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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1902
Page
5
Butte notices advertise a principal branch office on East Broadway and provide that advertising rates are available on request. The item references the local telephone number 422 for inquiries.
A bustling bulletin lists rental pianos from Orton Bros and sales at Montana Music Co. Notables include State Auditor J H Calderhead in town, Norris citizen D C Creighton at the Finlen, and tour visits by G A Chevigny dentist and Dr Hanson surgeon. Local events cover X ray exams, a new Masonic temple painting, Eagles picnic details, and Navy deserter notice. Regulars include hotel registrations, newspaper shipments, and trains with equipment updates.
August Ruddies special officer for the Anaconda company died after an attempted amputation following a buggy accident near Three Mile house. He was 41, born in Konigsberg, lived in Butte 21 years, and leaves a wife and four children. Funeral at 2 PM Monday from 1108 Nevada Avenue.
The Northwest hopes for relief from the theatrical trust, but the newly formed syndicate of actresses' husbands says it will not oppose the trust. Led by Harrison Grey Fiske Maurice Campbell and James K Hackett, the group aims to protect their interests and operate independently. They establish the Independent Booking Agency in New York to facilitate bookings without fees, starting with eight attractions.
James Neill and Daniel Frawley unite to form the Neill Frawley company to tour Asia. The group sails from San Francisco on Ang 16 under Frawley’s direction. They will perform 12 weeks at Paz theater Manila, four weeks touring Singapore and Hong Kong, eight weeks back in Manila, then Nagasaki Kobe Shanghai Yokohama and Honolulu.
Ada Gray 52, famed for making East Lynne a national sensation, died at her Brooklyn home July 6 after a long illness. Born in Boston, she started acting at 14 to help her family, began on stage in The Hunchback, and rose to lead roles in Ben De Bar’s and Louisville theaters before shaping East Lynne as her signature repertory work, performing it nearly 2000 times over a decade.
The coming season features Beeborbohm Tree with The Merry Wives of Windsor alongside Mrs. Kendal and Ellen Terry while Sir Henry Irving nears a Coriolanus revival. Louis James and Frederick Warde prepare The Tempest on a grand scale with Richard Mansfield announcing Julius Caesar and E H Sothern again Hamlet. Wagenhals Kemper plan The Tempest with James and Warde as Caliban and Prospero using unprecedented mechanical effects.
A London cable reports Mlle Zoe de Lussan will undertake a transcontinental recital tour in the United States under Loudon G. Charlton, presenting French Spanish and English songs plus opera selections. The tour will reach Canada Texas and the Pacific coast with a summer stop in Los Angeles for events.
An elegant velour covered chair with tufted head rest and smooth seat features a full roll spring edge and refined construction. Initial price listed as A 22.50 value, now reduced to a lower amount.
Henri Gressitt buys the Belasco Zaza production including mountings costumes and effects. Eugene Blair will star in the play opening the last of September in Washington.
A major Shakespearean company will tour with Louis James and Frederick Warde in The Tempest. The production features a large ballet and chorus plus many children dressed as gnomes and sprites, promising one of the most magnificent fairy spectacles yet seen.
Blanche Walsh signs a long term contract with Wagenhals Kemper to star in a new play by Stanislaus Strange based on Flaubert's Salammba. Corinne will lead next season under Alfred E. Aarons in My Antoinette with a rewritten role to suit her talent.
Klaw and Brianger will make independent stars of Harry Bulger and Joseph Cawthorne in September 1903. Both comedians will remain with The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast next season.
Actor Harry Corson Clarke plans to headline the forthcoming season in the comedy Hello Bill which has drawn strong East Coast success. He will visit Butte early in the season and fans expect a lively engagement by the troupe. All members of the Young Ladies Institute are urged to attend a Tuesday evening meeting on July 15 at precisely 7 o'clock.
Great Falls July 12 Cascade county will hold a livestock and agricultural fair on September 16 17 18 and 19. Andrew Rinker was elected president H M McKee vice president Vincent Fortune secretary W A Doyle assistant secretary and W M Cockrill treasurer. The board of directors includes T N Largent C F Anderson H M McKee P W Bradford T H Jones W A Doyle C H Campbell Andrew Rinker W M Cockrill S R Jensen Herbert Strain J T Athin W D Dickinson M P Philip BE H Cooney and O S Warden. The next board meeting is set for the 24th.
If you want the best value for your money in a piano or an organ call on Orton Bros. at 219 N Main Street in Butte for reliable service and standout deals.
W. W. McCall proprietor invites guests to Jefferson House Whitehall Montana as the only first class inn in town with reasonable rates and careful attention to patrons.
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