Milk Ordinance Sent to Committee by Butte Council
Butte city council sent to the judiciary committee an ordinance requiring seated milk bottles for deliveries. A separate motion referred bids for a new motor fire apparatus for Harrison avenue station to the fire and water committee with bids from Sherman Reed White Company at 6750 Seagrave 5965 and American LaFrance 6500.
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Butte
Caide
Harrison Avenue
Sherman & Reed
White Company
Seagrave Company
American-La France Company
Fire and Water Committee
Whitty
Dickson
Mullin
Hageman, Corry
Carroll
Municipal League
Montane
Ad Avertine
Butte Electric Supply Company
Broadway
Harry F. Hickey
Timate
Quarte Street
Emergency bill aids guardsmen dependents and mint work
The emergency appropriation bill passes the house and moves to the senate providing 4 280 000 for dependents of guardsmen and regulars. The measure allocates 210 000 for the Philadelphia mint 27 000 for Denver 25 500 for San Francisco and 45 000 for the New York City assay office to cover extra coin production during unusual demand.
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Washington
Senate
Philadelphia
Denver
San Francisco
York City
Inside Bath For Rosy Complexion Promoted
An advertisement extols drinking hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the digestive tract. It claims internal sanitation improves skin tone, clears the liver and kidneys, and reduces headaches and bilious spells within one or two weeks. It compares internal cleansing to soap and hot water cleaning the outside.
Great Northern planned double tracking in Montana in 1917
The Great Northern Railway announces a major 1917 improvement program. It will double track 58 miles in northern Montana from Havre to Pacific junction and Whitefish to Columbia Falls, plus six miles of Havre and five miles of Cut Bank yard expansions. Construction starts after contracts are awarded and aims to finish by July 1.
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Reat Falls
Great Northern
Engineering
Havre
Pacific Junction
Butte
Stret
Whitefish
Columbia Falls
Java
Essex
Rocky Mountain District
Battleships Limit Size and Docking Through Panama Locks
Washington reports that battleships will max out at 70 000 tons due to Panama canal locks. Engineering chiefs say forthcoming ships at 42 600 tons will bear 12 fourteen inch guns and reach 23 knots, each costing about 24 854 450 dollars. Also notes the death of Judge W W Lambin of the US district court after a brief illness.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Navy
Panama Canal
Taylor
Congress
President Wilson visits Senator Williams in Mississippi
President Wilson made a rare trip to Senator Williams's home in Mississippi to ensure the senator, recently ill, would not have to venture out in bad weather. Williams thanked the president, calling the gesture very fine and noting it let him avoid leaving his house.
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Washington
Wilson
Senator Williams
Mississippi
Williams
Cotton Ginning Total Reaches 10.846 Million Bales
Washington reports the cotton ginned before December 13 totaled 10 845 989 running bales, including 188 408 round bales and 110 448 Sea Island bales, per the Census Bureau. Last year to December 18 the ginnings
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Washington
Sea Island
Census Bureau
Musterole Relief Promises Soothing Pain Comfort
Musterole is a white mustard oil ointment that relieves sore muscles and stiff joints. It is rubbed on the painful spot for quick soothing warmth followed by a cool sensation and claims to avoid blisters unlike old plaster methods. It lists uses from sore throats to rheumatic pains and chest discomfort.
Joshers Ready for the Big Show at Broadway Theater
The Joshers duo has finished all preparations for their annual show tonight at the Broadway theater. They refuse to publish the program as a surprise and promise top local talent and donated services. Funds will support the Joshers annual Christmas Day charity distribution.
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Joshers
Broadway
Vaud
Pi Poor
Drunken son arrested for threatening to kill mother
Thomas Lent, 30, laborer, was arrested at his West Platinum street home by Detectives Van Orden and Gerry. He faced a charge of threatening to kill his mother after neighbors reported he came home drunk, menaced her, and forced her from the house.
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Thomas Lent
van Orden
Gerry
West Platinum Street
Lent
Lyons critically ill rancher rushed to St James hospital
George Lyons a rancher from Two Dot Meagher County was taken to St James hospital in Butte after a sudden illness while en route from his home to Helena. His condition remained serious but expected to improve. his wife and other relatives were with him in Butte. Lyons is described as a prosperous rancher with a notable family business history in Montana.
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George Lyons
Ni ‘Twodot
Meagher County
St. James Hospital
Butte
Helena
Lyons
Overseas casualty list mentions H. T. Hampstead dead
Ottawa reports H. T. Hampstead of Tacoma Washington named among the dead in today’s overseas casualty list. The item notes Hampstead’s inclusion in the casualty roster as part of the war’s ongoing toll.
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Namn
Ottawa
Ontario
H. T. Hampstead
Tacoma
Wash
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F. Mettler
J. J. Swift
Lewistown
Bell-Ans
Eis
Montana
Oge
W. W. Lambin
United States District Court
Musterole
the Toy Shop
Brsef
Pearl
MERC
Colbert Drug Company
Daly Bank
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