Butte Officials Boost Funds to End Fiscal Year
Aldermen McConnell Cohen and Duggan met with Mayor Davey and City Attorney Lamb to approve funding boosts. Health fund rises by 7000 while public improvement gains 25000. police 10000. fire and water 7000. total increases 51500 to cover deficits and year end needs due May 1.
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McConnell, Cohen
Dugnan
Ways and Means
Davey
Lamb
Health Department
Idaho Street
Fire and Water Department
A Most Creditable Christmas Rocky Mountain Magazine
The Christmas number of the Rocky Mountain Magazine appeared yesterday under new ownership and management. It is a splendid issue with attractive illustrations and absorbing reading matter for the West. The Montana publication deserves great success.
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Rocky Mountain Magazine
West
Montana
Tickets for Poor Children Help from Charity
Manager Sutton of the opera house places tickets for poor children at the disposal of Associated Charities for this evening. Children may call today at the Associated Charities rooms in the library building to obtain tickets.
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Sutton
Opera House
Associated Charities
New Front Planned at 65 West Park Street
Work started yesterday on a two storefront front at the former Stenberg Paint site. Forte the druggist and Moyer the jeweler will occupy the opposite shops. Also noting the funeral of Pearl White, 11 months, at 2 p.m. from 712 North Wyoming Street.
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West Park Street
Stenberg Paint Company
Forte
Moyer
Pearl
George White
North
Wyoming Street
Christmas Eve Court Pleas From Butte Drunk Row
Judge Boyle faced a large docket as 16 young men appeared for Christmas eve drunkenness and related disturbances. The report notes fights and disorder but no fatal outcomes, describing arrests for minor offenses from whiskey fueled revelry in the Main Street area.
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Boyle
Butte
Main Street
Sage Brush Flats
Mahoney Alley
Glasses at Half Price Offered by Dr Dodd
Dr Dodd at 48 West Park Street offers glasses at half price through January 10th. The sale invites proper eye examinations and fittings to ensure correct prescriptions.
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Dodd
West Park Street
Community notice and market promotion on December 27
Montana Circle members are urged to meet at their hall at 2 p m Friday December 27 for important business. Mary J Boyle clerk. The Metropolitan Market at 43 West Park Street offers meats poultry fish oysters and other items with a fine souvenir on Friday December 27.
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Montana Circle
Mary J. Boyle
Metropolitan Market
West Park Street
Masons to Escort David Ashbaugh to Depot Friday
Members of Butte Lodge No. 22 A F and A M will meet at the Masonic Temple on Friday December 27 at 6 p m to escort the body of David Ashbaugh late of Salem Oregon to the depot Visiting and sojourning brothers are invited George Powell W M Joan Marsland Secretary Irene A Haggerty aged 3 died at 117 West Iron Street funeral to be held today at 2 p m James McKee a Boulder Montana I O O F lodge No 44 member funeral at Sherman’s chapel
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Butte Lodge
A. i
A. M
Masonic Temple
David Ashbaugh
Salem
Ore
George Powell
W. M
Joan Marsland
Irene A. Haggerty
Michael Haggerty
West Iron Street
James McKee
I. 0. O. F. Lodge
Boulder
Mont
Sherman
Butte Sees Local College Appeal From Spokane Student
Jerry Murphy Jr son of the city detective returning from Spokane where he attended Gonzaga college says he prefers Butte. He notes 110 students at the college and 15 from Butte are studying there with some visiting from the hometown. He attended a private school in Missoula.
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Jerry Murphy, Jr
Spokane
Conzaga
Butte
Murphy
Missoula
Boy Sent to Spokane for Better Schooling
A boy, described as an apt pupil, was sent by his father to Spokane where facilities and accommodations for young students are believed to be superior. He has advanced much in his studies and is making progress in his new environment.
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McGillie, Moore and Young
Wyoming Alley
Chance
C. A. Sherwood
W. H. Quinn
W. G. Kolbe
Jim Short
William Johnson
Lottie Courtrey
Magell
the Bat
Annie Driscoll
John Burns
Tom McConnic
Murphy
Harry Richards
John Brady
John Quinlan
Andrew Brady
McGillie
Tom Hogan
James Hogan
Arizona Street
Sol Levy
Spokane
Copper region lease eyed by American capitalists
A Bi berian newspaper reports American investors offered 56 000 000 roubles for a 50 year lease of a copper rich Kirghiz steppes strip. The area spans Peviodar to Lake Bakish, 200 by 670 versts, with mining of copper coal and silver. Senator Clark of Montana had been in talks over land in Semipalatinsk. The czar awarded Dr Woolson, an American dentist, the order of St Anne third class. Gotha marks the birthday tercentenary of Duke Ernst the Pious.
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Associated Press
St. Petersburg
Biberian
Kirghiz
Peviodar
Lake Bakish
Clark
Montana
Semipalatinsk
Emperor William visits Friedenstein amid empire unity talk
Emperor William arrived with ceremony and proceeded to the ducal palace Friedenstein as flags decorate the city. He replied to an address by Prince Ernest of Hohenlohe regent of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, stating his lifelong aim was uniting evangelical churches in Germany.
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William
Friedenstein
Ernest of
Navy Moves Toward Wireless Signaling On Warships
The navy department began steps to adopt wireless telegraphy for signaling between warships. Admiral Bradford urged that Pennsylvania-class armored cruisers be prepared for wireless installation and test sets from various systems including Marconi. No final system is adopted yet.
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Washington
Navy Department
Admire Bradford
Bureau of Equipment
Pennsylvania
Marconi
Marconi’s Atlantic Telegraphing Visit to Nova Scotia
Marconi arrives at North Sydney aboard the Bruce with Signor Marconi and meets Canadian officials. He favors Cape Benton as a permanent station site, 100 to 200 feet above sea level, plans to stay a few days then go to Ottawa. He notes only one letter has been repeatedly received so far.
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Halifax
Bruce
Signor Marconi
North Sydney
Marconi
Smith
Murray
Nova Scotia
McKenzie
Cape Benton
Ottawa
Atlantic
City Treasurer James Kelly resigns due to ill health
Special Dispatch reports Billings City Treasurer James Kelly resigns effective Jan 7 because of ongoing ill health. He will move to Minneapolis to be with his family while keeping his local property interests.
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The
Standard
Billings
James Kelly
Judge Kelly
Minneapolis
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Butte News
Ways and Means Committee
Boucher's
Stockton Copper Company
East Broadway
Gamer-Walker Company
Anaconda & Pacific Railway
Anaconda
Great Northern
North Main Street
Morris
Dan ‘Tewey
Galena Street
California
Parents and
Jerry
Ladies’ Union
Jymond
W. Park St. Butte, Mont
Gotha
Ernst the Pious
Hessians
TeutPont
Eraty An A Electric Co
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