Too Many Patrons at General Delivery in Butte Postoffice
The Butte post office handles nearly 1,000 daily calls at the general delivery window, about 75 percent of which could be served by carriers. Washington plans to cut costs by reducing general delivery use, requiring residents to justify calls and possibly providing written reasons. carrier service costs around $40,000 yearly, while general delivery adds about $1,000 in extra annual expense.
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Normal eighth grade graduates this year at Butte High
The spring term will see 187 eighth graders advance to secondary school and the number of graduates remains normal. The Butte school board meets this afternoon to discuss the teachers' payroll routines and heating plant issues at Emerson school. Reports on heating inefficiency in cold weather were reviewed at two special meetings.
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Butte High School
Butte School
Emerson School
Fireman Alleges Abuse in Custody Fight in Butte
Nettie Flynn files four voice petitions against Edward Flynn a Butte fireman alleging two years of beating and death threats. She fears entry to Placer Street home and seeks alimony child custody and costs while he earns 18 a month. Also reports Charles Foster divorcing Mary Foster and P Teague in divorce cross pleadings with ambivalent results.
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Nettie Flynn
Edward Flynn
Fire Department
Butte
Placer Breet
Torney
Charles H. Foster
Mary Foster
Donian
Anaconda
PG McBride
Delphine McBride
Lynch
Mcstride
Minnesota
Fitzgerald
Peter ‘Teague
Tha Teague
Teague
Mining claim dispute on trial in court
Judge McClernan heard a dispute in J L Vines and T J Harrington versus John Mallon over mining claim rights. Mallon holds ground via Lakeview extension Rex No 2 location, while plaintiffs say 1908 Hitside Yode ground was located earlier and Lakeview illegal. The case likely extends beyond a day.
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J. L. Vines
T. J. Harrington
John Mallon
Mallon
Lakeview
Rex No. 2
Burt Marsh
Harry Marsh
Hitside Yode
Kent
Empress Vaudeville Features Cosmopolitan Dancer Lenora
Mile Lenora, famed cosmopolitan danseuse, discusses her world touring career and artistry at the Empress. She describes three dance styles, the physical demands of toe and ragtime work, and notes fellow artists Miss Spier and others in current productions at venues in New York and the Adirondacks.
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Lily Lenora
Lenora
Irma Komlossy
E. Lenora
India
Geremany
Europe
Asia
Canada
United States
Cage
Louis
Mont
Angelica Spier
Willam Fox Pictures
Miss Spier
New York
Adirondacks
HL Cooper Cliffe
Dorothy Green
William Fox
Richard Mansted
Annia Theater
Wilkes takes control of Seattle Metropolitan Theater
Negotiations completed this morning transferring management of the Metropolitan theater in Seattle to Ernest Wilkes and The Wilkes, Inc. The move ends years of Wilkes interest in securing a Seattle venue and signals new leadership for the theater.
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Willand Ernest Wilkes
Wilkes, Inc
Ernest Wilkes
Wilkes Circuit Expands West Coast Theater Reach
The Wilkes theater company adds fone to its circuit and may open the Broadway theater in Butte, while Seattle is eyed to stage Ready Money in two weeks. Wilkes plans travel to Honolulu to open a theater site. Cities represented include San Francisco Portland Salt Lake Sacramento Tacoma Spokane and Butte with holdings in Los Angeles Vancouver Oakland and other coast cities.
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Honolu Uu
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Portland
Salt Lake
Sacramento
Tacoma
Spokane
Los Angeles
Vancouver
Oakland
Concert Tonight in Walkerville Church
Soloists from Butte and Grace Methodist Episcopal church join the Mount pethel Methodist choir for an evening concert at Walkerville Church. Will Gribble leads the Hill City church choir with a program featuring songs, solos by Miss Williams and Miss Black, Grace orchestra selections, a double quartet piece, recitations, and a piano duet.
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Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Mount Pethel
Miss Black
Stephen Adams
Mrs. Lottle Hall
The
Grace
Comrades
Elsie Rundle
Lucy Richards
Will Gribbies
Walker Receivership Ends After Final Court Report
A. F. Keppeler, receiver for Frank Walker the liquor man, filed a final report and was discharged. The report states all debts against Hearst Walker were discharged. When the receiver began April 1, assets were $34,675.79. receipts totaled $42,070.98. expenditures were $23,534.28, leaving a net gain of $1.
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A. F. Keppeler
Frank Walker
Lquor
Hearst Walker
Ranch settlement leaves cash on hand for Walker
The receivership disbursed 68649.79 with 86.50.11 cash remaining. The receiver is authorized to pay that amount to Walker. Attorneys who aided the business for the receiver were allowed 500.
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Walker
Reserve Seats for Women Laymen's Butte Meeting
About 250 seats will be set aside in the Butte Auditorium gallery for women at the laymen's missionary movement convention in Butte from February 2 to 6. The events are open to all women who wish to attend, with Three Forks sending delegations to both Butte and Billings for Eastern Montana.
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Butte
Three Forks
Montana
Billings
Duluth
United States
James Robinson and Miss Mary Irving wed at St Johns
James Robinson and Miss Mary Irving were married at 2 o clock yesterday afternoon in the rectory of St Johns Episcopal Church by the Rev Charles F Chapman. A number of friends and relatives attended the ceremony.
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James Robinson
Mary Irving
St John's Episcopal Church
Charles F. Chapman
Brig Gen Hugh G Fitton Listed Among Killed In France
London January 24 casualty list from the British front in France shows Brig Gen Hugh Gregory Fitton aid to the king among the dead. Known for service in the Soudan and Boer campaigns he was repeatedly mentioned and awarded the Distinguished Order for Dongola. About 79 percent of the human body is water.
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Hugh Gregory Fitton
France
Fitton
Dongola
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