Settlement Reached in Butte Encroachment Rent Dispute
City and attorneys announce a tacit settlement on encroachment rentals, with most payers agreeing to fund the sewer program while one or two test cases proceed to higher courts. City Attorney Mackel hails a swift resolution aimed at funding storm sewers and enforcing equal treatment while preserving appeals.
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Butte
William Meyer
Meyer
Pennsylvania
Furman
Mackel
Rotering
Booker
Mackey
Dublin Gulch
Second Gulch
Old Questions and Answers from Gettysburg to Panama
A compilation of trivia and facts answering questions on Civil War losses, film dialogue, limousine origins, United States geography, prominent stars, American mountains, Panama Canal distance and cost, and the 1894 A P A riot in Butte.
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Gettysburg
Livermore
Limousin
Department
Correze
Haute-Vienne
Limogus
United States
Death Valley
Cal
Mount
Vessels collide in fog near Vineyard Haven
In foggy conditions at midnight the freighter Millinocket from Portland arrived sinking after a collision with the Persian, a passenger steamer bound from Philadelphia to Boston. The Persian reported bow damage in a wireless message.
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Vineyard Haven
Mass
Millinocket
Stockton
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Admiral Reynolds to greet British dreadnought New Zealand
Rear Admiral Alfred Reynolds of the Pacific reserve fleet will sail Aug. 3 to Victoria with flagship West Virginia to welcome the British cruiser New Zealand on its route from Honolulu. The New Zealand is noted as the largest war vessel in the Pacific Ocean.
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Seattle
Alfred Reynolds
Pacific Reserve Fleet
Victoria
British Columbia
West Virginia
New Zealand
Honolulu
Pacific Ocean
Special meat bargains at Metropolitan market
Metropolitan market at 119 East Park advertises special bargains in meats. Ady notes these promotional prices and daily deals for shoppers seeking lower costs on cut meat offerings.
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Metropolitan Market
East Park
Juvenile Court Newsroom: Boys Penalties Largely Probation
Judge Donlan presided over juvenile offenders Willie Rumiley 17 admitted taking an automobile and promising to reform after his grandmother vouched for him. Matt Tuohy confessed to stealing ice cream from a garden shop and was spared prison with a year no more theft. Frank Stepnark was accused of bicycle theft and ordered to reform after returning the bike.
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Donlan
Willie Rumiley
Matt Tuohy
Tuohy
Columbia Gardens
Frank Stepnark
Americans Unsafe in Troubled Zone in Mexico
Paul Wyman, a mining man recently from an interior Mexican mine, says Americans face danger as rebels and bandits provoke attacks. He reports Americans leaving interior regions in larger numbers, few American women remaining, and mine owners pessimistic about reopening. He notes U S neutrality offerings little protection and suggests ongoing fighting.
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Mexico
Paul Wyman
Butte
British Columbia
United States
Mr. Wyman
Icme
Public funding urged for city improvements amid protest
Settlement reached under protest as higher court review looms. City asserts encroachment rent will add about $20,000 annually, and a proposed storm sewer costing $200,000 will be paid back in 10 years from this revenue, avoiding bonds. Citizens’ support is anticipated for the project and its public benefits.
James Lennon Declared Fit for Warm Springs Asylum
James Lennon age 80 was ruled a fit subject for Warm Springs asylum by a court commission after witnesses described erratic behavior including tearing down a fence and dancing around a clothesline pole. Doctors cited senile decay and recommended commitment.
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James Lennon
Warm Springs Asylum
Carl H. Horst
S. E F. Schwartz
Donlan
Gus Nickel
Nickel
Lennon
Ireland
New York Central
Sample sale of men’s leather Oxfords at $2
A local shoe ad from Everybody's Shoe Store promotes tan or patent calfskin Oxfords on sale for two dollars, down from six, at 189 West Park Street.
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West Park Street
Montana
Kfach
Everybody's Shoe Store
Allen & Darnell
East Park Street
Fortune Disappears In Trust Scandal Of Senator Calvin Corle
Somerset county New Jersey probate records reveal Calvin Corle once a state senator hanged himself last April. An estate audit shows assets under $30,000, liabilities over $90,000 with expected shortages near $100,000. Corle managed numerous trust funds and urged farmers to leave money with him, often without receipts.
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Corle
Veterans in Seattle Protest Suppression of Play
A committee of Spanish-American War veterans met Mayor Cotterill in Seattle to demand banning the Moore theater production of The Colonel and His Friends. The mayor said he lacked authority to halt the show, prompting the veterans to consider further measures to protect their group from ridicule.
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Seattle
Wash
Cotterill
Moore Theater
John K. Humphries
Humpty Dumpty
Government aid eyed for Alaska fox farming push
Washington notes Canadians seek to buy blue and silver foxes from Alaska preserves while the department seeks American entrants. Assistant Secretary Sweet says profits await fox breeders and that small Alaskan islands will be leased for fox farming with breeding stock provided at low cost. Canada already has profitable fox operations and London fur markets attract higher prices.
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Washington
Alaska
United States
Sweet
Alaskan
Canada
Mr. Sweet
London
Vegetable Kingdom Wonders and a Glowing Peach Hunt
Government agr icultural explorer F N Meyer sails on a three year caravan journey to China and Siberia seeking new fruit novelties for the United States. He will collect seeds and cuttings, send them to Washington for study, and hopes to obtain Fei Ching peach cuttings though grafts have failed before.
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Brooklyn
F. N. Meyer
China
Siberia
Asia
Washington
Meyer
Cherropongee Wettest Spot in Southwestern Assam
Cherropongee in Southwestern Assam is described as the wettest place in the world with an average annual rainfall of 410 inches.
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Cherropongee
Assam
Guy Held to District Court on Heavy Bond
Guy, a former Beaverhead county stock inspector, was held to district court in bonds of 1000 by Justice Kerrigan on a charge of passing a worthless 300 dollar check drawn on the First National Bank of Miles City. He allegedly bought a diamond ring with a diamond stud and ring valued at 100, then left town. Siegel later learned the Miles City bank had no funds. Evidence suggested no hold had been agreed, and the act was an attempted defraud.
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Guy
District Court
Justice Kerrigan
Morris Siegel
Eagle Loan Office
Beaverhead County
Siegel
First National Bank of
Miles City
T. J. Walker
Butte
Salem
Ore
Holland
Meyer
Government makes first payment of canal rent
Washington, July 25. The government paid 250000 dollars today as the first annual rent for the canal zone. This installment, due last February, follows an earlier 10000000 dollars paid nine years ago. The funds were directed to Panama’s rep Senor Morales and then to William Nelson Cromwell’s financial agent in New York for the Panama government.
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Washington
Panama
Canal Zone
Colombia
Senor Morales
William Nelson Cromwell
New York
Unique 1913 Cadillac for sale at 511 South Main
A 1913 five passenger Cadillac is offered at 511 South Main street Butte Montana for 1770 dollars on July 26 1918. The price drops ten dollars daily until sold. Viewing encouraged in an advertisement notice from the period.
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South Main Street
Butte
Mont
Limantour Denies Aiding Huerta Recognition
Senor Jose Yves Limantour, former Mexican foreign minister, disputes claims he used influence with European diplomats to push for U S recognition of Huerta. He says he and President Diaz left Mexico under pressure and that he has retired from Mexican politics and finances.
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Senor
Jose Yves Limantour
Mexico
Huerts
Hoe
Dias
Don’t Endure Skin Humors Resinol Remedy Ad
An advertising notice promotes Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap to cure itching burning skin eruptions. It claims instant relief from itching, sleep improvement, and eventual healing, also noting effectiveness on pimples dandruff sores and piles. Distributed by Resinol Baltimore and available through druggists nationwide.
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United States
Resinol
Baltimore
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