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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1902
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard publishes daily issues and is entered at the Anaconda Post Office as second class mail matter.
Rates payable in advance list daily and Sunday options with durations and prices. One year 8100, six months 5, three months 3, one month 1.00. Also shows a daily Sunday option and a line mentioning a phone or office code.
Rates for various newspaper editions listed: 1 cent for 16 page editions, 2 cents for 10 page editions, 3 cents for larger formats, with two cent and foreign country rates noted. Inquiries offered for Europe and other destinations.
Fragmentary text shows a main office and business office label with telephone numbers and editorial room line unreadable. The readable elements indicate a newspaper office contact layout, page header style, but no clear event or story details.
The Standard has branch offices at Butte, Missoula and Great Falls where advertising rates will be furnished on application.
In New York Nassau Street Chicago Washington street the Morton in charge. The short item notes a bureau designation and confirms an assigned supervisor in charge at the office locations.
The Standard can be found at various news stands across New York Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Salt Lake City Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland and more. Locations include Jonas & Theater Ticker, Firentano's Union Square Chicago Postoffice News Stand Auditorium Annex Mint R. G. Hearsey & Co Palace Hotel Los Angeles 22 South Main Street Denver 6 Seventeenth Street Salt Lake Second South Salt Lake North Howard Spokane North Howard Pacific Avenue Pike Street Portland Hotel.
Beaverhead county reports describe widespread fish killings in remote preserves. The editorial condemns anglers who destroy Red Rock Creek fish with explosive devices, urging conscience and law to curb such acts and warning of eventual accountability.
The article notes the mid month start of the dramatic season with renovated opera houses and a wider variety of offerings. It traces melodrama origins from moral plays in England to Shakespearean theater, highlighting audience conditions and changing tastes over time.
The author argues drama now spans many forms from comic opera to melodrama and psychological pieces. Shakespeare remains revered for artistry, but broader tastes reflect modern life’s complexities and appetite for variety alongside his enduring influence.
An HF sensation in Cripple Creek follows the donation of a large gambling hall to the Salvation Army. The piece notes mixed views on the Army, praising its material aid like lodging houses and wood yards while criticizing its methods as sensational. It also discusses tourism bureaus and investor attraction in British Columbia and Montana, with broader reflections on civic boosters and humor items.
The article defends Mrs Roosevelt for refusing lunch with the Russian Duke Boris and condemns his behavior in San Francisco and across the United States. It portrays Boris as a roue seeking debauchery and notes the public rebuke as deserved, citing US independence and disapproval of noble indiscretions.
Tourists bureaus in Victoria and Vancouver back a plan to lure eastern travelers to British Columbia with revamped chambers of commerce. Coastal cities favor the idea as they chase new patronage from visitors who previously favored California Yosemite Alaska and the Grand Canyon.
A collage of aged curiosities reports jeweled swords of rulers, a Baroda gaekwar sword valued at 1 110 000, a Salem death at near 109, and a naval clash witness who lived to witness Waterloo. It also notes Czars cycling during leisure and a solo Omaha founder ill in his 80s.
A collage of light quotes from various papers on social quirks coal prices and a mountain climber’s mishap. Jests touch on family, finance, fashion, and a minister’s vacation attire.
A miscellany of women themes from late 19th century society notes. Mrs Leishman receives a fan autographed by the sultan in Ankara. South women adopt a skin brightening use of fresh and preserved strawberry juice. Lady Henry Somerset remains active at 52 as head of British temperance groups since 1880. New York society women earn nicknames at race tracks, with Mrs Kernechen and Mrs Stuyvesant Fish among them. Italy appoints Dr Rina Mastro the Milan university anatomy professor. Harriet R Merrill collects freshwater crustaceans in South America for Wisconsin. Prudence Clark leads a New Mexico Chicayo school to 90 pupils and a new building, with sister Jeannette as assistant. Japanese railway etiquette shows a native woman dismounting in a carriage, then smoking from a tiny pipe after a ceremonial foot release.
The September issue of the North American Review features Lt Cmdr Roy Smith arguing the U S Navy faces imminent peril from a shortage of officers and enlisted men. He urges doubling naval academy appointments as ships grow, and calls for tapping youth and interior recruits to supply both sailors and officers.
The speaker warns that after ten years officers must rise to 3 720 with 2 660 more. This year 466 midshipmen, 350 graduates leaving 3 100 to appoint and graduate. 443 must graduate annually and 591 appointed. No plans to double appointments. ships laid up could be used as temporary navy capacity until new facilities arrive. He calls for public action and warns of national humiliation without action.
William Mortimer Sheimeley of Burlington road Mt Holly New Jersey survived a severe neck injury from a tree limb fall at age 17. Paralysis left him with limited movement but he reads newspapers daily and studies railroading, hoping for a fuller life. He stands 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds.
Advertisement notes winter weight ribbed fleece lined vests and pants in silver gray offered at special prices. Mentioned values range up to 600 a garment with sale prices around 1.25 to 1.50 for vests pants and tights. Men’s extra heavy fleeced underwear advertised at 1.00 a suit and 1.00 a pair for other items.
The Duchess joins a fishing party with Philip Benkard at Agassis Cove catching flounders under a brief shower. She later dines with her mother Mrs. Ogden Goelet and guests including Mrs. Oliver H. Belmont and Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt.
A Washington Post anecdote recounts Billy Fantolds and a leaky Georgetown skiff trip. He rows to mid river while his wife dozes, muttering about her sleep while he prepares a tale to tell as she sleeps. The scene ends with his plan still unfolding.
A narrator recounts a fanciful boast about meeting a striking 158 pound woman on F street with violet eyes and gold jewelry, only to be challenged by his wife who suspects the prank as he tries to explain the ruse and coax a wakeful response.
London report notes Cardinal Ledochowski prefect of the propaganda died recently. After embalming, Dr. Pelagallo removed the cardinal's heart, found abnormally large, to be sent to Gorki in a crystal urn. Leo XII has now buried 143 cardinals. Ledochowski was one of three surviving cardinals created by Pius IX, with Garocchi and Oreglia too unwell to attend.
A playful exchange from the Chicago News captures a light moment where Softleigh and Miss Cutting exchange thoughts in a breezy, informal banter. The piece emphasizes character and social ease over formal reportage.
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