Anaconda man Hugh Blair Reported Missing in 1901
Mrs. Hugh Newell Blair of Magalia California seeks news of her husband once a well known Anaconda worker. Blair left Anaconda for Oroville and vanished, with officials unable to locate him. Description given: age 40, 6 feet tall, 120 pounds, black hair, light brown mustache.
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Hugh Newell Blair
Magalia
Butte County
Cal
Anaconda
Blair
Oroville
California
Blatt
Butteounty
Description of a man last seen in grayscale attire
The individual is described as having blue eyes a large scar over the left eye and temple. At last sight he wore a gray and black check suit a tight shirt a small check gray and black Windsor tie a long black overcoat a broad brimmed hat and a light gray felt hat.
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Windsor
Antlers Host Delightful Montana Hotel Party
One of the month's pleasant events was the Antlers party at the Montana hotel last evening. The dining room was opened for dancing and music continued until early morning. Refreshments unique to the Antlers were served and the young men earned praise from the ladies for their well managed affair.
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Montana
Funeral for Austin Head Consul at Methodist Church
Funeral services for the late Mr. Austin, head consul of the Modern Woodmen of America, will be held Sunday at 2 o'clock at the Methodist church. Rev. Macurdy to officiate. Remains to be viewed at the Modern Woodmen hall Sunday morning. A special train of the Butte lodge is expected to run to Butte to allow local friends to attend.
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Austin
Modern Woodmen of America
Methodist Church
Macurdy
Modern Woodmen
Butte Lodge of Modern Woodmen
Butte
Get Good Ore From Red Dog
Reports from Anaconda say miners at the Red Dog property near the Cable mine have uncovered very rich rock showing copper and gold. Indications point to a promising prospect that could cause excitement on Cable mountain as ore is being assayed.
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Anaconda
Red Dog
Cable Mine
Cable Mountain
City notices and sales and church events today
Local ads announce The Grit Social dance at Austrian hall and coffee at The Grin, plus half price sales at McRae's and Strain's. Verberkmoes, optician, relocates. Speidel moves barber shop to No 2 North Main. Rev F H Gwynne to preach at Presbyterian church. Degree of Honor meeting tonight. Revival at Methodist church. Modern Woodmen funeral attendance at Standard hall. Auction-like discounts on garments and blankets.
Royal Neighbors Meeting Notice for Jan 19 Funeral
All members of Butte camp R N A are requested to meet at Standard hall January 19 at 1 30 p m to attend the funeral of our late neighbor W C Austin Mrs M Wightman Oracle Mrs Whittaker Secretary
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Anaconda
Modern Woodmen of America
Standard Hall
Austin
J. . Preston
Butte Camp
W. C. Austin
M. Wightman
Oracle
Whittaker
Sand Famine in Honolulu Amid Construction Surge
The Honolulu Bulletin reports a sand famine in the city as black sand becomes scarce for foundations and private uses while white sand is in greater shortage. Contractors and residents face delays as suppliers struggle to meet demand.
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Honolulu
Western Streams and Irrigation Drive Westward Development
Engineers insist saving and reusing stream flow key to reclaim millions of arid western acres. Congress moves to settle water use, expanding irrigation beyond former limits to furnish homes and business in Montana and beyond.
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Congress
Montana
No. 3 steamer wrecked at Lake Michigan bar in gale
The Pere Marquette steamer No. 3 struck the Ludington harbor bar in a southwest gale and sank in nine feet of water. Nine passengers and 35 crew were rescued by breeches buoy after a two hour line transfer from the pier. The vessel carried 25,000 bushels of barley and 600 tons of merchandise. rough seas drenched all during the rescue.
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Ludington
Mich
Pere Marquette Railway Company
North Pier
Novy
Frank Dority
Williams
Water storage and power to grow western farms
The article discusses intensifying stream storage through forestry, snowfall, dams, and reservoirs, and using electricity to conserve water. Power generated in mountains would pump irrigation water back to crops, with wells tapping river gravels and underground aquifers to expand farm use. The goal is maximal water use to cultivate the arid West.
Travel merchant Thomas E Fitzgerald visits Anaconda
Among yesterday's visitors to Anaconda was Thomas E Fitzgerald of Louvieville Kentucky a well known commercial traveler to hotel men railroad employers and pioneer leaders in the western states. For 30 years he has traveled Montana annually and is regarded as a genial figure whose presence brings smiles as he strolls the streets Fitz is a friend to all who know him.
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Commonwealth
Fitzgerald
Montana
Alice
Butte
Patrick Clark
Washington
Ogden
Utah
Mormon Church
Oregon
Anaconda
Thomas E. Pitegerald
Louvieville
Fitz
Grape-Nuts Boosts Family Health in Hibbing Testimony
A Hibbing Minnesota reader recounts typhoid recovery aided by Grape-Nuts Breakfast Food. The family notes rapid weight gain, improved appetite, pale illness in a brother, and increased milk supply for a nursing sister. They switched to Grape-Nuts with cream and fruit, reporting overall health gains and halting hot bread and meat at dinner. The writer requests anonymity.
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Hibbing
Minn
Postum Co
Rattle Creek
Mich
Pass Exchanges Ended Between Transit Firms After 1901
The record notes a year of reforms culminating in a final conference before 1902 where exchanges of passes with other transportation companies were unanimously discontinued after December 31, 1901. It states the agreement was a collective reform, not the work of any single president.
Leaning Tower of Pisa Study Challenges Accidental Lean
William H. Goodyear presents new measurements at Columbia University on Italian church refinements and the Pisa tower. He confirms Panieri Grassi’s observation of a higher inner spiral stairway and discusses whether the tilt is intentional, noting the center of gravity remains within safe limits.
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New York Correspondence
Chicago Tribune
William H. Goodyear
Brooklyn Institute Museum
Archaeological Institute of America
Columbia University
Pisa
Panierl Grassi
Landlord in Polkville Arkansas Describes Local Large Families
A tavern keeper in Polkville Arkansas remarks on the region's sizeable households when questioned by a traveler. He notes Lab Prittchett as the largest local family and jokes that visitors often ask who teaches the children.
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Puck
Beach fishing tale turns into a girlish catch joke
A humorous exchange from the Chicago News features two men at the beach. Tom boasts a nine pounder while Dick mishears, claiming a one percent pounder, until it’s revealed the catch is a girl.
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Chicago News
Tom
Spectator Story of a Sailor Recovered from the Engine Room
An account describes a crew member remaining in the engine room to the end, resisting evacuation until the water forced him out. The tale highlights endurance aboard the vessel and the perilous conditions faced by sailors during flooding.
Denver Girl Captures Santos-Dumont Air Tour Photo
Miss Katherine Smith, a Denver girl studying in Paris, photographed Santos-Dumont during his Eiffel Tower air tour from the convent room. She used her Kodak to capture the flying airship as it approached within a quarter mile, sending a vivid description to her father O. L. Smith of Smith Roooks Publishing.
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Denver Post
Katherine Smith
Denver
Paris
Convent de Assumption
Santos-Dumont
Eiffel Tower
Katherine
O. L. Smith
Smithrooks Publishing Company
Virginia Dines
Smith
Miss Smith
East Denver High School
Magruder and the Great Greenback Burn
Treasury official Magruder, tasked with destroying worn-out currency, leaves his office at closing time and chats with a friend in the corridor. The exchange reveals he burned about ten million dollars that day and, in a humorous aside, asks for ten cents he does not want.
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New York Times
Treasury Department
Magruder
Probate of Will for A A De Kay in Deer Lodge County
In the Third Judicial district of Montana Deer Lodge County. Notice of probate of will for A A De Kay deceased. Court calendar sets January 28 1902 at 10 a m to prove the will and hear R E De Kay's request for letters testamentary. Interested parties may contest. William E F Thomas Clerk.
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Third Judicial District
State of
Montana
Deer Lanige
A. A. de Kay
Deer Lodge
R. E. de Kay
Tod
Illiam EF. Thomas
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Gund
Peerless
John Gund Brewing Co
Lacrosse
Wis
Charles W. French
Mont
Riley -Dwyer Liquor Co
Butte, Mont
Tato Bee
Pew
Ier I
Physicians & Surgeons
PONDS
Sway At
The
Mr. Austin
Cable
Flor de
Baltimore
Verberkmoes
Strain’s
McRae’s
People’s Store
Hast Park Avenue
Maet Park Avenue
McRae
O. D
Speidel
Main Street
Doc
Morgan
North Main
New York
Cleveland
Chicago
McRae & Co
Strain's
Optician
Fast Park
F. H. Gwynne
Dillon
Presbyterian Church
Capital City Lodge
No. U5
Friendship Hall
August Trask
Honolulua
Eastern
Trunk Line Association
Trunk Line
Visa
Snap Shotted
Oakland Woman’s Riding Club
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Jennie FE
O'Donneles
Prixnan
Lydia KK. Pinkham
Mars
Jensie O'Donnell
East 31St St
SS E—S
National City Bank of
Lynn
Herpicide
Keeley Institute O F Montana
Boulder Hot Springs
Keeley Institute
Boulder
Daly Bank and
Trust Company OF
John K. Toolfe
M. B. Greenwood
Louis V. Bennett
Bw. C Norbeck
William T
Anaconda, Mont
Carl Hay Carroll
Claude Pyle
Elretare
Preven Evelegien
Rue Evans
Druggtiete
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