Christmas Theater Cancellations Hit Butte Venues
Amid a season of closures due to poor business, Butte theaters offer only matinees and regular evening shows. Highlights include the Bittner stock company at Broadway with Dan Sully’s The Parish Priest, Lost River at Broadway January 1–2, A Chinese Honeymoon January 4–6, and Human Hearts in January followed by Jerome Sykes in The Billionaire.
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Butte
Grand and Empire
Jack Munroe
Browdway
Broadway
Bittner Stock Company
Dan Sullys
Father Whalen
Frank Montgomery
W. W. Bittner
Wdith Montrose
Chris Moran
Bittners
West
Joseph Arthur
Lost River
Messrs
Sam
Shubert and
Nixon & Zimmerman
John E. Henshaw
Mr. Pineapple
Toby Claude
Fifi
May Ten Broeck
Jerome Sykes
Christmas in Jail Time for Drunks Ends Swiftly
In yesterday morning's police court Judge Boyle quickly disposed of three drunken defendants. Pete Stone, known around the city as Crazy Dick, appeared for the celebrated role in local jail lore.
Local arrests yield jail terms and Christmas confinement
A Wednesday arrest led to 10 days in the county jail for a man who had just completed a 30 day vagrancy sentence. Jack Herron and Frank Carr were jailed for drunkenness after failing to pay a $5 fine, and will spend Christmas behind bars.
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Jack Herron
Frank Carr
Resignation Accepted at Montana National Guard Company
Big Timber Montana December 24 1900 Resignation of Capt W J Hannah accepted and J H White notified Helena adjutant general. A special meeting named for Tuesday to elect a new captain and first lieutenant C N Sargent to captain and J H White to first lieutenant with a second lieutenant to be elected within weeks
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Standard
Big Timber
Montana National Guard
J. H. White
Adjutant General
Helena
W. J. Hannah
Gardiner
Sargent
Leutenant
Death of Mrs Kate Connolly at Buffalo Street
Mrs Kate Connolly wife of Timothy Connolly of No 7 Buffalo street died Wednesday night. She leaves two children a girl Mary about 1 year old and an infant boy.
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Kate Connolly
Timothy Connolly
No. 7
Buffalo Street
Mary
Dyspepsia Tablets Promote Cheerful Digestion and Health
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a natural, gentle remedy for stomach trouble. It claims the pills relieve dyspepsia, restore appetite, and restore activity, noting aseptic pepsin and malt diastase as essential ingredients. A testimonial from Rev. J. R. Hoag of Wymore, Neb. highlights improved health at age 77 after three boxes.
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Stuart
J. R. Hoag
Wymore
Neb
A Guarantee of Cheerfulness Promoted by Dyspepsia Tablets
A humorous feature extols relief from dyspepsia and its social benefits. The piece argues digestive discomfort makes a man morose and irritable, while Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are claimed to be highly effective in restoring cheerfulness and sociability.
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Stuart
Delinquent Tax Roll Names Noted Montana Firms and Individuals
The tax collector publishes a lengthy delinquent list totaling 22 244.51 for Aetna bank Heinz Mont ana Ore Purchasing Co and others. Notable names include Anheuser Busch Brewing Co J Ogden Armour and W A Clark among lenders merchants banks and churches with taxes due on real estate mine proceeds and personal property.
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Anheuser- Busch Brewing Company
South Butte
J. Ogden Armour
Heinze
Aetna Bank
Kate L. Cobban
Pat Mullins
Butte Hardware Company
F. Stewart White
Sigmund Saier
W. A. Clark
M. V. Conroy
H. H. Hanson
James W. Forbis
Lee Mantle
Ella Knowles Haskell
J. O. Bender
W. E K
Montana Horticultural Society Meet Planned in Great Falls
Great Falls executive committee of the Business Men's association arranged the Montana State Horticultural society annual meeting in Great Falls for January 19 to 21. A concurrent Montana Agricultural society farmers institute is planned with expected guests J J Hill of Great Northern J H Wilson agriculture secretary and J Wrage Iowa board of agriculture president. More than 100 delegates are anticipated and the Plains band may attend as the society’s official band.
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Great Falls
Great Falls Business Men's Association
Montana State Horticultural Society
Montana Agricultural Society
Farmers’ Institute
J. J. Hill
The
Great Northern
J. H. Wilson
Agriculture
J. Wrage
State Board of Agriculture of
Iowa
Plains Band
Society
Christmas Preparations and Local Events in Storrs
A grand Christmas tree is being prepared in Storrs hall with a generous subscription totaling 85 dollars. Gifts and fruit will be distributed to all children, and a festive programme is planned by local teachers. Notable visitors include F W Whyte, John Gillie, and Amalgamated company men. Regular social events include a masquerade ball raising funds and a grand New Year’s Eve ball by Modern Woodmen with lunch and music.
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Storrs
Storrs Hall
Lewis
Mary Fitzgerald
P. Galliher
George Hensler
Harry Stephens
Bozeman
F. W. C. Whyte
John Gillie
Messrs. Cole and
Winchell
Amalgamated Company
Dora Hamilton
State Normal School
Dillon
Peter Cox
George Griffin
Annie McNally
Joe Despin
Anaconda
Napoleon Bouche
Royal Highlanders
High priced footgear factory tempts nerves with $1000 shoes
The New York Mail and Express reports a Madison square area plant producing $1000 a pair shoes sold as a footgear institute. A so called physician cobbler prescribes footwear after foot exams and plaster casts, with prices ranging from 100 to 1000 dollars for those with sensitive nerves.
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New York Mail
Expresa
Madison Square
The New York Cobbler Sees Big Foot Fashion Boom
A wealthy New Yorker, known for a costly orthopedic hobby, has spent about $50,000 on unusual shoes. The cobbler is expanding his shop and hiring more assistants as demand grows. He envisions profits from a revived high heel trend despite potential nervous disorders, and awaits whether women will buy luxury foot aids at high prices.
Mechanized Refrigeration for Rail Cars Aimed at Perishables
A Philadelphia inventor proposes a mechanical system using car axles to power compression for railcar cooling. Refrigeration coils line car sides with carbonic acid gas, a roof tank condenses water, and brine tanks at car ends supply cooling while stationary. An automatic thermostat door prevents temperatures from dropping too low, opening to the atmosphere as needed.
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Philadelphia
From Schwab’s Rise to Text for New Sermons
A Raleigh Post excerpt recounts how Charles Schwab, rising from steel mill worker to president of the steel trust, became a moral example for opportunity yet now serves as a cautionary text in sermons about the limits of ambition and the high criticism movement.
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Raleigh (N
Schwab
Steel Trust
Rise From Laborer to Millionaire Ends in Speculative Crisis
Wealth and power corrupted a man whose rapid rise from laborer to millionaire led to speculative excesses. The brilliant career collapsed and his reputation became smeared, a cautionary tale about the perils of sudden riches.
Captain Over Wise Did Not Believe in Weather Warnings
The weather bureau's hurricane forecasts saved many lives and ships, but an Aug. 11 warning to Tampico was ignored by the Jason's captain. Despite clear skies on Aug. 12, the ship faced a fierce gale from Aug. 14 to 15, killing 270 cattle from a 613 head cargo as hatches were finally opened.
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Weather Bureau
Tampico
Mexico
Mexican
Jason
Hanna's Ship Subsidy Bill Viewed as Dormant
Senator Hanna said in a public assembly that the ship subsidy bill is not dead though it lies subdued by a powerful soporific. It may never wake to vigorous life but the bill may still breath faintly.
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Baltimore Herald
Hanna
Hanna and
Frye
Shaw
Roosevelt
Ohio
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Dick P. Sutton
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Miss Jessie Jones
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