City Hall Renovation and Street Equipment Plan Approved
Missoula notes a bright renovated City Hall and unanimous council support for purchasing a street roller dump wagon and grader to improve Higgins Avenue. Officials anticipate a future steam crusher for macadamized streets and discuss cemetery ownership with strong public support. Fossil expedition reports rich dinosaur findings at Blackfoot and Three Forks with promising university collection growth.
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Valley Cemetery
University expedition collects fossils in Montana region
Missoula August 7 report says the university geological expedition of 1900 began from Missoula in June. Douglass led a long survey across the Ruby, Big Blackfoot and Nevada Creek areas, gathering agates, fossils and rock sections near Laurin and Jasper mountain named Raymond's volcano, with Murray joining later.
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Missoula
University
Douglass
Laurin
Ruby River
Big Blackfoot
Nevada Creek
Deer Lodge
Bilver Bow
Big Mole Country
Rochester
Twin Bridges
Virginia City
Douglase
White River
Melrose
BF. H. Murray
Ruby Mountains
Ruby Valley
Jasper Mountain
Reform School Commitments Highlight Ravalli Court Session
Judge Woody ordered two youths, Joel Craker and Thomas Drayton, committed to the reform school after confessing to obtaining goods under false pretenses and forging orders. Sheriff Chaffin will transport them to Miles City. The court set multiple jury trial dates for scheduled civil and criminal cases, including murder and divorces, with Ravalli County vs Anaconda Copper Mining Co listed for Aug 17.
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Hamilton
Woody
Ravalli County
Joel EB. Craker
Thomas Drayton
Craker
Young Craker
Drayton
Reform School
Chaffin O
Miles City
Perkins
Buck
Weaver
Powell
Leonard
Gagnon
Sherrill
A. m. Edwards
Edwards
Hechler
Kendall
Hammond
Peterson
Aom State
Williams
Burkhart
Marks
Indian Assault Case in Missoula Before Commissioner
United States Commissioner Smith hears Pend d Oreille Indians Joseph Jangraw and his wife Sophie in Missoula on August 7. They face assault charges after Sophie allegedly attacked another Indian with an axe to prove her faithfulness. The complaint is sworn by J English of the district attorney's office. Hearing set for August 20.
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Missoula
United States
Smith
Joseph Jangraw
Sophie
J. (. English
District Attorney's Office
City council bids listed for street grading contract
The Missoula Standard reports bids from Stinger Campbell David Graham and George Dildine for street gutters manholes basins grading and excavation with varied prices. Prominent residents visit town for Masonic meeting and officials depart for nearby mining districts to maintain quiet local conditions.
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Missoula
David Graham
Stinger & Campbell
George Dildine
Missoula Plays Gregson Springs In August Baseball Game
The Missoula amateur team will face Gregson Springs at Anaconda on August 26. Missoula will join the Woodmen on the Deer Lodge picnic trip August 19 for a game that day. Cobban and Dinsmore announce sale of Orchard Homes land with five and ten acre tracts adjoining, offering farm home opportunities in Missoula Montana.
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Missoula
Gregson Springs
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Orchard Homes
Cobhan & Dinsmore
Cobban & Dinsmore
Mont
Sheriff summons witnesses for Petersen murder trial
Ravalli county sheriff Chaftin returned from Chateau to summon witnesses for the Petersen murder trial set to begin next week in Hamilton.
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Missoula
Chaftin
Ravalli County
Chateau
Petersen
Hamilton
Missoula Notes Reflect Social News and Local Mishaps
Misso ula residents gather details of visits and health updates from Helena Carter Butte Spokane and local towns. A new baby girl arrived for Express Messenger Foster. misdeeds include O Keefe and Jensen jailed for disturbing the peace. Monuments erected for local burials and a fire near Woodman reported out.
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Express
Foster
P. P. Pierce
Chicago
Alice Minshall
Florence
Joe Clark
Ben Henderson
Coeur d'Alene
Northern Pacific
Clara Connolly
Spokane
Nd Trudeau
Woodman
George Pringle
T. C. Marshall
J. L. Goodwin
Don O
Divorce Suit Filed by Nettie Appleby in Missoula
Nettie Appleby through attorney W. E. F. Hughes seeks a divorce from Henry R. Appleby on grounds of non support and cruelty. Married in Townsend in May 1897, she alleges years of intoxication abuse and neglect including a May 1900 assault and a June 1900 breakage incident. Appleby is serving a 15 day county jail sentence for assault. She petitions to regain maiden name Nettle Drake.
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Missoula
Nettie Appleby
W. E F. Hughes
Henry R. Appleby
Townsend
Four Mile House
Nettle Drake
Appleby
West Main Street
Elmer Hughes
Otto Quast
Quast
Gibban, Raymond & Quast
Arrest on Freight Train Leads Burke to Jail
Missoula police chased a man named FE l L Burke who fled the city and boarded a eastbound freight. Officer Anderson boarded the moving caboose and arrested Burke as it started. Constable Logan joined and they took him to jail. at court he settled about $11 and the charge was dismissed.
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Missoula
Charman Pringle
L L. Burke
Caboose
Anderson
Logan
Hkurke
Big fire in Mack gulch west of Missoula endangers hill
Missoula reports a large fire burning in Charles Mack's gulch a few miles west of the city seen from town and threatening the hilltop. A second fire affects pasture of Mr Gharrett on the southern hills. Fires blamed on careless wood haulers.
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Missoula
Charles Mack
Gharrett
Mack
Nesmith Boy Ill at Home as Family Aids at Missoulian
The ill boy of B. T. Nesmith on East Cedar Street is seriously ill and confined at home for several days. EK Booth will oversee the Missoulian mechanical department while Nesmith remains at home.
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Missoula
B. T. Nesmith
East Cedar Street
EK. &. Booth
Missoulian
Mr. Nesmith
Fishermen in Florence Struggle as River Infested by Grasshoppers
From Florence today, the anglers have lingered since Sunday hoping for trout but report poor luck. They blame the grasshoppers along the riverbank for luring fish away, leaving several promisee friends empty handed.
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Florence
Local Land Office Records Filed Aug 7
In Missoula the land office recorded final proofs of homestead by George H. Wood Ravalli Herbert W. Lord Darby and William Lloyd Darby. George R. Cooper’s filing near Plains was rejected due to an odd section overlap with the Northern Pacific grant. An affidavit under the July 1 1898 act was sent to Washington. if the railroad relinquishes lands he may file later.
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Missoula
George H. Wood
Ravalli
Herbert W. Lord
Darby
William Lloyd
George R. Cooper
Plains
General Land Office
Washington
Indian police to enforce forest laws in Flathead region
Agent Smead announces orders to Flathead Indian police to return to the reservation and arrest any Indian suspected of out of season hunting or forest fires. He aims to stop forest damage and enforce state laws. Grievances between Cobban and Dinsmore and Western Montana labor groups are amicably settled.
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Missoula
Smead
Flathead Reservation
Lewis and Clarke
Flathead
Cobban & Dinsmore
Western Montana
Dave Graham
C. F
Ravalli County Court Term Sets Murder Trial Date
Judge Woody returned from Hamilton and set Ravalli county cases for next week. The Peterson murder case is scheduled for trial on Monday August 1 with the term jury to be called.
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Missoula
Woody
Hamilton
Ravalli County
Peterson
The Standard Advertises All News and Subscriptions
The Standard promotes continuous news coverage and subscription offers. Contact Finger Machine Office at 141 West Main for details.
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Finger Machine Office
W. Main
Deeds and Rights Filed in Missoula County
Filed for record at Missoula on August 7 instruments recorded include a deed from Damask Daigle and N Glaude for an undivided one half interest in the Platinum placer claim in Nine Mile district for 25 dollars a right of way through the northeast quarter of section 20 granted to August Beauer and Dickson for one dollar. additional deeds cover transfers in French Town involving lots in Black 14 and Lot 11 with prices 100 and 1 dollar respectively. The notice closes with an ad for Lolo Hot Springs praising baths and rates.
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Missoula
Damask Daigle
Quigley
N. Glaude
Hudson
Nine Mile District
Fred “Ormier Et Ax
Alaline Ronan
Black
Frenchtown
Adeline Ronan
Frank Turmell
Turtles Ship Expressed From Bitter Root River
A box of six live turtles captured in the Bitter Root river near the Four Mile house was shipped east by the Northern Pacific Express. The driver said the turtles would be used for turtle soup. the cargo was billed in Hong Kong Beaverdash? county.
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Missoula
Northern Pacific Express Company
Four Mile House
Hong Kink
Hecla
Beaverhead County
Curios Display Shows Long Lost Gun Fragment
In Tietjen's window of curios at Mircola a stock from an antique gun found years ago near Beartown is nearly gone. Only a small fragment remains to indicate it was once part of a firearm.
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Higgins Avenue
Tobacco Root
Blackbutte
Three Forks
Musselshell
Mircoula
Tietjen
Beartown
Will Fight Pires in Missoula Field Crew
Will Fight Pires in Missoula Aug 7 reports Robert Frazer leading a two man crew to the Clearwater country to battle fires threatening timber belonging to the era. The party includes George Marcus George Graham and Joseph Lonety.
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Missoula
Robert Frazer
Clearwater Country
George Marcus
George Graham
Joseph Lonety
Neither Gets Them You Seems To Have A Great Taste
A fragment suggests a remark about taste and decision making. No clear event or names are readable, leaving minimal factual content beyond an observation about taste. The item appears to be a truncated conversational snippet lacking context.
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Helena
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Myra Graham
Ralph Wells
Lolo Hot Springs
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West Front St
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E. Main
Philadelphia Press
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Bitter Root
J. W. Mehargue
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A. G
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J. M. Keith
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R. A. Eddy
A. G. England
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C. M. McLeod, M. Keith
G. A. Wolf
Charles Otto
J. H. T. Ryman
Lewis den & Co
Higgins Ave
Union Market
John R. Daily
DR. Jos
Cettinger
Northwestern University Dental School
American College of Dental Surgery
Daly
Charles Emsley
Stoddard & Ross
Gilbert Rhodes
Front St
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A. J. Gibson
BE. L. P. Ector
Coulombe
Rankin Hotel
Cyey Liver
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