Inspection trip ends as commissioners return home
Commissioners Holland and Cronin and Paul Ozone after a three week inspection tour of Des Moines Ames Iowa City Nashville Baltimore Chicago St Paul and Minneapolis now plan the new Silver Bow county courthouse. Rumors favor a Des Moines style building with phased construction or temporary quarters during expansion. The final plan aims for a modern fire proof public building to serve the county for generations.
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Holland and Cronin
Paul Ozone
Silver Bow County
Des Moines
Ames
Iowa City
Iowa
Nashville
Montana
Twin Bridges Notes Special Dispatch to the Standard
Rube Edwards trapped a large Canadian wolf in Hell's canyon near Twin Bridges. The haying season begins two weeks late. first alfalfa cut stands tall and of high quality. Sheriff Kadell brought four orphaned Williams children to the state home. Pharis Lane and wife left Seyler home for Hutte after illness. Lane ill with dropsy, plans to go South soon.
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Rube Edwards
Hell's Canyon
Here
Kadell
Virginia City
State Orphans’ Home
Williams
Pharis Lane
Seyler
Ziegler's Springs
Hutte
Lane
The Babies Shop Ad for Babies and Children Wear
An advertisement for orders for babies and children's wear, tailored shirt waists and nurses' outfitting. Located at 15 E. Granite in Butte.
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Granite
Butte
Roosevelt Address in Oyster Bay Honors Captain Underhill
In Oyster Bay on July 12, President Theodore Roosevelt delivers an address commemorating Captain John Underhill, noting his prominence in colonial government and his notable military reputation. The tribute underscores Underhill’s enduring impact on early American leadership and defense.
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Oyster Bay
John Underhill
Monument unveiled by descendants at Matinecock Long Island
In the Pequot War era a beautiful monument was dedicated yesterday at Matinecock Long Island by several hundred of his descendants. Resident Roosevelt attended the unveiling and delivered a brief address.
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Ceveral
Matinecock
Long Island
Roosevelt
Mary McDonald Explains Park Street Trouble
Mrs. Mary McDonald told the Standard she and Miss Mary Dempsey fought on Park Street after accusations of disreputable stories. She says two blows occurred in the meat market after an exchange of insults and denies further clashes. Dempsey had been arrested on an assault charge.
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Standard Office
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Mary Dempsey
Park Street
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George W Morrison Dead After Seven Weeks Illness
George W Morrison aged 28, a native of Care Breton New Brunswick, died yesterday at Murray hospital after seven weeks of typhoid pneumonia and related complications. Foreman for nine years at Jefferson Lime Co. at Lime Spur, he was well known in Butte and leaves brothers John and Peter, along with uncle D A Morrison of Whitehall. He belonged to the Knights of the Maccabees. body at Richards'. Ship to Bozeman tonight for family plot in Bozeman cemetery.
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Care Breton
N. 8
Murray Hospital
Morrison
Butte
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Lime Spur
Jefferson County
D. A. Morrison
Whitehall
A. A. Morrison
Greenwood
B. C
John
Peter
Knights of the Maccabees
Richards
Bozeman
North Coast Limited
Morrisons
Sexton Willoughby Improves Mt Moriah Cemetery Grounds
Visitors praise Sexton Willoughby for turning the desolate Mt Moriah cemetery below Butte into a cared for landscape with grass plots and flower beds. The south portion has become a notable knoll kept with taste and industry. Despite June freshets little damage occurred, and crowds yesterday admired the work.
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Butte
Sexton Willoughby
Mt. Moriah
Labor leaders seek aid to avert western Montana strike
John Egan Andrew Larson and Oscar Hendrickson of the Big Blackfoot Lumbermen's union interview local labor bodies over mounting trouble in western Montana lumber camps. Lumbermen are already on strike. mills at Lathrop St Regis and Hamilton shut since July 1. Bonner union seeks support despite a June 27 six month contract. building trades central bodies pledge to stand by the contract and help avert a strike. Leaders have taken their case to the Silver Bow Trades and Labor assembly and will present to the Butte Miners union.
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Andrew Larson
Oscar Hendrickson
Big Blackfoot Lumbermen’s Union No. 47
American Federation of Labor
Montana
Lathrop
St. Regis
Hamilton
Big Blackfoot
Big Blackfoot Lumber Company
Bonner
Building Trades Council
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly
Butte Miners’ Union
Philipsburg Notes Special Correspondence Summary
In Philipsburg the Catholic mission concluded with Rev. H P Rohiman and Rev. M P McCormack presiding. Rohiman will conduct another mission in Elliston. Locally FE Hannah A A Rounds and Miss Pearl Scott are Helena timber claim claimants. J M Rumsey of Granite Bi-Metallic Consolidated Mining returned to St Louis. County Commissioner A A Fairbairn takes leave for Seattle with uncertain plans. Mrs. D H Morgan and daughter visit Ana conda and Deer Lodge valley. Piano tuning offered for 2.50 dollars for 10 days by Orton Bros.
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Philipsburg
H. P. Rohlman
Dubuque
M. P. McCormack
Deer Lodge
Father Rohiman
Elliston
FE. H. Hannah
A. A. Rounds
Miss Pearl Scott
Helena
Big Blackfoot
Granite Bi-Metallic Consolidated Mining Company
St. Louis
A. A. Fairbairn
Seattle
Fairbairn
T. Weinstein & Co. Bank
Montana
D. H. Morgan
Anaconda
Deer Lodge Valley
Markets Rally as Confidence Returns in July Trade
New York July 12 The securities market showed renewed optimism as traders shifted from waiting to buying. Daily volume topped 500000 shares with broader demand in the bord and rail divisions. Prospects for agriculture strengthened by crop outlooks and a favorable cotton report. The idle freight car count fell by 367?96 in two weeks, signaling easing excesses. Funeral of Thomas Sheehan, 44, set for Bell Street residence with services at St. Marys.
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Bord
Thomas Sheehan
Bell Street
St. Mary's Church
Explorer Seeks New Route to North Pole in January Campaign
A December 1907 letter from Dr. Frederick A. Cook of Brooklyn reports plans to start a polar expedition in January via a new route through Nansen straits. He cites a hundred dogs and 15 trusted men, assembled at Oomanus Westen holme sound, aiming to reach Cape York and Upernavik after crossing Elsmoreland and Kennedy channel, with hope for success and swift return.
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Frederick A. Cook
Brooklyn
North Pole
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Cook
Oomanus
Westenholme Sound
Upernavik
Raismussen
Elsmoreland
Nansen Sound
Kennedy Channel
Cape York
Hamilton Notes Reports Local Deaths and Miscellaneous
Mrs Harriet Jordan dies at 60 in Hamilton after six weeks heart disease. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm at the Christian church, Riverview cemetery. Estate matters include Delia M Flanagan admin petition by George T Baggs. Other items: druggist David Lorrieaux visits Ottawa and Chicago relatives. R Lee McCulloch returns from Trout Creek. Effie Pool seeks divorce from Albert Pool. J O Read to Chicago for recreation and business. Dr L W Day buys Lake Como orchard land after moving from Minneapolis. Hats sale promotion at Weing’s clothing store.
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Bitter Root River
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Missoula
Paul H. Castle
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Stevensville
Delia M. Flanagan
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Ottawa
Chicago
R. Lee McCulloch
Trout Creek
Effie Pool
District Court
Albert Pool
J. H. Boyd
Blanch Boyd
J. O. Read
L. W. Day
Minneapolis
Lake Como
W. S. Munsell
Sleeping Child Springs
High Price of Season Reached at Wool Sale
Billings July 12 Exceptionally good prices were obtained by growers who disposed of the wool in Billings yesterday high mark of the season being reached when 185 cents was paid by Charles Herbert & Co of Philadelphia for the clip of Lehfeldt Stoltenberg amounting to 110000 pounds Other clips sold were Molt Sheep company 15000 pounds to Jeremiah Williams & Co of Boston at 18 cents 8 M Parkham and O B Parkham 180000 pounds to Hecht Liebmann & Co at 175 cents Alexander M Woolfolk 88000 pounds to Jeremiah Williams & Co at 16 cents Union Dental company Curtis block 25 for reliable dentistry Union dentists
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Standard
Billings
Charles
Hecht, Liebmann & Co
Alexander M. Woolfolk
Jeremiah Williams & Co
Newspaper man James W. Scott heads to Helena campaign
James W. Scott, formerly of Butte and now in California, traveled through Butte yesterday on his way to Helena. He will work for Jere Murphy, who plans to launch a weekly Republican paper for the campaign, Scott having spent many years in Butte's newspaper business. One half off on all straw hats at Tonkin's 41 East Park Street.
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Sherman
West Park
James W. Scott
Butte
California
Helena
Jere Murphy
Inter Mountain
Scott
Tonkin’s
East Park Street
Firemen Battle Insane Man Amid Tenement Fire
Cincinnati July 12 firemen fought for lives and occupants as a demented man armed with shears blocked entry to two burning rooms on Clay Street. They knocked him down with an axe handle, while he had stabbed himself and doused furniture with gasoline before striking a match.
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Cincinnati
Clay Street
Frank Frey
James McHenry Dies Surrounded by Mystery at 60
James McHenry a longtime Bell mine blacksmith died yesterday morning in county hospital after being found unconscious. He was about 60 and could not reveal any relatives before he passed. His body lies at Dugegan's and the undertaker urges anyone with information on his kin to contact him.
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James McHenry
Bell Mine
Dugegan's
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