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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1902
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions with annual, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly plans. Rates shown include 810.00 yearly for Sally and Sunday, 5.0 for six months, 3.0 for three months, and 1.00 for one month.
An OCR fragment lists pricing of editions by pages and cents and invites inquiries for overseas rates. It references One Cent, Two Cents, and Three Cents editions, with Europe and other foreign countries as destinations and asks readers to inquire for details.
The Main Office at Standard Block Anaconda lists telephone numbers and editorial rooms. Branch offices are in Butte Missoula and Great Falls where advertising rates will be provided on application.
Washington report notes J Morton charged in connection with a case at the Eastern offices located at 130 Nassau Street and Washington Street. Further details not available in the fragment.
The listing specifies news stands and distribution points in New York City Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Salt Lake City Spokane Tacoma Seattle and Portland. It notes addresses and outlets including Brentano's Union Mysere Theater Ticket Office Palace Hotel and Portland Hotel with general correspondence to Standard Publishing Company Anaconda Montana.
Butte Democrats arrange a rally to night with speakers Martin Maginnis and Judge Pemberton, veterans from territorial days. The meeting marks the formal opening of democracy's campaign in Silver Bow county.
The Standard argues voters in Silver Bow county will not be diverted by tricks and should focus on choosing fit county officers. It states issues in Silver Bow align with those facing all Montana counties and urges avoiding personal advantage or spite in the campaign.
The International Congress of Americanists convenes in New York for its thirteenth session. It marks the first U S gathering of the group with prior meetings in European capitals and one in Mexico City. The event gathers students of history and economics to discuss ethnological and archaeological topics related to native Western peoples and early America.
The text cites 147000 miners and 511.5 million dollars tied to idle coal properties, with annual wages of 161.91 million and output of 396.89 million tons. It argues John P. Morgan could singlehandedly influence or end the strike, presenting him as an individual whose word held sway over operators. The Zaer people insisted the strike continue, while Morgan began to decide the course.
The article argues that J P Morgan’s intervention influenced President Roosevelt during a conflict, noting the president yielded control while Morgan asserted limits. It questions how one man can wield such power over national affairs and whether this flattens American institutions.
The Standard notes Mr. Heinze travels Northern Montana with a private car, praising some Republicans while avoiding deep party ties. Voters seem unimpressed by his self run tour as judges and GOP candidates brace for Holloway.
Mrs. Marie Vitt hosted a lavish divorce party in Baltimore after securing an absolute divorce from Mr. Vitt in about sixty days. The event, attended by Baltimore's smart set, featured music dancing feasting and jubilant congratulations from guests.
A Paris style fete champetre hosted for October 14 invites friends to eat drink and be merry while joking about a future remarriage. The piece doubtfully compares the divorce party to a wedding reception and even to old English funeral festivities.
Report notes WO weeks remain before the November election and states that public interest in Montana is subdued. Analysts say campaigns lack major state issues and local rancor, with normal party alignment and registration expected to rise to average off year levels.
A Baltimore bride Marie Rhoypen and Philadelphia groom Samuel Oren faced an unconventional ceremony when Joseph Goldberg claimed the bride as his wife in a Hebrew ceremony. The rabbi ruled the union invalid, but Goldberg and Marie later eloped, prompting further legal and religious questions about marriage under orthodox law.
The piece argues cleanliness as a modern standard contrasts with historical piety. It cites Oxford lacking modern bathing facilities, relying on buckets and kettles for hot water, and jokes about importing American plumbers to improve the town’s health and self-respect tied to the Rhodes bequest.
The Harvard president's remarks on selfless duty are contrasted with claims of pervasive competition. The article argues colleges embrace broad study and democracy, while professional fields shift toward large firms and salaried positions. It notes trusts reduce direct competition, aiding stability but causing displacements, and cites a veteran clerks’ view on fair pay.
Rabbi Levinthal declares Marie Goldberg as the wife of the man she eloped with under orthodox law. The question remains whether she is married to Goldberg, to Oren, or to both, while public opinion fixes her union with the eloping partner.
A Boston Transcript piece recounts a Southeastern Massachusetts settlement of “scrub makers” and a blunt preacher who claims the late Mr W is in hell. An outraged intimate storms out, later pacing the church green and spitting tobacco as townsfolk react to the sermon.
A New York correspondent notes H. W. Washington closely resembles George Washington, with facial likeness described as startling. Artist Funk previously painted a portrait after Washington posed in colonial attire, making the likeness convincing to those who know the living man. William Hepburn Washington, a civil engineer and inventor, has been linked to major New York sociological efforts.
Brief item noting Hungarian wives and wigs with mentions of places Essex Ludlow Suffolk and Broome. No clear event or outcome is described in the fragment.
The New York Press describes Hungarian wives wearing wigs to look bald after marriage ceremonies. Wigs are shaved and heads covered with cheap material to appear unattractive, a tense effort to deter other men and defend against unwanted suitors.
A Hawthorne cousin in Salem tells the Boston Journal there was never a House of the Seven Gables. He quotes Hawthorne saying he had no particular house in mind, the tale a mere fancy of his own.
William Ousley of Chester Pennsylvania, in his eighties, has worked as a collector for an insurance firm for many years. He averages 15 miles of walking daily, six days weekly, for two decades. He stands at meals, refuses underwear, and remains robust and active as the country’s oldest Odd Fellow in membership.
The Rev. Charles 8. Cummings, sheriff elect of Androscoggin County, Maine, plans to enforce the prohibition law as rigidly as the late Cumberland County parson sheriff, Rev. Mr. Pearson. Cummings won by a large majority after a 202d ballot nomination at the Republican convention.
The shah of Persia, a royal blood chess enthusiast, plays when in Paris. He calls chess a royal and divine game but says it was not made for Christians.
A wedding in Winsted Connecticut was delayed for hours after the bride refused to ride to the church in a mule drawn carriage. The driver later borrowed horses from a bus bound for a cattle show to complete the procession.
Miss Duchemin of Boston owns china over 200 years old, a relic her grandmother received from the daughter of a maid of honor to Queen Anne. The artifacts reflect distant royal connections and colonial history.
President John A. McCall of the New York Life Insurance Company traveled to Hot Springs Virginia for a brief stay and rest a few days.
The article describes an insurance agents club housed in a major hotel and run by the brother of George Washington Perkins as general factotum. Members must write at least $200,000 in paid up insurance annually, with the top writer becoming president for as long as no one surpasses him. Last year’s president, from Philadelphia, wrote $1,400,000 in 12 months.
A collage of witty lines and short jokes from Life Indianapolis News Sport ing Times Baltimore News Judge Chicago Post and Jude. It blends humor about healers fools editors and social scenes with light quips on truth versus fiction and a punchy take on manners and money.
A San Francisco rabbi addressed largely Russian immigrants, explaining that stars on the flag represent those who behave themselves while stripes symbolize those who do not, offering a new view of the Stars and Stripes.
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