Columbia Gardens a Boon to Butte and Its People
The article praises Columbia Gardens in Butte as a premier summer pleasure resort. It credits Senator W A Clark for origin and funding and J R Wharton for management. It notes extensive improvements, a lake, zoo, dance pavilion, and future expansions including athletic facilities and expanded grounds for public recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Rockies
Columbia Gardens
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco
W. A. Clark
J. R. Wharton
Butte Electric Railway Company
Clark
Wharton
Rocky Mountains
Tales of strenuous life in Butte and old Dillon tales
A feature on Butte street life notes a nightly chorus of plea for passes at local theaters and recounts quirky local lore. It recalls Mayor Owsley’s 1880s terms, underground plumbing conspiracies, and the movement of Dillon buildings to Butte through early city development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Spere
Ecrawtang
Bill Owsley
Davey
Owsley
Dillon
Arizona Street
Mother Tripp
East Park Street
Butte Peaceful Then Grim Vigilante History in 1865
The piece recalls Silver Bow county as peaceful compared with other Montana regions during the vigilante era. It notes a single hanging in 1865 in German Gulch after a drunken dispute left a man stabbed in the lung. The assailant was executed by hanging, with the victim surviving, and the responsible party remained unknown. Prominent locals at the time included William Edwards, Dr Beal, Lee W Foster, and George C Fitzenhen, none implicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Montana
Silver Bow County
Virginia City
Helena
German Gulch
William Edwards
Dr. Beal
Lee W. Foste
George C. Fitsehen
Charley Warren
Vigilante Justice in Silver Bow County Flogging Incident
Timers recount a Chinese man hanged near a cabin on the Fourth of July by two Irishmen, with authorities in Silver Bow county noting the last vigilante act was a miner of foreign birth flogged for allegedly assaulting an 11 year old girl. The town split on guilt and the miner was released after punishment, after which vigilantes vanished from the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow
Heilbronner’s tobacco shop showcases wide Christmas stock
Butte’s leading tobacconist LL Heilbronner & Co at 23 East Broadway invites shoppers to view a complete smoking line. The neatly arranged display features pipes of all kinds, tobacco jars, silver and gun metal cases, match boxes, holders, and ash receivers. The store emphasizes attentive sales staff and a vast imported tobacco, cigar, and cigarette selection including Morris products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LL A. Heilbronner Company
Butte
East Broadway
Helbronner
Heilbronner Company
Edgars
Charles Morris and
Strand Shop Rents Hit High Water Mark At Hotel Cecil
The Strand shop rents in London have risen with the new hotel Cecil building. Twelve shops fetch high annual rents up to £1,500 for the corner unit used by the Hamburg American line, with many other spaces commanding £900 and above. Frontages run along the Strand and hotel courtyard, and even the smallest units bring substantial sums. Leases run for seven, fourteen, or twenty one years, with tenant renewal possible every seven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Mail
Strand
Cecil
Hamburg-American Steamship Line
Growing Up with Hall Bros in Butte Enterprising Firm
Samuel A. Hall and Henry W. Hall built Hall Bros into a leading Butte Northwest real estate loan and insurance house. From 1896 start in a small outfit, they expanded to real estate mining brokerage and rentals with nine staff. The firm moved to the Bee Hive building and now operates from 48 East Broadway with specialized departments and trusted leadership guiding each arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte City
Montana
Butte
Hall Bros
Fast Broadway
Samuel A. Hall
Henry W. Hall
Messrs. Loftus & Schurtoff
Northwest
No. 15
North Main Street
Bee Hive
East Broadway
Hall Coos
Hal Bros
Metz
Harry Bruskevitch
Chicago
Messrs. Hall Bros
Hell Bros
New York City
San
Butte Directory Snapshot Shows Growth From 1881
An 1881 Western directory noted Butte as a budding city with 4 000 people and hotels like Centennial House and St Nicholas. In twenty years Butte expanded to about 60 000 with extensive listings, hotels, newspapers, and local industries including Daily Inter Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Wyoming
Montana
Pioneer Directory
Butte City
Silver Bow County
Summit Valley
Silver Bow
Utah & Northern Railway
Union Pacific
Centennial House
St. Nicholas Hotel
Inter Mountain
Lee Mantle
Fred Locksley
Freeman
L. R. Freeman
G. W. Coulton
Comique
John A. Gordon
Polk
The Solent Tunnel Project Timeframe
The Solent tunnel between the southeast English mainland and the Isle of Wight is anticipated to proceed. The article outlines progress expectations and potential engineering steps for the ambitious cross channel connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Solent
South
England
Isle of Wight to gain transatlantic shipping influence
Completion will shift mails passengers and cargo from Southampton to a new Yarmouth pier where a tunnel emerges. North German steamers will discharge at Yarmouth reducing travel time and congestion on Spithead, promising economic savings by avoiding detours to the port.
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Isle of Wight
Yarmouth
Southampton
Spithead
Condition of City Schools in First Class Financial Shape
The school district reports solid finances with 293,682.12 in maintenance and building funds and a 150,000 bonded debt. Last April 100,000 of bonds were issued. 50,000 due in April 1963. Sinking fund holds 85,512. General fund totals 215,977.82 plus building fund 77,704.50, giving 292,682.12 available. Planned spend includes teacher salaries 120,000, new schools Walkerville Meaderville 80,069, furniture 12,000, Monroe addition 8,000, Cobban addition 0,000, heating for new schools. Enrollment 6,686 with 189 teachers and 26 janitors. Buildings mostly steam heated. new heating planned for new buildings.
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Mullins
Whiich
Walkerville
Meaderville
Monroe
Cobban Addition
Hiwi
Creeley School
Kalfomin
Cobban
Lincoln
Garfield
Madison
Blaine
Washington
Tincoln
What He Was Told From the Chicago News
A humorous exchange unfolds in a downtown Chicago bank as a teller questions a visitor. The teller directs the man to move along to the far end and sit down, highlighting a moment of impatience in a mundane banking scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
F. m
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Butte's Great Pleasure Resort
Great Mining
J. KR. Wharton
Butte Electric Rail
Sutton’s
Maguire's
Family Theater
Feller
de Jas
B. Whitford
Oweley
Heilbronner's
Standard Publishing Co
Anaconda, Mont
Butte’s
Paraffine Paint Co
Battery Street, S. F., Cal
H. Lane
Butte, Mont
M. D. Kern
Royal School of Architecture
Wuerzburg
Munich
Germany
Pythian Castle
South Main Street
Reynolds & McDowell Block
Colorado and
Silver Streets
Monroe School
McDemnott
Finlen
Silver Bow County Hospital
Walker Bros
Mercantile
Salt Lake City
Walker Bros. Bank
R. Macintosh
Masonic
Owsley Block
P. O
Byron Weston Co.’s
Has
Dalton, Mass
Gane Bros. @ Co
Leather
Market Street
Gane Bros
New York
St. Louis
Chicago, Illinois
Lydia E
Pinkham’s
Cook Remedy Company
Chicaso
Ill
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