1919 Births Outpaced Deaths In State Vital Stats
Births during 1919, per bureau compilations, exceeded deaths by 2 total, signaling population growth offsetting mortalities. Nine hundred sixty one deaths from ninety eight distinct causes occurred that year. Death certificates numbered 1,111 due to 150 bodies shipped to Butte for interment. Male deaths totaled 657 and female 304, alcohol not a major factor. Fourteen men and no women committed suicide. five deaths were accidental, including three babies. Strangulation caused one infant death. one case of oral poisoning involved a young woman.
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Bureau of Vital
Butte
Civil Service Exams Planned In Butte For 30 Positions
Civil service examinations will be held in Butte next month to establish lists of eligibles for 30 posts with salaries from 900 to 5,000 dollars yearly. Positions include chief of police, ordnance engineer, camouflage and textile experts, naval telephone and telegraph engineer, and several inspectors and clerks with varied salaries and January 13 to January 27 deadlines.
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Butte
Seal Board of Civil Service Examiners
Naval Communication Service
Air Service
Butte Boys Charged With House Burglary
Charles Murray John Allen and John Boyle, Butte youths, were arrested yesterday afternoon by Officers Nyland and Morrison charged with burglarizing J. D. Newman's home at 918 West Granite street. The witness said the trio tried stealing whiskey stored in the cellar. The stock was moved to the sidewalk but the theft was halted in time to return it to hiding. They were taken to the county jail late yesterday afternoon.
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Charles Murray
John Allen
John Boyle
Butte Boys
Nyland and Morrison
J. D. Newman
West
Granite Street
Jall
Patrick Dwyer Called By Death at 39
Patrick Dwyer aged 39 died Sunday at his home 49 Pacific Street after a brief illness. A longtime watchman at the Alice mine, he will be buried in Holy Cross cemetery after funeral services tomorrow from his residence. Larry Duggan in charge of the body. Survived by his wife two children his mother in Ireland and siblings in Newport Providence and elsewhere.
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Patrick Dwyer
Pacific Street
Alice Mine
Holy Cross Cemetery
Larry Duggan
Ireland
Newport
R. L
Providence
K. 1
Damages Sought Over Delayed Berries Shipment
The Silver Bow Commission Company filed suit for 827.66 dollars alleging Wells Fargo Express delayed a carload of strawberries from Los Angeles to Butte until unsalable. The berries were worth 1564.76 dollars with sales of 737.10 dollars.
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Wells Fargo Express Company
Los Angeles
Butte
Silver Bow Commission Company
Commission Company
Passenger sues over train collision for large sum
Cora A Spurzen files a complaint against Northern Pacific, Walker D P Hines, and George Wilson seeking 50200 dollars for injuries alleged as a train passenger. The action centers on a collision between a passenger train and a freight train in Lodge on December 17.
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Northern Pacific
Cora A. E. Spurzen
Northern Pacific Company
Walker DP. Hines
United States Railroads
George Wilson
Lodge On
Dee
War Risk Insurance Aid Set For Butte Ex-Servicemen
Frank S. Ellsworth of the bureau of war risk insurance will meet ex-service men or dependents with pending compensation and allotment cases in Silver Bow county. He will be at civilian relief offices in the courthouse, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Sunday. He warns delays stem from unfamiliar forms and misdirected correspondence, and notes many claims filed through the Red Cross have not been followed up. The Red Cross civilian relief committee has handled over 4,000 Butte cases, but war risk coverage may still be incomplete.
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Silver Bow
Frank S. Ellsworth
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Bureau
Mr. Ellsworth
United States
Ellsworth
Butte
The
Red Cross
Civilian Relief Committee of the Red Cross
Mining Operations Are Basis of Her Oust
Mrs Albina St George sues Butte Ramsdell Mining company over damages to her rooming and boarding house at 116 South Oklahoma Street. She seeks 9500 dollars claiming blasting changed the surface and cracked plastering, drove away patrons and forced rent cuts. Defense argues the area is a long standing mining district with multiple shafts nearby.
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St. George House
Oklahoma Street
Butte- Ramsdell Mining Company
Albina St. George
Jackson
Defendants Seek More Witnesses in Butte Court
After Robert Fields testified that he lost 79 dollars stolen from his wife in a poker game at a business run by Harry Robinson at 16 West Galena Street, Robinson’s lawyers asked for time to produce witnesses and received a continuance until tomorrow morning in the Butte police court. Fields recounted buying two $20 chip stacks, eight in a stack, losing them, then betting his pocketbook for 39.05 dollars and sharing pot proceeds before losing the rest.
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Robert Fields
Harry Robinson
West
Galena Street
Robinson
Butte
Fields
Rasmussen seeks Montana railroad commissioner post
Former state legislator C A Rasmussen, who represented Dawson County for three terms, announces his candidacy for state railroad commissioner. A longtime resident of Butte and now living in Glendive, he authored the uniform bridge law highway commission law budget bill and several revenue measures.
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W. T. Stodden
C. A. Rasmussen
Dawson County
Canine Choral Society Disbanded by Defendant
Mrs. William Willoughby of 2552 South Montana street was cleared in Butte police court after explaining she disposed of two vicious dogs and restrained the remaining one. Plaintiff John Reinwand of 2525 South Main street had filed the complaint for arrest following two noisy, roaming canines that unsettled Saturday and Sunday nights.
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William Willoughby
South Montana Street
Butte
John Reinwand
South Main Street
Willoughby
Canine Choir Fray Breaks Up Reinwand's Pet Plan
Fragmentary text notes a dispute over a canine choir linked to Reinwand, with objections leading to the breakup of the animal chorus and the pets involved. The item hints at local contention around a pet project and community groups within a newspaper brief.
Gerard to Have Goods or Money
Judgment in favor of Hobson M. and Lorena Gerard for recovery of household goods from W. L. Bacon was returned by a jury in Judge Lambs court. If goods cannot be returned, their value of 442 dollars must be paid by the defendant. Attorneys Levinski for plaintiffs McCaffery and Sullivan for the defendant.
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Hobson M
Lorena Gerard
W. L. Bacon
Lamb
Henry Levinski
Joseph J. McCaffery
Frank Sullivan
Indian land title upheld by appeals court in Oregon case
In San Francisco on January 5 the United States circuit court of appeals affirmed the lower court ruling that James Peters holds 80 acres of Umatilla Indian Reservation land in Oregon. Ya-Koot-Sa and A-Lip-Ma, claimed owners, with Ta-Mas-Was having died in 1901 in Walla Walla.
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San Francisco
Ya-Koot-Sa
A-Lip-Ma
Umatilla Indian Reservation
Oregon
James Peters
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Peters
Ta-Mas-Was
Walla Walla
Yu-Koot-Sa
Sisters' claim fails as Peters wins land title
Peters secured the land on proof that he was a son by a former marriage, despite the sisters' claim. United States Attorney Bert Haney and Assistant United States Attorney Barnett Goldstein represented Peters, a ward of the federal government.
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Peters
United States
Bert Haney
Barnett Goldstein
Judgment clears property title in Bordeaux case
Judge Lamb signed the judgment directing Hanson-McPherson to pay $530 to John R. Bordeaux and Bordeaux to deliver a deed to lot 15, section 14, township 3. The action clears the title back to April 6 1896, the earliest date in court records.
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Lamb
Hanson-McPherson Company
John R. Bordeaux
Supreme Court narrows Alaska homestead expansion limit
Federal court ruling on amendments extending homestead laws to Alaska held that 160 acre limits for soldiers' additional rights apply only to land along navigable water shores. The Supreme Court reversed the restriction interpretation today.
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Washngton
Alaska
Supreme Court
Silver Bow Uses 80 Acre Tract for Aviation Field
Deed to the 80 acre tract sold for 4750 by W Mee White as holder of the option was transferred and accepted by the county commissioners for an aviation field. The property, owned by J H Mc Queeney, was purchased after legal review and following petitions from the Rotary club chamber of commerce South Side club and Good Roads association urging a landing place for visiting airplanes. The move aims to encourage the airplane business in Butte.
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W. Mee. White
J. H. McQueeney
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
South Side Club
Good Roads Association
Butte
Italian leaders Nitti and Scialoia depart Paris for London
Premier Nitti and former Minister Scialoia, in Paris since Saturday, left for London today amid cheers from the crowd at the station. The two Italian statesmen were well received as they began their journey after a stay in the French capital.
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Paris
Nitti
Scialoia
Italy
London
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St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Alary
Sally
Montana
Hansen
Hansen Bacon
Meat Dept
Faille Poplins
Imperial Ein
Suita Lingerie
Popli Poplins
Inches
Aiuebi
Ats
Joc
Valenciennes
Canine Choral Society
Reinwand
Gerard
Rocery Dept
NITTL
Montana Trunk Factory
J. Bettman & Co
West Park Street
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