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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1916
Page
9
George Symons, longtime Butte resident and owner of the Kelly block on East Park street, has left for New York to pursue business interests. He expressed nostalgia for Butte and said he would prefer living there, though he hopes to return someday.
Frank Woody assistant United States district attorney departed for Billings last evening. Attorney W P McCarty traveled to Anaconda for the Woodmen of the World triennial convention and will be away from the city until Thursday.
The Broadway theater screens seven big features and six vaudeville acts led by The Iron Claw fourth episode, Webber's Melodyphiends with 11 instrumentalists, and Harry Jolson performs a blackface monologue. The Sully Family, Fiddes and Swain, Haviland and Thornton, and Hanson and Hanlon round out the program with music, sketches, and clean comedy.
Frank Goldsmith who plays the t of Russell Barridan in A Blazing Love will be seen for the last time today at the Ansonia theater. He previously starred as Duke Sereius in The Clemenceau Case with Theda Bara, Fox’s vamp. Goldsmith’s performance marks him as among the best in similar roles. Wilmuth Merkyr, as Stephen Bond, also stars opposite Virginia arson in Blaying Love and is featured in Fox’s A Celebrated Scandal as the Spanish poet.
Chaplin appears in a burlesque on Carmen promised to be a hit of the season. The film is shown in four parts rather than two and plays to capacity crowds at the central venue and surrounding houses as listed in local records.
Astrological forecast warns Neptune and Mercury influence may hinder travel and legal matters. Do not sign contracts today, watch health and speech, especially in aviation and legal fields. May bring scandals in US, gains for South American artists, and anxious, clever children born today.
The midweek Triangle Pictures program features Chaplin's famous antics with a burlesque side story involving Don Jove and Darn Hosiery. Prices rise to 25 cents for divans and 50 cents for boxes, touted as the largest bill yet for Butte audiences. Java exports tea in 1915 reach 85 million pounds, up from 68 million the prior year.
May 15 reports from Bertin via London state that the Entente allies are unlikely to improve their position further. General Moltke claims the central powers hold strong lines and reserves, with Russia capable of offense yet blocked by firm front in the east, while Italy remains in the same stalemate as the prior year. A Swedish ship collision near New York disrupts traffic but causes no major damage. The Cleveland meeting of the Men’s Christian convention adjourned after a morning session focusing on finances and committee reports.
Eliot C. Cowdin, a well known New Yorker, received French army orders recognizing bravery as an Allied aviator. He was promoted to sergeant for meritorious service and awarded the war cross for valor at Verdun.
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