This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1900
Page
2
Insurgents and ladrone bands widen their reign of fear across rural areas while U S forces struggle with ambushes. General Cailles orders executions of Bay officials and arms dealers, signaling rising violence amid American occupation plans.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim to stop cough and cure a cold in one day. The ad states No Cure No Pay and lists a 25 cent price.
London’s stock market firmed last week as the Taff Vale strike ended and hopes grew for an Allied withdrawal from Pekin and a near finish to the South Africa war. Consols eased, Americans stayed dull, and mining shares held gains while gold continued to flow out and discount rates softened.
Last week Berlin stock exchange showed gains in industrials and coal shares with 6 to 12 percent rises while iron and pig iron production improved. Settlement day saw easy money but rates weakened. government funds fell modestly as bank stock rose on favorable small-bank reports. Coal scarcity and higher coal prices persist, with German rail freight cuts unlikely to draw in enough coal, and American coal viewed as key to future supply.
Four Vancouver campers set out in a rowboat to board the steamer Comex near Powellake. In darkness the Comex struck the boat, splitting it in two and drowning Aubray Lund and A Vaughan.
George Van derbilt starts an endowment fund for the Clarence Barker memorial hospital at Biltmore in Asheville North Carolina. The hospital, erected by sisters Edeleema Barker Semmid and Virginia Purdy Barker Bacon in memory of their cousin, will open formally next Tuesday.
Lima dispatch reports the Peruvian senate considering a proposal to prevent Chinese immigration as displaced Chinese may flee due to ongoing disturbances.
A Bangor Me dispatch reports Charles A Boutelle, long serving congressman, was renominated while confined in an asylum. Voters across Penobscot Piscataquis Washington and Aroostook counties are expected to give Boutelle a large Republican majority despite his condition. Analysts note opponents concede defeat while local business leaders consider Democratic efforts.
Rail road officials meeting in Glenwood Springs discuss a trans continental passenger association. The session runs one hour and adjourns to 10 oclock tomorrow. Santa Fe may join. government troop routing favors Southern Pacific via Ogden to San Francisco. Nicholson notes Santa Fe could carry troops Chicago to tidewater.
William J. Bryan spends Labor Day at the Auditorium hotel with Senator Jones and Democratic colleagues in Chicago and plans a Labor Day ovation before a Cumberland Md. campaign start and a West Virginia tour, then returns to Lincoln. Wisconsin Social Democrats nominate Howard T. Lewis for governor and a Democratic congressional ticket with Robert Meisner and others.
News from Pretoria reports Kruger and Steyn traveling to Barberton amid fears of Boer raids promising a swift end. British forces under General Baker push along the Lydenburg road with clashes in the Crocodile mountains and a Boer supply train attack at Klip river station. Brabant’s horse recaptures prisoners and drives Boers into the hills. London notes a possible proclamation annexing the Transvaal, with reports of De Wet near Winnburg.
About 400 members of the National Association of Letter Carriers arrive in Detroit for the yearly gathering to be held this week. Membership stands at 16,000 with 745 local branches, and most country carriers are included except about 14,000. Main topics include potential federal pay raises to 1200 dollars for first and second class carriers and a pension bill funded by a 1 percent salary assessment, administered by the post office department at no extra government cost.
Special Dispatch notes both Jefferson County Republican and Democratic central committees met in Boulder to set primary and nominating dates. Democrats fixed primaries for Sept 12 with county convention Sept 3. Republicans designated Sept 22 for county nominating convention and Sept 1 for primaries, listing delegates and alternates for the state convention.
The government today announced a new Peruvian customs schedule that will come into force on January 1. Officials stated the reform aims to streamline cargo processing and tariff collection starting the new year.
Notice announces submission to Montana electors at the next general election of an amendment to Section 5, Article VIII of the state constitution to alter the Supreme Court structure to three to five justices. It describes voting procedures, ballot wording, and repeal of conflicting acts, certified by Secretary of State T. H. Hogan.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.