The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-22
MEMORY OF WASHINGTON
To-Day the 165th Anniversary
of the Hero's Birth.
A GENERAL OBSERVANCE
Anaconda VIII Appropriately Remem-
Der the Great Deeds of Americas
Grandest Figure-Copy of the
Ulster County Gazette

To-day all true. patriotic American
citizens will remember with pride the
name of this country's greatest hero
George Washington. To-day occurs the
165th anniversary of the great man $
birth-he was born in 1882. In every
city, town, village and hamlet through
out the United States American flags
will decorate the buildings and the
memory of the great deeds of Wash
ington will be refreshed.
In Anaconda there will be no public
demonstration. but the day will be OBJ
served in an appropriate manner. The
stores will close during the afternoon
and a general cessation from business
will be the rule. and Anacondas citi-
zens will stay at home and read with
intense interest again the history of
the life of Americas foremost figure
Histories that have been upon the
shelves since their owners were boys
at school Will be taken down, as they
are each succeeding year, and their
well-known contents will again be de-
voured with increasing interest.
Many of the stores of the city have
decorated their fronts with flags and
bunting and many handsome and
unique Washington windows" are to
be seen. Among the handsomest
among this class is that of the Copper
, 10y -oillilleiclal company, where
ialse ph9.osfaph oI the nero is sur
IouIlueu " y mass OF natlonal colors,
IeVoiu.loilaFy lnuskets ana other re-
minders of the stormy times wherein
General Washington figured, the whole
sufmounted by an American eagle, the
emblem of American liberty Ia this
WINDOW j. copy Of the famous Ulster
ao9il,y 1azetee' p4nilshed at kingston,
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lnStoii' u me lettefs OF sorrow that
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.ne se.u occurrence az OF " intensely
~ resting, " the action OF the house
o. Of; representatives, after the introduce
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1i silS the 1azette says
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, appoliiteu 70 wait on the president to
hlioN a. what tline ~ would be con-
Iansipe,i - lsc9 e, the mouse Generals
tp, Sinith having waited on
ny piesiaeht WIN the 1lfst resolution,
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iseos " receive them AT CLOCK TINS
gay. Inc house accordingly waited ON
nm. me speaker addressed the presi-
ttf1 'tNANN't
of me house OF representatives
penetrated with sense OF the irrepar-
aple loss sustained by the nation by the |
death OF that great and good man, the |
INDUSTRIOUS ana beloved Washington, |
wait on you, sir, to express their con- |
uoience on this melancholy and dis |
lfesslng event
10 TINS the president made the fol- |
lowing answer:
Gentlemen of the House of Repre- /
sentatiNes: ] receive with great re-
spect and affection the coincidence of /
the house of representatives on the
melancholy and affecting event in the
death of the most iIlustrious and he
loved parsonage which this country
ever produced. / sympathiza with yo;,
with the nation and with good man
the world. in this itrana,ab HE
loss sustained by all
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senate informing the ho,sa 49, ~.
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