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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1919
Page
9
Merchants entice support for the Butte parade with prizes totaling 300 dollars. Two prize sets offer three cash awards of 500, 100, and 25 dollars for meats and best decorated autos. Stores will showcase windows to attract attention, while some businesses decline floats to ensure fairness.
Review highlights Miss Brooks at the Pantages theater praised for lively impersonations and dramatic talent. Initial acts drew little interest but as her work progressed the performer gained appreciation and audience favorites grew, ending with a whirlwind curtain call.
Corporal Eugene J. Marcheret of Butte arrived at an eastern port aboard the Leviathan on June 12, and is reported by a local word receiver. He enlisted at Chicago with Motor Company 435, served with the American Expeditionary Forces in Toul and Cambrai, and later with the army of occupation in Germany. A reception by many friends is planned upon his return.
Mary MacLaren, billed under the bunny, appears in a program at the Ansonia theater. The article notes her convent upbringing and early teen years, detailing parental objections and her determination to pursue acting despite family resistance. It mentions season performances at the Winter Garden and a California tour with Lois Weber guiding her early career.
A group of country school district teachers travels from around the state to the state summer session in Dillon. Included are Misses Blanche Klein Billings Marjory Parkhurst Ted Rothwell Nellie Fairey Maude Evans Myrtle Astrope Clara Hanson Ads G Moothat Charlotte Manson Maude Haltner Nive Barnhard Anna Woods and others. Rude garbled text follows with nonsensical phrases and unclear context.
A late hour sighting in Helena describes a fully masked man riding a motorcycle. Witnesses say he offered no threat, planned to proceed to Butte, and police consider the case unsettled though not criminally intent. City officials note no law prevents mask wear.
The 89 year old Mr Saigh body was sent from Penrhyndendraeth Wales to Waith England for burial. A farm wagon carried the coffin to the church followed by three dozen mourners. Four black horses drew the bier as six Welshmen acted as bearers. The funeral was conducted at midnight with evergreens the sole floral tribute.
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