Butte Barber Becomes Northwest Theatrical Power and Leader
Phil Levy of Butte rose from barber shop work to head the Northwest Pacific Circuit of Theaters and own major show houses in the West. He served as Montana State Exhibitors' league president for three years, managing a growing empire built on early struggles and stage talent. Levy's career spans actor, manager, barber, and film magnate amid a 33 year arc in Butte at Arion and other venues. He previously found work in Helena and Butte before buying out rivals and expanding to Ansonia Amusement properties. Levy emphasizes merit over nationality and maintains broad connections with Catholic and Hibernian circles. He was elected alderman in 1888.
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Phil Levy
Butte
Northwest
Northwest Pacific Circuit
Klaw and Erlanger
John Cort
Montana
Milwaukee
Buttebroke
Arion Theater
Daly Bank
Phil
Dunc McDonald
Pete McCoy
Helena
Coeur d’Alene
Charley Joyce
Arion
Joyce
Ansonia Amusement Company
Ansonia
Orpheum
Princess
Broadway
Levy
How Lone Chinaman Nearly Caused Anaconda to Be Capital
The 1894 Montana capital fight hinged on Great Falls politics and a Sun River Chinaman driven out in 1887. Labor votes and Daly money tipped the scale toward Helena, with Clark opposing Daly shaping the close result. Helena won by 1,906 in a contest that left lasting rifts.
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Anaconda
Montana
Great Falls
Treasure State
Marcus Daly
W. A. Clark
Helena
Bannack
Beaverhead County
Grasshopper Creek
Sidney Edgerton
Virginia City
Changulch
Butte
Bozeman
Deer Lodge
Boulder
State Federation of Labor
Ira Myers
Mr. Myers
Charles M. Webster
A. B. Dickerman
Townsite
Hill Interests
Matt Dunn
Daly
United State
Hanging Two to Die on Butte Scaffold in June
Frank Fisher and John ONeill face execution June 29 on a historic scaffold at Deer Lodge for the murder of Thomas Higgins. The scaffold has a grim record, having housed twenty prior hangings including Rock and Hayes, Miles Fuller, and Tom Sing, with no trap door and a concealed trap released by a nearby hangman or hotel cook.
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Butte
Frank Fisher
John O'Neill
Thomas Higgins
John K. O’rourke
Deer Lodge
Rock and Hayes
Guarda Robinson
Frank Conley
Miles Fuller
Henry Gallaghan
Fuller
Dan Lucy
Dotson
McArthur
Potts
Metzger
Tom Sing
Bozeman
Phil Levy the Northwest Show Giant No. 1 Man
The article profiles Phil Levy a major theater impresario in Montana. It recounts his rise from Dakota street to president of the largest Northwest show organization. Levy built Ansonia Amusement Company and expanded Orpheum Pantages road shows. He also backed a Northwest Pacific circuit and manages the Montana circuit for Pantages. He lives modestly with a Ford and a big car for Mrs Levy.
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Ansonia Amusement Company
Ansonia
Orpheum
Princess
Broadway
Butte
Montana
Pantages
Northwest Pacific
Northwest
Phil
Dakota Street
Gustaf Walters
United States
Levy
Chased Judge and Jury At Early Montana Trial
Judge Frank H. Woody, later-deceased at Missoula, served as counsel in a heated 1862 case at Hell's Gate Bitter Root. Tin Cup Joe accused Baron O Keefe of horse abuse leading to death. a six member jury awarded $90 including costs after a free for all.
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Frank H. Woody
Missoula
Montana
Hell’s Gate
Henry Brooks
Washington
Tin Cup Joe
O’keefe
Joe
Bolte
Woody
Brother of Montanan Heads American Red Cross
Eliot Wadsworth, brother of O F Wadsworth of Great Falls, serves as executive head of the American Red Cross. Named by Taft and others as best suited to lead, he left Stone & Webster to take patriotic duty. He previously directed Rockefeller Foundation relief funds in war-torn Europe and has visited Montana several times.
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Eliot Wadsworth
O. F. Wadsworth
Great Falls
American Red Cross
United States
Taft
National Red Cross Organization
Stone & Webster
Boston
Hauser Lake
Helena
Rockefeller
Foundation
Europe
Mr. Wadsworth
Montana
Sheriff Judge Jailer Hedrick Acts With Swift Justice
Justice of the Peace J W Hedrick acts decisively in Wolf Creek by arresting John Ryan for touching a citizen for a ten dollar bill. Hedrick, serving as judge, convicts Ryan and imprisons him, then serves as jailer until the train to Helena, delivering him to the county jail. He returns to Wolf Creek after the transfer.
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Justice of the Peace
J. W. Hedrick
John Ryan
Wolf Creek
Montana Power Company
Missouri River
Hedrick
Ryan
Helena
Don’t Knit Socks Warns Army Advisor
Col. Daniel BE McCarthy of the central army department warns women not to knit socks for soldiers. He notes the government buys socks at 15 cents a pair while home knitters spend about 50 cents per pair in time and effort. He suggests knitting scarfs and wristlets instead.
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Daniel BE. McCarthy
Central Army Department
United States Army
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Hiram Knowles
Francis G. Servis
Supreme Court of the United States
Montana Territorial Supreme Court
Meagher
Benjamin F. Potts
Fisher
O'Neill
State Penitentiary
Sullivan
Wyoming
Silver Streets
Higgings
Sullivans
ELK Run Herefords
Duncan McDonald
Mgr
Highwood
Shirley S. Ford
Mont
King Cattle Company
South St. Paul, Minn
Halter
Wiandle
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John Evans
Cascade
N. S. Ranch
ON River Stock & Land Company
District Court
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