Butte Current Notes Bring Holiday Hints and Local News
Local notes report holiday ads from retailers, house moves, and social headlines. Mr and Mrs Chris Wyler welcome a son at 807 Colorado Street. Centerville visitors sail to England for winter. Thompson of Centerville travels from his ranch. Jack Kiley improves after two weeks with the grippe. Helen Magson leaves for Vergus county to spend Christmas with her mother. Various items mention shops, services, and gifts at Butte outlets. The Anna A Walker W 7 will meet tomorrow with an Idaho speaker addressing women’s suffrage.
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Gamer's
McLaughtin Coal Co
Orton Bros
Doll Hospital
Mme
McCarrolls, Hutte
Pipestone Springs
Chris Wyler
Colorado Street
Yogen Bros
Clothery
North Main
William Morgan
Duluth
Penn. Block
Butte
Ima
Leese
Lisa
Western Iron Orks
Mont
John Thompson
Centerville
England
LE. Thompson
Three Forks
Jack Kiley
Santa Claus
Siemens
P.O
Helen Magson
Vergus County
George Smith
A. le Smith
Pinestreet
Globe
Ariz
James Cleasy
California
P. O
Tad
Swan River
Waldbillig
D. Shea
Anna
William Shea
Butte Transfer Company
St Paul
Shea
South Butte
Anna A. Walker W
MM. Young
South Main Street
G. McDonald
Boise
Idaho
Christmas Edition Sought as Standard Delivers Big Issue
The Standard's eight page Christmas edition reached Anaconda by train but a derailment delayed delivery for two hours. Demand exploded as families sought home copies and gifts, with several thousand editions mailed nationwide and more dispatched to Butte for air service.
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The
Standard
Anaconda
Spettle
Park
Butte
Pioneer Faye
Pioneer
Meeting of Centerville Young Men's Club Dec 18
Meeting of Centerville Young Men's Club set for Monday evening December 18 to elect officers and conduct important business. All members urged to attend. J D Murphy president Hugh S Dunn recording secretary Adv
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Centerville Young Men's
J. D. Murphy
Hugh S. Dunn
Adv
Three Hundred Newsies Rally for New Year Banquet
Three hundred newsies plan a big New Year’s Eve gathering at the Creamery cafe with a digest style program and a banquet funded by directors Malcolm Gils J B Wharton Mrs L Wells Mise Myrtle Lander and Mrs Passmore. Major donors include First National Bank Daly Company Yegenros Bank Miners Savings Bank Edward Hickey State Savings Orton Bros and Anaconda Standard.
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Wate
Malcolm Gils
J.B. Wharton
L. Wells
Mise Myrtle
Lander
Passmore
J.T. Wharton
First National Bank
Daly, Company
Yegenros Bank
Miners Savings Bank
Edward Hickey
State Savings
Elark
Anaconda Standard
Orton Bros
Plano
George W Gregg Dies After Seattle Visit
George W Urews longtime foreman at the Tramway line died yesterday in Seattle. He had not worked at the Butte mines for years. A brother Ollie Gregg once sheriff of Flathead county. Surviving Roy and Edna, and his wife. He was a member of the Women of Woodcraft. Interment in Seattle, then holiday visit with relatives before heading to Cerro de Pasco Copper properties in Peru. Williams left Butte for Great Falls after the Colorado smelter closed down.
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George W. Urews
Seattle
Gren
Butte
Ollie Gregg
Flathead County
Roy
Edna
Woodcraft
Cerro de ‘Pasco
Peru
Mr. Williams
Great Falls
Colorado
Flathead Convict Hid In Butte Youth Escape Story
Sheriff Ingraham and Deputy Connell captured Frank Shannon who proved to be famed outlaw Ig Harrington. Harrington teased officers from his Atlantic Street home, said he wanted to see his parents before a long escape, and blamed ranchers on juries. He was moved to Deer Lodge with five fellow prisoners after the arrest.
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al Ingraham
W. HT. Connell
Flathead County
Frank Shannon
Igo" Harrington
Shantm
Harrington
Silver Bow
Ingraham
Connell
Shannon
Deer Lodge
Blaze at tunnel halts Great Northern trains
A blaze at the east portal of tunnel No 19 on the Great Northern near Craig, 2% miles from Great Falls, interrupted traffic last night. The fire disrupted telegraph wires and a derailment occurred with unknown injuries reported as trains were halted and cars derailed.
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Esgvane
Butte
Unknown Pins Note To Door Of The City Hall
A damaged OCR fragment describes pins attached to the City Hall door and a crowd of pedestrians last night. The note mentions Mayor Fe and a hanging object. Details are unclear due to transcription errors.
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O. R
Ind
Livingston Notes Roundup From Special Correspondent
Livingston reports include W E Sturgeon leaving for Minneapolis due to his mother’s illness, Marie Hoffman filing for divorce from George Hoffman over cruelty and failure to provide. Elks lodge events include master mason degree for Owen W Siontier and others, plus a banquet. A Train Disputes Association president Thomas W Kane plans trips to Los Angeles and Salt Lake City for next year’s meeting. Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors installed new officers for Ros Asa with winter plans. Freshman class elected officers Vena Terwilliger, Thomas Ray, Orville Taylor, Gladys Simpson. Willie Short’s funeral held at Congregational church. family from Nebraska and Sydney attended. A. A. Divine and Charles Martin traveled to Melstone and Lewistown. Charles Cotterill and Bertha McAllister wed in Livingston. Elbert F. Allen and wife returned from Chicago livestock show. Allen’s father George J. Allen won several cattle prizes. D G Rosa of Cooke City to Buffalo for Buffalo Montana Mining talks.
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Standard
Livingston
W. E. Sturgeon
Northern Pacific
Brakeman
Minneapolis
Marie Hoffman
George Hoffman
Frank Arnold
Great Falls
Livingston Lodge
Benevolent and Protective ‘Order ‘of Elks
Pew Lodge
Livington Lodge
A. F
A.M. Pon
Owen W. Siontier
Ernest Booth
Otto Norenberg
Frederick Dale ‘Hitton
Thomas W. Kane
Pitchers
Northern Park
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors’ Lodge
Ros
Asa
Henness
Vena Terwilliger
Thomas Ray
Orville Taylor
Gladys Simpson
Willie Short
Havre, Mont
Ceased
Dan Short
Soaney, Neb
Feed Bis
Sydney
A. A. Divine
Charles Martin
Melstone
Lewistown
Charles Cotterill
Bertha McAllister
Bozeman
Elbert F. Allen
Chicago
Mr. Allen
George J." Allen
D. G. Rosa
Cooke City
Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo-Montana Mining Company
Ross
Daring Texan Held On Robbery Charge
Stanley Morris a six foot Texan with top boots and bandanna bound around his neck robbed a resident of a restricted district at gunpoint last night. Detectives White and Baldisero arrested Morris after a confrontation at the Ohio bar. A revolver and extra shells were found on him and he admitted his involvement. Police report note Morris has a prior record.
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Stanley Morris
Aroun
White
Morris
Gracy ‘Turner
Jennie Hawke
Himsett
Texas
Ty ‘ Seealiber
Ohio
Baldisero
Newsie Black Boland Returns From Mayo Hospital
Black Boland ex newsboy and judge, who traveled to Rochester Mayo for leg operation, returned to Butte without his crutch. He walked home from East Front Street to the Standard office, grateful to Butte supporters. Doctors tied cords and applied a 30 pound weight to his leg. Two weeks to throw away the cane. Mrs Rodgers of Minneapolis arranged for Blackie to address the newsies there.
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Blackie” Boland
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Hospital
Butte
East Tron Street
Standard’ Office
Judd
Blackie
Sinneapolis
J. J. Rodgers Tery
Minneapol Jotes
Newsies
Mill City
The Last Roundup at Fatally Theater Delights Frontiers Fans
Robbins stars as Val Brandon in The Chase-Lister company’s The Last Roundup set along the Texas Mexico border with Juarez and El Paso scenes. The play blends frontier atmosphere with Mexican Indian and cowboy color amid thrilling moments. Robbins’s Clint and Bessie Robbins charm the audience while Irene Spooner shines in vaudeville turns and a strong touring concert by the ladies’ troupe Orchestra winds up the program.
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Chase-Lister
Fatally Theater
Texas- Mexico
Juares
el Paso
St Clint
Robbins
Val Brandon
Clint
Bessie Robbins
Irene
Spooner
Directors Meet to Discuss Dividends at Anaconda Copper
The Anaconda Copper Mining directors will convene to discuss dividend actions, with no change expected to the 3 a share rate. Anaconda has paid 2774 in dividends since organization, exceeding current stock price. The East Bat settlement with Pittsburg interests in East Hutte marks progress, with $1.6 million cash paid and remaining sums spread over five months as copper markets delay market price shifts.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Anaconda
East
Bat
Pittsburg
East Hutte
Saya
Rowton News Hareas
Pittamont
Fr Tutte
Iquida
Pitt Ferests
East Tutte
Reed
Boston Stock Exchange
Copper Company
Nevada Consolidated
Nevada
Wada
Ihn Mills
Well-Known Acrobat Leroy Wellcome Dies
Well known Intermountain acrobat Leroy Wellcome died yesterday morning at the emergency ROAPHATROM hospital from tuberculosis. He toured the United States with a circus team and appeared years ago at the Empire theater in the Leroy-Mienride tram act. In recent years he worked as a street performer and was a member of the Workingmen's Union. Relatives in Minneapolis have been notified.
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Leroy Wellcome
Intermountain
United States
Empire Theater
Reet Eplerer
Workingmen's Union
Minneapolis
Bill proposal on workmen's compensation in Montana
A draft bill titled workmen's compensation and employers' ability, initiated in Butte by a committee uniting labor groups and the People's Power league, is due from printers within a few days. Copies will go to every labor organization in the state and to relevant companies upon request to O. A. Partelow, secretary of the Montana Federation of Labor. The bill as drafted will be submitted to the legislature early in the session.
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Workman's Compensation and
Bil
Butte
People's Power League
O. Am. Partelow
Montana Federation of Labor
Questions and Answers on a historic gold corner
Q. When was Black Friday A. In 1988 a group of Wall Street speculators attempted to corner gold and on Sept 24 1878 they ran the price up to Abii when the corner collapsed and Jay Cooke Co and many others failed.
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Wall Street
Jay Cooke & Co
Butte News Snippets Include Mayors Race and Licensing Query
A jumble of notes mentions Butte and June 10 murders, asks who first mayor Henry Jacobs served 1879 1880s, questions about publishing marriage licenses, copper output totals, and global copper wire production. It also tangentially cites a boxing era record and Philippine island counts.
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W. J. Penrose
Butte
Henry Jacobs
Popular Detective Otis Harlan Stars in Little Boy Blue
Otis Harlan, famed for stage and screen, plays Du Pont the detective in Henry W. Savage production Little Boy Blue. The show features his well known, good natured villainy and humorous complications. Also notes Japan’s feather poachers starving thousands of alba Mesos in the Mawailan islands to cure Zeuthers.
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Otis Harlan
Henry
Savage
Mawailan Islands
Cure Zeuthers
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Telefone
Hight & Fairfield Co. Jewelers and Opticians
Batte, Montana
Thornton
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M. Barry
Dillon
FE. Earling
Miles City
Fg. Sanders
R. Emery
White Suping Springs
B.S. Mentrum
Finlen
J. H. Helena
Saves
George G. Gould
Tozeman
Clinton Murphy
Otto Gerts
E. TE. Austin
W. A
Utah
Virginia
City
Walter J. Crowellell
Mrs
George W. Gregg
Northwest
Bright Corner
TOWCE
Winterkaster-Wanmifn CO
Corner Park
Dakota Sts
Flathead
Tige Mars Rineton
Ob Row
Mie
Newsie
Mast Butte
Shi
Pittsmont Copper Company
Hast Butte
Mose Linz
North Main Street
Questions and
the Clothery
Mark Cross Dobbs & Co
Fifth Ave
Oliver la Gue
Gustave A. Lobbenberg
Sare Clerke
Schilling
B.t
Srsator
John
Jack Johnson
Aaron
Alhambra
Hot Springs
Montana
Great Northeern
Sullivan
Frank Rich Co
Family Chase-Lister Company
Red
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