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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1907
Page
14
The Anaconda Standard header identifies STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY as the publishers and proprietors. It states the paper is printed daily and entered at the Anaconda post office as second class mail matter.
Daily and Sunday per month cost one dollar. One year in advance for daily and Sunday is also offered. Sunday Standard subscription runs one year for 2.60. The main office and business office are in Anaconda with telephone numbers 1 and 48 for editorial rooms.
The Standard Publishing Company announces branch offices in Butte East Broadway and Lee Higgins Avenue with managers and phone lines. A New York Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco Los Angeles Pasadena Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Beattie Portland and other city newsstands carry The Standard. All general business letters should be addressed to The Standard Publishing Company Anaconda Montana.
In Ohio GOP discussions, Representative Burton is seen as a potential Taft successor if he defeats Tom Johnson and becomes Cleveland mayor. Analysts note Burton would be a weak, colorless candidate amid Roosevelt and Taft tensions, with factional divisions in Ohio and Governor Harris backing Taft and Foraker for senator.
The article notes only seven states will elect principal officers Massachusetts Maryland Kentucky Mississippi Rhode Island and New Jersey with New York voting on two high court justices. It discusses Democratic governors in four states and the potential partisan implications for a Roosevelt third term amid divided Republican sentiment in Massachusetts.
The piece argues a Democratic win in Massachusetts would require official attestation, noting past years 1890 1891 and 1892 saw governors elected yearly. It suggests a sharp Republican majority drop could buoy Democrats and recalls Ohio Iowa and New York outcomes as possible presidential pointers, but overall sees state elections not likely to signal presidential results.
The article argues that when bears urge continued selling and market gloom persists, it often signals an approaching market reversal. It notes wise market analysts, and mysterious brokerage figures, may mislead, but eventual buyers will push prices up as depression ends.
In Butte Montana a statewide Masonic gathering brings leaders of the Grand Lodge Knights Templars and Eastern Star for ceremonies social events and a grand banquet. The event includes divine service in uniform and aims to showcase a hearty greeting and hospitality to visiting dignitaries.
The American Tuberculosis League warns that raw milk transmits tuberculosis from cows to humans. Doctors cite evidence of milk as a disease vehicle and call for pasteurization, arguing New York would face far fewer TB deaths if tubercle bacilli were destroyed in milk.
A passage notes the need to abolish milk from the whole household diet or at least boil it into a sickly liquid, arguing that no person not near starvation would willingly drink it.
Secretary Taft opens a lengthy world tour after a few days delay. He will visit Nagasaki Shanghai Hongkong Manila by October 14, travel the Siberian route to Moscow St Petersburg Berlin Cherbourg and return to New York by December 4. He will avoid tariff talks and likely face Republican shifts toward Governor Hughes for 1908.
The Hunt divorce case prompts lawyers to investigate and urges a new divorce law. Meanwhile unmarried individuals should not alter beliefs or records unless there is a material advantage. Families with many children feel the burden of buying new law books.
Jim Hill in New York last week described abundant money and investment need but said investors cannot be induced to put out funds. Despite this, Hill continues constructing new lines and increasing dividends.
Secretary Taft, who visited Montana last week, left Seattle yesterday for the Orient and began a fresh round the world journey. The article notes Taft attracts much attention as a potential Republican nominee with Roosevelt out and Hughes lurking in the background.
From the Livingston Post in Sunday's Anaconda Standard a four page folder showcases the Daly monument unveiling in Butte. The front page features a lifelike portrait of Daly, with other pages illustrating the statue and Daly descending the hill, coat over an arm and hat in hand. The set honors the late Montana financier with detailed portraits.
A Madison County Monitor excerpt mocks Worcester County Massachusetts librarians for banning Horatio Alger Jr. works as unsuitable for boys. The piece cites Tattered Tom and Ragged Dick, arguing critics overreact to harmless fiction. It also notes other sample clippings on business ads and local clubs.
Harriman says Wall Street jitters mean little to the nation as a whole. A Billings Journal note cites sixty million dollars yearly for chewing gum in America, urging constitutional strength through lawful conduct. Bradford R.E. St. Charles, Montanas pioneer, dies at 49 in Bull, mourned state wide. Dillon Examiner comment calls for purging unsafe contractors after Butte theater accident.
A collage of short comic lines and quips from various papers features humorous exchanges, boasts, and banter. It sketches social quirks and punchlines from Philadelphia to Cleveland and Baltimore in a breezy, light tone.
The Philipsburg Mail contrasts rural growth forecasts for the Milk River valley with a critique of beauty culture. It argues wheat oats and other crops will fuel expansion, while true beauty lies in the character and work of women at home, shaping future citizens.
A collage of quotes mocks printing and public issues. A line about Ella Wheeler Wilcox editorials shows misprinted text. Debates rise over Tarbell, deserters, telegraphs, and library bans on Oliver Optic and Horatio Alger books.
The author urges anxious home seekers passing Montana to stop and settle. They warn farms may lack ready crops or easy paths but promise rich opportunities if the right person works hard, forging fortunes from rough materials rather than seeking ready-made lands.
In New York many producers rush offers for the Mansfield repertoire as Mrs. Mansfield and her lawyers review proposals. Actors and crew seek to acquire rights and equipment, while a heated competition among brokers signals likely contention over the stage assets and intellectual property.
Washington observers note a growing practice of rising and saluting the flag during The Star-Spangled Banner at band concerts. Marines and Fort Myer soldiers help teach civilians to show proper respect, making the salute common and natural among attendees.
The narrator recalls a holiday in New York with vivid scenes from the city sidewalks and countryside. He mentions dancing, flirtation, a fondness for home, and fatigue from revelry, concluding with a sense of fatigue and nostalgia after the trip. The piece reflects a playful, personal verse vibe characteristic of a newspaper column.
Forsyth Times notes independent Helens critic calls Salomy the rottenest slow ever while Helena Record praises it as a ring tail ringer of success. Complete verdict waits for Yellowstone Journal review.
The Kalispell Journal reports Spokane Missourians form a Missouri club for Missouri day at the inter-state fair. Congressman DeArmond of Kansas City is invited to speak. The event includes male races and an old-fashioned Missouri day. Flathead Missourians may form a similar club.
The note describes Pure Flavorings nf PRICE as preferred and widely used by millions of housewives who have relied on them for half a century.
Helena Record notes regret over curtailed Amalgamated operations as mine leaders push for higher furnace production with less coal use, per a mine official. Gillie offers a cautious silver lining amid the slowdown.
The Stevensville Register notes that the state textbook commission hampers public schools both locally and elsewhere, delaying new book stocks and slowing classes as dealers struggle to obtain required titles. The paper had warned in a prior issue.
The Wallspell Bee notes Montana claims the highest smokestack, 406 feet tall with a 40 foot top diameter, planned by the Boston Montana Mining Co at Indian Point. A four mile railroad was built to the hilltop to supply construction and completion was delayed by the railroad project.
An Appletons Magazine excerpt recalls Senator Charles W. Fulton of Oregon using a sharp self deprecating joke to bond with a convention audience. He criticized the crowd’s looks then pivoted to politics. The anecdote notes his bachelor years and suggests his wife may have been in the audience.
After Richard Mansfield was laid to rest a flood of managers actors and brokers offered to buy his plays costumes and scenery. Their bids valued Mansfield works at as high as 250000 though the figure is inflated. The popular titles Beaux Brummel Parisian Romance and others loom large in the tally of his repertoire.
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