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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1913
Page
8
An old Chicago advertite declares GETS-IT corn remover will rid corns warts and callouses quickly without bandages salves or pain. It promises fast relief with no need for plasters and claims immediate effect in days, directing readers to buy directly from Becon Chicago.
An advertisement touts Hyomel as a simple quick remedy for catarrh and breathing troubles. It claims the medicine, inhaled with the air, destroys germs, repairs tissue damage, and prevents infection. Smith Drug of Anaconda and Paxton Co. of Butte offer a trial price with a money back guarantee.
The Empire Theater debuts with J C Wright leading the Permanent Players in The Lion and the Mouse at the Ansonia. Audiences will enjoy singing and dancing acts between scenes, plus vaudeville and a Kalem baseball tale Breaking Into the Big League. The program also features The Episode at Cloudy Canyon, The Indian's Loyalty, Pathe's Weekly, and Markee Brothers, Elmore and Dinsdale, with a ladies matinee Monday.
New York police arrest Thomas Kennedy on burglary charges after a half hour primping by a mirror in a fashionable south side residence. The suspect paused to adjust attire before the crime, leading to his capture.
A fragment describes an early incident after a revolver battle with three policemen. Neighbors alerted authorities as the situation unfolded and money possibly collected. Details are garbled, making full attribution difficult.
Louise MacPherson, a noted young pianist, will give a farewell recital Thursday evening September 4 at the wistian church. She will perform works by Godowsky Lenetsky Liszt Schumann and Liszt concertos. Phylie Wolfe and Sivan Hoe Cousens will assist in solo and together in Cadman’s Sayonara Japanese romance for two volo.
Bruce F. Milliken, newly elected principal of Butte High School, arrived yesterday from Walla Walla Washington and spent the day reviewing the work he will soon take up. His wife remains in Walla Walla and will join him in a few days. Milliken previously led Wallace Idaho High School two years ago and last year headed the Walla Walla High School, regarded as one of the Northwest’s most progressive schools.
George McDonald, 19, of Butte, will occupy the pulpit at First Presbyterian Church in Butte this evening. His sermon title is “Por He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation.” He was converted at the Lowry meetings, has studied at Wheaton College and Moody Bible Institute, and is preparing as a preacher evangelist. Arcadian male quartet to provide music. Congregation asked to bring coronation hymnals.
Telegram from Stewart Mining Co in Butte reports postponement of the Stewart stockholders annual meeting, originally set for Kellogg Idaho. Rumors claimed Heinze would seek authority to buy Gettysburg and Independent mines. Heinze denies this and says directors seek power to consider future mining opportunities, not current purchases.
Word from Butte reports Mrs. Ida B Cole Chautauqua field secretary and Montana visitor will cut short her stay and return east Monday. An open program at the Woman's clubhouse is set for tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock with no admission fee and a broad invitation to the public.
A county attorney issued a warrant for John Doe a swamper on alleged multiple assaults against miner James Ryan. The two men clashed over ore on the 1200 level of West Colusa and again fought Thursday after Ryan accused the swamper of throwing rocks at him Wednesday night. Ryan reports the swamper admitted the attacks and followed with a close range strike. The charge is assault in the third degree.
Labor day events center on Gregson Springs with a featured baseball game between the Butte Independents and the Montanas. A $100 side bet prizes the winner. Special trains will run from Butte at 7am on Sunday and Monday with return trains at 10:30pm and 1:30am.
Answers cover kiosk use in India and France, Christian population in Japan, Chinese alphabet, Balkan country populations, Balkan currencies, metric weights, and U.S. salaries. The piece cites 1912 figures for Christians in Japan and detailed 19th-20th century data on lev and dinar.
A fragment describes a cinema scene where babies are checked at the door as moviegoers watch. An usher calls numbers and three women leave with renewed quiet as the reel ends. The piece notes a south side theater uses a baby check system to calm crowds and cites no reported mix ups.
The piece notes the ubiquity of babies in daily life and at film screenings, arguing that even on western ranches babies attend dances, sleep in beds, and accompany fathers to the cinema. It highlights a culture of strict checking to ensure proper care and avoid mix ups with other children.
The article discusses Sardis as a richly endowed yet ultimately doomed city famed for Croesus the wealthiest king and Solon the wisest guest. It attributes repeated defeats to overconfidence, neglect, and natural forces from winter rains to earthquakes, describing how the citadel’s rock and soil were loosened and the city buried ten feet beneath the ground.
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