Marshal Duffy Praises Walkerville Incolorful Interview
Walkerville's Marshal Duffy says his town is the quietest in the world with seven months without a fight and no truants from school. He notes rising birth rates, few police court cases, and claims of exemplary conduct while joking about past chicken fights. He mentions dog and cat issues and a local real estate ad closes the piece.
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Marshal Duffy
Walkerville
Archie McIntyre
Smitty
Dominick
Archie
Was The Boy's Own Fault At The Inquest
The inquest into Lorenz Winwood's death at Richards' heard he died while attempting to board a moving B A P streetcar. Witnesses said the boy tried to ride unseen by his mother as the train approached a slow grade. Train crew testified signals were proper and that boys often jumped on slow moving trains causing annoyance.
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Richards
Little Lorenz Winwood
Granite Street
Eddie McLeod
Robbie Kearney
L. R. Hensler
Receiving Stolen Money Case Heard in City Court
Harvey Holmes, longtime figure in the Tenderloin, faced a hearing before Judge Boyle on charges of receiving stolen property tied to a prior theft from Paul Legar. Lizzie Hall testified she saw the money delivered to Holmes. the judge took the case under advisement.
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Harvey Holmes
Tenderloin
Boyle
Josie Woods
Paul Legar
Holmes
Lizzie Hall
Drove Into Open Ditch In Butte Cab Incident
Fred Wilson driver of hack No 6 for Butte Cab and Transfer took Father Callahan and a sister to the depot for the 11:30 train to Anaconda when his team plunged into an open ditch at Wyoming and Silver streets. One horse fell, Wilson was thrown but escaped with minor injuries. Passengers suffered a severe shaking but were unharmed. The ditch is being dug by Moss the plumber who will explain why no warning signals were left.
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Fred Wilson
Hack No. 6
Butte Cab and Transfer Company
Father Callahan
Butte, Anaconda
Moss
Inquest Planned For Meaderville Death of Andrew A. Erkas
The inquest into Andrew A. Erkas death will be held this afternoon at Meaderville. No post mortem examination will be performed. The body was found by Nels Olsen, not A C Moe.
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Andrew A. Erkas
Meaderville
Nels Olsen
A. C. Moe
Butte Miner Files Bankruptcy Petition
Frank M. Barrett a miner of Butte filed in U S court his bankruptcy petition. Liabilities total 484 with assets of household goods valued at 151. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by the Bandmann company had its third performance at Maguire's opera house drawing a good audience with three more shows scheduled. The Auditorium was engaged yesterday for an art exhibit under women’s clubs.
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Frank M. Barrett
Butte
United States
Dr. Jeykll
Mr. Hyde
Bandmann
Maguire’s
Opera House
Death by own action ends life of Deer Lodge man
Ray Welton son of Deer Lodge liveryman John Welton hanged himself at the H. H. Nelson farm near Floweree. Coroner Sweeney impaneled a jury which ruled death by own action. Welton age about 26, a skilled horse wrangler, had been employed on the Nelson farm 18 months.
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Standard
Great Falls
Ray Welton
John Welton
Deer Lodge
H. H. Nelson
Floweree
Sweeney
Harry Hanson
Lee Nash
Welton
Nelson
Hanson
Poker on a Train Ends in Tragic Bluffing Death
A Detroit Free Press tale recalls a gambler who found rival on a Chicago to St. Louis train. After a $100 pot and rising bets, a curve toppled the car. both men survived but the opponent died in hospital. The survivor laments bluffing a dead man to win the pot.
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The
Detroit Free Press
Chicago
St. Louis
Roosevelt Dining On Foreign Territory Sets Two Precedents
A Washington Star report recalls two presidential firsts tied to Prince Henry of Prussia. Roosevelt dined at a foreign embassy and visited a German warship, both treated as foreign territory by a naval officer. The piece contrasts with Cleveland’s era naval reviews.
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Washington Star
Prince Henry
Prussia
Star
United States
Roosevelt
Hohenzollern
New York
Cleveland
New York Harbor
Dolphin
Chicago street ownership and Morgan’s view on property
Chicago residents face questions about street ownership and use. J Pierpont Morgan’s notion of a community of interests is challenged as to whether the public or individuals hold rights to city streets and how those rights are interpreted.
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The
Chicago Tribune
J. Pierpont Morgan
Chicago
Platt Said to Consider Matrimonial Alliance
The Chicago Post notes a rumor that Senator Thomas C. Platt may soon enter into a marriage alliance. It questions whether William Allen White would view the move as a vindication.
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The
Chicago Post
Thomas C. Platt
William Allen White
Hecla Interests Rumored in Marysville Mining
Captain Thomas Hoatson of the Calumet & Hecla company and mining man Samuel Brady arrived in Montana city last night and planned to depart for Marysville to pursue mining interests. The Hoatsons are linked to earlier talks of Calumet & Hecla developing property in the Drum Summon district.
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Thomas Hoatson
Calumet & Hecla Company
Samuel Brady
Rockland
Marysville
Captain Hoatson
Hecla
Calumet & Hecla
Drum Summon
Montana
James Hoatson
Ducks in Vein of Jamaica Bay Hunters
The New York Herald describes duck and goose hunting around Jamaica Bay within Greater New York. Hunters from New York, Brooklyn, and Rockaway Beach stalk marshes and ice fields, using ten gauge breechloaders with brass shells. Weather and endurance test nerves as they push boats over ice for prized bag counts and brag about big geese and black ducks.
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New York Herald
New York
Jamaica Bay
Brooklyn
Rockaway Beach
End of Week News of the Express Tag Sale
A shipment of silk waists is offered at a special price. The table displays manufacturers samples in heavy materials with brown gray and blue mixes and hair line stripes.
Replica model surfaces for inspection and education
The text discusses a model allowing full surface inspection and the removal of sections for replica production. It suggests making replica sections from paper pulp or light materials for school use, akin to geological survey maps, and selling at cost to support educational applications.
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Geological Survey
Geographic sculpture and a model of the United States
An article proposes a nationwide geographic sculpture model scaled at two and a half inches to the mile to accurately reproduce every building road and feature in the United States. It compares the plan with a Swiss project and explains the new school of map making emphasizes factual accuracy using map perfection and dry plate photography. A viewing site would require an 80 foot long lighted building with glass walkways and sliding supports.
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Washington Star
United States
Potomac Flats
Congress
Cannon
Utah
Gardiner Hubbard
National Geographic Society
City of
Washington
Park Commission
Congressional Library
Switzerland
New Park Commission
Original Galveston News poem about Babies
An original composition titled Babies by a very small boy. The piece defines a babee as something everyone has been at some time and notes a baby is not yet grown up. The excerpt reflects early schoolyard writing and a child’s view of growing up.
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The
Galveston News
A Curious Baby Tale and a Left Handed Barber Joke
A rustic monologue tells of a baby found in holler trees and the stork myth, with a bold warning to a mischief making bird. The second part presents a barber quip about a left handed, bookkeeper customer and ink clues.
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Butte News
J. F. Fariss & Co
Hamilton Street
Cor
Judge Boyle
Heckman
Erkas
Butte Briefs
Ray
Sy and
Royal Yacht
W. Park St
Symons
Postoffice
Thomas Cruse
Lewis
Eton
Gibson
Maxim
Arrow
Hawes
Nazareth
Park Street
Kleinirt
Counte
Brooklyn Citizen
Pasement
Tommie
Hollur Treez
Hollur
Maree
Furst
Agane
Stade
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