Butte streetcar nostalgia recalls cable era and wreck tale
Frank D Row, Visitor of the Governor, recounts old Butte streetcar days. A boyhood job at the cable line and a memorable incident where a late arm of the engine house blocked by a cross member led miners to assemble, cheer, and push the car back onto the track. The reminiscence blends local transit lore with a later war era camp discussion.
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Butte
Ysee
van Wart
Anes
Token
Calgary
Aleberta
Sir van Wart
William Hosking
Philway
Jattre
North Main Street
Center- Lille
Nlame
Rotary Club Dine and Patriotism Events Highlight Butte Meeting
Enthusiastic speeches will be delivered by J Bruce Kremer and former Senator Lee Mantle at the weekly Butte Rotary Club luncheon in the Butte Grill at noon. Officers including A Meyers assure a large turnout as the committee reports on grand arrangements. The Ladies Aid Society of First Baptist Church meets at Mrs Pase's residence at 2 30 this afternoon, with a call for strong attendance.
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J. Bruce Kremer
United States
Lee Mantle
Butte Rotary Club
Butte Grill
Meyers
Wil Mnittee
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Firat
Aptist Church
Pase Ons
Nevada probate seeks Hale million estate value details
Petition for the probate of Senator Hale's will filed today places the Nevada estate at 528 500 dollars. It comprises stocks bonds and other securities.
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Nevada
Fragmented OCR depicts war supply and Oregon labor tension
The text references French guard troops in the mountains of Italy, hospital supply work for soldiers in France, warnings about Oregon, and unrest linked to radicals. It mentions shipwrights, boiler makers, and other skilled workers, urging applications via Portland for early spring employment in a US job program.
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Italy
United Service
Oregon
Justic
Des Cay
Air Snonta
Portland
United States
Butte Poultry to Enter at Montana Show in Bozeman
Poultry owners from Butte will be well represented at the Montana state poultry show in Bozeman from February to 11. Charles D. Greenfield reports Butte's strong past performance suggests several prizes will be claimed. A Missouri farm pen on the honor roll at the All Northwest egg laying contest is noted, with December averages of 2015 68 and 158 chickens averaging 18. The average selling price is cents a dozen, with net profit above feed costs. Meanwhile, Washington hearing on coal and sugar recommendations nears final reports as subcommittees finish midterm work.
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Lewis
Pleasurab
Seret
A. K. Stevens
Camp Lewin
Sours
Frank D
Row
Montana
Camp Lewis
Butte
Bozeman
Charles D. Greenfield
Mr. Greenfield
LB. Harris
Missourii
Pullman
Two Thousand Rifles Being Turned Out Daily at Winchester
Washington reports the first Americanized Enfield rifle produced at the Winchester plant for American troops abroad was presented today as a personal souvenir. The plant is turning out rifles at a rate of 600 daily, with further production promised for the British army.
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Washington
Winchester
Burns Anniversary Observed By Daughters Of Scotia
Under the Daughters of Scotia, the anniversary of Robert Burns birthplace will be celebrated at the Woman's Club building tomorrow night. An early evening program features poetry and songs, followed by dancing with a fine orchestra. The event aids the society's charitable work.
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Daughers of
Scotia
Robert Burns
Elt
Ayrshire
Gust
Wyse Hospital
Sunplien
Frances
Tomrowis
Pacifist Rempfer Driven Out Of Mitchell Meeting
Mitchell South Dakota January 23 The socialist convention was forcibly disrupted as Rempfer a parkston resident and delegate was escorted away by six unknown men and warned not to return to Mitchell He was hustled into an automobile driven outside town and ordered to walk home twenty miles away A note of threat reportedly preceded the incident and mayor Jt Rempfer ordered the action Franklin-style note indicates possible intimidation at a political gathering in Mitchell.
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Mitchell
Rempfer
Parkston
Parks
Florence
Rempter
Transom thief goes over the top again
A transom burglar repeated break ins in Butte early yesterday stealing about 500 dollars in goods from two stores. Oscar Silver says thieves gained entry through unlocked doors, took cash postage stamps and cigars, with drug bottles hidden behind a shelf. Police suspect a dope fiend carried out the raids, noting no violent drugs were seized.
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Butte
Oscar Silver
US Trade Surplus Reaches Record 8.18 Billion In 1917
Commerce department figures show a historic trade surplus with exports totaling 6.226 billion and imports at 3. - The year 1917 saw the United States vault ahead by nearly 3.274 billion in favorable balance, with allied purchases financed by credits rather than gold transfers. Notice concerns former employee J. Mattson and disclaims any connection with Bessette-Stork Co.
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America
Department of Commerce
United States
Eel Mports
J. Mattson
Bessette-Stork CO
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