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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1901
Page
17
A historic Helena Montana assay office, established in 1874, handles vast gold shipments from placer and quartz miners. The article details weighing, melting, crucibles, fluxing, pouring into bricks, slag removal, and clipping to sample gold bars as Uncle Sam buys the metal for coinage.
Reports detail the U S assay office procedures and security, including double verification by two assayers, sealing of gold bars for shipment to the Philadelphia mint, and strict deposit minimums. The facility, established by act of May 12 181, opened 1876 with a $75 000 building, and has grown to handle millions in bullion with a small staff of 14.
The Play World and Its People reports Hurtig Seaman's music hall in New York featuring Bandmann and Howard's troupe amid other touring attractions. It notes the Montana livestock officials and Missoula group observing Bandmann's stage presence, along with contemporary bills at Butte theatres and Sutton's, including ensemble casts, notable actors, and upcoming productions in a period-typical revue style.
A sweeping panorama of actors and productions fills the theater season notes. Morgan and Fawcett headlining Frohman company plans mingle with Miss Fiske and Ada Rehan in new plays, while Joseph Grismer and James Neill tour cities. Ragtime history, stage-name chatter, and the Beck and dUrberville contrasts shade appreciations of Beck and Becky, with remarks on Beulah Dodge, the Belle of New York legacy, and the evolving piano ragtime influence on American music.
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