Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Honky Sausage, The Banned- Jays Upstairs

Charlie Chaplin in Butte, Montana

Charlie Chaplin 1st performed in America in 1911 in Butte, Montana.  The following clippings are taken from the Anaconda Standard. 

The Anaconda Standard: April 15th, 1911

The Anaconda Standard: April 15th, 1911
Review of 1st Performance of Charlie Chaplin in Butte, Montana April 16, 1911


The Anaconda Standard- Saturday, December 7th, 1912
The Anaconda Standard- Saturday, December 7th, 1912


The Anaconda Standard-Sunday, December 8th, 1912




Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The Jesters Bar


Kenck & Company Saloon / King & Nuss Grocers (200-202 North Rodney)
In the wake of disastrous fires of the previous decade, brick buildings like
this mid-1880s combination business and rooming house gradually displaced less
substantial frame constructions. F. J. Kenck’s saloon originally shared space
with King and Nuss’s grocery/feed store, while second-floor furnished rooms
helped alleviate a housing shortage. In 1918, Prohibition interrupted the saloon
business until 1939, when new owner Frank Jester opened his tavern. Today this
refined Italianate style building, with its flat roof, bracketed cornice, arched
windows
, and thirteen interior chimneys, continues to serve its intended
function, recalling the neighborhood prosperity that followed on the heels of
the Northern Pacific Railroad.