Missoula Enjoys Its Most Successful Week Before Christmas
Missoula records its busiest week in years with surge in post office and Northern Pacific Express business. Extra helpers were hired as parcels and Christmas gifts pour in, while Agent Stephenson earns praise for delivering to the south side. Miss McQuesten handles heavy mail and postage tasks amid holiday rush. Local merchants promote gifts including sewing machines from Le Magasina Bon Marche and Le Golden Rule.
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Missoula
Post Office
Northern Pacific Express Office
Express Company
Stephenson
Miss McQuesten
No Snow Yet Delays Logging in Local District
The city on business notes little snowfall at home with warm weather and untouched fruit trees. Lumbering interests wait for heavy snow before logging on a large scale while local merchants promote holiday goods at McHuffie's in Missoula and Lister's advertising quality products.
Logging Operations Begun for Hamilton Mills Spring Cut
Special correspondence reports logging has started with 50 men in timber near Hamilton, boosting hopes for an 1902 payroll. The B Noon mill across the river runs smoothly with workers, and more mills are planned near Woodside with crews arriving.
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Standard
Hamilton
Des
Big
Hamilton Mills
B. Noon Company
Woodside
Shooting at Marshall Creek Ends Without Arrests
Sheriff George Metcalf returned from Marshall Creek after a shooting incident in which John Henry Bunn was wounded. The German partner claimed the gun fired while cleaning it. both men agreed to part ways and no charges were filed. Missoula shoppers face low prices at the Golden Rule store, favoring quantity over quality.
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Standard
Philipsburg
George Metcalf
Marshall Creek
Here
John Henry Bunn
Bunn
Metcalf
Through to the Coast New Train on Next Month
A new coastbound train is slated to begin service next month. Officials confirm routes and schedules as part of the regional transportation upgrade.
Through Burlington Train May Route to Coast from Missoula
A semi official report says the Northern Pacific will add a through Burlington train next month with service to the coast instead of Helena. Equipment is at St Louis and the train should start in January. Two through trains will operate as before with new Burlington cars praised as modern and fine.
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Missoula
Northern Pacific
Burlington
Helena
St. Louis
Butte
Local notices and movements include divorces and travel
A wife filed for divorce from William Wilcox on desertion. E C Greene, ex Ravalli hotel manager, now oversees Postal Telegraph in Chicago. J P Rogers off to Butte then road for rubber goods house. H H King leaves A C M lumber job to Anaconda and Butte, may go east. C F Cameron and wife head to Missouri for winter. Dr Hanbidge removed cataract from Mrs Preston of this vicinity. Darby school closed due to smallpox. Misses McGee and Smither visiting. Mrs Joseph Spooner and daughter Mary travel to Canada for winter. F F West visits Hamilton from Missoula. West owns Victo r property and works in St Louis. Local stores advertise season sales.
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William Wilcox
E. C. Greene
Ravalli
Chicago
The
Postal Telegraph Company
Mr. Greene
J. P. Rogers
Butte
H. H. King
A. C. M. Company
Anaconda
C. F. Cameron
Missouri
Hanbidge
Victor
Darby
McGee
Smither
Joseph Spooner
Mary
Corvallis
Canada
F. F. West
Hamilton
Missoula
West
St. Louis
Hamilton Happenings and Christmas Plans
Hamilton news notes the fire department annual election results with P. HL Edwards as president and D. A. Bishop as chief. Christmas trees and cantatas are planned at local churches, with social visits and a recent marriage license leading to a quick wedding and departure.
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Hamilton
Hamilton Fire Department
P. HL. Edwards
W. K. McMurry
J. J. Howley
D. A. Bishop
F. M. Lockwood
H. M. Smith
C. ©. Chaffin
M. Flaherty
W. P. O'Brien
Hospital sees unusually few patients this season
Missoula reports only a few patients remain at the Sisters' hospital for December. Patients are recovering quickly. Patrick Birmingham from Bearmouth left the hospital and plans to return home this week. Mrs. Cross of Wallace is well and home. M. M Fowler has recovered and will go home. Hiram Francis, injured boy from Florence, returned home after another operation. Golden Rule reports thousands of toys for girls and pears for boys.
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Missoula
Sisters’ Hospital
Patrick Birmingham
Bearmouth
Mrs. Cross
Wallace
M. M Fowler
Hiram Francis
Florence
Christmas Preparations Spark Missoula Trade Rush
Missoula residents hurry to buy Christmas goods as evergreen trees arrive and charitable groups plan year end giving. Out of town shoppers enjoy superb weather and many elaborate dinners and church events are scheduled. The Globe store advertises a selling out sale with wide offerings aimed at holiday savings.
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Missoula
Dee
Globe
Property transfers and water rights filed in Missoula county
Documents show deeds from William Spurgin to Samuel Dinsmore for lot 62 in Dinsmore's Orchard Homes No 5 at $125, a deed from Samuel Dinsmore to Prescott of Mitchell for the same property at $625, a water right by William A. Anderson granting seven and one half cubic feet per second from Buffalo Creek near Plaine, and a deed by Thomas F. and Daniel J. Gannon and Sarah G. Stephens to John B. Gannon for one acre in Knowles addition block 41 at $600.
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Plaine
Thomas F
Daniel J. Gannon
Sarah G. Stephens
John B. Gannon
Knowles Addition
Station construction advances in Missoula progress report
Missoula December report notes the new station room nearly ready for tiling. Plasterers will start soon and tracks mostly connected to the main line. Water pipes laid and steam heat to begin warming in a week or two with radiators soon in place.
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Missoula
Doctor Testimony on Glasses Cited as Worth Cost
Dr W A Ingalls asserts that tested glasses prescribed and worn properly are always satisfactory and far worth the price. Missoula December 22. George S Good of Thompson is visiting for a few days.
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W. A. Ingalls
Missoula
George
Giood of
Thompson
Robbers go to The Boston for the holidays item
The note describes outgoing trains taking many students home for holidays, with departures from eastern, southern and western parts of the state. Students will be away nearly two weeks before returning for the rest of the session. The Bee Hive Bargain Store plans evening hours until Christmas. The Golden storepromotes low prices.
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Missoula
Bee Hive
Philipsburg Fire Brigade Elects Officers
Special correspondence reports Philipsburg fire brigade elections with William Bowen named president Fred Kroger treasurer F A Heley vice president Ward Reley secretary Fred Chandler chief Eugene Smith assistant chief and trustees F A Beley W W Kroger and W C Nebethal. A holiday neckwear sale is advertised at the Golden Rule.
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Standard
Philipsburg
Philipsburg Fire Brigade
William Bowen
Fred Kroger
F. A. Heley
Ward Reley
Fred Chandler
Eugene Smith
F. A. Beley
W. W. Kroger
W. ¢. Nebethal
New York Stock Exchange Seat Brings Record $75,000
The New York stock exchange sold a seat for $75,000 on December 22, the highest price ever paid. The deal sets a new peak in exchange memberships.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Missoula Notes Highlight Local Visits and Holiday Happenings
Missoula notes report Helena visitor Ben Greenhood and New York resident Max Kahn visiting Missoula friends while Grace Herndon and A. M. Hay winter with kin. Local weather worsens sidewalks after snow and rain. several city residents travel for holidays. The Drummond wreck cleanup continues and a Sunday schools attendance sets a yearly high.
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Ben Greenhood
Helena
Missoula
Grace Herndon
Virginia City
Max Kahn
New York
A. M. Hay
Corvallis
W. J. Stephens
Adaline
Eva
Butte
A. F. Dishman
Florence
E. J. Dimmick
Blake
Octoroon
Kelley
Fort Missoula
Aberdeen
Denial Issued On Reported Assault Of President
Washington reports a strong denial from the White House and from British Ambassador Lord Pauncefote of an assault story against the president on Thursday afternoon. The tale grew from an intoxicated man who bumped the president on Massachusetts Avenue. the man was arrested by a secret service agent and later released.
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Washington
White House
Lord Pauncefote
Massachusetts Avenue
Secret Service
New York
Cleveland Man Allegedly Kills Mother in Dream
Henry Graves, aged 246, strangled his mother in Cleveland last night. He claimed the act occurred while he was in a dream and was arrested afterward.
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Cleveland
Henry Graves
Captain Francis A. Cook Reported Seriously Ill
Word from the bureau of navigation said Captain Francis A. Cook was dangerously ill at the naval hospital in Washington. Late tonight officials reported his condition much improved though he remains hospitalized with a heart ailment after several weeks of treatment.
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Washington
Bureau of Navigation
Francis A. Cook
Naval Hospital
Captain Cook
Veteran Journalist Col Noble Dies in Kentucky
Paducah Kentucky December 22 veteran journalist Col John C Noble dies at age 84 after a career noting service in the Mexican and Civil wars Other biographical details indicate decades of journalism in Kentucky communities and regional papers.
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Paducah
John ¢. Noble
Kentucky
Soldier asks if Kaiser’s pledge for German rescues still stands
A correspondent signing as United States Soldier reports being at the relief of Pekin and asks whether Emperor William’s offer of 1000 taels per German rescued remains valid. He questions his own role and the keeper of the pledge, noting potential money in the incentive.
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United States
Daily Mail
Pekin
William
The
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