Notable visitors and notices fill Butte page
Butte social and business notes list Ed Martin of Lewistown renting pianos from Orton Bros. and several visitors from Helena, Havre, Helena, and other towns staying at Finlen and Thornton hotels. Birth announced on Warren Avenue. Marriage license issued to Chauncey Berrien and Celia Coulter. Local professionals and officials, including Dr. Karsted and W. F. Scott, appear in town. various locals from Dillon, Big Timber, and Missoula noted.
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Orton Bros
Ed Martin
Lewistown
Butte
J. C. West
Finnen
Havre
Helena
van Owen
Bozeman
Thornton
Martin Fox
Warren Avenue
J.C. Kinnan
Minot
N. D
Finlen
H. C. Hendricks
Chauncey L. Berrien
Celia Coulter
Blanche Cunningham
Mabe Doyle
Gus Graeter
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Br. A. Morley
Montena
State Railroad Commission
Billings
P. O
John R. Toole
Big Blackfoot Milling Company
Toole
Alfred Karsted
Murray's Hospital
Phoenix Building
Ex-convicts arrested in Deer Lodge bank attempt case
Police say ex-convicts John Ryan Henry Noden and Charles Williams, all recent releases, aided the Deer Lodge bank break in. Ryan, jailed 60 days for prior offenses, links to an alleged gang. Noden served 10 years for manslaughter and Williams one year for burglary.
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John Ryan
California
Deer Lodge
Larabee Bank
Henry Noden
Charles Williams
Conley & McTague Institution
Noden
Missoula
Williams
Silver Bow County
Butte
Funeral for Officer Ed Hamilton Today
The funeral of the late Officer Ed Hamilton will be held this afternoon at the family home 643 Utah avenue at 2 o clock. The body will not be taken to the church but services will be held at the home with Rev Ostrander officiating. Burial will be in Mt Moriah cemetery.
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Ed Hamilton
Utah Avenue
Mr. Ostrander
Mt. Moriah Cemetery
Death of John G. Mannell at 53 in Dakota Street home
John G. Mannell aged 53 dies at his home 647 Dakota Street after a short illness. Funeral arrangements to be announced later.
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John G. Mannell
Dakota Street
Joint Installation Reports by Five Lodges Draw Large Crowd
In a grand Odd Fellows and Rebekahs gathering at I. O. O. F. hall, nearly 500 attended a joint installation. The ritual work was precise, followed by speeches and a banquet, then music late into the night. A fuse block caused a half hour blackout, quickly fixed by City Electrician Briggs. Officers for Odd Fellows and Rebekahs were installed by district leaders, with detailed lists of names and roles. Washington lodge No. 35 installed January 3, with Joseph Shepherd conducting the ceremony.
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Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
I. O. O. F. Hall
Briggs
William Curtis
Fidelity
No. 8
George Carlson
Thomas Hooper
William Dwyer
Joe Kramer
Albert Noonan
Alice Sibley
Meikeljohn
Spencer
Davidson
McKenzie
Freyler
Washington Lodge
No. 35
Centerville
William Mills
Nicholas Opie
John Trevithick
Frank Billings
Percy May
Sam J. Godfrey
Thomas Barker
Noble Grand
George Pascoe
Herbert Downing
John Crothers
M. A. Hewett
Percy Wells
George Crothers
E. J. Bowden
Charles Delbworth
Joseph Shepherd
O'Brien Rink Wins Consolation Prize In Butte Curling
O'Brien rink took the Oppenheimer consolation prize at the Butte curling rink by defeating Lerow Wood Macaulay and Beaudre 15 to 7 in the finals. Goodale cup series opens Friday with 12 rinks, potential entries from Anaconda and planned matches with Great Falls teams.
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C. W. Goodale
J. A. McMillan
D. H. Irish
W. F. O’brien
Oppenheimer
Butte
D Lerow
O. G. Wood
A. Macauley
M .D. Beaudre
Anaconda
Great Falls
Splendid Bargains on Slightly Used Pianos at Orton Bros
Orton Bros in Butte Mont offers second hand pianos with a two year guarantee and exchange option. Illustrations include Hinze Kimball Whitney and Conway models with prices ranging from 165 to 825 dollars, plus organs from 7 to 15 dollars and up. Small down payments and monthly terms from 8 to 10 dollars are offered.
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Kimball
Whitney
Conway
Reduction Sought in Pullman Car Rates Nationwide
George S. Loftus of St. Paul and Senator La Follette filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a petition seeking a 25 percent cut in lower berth rates for the Pullman company and a rate for upper berths at half the lower berth price. The drive targets all interstate business. Loftus, representing the Minnesota Shippers' Association, cites Pullman finances and argues cars pay for themselves in two years.
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Washington
George S. Loftus
St. Paul
Senator la Follette
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pullman Company
United States
Loftus
Minnesota Shippers’ Association
County Attorney Drops Robbery Charge Against Jack Thomas
The county attorney dismissed a robbery charge against Jack Thomas a dishwasher named in connection with a saloon holdup. Thomas was not arrested while Tony Clark was convicted for his role. the state had little evidence against Thomas.
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Jack Thomas
Thomas
Tony Clark
Wyoming and Idaho sheepmen head to Helena meeting
Nearly 200 sheepmen from Idaho and Wyoming traveled by train to Helena for the National Woolgrowers association gathering. They oppose the president's Western land and forest policies, favor forest protection but critique leasing range lands to large owners and Dixon's 640 acre homestead law. The delegation includes J M Wilson, J A Delfelder, George S Walker, S Bartlett, and others. The Rawlins band accompanied the group through Butte and Pocatello events boosted Helena as the next meeting site.
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Idaho
Wyoming
Butte
Helena
Town
Great Northern
Lutte
Rawlins Band
National Woolgrowers' Association
Pocatello
The
Elks
National Association
J. M. Wilson
Douglas
Senator Warren
J. A. Delfelder
Voremost County
Wyoming Association
George S. Walker
Cheyenne
Wyoming Bunch
Idaho Association
Wyoming Woolmen
Larmie
Roosevelt
Dixon
Senate and House seek reimbursement for Gillis theft loss
Washington legislation introduced to reimburse Postmaster Malcolm Gillis of Butte for 2552 dollars lost in 1907 embezzlement by W. J. Kent. Senators Dixon and Representative Pray sponsor the measures to recover the funds from the government.
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Washington
Senate
Dixon
House
Pray
Malcolm Gillis
Butte
W. J. Kent
Annuls Match Monopoly in Venezuela Decree
Caracas Venezuela January 13 an executive decree annuls the existing match monopoly and ends the concession of the National Match company capitalized at 1 000 000 dollars with shares mainly held in England the move shocks exporters and market observers and reshapes the industry landscape with potential import shifts and supplier changes
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Caracas
Venezuela
National Match Company
England
Indoor baseball opens season with Baxter’s Colts matchup
Moose Baxter will pitch for the Colts against the O'Gorman organization in the indoor baseball opener at the Holland rink tonight. Cullerton, dubbed the Jimmy Wiggs of the winter, opposes him with a change of speed. The piece explains indoor rules, positions for two shortstops, and the batting order for both teams as fans anticipate a fun, lively game and possible intercity matchups.
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Baxter
O’gorman Roshing Association
Big Holland
Cullerton
Jimmy Wiggs
Joshers
Kirby Hoon
Colts
Hauswirth
Tommy Ellis Wins Medal and Butte Bowling Title
Nine challengers faced holder Joe Mudre at Thornton alleys in a tense weekly contest. Dr Tommy Ellis won with 943, Van Ells second at 887, Mudro and Perham tied at 875. High single game scores reached 222.
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Butte
Reading Ads in a Swiss Monastery Prisons Habit
A young English lord visits a Swiss monastery and endures a frugal Friday. An English reader mistakes the Latin benediction for a call to duty and asks the monk to set it outside. The anecdote ends with a wink at how ads can imprison us.
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The
New York Tribune
Switzerland
Dominus Tecum
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Butte News
Standard
East Broadway
Independent
Deer Lodge Bank
Hamilton
C.C.F
Miriam
D. of R
Bertha Quayle
Alice Davey
Mary Tripp
Elmira Edwards
Mary L. Fifer
Hannah Belleville
Annie Boyden
Eliza Thomas
May Cummings
Kate Howard
Emma Collins
Florence Donley
Elizabeth Frakes
Hattie Cohen
Cora Cavanaugh
Lizzie Knowlton
Sarah Snyder
Violet Gilbert
Hilda Allen
Emma O’reiley
Albert Knowlton
Sarah Spencer
Kate Pharis
Schaeffer
Hattie Tait
J. H. Mutton
A. J. Quinn
Sam Williams
J. C. Mitchell
John Steadman
William Waters
Henry Blount
William Kopard
G. Triggs
Manuel Downey
T. Miles
J. Olds
William Phillips
Sam Price
J. Wilcox
Charles A. Wallace
A. V. C. Knowlton
H. S. Young
H. Masters
J. H. Gilbert
William Hocking
William Connell
A. J. McKenzie
J. J. B. Nicholson
Edwin Ludendorff
Grand
Henry Meikelsohn
W.S. Hayes
E. L. Rice
Sven
C. F
Oscar Smith
Carl Wilson
Fred Wilman
Charles Williamson
Charles Sandin
John Stobben
John Wilson
G. O. Westlund
O. Noreen
M. Symonson
S. Hanson
John Unda
Gus Carlson
Gus Wilson
Smitherson
John Turnell
Vieunas
State Savings Bank
Tonkin
O'Brien
Butte Club
North Main Street
Butte, Mont
Pullman
Sheepmen OF
Ves
Mayer
the People’s Store
West Park
Montana Optical Co
Liberal Credit
Ava
Brussels
Irish Point
Battenberg
Renaissance
Portieres
Om Freight
Moose Baxter
Bat ‘Tis Said
Jim Wiggs
Wilcox
Holmes
Glendenning
Atwood
Murray
Ed Kane
Joshers—Schles
A. Merkle
van Riper
Carney
Hoon
Dolson
H. Merkle
James
Frank Jones
Tommy Ellis
Joe Mudre
J. Mudro
McKinley
Sheehan
van Ells
Adams
Jovich Ey
Softley
Perham Sheen Wate
Mudro
Denver
Elrofep
S. Jeweler and Optician
West Park Street
Ellis Paint Co
West Granite
Rask
East Park Street
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