Butte Health Report Shows Fewer Contagious Illnesses
Dr. T J Sullivan city health officer released June figures on deaths and disease. total 73 deaths and 23 contagious cases with 51 births and a gender split of 35 males 46 females. deaths occurred inside 31 inside city 22 outside. scarlet fever nine cases down four from May and smallpox ten cases five fewer than last month. pesthouse now holds two smallpox cases to be dismissed soon.
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T. J. Sullivan
County Board of Health
Butte Camp No 153 Delays Meeting Until July 10 1902
Butte camp No 153 will cancel its regular weekly session on July 3 and instead hold a meeting to install new officers on the evening of July 10 1902 announced by G J Langford.
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Butte Camp
G. J. Langford
Denver Gets the Bequest for Clayton College
The Colorado supreme court delivered unanimous opinion declaring Denver entitled to a $2,000,000 estate left by George W. Clayton to found Clayton college for boys. The decision was announced today in Denver.
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Denver
Supreme Court
George W. Clayton
Clayton College For Boys
Handwriting Expert Testifies In Colbert Will Forgery Case
R B Nuckols assistant cashier from State Savings bank testified for Scheuer Fluke contestants in Colbert will contest. He compared genuine Colbert signatures with the will and concluded the will’s signature is a forgery due to its bold steady hand versus tremors in older signatures. He maintained this view after cross and redirect examination.
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Witnes
R. B. Nuckols
State Savings Bank
Nuckols
Charles Colbert
Colbert
F Keily
Meadervildla Judge Albert J Shepherd Dies in Meaderville
Albert J. Shepherd justice of the peace for Meaderville township died at 11:30 yesterday morning at his home 44 Main Street Meaderville from consumption after a two year illness with sudden decline in the last weeks. Born in Cornwall England March 9 1861 he came to the United States at 18 and to Butte a year later remaining a resident of the camp. A miner by trade he lost his right hand in a 1890 fireworks accident and thereafter held municipal or county posts including Meaderville constable and justice of the peace designated a year ago last February. He married Mrs Lulu Scott May 21 1887 in Butte who survives. He was esteemed by all and Funeral services by the Sons of St George will be from the family home at Meaderville at 2 pm Wednesday.
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Albert J. Shepherd
Meaderville
Main Street
Judge Shepherd
Cornwall
England
United States
Hutte
Wells Fargo teller Robertson returns after disappearance
Alexander A. Robertson paying teller and city council member reappears after a Saturday vanishing and is under police guard. The bank shortage is about 80 000 dollars though cashier Dooley says the final figure may be lower. Robertson plans to issue a statement tomorrow. no confession or implication reported.
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Salt Lake
Alexander A. Robertson
Wells- Fargo Bank
Paul
Dooley
Robertson
Miner Brumer Burned in Tent Fire at Bonanza
Bonanza message reports John Brumer a 47 year old miner burned to death in his tent near Bonanza Oregon early Sunday. Suspected murder and robbery due to reports he kept money on him. Fire alarm found his tent ablaze and rescuers could not enter. Charred remains were recovered after the fire.
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Baker City
Ore
Bonanza
John Brumer
Brumer
Coldest June on Record in Kansas City Climate Report
Kansas City reports June 30 a record cold month since the weather office began in 1889. The period was marked by cool murky days and rainfall 1.61 inches below normal, reflecting unusually subdued warmth.
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Kansas City
Weather Office
Denver Health Official in Critical Illness Typhoid Case
Dr. George FE Tyler secretary of the state board of health is critically ill with typhoid fever in Denver. He is Senator Teller's son in law and a telegram to Washington asked the senator to come. Teller replies he will start at once. Mr and Mrs Ed Moyle return from South Dakota trip. Mrs Moyle resumes nursing at their home 716 Nevada avenue.
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Denver
George FE. Tyler
State Board of Health
Tyler
Teller
Washington
Ed Moyle
South Dakota
Steamers Jeannie and Portland Safe Amid Ice Pack
The Centennial reaches Port Townsend with news that the steamers Jeannie and Portland are safe and not harmed by Arctic ice. The Thetis is not lost, and Belvedere confirms sighting on June 17 eighty miles north of Cape Prince of Wales. The Thetis remains ready to assist as conditions change.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Centennial
Cape Nome
Jeannie
Portland
United States
Thetis
Belvedere
Cape Prince of Wales
Seattle
Arctic Sea
Nome
Arctic
Belve
Dere
Aristocratic Nose and Culture in Blackwoods Reflections
The article argues that a patrician nose results from cultural and muscular factors, linking facial expressions to behavior. It claims the mouth's muscles reveal mental habits, while maintaining that a well balanced mind preserves a refined appearance. It asserts plebeian noses are common and foundational to humanity.
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Blackwoods Magazine
Population and slave ownership in the prewar South
The article notes 1860 census figures for the South showing 8,099,780 free whites and 8,953,696 slaves in the nation. It highlights a South Carolinian owning over 1,000 slaves, with 88 individuals across nine states exceeding 700 slaves, and Virginia and South Carolina as leading slaveholder states.
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South
Vini
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