Butte News Reports Earnings Boost for Ticket Agents
The article notes Western railroad companies will gradually raise agent salaries to offset lost commissions, with several agents already advanced. It cites Chicago talks on compensating agents, mentions the Northern Pacific new North Coast Limited sleeper, and outlines its features and fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Chicago
Northern Pacific
North Coast Limited
St. Paul
Portland
Meye Segyins
Stancard Publishing Ad Cuts Requests Correspondence
Advertising and illustrating cuts by Stancard Publishing to aid promotions. Correspondence solicited for design samples and production options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stancard Publishing Company
Missoula School District Elects Nine Candidates for Trustees
The Missoula school district electors will choose from nine candidates for four trustee seats this Saturday. Three are for three-year terms and one for a one-year vacancy, with tickets filed by local citizens and endorsements from city officials. Election occurs at Central school building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Sheldon
Mre
Sue K. Reinhard
E. A. Winstanley
W. H. Raymond
F. C. Webster
J. H. T. Ryman
D. H. Ross
H.P. Clark
T. EF. Evans
J. A. Ferguson
William Hayes
P. Wohlechlager
Sam Beaver
William Vanstone
J. 3. Kemp
Bertha Tietjen
John H. Pulliam
A. A. Taylor
Lena C. Smith
W. A. Buswell
J. B. Catlin
A. E. Pound
J. A. Moss
W. H. H. Dickinson
W. A
Man Suffering Mental Illness Held in Missoula Jail
Thaddee Therriault a Finedman confined at the county hospital now remains in the county jail on a charge of insanity. He fears he will kill someone and asks to be restrained. He will be examined for sanity Wednesday afternoon at the courthouse. He recently filed for divorce from his wife who is in Cape Cod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Thaddee Therriault
Therriault
Capeada
Secretary Hogan and Cyclone Davis to Speak in Butte
Missoula reports Secretary Hogan arrived from Helena to greet Cyclone Davis and joined him in traveling to Butte where Davis is set to speak tomorrow in the Smoky City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Hogan
Helena
Wallace Jun Club Holds Sharp Shooting Events
Good shooting on Wallace Jun club grounds yields multiple winners in reverse shoot Jerome challenge and medal shoot. Results list Whitlaw Rogers Holohan Van Dorn Scott Johnson Flohr Snyder with scores across events.
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Wallace
Idaho
Wallace Jun Club
Rogers and
Snyder
Whitlaw
Rogers
Holohan
van Dorn
Scott
Johnson
Flohr
Snydeer
Globe trophy shoot ends in Spokane team victory
A six man Globe trophy team faced a Spokane six in the regular shoots. Final totals: Whitlaw 41 Rogers 41 Holohan 46 Scott 38 Flohr 38 Snyder 44. Spokane 248 of 300.
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van Dorn
Scott
Johnson
Flohr
Snyder
Spokane
Whitlaw
Rogers
Holohan
Strike at Reddy Gulch Has Seven Foot Ore Find
Word reached Wallace on April 2 of a strike on Reddy Gulch between here and Mullan. A seven foot high grade carbonate ore seam was found in an open cut, promising shipping profits. Prospectors Rice and Foss, who secured a three fourths stake for 75000 earlier, claim this discovery far surpasses their prior find.
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Wallace
Idaho
Reddy Gulch
Here
Mullan
Coeur d'Alenes
Rice and Foss
Great Falls Notes Highlight Local Movements and Legal Actions
Luther Mills and Ben Harris visited Great Falls from Cascade and Butte. A license to wed was granted Otis Martin and Mattie Purcell of Cascade. Local Elks send off honored visitors. A court adjournment moves to 18th with Townsend remain. A Benton clerk resigns for Stockman’s Bank. A personal injury suit seeks 5200 dollars for Jessie Ball vs Joseph Gussenhoven over a laundry machine accident. Fergus county calls 15 witnesses for Calder and Fisher murder trials set for next term. Attorney General Nolan expected to assist. Judge Westie to preside.
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Luther Mills
Cascade
Ben Harris
Butte
Co. R. Tintinger
Great Falls
Otis Martin
Mattie Purcell
John Berkin
CC. W. Sweet
Boulder
Great Falls Lodge of Elks
Dubose
Benton
Townsend
Broadwater County
Armstrong
M. M. Luter
H.S. Green
Jessie Ball
Joseph Gussenhoven
Havre
Dee
Miss Ball
District Court
Fergus County
Calder
Mayors and aldermen elected in Falla Lewistown and Harrel races
In Great Falls Nethart yesterday no contest in city election as a mass meeting cast a single ticket. FE A Shaw elected mayor. George Marelius W H Morrison and Peter Rush chosen aldermen. Lewistown voters chose George W Cook for mayor over Charles H Williams by 230 votes. most Republicans won. in Third ward tie Brassey Parrent. Harrel mayoral race won by L O Hudson over G T Sanderson by 11 votes. aldermen Pepin Scott and Stringfellow elected. two races without opposition. Result framed as railway company candidates’ victory.
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Great Falla
Nethart
FE. A. Shaw
George Marelius
W. H. Morrison
Peter Rush
Lewistown
George W. Cook
Charles H. Wiliams
Edward Brassey
John M. Parrent
Lewis W. Eldredge
James P. Corcoran
Horance Hill
Peter Shields
Arthur Stoddard
Parrent
Brassey
Harrel
L. O. Hudson
G. T. Sanderson
For Rent Desk Room in Standard Office
Classified note offers a desk room for rent in the Standard Office within the Bach Cory building located in Great Falls. The listing provides no contact details or rental terms in the surviving text.
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Bach-Cory Building
Great Falls
Fire destroys hot tamale hotel on wheels in Great Falls
A street yellow hot tamale wagon near the Milwaukee beer hall in Great Falls burned overnight around midnight. Firefighters arrived late. the wagon and its left wheel were saved but the main structure was a total loss valued about four dollars, with no insurance.
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Great Falls
Milwaukee Beer Hall
Frank Wilcox
Ark veteran educator named principal at Chateau schools
Great Falls April 3 At a show board meeting Phil I Cole of Beebe Arkansas a brother of Mrs C E B Cunningham was chosen as principal of the Chateau schools for the coming year He succeeds Prof M F Hammond who has led the school for four years and wished to retire Cole completed public school in Ohio attended Little Rock University and has taught mainly in Washington state He comes well recommended
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Great Falls
Phil I. Cole
C. EB. Cunningham
Beebe
Ark
Chateau
Cole
M. EF. Hammond
Ohio
Arkansas
Little Rock University
Washington
Choteau Montanian
Mail contractor in Great Falls offers contract
Great Falls April 3 report that the new mail contractor for the town to Great Falls telephoned H F Bailey offering to take the contract at 1.76 dollars. Bailey replied I am not crazy yet that I know of. The let contract was 1760 dollars and the contractor may seek a fool to unload on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
H. F. Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Craggie
Choteau Montanian
Plumbers and Plasterers Lockout and Strike Across Cities
From Minneapolis a lockout by employing plasterers over hour terms. Carpenters seek a wage raise of 2 to 32 cents per hour. Indianapolis reports journeymen plumbers striking demanding pay up to 3 dollars 15 cents per day.
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Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Ind
Good stock is wanted by Strathcona drives Montana horse boom
Great Falls Montana reports a major rise in Montana horse prices as Strathcona's mobilization for South Africa boosted demand. Northern Montana breeders see 900 to 1,100 pound stock selling for 40 to 60 dollars per head, with buyers paying cash or bonds and shipments to Canada, Winnipeg, and eastern markets increasing.
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Great Falls
Canada
Montana
Lord Strathcona
England
Strathcona
D. A. Richardson
Calgary
Armington
Benton
Ulm
Fust
Northwest Territory
Canadian Pacific
Great Falls Railway Restores Service and Stage Lines
Great Falls and Canada railway suspended daily mail for a short time leaving Chateau without mail service. A star route daily mail was granted and bids awarded to John Quirk. Freight runs continue and passenger service to resume by the 11th. Choteau gains daily stage lines from Angus Bruce William Krofft and Ewing Steele with H F Baily starting an opposition line, ensuring round the clock service to Great Falls.
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Great Falls
Great Falls & Canada Railway
Chateau
Star
Daily Mail
Department
John Quirk
Eastern
Sun Hiver
Great Falls & Canada
Choeau
Steele
Angus Bruce
William Krofft
Ewing Steele
H. F. Baily
Choteau
Man Arrested in Great Falls for Illegal Voting Case
John Gibson was jailed on a charge of legal voting after allegedly voting under another name in the Second ward. He had arrived from Power ranch and claimed registrations at various locations including Columbus hospital. Police also tied him to a later charge for taking clothing and bedding from a Swede.
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Great Falls
John Gibson
Gibson
William Gibson
Columbus
Fraud Case Ties Great Falls Brewery Founder to Disappearance
In Great Falls on April 3 the district court heard a suit by J. H. Meyer against Gertrude Trimborn connected to Joseph Trimborn the missing Great Falls brewer. The complaint cites a November 14 1892 note for 1109.16 signed by Joseph Trimborn to J. K. Aug. Meyer and alleges Gertrude as his wife.
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Great Falls
Joseph Trimborn
New York
District Court
J. H. Meyer
Gertrude Trimborn
J. K. Aug. Meyer
Josepha
Trimborn Stock Transfers Questioned as Fraudulent
Parker Veazey sues to void a sequence of stock transfers from Joseph Trimborn to 8 R Jensen and then to Gertrude Trimborn. He alleges concealment of property to evade a debt, insolvency of Trimborn, and an attachment leading to a 1900 judgment for 31,749 plus interest. The case seeks declare the transfers null and to reaffirm Trimborn as owner.
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Joseph Trimborn
Trimborn
Jensen
Gertrude Trimborn
Parker Veazey
Burglary Loot Recovered in Great Falls
April 3 report states notes checks and insurance policies stolen from Benton Hardware were found unharmed. A hobo sleeping in a depot culvert spotted the box, feared dynamite, informed Marshal Davis, who recovered the items and two chisels left by burglars.
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Benton Hardware Company
Marshal Davis
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Western
Montana News
Gibraltar
du Nord
Symons
Paris
Foster
Park St
Delphine
Bakae
W. Park St
N. Main St
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