Butte News: Joe Shafer Likely To Walk Free
Reports say Joe Shafer, a Black man awaiting a third trial for murder, faces possible discharge after repeated failed efforts to locate witnesses. Prosecutors found only a doctor who testified to Hawkins’s death. all other witnesses are dead or missing, with one living witness in Alaska. Shafer has endured four years and seven months in jail after two prior death penalty trials.
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Joe Shafer
John Hawkins
Breen
Hawkins
Shafer
Alaska
William Walsh
Butte
City Health Report: December Deaths Low and Disease Decline
Health Officer Leggat reports the city is generally healthy with only 52 December deaths and ongoing declines in scarlet fever and diphtheria. Smallpox is minimal compared with a year ago. The trend suggests further improvement this month.
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Leggat
Coal delivery ad from Citizens' Coal Co No 4
Coal company advertises delivery of Kemmerer Rock Springs Nocky Fork and Gebo coal in any quantity on short notice. Fast Broadway address listed.
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Kemmerer
Rock Springs
Nocky Fork
Gebo
Citizens’ Coal CO
Broadway
Shave Thyself With The New Gem Safety Razor
The advertisement touts the New Gem safety razor as easier safer and quicker than ordinary razors. It claims months or years of practice cause many cuts and that even with experience cuts can occur. It promises a close clean shave every morning with no experience needed.
Pawnshop Closing Hour Test Case Faces District Court
Victor Paltrovich was fined 50 dollars for keeping a pawnshop open after 6 pm violating a city ordinance. The Clerks union backed the test case to challenge constitutionality, with appeals planned to the supreme or district court.
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Clerks’ Union of the
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly
Paltrovich
Dickinson
Clerks’ Union
Paiteevich
Supreme Court
Judge Wines
Bollinger
Herron
Silver How Trades and Labor Assembly
Wines
Bollinger and Herron
Koyse
Bolinger
Hoyle
Paltrevich
District Court
Lockers Moved After Guard Sets Aside Reading Room
The city loaded more than a hundred lockers removed from the old library. Captain B. G. Jeans objected but did not oppose the move. Police seize 25 lockers for courtroom use while seeking purchase from Captain Jeans.
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Estret
National Guard
G. Jeans
Captain Jeans
Reynolds
Meehan Fined for Assault on Railroad Worker
Forsyth January 2 Special Dispatch to the Standard Thomas Meehan saloon keeper arrested yesterday for assaulting a railroad laborer was tried today before Judge Dowlin and fined 15 dollars and costs and ordered to pay the injured man's expenses until recovery.
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The
Standard
Forsyth
Thomas Meehan
Diphtheria Scare Eases in Townsend After Two Cases
A diphtheria scare in Townsend has subsided with two mild cases among children. Officials report the illness is not as alarming as earlier, and the youngsters are expected to recover within a few days.
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The
Standard
Townsend
Jan
Age of Questioning by Rev Leslie Sprague in Butte
Regular weekly meeting at Good Templars Hall discusses organizing a Butte church. Rev Leslie Sprague of Helena leads the Unitarian service amid cold weather with about 50 seeking membership.
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Good Templars
Butte
Leslie Willis Sprague
Helena
Sprague
God
Wordsworth
Ingersoll
Spencer
John Fiske
Havre Items: Railroad Accident and Local Developments
Havre report notes a switchman Robert Rathbone crushed his left hand in a coupling mishap. Doctors fear loss of the thumb and several fingers but operate to save two small fingers. Post office moved to new notch. about 100 additional boxes. A steel bridge across the Mi’k river, north of town, now complete as a one span 115 feet long with 5 foot approaches.
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Havre
Robert M. Rathbone
Great Northern
Mi'k
Remarkable Cure of a Boy Saved by Cough Remedy
A mother credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with saving her little boy in Inwood Iowa. She recalls drastic breathing difficulty and a rapid dosing schedule that led to recovery. The testimonial also claims the medicine prevents pneumonia by counteracting the progression of colds or influenza. Sold at Standard Smith Martin drug stores and other outlets in Butte.
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Chamberlain
A. E. Steere
Goodwin
Joe Demont
Inwood
Iowa
Standard Drug Store
Smith Drug Store
Martin Drug Store
Butte
Lutte
Closing Out Hosiery and Silk Cord Sale Steals
15e fine silk cords in many shades drop to 2 for yard. Fine French cashmere hose cut to 59c per pair. Boys heavy ribbed wool hose sizes 6 to 9 12% 40c per pair. Girls black cashmere hose ribbed double soles heals sizes 6 to 9% 40c per pair.
Preliminary hearing concludes in Levi Cartier grand larceny case
Rebuttal testimony concluded yesterday in a grand larceny case against Levi Cartier charged with stealing a horse from a Divide-area ranch near Rocker last May. Cartier admitted taking the horse and trading it for a wagon but denied theft, claiming ownership. Trial rescheduled after transcript completion with a February 13 decision date. additional notes include a petty larceny case against Mrs. Scott and Roosevelt Townsite company travel info.
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Jude Taylor
South Butte
Lev Cartier
Cartier
Joe Boulet
Divide
Beaverhead County
Jackson
Khtutte
Rocker
Junckron
Boulet
Tle
Cour
Jude
Case
Scott
Arno'd
Kate Albert
East Park Street
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