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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1901
Page
4
The Anaconda Standard announces subscription rates for Daily and Sunday editions and lists prices for various term lengths. It also details mailing rates, foreign postage, and office locations in Anaconda plus branch offices in Butte Missoula Great Falls with contact addresses.
The Anaconda Standard reports a larger bona fide paid circulation than all other Montana daily newspapers combined. For the six months ending June, 2001 the paper averaged daily circulation of 11,872 and Sunday circulation of 16,191.
The six 1901 report notes a condemned man to die for the Dotson murder in Powell County. The crime was described as cold blooded against an aged, peaceful cabin resident believed to hold money. Trial hailed for swift pursuit and courtroom efficiency.
The triennial Protestant Episcopal convention in San Francisco faces a heated vote on a proposed canon banning remarriage for divorcees. J Pierpont Morgan leads the anti prohibition forces while Bishop Hall backs the measure. Moderates fear immorality and national impact if adopted.
The Butte city council decided to pass an ordinance mandating that police and fire department employees contribute monthly hospital dues to insure medical and hospital care and treatment for accidents or sickness.
Aldermen pass the ordinance amid protests from nearly all city police and firemen. Proponents say the plan protects taxpayers and employers by requiring monthly dues for medical care, similar to mining companies. Critics argue about personal responsibility and potential costs to the city.
A widely circulated brochure titled An Appeal for Peace attributed to Count von Waldersee prompts discussion in France and Germany. It argues seven centuries of Franco German wars ended in a near draw in casualties and lands, urging French chivalry to heed a German soldier’s plea for universal peace.
A society portrait notes a Washington woman driving a mule attached to a carriage, sparking fashion talk. The piece praises the Pan American Exposition’s global reach, rapid transport, and the era’s rapid communications while warning about the male mule’s social influence.
A humorous polemic argues that society must either abandon mules or adopt a robust, explicit swearing regime to drive them. It jokes that Montana can supply instructors and cites George Irvine or General Charles B. Warren as contact points for master mule punchers.
The piece argues that William Jennings Bryan avoids praising David B. Hill while critics claim he dislikes him. It notes Hill’s past tactics against Bryan in 1896 and limited support in 1900, with Hill’s influence in New York questioned after McKinley’s 1900 win. It ends by pondering Hill’s 1904 prospects and others like Tom Johnson.
The address highlights rapid modern communications from telegraphy to rail, praises growing U S prosperity, and calls for reciprocal trade, merchant marine growth, direct steamship lines, and the Isthmian Canal. It urges arbitration, pan American unity, and peaceful relations under Blaine’s pan American spirit.
Vice President Roosevelt toured the West Rutland marble quarries and the Vermont Marble Co mill under Senator Redfield Proctor’s escort. He received a hearty ovation at the fair grounds, spoke briefly, then moved to Proctor’s lunch before departing for Burlington at 3:30 p.m.
Two armed robberies were reported today in the Vancouver area, one near Steveston involving George Edwards a Toronto traveler who was robbed of $18 and a gold watch and chain, and another later in the evening a Japanese tugboat employee was forced to undress and surrender $1.50 after a search.
Severe blizzard hits Anaconda at 2 oclock this morning with fierce wind and heavy snow. Temperature is reported very cold as several inches of snow blanket the town.
A cold day in Anaconda after Jack Frost visited overnight. The iceman’s smiles shifted to the coalman as overcoats flew off racks. Temperatures stayed chilly all day and stoves burned more than in months, nudging folks to earn money to buy warmer gear.
The international musical comedy hit A Runaway Girl draws large crowds with repeated encores for songs like The Sly Cigarette Follow the Man From Cook's and Listen to the Band. Performances include the popular negro novelty The Goblins and are set for next Wednesday night at the Margaret.
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