Butte Jail Overflows With Unemployed Hopes
The article describes overcrowded lodging and many unemployed men arriving from coast towns seeking work in Butte. Jailer Murphy notes only a few of about a hundred lodging applicants are prepared for winter, with a steady stream of men sleeping in crowded squalor and chasing meals as trains bring more job seekers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mang Yan
Murphy
Dutte
Coast Lowns
Butte
Unem
Waugh
New Passenger Station Rising on Montana Street
Milwaukee officials report a new passenger station for the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railway will begin work in spring at the Montana street site near the old Clark smelter. The reinforced concrete and brick structure will be one of the Northwest’s largest, feature a central clock tower, ample waiting rooms, news and smoking rooms, and provisions to keep the building clean and welcoming for travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Butte
Milwaukee
Montana Street
Clark
Waltaing
New York Plans Global High Rise Amid City Growth
Plans filed yesterday with the Bureau of Buildings reveal a proposed 84.6 story skyscraper to rise on the Broadway Eighth Avenue block between Fifty seventh and Forty eighth streets. The structure, costing around 0.00, is intended to be the world’s tallest and would reflect New York’s continued vertical expansion under American States association laws.
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New York
Jan. L
Bureau of Buildings
Merican States Association
Broadway
Eighth Avenue
Forty-eighth Streets
British peace centenary appeal urges government exhibit
London dispatch reports a British peace celebration body urging official support for the Panama-Pacific Exposition. The appeal asks the government to reconsider declining the invitation to exhibit, noting public sentiment and the last two weeks of centenary events planned for the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gur
Italy Nears Participation in Panama-Pacific Exposition
It was reported today that the Italian government intends to take part in the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco under specified conditions. The decision is not yet officially announced but is understood to be forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Gan
San Francisco
Fight in restricted district ends with stabbing in left arm
Georgia Harvey, a colored woman, was stabbed in the left arm during a clash with Frankie Moore, another woman in the district. Harvey was cut with a razor. Moore allegedly armed with a small ax. Harvey faced disturbance charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Harvey
Frankie Moore
Harvey
Forgery Arrests And Local Scandals Reported
A man named cman Heatey Visors, 39, was arrested on forgery charges for attempting to pass an $18 check at a saloon. James McLeggan faces a similar complicity charge with Vigors. Also noted are candy ads and a cotton mill worker’s long service record in Saco, Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heatey Visors
Charles Schmidt
James McLeggan
Vigors Beig
From Poore Butte Cur to Top Liner at Sullivan & Considine
A showman recounts the journey of Dust the mule and Gold Dust the trained monkey in vaudeville acts. He describes training methods, animal intelligence, and the long path to stardom, noting the roles of Dust and Gold Dust in the Day at the Circus.
Prisoners Refuse Parole Offers At Silver Bow Jail
Sheriff Driscoll offered to reduce sentences by one or two days for seven prisoners as their terms expired, but all refused. Some preferred remaining in jail rather than a discharge, others rejected the favors. Earlier Christmas day he offered the same to twelve prisoners, who also refused. The sheriff begins the new year with about five prisoners still jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artemue Ward
Th Monkey
Iona
Ticker
Driscoll
Silver Bow County
Rival duel over New Year pledge ends with shooting
John Liebe proprietor of the New Corner saloon and Carl Marquardt a laborer argued over Miss Wilma Lehn at 30 South Jackson and 21 East Park. Liebe was wounded in the left arm by a high power rifle and Marquardt fired five shots as Lehn tried to intervene. After a tense exchange the men shook hands and Marquardt sent Liebe to Murray Hospital. Police say both claim the other was aggressor. Lehn, the landlady, says she tried to stop the fight and that Marquardt acted in a rage to arrest Liebe. The case centers on a New Year vow to stop courting Lehn, who is separated from her husband Fred Lehn. Detectives Baldisero and Morrison seized the weapons, and the police continue to investigate the alleged aggressor. Patrick Heenan, killed at the Pennsylvania mine, funeral set for tomorrow at Dan Gallagher’s residence and Sacred Heart.
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Butte Mining Stock Exchange
Barnes King
Pilot Butte
Tuolumne
Dutte
Butte London
Alameda
Barnes-King
Butte
Alex Scott
Butte & Arizona
Butte & Ely
Sian
Butte & London
Butte-AtlIwaukee Ag
Florence Vis
North Franklin Iit
East Butte
Aagy
Goldfield
Con
Iso
Ates Keating
Toary
Ohio
Tual
London
Hitwatther
North Franklin i
Allwhacker
Thutte & Bacon
Butte & Biklavas
Dav Daly
Ohio Keating
Haven
Stewart
Heigh
Aetual Eater
Otd
Wilma Lebn
Hone
Jackson Street
John Liebe
New Corner
Fast Park Street
Carl Marquardt
Liebe
Marquardt
Letn
Walt
Lehn
Fey
Fred Lehn
Marquandt
Lves
Basin
Baldisero
Morrison
Patrick Heenan
Pennsylvania
Dan Gallagher
East Broad
Sacred Heart
Brother
Ireland
San Francisco
Dan and
Dennis Gallagher
Marriages and death noted in Butte area notices
Roy Stephenson of Dillon and Miss Olive Hill of Kenosha Wisconsin wed at noon in the Mountain View Methodist church with Rev George D Wolfe officiating. The couple will reside in Dillon. William J Thomas and Annie E Buford of Philipsburg married by Rev George J Wolfe. Gottlieb Angsburger dies of pneumonia at his Butte cabin. brother in Philadelphia survives. Mrs J B Reynolds thanks neighbors for sympathy and flowers after bereavement. Jewelry ad mentions mainsprings and watch cleaning services.
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Roy Stephenson
Dillon
Beaverhead
Olive
Edna. Hill
Kenosha
Wis
Mountain View Methodist Episcopal Church
George D. Wolfe
Miss Hill
Butte
Wisconsin
Ana Airs
Colin Mel Rea
Wert Sliver Street
William J. Thomas
Annie E. Buford
Philipsburg
George J. Wolfe
Thomas
Gottlieb Ang
Gottlieb
Angsburger
Orewon, Avenue
Philadelphe Urger
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Apitzenders
South Butte
Ile Bargains
Park Street
Ourmarketeria
West Park Street
Finnan
Ces
Lutey
Rey's
Fairmont Creamery Co
Fate
Eisvatand
Assenger Station
Moneana Street
Stork
Org
Oneshalf
Hell
Wil
Montana
Oma
Anderson
Conrad
H. B
Milton
Highlands
Thornton
George Mellen
Dilton
Will Steegee
Great Falla
E.tucker
Flesher
S41 Smith
PrAny
Prerier Ats
Pallas Candy Company
Saco
Chidren
Klife
Sullivan & Considine
Warner
Hutters
Jake
Eich
Blake
Tony
Conquerine
Circus
Carl Japanit
Marannrat
Erat the
Meenan FP
Stephenson
Hill
Thomanab
Mra. J.B. Reynolds
F. A. Ironside
North Main Street
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