Two Homes Burned on Nine Mile Road Night Fire
A two dwelling fire on Nine Mile Road near the race track burned two adjacent houses owned by K. Jenkins and Mrs. Jane Osler. Total losses exceed $3,000 with Mrs. Osier insured for $500 and the Prices evacuated before dawn. Fire started in the Price residence and the cause remains unknown.
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Nine Mile Road
Race Track Road
K. Jenkins
Jane Osler
Osier
Samuel Price
Prices
Price
Fire Department
John Severs
Fire flash prompts demand for safer crossings
The fire origin remains unknown as residents were unaware until Mrs Osler notified them. The incident shows the need for better lighting at railroad street crossings and gates. A hook and ladder truck narrowly avoided a collision with a freight train, forcing the department to halt as the long train passed.
Hen nessys shoe manager travels east for stock season
Mr Jesse Wardell manager of Hen nessys shoe department departed last night for the East on a semi annual trip to visit shoe factories and select a stock of fine goods for the coming season.
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Jesse Wardell
Hennessy
East
Close Call as Gasoline Explosion Damages North Washington Home
A gasoline explosion in the two family house at 2 North Washington endangered Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Evans who were preparing breakfast. They escaped with minor burns while firemen contained a kitchen blaze that caused 25 to 50 dollars in damage.
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North
Washington Street
John R. Evans
J. L. Rice
Quarrel Over Woman Ends With Arrest in Park Street Saloon
Two Italians deeply intoxicated clashed in a Park Street saloon last night over a woman. One bit the other’s finger and the other slashed his opponent’s face. Officer Mc Queeney intervened and hauled them to jail.
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Park Street
McQueeney
Butte Briefs Levi Cartier Jr arraigned in theft case
Levi Cartier Jr. was brought back from Idaho to Butte and arraigned in Justice Nichols' court yesterday for allegedly stealing a carriage from Fred Rowlands last January. He had not entered a plea.
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Levi Cartier, Jr
Idaho
Butte
Fred Rowlands
Justice Nichols
Ming
Double wedding at St Patrick’s church unites two couples
A double ceremony at St Patrick's church united Ernest Hamilton and Miss Dolly McNamara and Thomas McGrath and Miss Tessie McNamara in marriage. Nuptial high mass was celebrated followed by a wedding dinner at 322 Maryland avenue and a brief honeymoon trip.
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St. Patrick's Church
Ernest Hamilton
Dolly McNamara
Thomas McGrath
Tessie McNamara
Maryland Avenue
North Coast Limited listed as premier tourist sleeper car
Advertisement touts the electric lighted Pullman tourist sleeper on the North Coast Limited service from Butte to Saint Paul praising its elegance and comfort and inviting travelers to try the route.
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Butte
Paul
North Coast Limited
Orton Bros. Piano and Organ Ads In Butte
Call on Orton Bros at 219 N Main St Butte for best value in pianos and organs.
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Orton Bros
N. Main Street
Butte
Unusual May Marriage in Jeffersonville by Magistrate
A couple named William Robinson and Lillian Craig wed in a rushed ceremony in Jeffersonville on a Sunday evening as a hack sped toward the river to catch a 7:20 boat. The magistrate received two twenty dollar bills but was sworn to secrecy regarding the couple's identities.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Jeffersonville
Warder
Spring Street
Maple
Louisville
Chicago
William Robinson
Lillian Craig
Lady of the house Sets Supper and Dance Challenge
In a Tid Bits item a matron instructs her cook to prepare a supper and host a dance to uphold the establishment’s credit. The cook replies he can only dance the waltz and polka and asks to be excused from the quadrilles.
Heat Claimed Over Seventy Lives in New York
New York reports confirm more than 70 deaths due to extreme heat with many more in hospitals. The third day of high temperatures saw infants and children accounted for much of the fatalities as authorities warned of worsening conditions.
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New York
Bellevue
Weather Bureau
Heat Prostration Causes Six Deaths In City
Philatelpha July 18 reports extreme heat with six fatalities in the city and two in Camden New Jersey. Four more prostration cases were treated at area hospitals as the local forecaster notes the hottest day of the summer with humidity near 100 percent during the day and 30 percent at 8 PM, thermometer at 92 degrees.
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Philatelpha
Camden
N. J
New York Heat Claims Several Lives In City
At noon the thermometric reading reached 98 degrees. Samuel Meyer eight years old and J P O Neill nineteen died after falling from sleeping fire escapes. A score or more prostrations were reported and eight people died from heat effects today.
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New York
Samuel Meyer
J. P. O'Neill
Europe Endures Torrid Heat Amid Fatal Prostration Surge
London reports extreme heat with the thermometer at high degrees in the shade. Hospitals treat heat prostration cases. nine deaths recorded. Laborers halt work during peak hours as the heat wave continues across Europe.
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London
Europe
Heat Prostration Strikes Boston. Fatalities Reported
Hospital reports show that between and persons were prostrated by heat in Boston today with three deaths among the victims.
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Boston
Missionary and burglar dispute over housecleaning alibi
In the New York Weekly a missionary questions his guilt while a burglar insists it was housecleaning that brought him to crime. He explains the woman was cleaning and the stair carpet was up when the neighbors heard the intrusion.
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New York
Mrs Perry Belmont in Critical Condition After Appendicitis
A Newport, R. I. report says Mrs Perry Belmont is critically ill with appendicitis. An operation is planned for tomorrow after she grew worse from morning illness to alarming condition.
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New York
Newport
R. L
Perry Belmont
Pacifix Coast Telephone & Telegraph Company Disincorporates
The Pacifix Coast Telephone and Telegraph company has disincorporated in San Francisco leading to the transfer of its property and pending tax matters. Officials say the move ends corporate status and affects assets and liabilities.
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San Francisco
Pacifix Coast Telephone & Telegraph Company
Sun Set Telephone Sold to Pacific States in Portland Move
The Sun Set Telephone company has been sold to Pacific States Telephone. Its executive offices will be in Portland. Five hundred former Sun Set employees will move to Portland as part of the transfer. The move follows assessments on the company's franchise in the city. Sun Set plans a similar relocation to another county for reasons tied to the same assessments.
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Pacific States Telephone Company
Portland
Sunset Telephone Company
Third Ticket talk sparks New York meeting on third party
In New York a group of gold democrats and anti imperialists debated methods to launch a third party ticket. The address attacked Mc Kinley and Roosevelt, praised civil service reform, and urged independents to unite behind a platform including general monetary reform and abolition of special privileges. A committee was authorized to invite supporters to Indianapolis on July 25 to advance the plan.
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New York
McKinley
Roosevelt
Frank
Bryan
Supreme Court
Cuba
Philippines
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Dr. Everett
Massachusetts
George Cripley
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Jester Trial Hears Key Witness in Missouri Case
New London Missouri July 18 leading witness Riley recalls seeing a man’s body in the creek when ice broke up in 1871 Gilbert Gates is identified as the murdered man Pleasant Cartwright aged 61 testifies that January 25 1871 he saw Alexander Jester on a road near the Elk river ford en route to Paris with two wagons Jester appeared disturbed as Cartwright approached.
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St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
New London
Alexander Jester
W. Bryant Riley
Reece Creek
Monroe County
Gilbert Gates
Pleasant Cartwright
Jester
Paris
Jester Detained Overnight at Paris Stable in 1871
Witness E. T. Wetmore testified that Jester and his two teams stopped at Wetmore’s Paris livery stable on the night of January 25 1871. Jester slept in his wagon in the barn though invited to sleep in the office near a stove. He appeared to be in trouble.
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E. T. Wetmore
Jester
Paris
American and German governments charter twenty two steamers for China supply
Philadelphia reports twenty two steamships chartered to carry troops stores and material to China. Seven by the United States and fifteen by Germany. Named vessels include the Athenian California Victoria Pak Ling Strathgyre Belgian King Thyra Rhine H. Mier Gera Dresden Halle Aachan Crefeld Batavia Phoenicia Bosnia and others. Germany reportedly bought war supplies in the United States totaling over two million dollars.
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Philadelphia
China
United States
Germany
California
Victoria
Pak Ling
Strathgyre
Thyra
Rhine
H. H. Mier
Gera
Dresden
Halle
Aachan
Crefeld
Batavia
Phoenicia
Bosnia
Pacific Coast
Eggs in Cold Storage How Kansas City Keeps Them
The Kansas City Star reports half a million dollars in eggs stored for winter use, with about 120000 cases of thirty dozen eggs each. Candling weeds out poor quality while workers ensure cleanliness and size. storage occurs at 31 degrees Fahrenheit with smooth handlings to prevent spoilage.
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The
Kansas City
Salon
Charles A. Moler
Armour'’s
There Are Receptions
Its the little things that count in this world, I tell you. Our bookkeeper weighs 235.
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Chicago Times Herald
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E Sale
Thomas G. Plant & Co
Congress
Cornell
Globe and Dewey
Dongola
Sen
Globe
Butte News
Butte Briefs
Mrs. Belmont Tt
Goodkind Bros
Helena
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