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Anaconda Standard

Location

Anaconda, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1920

Page

9

Ruth Auland Turns Producer Heads Her Own Company

Ruth Auland, popular serial star, launches her own film company and plans to produce two movies per year.

Ruth Auland

Theatrical Listings and Cinema Shows

American Bill Hart stars in John Petticoats at the Ansonia with William Farnum in Wings of the Morning on Broadway at Pantages and Orpheum vaudeville. Empress stock company presents Please Get Married. Rialto screens Desert Gold. Bert Lytell leads The Lion's Den at Liberty.

Bill Hart John Petticoats Ansonta William Farnum Pantages Orpheum Empress Empress Stock Company Rialto Zane Grey Liberty Bert Lytell

Ruth Roland Forges Own Serial Producing Company

Ruth Roland becomes head of Ruth Roland Serials Inc and will produce two serials yearly for Pathe Exchange. Her first project is The Adventures of Ruth, with Gilson Willets co writing the story drawn from Roland’s own idea.

Inc Ruth Roland Red Circle Pathe Roland Ruth Miss Roland Gilson Willets

Fashion Show at the American with Bill Hart

A Paramount Artcraft production segment at the American theater features Bill Hart in John Petticoats. Hart deserts his lumber boss job to run a New Orleans modiste shop as spring hats and lingerie are showcased to audiences and extras. The crowd asks for more looks as the exhibition ends.

Bill Hart Paramount Artcraft John Petticoats American Theater Hart a _ lumber New Orleans

Rialto Desert Gold at Rialto theater

Desert Gold by Zane Grey plays at the Rialto through tomorrow night. Two men meet in a desert storm as a father vows to kill the son he accuses of eloping with his daughter. The show includes local musical acts John McCarthy and John McCormack, with the Rialto orchestra and organ.

Zane Grey Rialto Theater John McCarthy Butte John McCormack Rialto Pictorial News Review Prizma Yellowstone Park Rialto

Told in the Hills at Orpheum as Paramount attraction

For 30 years a best selling novel adaptation titled Told in the Hills is on view at the Orpheum theater today as a Paramount Aircraft attraction. Major Robert Warwick leads with Ann Little Eileen Percy Wanda Hawley Charles Ogle Tom Forman and Monte Blue in a distinguished supporting cast. A thrilling West of 1890 tale well worth seeing.

Robert Warwick Orpheum Theater Paramount Ann Little Eileen Percy Wanda Hawley Charles Ogle Tom Forman Monte Blue

Banner Year for Lumber Business in Montana

J R Wotring sales manager of Baird Harper Lumber Co Warland says 1920 will be a banner year for Montana lumber basing forecast on last four months of 1919. He notes early 1919 was disastrous but year end brought activity driven by construction demand and higher sales.

Montana J. R. Wotring Baird-Harper Lumber Company Warland Wotring

South Side Seeks Independent Post Office

South Side club members voted to seek an independent post office for the area. Petitions will be circulated among residents today, with a committee appointed to lead the effort. Speakers urged that the current postal service is inadequate in the district.

South Side

Actor Lichter backs universal military training postwar era

James W. Lichter, a performer on the Pantages vaudeville bill at the Broadway, is doing government work after the war. He urges universal military training as vital for national security. Lichter previously recruited for the war, served as a captain at Seagirt New Jersey, and holds letters from Wilson, Daniels, and Wood thanking him for his enlistment work. He left recruitment to avoid leaving uniform.

James WH. Lichter Broadway Lichter Uncle Sam Seagirt N.J Wilson Daniels Wood

Street Railway Can't Pay Interest on Debt

Butte Electric Railway shows nearly $80,000 deficit for 11 months of 1919. Receipts total $642,940 against expenses of $722,230. Manager Wharton says local railways face decisive action to continue operations as wages rise nationwide and free up earnings. He notes wages consume 65 to 70 percent of gross income in Butte, higher than the 55 to 60 percent national average, with autos impacting earnings.

Wharton Butte Electric Railway Company Oing Butte

Old Station Burned at Garrison Depot Fire destroys Northern Pacific building

Special Dispatch to the Standard reports the Northern Pacific depot at Garrison, about 12 years old and described as a very good structure, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning. With communications cut off, news of the loss arrived late. temporary telegraph and telephone headquarters were set up in the freight depot.

Deer Lodge Northern Pacific Garrison

People's Theater 5 Closed For Remodeling

The People's theater will undergo extensive remodeling and refurbishment and close for at least 30 days. Manager Myrick of Jensen & Von Herberg announced plans including loves and a smoking room, new decorations and recarpeting. A line of high class pictures will be secured for first run in Butte during the work.

Myrick Jensen & von Herberg Butte

Farnum film stars Clarence Turton in Wings of the Morning

Clarence Turton appears as Taung Si Ah in William Farnum’s Wings of the Morning at the Ansonia theater. The photodrama adapts Louis Tracy’s novel with Turton delivering a forceful villainous performance among pirates in the China seas. Burton, a Missouri native, rose from juvenile leads to featured parts in stock and road companies and later vaudeville.

William Farnum William Vox Louis Tracy Ansonia Theater Clarence Turton Taung Si Ah China Seas Clarence Burton Missouri New York Denver Cal Portland Ore Burton William Murnum Lone Star Ranger

Electricians defer wage increase move to council vote

At a late meeting inside electricians said they would not enforce their demand for a rise from eight to nine dollars until the Building Trades council decides. The council is set to vote Wednesday evening on the proposed conference between employers and employees.

Building Trades Council Employers and

Good Samaritan revival at Mountain View church

The second revival meeting at Mountain View Methodist Church featured Rev O G Ragan with The Good Samaritan as his subject. He urged personal church involvement and shared quotes about pulpit impact and ordinary people achieving much for Christ. The series runs with all city Methodist churches cooperating into January. Mrs Ragan will address the women’s mass meeting on January 11 at Mountain View church.

Mountain View Methodist Church O. G. Ragan Good Samaritan Ragan Mountain View Church

Census Takers Begin Today Across Silver Bow County

Census enumerators for Silver Bow county including Butte and Walkerville start counting today after receiving their instructions and supplies. Sixty seven workers were commissioned. most planned to begin this morning with a few already at it yesterday afternoon. By noon officials expected all in the field and work to be in progress by evening.

Silver Low Butte Walkerville

Looking High at Strikers Year of Resolutions

The retirement of John Barleycorn does not obviate the need for comprehensive new year resolutions. Washington Star notes continued focus on temperance and reform efforts as the year begins.

John Barleycorn Washington Star

Perfect Health Is Yours If the Blood Is Kept Pure

An early 20th century advert claims impure blood endangers vital organs and causes diseases like rheumatism catarrh malaria and eczema. It touts S. S. S. as a blood cleanser used for over 50 years and promotes mail literature from Swift Laboratory Atlanta Georgia.

Bezee Swift Mini Swift Laboratory Atlanta

Aspirin and Bayer Cross Packaging Advice

The piece explains aspirin benefits for toothache earache and pain and instructs buyers to always say Bayer when purchasing. It notes the Bayer Cross logo on the package and tablets and mentions small tin boxes of twelve tablets cost a few cents with druggists selling larger Saline packages.

Bayer Druggista

Also Mentioned on This Page

Big Bill Hart ST. John SPEED Pearl White Pathe News Prof. Mannik’s Parks Paramount Artcraft Pictures Ansonia William Farnum Y New Bray Paint Specialists W. Park St Prankie Kel Martha Hamilton and Company James Lichter Marconi Bros Jimmie Gildea and Joe Phillips PAN Lieut Berry and Miss Lindsay Simons Matt and Jeff W. Broadway North Main DR. Davis Owsley Block Park Main Butte Amusement Palaces William Fox H!s Rong Beron— Lichter People's Theater 5 Farnum RCFE Tion Jensen-Van Herbere Southwest Boy Wonder Zane Ches Bayes Sali Tye As
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