Butte Band Contest Protest Settlement Sought
Mediation efforts by James B. Gallagher aim to settle the dispute over the Elks band contest in Salt Lake City. The Boston & Montana band may withdraw its protest and Butte could receive second prize. Col. Park supports withdrawing the protest and honoring the adjudicators ruling.
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Elks
Salt Lake City
Boston & Montana Band
Butte
James B. Gallagher
Montana State Committee
Samuel C. Park
Boston
Montana
Denver
Gallagher
Colonel Park
Butte Band
Tannhauser
Great High Air Artists at Ringling Bros Show
Ringling Brothers World’s Greatest Shows displays top aerial acts from around the world in Butte on Thursday September 4. European circuses and Oriental troupes send prominent artists including the Dunbar trio from Australia, the Staniards, the Pettits, the Ty Bell sisters and Nettie Carroll performing daring feats above the crowd.
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Holloway
Missoula
Great Falls
Helena
Bozeman
Billings
Ringling Brothers
Ringling Bros
Butte
Europe
Japan
China
Egypt
Africa
Dunbar
Australia
Staniards
Pettits
Ty Bell Sisters
Nettie Carroll
Elegant Schilling Cigar Store Sparks Butte Growth
The Schilling Cigar company at 51 West Park street showcases rich cigars and confections in plate glass displays. The front houses candy and pipes while a dark wood partition leads to a billiard and pool parlor with card rooms, marking a swiftly expanding, high class enterprise in Butte.
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Butte
Schilling Cigar Company
West Park Street
Schilling’s
Milady
Schilling
Cigar
Bach
Schillings
Aeolian Orchestrelle Attracts Attention At Montana Music
The Aeolian orchestrelle received by Montana Music Co draws many visitors at 119 North Main Street. The instrument’s music depends on the operator’s will, allowing any music lover to surpass skilled organists. The device’s popularity boosts interest in organ revival and automatic playing.
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Aeolian
Montana Music Company
North Main Street
Perjured Testimony and Miscarried Justice in Nome Plot
Nome Gold Digger recounts a conspiracy by Charles Stevens and Kid ODonnell to rob a Gold Belt hall, misidentifying Helen Wagner of Butte as the culprit. Wagner was convicted on a trumped charge, sent to McNeil Island for three years, and died in Seattle while Manthel faced perjury indictments. Authorities urged clemency from Roosevelt, but the pardon arrived too late.
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Northwest
Nome
Butte
Helen Wagner
Northwestern
Charlies Stevens
Kid" O'Donnell
McNeil Island
Washington
Annie
Charles Stevens
Kid O'Donnell
Gold Belt
Elle Desmond
Belle Desmond
Stevens
O'Donnell
Manthel
Roosevelt
Ed Manthel
Good Hope Minne
Manthei
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
San F Francisco
Seattle
Manthet
Wrecked Flower Garden Smashes Butte Home Exterior
George Forsythe of Butte had a prized South Excelsior avenue garden smashed Friday when a runaway grocer’s team sped southward and plowed through the flower beds, scattering them for yards, breaking a giant vase and a porch pillar, while the wagon was wrecked.
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George Forsythe
Butte
Excelsior Avenue
Grocer
Mr. Forsythe
Dying, He Waited in Silence After Kentucky Tragedy
A deadly candy pull near Travelers Rest in Owsley County leaves Jesse Nealy dead and Robert Allen mortally wounded. James Nealy loses an arm, Reuben Fox and others injured, Mrs. Peters shot in the leg. A pistol battle unfolds as families with reputations for trouble collide.
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Beattyville
Travelers’ Rest
Owsley County
Jesse Nealy
Robert Allen
James Nealy
Reuben Fox
William Peters
Nealy
Allen
Jim Nealy
John Allen
Wnealys
Allens
Belle Robinson Returns to Butte in Montana Act
A New York Telegraph story claims Belle Robinson plans to return to Butte for a year. She cites home ties, her copper town roots, and loyalty to Butte while teasing Mary MacLane as an emotional faker. Also noted are cast changes at Weber & Fields with Anna Revere partnering Bonnie Maginn and other performers moving to new productions.
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Belle Robinson
Butte
New York Telegraph
Weber & Fields
Bonnie Maginn
Mary MacLane
Mary
Miss Robinson
Kipling
New York
Copper
Idaho
Julian Mitchell
Wetherfields
Miss Maginn
Anna Revere
Bandbox Music Hall
Doris Mitchell
Ella Gilroy
Grayce
Lillian Heckler
Miss Mitchell
Julia Marlowe
Miss Gilroy
Ethel Barrymore
Heckler
de Wolf Hopper
Pickwick
Castro
Price List of Blankets for Family Use
Sanitary gray wool blankets described as extra heavy weight with long soft nap from fine selected lambs wool. Handsome borders mark superior quality for family use. Value listed as $6.00 per pair.
Fine All-Wool Blankets Sale Prices Ahead
11-4 white wool blankets soft and fluffy with long combed nap and borders made of long California wool value 7.00 a pair. 11-4 extra fine white all wool lambs wool finished with silk binding high grade value 9.00 a pair. Sale price 6.00 per pair 12-4 extra fine all wool lambs wool soft durable with splendid wear value 12.00 a pair.
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California
Bed Comforters and Pillows Offered at Sale Price
Advertises 3-lb feather comforters and 50 cent sale price pillows filled with mixed feathers and covered in high quality ticking. Each item valued at 85 cents, offered at half price.
Crochet bedspreads and gloves sale items from department store
Full size crochet bedspreads in honeycomb and Marseilles patterns hemmed and ready for use valued at 1.25 and 2.00 respectively, sale price 1.35 each. Hosiery and gloves including Connell’s Leader kid gloves 1.00, real French kid gloves 1.50, Marvel washable 2.25, silk gloves 0.35, lace mitts el bow length.
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Marseilles
Connell
Machine stitched comforts in floral satine cover
A full regular size comfort is machine stitched and covered with good quality flowered satine, valued at $1.00.
New Restaurant Opens At 115 South Main Street
A newly opened American restaurant at 115 South Main Street advertises first class service and Walker's whiskey on tap. The venue also lists 12 West Park as part of its offerings or location reference.
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South Main Street
Walker's
West Park
Toilet Articles At Special Prices In Bulk Sale
A list of discounted toiletry items offered at low prices includes sachet powders 10c per package, glycerine and rose water 10c, large jars of petroleum jelly 5c, rose water extracts 10c, borax 1c to 5c ranges, ammonia 6c, bath salts 1c per can, cloth cleaners 2c, violet ammonia 19c, tooth brushes 5c to 10c, shaving brushes 25c to 35c, Ivory soap 25c, several soaps boxed 3 cakes for 19c, Cascarilla 25c box, Hudnut Florida water 39c, Ponce de Leon a bottle, and whisk brooms 10c.
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Hudnut
Florida
Fall fashions flood Second Floor with new arrivals
The Second Floor hums with activity as 150 new fall skirts arrive at eight ninety five and up. New fall waists in canvas cloth arrive at three fifty to six fifty. Tailored suits and costumes start at eleven fifty. Summer dresses and garments go on sale at half price or less.
New Fall Silks and Black Dress Goods
Fall stock offers 50 varieties of silks with stripes and figures for waists. Black satins and dress silks in new weaves priced 95c to 1.50. Priestley black dress goods praised for quality, priced 85c to 2.59 a yard. Mistrass Ramie granite Zibeline and Etamine also Priestley make.
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Priestley
Linoleum Cut Pieces Offered Half Price Until Next Wednesday
To clear a car load of linoleum the store cuts its stock. Wild's lino leum pieces go half price with $1.00 goods at 50c and 85c type at 48c. Offer ends next Wednesday.
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Wild
Our Superb Carpets and Our Magnificent Rugs in Butte
In Butte the shop promotes Axminster, velvet, Wilton, and body Brussels rugs as the cream of eastern markets. It lists 230 Oriental and Turkish pieces unique to this display and announces tomorrow’s splendid offerings.
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Brussels
Butte
Rug and Carpet Bargains
Rug and Carpet Bargains offers Tapestry Brussels carpets at 50c per yard and PARLOR CARPETS in 10 Brussels patterns at 80c per yard. Also 100 new Japanese Wilton rugs, regular $3.00 quality, priced at $1.95.
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Brussels
Rug patterns and Oriental carpets on sale in Axminster and beyond
Axminster rugs offer new patterns in 9 by 12 feet at 25 pounds. Lowell Brussels rugs praised as world best, with new patterns at 33 dollars. Shiraz brands including Ivan Kirmanshaw Bokhara Kiva and other well known Oriental rugs in all sizes available.
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Axminster
Lowell
Trunk and Valise Sale Announced for Tomorrow
A carload of trunks arrived last Saturday and will go on sale tomorrow. Canvas covered trunks with steel trim brass locks bolts and catches priced at 3 95. Zinc covered trunks with hard wood slats and malleable trim priced at 2 25. Valises suitcases and satchels offered at low prices.
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Butte News
Salt Lake
Col
Park of
Ringling Bros.’ Great
Circus
Weber
Ponce de Leon
M. J. Connell Company
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