Butte Society Gossip Reaches Great Falls This Week
Mr Charles W Clark spent a day or two in Great Falls this week while Mrs Henry Jacobs visited friends in the city. A large social mix includes theater parties, euchre games, luncheons, and a circus party hosted by Mr and Mrs Wilson with notable attendees.
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Charles W. Clark
Great Falls
Mrs
Henry Jacobs
Helens
Wilson
Butte Notel
Butte Cafe
Joe Ciik
Mes. Mee
White
Mra
Cotten
An Mes. Coaphett
Fortis
Lung
Holbrook
Ad Mrs
Heinze
Hon
Lee Mantle
A. F. Heinze
HS. Tuttle
Dreyfus
Howard Rockefeller
Mia
T. Araddock
Granite Street
Leiser
Pennsylvania
Ekefedler
Lusles
Leswig
Miss Horgan
Viola Horgan
Horgan
Me Dosser
Bausman
Campbell
Sunian City
Maloy
San Francisco
Pete T ‘Isbury
Miss Hammond
Hazel Hines
Sullivan
Molson
B. Leiser
Miss Richards
Volts
A. Leier
McSelman
Miss Leggatt
Miss Busch
Strassberger
Miss Clark
Misa Crowe
Miss Whiting
Vola Horgan
Miss Nichols
McDonald
Messrs. Crumrine
Carr
Ashford
Hougens
Churchill
Works
Huskins
Leggatt
Passmore
Blacklock
Downie
Slemons
Rockefeller
Rochester
Putnam
Thomas
Evans
Miller
Dosser
Conkrite
Horegan
Braddock
Smuggling Whisky Across the River In New Brunswick Trade
The New York Sun describes a border smuggling scheme where Canadian whisky moves from New Brunswick into Maine, fetched at higher prices by savvy drivers. A depot officer detains barrels, a ford allows bypass, and a teamster flees with horses. The revenue loss is noted as a $180 swindle.
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New York Sun
New Brunswick
Maine
Brumewiel
Baat
Aed
Mtalaw
Aronstok
United States
New Reunawick
Wedding Fees and Ministers Pay in Odd Forms
A Boston area minister recalls two weddings where fees varied wildly. In one case a bridegroom handed a bulging white envelope with thanks for the minister’s services. In another, a lavish wedding ended with a promise to repay five dollars next week due to cash strain.
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Boston
Lippincatt
Chinese Merit System Described With Merits and Demerits
A historical account explains the Chinese merit system detailing how acts like returning an umbrella or freeing a bird earn merits, while gifting a coffin to a bereaved family adds thirty merits and repaying a father's debts scores ten merits. It notes high rewards for saving a child’s life, publishing a good book, or marrying a poor but rich target, plus demerits for digging a winter insect nest and for neatness or drunkenness, with beef eating seen as equally wicked in some regions.
Africa Rich in Volcanoes Across Continents
An early report notes Africa hosts six active volcanoes in East Africa and four in West Africa. It mentions eruptions in the Cameroons and Teneriffe’s great peak, with vents and vapors periodically active since the eighteenth century. The passage reflects on volcanic activity across African regions and the Canary Islands.
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Africa
Western Africa
Cameroons
Teneriffe
Farewell Boston Lyric Opera at the Grand Opera House
Tomorrow night marks the farewell performance of Col Thompson's Boston Lyric Opera Company at the Grand Opera House in Butte. The company announces new novelties and original specialties with comedians Henderson and Kunkel to entertain, amid fanfare and political chatter on tour.
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Col. Thompson
Boston Lyric Opera Company
Grand Opera House
Pasha
Butte
Boston Lyrica
Unis City
Murto
Worl
Ge Opera House
Gamera
Henderson and
Kunkel
Dramatic notes on New York theater activities
A crowded roster of engagements and previews outlined for the season. Bidwin Foy lata stars in A Night in Towns while Feang Ebert heads to vaudeville in New York on August 2. Several actors readies for productions, with Otto Daly, Olive May, Lizzie Raymond, Frank Tosee, Grace George, Julie Mackay, Minnie Seligman, George Ober, John H. Heylin, and others linked to new shows, revivals, and tours across major cities.
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Julia Marlowe
Mays Man Henne
Janice Maredich
Viola Allen
Marie Burroughs
Mr. Strong
Annie Stussell
Grace George
Jot C. Clarke
Elizabeth Knight
New York
Washington
Manhattan
Theatre Notes from Kiel to New York Gilded Stage
A sweep through recent theatre buzz from Kiel to New York cites Odin worship in a war drama, Adele Ritchie quitting a hot night, Bessie Wynn replacing her, and Edna May leading a musical comedy company. It covers Frohman plans, Himmelhoth posters, LeMoyne busts, and Weber and Fields burlesques with Fiddle Dee Dee.
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New York
Adele Ritchie
Bessie Wynn
Amicrs
Miss Rifehic
Edna May
Charles Frohman
C. M.S. Metallan
Hugh Morton
Gustave Kerker
Weber and Fields Company
Jil-lan Russell
Fay Templeton
de Wolt Hopper
David Warfield
Holvar Smith
John Stromberg
Cheap Rates to Siberia for Emigrants Spread by Czars Plan
The Russian railways issue family tickets from any European Russia point to Tobolsk at two rubles, then two rubles to destinations east to Vindivostock or Port Arthur. For about seven rubles total, a settler family can travel roughly 4000 miles. The czar proposed the scheme to boost emigration and channel settlers toward Siberia, easing U.S. outflux.
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Sotith
Siberia
European Russia
Tobolsk
Vindivostock
Port Arthur
United States
Bashful Suitor and a Flourish of Words
A quirky excerpt unfolds with playful dialogue and a flirtatious mood. Characters Fun characters exchange breezy, rapid lines as a speaker declares love and jest, while another notes the charm of "hotties" grinning. The scene blends theatrical banter with modern slang.
Bingling Tactics in a Philadelphia Record Satire
The piece mocks medical ethics with two young doctors. First claims to be a physician, judged by violating professional principles. Second notes a patient, Mrs Millyans, visited by a doctor who says nothing is wrong.
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Mary Provost
Willette Kershaw
St. Louis
William Owen
Maxine Eliott
Philadelphia
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