City and County Clash Over Smallpox Case
A new smallpox case prompts county and city leaders to dispute who handles the patient. Duncan McLellan, a mining worker for H L Frank, is confined at a Park Street apartment. County and city officials argue over pest house access and transportation after an agreed arrangement to have the city manage future cases. The pest house wagon was reported stolen, and no county wagon is available.
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Duncan McLellan
H. L. Frank
Park Street
Odell
O'Leary
Ells McLethan
McLellan
Clark
MacLellan
Socialists of Montana issue August call for state convention
The Butte branch of the Social Democratic Party of America issues a call for a preliminary state convention in Butte on August 21 1900 to elect a state central committee and organize for a regular convention. Delegates must be credentialed by local branches and submitted by August 21.
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Butte
Seecied
Democratic Party of America
Montana
H. &. Davis
Fred Staab
Social Democratic Party of America
Social Democratic Party
Hutte
Mont
First-Mach
New Course of Study Debated by School of Mines Trustees
The School of Mines board met with a full quorum as President Leonard noted the new course of study is not yet complete and plans a Tuesday meeting at his home to sanctioned the faculty’s instruction plan. An assistant in drawing and engineering is approved at 120 dollars monthly with Harold E Boardman of Athens Pennsylvania chosen from two applicants. Leonard predicts 40 to 60 pupils at opening, praising the faculty and comparing to Michigan and Colorado schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Mines
Leonard
Harold
Butte School
Man Under Her Bed Found Burglar in Vineland Home
Miss Laura Smith of Vineland New Jersey discovered a man under her bed while preparing for bed. Neighbors responded with a shotgun rescue attempt by Charles Haggerty whose shot grazed her head and damaged the wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Smith
Vineland
Sorelling
Flossie
Laura
Haggerty
Mrs. Smith
Sheep price notes in Humboldt and Mendocino markets
Local market notes from Ban Francisco dated Aug 11 report prices for lambs in Eastern Oregon Valleys and Fall Mountain lamb trades. Values include 10 cents for lambs in Humboldt and Mendocine areas with regional activity noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ban Francisco
Nevada
Oregon
Valley
Butter and dog death debate in a Philadelphia Record tale
In a Philadelphia Record item a landlady argues there are other ways to kill a dog besides choking with butter. A rash boarder agrees that it could be effective to let the dog smell the butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
Great Falls Wool Exchange Sees No Sales
At the Great Falls wool exchange on August 11 there were no sales recorded and buyers and sellers offered no bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Wools
Great Falls Wool Exchange
Tid Bits Quip on A Late Return and a School Teacher Wife
A joke from Tid Bits depicts a husband who returned late and recalls a wife who was a former schoolteacher she made him write a hundred times on a slate I must be at home at 10 o clock The gag highlights domestic friction with a chalkboard punishment as punchline.
Great Northern Chief James J Hill Expected In Butte Today
James J. Hill president of the Great Northern Railroad is due in Butte today. A committee from the Butte Business Men's Association will call on him to discuss a union depot project and passenger facilities for the city. The arrival time is unknown. Committee members D J Hennessy J K Richards and W O Speer coordinated the visit and sought to confer with Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad Company
Butte
Butte Business Men's Association
Union Depot
Spokane
D. J. Hennessy
J. K. Richards
W. O. Speer
Hennessy
Mr. Hill
Mellen
Northern Pacific
Prisoner by a Needle in Stockton Sewing Mishap
Mrs. E. A. Whale of Stockton California was held prisoner for two hours when a bending sewing machine needle pierced her finger. Unable to withdraw it she waited for help as the clock neared her daughter's return before neighbors released her with a surgeon removing the needle and dressing the wound.
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E. A. Whale
Stockton
Cal
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Savage Rifles
Marlin
Imall
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Eowa Socialistic Ticket
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Smith
Boston Market
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Boston
Masa
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Michigan
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Hecht, Liebman & Co
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