The Decline in Art and the Rise of Moving Pictures
The piece cites 1914 earnings of David Warfield at 1.5 million in eight months and calls him the greatest actor among all ages. It contrasts with Charlie Chaplin earning about 1.666 million yearly and 1.75 million for his next eight films, mocking the moving picture era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Warfield
Mr. Warfield
Booth
Barrett
McCullough
Charlie Chaplin
Moving Picture
Chaplin
Family Row Settled Over Goethals Denman Clash
President Wilson accepted Goethals resignation from the shipping board and requested Denman’s, ending a dispute over steel versus wooden hulls that stalled ship construction. New appointees were named as the country faced labor and international tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Goethals
Shipping Board
Denman
Germany
Red Cross council picks John D. Ryan of Montana
President Wilson appoints John D. Ryan of Anaconda Copper Mining Co to the Red Cross war council. Ryan volunteered for Red Cross work and was named director-general of military relief, noted for his executive ability and leadership in finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Ryan
Montana
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Red Cross War Council
Wilson
Ryan
Red Cross
The High Cost of Grafting in War Time Prices
A Montana traveler cites high costs in eastern hotels where coffee with cream costs ten cents more and bread adds five cents per slice. He notes blue fish prices rising from sixty cents to between 1.10 and 1.65, arguing wholesalers justify such hikes as wartime inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Germany
Montana
Sunday Sermon Critiques German Leaders Over Lusitania Tragedy
The Helena Independent comments on a Berlin cathedral service led by the German emperor and leaders like von Hindenburg and Ludendorff. It juxtaposes Psalm 93:4 with the sinking of the Lusitania, predicting divine retribution for the murder of innocents and the ruin of seas as a moral reckoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
von Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Berlin
Lusitania
Notice for Publication in Bozeman Land Office
Abraham M Grosfield of Big Timber Sweet Grass Montana filed to locate land under a June 22 1887 act Section 14 P2 North Range 1 East. Adverse claimants or objectors due protest affidavits in the office by September 8 1017. F W Appleton Register. First publication Aug 2 1017.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Mont
Abraham M. Grosfield
Big Timber
Sweet Grass
Montana
Tenter
Selynely
F. WV. Appleton
Foreclosure Suit In Sweet Grass County Montana
District court in Montana issues summons to B C Pingle and Lois Pingle in suit by I A Sume mortgagee to foreclose a 1913 mortgage on Lots 11 12 Block 15 original townsite Big Timber Sweet Grass County for 1500. Court warns default judgment if no answer within twenty days. The case filed August 2 1917 with clerk HL Pound and attorney R S Steiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hh. C. Pingle
Lois Pingle
State of
Montana
Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
B.C. Pingle
I. A. Sue
HL. Pound
Steiner
Alfineiy
Manhattan Madness and Seventeen at Phillips Drug Co
The listing advertises Manhattan Madness with Douglas Fairbanks Mur ray and Louise Fazenda at 7:30 and 9 with Pathe News Weekly on Sunday August 5. Matinee at 2:15 and night show 3:30 with reserved seats 75 cents and one dollar, balcony 50 cents. On sale at Phillips Drug Co. Also Paramount Presents Seventeen with Louise Huff and Jack Pickford on Monday August 6 and A Magdalene of the Hills on Tuesday August 7.
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Manhattan
Douglas Fairbanks
Chas. Murray
Louise
Phillips Drug Co
Paramount
Seventeen
Louise Huff
Jack Pickford
PATHE
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Jerome Williams
D. W. Griffith
Keithley
C. M. Morris
Montivedio, Minn
Melville
T. W. Keithly
Livingston Enterprise
Ida L. Safley
L. E. Safley
St. Andrew’s Episcopal
California
Etta Lowell
Petaluma
Calif
T. H. Parkhurst
Winnecook
Melvin Stevens
Harlowton
C. Wellington
Thayer Stevens
Unters Springs
Lowell
West Coast
District Court
Sixth Judicial District
A. Lee
Plaintit
Yukon
Dorothy Dalton
Soul OF
Kura San Sessue Hayakawa
Myrtle Stedman Ford
A Magdalene OF the Hills
Mabel Taliaferro
Virginia Pearson
Gaming
Aug
Sunshine Concert Co
Benefit Base Ball Club
Sweet Grass Creek
Pioneer Office
United States
Big Timber Lumber Co
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