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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1900
Page
2
A reflective critique argues that audiences seek shock and nastiness in plays to feel relief from daily morals. It suggests the public decides what they want and bears responsibility for choosing to attend troubling performances, not the actor.
An essay argues stage morality hinges on the individual not class, noting aristocracy is no worse than common people and behavior varies by person. The piece shifts to a Klondike gold rush tale, recounting McDonald’s rise from modest claims to millionaire status through prolific, rapid gains and high-stakes purchases on Bonanza and El Dorado creeks.
A maid lays out a complete evening gown with attached ribbons jewelry and bouquets for a quick change. The costume includes stockings millinery and accessories arranged on a chair while the actress performs. The maid then removes the gown as the audience sees it on stage.
A Washington Star report cites a physician claiming rising left handedness in the U S, estimating at least 6 percent today. The observer notes left handed senators and representatives, a Cannon aide, teachers, a sewing class, and a billiard room owner all reporting more left handed individuals, with rarity among the colored race and a Chinese laundryman noting bans on lefthandedness.
A theater anecdote describes quick costume changes between acts with prearranged routines and ten minute allowances. It also recounts a Washington luncheon story where an English visitor mispronounces terrapin, expressing disappointment at the luncheon. A brief note promotes Lichis Malt Tone with 6 percent alcohol, sold by Montana Liquor Company.
The Butte schedule lists trains from St Paul and Anaconda with daily departures to Portland and western points. It notes No 11 to St Paul with morning and evening runs, No 13 to Portland and coast points, No 14 from points, and Northern Pacific and Oregon Short Line through trains. Tickets and steamship tickets are available for Europe via the lines and connections.
Alexander McDonald, a famed Yukon character from Annalee's Magazine, is portrayed as a slow moving Nova Scotia born Scotchman who drifted through mining camps along the northwest before the Klondike era, repeatedly failing to grasp the larger fortune he sought.
Train connections link Union Pacific Denver Rio Grande Southern Pacific for east and west routes via Salt Lake and Denver. Details show departure times from Butte at 7:00 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. with arrivals at Ogden Denver Omaha Chicago and San Francisco across three days. Sleeping car access at depot after 9 p.m. for passengers leaving Butte at 8:45 a.m. Agents H O Wilson and D E Burley oversee tickets and accommodations in Butte and Salt Lake City.
A brief exercise in punctuation shows how quotation marks and commas clarify the sentence It is not and I said but or The puzzle features examples like It is not and I said but or and the tricky AMD Not much in it perhaps but enough to trouble us and get it Nothing after all The fragment invites readers to resolve the punctuation puzzle for clarity.
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