Butte News Notes Piles, Pianos, Cars, and Court
Rent pianos from Orton Bros. Buick and Dodge ads mingle with town notices. A county courthouse spring cleaning begins with retracing the county attorney’s office, jury lists prepared by officials, andMrs Nellie Sullivan to return from Los Angeles with daughter Florence. Main street drunks are fined ten dollars, a basement fire causes minor damage, and Buick’s valve in head slogan echoes as prevailing lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Brocker
Montana Auto Trimming Co
Dodge Brothers
Silver Bow Motor Car Co
P. O
Buick
Alhambra Hot Springs
Nellie Sullivan
Florence Sullivan
Los Angeles
Butte
John Henry
South
Idaho Street
Carpenters Local 112 Urges Meeting Attendance
All members of Local No 112 are urged to attend a meeting on January 15. Secretary J E M NALLY announces attendance and notes important machinery and equipment needs were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Impaetant Hicinace
Sprinklers Run as Butte Thaws in January
In Butte, after a record cold snap, temperatures rose from minus 56 to plus 40 within a month. City tanks flushed debris from streets in the business district on January 13 as street work hinted at an early spring. Forecasters warned of another sharp cold spell tonight with possible snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
City Street Department
Butte Electric Railway Company
Belgian notes bought by American syndicate
An American syndicate has purchased 25 million dollars of Belgium gold notes, one-year and five-year 6 percent issues, announced by Belgium’s fiscal agents J. P. Morgan & Co and the Guaranty Trust company. Banking houses and trusts in New York Chicago and other large cities participated in the underwriting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kingdom of Belgium
J. P. Morgan & Co
Guaranty Trust Company
Chicago
Disease mystery sweeps Kansas City children
In Kansas City on January 13 physicians described a prevalent illness among children that has appeared for about four weeks under several names including winter cholera, intestinal influenza and dysentery. They noted the condition also shows up in nearby Oklahoma and Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Kansay
Revenue Office Auction For Sugar Corn Meal And Guns
Nineteen hundred pounds of brown cane sugar four hundred pounds of corn meal and several firearms seized in illicit still raids will be sold at public sale at 10 o clock on Saturday Jan 24 announced by H M Dengler revenue officer The guns include one single barrel shotgun one double barrel shotgun one .22 rifle and two .44 rifles Purchasers limited to 100 pounds of sugar each The sugar should fetch at least 10 90 per hundred pounds and some guns are highly valued while others show wear
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Internal Revenue
H. M. Dengler
Milk Inspectors Stranded In Snow Drift Near Butte
Milk Inspector Erickson and Fumigating Officer Josiah James, seven miles from Butte, drove into a three foot snowdrift while collecting milk samples. A late hour telephone message to city hall reported they were all right and expected to reach Butte by midnight. The pair had used a motorcycle, raising questions about possible delays and rescue from the long drift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Erickson
Josiah James
Bumper Ice Crop Being Harvested in Butte Area
Ice men in Butte Montana report a bumper harvest with a larger storage than last year as the second cutting nears completion. First cutting ice averaged 16 inches thick of high quality, eight inches already forming for the third cut. The forecast is for ample summer supply and more than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Montana
Butte Ice Company
Boy Burned by Molten Metal at Timber Butte Mill
An 18 year old machinist apprentice Donald Stewart suffered severe facial burns while pouring babbits into a mold at Timber Butte mill. The noon accident involved a sputtering molten stream that sprayed the receptacle. he was taken to Murray hospital. Home address listed as 1108 West Park Street.
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Timber Butte
Donald Stewart
Murray Hospital
West Park Street
Jailer Lavelle Cleared By Police Trial Board
The police commission trial board found Jailer Barney Lavelle not guilty of charges of irregularity in handling a bond and using profane language. It noted provocation for the language and deemed the four hour prisoner absence without proper bail as not deserving action. The board stated no fraud and returned $100 in security after a bond was set and urged proper record of bonds in the jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trial Board of Police Commissioners
Barney Lavelle
David H. Wittenberg
Wittenberg
Lavelle
Border Proximity Reflects Lack of Foresight
Toledo Blade critics argue that establishing the Mexican border so near the United States showed insufficient planning and foresight in policy. The remark frames the border position as a strategic flaw with potential cross border implications.
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United States
Toledo Blade
Jury Finds Judgment for Mrs Sarah Evans in Burr Case
A jury returned a judgment in favor of plaintiff Mrs. Sarah Evans against Henry Burr for more than 1100 dollars. Evans claimed expenditures and services from 1911 to 1918 when Burr was a boarder in her home. The jury’s tally was 10 to 3 after about an hour.
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Sarah Evans
Dr Townshend Buried In Montana Funeral Rites
Funeral services for Dr. H. H. Townshend were held at the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dr. E. De Groeneveld officiating. Masonic services were observed at the grave. Townshend, a former Butte physician, died last Sunday after living in several towns including Melrose where he married Lorena McCauley.
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H. H. Townshend
First Presbyterian Church
E. de Groeneveld
de Townshend
Montana Lodge
Knights Templars
Virginia City
Townshend
Butte
Melrose
Lorena McCauley
Ruby
Hedgesville
Ends Stubborn Coughs in a Hurry
A home remedy promises rapid relief for coughs using Pinex and sugar syrup or substitutes. The blend claims to soothe airways, loosen phlegm, and aid throat and chest ailments, with a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Senate rejects amendment to power bill in final push
Washington January 13. By 40 to 16 the senate rejected an amendment by Senator Harrison Mississippi to exempt waters of the St. Lawrence and Niagara rivers from the bill. The body acted on all principal amendments as it nears final action, with a final vote expected tomorrow. Senator Nelson Minnesota in charge defended the measure against foes who warned of giveaway of water power. An amendment for Potomac development near Washington at up to 25 million dollars was attacked by Senator Walsh Montana who said he would seek a separate vote later.
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Washington
Senate
Harrison
Mississippi
St. Lawrence
Niagara
House
Congress
Nelson
Minnesota
Great Falls
Potomac River
Walsh
Montana
British Vets Move to Canada in Postwar Exodus
Thousands of former British soldiers eye Canada as land hunger grows. An immigration officer in London notes many will use the military service act for free rail transport to landing ports, with a special Canadian farmer committee selecting settlers for land near railways reserved for soldier settlement.
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International News Service
Ottawa
Ontario
Canada
Canadian Prairies
Obed Smith
London
Ministry of Colonization
St Jacobs Liniment advertised for rheumatism relief
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Liniment as a safe instant remedy for rheumatic pain soreness and stiffness. It claims most cases do not require internal treatment and endorses its use on tender spots for relief. Also promoted for sciatica neuralgia lumbago back ache sprains and swellings.
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St. Jacobs
St Jacobs
St Jacobs Liniment
Prize baby dies in fire at Newport show
Nett A. Johansen Jr., 18 months old, accidentally burned himself to death in Newport after setting his clothes on fire with matches. He had won first prize at the Civic League baby show last May. Parents listed as Mr. and Mrs. Nett A. Johansen of 99 Second Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Newport, R. L
Nett A. Johansen Jr
Civic League
Nett A. Johansen
No. 99
Second Street
How to Bathe Face to Remove Wrinkles
A historic note explains Saxolite face bath as an astringent tonic used to firm facial skin and reduce wrinkles. The remedy uses one ounce powdered saxolite dissolved in half a pint of witch hazel, claimed harmless and easily obtainable from drug stores.
Be Young for Your Years Be Young for Your Years
A health message explains the seven year tissue cycle and how gradual breakdown signals aging. It warns that when body tissues waste faster than rebuilt, vitality falls, even before old age. It urges timely help to rebuild vital forces and maintain vigor amid stress.
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Constance
Fidelity Leys
Jewelers
Optometrists
N. P
Ee the
Hallmark Store
Butte News
Orton Bros
Nally
Everybody’s Grocery
McCarthy & Day
North Main
Lipton
Batavia
Richard P. Hoenck
Minneapolis
N. Main
Butte, Mont
Ontic
Eure Laboratories
de Opt X
Ree
Ieee
Revenue Office
Police Trial Board
Scott & Bowre
W. Park Reliable Jewelers
DR. Townshend
M’carthy
Bryant & CO
Lyon
John J. M’carthy
Park St
Edison Mazda
Henry’s Pharmacy
Granite
Alabama
ED Rose
N. Main Street
B. E. Calkins CO
dePaul
N. Choulos
Park Street
DR. Davis
Owsley Blockark
RED Boot Shoe CO
Oechsli
West Broadway
Columbia
Graphopotek 8
REC Newbro Drugco
McCarthy’s Sanitary Grocery & Meat Store
East Broadway
Hood River
Virginia
North Dakota
Idaho
Swift
Dakota
McCarthy's Sanitary Store
Harrison Avenue
Ea Ord
Piaf
Eteal
James Francis Sullivan
Ceeely
Bellevue Hospital
Westchester County Hospital
Becau
Tron
Aryko
Lyko Medicine Company
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