Quo Vadis heads to Butte stage in grand style
The article reports on Mounting a quad of productions in Butte with Quo Vadis slated to run a week starting March 18, featuring six acts, elaborate scenic settings, and experienced actors. It notes costs, production demands, and plans to avoid vaudeville acts for this major presentation. It also mentions responses from theater figures about pricing and staging and includes broader industry notes on other shows and theater news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry Sisters
Willie
Phinnie
Dickie
Artfate
Brown
Butte
Dick P. Sutton
Sutton
Chicago
McVicker's Theater
Atu
Life story of Mrs Nat Collins on plains and mountains
Mrs Nat Collins recounts a life spanning Pike's Peak era Denver freighting camps and hostile encounters. She describes captivity by plains Indians, exchange for prisoners, beadwork learning, and later cattle work in Montana. She recalls buffalo stampedes, Bad Lands, and early frontier justice before venturing to Virgina City and Chicago.
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Pike's Peak
Denver
Col
Iowa
Indiana
United States
Missouri River
Alder
Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone
Gallatin Valley
Bozeman
Virginia City
Montana
Chicago
Nat Collins
Trim and Notable Debut of Elsie Fay as Rising Dancer
The trim young woman is kept in the chorus until act two’s divertissement, where Elsie Fay daughter of the late Hugh Fay is revealed as an exceptional dancer and comedian. Her singing voice may hinder a musical comedy future, but public interest grows as she appears nightly from the ranks to a principal role. Lawrence Wheat is also billed, showing graceful dance and modest singing talent, though not matching Fay’s brilliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Fay
Hugh Fay
Lawrence Wheat
Jia Gifie
Miss Fay
Colonel Chinn and his valets in a Houston incident
Dispatches recount Colonel Jack Chinn aiding a wounded friend during gunfire from a state house window. Chinn, famed as a top race starter with national reach, and his valet Bam, a former family servant, played cautious roles as danger loomed amid the city’s turmoil.
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Colonel Chinn
Houston
Las
Jack Chinn
Goebel
State House
United States
Colon
Texas
Bam
States
Housaif
E Darky
Chinn
Massa Jack
First New York Woman Lawyer to Kiss Queen Victoria
Miss Utica Welles, first American woman lawyer possibly first woman of any nationality to kiss Queen Victoria's hand, is a University of New York City Law School graduate and descendant of Governor Welles. Her father, Dr. Stuart Welles, is a physician and amateur writer.
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Utica Welles
Queen Victoria
Law School
the University of the City of New York
Lady Cook
Tennie C. Claflin
Governor Welles
England
Mas Welles
Stuart Welles
Painter and writer with international recognition
He paints and has published travel books with merit noted. Some canvases were shown at the National Academy of Design in New York. Jessee earned recognition in public galleries in London. Utica Wellen rejected her father’s tastes, preferring logic and Roman law over Greek sculpture for its intellectual rigor. Beauty alone did not satisfy her.
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National Academy of Design
New York
Jessee
London
Utica Wellen
Reward Offered for Information on Trespass Mining
The undersigned will pay 2500 dollars for information leading to the detection and conviction of any person or corporation trespassing to extract ores from beneath the Michael Devitt lode claim. The notice references Injunce Yona and Montana state and federal courts. Jutte and Boston Consolidated Mining Company by Co. & Battermin, assistant superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Devitt
United States
Montana
Jutte and Boston Consolidate Mining Company
By Co. &. Battermin, Asa’t Sup
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Suttons
de Wolf Hopper
Spain
Della Fox
Sadie Martinez
Apho
Belasco
Naughty Anthony
Hebbes
Maria Magdalene
Madgeburg
Julia Marlowe
Boston
Barbara Freitchie
Crasy Loftus
American Theater
Mascot
Aunt Hannah
Clay Greene
M. J. Royal
A. D. Sloane
William A. Brady
Joseph Grismer
New York World
Olga Nethersole
Sapho
Mayuckley
East
Garden Theater
Henrik Ibsen
The
Transcript
Mr. Browne
Hamlet
Mrs. Young
Desdemona
Drury Lane
Depuea
M. Bruperre
Odette Tylor
William Goebel
Kentucky
Caroline Miskel
Hoyt
George A. Schiller
San Francisco
Timothy D. Frawley
Frawley
Pacific Coast
Daly
Leo
Daniel Frohman
Eb, H. Sothern
Virginia Harned
Daly's
Beerbohm Tree
Viola Tree
Penley
Dramatic Mirror
Henry Irving
Sir Henry
Clara Morris
George Alexander
St.James Theater
Trupert
Hentzau
Hope Ross
Otis Skinner
Robert Louis Stevenson
Prince Otto
McVicker’s
Mr. Skinner
Macduff
Henry VIII
West
John Drew
Martin Harvey
Wal-_ lack’s
Dauphin
Lyons Mall
Humperdinck
Konigakinder
Sidney Carton
Mrs. Cunninghame Graham
Don Juan
Lew Dockstader
Mr. Dockstader
Edwin Forrest
Forrest
Far West
Sol Smith
Edna May
Somethin Fe i. Aittle
Ender Enaka Aie
Inter Mountain
Erstrom Beach
Cape Nome
Wheela
Oce
New Dredger
auEe Victoria's
Critical Times
Dr. Williams
J. M. Riggs
Carterville, Mo
Josie
Tome Deya
Bagan
Ostodar
Rome Arenas
Sither
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