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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
3
The Anaconda Standard lists publication details including price plans and multiple office addresses. It enumerates daily and Sunday editions, subscription rates, and a broad network of newspaper stands across cities, with Standard Publishing Company as the proprietors and headquarters in Anaconda.
In Deer Lodge County the Democratic slate displays confidence as town and county voters head toward the polls. Notables like Daly for state senator and Ed Burke for the lower house tout experience and public service, while James O Keefe as sheriff brings police experience, and Mary H Brennan is named for superintendent of schools. The column emphasizes party unity and calls for broad support across the county and Helena.
A digest of Walter Wellman bulletins on Taft and Bryan shows Republicans rallying labor and engineer blocks for Taft while Wellman warns of a rising anti Taft sentiment among railway unions. The piece notes Roosevelt era majorities limit Bryan’s gains and questions if labor unrest can swing the election or merely narrow Taft’s edge.
Noah Webster will be honored today by a fitting celebration of his memory. The article recounts his life from Yale graduate in 1783 to author of a spelling book and the first U S dictionary. It notes his humble beginnings, teaching, law study, and lasting impact on American language.
A jumble of notices and snippets recalls cold snaps, political spats, and sports near misses. References span Taft in Ohio, ships on stage, registration warnings, and a deadpan look at a waning big league season with varied opinions and fading excitement.
The thirty third annual W C T U session at Dinver surveys a sweeping prohibition rise driven by earnest members. It highlights local state and national gains, education, health, juvenile courts, thrift, and prison reform as the movement expands across states and territories with Frances Willard noted as a symbol of organized motherhood.
The article outlines the Woman's Christian Temperance Union activities in Maine and Massachusetts, citing efforts against alcoholism and impurity, charity work for girls at risk, anti trafficking concerns, literature and art cleansing crusades, and labor reforms. It notes social programs, education, and household support, including nurseries, hospitals, and banks, highlighting state differences in prison and death rates.
A 1908 account notes bank and farm value shifts and cites WCTU efforts against army canteens. It highlights temperance gains, religious activism, and the movement's reach from Hillsboro to Congress statuary, ending with a Mary Harris Wolfard quote about love's power.
A garbled clipping cites the Washington Evening Star and New York World noting Mr Day letters to Dear Chancellor and Uncle Joe Cannon shaping tariff debates. It mentions Roosevelt and a 1904 roundtable, and references the spark arrestors on locomotives as a distant critique, with a digressive question about presidential influence on a 79 million electorate.
An advertisement for a Houston boarding school highlights housekeeping comforts and close supervision, offering portraits of experienced teachers, athletic programs, and limited vacancies. The head master Ey. SEEpEnice M. de FOREST recently from St Paul’s School Concord N H.
A crowded slate lists performances and talks in multiple towns including Porsyth Red Lodge Great Falls Butte Helena Bozeman Billings and Missoula with dates ranging October and November. Notable entries show varied venues in Billings Helena Bozeman and Great Falls among others with several entries lacking clear day data.
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