Uncle Dick Sutton Returns To Montana Showbiz
Colonel Dick Sutton once ruled Montana theater circuits from Butte to Great Falls and built the Grand Opera House. After selling out years ago he retired to flowers, but boredom drew him back to open the Lulu Sutton theatre in Butte and revive his Tom Show legacy.
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Dick Sutton
Uncle Dick
Butte
Montana
Dulce Far Niente
Lulu Sutton
United States
Nat Goodwins
Wlsie Jamses
Eva
Montana Street
Standard
The
Miner
Buttes
Inter Mountain
Lee Mantle
John Maguire
Anaconda
Missoula
Helena
Great Falls
John Considine
Seattle
Tim Sullivan
New York City
Sullivan-Considine
Grand Opera House
Broadway
Star pupil of Vernon Castle survives fatal crash tale
Edgar Bryce once danced under Vernon Castle and served in the British air corps. Both men were shot down in the same hour during World War I, Castle dying in Texas and Bryce wounded at German lines but surviving after a crash at 2000 feet. Bryce, now recovering in Butte, performs occasionally in Columbia Gardens.
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Castle
Texas
Bryce
Edgar Bryce
Butte
France
Vernon Castle
British Air Service
United States
Gregson Springs
Columbia Gardens
Glacier park naturalist turns photographer of peaks to seek aviation role
A. J. Thiri, longtime National Park Service man in Glacier Park, now offers his wildlife photography to Uncle Sam as an aviation photographer. He retires from the service, awaits orders, and maintains Thiri's Aerial View Service in Polson for postcard sales of wild animals and mountain scenes.
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A. J. Thiri
National Park Service
Glacier Park
Thiri
Rockies
Polson
Candidate pledges wartime service and charity in Musselshell county
A candidate for county nomination promises four hours daily in Red Cross rooms, vows to remit all government war work fees, and donate 40 dollars to a new flagpole fund. He also asserts he has never smoked.
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Musselshell
Red Cross
State Fair Funds War Savings Stamps Contest for Montana Women
The state will pay all expenses for two Montana women from each county who sell the most thrift stamps and war savings certificates from now until September 5. A melon cutting contest at the fair, initiated by Paul R. Flint, will distribute a large melon to 86 women. The top two collectors in each county win trips to the state fair with all expenses paid. Harry W. Turner along with a $500 prize pool will reward the four largest totals during state fair week with $200, $150, $100 and $50.
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War Thrift
Montana
Paul R. Flint
Malta
War Savings
Helena
Return
Harry W. Turner
Butte
Flint
Ensign
Miracle
War Savings Organizations
Singapore Jake the Dark Arts Exponent in Montana Legend
The piece recalls Singapore Jake, Montana’s early clairvoyant, famed in the 1870s for hoodoo lore and love advice. It recounts his showdown with Marty McGraw over the Kelly diamond, Jake swallowing both stones and fleeing toward the mountains with a posse in pursuit.
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Singapore
Jake
Montana
Kelly
Plummer
Mexico
King” Kelly
Rocky Mountains
Kelly Diamond
Marty McGraw
Denver
McGraw
Hvery
Singapore Lake
Harges
Platte River
Faith Makes First Voyage From San Francisco to Seattle
The concrete ship Faith completed its initial voyage from San Francisco to Seattle under the Lloyds Register survey. It faced rough seas but reported no water in the hold and only hairline cracks in the walls as weather evidence.
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A. H. W. McNab
Lloyds Register
Faith
San Francisco
Seattle
Kelly diamond sinks with Montana clairvoyant
Jake plunges from the saddle into Scudder lake on a remote trail. Three watchers glimpse the fall and the Kelly diamond vanishes with him. The lake yields no trace, as the legend of Montana's first occultist ends with a fatal plunge and a cursed gem.
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Jake
Scudder’s Lake
Three Cross Horse Ranch
Scudder Lake
Singapore
Kelly
Montana
Repose
Kelly Diamond
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Toni
Dick” Sutton
State Fair
National War Savings Campaign
India
New Orleans
Mississippi
Marty
Singapore Jake
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