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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1900
Page
14
Starting Sunday matinee April 20 Sutton's Theater will present Quo Vadis for the entire week. Miss Li Jun Kemble will play Lygia with a reinforced cast and new electrical effects between acts. The management promises the production to be the foremost in the country and notes strong religious and public support.
A panoramic 19th century tapestry tracks Sappho from ancient legend to modern celebrity, noting Byron Daudet and Olga Nethersole influences. It contrasts dramatic careers with historical echoes, citing performances in Europe and America, the rise of impresarios, and shifts in public taste.
Frank Daniels laments a wedding fever sweeping his company. He notes many cast members have married in five years, with five more engaged this season. He offered brides a Rousseau gift to delay weddings, but several promised brides kept their vows, while many write home about happiness and some seek divorces.
Miss Adele Ritchie enjoys French art and studies the stage in Paris each year. On a voyage she entertained passengers with singing in the main saloon. A Havre passenger thanked her for the pleasure, recalling illness from sea voyage and her songs easing his distress.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the ideal spring remedy for pimples boils eruptions and general malaise claiming it purifies the blood renews the body and supports kidneys and liver while improving digestion and nerves with a testimonial about steadier nerves better sleep and renewed happiness due to its unique properties.
A customs officer, remembered for kindness, handles a passenger with slow thoroughness while Miss Ritchie jokes about tariffs. The officer replies with a witty line praising free trade, suggesting government bounty on imports if present.
Medical reports warn that lip sores and mouth deformities linked to short clay pipes rise nationwide. Doctors see over 50 percent of cases in men over 40, blamed on pipe mouthpieces and imitation amber. Surgeons describe severe growths, surgery to reconstruct a new mouth, and risks of a poor repair.
The London Globe notes Napoleon Bonaparte sought permission to join the British navy, a fact uncovered in Admiralty archives by Mr Goocen. The letter shows him as a Brien student preparing for a military career, with inspectors reporting his suitability at the time.
Sir William Fraser cites his naval officer pursuit as driven by fellow student Lawley later Lord Wenlock. Bonaparte doubted success due to Catholic restrictions on British ships, while Paoli urged joining Britain and offered a commission, but chose service to France instead as the Revolution beckoned.
A one penny post office Mauritius stamp, recently found, fetched £1 in London. Collector prices for these rare stamps vary widely, with past records including £1500 initial valuation, £200 asked in 1890, £689 for a pair of two penny stamps in 1893, and 49.00 francs for a pair in Paris in 1907.
In Engleside a double funeral for Mr and Mrs Joseph Beale will be held. Mrs Beale will be buried beside her first husband Isaac T Montross at Hill Tide cemetery. Mr Beale will lie beside his late wife. Both died suddenly after brief illnesses. Mrs Beale recovered from an appendectomy, but did not improve. Mr Beale, unaware of his wife’s death, died early morning. Isaac T Montross died in 1891, leaving a fortune in the Beale estate. Beale was a contractor and builder of Peekskill’s finest residence.
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