School Board Considers Staffing and Facilities Needs
Five board members met to plan for the upcoming school year. The district expects 10 to 16 more teachers, rent or build space in Johns addition, and address Missoula gulch area shortages. The census shows 15 712 pupils, up 50 from last year, with concerns over training classes and library upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mueller
Teachers’ Institute
Anna Lane
Sproul
Margaret Murphy
Lane
Johns
Margaret Hogan
Kate McCarthy
White
Parrot
Missoula Gulch
Cromwell
Empress Deposed Crisis Prompts Foreign View On China Trade
Shanghai editor notes foreign observers agree on not patching the crisis in northern China. Two paths loom: partition of China or restoring the emperor with empress dowager stripped of power. Foreigners favor preserving China while opening trade, amid anti foreign sentiment and Boxer influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Russia
Perhay
Pekin
Shanghai
Chin
Caina
Tientsin
Nixon Bankruptcy Suit and Local Court Notices
Report of the administrator on the bankruptcy estate of George H. Spencer for Silver City Mercantile and the Nix ons. A F Bay denies inducing payments to Bray. Bray says he received funds in normal business. Supplemental estate value of A M Tait shows 40548. Tait partnered in a butcher business before murder. Kennedy seeks divorce from Mary Ke Kennedy on desertion grounds with a child. Appraisers value Moses Arnold estate at 880.50. R N A members urged to attend Clara Eleven funeral at A N U W hall South Butte at 1 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Spencer
Silver City Mercantile Company
The
Nixons
A. F. Bay
Bray
Hind
A M. Tait
Tait
Rob Chariton
H. Snow
George L. Kennedy
Mary Ke. Kennedy
Jefferson, Mo
Moses Arnold
Meaderville
Royal Oak
Silver City
South Butte
Clara Eleven
Oracle
Special Excursion Trains to Pipestone Whitehall and Twin Bridges
The Northern Pacific will run an excursion train to Pipestone Whitehall and Twin Bridges on Sunday August 26 leaving Montana Union depot at 9 am and returning from Twin Bridges at 6 pm. Fares are 1.00 for Butte to Pipestone and back 1.50 to Whitehall and back and 1.50 to Twin Bridges and back.
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Pipestone
Whitehall
Twin Bridges
Northern Pacific
Montana Union Depot
Butte
Millais and His Witty Banter Across Social Circles
A portrait of Millais as a playful wit among friends and society. Anecdotes recount his quips at private view jokes about old masters, a dinner scene with a society woman, and a joke to the Princess of Wales about bearing to part with his paintings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millais
Johnny Millais
Academy
Princess of Wales
I Will Save My Country If I Can
A Washington Star line emphasizes duty and resolve as a speaker pledges to save the country through action rather than words, declaring a readiness to defend the land. The tone stresses national duty and personal resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Major Dawson Lifts A Sack Of Silver Dollars
Major J E Dawson handled a sack containing 1000 silver dollars weighing about 71 percent pounds, prompting a lively debate on weight systems and dollar mass among friends. The discussion touched avoirdupois versus Troy weight and concluded with a measured weighing at the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Dawson
Express
Earnest Lange
Aveirdupeis
Rattlesnake Tales and Garden Wonders From Bradford County
In a Bradford County piece, enthusiasts discuss rattlesnake dens found near a Major Powell picnic ground named Paradise Glen later called Rattlesnake Gulch after snakes disrupted the opening. The tale contrasts snakes roaming nests with a rail line picnic plan and notes counts of snakes. The article then shifts to a horticultural feature describing water lilies and tropical lilies in basins, detailing varieties from Zanzibar, Mexico, Cape of Good Hope, and East India, plus care and wintering for hardy lilies and the role of goldfish in bug control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cearge
Mr. Kipp
Sullivan County
Joe W
Major Powell
Bradford County
Powell
Suu
Paradise Glen
Rattlesnake Gulch
China
Japan
Africa
Egypt
Mexico
South Carolina
White House
Beauty of the Tropics in Washington’s White House Aquatics
The Washington Star notes a surge in aquatic plants in the White House conservatories and grounds. Water lilies of rare varieties bloom in the east fountain near the Treasury entrance, with about 25 varieties drawing visitors and residents to the displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Washington Star
White House
Treasury Department
Rail wreck leaves passenger cars in Sandusky Bay
A broken rail on the Lake Shore line derailed a train at Hay Ridge near Sandusky Ohio last Friday sending two mail cars and a passenger car into 20 feet of water in Sandusky Bay. Clerks and passengers were trapped but all were rescued without serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Lake Shore
Hay Ridge
Sandusky
Ohio
Sandusky Bay
Electric Dog Euthanasia Proposal Circulated in Columbus
Columbus residents discuss using electric flooring with copper strips for dog control. City Electrician John Morris proposes a kennel with opposite polarization to drive and electrocute dogs, turning on the current to kill them in mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
John Morris
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Butte News
la Bastie Chimnys
W. Park
Negro Drug Co
Montana
Butte, Mont
Pennsylvania Lode
Silver Bow County
Boston & Montana Consolidated Copper and Silver Mining Co
Battermayn
Lee Davenport
West
Granite Street
DR. Chung
W.gaiena Si
Dutte
Mr. Bray
Ms Wit
Oritor
Dawson
Punxsutawa
J. W. Wilson
Huckleberry Mountains
P Pritchard-Harrison Carpet Company
Park and Main
Srs
Lander Furniture & Carpet Company
East Broadway
Postoffice
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
of Butte
Anaconda Gopper Mining CO
Lumber Department
Hamilton, Mon
Arizona
Aluminum
Batte
Birch
Front
Grand Opera House
G. ©. McPfarland
Col. W. A. Thompson
Boston Lyric Opera Company
Wang
Pasha
Montana Electric Co
Collins Land Company
Helena
Rt Reale Ly Pi
Swend Carlson
Tom Moore
S. Main, Butte
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