Butte Committees Meet to Tackle City Jobs
Three city council committees held sessions in Butte to address payrolls and contracts. Finance disallowed salaries for four unconfirmed city workers while approving the regular payroll. Judiciary discussed hiring an assistant for City Employment Agent Dempster and requested more time on related bills. City Engineer Bickenbaugh sought permission to start sidewalks, with bondsmen ready to proceed if allowed. Building committee reviewed City Hall work with minor fixes noted.
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Devin Meiklejohn
John Kalousek
Mullins
W. H. Scott
John Weston
Bickenbaugh
James O'Connor
Messrs. Silver and Aiken
O'Connor
Costello
Ocennor
Police raid opium joint nets four offenders
Police raided a South Colorado street residence after a tip about an opium den. Hom Long and three smokers were arrested. all pleaded guilty. Long fined twenty dollars while each smoker owes ten dollars, but none could pay and were jailed with alternative sentences. The smokers identified as Frank Fullie Ed Kelly and Joe Williams.
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Radmilovich
Loughlin
Colorado Street
Hom Long
Man Held For Sanity Inquiry After Hysterical Jail Visit
John Antilla barged into the city jail claiming a band of wild men hunted him. Chief Mulholland placed him behind bars and arranged a county jail stay for a sanity inquiry. Antilla had been jailed Monday on a drunkenness charge.
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John Antilla
Mulholland
Antilla
Petia Uns
Sidley Family thanks AOUW for kindness after death
Mrs. Margaret Sidley and her son P. H. Sidley express gratitude through the Standard for the kindness shown by the A. O. U. W. and friends during the illness, death, and funeral of Timothy Sidley, their husband and father.
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Margaret Sidley
P. H. Sidley
The
Standard
Timothy Sidley
Excursion Tickets Sell to San Francisco and Los Angeles
From August 2 to 15 inclusive the Northern Pacific By. Co. will offer special excursion tickets to San Francisco and return for 50 dollars and to Los Angeles and return for 60 dollars. Tickets valid for return through October 15 with 10 day stopovers. Contact W. H. Merriman, General Agent, for details.
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Northern Pacific By. Co
San Francisco
Los Angeles
W. H. Merriman
Park travel heavy says Charles Fee of Northern Pacific
Charles Fee general passenger agent of the North Pacific Railroad reports heavy Yellow stone park travel this year and expected larger numbers next year. He noted 30 contract arrangements for open season and praised Roosevelt a strong park promoter. He described busy eastern inquiries, the North Coast Limited as premier service, and routes via the West and East with return travel through Colorado and other gateways.
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Charles 8 Fee
North Pacific Railroad Company
St. Paul
Butte
Helena
Fee
Yellowstone Park
Roosevelt
Colorado
North Coast Limited
Park
Park Visitors Travel Offers Northwest Line Travel Deal
Northwest visitors come and go via our line with round trips to Basin or Boulder. Valid Saturday Sunday and return Monday. Alhambra round trip option on weekend, return Monday. Ticket office 41 North Main Street Butte. Fares 1.00 and 1.70 and 1.15 in available listings.
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Boulder
Alhambra
North Matin Street
Butte
Oregon Short Line Tickets to San Francisco and Return
Aug 2 to 15 the Oregon Short Line will sell round trip tickets from Butte and Anaconda to San Francisco and return priced £50 to Los Angeles £60 with a return limit Oct 1. Tickets valid via Ogden or Portland Ogden route saves 500 miles and 24 hours. Only two nights out. Reserve berths at Short Line city ticket office 1% North Main Street, Butte Montana. H O Wilson.
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Oregon Short Line
Butte
Anaconda
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Ogden
Portland
Short Line City Ticket
North Main Street
Mont
H. O. Wilson
Edith A. Madison Dies at 27 in Helena
Mrs Edith A Madison daughter of J F Maddox of Helena died at 9 30 this morning at her parents home 353 Water street of consumption She was 27 born in Lawrence Massachusetts The funeral will be at 2 o clock Wednesday Rev J F McNamee officiating Interment Forestvale Cemetery
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Standard
Helena
Edith A. Nason
J. F. Maddox
Water Street
Lawrence
Mass
J. F. McNamee
Forestvale
Tobacco Manufacturer John Doerhuefer Dies in Louisville
John Doerhuefer aged 34 tobacco manufacturer of national reputation died at his Louisville home after a long illness. He sold National tobacco works to American Tobacco Co in 1891 and later started and sold another large factory, then worked as an independent until his death. He began as a tobacco stemmer and became a millionaire.
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Louisville
John Doerhuefer
National Tobacco Works
American Tobsco Co Company
Combine
State Fair Horse Show Plans Ready at Aug
The executive board left building design details to B H Tatem and EF W Viske. The main hall will be three sections two stories high with a 120 foot main wing and two 100 foot side wings. A fountain may sit between wings. Horse exhibit premiums cover ten classes with a 2:25 pacing race set at $400. Secretary John W Pace prepared premiums for mares and stallions across multiple age groups with prizes from $5 to $20 and a diploma for driving horses and harness displays.
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Standhard Helens
B. H. Tatem
EF. W. Viske
Tatem
Fiske
John W. Pace
German court martial finds Dunkel guilty of brutality
Berlin reports a Metz court martial found non commissioned officer Dunkel guilty of 366 counts of maltreatment of private soldiers. The record lists 576 brutal acts since December and details a punishment method forcing a soldier to ram his head into a wardrobe. Dunkel received two years and a half in prison and degradation to the ranks. The case emerged after a soldier killed himself.
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Berlin
Metz
Dunkel
Moorchingen
Stonecutters Strike Over Unpaid Wages at Helena Substation
In Helena, workers building a new substation for the Helena Light and Traction company halted work after alleging they had not been paid by contractor W H Hamilton. Hamilton had a subcontract with Henry Gebhardt to complete four parts of the project. At 8 o clock the men met Gebhardt and agreed he would pay them and relieve Hamilton, allowing work to resume next morning.
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Helena
W. H. Hamilton
Helena Light and Traction Company
Hamilton
Henry Gebhardt
Co-operative Store Planned in Great Falls Area
A plan to open a co operative store in Great Palla is taking shape with $9 000 of capital stock subscribed and pledges for more. The project targets a $200 000 capitalization and a $30 000 subscription will trigger the store’s opening. Labor union members lead early stock purchases with others to be invited later. Shares are set at ten dollars each.
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Standard
Great Falls
Great Palla
Henry H. M. Jacobs Dies By Own Hand In Washington
Henry H. M. Jacobs a prominent Washington business man and former diamond dealer died by suicide today in the city chamber. He shot himself in an act of self destruction, ending his life at an age not stated in the report.
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Washington
Henry HM. Jaccobs
Illinois native named consul at Cartagena
Washington reports Clare A. Porr of Illinois has been appointed consul at Cartagena Colombia effective at once. He succeeds in the post and receives official credentials from the U S government. The appointment expands American diplomatic staffing in South America.
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Washington
Clare A. Porr
Illinoia
Cartagena
Colombia
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