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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
18
The Anaconda Standard publishes subscription rates and distribution information for daily and Sunday editions, with pricing for monthly and yearly plans. It lists office addresses, regional branch offices, advertising contacts, and newsstand locations in multiple cities for access to the paper.
A schedule lists speaking engagements by date and city across Montana including Townsend Oct 14 Miles City Oct 15 Forsyth Oct 18 Red Lodge Oct 17 Billings Oct 19 Bozeman Oct 20 Great Falls Oct 21 Stockett Oct 22 Boulder Oct 23 South Butte Oct 24 Deer Lodge Oct 24 Helena Oct 27 Anaconda Oct 28 Butte Oct 29 30 31 Lima Nov 2.
A fragmented list shows cities such as Missoula Great Falls Darby Hamilton Culbertson Victor Havre Helena Philipsburg Butte Kalispell and Lewistown with scattered October dates and some October 2% and 15 entries suggesting a travel schedule or weather related timetable.
A list of upcoming dates in multiple Montana cities including Livingston Great Falls Red Lodge Lewistown Billings White Sulphur Springs Bozeman Miles City Missoula Glendive Butte Glasgow Dillon Fort Benton Helena and others with events planned through October and into November.
Fifty years after the Lincoln Douglas debates in Illinois the Alton celebration closes the semi centennial series. The article recalls the Aug 21 Ottawa start and the seven later debates in Freeport Jonesboro Charleston Galesburg and Quincy. Lincoln denounced slavery while Douglas defended constitutional rights and long sought national office.
President Diaz says he would welcome an opposition party as a sign of healthy party government. The Mexican Herald backs Diaz but condemns the domestic use of the term, describing an “opposition party” as disruptive critics who oppose every action and lack constructive policy.
The text notes a lawyer from Springfield Indiana who drifted into politics in 1849 to 1854, then opposed the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. It describes slavery extension as a central issue in 1858 and the Northern stance against it, with the Little Giant advocating popular sovereignty for new territories and states.
The Standard prints Governor Norris's defense of charges against him, detailing his labor votes. It cites eight hour day bills for hoisting engineers and miners, union label support, safety cage and public printing safeguards, plus opposition to public works eight hour rules when not amended.
The ruling party decries the opposition as a pernicious force while warning that Democratic ascent would ruin financial and social order. Republicans claim the opposition mirrors the feared chaos described by the Mexican Herald, a scare tactic deployed every four years.
A collage of light verse and quips from publishers including Punch and the Louisville Courier-Journal. Jokes cover family life, social manners, and lovers misadventures with pithy exchanges and mock moral banter. Names and publications anchor the items.
From the London Daily Mail a new pigeon post method is described. Don Harris Jr. uses homer pigeons to carry orders from outlying districts to his father’s shop. Birds speedily deliver orders, shortening delivery times for midday meals.
In the Washington Star a voter named Dustin Stax declines to express opinion on two candidates. He explains his wealth would invite campaign solicitors to pressure him for contributions, creating a political stalemate born from status.
The statement asserts that true quality comes from safety and purity, emphasizing freedom from poisonous and spurious ingredients as the baseline for superior flavor. It highlights that excellence in taste rests on trustworthy, clean composition.
An exploration of how fashions originate from Paris London and royal influence. It notes Paris designers and American buyers set trends while London dominates menswear. It cites historical examples from crinoline peruke and notable figures like Ben Franklin and the Prince of Wales shaping attire over centuries.
A long shoreman drinks at a saloon and tells the barkeeper to charge it to Timothy Casey. The barkeeper asks the owner in the cellar if Casey has credit and if he consumed the liquor, receiving the reply that he had and the charge is acceptable.
The London Standard reports a revival of the horn dance at Abbot's Bromley Staffordshire where a dozen villagers with the vicar’s blessing carried six pairs of reindeer antlers from the church tower to stage medieval pageantry. They danced through neighboring villages in Maid Marion jester hobby horse and other costumes amid hospitality. The origin is linked to Needwood forest deer theft and a maiden assize with proceeds for the poor.
A columnist surveys London's diverse faiths noting the new Mormon temple at South Tottenham alongside Chinese joss houses Malay worship sites Parsees mosques and multiple Christian sects. The piece lists sects such as Sandemanians and the Cokelers alongside a Walworth shoemaker founder as examples of London's 300 distinct religious groups.
A passage highlights several sects such as the Seventh Day Baptists with Saturday sabbath, the Peculiar People avoiding doctors, Joanna Southcott’s followers, domestic servant prophets, and the shrinking Shaker movement reflecting their diminished numbers.
A Durham county farmer visits a roadside pub and buys no ticket yet wins a lottery via social luck. The landlady admits the pub won, then reveals she herself was third, while the farmer remains unpaid and claims luck again. He asks if he ever paid for the ticket, and the landlady confirms he did not.
A Freeport Methodist minister, sent to fetch vinegar from his cellar, slips at the stairs and groans aloud. His wife asks what happened and he answers he did not break the pitcher but will. The anecdote ends with the minister completing the task after the fall.
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