Butte Current Notes and Local Movements
Brief community notes from Butte including half price sale at Tonkin s, travels of locals to Denver Park City and Salt Lake, births and visitors, hotel and street addresses, and social events. Names include W G Hills, Edmund J Callaway, Sam Nicholson, Jasper Nelson, Elizabeth McTaggart, C S Blake, Helen Norris, Roy Ayers, Joseph H Case, Gladys Zorn, Estelle O Connell, Miss Chick Menard, Jerry Doyle, W H Merriman, and Mrs Scollich with various towns such as Dillon Wisdom Deer Lodge and Walkerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonkin’s
Orton Bros New Method Laundry
Ind
W. G. Hills
Denver
Viland
Harry Gordon
Park City
Utah
Edmund J. Callaway
Dillon
Leggat
Sam Nicholson
Helena
Jasper Nelson
Pu|son
Butte
Hi. A. Teets
East Helena
Finten Hotel
J. ©. Maloney
Milwaukee
Scranto
Helen Norris
Lewistown
Roy Ayers
Divide
Joseph H. Case
San Francisco
F. B. Sutton
Three Forks
Michael Sheehan
Daly Street
Walkerville
W. H. Nile Jr
St. James Hospital
Nile
Bila Shan
Marcille
Chick Menard
Deer Lodge
John Goddard
Albertson
Jerry Doyle
Photoplay
Smith's
P.O
Good Templars Lodge
Rockyantain
Robert Scollich
Wistom
Mont
Scollich
Joseph Roberts
West Gold Street
Ernest Oats
The
Mount of Methodist Episcopal Church
Electrification Department
Milwaukee Road
Lewisohn Block Savings Bank
Howanl Buzzo
Dillon, Mire
Buzzo
Victora Martin
Alice
M A to Resume a Lecture Program
The Young Men's organization announced a shift to prominent local speakers for a six lecture series. Franklin W. Collins, former Justice Department aide and Montana campaign figure, opens this Sunday at 4:89 PM with a talk on money questions. Additional speakers to be announced.
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Young Men's Sevcration
Butte
Col- Mines
Department of Justice
Republican National Committee
Collins
Montana
Mate
State Savings Bank
Mrr
Colling
Bryan
Univesity
Syracuse
Butte Chamber Eyes Invite To President Wilson Visit
President W. M. Tuohy of the Butte Chamber of Commerce will propose at the annual meeting next Monday evening inviting President Wilson to visit the city during his coast-to-coast trip this spring. The itinerary is not set, but the invitation is urged for consideration by citizens.
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W. M. Tuohy
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Teatter
Wilson Tutte
Bank examination probes officers in failure case
A committee pressed Receiver Williams with 21 questions about the Bavinge bank collapse, seeking details on staff, expenses, deposits, assets, loans, and director relations. Depositors’ registry stands at Reynolds & Bypher as out-of-town support grows while a formal plan of action awaits Williams’s forthcoming briefing.
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Bavinge Bank
Williams
John’ Barber
Joseph H. Griffin
George Fi. Sypher
Tres Tnt
Bell
Gincer
Sollateral
Frank Walker
Ressotte-Stork Company
Pallas Candy Company
Barry Motor Company
Boston & Montana Development Company
Political Equality League
Flour Prices Rise Pressures Butte Bakers Face Higher Costs
Local reports show wholesale flour in Butte advancing weekly with six to ten cent hikes, reaching 4.75 a hundredweight for hard wheat Dakota flour and 1.55 for pastry flour. Bakers warn retail bread prices will rise, with dealers scrambling to secure supplies as consumer demand surges.
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Butte
I Butte
Jacob Osenbrag
Dakota
Butele
Rowe
Woman's testimony refutes confession in grand jury case
Waiter Philip E. Smith of Butte was bound over to the federal grand jury after a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner L. M. Van Atten on charges of violation of the Mann act. His wife Cora Smith testified she heard a confession but contradicted the claimed statement to the district attorney, detailing their life in Cripple Creek and Denver and denying the alleged immoral earnings.
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Philip E. Smith
Butte
Grand Dary
L. M. van Atten
United States
Cora Smith
Caited
Cripple Creek Col
Cripple Creek
Denver
Mysterious Theft And Alleged Abduction In Billings Case
Read about a disputed tale in which a woman claims money from a cafe sale funded travel to Billings, while the defendant denies forcing her to leave and asserts he did not induce crimes. The narrative includes trips to Great Falls and a front train entry amid snow, with varying statements about tickets and money.
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Wheeler
Billings
Great Tutter
Heidne
Butte Hayload Accident Injures Two Men
Judean West and Nels Martin were hurt when a load of hay tipped over near Gre son. A rear car signal spooked horses drawing the load, West suffered broken bones above the ankle, Martin was cut above the eye and bled from the mouth and nose. The car returned, horses were unhitched, and the injured were taken to a Butte medical facility.
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Judean
West Front Street
Nels Martin
South Dakota
Butte
Ranch
Greson
Lance
West
Martinota
Furlong Starts Work With A Heavy Sentence
Justice Furlong presided over his first criminal proceeding, sentencing Herbert Croweley for petty larceny of money from a neighbor’s home. Croweley, ten years old, was fined $500 with payment suspended on good behavior and kept out of poolrooms. If arrested again, he faces reform school at Mies City.
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Justice Furlong
Herbert Croweley
Reform
Mies City
Barry Is Elected Head Of Chauffeurs Union
J. La Barry was elected president of the Butte Cab and Taxicab Drivers' union at a recent meeting. The union, with 22 members, is one of the smallest in the city. Other officers named include John E. George as vice president, L. J. Smith as secretary-treasurer, Scott Marvel as guard, and J. B. George, J. L. Barry, and D. J. Tinettl as trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. la Barry
Butte Cab and Taxicab Drivers’ Union
John. E. George
L. J. Smith
Scott Marvel
J. B. George
J. L. Barry
D. J.tinettl
Rish Literary Society Installs New Officers
A special program featured the installation of Rob rt Emmet Literary Association officers with remarks from new and retiring leaders and musical numbers. The meeting concluded with an informal banquet. A one-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs George Tomp King died yesterday at St James hospital after a brief illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rish Literary Society
Robrt Emmet Literary, Association
Fisie Virgins Xompeins
George ‘Tomp- King
Emerson School
St James’ Hospital
Oregon Avenue
Police Department
County Chairman at the American theater appearance noted
The Q and A column recalls Harold Lockwood in The County Chairman at the American Theater and short dime ap. he played Wheeler in the cast as the picture ran the first Monday and Tuesday in December. A reader asks distance from Butte to Seattle and learns 658 miles. The constitution has 17 amendments, with the sixteenth enabling an income tax and the seventeenth providing direct election of U S senators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Lockwood
American Theater & Short
Yeas
Wheeler
Butte
Seattle
United States
Congress
Also Mentioned on This Page
Butte News
Stand
Broadway
Howard
LEYS
Jeweler and
Optician
N. Main St
Hallmark
M.A
Franklin W. Collins
Hale Price
Peros
Existe
Gamer's
Jennie Faddis
Orr
B. Weirick
Charles P. Irish
William Rozsa
E.G. Clinch
Imogene Dennis
Mies Sar
K. of P. Hall
August Heimbach
Mose Linz
Lends
North Main St
Fairmont Creamery Co
West Park Street
Columbia
Just
Tipperary
Newbro
Som
Matt Keefe
Mountain High
Keefe
Orchestra
AL Jolson
Berlin
Paniment
Carolina
Chwartz
Alf Jolson
Columbia Grafonolas
Columbia Records
Newbro Drug Co
Furlong
Barry
Chauffeurs’ Union
Pennebaker-Hubert Company
Florence Garme
West Broadway
Questions
F. J. Early
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