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Newspaper

Anaconda Standard

Location

Anaconda, Montana, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1902

Page

6

Anaconda Standard Masthead and subscription rates

The Anaconda Standard publisher notice appears with publishing house names and postal details. Subscription rates are listed for various terms, though text is garbled and partially unreadable.

Postage Rates and City Office Details for The Standard

Rates list for editions from 30 to 48 pages with prices from one to three cents. Europe and other foreign mail costs doubled. Main Office in Anaconda Montana offers advertising rate info. Branches in Butte Missoula Great Falls provide rates on request. Also lists Western and Eastern offices and newsstands for sales and distribution.

Europe The Standard Butte Missoula Great Falls

St Louis Exposition Pitched As Biggest Ever

A St Louis exposition presentation at the mining congress session in Riutte argues the fair will be the largest and most lavish yet with vast acres money and exhibits. Montana pledges strong support expecting a cheerful climate and generous patronage for the 1904 event.

Mining Congress Riutte St. Louis S. Louis Montana

Evolution of circus trust merges major shows and echoes past wars

The article traces the consolidation trend among major circuses including Forepaugh Sells, Barnum Bailey, and Buffalo Bill's Wild West, noting earlier "white elephant" rivalries and the shift from small traveling tents to large, centralized shows. It reflects on historic attitudes toward circuses and compares today's consolidations with earlier minstrel-era dynamics.

Simon Barnum and Bailey Forepaugh's Sells Brothers Forepaugh & Sells Barnum & Bailey Buffalo Bill America Montana

A Glimpse of Old Circuses and Public Taste

The article recalls how, though small in scale, early circuses drew generous patronage from local communities. Audiences enjoyed simple entertainments as much as modern crowds savor the grand and lavish shows of today’s circus trusts.

Circus Trust

Montana Political Feud Mirrors Senator Clark Power Struggle

The Standard notes Montana politics after Senator Clark’s victory. A committee vote tied as a proxy vote by Governor Toole, who held Clark’s proxy. The move prompts contempt for passively wielded influence and questions of party loyalty and governance.

Montana W. A. Clark Clark Senate Knowlton

Stratford Church Buys Land to Hear Atheist’s Ten Hours

In Stratford Connecticut the First Methodist Episcopal church offers $500 for land near the church. Mr Peck an atheist proposes to deed the land for $380 on condition the minister and congregation listen to ten hours of atheist preaching. The deal includes a decade of sermons to counter the talk.

Stratford Conn First Methodist Episcopal Church Peck Mr. Peck

Pennsylvania Republicans Split Over Quay Rift in Philadelphia

Anti Quay union Republicans may nominate a full state ticket from governor to others and seek a fusion with Democrats for Pattison. Quay allies hold conferences in Philadelphia to influence the meeting and counter the anti Quay convention amid expected heated exchanges.

Pennsylvania Philadelphia Quay Keystone Down Republican State Committee

Grant Granddaughter's Groom Linked to Chevalier Title Origin

The marriage of General Grants granddaughter spurred a probe into the grooms lineage. The father using the title chevalier is traced to a Detroit native known as Ed Scovel or Old Shovel. The man disliked business and society yet possessed a melodic voice and sang in church choirs. He moved to New York to pursue singing.

Grant Chevalier de Seoville Chevalier Chicago Journal Detroit Chevalier Eduardo de Svcoville Ed Scovel New York

Scovel and Piggie Roosevelt Heiress Tie Family Ties

Ed Scovel reemerges as Chevalier Eduardo de Scovello among Detroit’s opera circles after a fall from fame. He marries Piggie Roosevelt, a church figure and cousin to President Roosevelt, and the couple sails for Europe. The tale ends with the Scovellos’ highborn marriage linking Grant lineage to Detroit’s evolving recollections.

Roosevelt Piggie Detroit Europe Ed Scovel Melba de Reszke Chevalier Eduardo de Scovello Italy Chevalier Champs Elysees France Mime Thiers Leavel

Death of Mrs. W. A. Bower at New York State home

Mrs. W. A. Bower died after a lingering illness. Wife of W. A. Bower of the Standard's business office, she had made Anaconda her home after marriage and spent her final days near New York City under attentive care. The Bower family faces grief as relatives in the East prepare to care for their daughter.

W. A. Bower

Succession Rules Across Europe and Turkey Outline Crowns

The text notes that Italy's heir would be the Duke of Aosta as presumptive successor, while the Netherlands and Servia show in abeyance. Salic kings would pass to direct descendants of the current ruler for Russia Austria Italy and Belgium. Turkey's sultanate follows brother to brother rather than father to son.

Italy Duke of Aosta Netherlands Servia Russia Austria Belgium Turkey

Admiral Farragut’s lifelong vigor judged by birthday jumps

General James Grant Wilson recalls Admiral Farragut’s 50 years of service and peak vitality building up to 1862. The admiral reportedly celebrated birthdays with a standing jump over a chair, until his sixty second year when he felt less equal to the feat.

Farragut James Grant Wilson

Notable figures and oddities in a global collection of anecdotes

A San Francisco man avoids surgery despite repeated threats of appendicitis while Wisconsin Congressman Babcock buys a Washington house once owned by John Ingalls for 15000. Doyen praises German doctors and Bergmann’s 6 am start. An Evian doctor uses homing pigeons to deliver prescriptions. Civil engineer Fuller becomes a Christian missionary to lead industrial work in South Rhodesia.

Babcock Wisconsin Washington House John J. Ingalls Wisconsin Statesman Evian-les-Baines France

Klondike Boom Spent Its Force Says II Accounts

II accounts agree the Klondike dike boom has spent its force. Transport along the coast has slowed as travel to the region drops. Gold output may fall to under five percent of last year with labor supply exceeding demand and many facing hardship.

Klondike

Americans Increase Visit to Berlin Amid Overhauled Unter den Linden

The Brooklyn Eagle notes a surge of American visitors to Berlin boosted by Prince Henry’s U.S. visit. Kaiser plans overhaul Unter den Linden into a grand boulevard while Americans stay at Bristol and Kempershof. Notables include Dr. Daniel Colt Gilman and Admiral Charles ONeil among others, with Berlin social life split into musical, medical, residential, and diplomatic sets. Excursions to Grunwald Spreewald Wannsee and other resorts are popular, and the Spreewalders maintain old customs.

Brooklyn Eagle Benin Unter den Linden Kaiser Berlin Lindens Bristol Kasserhof Prince Henry United States Daniel Colt Gilman Carnegie University At Charles O'Neil United States Navy Ziegfeld Chicago Musical College Europe George T. Wilson New York Arthur Wertheimer Clinic Charlottenburg Washington Usnoa Club Grunwald Spreewald Wannsee Havel Spree

Tolstoi asks Russia to punish him not his followers

In a letter to the interior minister Tolstoi denounces the persecution as cruel and unjust and declares he will continue writing works seen as dangerous. He offers to take all punishment himself and spare his disciples, noting authorities have no intention to auction against him while Vienna dispatches report no action against Count Tolstoi.

Count Tolstoi Russia Tolstoi Vienna

Monument to Confederate Soldiers at Camp Chase Unveiled

Col. William H. Krauss of Columbus led efforts to erect a granite arch memorial at Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery near Columbus Ohio. The 12 foot arch tops a boulder grave marker with Americans inscribed, a Confederate soldier statue above, and a tall flagpole with Old Glory. Krauss invited Confederate camps to send flowers for the unveiling, aided by William P. Harrison.

Philadelphia Times Camp Chase Columbus Ohio William H. Krauss William P. Harrison Krauss South

McLaurin Declines Court of Claims Post Says Tillman Rivalry Drives Goal

Interview with Senator McLaurin's private secretary John T. McCoy portrays McLaurin as determined to defeat William Penn Tillman and return to his South Carolina plantation to wage a supremacy battle. McCoy notes McLaurin could have been Interior Secretary but would not change his politics for office.

Senator McLaurin South Carolina John T. McCoy McCoy McLaurin Court of Claims Tillman Mr. McCoy Interior

Confederate Cemetery Consolidates Rebel Prison Remains

The plot of about two and a half acres holds 2,260 Confederate soldiers from states including Virginia 837 Kentucky 247 Tennessee 239 Alabama 481 Texas 22 Georgia 265 South Carolina 85 Arkansas 34 Mississippi 202 Florida 62 Maryland 9 Missouri 8 Louisiana 52 and about 280 unknowns. Land, leased during the war, was bought by the U S government on April 2 1879 and described as The Confederate cemetery formerly occupied by Camp Chase Rebel prison. Some interments were relocated from City cemetery southeast of Columbus.

United States Camp Chase Virginia Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Texas Georgia South Carolina Arkansas Mississippi Florida Maryland Missouri Louisiana City Cemetery Columbus

A Coffee Expert's Odd Method

In a Philadelphia cafe a man described as a coffee expert drinks coffee in three stages to judge quality. He starts plain to judge strength, then adds cream to gauge color, and finishes with sugar to assess taste. The proprietor explains each test informs him of the brew’s perfection.

Philadelphia Record

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Standard Publishing Company, Publishers and Proprietors Anaconda Roe Washington Bureau Post Bootor Ois Nassau Street Chicago Washington Street W. J. Morton Chio Postofice Auditorium Annex Minnepolis Minn Kh. G. Hearsey Third Street San Francisco Los Angeles South Main Street Denver Seventeenth Street Salt Lake West Second South Street Alt Lake Andard Publishing Company Araconda Mence the Circus Trust Tee Stranger Vet Toole Piggie Roosevelt General Grant Rower R. W. Ringhouse Doyen Paris Rhine Bergmann Defi Sovereigns Roumania Torday Panama Turer Hanan Department For New Goods M. J. Connell Company Zusresatolage Oweley Block Butts Mont Rice & Fulton Harvard Cigar University of Montana Missoula, Montana Oscar J. Craig Bishop Scott Academy Bezins Arthur C. Newill Portland, Oregon Columbia Pacific Coast M. A. Quinlan University Park, Oregon Portland Academy Eleventh Street Colina Campbell Portland Oregon Dekoven Walter D.s. Puford Pacoma Wash AL Ahere Blair Business College Spokane ST. Mary’s Academy Deer Lodge Deer Lode Lake Forest College Richard D. Harlan Lake Michigan Lake Forest, Il Hill Military Academy Hills J. W. Hell ST. Stephen's School Canne Hall Perine All Saints’ Cathedral
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