Butte Current Notes on Local Personalities and Events
Butte notes list Orton Bros rent pianos, Montana Music Co purchases, and residents in town from Helena Dillon Great Falls and Chicago. Mentions of births, a death from scarlet fever, guests at hotels, X ray exams, a new standard office address, and a NP sleeper to North Coast Limited. Includes visits by Miss Rickards and Miss Brooke, and teachers convention bound party from Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orton Bros
Montana Music Co
Hepner
Sherman's
Mr. Edinger
Dillon
Wis Gahs
Helena
Butte
E. Matthews
R. J. Conroy
Alex Duval
Great Falls
Hutte
Cowperthwaite
Chicago
Finten
Horn
Arthur Gratton
East First Street
Yeolf Musty
Jerry Mullins
North Main
N. F. Clifford
Harbour
Giles HA. Smith
Standard Office
Browlway
City Hall
Hanson
Alice Israel
Sol Genzberger
J. Renton Leggat
Hisister
P. O
Northern Pacific Atta Stedreighted
North Coast Limited
Miss Rickards
Miss Brooke
Brooke
Kenneth Allen
James A. McFadyen
Northean Street
Walkerville
J. E. Monroe
T. Paul
JE. Tyree
W. L. Standaker
Fal Thomas
C.J. Fenner
H. Tyree
Hozeman Tonday
Italian Composer to Resume His Tour in Chicago
Pietro Mascagni the Italian composer will act as temporary director of the Thomas orchestra in Chicago and will resume a United States tour. He seeks a manager with sufficient capacity to ensure a successful journey as many Chicagoans urged another performance at the Auditorium theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pietro Mascagni
Thomas
United States
M GIRON MAKES SERIOUS ADMISSION
Brussels dispatch reports M Giron publishing his own account of relations with the crown prince of Saxony. He admits the paternity of a child, a serious admission that adds to a tense royal scandal. Blew printed the story as part of the ongoing press coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
the Petit. Blew
M. Giron
Saxony
Burglars Break Into Alderman's House in Butte
Detectives trace a lone burglar who entered Altman Lary Desean’s residence on California Avenue at night, rifling rooms and removing jewelry, silverware, paintings, and bric-a-brac worth thousands before fleeing as Mrs. Woods fainted. Police followed muddy footprints in the snow and questioned two suspicious men who stopped a boy near the scene. Duggan vows he narrowly escaped loss of valuables tied to memories, not just price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bergers
Altman Lary ‘Desean
California Avenue
Butte
Aneta
Martha Woods
Duggan
North Main Street
Whitle
Robert Tresio
Slade
Taey
Sermon Encourages Practical New Year Resolutions
Rev J E Noftsinger at First Baptist preached on reflecting on the past year and striving forward with faith. He urged practical goals for the coming year and noted resolutions may fail, yet attempting is better than not trying, as memory weighs past successes and failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Noftsinger
First Baptist Church
Philliplane
Tilo
Christ
Jesus
Reflections On Faith And Civic Duty In A 1963 Note
A fragmentary 1963 church and city note urges living in the present with Christian purpose. It links resurrection hope to daily life and business ethics, urging Christians to apply faith in all work and public duty. The piece mentions a Kansas excursion train special on September 9 unless clarified, and lists contact for WIl Merriman, general agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queelas
Christ
Jesus
Tutte
Kansas
Burlington
Taitte
Kansas City
Wil Merriman
Cer
Main
Park Streets
Coast Storm Disrupts Shipping Avoids Fatalities
A long lasting storm and heavy fog along the coastline hampered vessels for 36 hours, causing damage and delaying traffic. One steamship arrived after a rough voyage yesterday but wasn’t wrecked. Canadian cattle were routed to Halifax due to the embargo on American goods.
Powers Appeals For Aid Ahead Of Third Goebel Trial
Ex secretary of state Caleb Powers, jailed in Georgetown awaiting a third trial for complicity in Governor Goebel’s murder, issues a public appeal for financial help. He notes letters asking for funds were signed by various people but are genuine and says his resources are exhausted after years in state custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Goebel
Kentucky
Fitzsimmons Strikes Ball Over Dispute In Ring Drama
The confrontation ends with Fitzsimmons flooring Ball after a heated exchange over expenses and trust, as the pair’s chef manager Munroe ties into a 19 week tour contract. Ball and Fitzsimmons are brothers in law with a plan to tour St. Tonea and expand results.
Newbro Drug Co Wine and Liquor Dept Ad Offerings
The Newbro Drug Co Wine and Liquor Dept promotes healthful home drinking with a range of whiskeys and wines. Cascade Club Whiskey ten years old, Teton Club Whiskey fifteen years old, Nelson Club Whiskey, Winchester Club Whiskey, Rye Whiskey, Malt Whiskey all priced at one dollar per bottle, plus domestic wines and other spirits advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newbro Drug Co. Wine and Liquor Dept
Cascade Club
Teton Club
Nelson Club
Winchester Club
Epring
Man Shot While Hunting Near Tamarack in Kalispell
Special Dispatch reports Thomas Scown was accidentally shot by companion R Mettler while deer hunting near Tamarack. Scown, struck in the abdomen by a 45 caliber bullet, lay in need of aid 25 miles from Kalispell, after Mettler ferried him four miles to reach a doctor, then hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalispell
Tamarack
Thomas Scown
Kalispell Hospital
Scown
R. Mettler
Mettler
Kalispetl
Largest drug house in the state operation at 109 N Main Street
A Butte Montana report notes 109 North Main Street as the location of the largest drug house in the state indicating a major illegal supply point. Local authorities are reportedly targeting the site for investigation and possible action.
Poison in Wine Fatal Stop: Richard Comengs Dies
Report from Shusers indicates a poisoning incident where poison was put in wine, resulting in the death of Richard Comengs. Authorities investigated the case and charged a suspect in connection with the fatal act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shusers
Richard Comengs
Three Suspects Arrested In Cantody Poison Case
Chicago dispatch reports Richard Cummings led the quarrel at the Linzie Shanahan home on Ashland Avenue. Willa Moniak and Therese Moniak with their daughter Mary Montak were arrested on suspicion of poisoning Cummings after a dispute over a Christmas wine gift. Mary Montak allegedly offered wine to Mrs Shanahan. Shanahan drank and suffered pains, while Cummings drank the remainder and died within 24 hours, claiming poisoning by the bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Richard Cummings
Dire
Linzie Shananan
Ashland Avenue
Willa Moniak
Mra
Moniak
Mary
Ashland
Cummings
Final words cited in court case dispute over poison remarks
Witnesses recall last remarks about wine and arrest for those who gave up to men. William T. Kirkby attended and gave a similar statement. An examination of Cummings stomach was planned. Mr Moniak and his wife deny knowledge of poison.
Papers Describe Buck Death Sorrow Across Nations
News from multiple papers in Yokohama and Tokio mourn Col. Buck as a gentleman whose death saddens both Americans and Japanese. The Japan Times calls him one of the best friends in Japan and a picturesque figure in the diplomatic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor
Wee
Tartar
Cas
Japan
Buck
Advertiser, Gazette and Herald of
Yokohama
Japan Times
Tokio
Col. Buck
Alan
Japan ‘Times
A. Japanese
National Church Opposed in Islands Clash in Rome
Rome dec 2 the Tribuna reports the pope orders the archbishop of Manila to excommunicate all who promote establishing a national church in the Philippines. The dispatch notes the church remains opposed to secession from Rome amid broad regional tensions and ecclesiastical authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Islands
Rome
Tribuna
Archbshop
Manila
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Butte News
Anne Sept
Finoinal Mirandi
Alderman's
Larry Duggan
Msec
Hos
ST. Johns
Neomethas
Buttes
Moxey Tor
State of
Kew
Furniture
Srownfiel-Eanty
Fitz
Ball
Munroe
Jeffries
Tait
Fitzsimmons
Mar
Fitzsimino
Jack Munroe
Hall
Stontana
Muntor
Softies
Asault
Booth
Mariwood Clot ‘Owen
India
Saints
la Perla
T Plantation
Newbro Drug CO
N. Main Street
Butte, Mont
Hix Wire
Jowhey
Assia
Divosiox
Fair Drug and AY Supply CO
Park Street + Butte
Ppestone Springs
BorTe
Moxr
Wein A.B
CLE
Daly Bank and Trust SQ OF
State Savings Bank Corner
Pars
Butta
Oficers
John A
CFC
Ghigs
Preston
Gweia Tetin
Anse
Ptantea
Hodgena
D. G. Hiodgena
THE
A National Bank
Gav
Weil-Troot
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