June Rain Records and Temperature Extremes Noted
June featured 22 rainy days in Butte, not the 26 bettors expected. May set a yearly high rain record in 1915 with 28 rainy days. The weather office lists several dry days in June, with warmest day at 88 and coolest at 23. Snow fell on two days and only seven June days were clear. Across April to June, total precipitation reached 4.84 inches in June versus 2.88 in May, with 14 clear days.
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Butte
Weather Office
Woman Teacher Passes Bar Examination in Montana
Miss Nellie Jane Wilson, barrister, is the only woman among 18 successful bar aspirants in Montana. She taught at Greeley school and was listed in the Standard. Wilson is taking a summer course at the University of Minnesota and studied under J.G. Denny.
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Nellie Jane Wilson
Horoscope Forecast for July 1 1915
July 1 1915 horoscope discusses Mercury Saturn and the sun in benefic aspects predicting luck in seeking new positions promotions and favors. It notes Sun energizes mind and originality and praises advertising publicity and wealth from the earth with East and West contributing to gains.
Compensation law adoption by Montana mining firms outlined
In Helena and Butte the North Butte, Anaconda Copper, North Butte Copper Mining and others post notices choosing plan No 1 or No 2 of the new compensation act. Plan 1 lets companies insure directly for injuries and deaths. plan 2 uses guaranteed-insurance firms under the Industrial Accident Board. The board warns employers to file notices to opt under the act and outlines timelines for injury notices and claims.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
North Butte Copper Mining Company
Butte-Alex Scott Mining Company
Ne Butte & Superior Company
East Butte Mining Company
Butte-Ballaklava
Davis-Daly
Zenith
Montana
Butte
Industrial Accident’ Board
Industrial Accident Board
rHelena
Helena
Montan
Ton Slab Kills Miner at St Lawrence Mine
A slab weighing over a ton fell six feet from the hanging wall at the St. Lawrence mine on the 2,200 foot level yesterday morning, killing Patrick Kennedy aged 55, an Ireland native living at 432 Anaconda road. Kennedy and his partner were waiting to go on shift after the previous shift blasted two days earlier. Deputy State Mine Inspector D. J. McGrath led an investigation and an inquest was set for 2 pm. Relatives reside in New York City.
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St. Lawrence
Patrick Kennedy
Kennedy
Bod ‘Ag
Walsh
D. J. McGrath
Ireland
New York City
Anaconda Road
Dog taxes due now and census begins
Today is the last day to pay dog licenses and census takers start tomorrow. If not paid, offenders face police court fines up to 100 dollars. Only 85 licenses paid so far this year, compared with 1,085 last year. Encroachment taxes many delinquent, city attorney to be furnished with lists for court action. About 9000 to 18000 remaining unpaid.
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Ward
Special Neckwear Offer for Holidays at Half Dollar
A compact sale of men's neckwear offers a special lot of new fashionable ties at 50 cents each, timed for the holidays. Superior quality options are also advertised at a higher price of one dollar.
Dreamland to Open This Saturday Night in City
Dreamland on South Montane street opens next Saturday with a grand debut due to demand for larger dancing space. Admission is 60 cents for opening night as crowds are expected, with regular hours on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays at 9 p.m. All are invited to attend.
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Mercury
Uig
Teanog
Katy
Afecture
Ater Byndleatey
Dreamland
South Montane Street
Cornelius
Prohibition Strikes On Oregon Short Line
A dry zone order took effect at midnight on the Oregon Short Line from Butte to Salt Lake. Rail officials warn special trains may still breach the rule while dining car revenue risks drop due to the ban on water milk tea coffee and stimulants.
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Butte
Salt Lake
Idaho
The
Elks
San Francisco
Government reports record stamp sales in prosperous year end
Mr. Moore stated that stamp sales were far higher than usual and the month proved exceedingly prosperous for the government as the fiscal year closed yesterday.
Heavy Fines Imposed in the Police Court
Judge Whitty handed out stiff penalties yesterday to defendants including Richard Simms fined 100 dollars and Mabel Stevens 50 dollars after vagrancy arrests in a rear Oxford cabin. G Noceht paid 100 dollars for unlicensed beer sales, while Kennedy Franklin and Cleo Dean faced 25 dollars on vagrancy charges. Others, such as Charles Jenking, William Hughes, and several fight participants, received 10 to 50 dollar fines for drunkenness and disorder in the vicinity.
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G. Noceht
Tos
Kennedy Franklin
Ands Cleo
Dean
Charles Jenking
William Hughes
Robert Robbins
Bob Willams
Jack McConnell
Omcer Wittman
Louis Lasso
John Barnatto
Bud O'Meara
Bert Grant
Estate transfers and a Czech political note
Real estate transfers include Charles H. Ferns to Andrew Mackey and Olivia H. Hopkins to John Vandam with nominal sums, plus a trust to William Day and a lot sale in Columbia addition. An order confirms A Macrum estate to Tidewater Investment. The Narodnie Listy in Prague, a Young Czech party organ, has been suppressed by police amid postwar unrest reports.
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H. Riley
Frank
Stoucan
Silver How Park
Olivia H. Hopkins
John Vandam
Hopkins
Philo H. King
William J. Day
Block Butte
John L. Hurater
Elian Hurater
Columbia
John Angulus
Willanery
School of Mine Ition
A. Macrum
Tideswater Investment. Company
Tange T West
Prague
Bohemia
London
Narodnie Listy
Young Czech Party
Chicago's Contribution to Revenue Receipts Increase
Chicago citizens paid into the internal revenue collector's office 1 022 520 23 in income taxes. The receipts for the month including corporation and individual income taxes and all ordinary revenue taxes were 5 152 086 65, compared with 5 055 134 64 in June 1914.
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Chicago
Internal Revenue Collector
Father Clifford Resigns as Pastor for Mission Work
Father Clifford will give up his pastorate to take a roving commission for the Catholic church. He plans to go to Milwaukee this week for assignments to hold missions across the country. In Butte, Father Clifford’s return to his old field follows Father Batena’s move to St Lawrence parish as pastor. The parishioners held a farewell party with tokens of appreciation for his service.
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Clifford
Catholicc Church
Milwaukee
Wis
Heart
Perishea
Butte
Pariah
MandEer Copper Supplies Debated By House Of Commons
A government spokesman stated in the House of Commons that copper and sine supplies would be commandeered if normal sources proved insufficient. The debate occurred this afternoon as the board of trade inquired into metal shortages and wartime controls.
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Toncon
Tne
Board of Trade
House of Commons
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Colbert Drug Co
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