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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1913
Page
6
Eyestrain weakens the eyes like overtaxed muscles. Immediate relief will stop the strain and repair damage, while neglect may cause permanent defect. Our optical department has existed for over twenty years with good service and reasonable charges, earning thousands of customers. We want your patronage too.
A Virginia City paper reprints a 34 year old reminiscence about Nellie Boyd and her traveling company in Montana. The account recalls Helena's old courthouse theater, the crowding at the 1877 season start, the improvised stage, and early stars like Fanchon Boyd, Katie Putnam, and Pixley as Montana grew as a touring circuit.
The Interstate Commerce Commission exposes free express franks given to favored individuals including railroad officers and financiers. It estimates annual losses from gratuitous service at about 2,058,028 dollars, urging reform and suggesting the carriers could gain 14 to 18 percent more net earnings by ending free shipments. The report outlines proposed readjustments and notes substantial unreported business carried without charge.
Major Morgan of the Flathead agency rushed to Helena to arrange ration lines for Chief Rocky Boy's band, now reported in distress. This marks a second relief effort after his prior 1910 intervention feeding and clothing the band, whose wanderer lifestyle and abandoned Blackfoot allotment complicate finding a permanent home.
Grace Tyler defies parental objections to marry Stephen Baird in a light American comedy directed by William A Brady at Broadway theater August 20. The cast features Robert Ober Frank Milla Nena Blake and others after long runs in London New York Cort Chicago and Boston.
The notice lists train times from Butte to Anaconda and back with round trip fares of one dollar, plus details on suit pressing for two dollars a month and delivery of suits in Butte. It mentions a meeting Monday with by laws voting, and trips from Butte Commercial day to Glen and Dillon with round trip prices of 1.90 and 1.50 respectively.
The Fort Peck Indian reservation opens June 30 1914 but steps may begin Sept 1 this year. Sworn applications must be sealed and sent to Glasgow Havre Great Falls or Miles City Sept 1–20. From Sept 24 selected envelopes are numbered and opened to publish winners. From May 1914 landholders with numbers may choose lands. any unentered land by June 30 will be opened under homestead and desert land laws.
Review notes the Passing Show of 1% as a kaleidoscopic almanac in seven scenes at the New York Winter Garden and to Broadway Friday August 2 and 23 after a long metropolitan engagement. The production features novelty, brilliant customs, snappy business, pretty women, music and fun with a broad survey of the year’s happenings. The Winter Garden has hosted the era’s largest musical shows, and this engagement became its longest running. A closing sentence mentions 30,089 patent applications in the United Kingdom last year, up from 29,353.
Seattle Aug 14 Dennis Driscoll longtime Butte resident now in Seattle with unmarried family members. He enjoys his North Fifteenth Avenue home opposite Volunteer Park and notes the park’s roses and views. Several Butte natives, including Casey Witherspoon and Mrs. Margaret Cunningham, are in Seattle visiting or staying for weeks. The piece sketches local shops, a public market, and ties to Butte businesses and people, describing ongoing travel and social ties between the two cities.
The montage notes many former Butte residents visiting Seattle this summer. Dr Sievers travels from British Columbia to meet them, with Mrs Sievers in the city. Numerous couples and families from Butte, including Carlton, Itkin, Gilbert, Olson, Mullinix, Teague sisters, and Teague relatives, are staying at the Washington hotel or local springs, some planning Alaska trips or returning to Butte. John Raftery, former Butte journalist, also appears as he tours Seattle with Mrs Raftery before moving to San Francisco and then New York for publicity work.
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