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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1908
Page
12
The notice lists the Anaconda Standard publisher, postal status, subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, and contact offices in Anaconda Butte and Missoula with addresses and telephone numbers. It notes Second-Class Mail status and offices in Standard Block Anaconda and branch offices in Butte and Missoula.
The Standard is on sale at multiple city news stands including Hotalings Park Row New York and Hotel St Francis in San Francisco A list covers Chicago Kansas City Minneapolis San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle and Portland with offices in New York and Chicago for general correspondence to The Standard Publishing Company Anaconda Montana.
The piece analyzes Hearst and Hisgen campaign rhetoric across parties, noting attacks on Bryan and Roosevelt, defenses by Haskell, and controversy over Foraker letters. It questions independence tactics and their potential impact on Taft and Bryan, suggesting limited likely vote shifts and regional effects.
Silver Bow Democrats meet Wednesday to nominate a county ticket and boost Bryan and the state ticket. The piece argues for capable, representative nominees who unify factions and attract independents to ensure victory in November.
The piece notes rapid progress in building modern prisons under President Roosevelt Taft and Bryan era candidates. Sing Sing in New York is slated for a dramatic rebuild spanning twenty acres with a cell house for two thousand inmates.
The report describes improved prison conditions with better light air and sanitary arrangements. Cells and corridors will be lined with porcelain enamel, the same material used for bathtubs. A remarkable safety mechanism is planned to prevent prisoner escapes while maintaining humane treatment.
The Montana convention results nominate Donlan for governor while Democrats expect Norris to beat him. The Taft ticket lacks Montana pull as Roosevelt’s former strength fades, and Democrats plan energetic campaigning to capitalize on that shift. The piece notes Republican assurances and Democratic confidence amid shifting allegiances.
The text notes Montana as doubtful for the presidential ticket though Taft’s performance is weak. It argues the state ticket race will be close and lively, but can be concluded in good spirit without rancor.
A British plan set to start next January outlines pension eligibility. Applicants must be British subjects, aged 70 or older, with at least 20 years of British service, income under 155 dollars a year, and no recent prison or drunkenness record. Pensions are sliding scale.
An Anglo German peace demonstration in Berlin drew about 2100 German workers who welcomed a British delegation. The visitors urged German cooperation to settle disputes by arbitration. A large open air mass meeting followed and a resolution pledged German worker support. Many interparliamentary congress delegates attended.
Denver expects several thousand delegates for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows annual meeting beginning tomorrow in the Auditorium. The Rebekahs auxiliary sessions run Tuesday to Friday with meetings at El Jebel temple.
A balloon ascent in London involved A Lawrence Recht Percival Lower and Capt. 8 A Cleman with Hon. Charlies Stewart Rolls. They achieved scientific observations and photographs above the clouds reaching 5590 feet.
A collage of quips and captions from several papers includes a sobered inquiry on marriage, a minister’s organist exchange, a baby learning to talk, a painter’s Father Time with a lawn mower, a dramatic overseer scene, a domestic soap and burn cork gag, and a reporter’s Atlantic City inquiry, all illustrating playful to sharp social sketches.
Lawrence Kansas September 20 Dr Frank Huntington Snow former University of Kansas chancellor and renowned entomologist died today at Belfield Wisconsin aged 69 He was noted worldwide for his scientific contributions and leadership at KU.
A retrospective on vice presidents who ascended to the presidency and Roosevelt’s decisive 1904 victory. It covers Parker Bryan Hearst and party dynamics, highlighting Roosevelt’s unprecedented triumph and the campaign’s turbulent conventions.
The Clyde line steamer Seminole from New York rescued the crew of the Baltimore schooner John A. Matheson 174 miles north of Turk's Island after a hurricane left the Matheson waterlogged and dismasted. The Seminole later passed a burning bark, apparently Norwegian, with no sign of life aboard.
Orville Wright, severely injured in the aeroplane crash that killed Lieut. Thomas E. Selfridge, is reported to be improving. The accident occurred Thursday during a flight in Washington.
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin unveils a novel Arctic expedition concept to Harvard union detailing a cargo plan of legs eagles emergency supplies and a specially built vessel. The proposal envisions portable houses logs and casks on ice floes operated by windlasses motors or dogs enabling rapid drift and broad observation across the Arctic ocean.
Figures from the forest service detail that 25 percent of gross national forest receipts are distributed to states for public schools and roads. Montana, California and Colorado lead timber sales. Idaho, Utah and Oregon head grazing. California dominates special uses with about 52909 dollars.
A fragmentary poem prompts reflection on sleep and dreams as poppies lure with a milky charm. Images of Pluto and Proserpine frame a meditation on beauty and mortality guiding mortals to reverent tasting and measured joy.
Local drive to curb speeding in Abington Pennsylvania has yielded 63 fines totaling 800 dollars since May 1. Of these cases 57 were dismissed 20 suspensions occurred and 162 warnings were issued.
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