Local Playhouses Show Big Jim Garrity Final Performance
Robert Edeson closes the mining drama Big Jim Garrity at the Orpheum after yesterday’s full house. The story set in a Georgia mining district follows Jim Garrity, mine superintendent, as he contends with a corrupt doctor nephew and a drug ring that jeopardizes the mine and the old man’s bequest. Frank Daniels stars in Mr. Jack's Artistic Sense as the bill ends tonight.
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Robert Edeson
Big Jim Garrity
Orpheum
Georgia
Big Jim" Garrity
Big Jim
Jim
Blackguard
Butte
Frank Daniels
Mr. Jack
Twenty One Million Men Of Military Age In Country
A July 3 census estimates about 21,000,000 able bodied men of military age in the United States. The figure assumes a 10 percent population rise since 1910, with 14,224,000 native white men, 2,857,000 foreign-born whites naturalized, 2,052,000 negroes, and 50,000 Indians. Northern states total 13,004,614. southern 6,006,189. western 1,970,822.
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United States
Fourth of July Matinee at the Empress Theater
Butte readies for a great Fourth of July celebration with an Empress matinee and two performances. The eight act vaudeville program includes Jansen and Mystery Maids, The Four Valdares, Willard Hutchinson and Dorothea, Sadler in The Man from the Hat Shop, The Temple quartet, Anita Primrose, Jack and Marie Gray, and George Fredo. Also features Pathe Weekly and an Empress Concert Orchestra. The program highlights East Lynne on film and Theda Bara as a vampire villainess with costume insights.
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Butte
Empress Theater Management
Herr Jansen
Valdares
Willard Hutchinson
Sadler
Temple
Harmony Lane
Anita Primrose
Jack
Marie Gray
George Fredo
Empress
Pathe
Teaaing Sar
East Lynne
William Fox
Ansonia Theater
Theda Bara
Miss Bara
Divorce actions and alimony orders in multiple cases
Divorce cases include Rose Smith versus Pria with an order to show cause on alimony, heard late but dismissed on counsel’s request while property arrangements were settled, and the action to be pressed. Mona Frazier Hancock reports a past due child support from her former husband, with a $25 monthly payment ordered for the child’s benefit. Lillian Habart divorce proceedings and Loretta Perry suit against Louis Perry for divorce and name change are noted. Also a bank savings notice and St Paul's Cathedral construction timeline are mentioned.
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Tenor
Rose Smith
PRIA
Smith
Lynch
Mona Frazier Hancock
Frazier
Paul Habart
Lillian “Habart
Loretta Perry
Louis Perry
Loretta Knuckey
President Wilson speech leaves mark in Mexico City
Mexico City on July 3 reports that President Wilson’s address to the New York Press club generated wide commentary. He stated the American people oppose war and rejected being a servant of those seeking to seize Mexican property. Also notes a railway fare sale from Butte to Anaconda for July 3–5.
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Mexico City
Wilson
New York Press Club
Mexico
B.A. & P. Railway
Butte
Anaconda
Great Northern Railway Extends Across Plains
The Great Northern railway is building 61 miles of extensions in Western North Dakota and Eastern Montana at a cost of 2 million dollars. Completion is set for Oct 1, opening 4000 square miles for farming and stockraising. Nine new towns will rise along the Wildrose and Lambert extensions, with grain elevators and lumber yards.
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Great Northern Railway
North Dakota
Montana
Delaware
Hattia
Wiharose
Stanley
N. C
Rockford
Lewistown
Body Shipped East After Tuner Services At Walsh Chapel
The body of Stanley Allen known as Pete Allen died Saturday night after a brief illness. Services were held at Walsh's undertaking chapel before the body was shipped by night train to Mechanicsville, Me for burial. Survived by his father, editor of the Auburn Free Press. He had worked for Paine Webber in Putnam and Boston for 12 years. Pneumonia caused his death, shocking many friends.
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Walsh
Undertaking Chapel
Stanley Allen
Pete Allen
Mechanicsville
Mr. Allen
Ther
Mia
Auburn
Pete” Allen
Paine-Webber
Putte
Boston
Run Over by Auto Injures Anaconda Miner at Park and Emmet
William McCallan a machinist at the Anaconda mine lies in St James hospital after a vehicle struck him at Park and Emmet streets. He suffered lacerations to the hips face and neck. The car did not stop and its number could not be identified due to darkness.
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William McCallan
Anaconda
St. James Hospital
Park and Emmet
Spain ready to help keep peace in Mexico
Madrid reports Prime Minister Monne declared Spain willing to aid to prevent war between the United States and Mexico. He said Spain would offer any proposal from either side and noted a large Spanish colony in Mexico does not affect Spain’s neutrality. Petitions from Mexico asking intervention were received but ignored as unsigned.
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Madrid
Paris
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