Court grants divorce after conflict with mistress and cruelty
In Judge Donlan's court Frank Her Rott and Josephine Hergott were divorced amid testimony of wife’s infidelity and cruelty. Hergott admitted leaving after payday, meeting other men, and beating him while asleep. The marriage began March 24, 1912 in Butte. he earned wages as a mine blacksmith, and she resisted his attempts at clothing and support. The decree was granted with Her Rott’s attorney James A. Murray present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mise J. Muller
Hergott
Jett
James A. Murray
Foreign litigation over wireless station in New Jersey
In Trenton New Jersey on August 2 Chancellor Stevens denied the German firm Hoch Fretiquenze Maschinen Aktiengesellschaft fur Drahtlose Telegraphie’s request to defer a hearing until after the war. The German company faces a suit brought by the French firm Compagnie Universaire de Telegraphie et de Telephone Sans Fil to compel sale of its wireless telegraph station at Tuckerton New Jersey. The court ruled New Jersey has exclusive jurisdiction and the case will proceed in the usual order.
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Trenton
N. J
Stevens
Court of Chancery
Tuckerton
New Jersey
Hoch Fretiquenze Maschinen ‘Akienges-Ellschaft Fur Drahtlose Telegraphie
Berlin
Compagnie Universaire de Telegraphie Et de Telephone Sans Fil
Paris
Germans Issue Orders to Russians at Windau
Refugees arriving in Riga recount German actions at Windau during the battle. Windau residents faced a 4 ruble levy and seizure of grain, with one fifth kept by farmers, while German authorities demanded labor on roads and bridges and warned of estate destruction if workers vanished. Miss Anna Selby, daughter of late Thomas H. Selby, was reported sailing aboard the Espagne with her mother en route to New York from France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
London
Windau
Riga
Germany
Anna Selby
New York
France
Thomas H. Selby
San Francisco
Selby
Fair Oaks
Sacraento
Cal
Smells of Sausage Odors Trigger Lease Battle in Fort Smith
Mrs. Winston sues landlord Henry Schumacher and his company claiming odors from sausage boiling made the rooming house untenable. She says she paid rent monthly for years but was forced to vacate after the court ordered eviction. She seeks damages over 5000 dollars. Also cited are related federal suit against coal interests and a British submarine incident near the German coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cocella
Winston
Jeffreys
St Park Street
Henry J. Schu- Inacher
Schumacher Meat Company
Ina Justice Court
Vacat
Henry J. Schumacher
Fort Smith, Ark
Bach-Denman Coal Company
Allied Corporations
United States Mine Workers of America
Federa
Prairie Creek
No Houses for Rent Demand Soar in Butte Real Estate
Real estate operators in Butte report a surge in demand for modern rental houses this summer with agencies filled and long waiting lists. Influx from other cities and newly expanding industries have driven activity, while condemning unsafe frame structures spurs replacement with smaller buildings and bungalows. Builders target south and west sides as prices hold, and Victoria lodge announces a meeting at American West Park Street.
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Butte
Envn
Indust
Ety Ofielals
Victoria Lodge
American West Park Street
HH. Richards
Jobin T. Birkett
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Kirk’s
Sefist
Leggat
COURT
Sre
Mattingly
Rose the Jeweler
North Main Street
Hemiceeye
Eric Gieses
Hemesays
Regula
Hennessys
Aulgeee Telanal
Aor
Admiralty
Eleve
Newbro. Drug Co
Mont
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