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A. Berger, manager at West Granite Street in Butte City Montana, lists subscription rates for the paper.
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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1899
Page
9
A. Berger, manager at West Granite Street in Butte City Montana, lists subscription rates for the paper.
The Standard notes that exact silver ratio not vital to restoration, citing law and currency surcharges. It observes small variations locally and abroad while acknowledging global exchange impacts on price parity. An 1899 reflection from the Anaconda Standard discusses ratio movements and monetary policy.
The Butte Miner urges McCarthy retire from the mayoral race to heal a rift in the Montana Democratic Party sparked by anti Clark sentiment. It argues the party faces ruin if the Clarke faction remains active, warning that McCarthy’s continued candidacy could harm Senate relations and future state politics while urging unity for 1900.
Resolutions by senator-elect supporters aim to maintain a factional fight within the Democratic party. The dispute centers on criminal conduct allegations involving Mr. Clark and allies. Montana Democrats fear McCarthy’s success could reshape power, with Clark’s defeat possibly dissolving their political influence and enabling antiClark factions to dominate.
Reports from Manila indicate the Philippine war nears its end as insurgents act on belief that U S sentiment favors ceding the islands. The piece blames anti expansion voices for inspiring violence in Vie Philippines and casts doubt on public support for sustaining the Spain treaty.
Mrs Place, convicted of murdering her stepdaughter, faces execution by electric chair in New York early next week. She would be the first woman to die in the chair, prompting widespread debate over capital punishment and calls for commutation by Governor Roosevelt, who has refused. The case has heightened public interest in abolishing the death penalty.
The article contrasts humanitarian and scientific views with statistichan perspectives from Erie as it weighs crime punishment. It notes that gender should not affect eligibility for the electric chair, citing a murder case where a woman killed her stepdaughter, with witnesses observing her exposed knee during the execution.
The piece criticizes editorial theology in the Anaconda Standards and Butte Miner arguing the sacred topics clash with mercantile and political affairs. It cites a Saturday Review warning that religious discussion in newspapers is objectionable and inherently unfair due to unequal treatment and sensational mixing with markets and sports.
A discussion of University of Town experiments suggests taste is a brain response to sensory input. Tests show many cannot distinguish tea, coffee, or quinine by sight and smell, and even meats like pork and turkey are misidentified when minced. The New York Times notes only four real tastes may exist and warns against confusing taste with imagination.
A fragment suggests an antiquarian tracked down the author of a financial declaration. It asserts Thomas Jefferson, labeled as the reputed father of the Wemocraty, authored the financial proposition criticized as ridiculous by the Independent. The tone is biting yet jokey, portraying the discovery as cruel but passably humorous.
The excerpt blends Hawaii 1898 delinquent names with humorous verse bits and random anecdotes from newspapers. It includes odds and ends about tax lists, misheard dialect jokes, a Missouri revival anecdote, Berlin congress notes, and Chicago tales.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Press discusses a five year old girl and mentions a “scheme” by a millionaire who could control liquor, clear the streets, and make people happy. The speaker promises to reveal details another time, leaving the proposal briefly described and speculative.
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