Theatres Discuss Drama as Moral Teacher and More
A Chester theater column surveys whether drama serves as moral instruction, quoting clergymen and noting Shakespeare’s Falstaff complicates moral teaching. It recalls James Nettlesworth, Neill company banners in Spokane, and previews King Rastus at Grand Opera house and Hoyt’s A Day and a Night at Suttons, highlighting star roles, songs, and comic turns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Art Club
Henry Irving
Lfe
Shakespeare
Falstaff
Henry Gurney
King Rastus
Grand Opera House
Isham
Company of
Colored Players
Edward Harris
San Domingo
Smart
Williams
Frank Mallory
Neill Company Show Prompts Banner Advertising at Post Office
An article recalls the Neill company placing banners beside a federal post office for a photo used to promote a Spokane performance. The effect on public morals is debated, pondering whether stage life elevates or lowers actors' standards and whether Jimmy Neill was born with or developed traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Nettl
Neill
Spokane
Wash
Jimmy
Folk
A Stranger in a Strange Land at Grand Opera House
The New York hit A Stranger in a Strange Land opens tomorrow at the Grand Opera House for three performances. American authors Wilmer and Vincent present a three act farce set in England, featuring an American encounter with a comic Native American character and mistaken identities, delivering laughs without innuendo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William A. Brady
Joseph R. Grismer
Sidney Wilmer
Walter Vincent
New York Manhattan Theater
England
America
San Francisco
Niagara Falls
Harlem
Sofa Cushions Christmas Offer in Time for Gifts
The ad promotes ready to sell cushions and cushion covers for Christmas gifts. It highlights elegant designs for Mother Father sisters cousins aunts and brothers with only a few cents of profit per item to ease purchase before the holiday deadline.
Down and Cotton Filled Cushions and Covers
The notice describes various sized cushions from 16 to 26 inches filled with down or cotton, priced from $1 to $2, and covers in silk or Velour with corded edges in assorted colors and patterns, priced $2.25 to $4.50. It lists multiple prices and styles, noting stuffed cushions and decorative covers available in stock.
London theater notes shift as venues and casts change
Minnie Seligman leaves Woman Who Loves while Sadler's Wells opens as a music hall in London. Madge Lessing plans to quit Francis Wilson's company for London. Nannette Comstock to take Maxine Elliott role in Nathan Hale. A Baldwin Sloane scores an extravaganza about Gulliver’s travels. Twain and Howells headed for manager review. Esmeralda sung in New York recently. Willard acts in Boston with Tom Pinch dramatization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madge Lessing
Francis Wilson
London
Nannette Comstock
Maxine Elliott
Nathan Hale
Cushion prices from satin to cotton options available
Advertises a range of cushions with silk satin and satin covered designs, down filling, and tied corners. Prices from 2.25 to 5.50, with mentions of silk backs, rich patterns, and ruffled edges.
French Tansy Tablets and various remedies sold
A scattered ad page lists French Tansy Tablets by A Augendre Paris and Newbro Drug Co Butte Mont with price two dollars per box, plus mentions Green's August Flower for dyspepsia and other ailments, Allen's Foot Ease, and a Montana court summons for Rosalie Fanning vs George W. Fanning seeking divorce and child custody in Silver Bow County with clerk Clinton C. Clark and attorney W. F. Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Augendre
Paris
France
Newbro Drug Co
Butte
Mont
Prof. Houton
Nwicro Drug Co
Finlen-Medlin Drug Co
District Court
Second Judicial District
State of Montana
Silver Bow
Rosalie Fanning
George W. Fanning
A. D
Clinton C. Clark
W. TF. Davis
E. Broadway
Notice to stockholders of Silver Bow National Bank
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Silver Bow National Bank of Butte City will be held Tuesday January 8 1901 at 4 o clock p m at the banking house for the election of a board of directors for the ensuing year and the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. Fayette Harrington Cashier Butte Montana December 8 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow National Bank
Butte City
Fayette Harrington
Butte
Montana
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ian
Joseph Cusack
William Frame
Charles Drake
Beatrice Norman
B. J. Mack
Charl Lem
Frank Gorman
Charles Deland
Olillie Delano
May Cameron
Hoyt
Suttons Theater
Jhleyson’s
Modern Jewelry House
N. Main St
Butte, Montana
Strang Land
Minnie Seligman
Sadler's Wells
A. Baldwin Sloane
Gulliver
Mark Twain
William Dean Howells
George Thomas
Esmeralda
Willard
Boston
Martin Chuzzlewit
Tom Pinch
Brownfield-Canty Carpet Co
West Park Street
Barney Radefeli
West Park
Allen
Eage
Allen O. Olmsted
le Roy
Opera House
Wm. A. Brady
Joseph Grismer
New York Manhattan Theatre
Boston Herald
Strange
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