Uncle Dick Sutton Pioneer of Butte’s Popular Price Shows
Dick Sutton known as Uncle Dick built Butte’s first popular priced theater line starting with the Family theater in Caprice building. He expanded to the Grand theater Broadway and Empress, modernizing interiors and offering affordable entertainment. Now retired, he remains beloved among actors and the public for creating a city full of affordable amusements.
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Dick P. Sutton
Butte
Richard P. Sutton
Dick Sutton
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Family
Caprice
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Park Street
Grand Theater
Leggat
American Legion Launches Nationwide Campaign to Organize Posts
The American Legion outlines a plan to recruit 4,000,000 veterans into posts across 15 zones. Helena’s Charles E. Pew leads the Montana, Idaho, Wyoming district. Speakers including Theodore Roosevelt Jr and John Inser tour the country to promote the campaign, with district officers appointing local speakers in each zone. Zones and contact pages list regional coordinators and addresses.
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Liberty Street
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Bt Street
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Delaware
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Jersey
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Alexander Jr
First National Bank
Pittsburg
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Fourth Avenue
Saghville
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Old Shell Road
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Jackson Boulevard
Chicane
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South Twenty-ninth Street
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Flood
Utah
Decree of Divorce Entered by Default
Martha M Meyhoffer was granted divorce from Edmund Meyhoffer by Judge Dwyer yesterday. The decree was entered by default after the defendant’s attorneys objected but were overruled. The woman cited cruelty degeneracy and pro German sympathy by her husband.
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Edmund Meyhoffer
Martha Mf. Parks
Dwyer
Boulder Lad Back From France Returns Home Soon
Walter Wilson of Boulder, once a student, who served in France with the squadron, has returned and will go to his home within a few days.
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Boulder
Walter Wilson
France
Butt
Parcel post rate to Germany restored
Washington July 18. The prewar rate of 12 cents a pound on parcel post packages to Germany was restored today by the post office department. The limit of weight on such packages is 11 pounds. Announcement also said the domestic letter rate of two cents an ounce in effect when mail went directly from one country to the other would be re established as soon as direct routes were restored. Exchange of money orders with Germany will not be resumed pending a new treaty negotiation.
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Germany
Post Office Department
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French Senate Votes Against Women Suffrage
Paris July 18 The electoral committee of the Senate reports unfavorably on the bill adopted by the Chamber of Deputies to give the vote to women.
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Paris
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Treaty explained by Clemenceau in Paris briefing
In Paris on July 18 the chamber committee reviewing the peace treaty examined a report on German colonies. The report argues that returning Togoland and Kamerun to France merely restates prior political rights, while negotiations with Britain define each power's limited rights. Clemenceau told the committee France’s wartime security and Rhine policy were central, urging alignment with Britain on colonial questions.
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Chamber of Deputies
Thurs
Togoland
Kamerun
France
Britain
Jennier
Clemenceau
Great Britain
Glemenceau
Rhine
Marsh
Adventists Plan Two Schools in Yakima Valley
Yakima Wash July 18 members of the Adventist faith at a meeting with Columbia River conference officials decided to build two academies in the Yakima valley. One will be at the church site in Yakima with the auditorium used for chosen purposes, the other in the lower valley near Granger. The Yakima school will get about $12,000.
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Yakima
Wash
Adventist Faith
Columbia River Conference
Yakima Valley
Granger
America feeding four million kids in Europe report
The Associated Press notes Europe is feeding four million children under American aid programs during the war. The American Food Administration’s work, under direction, tests children for nourishment and only those deemed strong enough for home diet are supported.
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Associated Press
pAitis
Europe
Tellet Mininistration
American Food Administration
Fatal drive down Seattle stairway claims life
In Seattle a car plunged down a concrete stairway early today killing one man and injuring two others who were pinned beneath the vehicle after it overturned at the bottom. Officials blamed driver ignorance of street conditions. In Washington, Herbert Quick of Berry Springs, Virginia, resigned today from the farm loan board.
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Washington
Herbert Quick
Beri Springs
W. Va
Farm Loan Board
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