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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1901
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard Publishing Company outlines publishing terms for daily and Sunday editions, subscription rates, and postal requirements. It lists branch offices in Butte, Missoula, and Great Falls and mentions eastern offices and newsstands nationwide.
The Anaconda Standard proclaims a larger bona fide paid circulation than all other Montana newspapers combined. It cites a six month average ending June 30, 1901, with daily circulation 11,872 and Sunday circulation figures noted.
A Kentucky district defends a teacher who uses a 44 caliber revolver for discipline, while the state superintendent declines to intervene absent a law. Directors vote to keep the teacher, prompting worry about guns in classrooms and a debate among educators.
Widespread famine and peasant misery grip Italian provinces as bread riots loom anew. Tax laws drive confiscations and cruel debts, with Sardinia reporting 52 060 tax sales in twelve years, most under twenty cents in interest. Crucially, peasants mourn Crispi as the nation convulses under militarism and hardship.
The piece condemns Crispi for steering Italy into militarism tied to German influence. It links dreibund to faux glory, ruinous policy, and emergent corruption, arguing endless public works and naval spendthrift bred famine, poverty, crime, and demoralization as the price of military glory.
The piece argues the West Indies expedition had one true naval hero, CV Espera Veras? Vive Cevera. Hobson Sampson and Schley are blamed as false heroes for the Spanish American War narrative. It claims public adulation misidentified merit and honors, praising the lone commendable commander.
A reform effort seeks to move the presidential inauguration to April 30 after the 1789 practice in Washington. The drive, led by the McKinley inauguration committee, asks DC authorities to form a national panel to push Congress for constitutional amendment. It notes delays between election and seating harms public service.
The article compares a Kaiser William and Prince Chun meeting to a horse race in a hippodrome, noting an imperial Chinese letter blaming the Boxers and declining direct responsibility. It cites Pekin’s view that Germany and China may become closer allies despite tensions, with a playful postscript from Prince Chun.
Reported in Pekin and Potsdam, the expiatory mission between China and Germany is described as a farce. Kaiser Wilhelm urged China to conduct itself properly while Prince Chun sought cessation, with both sides offering insincere forgiveness and a dramatic, ineffective show at Potsdam.
Pyrotechnic pen writer Alfred Henry Lewis envisions New York politics with Stanchfield as possible Democratic governor and Odell facing defeat. He dismisses several other candidates while praising Associate Justice Harlan as a potential president, noting political fevers and shifting alignments.
The Minneapolis Journal notes Professor Triggs must try anew or Chicago University will fall behind. It highlights Professor Crooks of Northwestern beginning a climb of Orizaba, a Mexican plateau volcano 18,314 feet high, promising news for scholars.
In New York Magistrate Zeller rules that calling a man a lobster or Dutch lobster is not a crime. A hotel dispute over lessee status led the husband to call the landlord such insults and threaten harm. The magistrate sustains the husband and leaves the landlord's broader questions open.
A terse note implies Magistrate Zellar harbors a bias toward women and landlords or favors lobsters, reflecting tensions in local governance and social priorities.
The Amsterdam dispatch notes a gang producing 40 guilder notes for the Bank of the Netherlands. Police suspect Americans due to the craftsmanship. The piece reflects on improving American credit abroad for illicit work.
The Boston Herald reflects that war teaches geography by highlighting hidden map areas. It notes Cuba, the Philippine Islands, South Africa, China, and Central America rising to prominence as wars unfold, while Civil War history educates the North about the South.
The piece surveys varied topics from monarchs and suffrage to science, culture and philanthropy. It notes Leopold II of Belgium and Queen Wilhelmina, Carrie Chapman Catt on women voters, Garibaldi statue unveiling in Chicago, and Mrs. Arthur Bertrand Russell leading a temperance chair fundraiser in London University. It mentions Lacaste Duthiers death and Professor George C. Tilden’s recovery, plus President McKinley autograph practices.
A collage of witty exchanges from multiple papers with puns about laws songs oil spouters and old age. Jokes touch on politics marriage intoxication poker and relatives with brisk city newspaper humor tone.
The Hartford Times argues there is no surplus of unskilled labor. It cites public works in Boston and New York costing around 100 million dollars and underground rail projects as drivers of immigrant labor, noting Italians arrive in thousands and perform well. The piece urges allowing continued entry to meet job demand.
A six man gang robbed a Cotton Belt train at Evylvan switch near Texarkana at 1 am and were tracked by a posse with bloodhounds into Sulphur bottoms twenty miles away. Officials estimate at least $30,000 taken. railroad and express officials withheld statements as Superintendent Russ heads to the scene.
General Manager Bowerton reports six robbers blew the through express from St Louis to Dallas and took the contents. The US mail was not touched. The amount is unknown and will be learned from St Louis. Three large posses pursue the robbers.
Three men named Donneo Nick Manico and Fiormond died in a landslide at the Lake Shore bridge near Gordon Park in Cleveland. The tragedy occurred at the boulevard entrance as crews worked on the new structure. In London, the Social Democratic Federation urged unions to unite against organized capital after a first clash in the labor movement.
Washington reports Sanitary Officer Frank signed a temporary confinement order for Mrs. Cath erine A babcock widow of General Babcock chief of staff to General Grant at St Elizabeth asylum for the insane. The supreme court of the District of Columbia will review her mental condition.
The government plans to stop the going to and fro of certain persons between London and Cape Town. The Pall Mall Gazette reports mails of other suspects have been examined and important correspondence seized.
New York report states Rev. William H. Dupuy longtime associate editor of the Christian Advocate died of paralysis at Canaan Connecticut at age 72 after more than 25 years in the role.
German cruiser Vineta and Italian cruiser Umbria have reached La Guayra the port serving Caracas, according to Haytien cable reports dated September 4. The vessels are noted as second and third class ships respectively and their arrival marks a naval movement near the Venezuelan coast.
The World reports that private sources say Columbia has been selected to defend the America's Cup and as a result there will be no race today in New York.
The article recounts a steel strongroom with three dials invented to trap a thief and a banker who died inside after failing to reset the third dial. Decades later the vault is reopened, with the widow ordering destruction or sale. Krueger’s assistant reportedly enters the room up to twelve times daily.
At a Manchester ministers gathering the group agreed each person tell a short story. Dr Watson's assistant refused citing the doctor's personal involvement, but Watson urged him to proceed and the tale unfolded as a dream given to him.
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