diaz meeting.
The Rev John A Lupton a well known Presbyterian minister and father of Stuart K Lupton American vice consul at Messina Italy during the earthquake last winter died in Winchester Virginia today aged 76 years.
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