Notable Butte Courtroom Tales From Early Days
In Butte, Judge William Clancy presided over a mining case while defense attorney bantered over vein depth. Governor Thomas and others recalled protracted delays, contempt fines, and a famed judge O Meara noted for wit and corruption in police court.
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William Clancy
District Court
Thomas
Jones
William Newton
Butte
J. H. Duffy
Duffy
Burke
O'Meara
Ireland
Canada
The Newest Kind of Mining from the New York Press
Dr. B E Lungewitz reports experiments suggesting some trees may contain trace gold when burned to ashes. Ironwood trunks yielded as much as 1.17 dollars per ton, branches richer, while soft woods produced minimal returns. He notes dissolved gold in surface waters and calls for further study.
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New York
B. E. Lungewitz
Lungewitz
Todes
Placers
All Off for Twin Bridges Picnic by Sons of St George
The Butte lodge of the Sons of St George hosts its annual Twin Bridges picnic today in Madison county. Trains from Butte at 8 and 9 a.m. will serve attendees, with athletics, contests, dancing, singing, and prizes for families and the oldest married couple, plus band music from Twin Bridges.
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Butte
Order of the Sons of St. George
Twin Bridges
Madison County
Northern Pacific
East Butte
Sons of St. George
Order
I am surprised Mary says she talked back to father
A brief New York Times anecdote describes a Germantown businessman's daughter who answers her father after an argument. Her mother rebukes her for imperti nence, but the child retorts that she chose him, and she did not.
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New York Times
Mary
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Butte’s Sons OF
St.george
W. J. Dunstan
Victoria Lodge
Taut
the Sons of St George
Austria
Clancy
America
Newton
Lill the Lush
Lill
TANES
PEACE
Ft George
John Nance
TNO. Trevithick Secretary
Peace and Harmony Long
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