This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1907
Page
26
The Anaconda Standard lists publishers and proprietors of STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY. It notes daily and Sunday subscription rates, annual terms, and office contact details for the Main Office in Standard Block Anaconda.
The passage lists branch offices and contact details for The Standard including Missoula Butte Butte offices and foreign advertising contact W J Morton. It also provides New York Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles Pasadena Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland sale points and various news stands. General business correspondence should be addressed to Anaconda Montana.
The Butte city council considers selling the city dump area needed for the Milwaukee rail line or cleaning and beautifying the site to attract passengers. Rail cars already reach the area, with spring service anticipated. the railroad seeks to buy the tract and fund relocation of the dump, while aldermen push for rapid action.
The piece expects Joseph G. Cannon to be reelected as Speaker of the House for the sixtieth Congress and for the overall organization of the House to stay largely the same. It notes a tense focus on committee appointments, tariffs, and the Ship Subsidy debate, with only a partial reshaping of Ways and Means after recent losses.
The text notes five Republican spots open on the committee with potential replacements due to elections. It mentions Mr. Payne heading the Ways and Means Committee and hints at possible legislation next winter outside appropriations, including Philippine tariff and minor rate-law fixes.
New York reports rising Hughes campaign activity without governor Charles Evan Hughes's cooperation or knowledge. Post cards from Albany tout Hughes and attack Roosevelt and Taft. Rumors say Roosevelt fears Hughes momentum as party leaders split and blacks cross regional lines in delegate battles.
The Indian Territory’s formal absorption into Oklahoma marks the end of tribal relations. The Bureau of Indian Affairs foresees a future with few tribes living in tribal status, while Indian blood continues to exist through mixed marriages. The government aims to dissolve tribal ties and blend Indians into citizenship, though some fear cultural loss and condemnation of the plan as erasing a people.
The piece argues Mr Leupp and allies pursue two goals to end nomadic life. First they push whites onto reservations to mingle with Indians. Second they urge Indians to work like whites. Both paths claim to educate Indians by observation, though natives resist formal teaching.
Oregon enacts a novel liquor law requiring a $5 annual license to buy alcohol. Licenses are publicly listed every six months, revealing drinkers to bartenders and the community. Violations incur severe penalties, and the measure aims to deter drinking especially among younger men and those in trusted positions.
The United States army transport Sherman reached San Francisco after a five day typhoon voyage from Nagasaki. Heavy seas swept the bow and progress was slow but the ship set a new transport wireless communication record with Mare Island while carrying the Sixteenth Infantry Sixth Engineering Corps and cabin passengers.
A collage of comic one liners and humorous exchanges from various papers. Jests touch on peaches at Peck’s shop, bill collectors, marriage folly, a near car mishap with a punctured tin, stage money fines, swimming and parental social duties.
The poem recalls a child’s toys left in place as time passes. A dusted toy dog and a rusted toy soldier remain faithful in their old spots, awaiting the return of the boy who kissed them and promised not to make a sound.
William Livesy a blacksmith from Rainville Sten Livesy was examined for insanity and ordered to the asylum. He claimed a past in England as William Thomas Entwistle and spoke of plans to bore a hole through the earth and bridge the ocean. He caused a jail scare by soap-scraping a door and was kept in a padded cell overnight. The doctors deem his condition curable as a disease.
A group of black laborers held as witnesses at the county jail in Straw were released today. They will return to work under guard by a special deputy, a plan that saves the county and contractors the 1.50 per day jail costs.
Architect G. D. Eastman of Butte prepared plans that J. P. Barnes M. L. Woodman and J. T. Wunderlin adopted to erect a handsome concrete building faced with pressed brick on the old Day house site in Lewistown Fergus county.
The four cruisers Maryland Pennsylvania Colorado and West Virginia now at Honolulu are scheduled to leave for San Francisco on Wednesday and are expected to arrive around September 24.
A Jewish service led by Rev. G. Lipkind at Temple B'Nai Israel honored the day of atonement with talks on peace and forgiveness. The sermon linked Isaiah to universal reconciliation and urged confession and restitution. The article ends noting wage earners in Butte may open a bank check account at Butte Commercial Bank on Hamilton Street.
In Winchester Virginia on September 17 ceremonies honored Civil War dead from the Shenandoah Valley. Governor Guild and many Massachusetts citizens attended as a monument funded by the Massachusetts legislature was dedicated.
San Juan Puerto Rico September 17 Acting on Governor Post's recommendation the executive council orders compulsory vaccination for the island with six hundred thousand vaccine points dispatched to enforce the measure.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.