Butte Current Notes Floating Through Town
A Bygone Butte column lists piano dealers Orton Brothers and Montana Music Co with tuners Fred J. Rowlands and J G Bates, notes visits from J N White, Maud Swan, and Mrs Linder, plus advertisements for cigars Harvard and Acme Celery Gintonile. Details on travel, mining men, and local services fill the page. A federal court motion in Whelan vs Rio Grande, and a B A P R R rate to Gregson Springs are noted. Funeral for Mrs J W McKenzie at 107 West Quartz Street. Southern Hotel advertises offerings.
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Orton Bros
F. H. Marsh
Helena
Harvard
Fred Orton
N. Main
J. G. Bates
Montana Music Co
John Caprice
Seattle
Alaska
George H. Casey
Boise
A. J. Glass
Boulder
Fred J. Rowlands
E. Broadway
Dr. Hanson
Pipestone
Ken
Twin Bridgee
E. H. Sherman
E. Park Street
Butte
J. N. White
Great Falls
P. O. Newsstand
W. Park Street
Adams
M.taylor
Anna Adams
Salt Lake
Stromberg-Mullins Co
Lillie Linder
78 Range Horses Arrive in Butte for East Order
A shipment of 78 range horses arrived in Butte for a special East order. Montana horses and Butte Centennial beer are noted favorites. The Centennial beer is described as pure, aged, and mellow. The funeral for Dan Davis is set for today at 2 p.m. from Herman's Undertaking Parlors.
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Butte
Montana
Dan Davis
Herman’s Undertaking
Mrs Dr Frank Consults On Special Postal Block
A terse notice indicates discussions involving Mrs Dr Frank and a special matter at the P O block. The language suggests a civic or postal topic requiring official attention.
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Dr. Frank
P. O. Block
Westrom Hasbad Record Chief Receives Letter
Police Chief Reynolds of Westrom receives a formal letter from Wells Fargo, outlining banking and community oversight concerns tied to local policing records. The exchange highlights tension between city authorities and the financial institution regarding transparency.
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Reynolds
Wells-Fargo
Westrom Faces Trial Tied to Wells Fargo Money Order Ring
The document details Mark Westrom linked to James Rowland alias Harry Stine, awaiting trial for fraudulent use of express money orders. Wells Fargo supervisor G B Simpson confirms Westrom’s long history as a money order thief and forger with prior arrests and confessions.
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Westrom
Deer Lodge
Mark Westrom
James Rowland
Harry Stine
Reynolds
Helena
Morgan House
G. B. Simpson
Chicago
Wells-Fargo Express Company
United States Express Company
St. Louis
Criminal Court of
C. E. Vanetta
R. A. Wilson
Galesburg
Joliet
Adams Express Company
United States
Western
National Express
Spencer
Francis M. Jenkins
Frank Spencer
St. Joseph
Thomas Madden
James Harris
John Martin
F. W. Watkins
Jenkins
Minneapolis
Missouri State
Jefferson City
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Butte
Garrison
William O'Connell
M. Westrom
William O’connell
St. Louie
Dennison and Stanton, Minn
Rowland
Stine
Henry Stine
Symons Dry Goods Company
Siegel Clothing Company
Beattle bartender Foley dies after jealousy murder attempt
Richard Foley, a Seattle bartender who shot Kitty Gray in Beattle on Thursday and then killed himself, was a former city resident known for a good reputation. He had lived here years ago, served briefly as a special officer, and left behind three children after his wife died in British Columbia five years earlier.
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Richard Foley
Kitty Gray
Beattle
Foley
Iim
Butte
Mulholland
British Columbia
White Flag Protests Move On Weather Office
A committee of streetcar patrons pressured Chief Wharton of Butte’s weather bureau over the unfurling of the white fair weather flag amid two heavy storms in three days. Three men across the street mimed pulling down the flag to signal their disapproval during rain.
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Chief Wharton
Weather Bureau
Butte
Northern Pacific
Wharton
Never Pull the Old Flag Down Over Wet Weather
In a rainy day scene at the big house gate the white flag is defied by a committee and Mr. Wharton sings a jaunty tune about keeping the flag up. The weather flags are worn out but the fair weather flag remains, signaling better conditions ahead.
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Big House
Wharton Gayly
Damage to Tracks After Storm Washout near Butte
In yesterday's electric storm around 1 PM rain washed out about 200 to 300 feet of jointly used railroad track into Butte between the Colorado smelter and concentrator. Water force was strong but did not cause major damage. Trains were delayed only briefly and by 7 PM the track was repaired with no further trouble.
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Butte
Colorado
Money Gone Easy and a Golf Joke
A man claims $110 vanished after visiting Nellie Brooks at 45% Galena street leading to a pinching. Officer MacQuenney stops Frank ONeill caught trying to lift from H McKinney at the All Nations saloon and a railway ticket office advertises Great Northern travel. Charlie’s first golf round ends with the punchline about the time you hit the ball.
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John Doe
Nellie Brooks
Galena Street
Nellie
H. McKinney
Frank O'Neill
All Nations
Wyoming and
Galena Streets
Officer MacQuenney
O'Neill
Butte
Anaconda
The
Chicago Tribune
Charlie
Charley
Straw shoe horses in Japan use rice straw soles
In Japan many horses are shod with straw. The clumsiest cart horses wear straw shoes tied around the ankles with straw rope. The shoes are braided rice straw forming a half inch sole that costs about a halfpenny per pair and is discarded when worn.
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Japan
Trial in Gillis case over missing Royal Highlanders funds
The case against A P Gillis for about 205 dollars tied to 1500 Royal Highlanders entertainment tickets opened in Justice Arnold's court. Complainants James McQuaig and Dr Ferdinand Galton testified, with the matter continued to next Wednesday as the defense contests Gillis responsibility for the tickets.
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A. P. Gillis
Royal Highlanders’ Society Treasury
Justice Arnold
James McQuaig
Ferdinand Galton
Gillis
Royal Highlanders
Gill
Investment pitch blends lodging offer with anti republicanism
A small investment offer for a £2600 lodging house details half cash and monthly rent, while a Philadelphia editorial links Lord Salisbury's wartime aims in South Africa to a broader fight between monarchy and republicanism, urging American sympathy with the Boers against imperialist aims.
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Ann Reynolds & M Dowell
East Broadway
Philadelphia
Lord Salisbury
England
Chamberlain
Transvaal
Great Britain
Tommy Atkins
Cape Colony
South Africa
Cape
Africa
Pauncefote urged to accept Hay Pauncefote canal treaty
Lord Pauncefote says the British should not delay over a Nicaragua canal accord likely to be rejected by the U.S. Senate. The British government has wasted time by resisting a treaty already approved by the Senate and should accept the amended pact the Senate endorsed.
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Chicago Inter’Ocean
Lord Pauncefote
Senate
United States
England
Rights of Pedestrians In Street Struggles With Traction Firms
A New York appellate decision likely to influence Chicago traffic law holds that railroads may not block public streets, obliging drivers to operate cars with care while pedestrians may cross when safe. It rejects contributory negligence for pedestrians who start crossing if the car can stop in time, urging traction firms to respect public rights and safety.
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Chicago Chronicle
New York
Chicago
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Butte News
Standard
Telephone
Fairfield
Jewelers
J. W. McKenzie
West Quartz Street
Southern Hotel
Westrom Hasbad
Alexander Macaulay
South Main Street
Butte, Mont
W. E. Dodd
West Park St
Butte, Meat
Silver Bow Foundry and Machine Company
County Road
South Butte
MR. Gillis
Lee Mantie
Chas. Schatzleim
Frank W. Haskins
A. B. Clements
Charles RK. Leonard
F. Aug. Heinze
Henry Mueller
James H. Montesth
Ingrain
Brussels
Axminster
Brownfield-Canty Carpet Co
West Park Street
Booth
Wagner
Bradshaw
Oregon
Booth's
Wwe
Centennial Brewing Co
Aia
Booth Gash Grocery
W. R. Tonkin Co
TosDay
Pound
Montana Cash Grocery Company Cor. Park and Montana Sts
Zhe Hide
Lewis
Columbia Bik
Broadway
Butt
Daly Bank and Trust CO
OF Butte
W. Dixon
John D. Ryan
C. Swinborne
R. A. Kunkel
O. K. Lewis
J. H. Vivian
P. Fayette Harrington
M White
Silver Bow
First National Bank OF
Buttr
Andrew J. Davis
Pepaltent
of Talbott
George Bievenson Seotenbjer
Europe
State Savings Bank
Main and Park
John A. Creighton
W Stapleton
Hodgens
Creighton
Omaha
Gste Pleven
H. Barrett
B. D. Leavitt
MiMedmgena J. O
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