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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1914
Page
10
A lively local theatrical card reports H H Frazee's farce A Pair of Sixes at the Broad tonight. The NY praised comedy follows two business partners in conflict who stage a showdown poker to settle control, with a clever woman guiding the plot and a parade of noted performers.
The Broadway theater benefit for the poor of Butte draws strong advance sales. The Joshers’ club reports red tickets exchanged at hotels and stores for reserved seats tomorrow night. Bandmaster Sam Treloar and the A. C. M. band promise lively music to thrill the audience, with two pieces and a full show as organizers aim for about 2000 attendees at curtain time.
Washington report notes President undecided on literacy test within the migration bill and whether opposition could alter the bill or its features. In New Jersey, the Central Railroad declared a 2 percent semiannual dividend.
A one minute special meeting of the Hutte city council elected Acting Mayor Frank Currin and Mayor Smith as delegates to the Monta Municipal League meeting in Great Falls. City Attorney Mackel named to draft legislation. Proposed bills include city bonding for municipal lighting and other measures. Mayor Smith resumes duties after Bogeman libel acquittal. judiciary committee to pursue warrants for 12 policemen pay claims.
Clara Kimball Young, hailed as the era’s top star, headlines the World Film release of Lola at the Ansonia theater for the week. The program includes two vaudeville acts Frisco Four harmony singers and dancers and the Excells comedy singers and novelty acts.
The text notes Clara Kimball Young as a leading screen actress, praised for her popularity across campaigns and exhibitions. It references her work with The Skylark company, her film fame, and public appeal, including voting by Motion Picture magazine as the era’s most popular woman on screen.
Beatriz Michelena stars in Salomy Jane the first California Motion Picture production to be shown at the American theater today and tomorrow. The cast was carefully chosen with Col. Starhottie Jack Marbury and others noted for type and photogenic appeal. Michelena, praised for her versatility, says she loves filming and found outdoor settings inspiring for the Bret Harte tale of Salomy Jane, a character both cold and warm in mood.
In Tacoma on December 15 a party of 13 skaters strayed onto Bonnie's Lake near Alder ton. Elmer Perry aged 20 and Doris Jordan aged 12 drowned when the ice broke under their attempt to place a lantern over an airhole. Perry and Jordan perished as others tried to help. Perry worked on the M. L Hatch farm. Jordan's father worked for an insurance company.
Broadway theater announces September Morn a musical comedy from Chicago where it ran 236 performances. The show arrives under original Chicago producers with Aubrey Stauffer music and Arthur Gillespie book and lyrics. A dancing damosel and a famed painting thread through 20 numbers in three acts promising lively entertainment.
Fragmentary OCR traces a chaotic theater piece with names like Rudolph Plasto and Julian Rubell in a comedy titled September Morn. It mentions acts, scenes, cafe rowe, and a wrecked stage area along riverfronts, citing choreographers and press agents amid tangled dialog.
Washington dispatch reports the German cruiser Cormoran with 22 officers and 85 men interned for the war at Guam. The measure follows a dispatch received late today from Captain Maxwell, the American naval governor of Guam.
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