Miner Killed at the Speculator Mine in Falling Rock
Charles H. Foster, age 87, died in a fall of ground at the Speculator mine 2200-foot level yesterday morning. Nearby miners Earl Stam Harry Harrington and William Littlejohn could not reach him before death. A carload of rock fell around the body. An inquest will be held Monday. Foster lived with his wife and daughter at 1336 Missouri Avenue. his mother resides in Helena. The body was moved to Walsh's undertaking parlors.
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Speculator
Charles H. Foster
Earl Stam
Harry Harrington
William Littlejohn
Foster
Missouri Avenue
Helena
Walsh
Street Car Men Thanked for Work on Holiday
J B Wharton praises street car workers for handling 111 828 passengers on July 4 with perfect safety and timely service. He also commends construction and maintenance crews for car deployment and track upkeep plus the gardens staff for crowd care at the park. Deposits in Miners Savings Bank by July 15 will earn interest from July 1.
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J.B. Wharton
Miners + Savings Bank and Trust Co
Local Playhouses Feature Five Part World Film Picture
The Ansonia theater presents a five part World Film feature today and tomorrow with suspenseful photoplay scenes including a femme adventuress and a detective plot. A prison reformer bets he can alter a child raised amid crime and crime influenced by surroundings as The Great Problem continues the moral tale at Liberty today and Saturday.
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Frank Sheridan
Edna Wallice Hopper
Ansonia Theater
Anxiou
Liberty Today
Fim
Trivon
Will
Trans Kreatly
Veteran Star Thompson Plays Powerful Role in New Release
Veteran Broadway actor William H. Thompson shows his commanding screen presence in a new release. He recalls triumphs from The Shaughran to Peggy and notes his instinctive moviemaking style under director Ince. Thompson’s John Steele in The Dividend portrays a ruthless industrial despot whose greed destroys his family.
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William H.thompson
Dion Boucicault
Shaughran
Thompson
Billie Burke
Peggy
Stening
Mr. Ince
Wno
John Steele
Flames of Johannis at Orpheum for Local Color
The Lubin feature The Flames of Johannis with Nance O Neill is shown at the Orpheum today and tomorrow. Edgar Lewis fashioned a realistic prologue set in midwinter with scenes filmed in Bettwood Wilkes-Barre Thomasville and Lancaster County for authentic foliage and Pennsylvanian Dutch locales. The production aimed for top pretension and expense was no restraint as the V T L US theater presents the drama to audiences nationwide.
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Lubin
Jhannis
Nance O'Neil
Orpheum Theater
Dect
Suderman
Wardiess
Edgar Lewis
Johannis
Lubin Company
Bettwood
Wilkesbarre
Great Problem Worked Out In Play
The article recounts a young girl orphaned after her mother died and a husband and father were jailed for house breaking. Raised by a neighbor as a pickpocket, she continued the trade after her protector’s death until a decisive turn came when a prisoner reform student in the police court intervened with her accuser.
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Sims
Display of George Devereauxs Experiment Across Towns
The article notes a nationwide display of George Devereauxs work titled Experiment in every hamlet village and city. It claims there is no intent to force admission yet acknowledges the material could be used to argue for better conditions than those shown in The Great Problem photo drama.
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George Devereaux
Empress Show A Hit From The Start At The Empress
The Empress theater debut features Stein Hume and Thomas with strong chorus and solo numbers. Strong acts include From Rag time to Grand Opera and Which One Shall Marry leading to praised performances by Gertrude Ritchie Tay Le Royea and Mme Anita Diaz. The Empresscope offers a new Patho Weekly and the concert orchestra supplies fine melodies.
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Empress Theater Yeaterday Ng
Inntal
Stein, Hume
Thomas
Willis Hall
Gertrude Ritchie
Mr. Hall
Edmond Carroll
Ela Cornell
Tay le Royea
Mme
Anita Diaz
King Brothers
Willian Re Abram
Agnes Johns
Erman Searcy
Empresscope
Empress Concert Orchestra
Widow of Officer Pace Sues for Back Pay in Butte
Laura A. Pace administratrix sues the city of Butte seeking roughly 2900 dollars in back wages for her husband James Pace a police officer laid off during the Duncan administration for two to three years. Pace was reinstated before trial but the suit argues the move barred back pay.
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Laura A. Pace
H. Pace
Butte
Duncan
Pace
Porter defends wife over slap at sheriff during flag incident
D A Porter says his wife did not mean to insult law officers when she slapped Sheriff Henderson who was removing a socialist flag from the Porter home on the Fourth of July. He notes socialism but respects the flag and recalls his Spanish American War service. He also clarifies his role as a witness in the Hartwell and Harris case and comments on per capita cheese production.
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D. A. Porter
Sherif Henderson
Porter
Mr. Porter
Grigsby
Rough Riders
Hartwell and Harris
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Royce Mme
William R. Abram
Erman Searey
Vivian Merchant
NEW Pathe Wills
Liberty
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Potoplay
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Orpheum
Ottering
Tomor
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Neil
Bud Fisher
Jeff
Mrs
Sydney Drew
Jones’ Auto
Green
Schilling
Jeep
Japan
Ceylon
A Schilling & Company
Second Street
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