Davis Brothers Battle for Administering Brother’s Estate
In Butte a hearing before Judge Harney determined a contest over letters of administration for Edwin E. Davis’s estate. Georges W. Davis and John F. Davis pressed claims while four other brothers sought appointment for John E. Davis. The case centers on administration of estates tied to Edwin E. Davis who died in Chicago leaving three children and a divorced wife.
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Chicago
Edwin E. Davis
Harney
George W. Davis
John FE. Davis
Edwin F. Davis
A. J. Davis
E. E. Davis
George J. Davis
Thea Jane Davis
John E. Davis
John A. Davis
George W
John F. Davis
Jesse B. Roote
C. R. Leonard
Court House
Mr. Roote
Dandruff Causes Hair Loss Claims Newbro’s Herpicide
A claim that dandruff is caused by a pestiferous parasite burrowing into the scalp is presented. The piece asserts that destroying the germ is the only cure and promotes Newbro's Herpicide as a universal remedy to eradicate dandruff and restore hair shine.
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Newbro
Counsel Remarks Find No Witty or Logical Insight
The report notes that counsel's remarks were neither witty nor wise nor logical, offering no clear persuasive strength. The judges or audience are described as unpersuaded, prompting questions about effective advocacy and courtroom rhetoric.
End of Prayer Week at South Butte Presbyterian Church
The last day of the week of prayer will be held at South Butte Presbyterian Church corner First Street and Utah Avenue. Rev F Tonge presides and Rev J E Noftsinger of First Baptist speaks, with ministers from other city churches assisting. All residents urged to attend. other churches report good attendance. Coffee and cake 10 cents at Fox Confectionery 71 East Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Butte
Fox Confectionery
East Park
Mississippi River project defended by Catchings in closing remarks
Washington house debate on the river and harbor appropriation bill featured a valedictory style speech by Mississippi congressman Catchings who retires March 4 after 14 years. He defended lower Mississippi improvements amid opposition while the chamber approved several relief and land bills and adjourned till Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Catchings
Mississippi
Tennessee
Frank B. Case
United States Navy
Hopkins
Case
Jeannette
Indian Territory
Grand Portage
Arizona Water Company
Pima
Hepburn
Iowa
Mississippi River
Mr. Catchings
Pioneer Charles G. Birdseye Laid To Rest In Helena
Special Dispatch reports Charles G. Birdseye of Avon is laid to rest in Helena after dying last Tuesday. Bishop L. R. Brewer presided at St. Peter's Episcopal church with widow Mrs. Birdseye and life-long friend Henry Curtis in attendance. Pallbearers and floral tributes came from Helena and beyond. The body will be moved to Bridgeport, Conn., for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Helena
Charles G. Birdseye
Avon
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
L. R. Brewer
Henry Curtis
Bridgeport
Conn
H. M. Parden
Henry Klein
W. A. Chessman
Joseph Davis
R. C. Wallace
H. 8. Blanchard
Requisition Honored for Alabama Murder Suspect
Sheriff W O Robbins of Elmore County Alabama presented Governor Toole with Alabama’s requisition for Eld ridge Williams who confessed in Butte to a past murder. The indictment was destroyed but affidavits supported the request and a warrant sworn by Mary E Boswell cites the June 1 1891 stabbing of James Boswell. Williams will be returned to Alabama to face charges.
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Standard
Helena
Sherif W. O. Robbins
Elmore County
Ala
Toole
Alabama
Eldridge Williams
Butte
Williams
Mary E. Boswell
James Boswell
New Orleans Race Meet Opens With Mixed Outcomes
At New Orleans on Jan 12 results show Indian won the mile and a sixteenth race with Emigre second and Randy third in 2 205. Lady Curzon captured the six furlongs race with Barricade second and Mitt Boykin third in 1 24. Harvey won the steeplechase handicap with Divertisement second and Brakeman third in 23.37. Ed Gartland II won the Gentilly handicap over six and a half furlongs with Bummer second and Moroni third in 1 30. Beana won the selling at seven furlongs with Quite Right second and Gracious third in ? b:dy. Lady Contrary took six furlongs with Trice second and Scrivener third in 1 24.
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New Orleans
Indian
Emigre
Randy
Lady Curzon
Barricade
Mitt Boykin
Harvey
Divertisement
Brakeman
Ed Gartland II
Bummer
Moroni
Beana
Gracious
Lady Contrary
Trice
Scrivener
Horse race results from San Francisco meet
Results from January 12 show five races at five and seven furlongs plus a one mile and a eighth event. Darlene led the selling race with Companion second and Wardman third, time 1 03. Articulate won the Follansbee handicap in 1 20 with Golden Age second and Gibraltar third. Bathos captured the Sandelaria handicap by a length with The Fretter second.
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San Francisco
Darlene
Companion
Wardman
Bssence
Astor
Buch
Litmus
Elsinoro
Elkara
Articulate
Golden Age
Gibraltar
Bathos
Fretter
Tiburon Wins Sixth Race at Six Furlongs
In the sixth race a selling at six furlongs Tiburon took the win with Prestidigitat or second and High Hoe finishing third. Time listed as 1:47 for Tiburon and 1:11 for the other measuring marks.
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Telamon
Tiburon
Prestidigitator
High Hoe
Morality Debate Over Hawaii Population Decline
Honolulu report quotes President George Q. Cannon of the Mormon church blaming outside influence and immorality for Hawaii’s falling Kanaka population. He advocates gathering natives from contact with whites to teach a higher life. Mortality data show high under five deaths, suggesting poor parental care as a factor.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
George Q. Cannon
Mormon Church
Cannon
Hawaii
Two Fatal Accidents at Billings Area Grading Camp
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports two fatal accidents at McShane's grading camp 50 miles south of Billings on the Toluca Cody branch of the Burlington. William Sheen died from a rock fall triggered by dynamite while James Boaldt perished in a premature dynamite explosion he was thawing. Boaldt leaves a wife and children in Garretson South Dakota.
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The
Standard
Billings
McShane
Toluca-Cody
Burlington
William Sheen
James Boaldt
Boaldt
Garreteon
South Dakota
Great Falls Notes Opened by Visitors and Local Updates
Great Falls notes report visits by Jerry Flanaghan of Butte and Mrs. F G Woodworth ill in Columbus hospital. Several sales and land transfers occur including Clara Guild to Felix Armstrong for 300 dollars and A P Thompson to Frank Sheldon for 1000 dollars. Ice on the river near the waterworks and a fire near Monarch are noted along with district court actions and a church wedding in Malta.
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George M. Watson
Armington
Great Falls
Bri. D. Whitten
Butte
Civil Engineers of
J. N. Bridges
Fifth Avenue North
Fletcher Maddox
I. Parker Veazey
First National Bank
Schuler
Columbus Hospital
Clara Guild
Felix Armstrong
A. P. Thompson
Frank Sheldon
Lola Stephenson
Fredericka Nolde
Election
Township
Range 3
Cascade Bank
Edward L. Burghardt
L. R. Rufus
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Malta
Anna White
Glasgow
T. C. Byrne
Hadron
Neb
Carl Carlon
Township 18
Range 6
Monarch
M. E. Plassman
Diamondville
A. Nathan
W. T.winters
Great Falls Hardware Company
Central Avenue
Anna M. White
Pleasant Prairie
Kan
Methodist Church
Ates White
Marine
German Loan Secured by Saxon Government Details
Berlin January reports that Deutsch bank Speyer and Ellison along with other firms arranged a 60 million mark loan for Saxon government. The issue consists of 3 percent rentes to be sold chiefly in Berlin and Frankfurt at about 83 percent.
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Berlin
Deutsch Bank
Speyer & Ellison
Othe
Frankfort
Consolidated Copper Mining and Milling Company Formed
Great Falls reports the Consolidated Copper Mining and Milling company was incorporated with capital stock of 300000 dollars. The incorporation period is ten years. Directors are Joseph T. Schuster Chester Smith John Peterson William Grills and Drury J. Pallant.
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Sandard
Great Falls
Consolidated Copper Mining and Milling Company
Joseph T. Schuster
Chester ©. Smith
John Peterson
William Grills
Drury J. Pallant
Northern Montana Office Ad Rates In Great Falls
Northern Montana Office of the Standard is located in the Bach Cory Block Great Falls opposite the Park Hotel. Advertising rates furnished on application.
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Montana
The
Standard
Bach-Cory
Great Falls
Park Hotel
New Steel Bridge Project Under Way in Great Falls
Work on the Montana Central steel bridge across the Missouri River between Crooked Falls and Rainbow Falls will begin about February 1. The $200,000 to $250,000 structure, 1,066 feet long and 84 feet high, will feature Stone channel piers and three contracts for masonry, material, and upper deck. Trains are expected to run by August 15, surveying views of Boston Montana smelters and Black Eagle dam along the new route.
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Great Falls
Montana Central Steel
Missouri River
Crooked Falls
Rainbow Falls
Boston & Montana
Black Eagle Dam
Fumigation Urged After Diphtheria Spread in Great Falls
The Great Falls health concerns rise as diphtheria spreads among children with several cases hidden from the public. Whittier school has at least five recent cases, including a patient from Miss Rolfe’s room, yet fumigation of the building and room has not occurred. Trustees meet Saturday to decide on fumigation unless the health officer intervenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Whittier
Election of Officers by Great Falls Young Men's Democratic Club
The club met in the Bach-Corey block with about 125 members. A new constitution and by laws were adopted and officers elected: J. L. Gelsthorpe president, Dudley Crowther vice president, Oswald L. Quesnelle secretary, Curt E. Ludwig treasurer, Hal Carey sergeant. An executive committee of 12 was named. The gymnasium is under renovation and due for use in about a week.
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Great Falls
Young Men's Democratic Club
Bach-Corey
J. L. Gelsthorpe
Dudley Crowther
Oswald L. Quesnelle
Curt E. Ludwig
Hal Carey
Snow avalanche throws train off Montana Central tracks
Two engines and a caboose with a snow plow on the Neihart branch of the Montana Central were swept from the track yesterday afternoon about three miles from Belt. An avalanche struck the side, hurling the cars into a gulch 200 feet below, but their weight prevented a plunge.
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Great Falls
Neihart
Montana Central
Belt
Important land decisions in Judith district are rendered
Two key rulings by the Judith land district register and receiver affect land claims. In Arkwright versus Kruger the entry for parts of section 30, township 9N, range 28E was dismissed after finding no absolute fraud proven. In Lindsay versus Allen, Lindsay’s squatter priority and settlement on land in sections 2 and 85 of townships 19 and 20 north were sustained, amid disputed desert entries.
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Great Falls
Judith Land District
H. D. Arkwright
Gotthold Kruger
Kruger
Lester D. Moffett
Register
Theodore Lindsay
George Allen
Township 19
Range 14
Township 20
Allen
Lindsay
Death of Philip Miller Pioneer Miner of Smith River
Philip Miller, a 69 year old pioneer resident of Smith River near White Sulphur Springs, Montana, died at his ranch this week. Born in 1831 in Pennsylvania, he journeyed across the plains in 1854 to California and later to Boise City Idaho, then moved to Virginia City and finally settled near White Sulphur Springs. His funeral was held Friday with Rev. Clark officiating, honoring a man described as a pioneer spirit who helped shape early settlement and civilization in the region. Interment followed at the south side cemetery.
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Great Falls
Philip Miller
Smithriver
White Sulphur Springs
Pennsylvania
Jacksonville
Plains
California
Boise City
Idaho
Montana
Virginia City
Missouri Valley
Smith River
Camas Creek
Clark
Miller
South Side
Whist Tournament Second Game Held in Great Falls
The Great Falls Whist club completed the second winter tournament game last night with seven tables in play. Scores from Fridays match show the competing pairs delivering steady play and close results as the series advances.
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Great Falls
Rancher Holland Fined for Off Season Prairie Chickens
Great Falls Jan 12 A Belt area rancher named Holland was tried before Justice Burns for killing prairie chickens out of season. He admitted killing and offering the birds for sale at Belt hotels and restaurants. Ignorance of the game laws was his defense. he paid $50 plus costs.
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Great Falls
Holland
Belt
Justice Burns
Snow drifts halt Montana Central branches in Montana
Heavy snow and extreme winds cripple Montana Central lines across the state. The Neihart branch is virtually blocked while Trainmaster O Neill deployed a snow plow yesterday to clear tracks. Eastern routes face compact drifts where sand mixes with snow, complicating efforts to reopen lines.
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Great Falls
Montana Central
Neihart
O'Neill
Elite Business Directory in Butte Montana 1895
A compact directory listing professionals in Butte Montana including H M Patterson architect The Owsley AYER McClure Bros Reliable Assay Office Mayer Assayer TomBuggy and T A Grigg OCULIST. Entries cover architects assayers and optical medical services with addresses and mail options.
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McClure Bros
N. Main St
P. O
Butte, Mont
Two Smallpox Cases Reported Near Great Falls
Two cases of smallpox were reported to authorities at Havre today and several Cree Indians in the area are also ill. Monard Nelson, a bartender for G. W. Young, was sent to the pesthouse, and Mrs. Gowling, wife of a Great Northern employee, is involved in the outbreak.
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Great Falls
Havre
Monard Nelson
G. W. Young
Gowling
Great Northern Round
Local Wholesale Grocers and Suppliers Listed for Butte
Liqour Seale and Carder Bros list Wall parst, window glass, room mould ing and painters supplies at 21 E Quarts street. Bray Wholesale Grocer, Butte, on East Park street at Arizona, phone 473, Postoffice box 108. Davidson Grocery Co, Coffee Roasters, Silver Bow Coffee Mills, Butte.
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Carder Bros
E. Quarts Street
Butte
BRAY
East Park Street
Arizona
Davidson Grocery CO
Silver Bow Coffee Mills
Mont
Northwest Coal Agents at Diamens Creek Ad
Local notice identifies Role agents for Diamens Creek with contact at 29 East Granite Street and 70 Main. Phone listed as 623. Details unclear due to fragmented OCR.
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East
Granite Street
Main
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Butte News
Davis
Sanden
A. T. Sanden
Russel Building
Portland
Oregon
Congressman Catchings
R Biber
Pioneer
Charlies G. Birdseye
Reece
Tive of
the Goveror
Oakland
Shane
Jerry Flanaghan
F. G. Woodworth
Charles D. Howell
Big Sandy
Bear Paw Mountains
Charles Murphy
North Dakota
Cataract Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Sires
W. M. Johnson
James Moore
David Bonathan
Charles Birnbaum
J. Goldstein
Charles Wegner
H. L. Price
L. P. Madden
Fred L. Stephene
New Company Incorporated
Montana Central Railway Company
Owark
Crief
House Foreman
Judith Land Office
Burns
R. W and Mitchell
Fairfield and Stephenson
Atkinson
Newton
Smith
M. Boe
F M
W. T
Mannheim and
Ewing
Cosssence
Uhseuhaaen
Barker and Erickson
Ladd and Wiemer
Matteson
R. G
Klepinger
H. H
Dickinson
Merrill and Ryan
Maddox and Longeway G. E
Vilas
Mitchell
Barker
Erickson Waren
Evesesene
Fairfield
Stephenson
Chowen
Ladd
Wiemer
Seeeeseesses
Dickinson Terete
Maddox
Longeway
Smith and Burns Peewee
Mannheim
Merrill and
Ryan
T Matteson
Sereen
Newton and Smith
Montana Central Railroad
Elite Business Directory
Arhitec. Ss
H. M. Patterson
Owsley
Ayer
MEE. Mayer
W. Park At
Lk. T. A. Grigg
Broadway
Guicura
Great Northwest
Shaw's
Weinberg Bros. & Epstein
Mat
Owsley Elk
Vainter
Pperhangers
Hockii Kb
Delgis
Montana Drug CO
Jana
Cherry
Diana la Sinceridad
Passmore
West Broadway
Parary
Chapman Mattress CO
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