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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1913
Page
4
An eye care ad promises lifelong clear vision with proper care and proper fitting glasses. It asserts sight equality at age 65 with age 25, notes folding articles to see, and offers a free scientific thorough examination.
Butte residents and visitors contribute a flurry of short items. Mentions include Madison, McComber, and parliamentary notices, with notes on rail officials, a wedding, opera attendance, and power plant visits. Various names, places, and dates appear in terse phrases reflecting a town page roundup.
Princeton students plan a mass welcome for President elect Wilson in Washington on March 3. About 1,000 Nassau Hall undergraduates, organized by the Woodrow Wilson club, will travel to witness the inaugural ceremonies and greet the President elect with a locomotive like display.
George Lapp notes records show three decades ago Havre registered 60 to 87 below zero at Bell furnace Parehen D Achen drug store and Colorado smelter with a 40 below average for February. memories of a 35 below week and references to local industry and a 1912 New York fraud case accompany this weather anecdote from Havre and Butte.
A winter excursion from Butte to Los Angeles is planned via the Oregon Short Line and the Transcontinental routes with a return by April 1. Tickets will be sold at the Butte and railway stations, good for passage on the specified date and permitting stopovers. Fares vary by route, with options via Salt Lake, Ogden, and San Francisco, and a specific Oakland/Portland option priced accordingly.
A review of The Girl From 101 Ranch produced by the Chase-Lister company at the Faindly theater. The piece is a simple story set on the western frontier with white, high coloring and a moral thread. Cast members Miss Robbins, Miss Treadwell, Mr. Kelelum, Clint Robbins and producer Kebbins receive praise for their performance and the show runs all week with amateur Friday.
An advertising snippet lists a sale offering $25 men’s suits for $15 plus an extra pair of trousers at no extra charge. The fragment includes a long roster of names and towns such as Anaconda, Helena, Lewistown, and Missoula, alongside dealer references and window displays.
Princeton report notes President elect Wilson reading a Washington guide book in spare moments. He has rarely seen some new government buildings, and will enter the White House on March 4 as an insider to a changed capital.
A 19th century style sermon by Rev Waller M Jordum urges reducing divorce through prayer, stable marriage, and upright home life. It condemns alcohol and immorality, calls for virtuous conduct, and stresses marriage as sacred, urging personal vows and societal restraint to protect homes.
The Edison Reel Film features a story about young men lost early in life but seeking honest work and upward mobility. Strong performances by Cast and Hartford Sisters’ dancing pair add charm. The program includes Quarantined and Fooling Their Wives with engaging storytelling and a lively, music-friendly finish. A Boston theft note is also mentioned with recoveries reported.
The article recalls the life of Allan J. Smithly rector of St. John's Episcopalian Church, praised for simplicity and charity. Clergy and mourners recall his humble habits, devotion to church work, and belief in the law of cause and effect guiding his acts. His funeral and the tribute service reflect a pastor whose life embodied Christian fortitude.
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