Notable Visitors and Local Notices in Butte
Butte crowds receive mining engineer H E Bryant from Portland and professor R M Raymond from Columbia, with others arriving from Bozeman Missoula and Dillon. Residents like Miss Lenahan and Mrs Jenny Benny return from Salt Lake Cornwall and Centerville while foreigners and visitors seek Montana towns for investment and relocation amid social events and ads.
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University of Utah
Barney Coggin
Butte
Hearst's Magazine
Good House Keeping
Harper's Bazar
P.O
Roy McManamon
Ashstreet
Dorothy
Raymond McManamon
Harry Symons
Harry
Osden
Thomas Christman
J. A. Warmack
L. L. Larson
Salt Lake
Manton
Chicago
New York
R. M. Raymond
Columbia University
Raymond
West
B. V. Ostrander
Dillon
Tacoma
Ostrander
Bethany, Presbyterian Church
Central Presbyterian Church
Bids Sought for Parish House at St John’s Church
A notice from the rector invites bids for erecting a parish house at St John’s Church. Plans and specifications are available in the church basement on Monday July 31 from 11 am to 4 pm. Bids will be accepted until the following Saturday morning. St John’s Church reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
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St. John's Church
St. John’s
Spy executed as a spy in 1777 report from Putnam era
From Indianapolis archives an 1771 spy tale recounts a British officer Felled by execution after being tried as a spy. The dispatch dated August 7 1777 notes Headquarters Palmer condemned and to be hanged while the flag departs. The item closes with a local ad for Twenty teams and Utah Avenue contact.
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Indianapolis
Nathan Hale
Brian ‘Tang
Ate Feekekiy
Israfl Putnam
Captain Wolvin Returns to Butte and Praises Climate
Captain A. B. Wolvin is home in Butte and receives a cordial welcome from friends. He declines immediate comment on Butte Duluth stock, says he will assess exact conditions before opinions. He notes milder weather than the East, describes hot travel through the Dakotas, and reports strong mining activity in Michigan with workers on a sliding scale tied to metal prices. He plans to stay and tend to local interests, praising Butte's people.
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A. B. Wolvin
Butte
Butte Duluth
Captain Wolvin
New York
Duluth
Michhigan
Capacty
Michigan
Prisoner Resists Capture After Stealing Mutton
A prisoner at 105 South Main Street allegedly stole a leg of mutton. Officers Deputy Hesnorte and Burt Henderson faced a fight and rearrested him at Park and Main Streets as a crowd gathered. The clash required officers to move the prisoner despite rough handling.
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Rerumea
Main
Depu Hes "Norte
Burt Henderson
Park and Main
Travel picks up as heat and war concerns boost western tourism
Hot weather in the East and the easing war scare over the Mexican situation have boosted Western tourism this year, says A. V. Peterson, advertising agent of the Short Line, who was in Butte yesterday.
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ARK
A.V. Peterson
Short Line
Butte Yestera
Convict Hartwell Tries to Kill Confessor in Prison Yard
In a Montana state penitentiary yard a desperate plan to murder Eddie Clark, a gang confessor, was thwarted by guards. Hartwell, leader of a south of Butte automobile bandit ring, planned to kill Clark who had informed on the gang. Clark’s health failing, transfer to the state asylum is likely.
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John J. Hartwell
Automobile
Butte
Eddie Clark
Hartwell
Clark
State Asylum For the
Hurrie
Great Falls
Maze
Harris
Conley
Chanc Clarke
Ang
Clark Survives Attempted Throat Cut By Gang Associate
In Butte a gang member named Clark narrowly escaped death when a would be killer attacked him. Guards overpowered the assailant as Clark received medical care for a throat wound. Hartwell and his partner Jim Harris, both linked to the gang, learned Clark had been released from Silver Bow jail after health issues and a prior confession to Sheriff Henderson.
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Hartwell
Conley
Martwell
Clark
Nell McCoy
Bardite
Butte
Clara
McCoy
Harris
Underworld
Gan
Swarns
Jim” Harris
Silver Bow
Henderson
Matrimonial Tangles for Court 10 Unravel
Multiple divorce actions unfold in court. Erick Peterson seeks custody of his son with Hilda Peterson, alleging desertion and infidelity since their 1909 Butte marriage. Joe Penhall, Bertha Massie, and others face contested separations amid cruelty and temper issues, with prior Ohio marriage details noted.
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Erick Peterson
Hilda Peterson
Peterson
Tose Penhall
Joe Penhall
Butte
Gary system explained by W H Nye in Missoula visit
Ward H Nye superintendent of Gary schools praises the four term year and inclusive facilities. He spoke to teachers in Missoula and hopes Gary’s model features will be adopted in Montana. The Gary plan emphasizes four fold interests: intellectual study shop and lab work social expression and play.
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Gary
Ward H. Nye
Tillings
Nye
Missoula
Ind
Montana
Pupiis
Summit Pair Tours 12000 Miles By Auto Without Incident
Mr and Mrs Justin Abbott of Summit New Jersey and Mrs George Conant of Windsor Locks Connecticut travel 12000 miles by car across the nation with a driver. They report excellent highways from Minnesota to Yellowstone with no accidents or breakdowns amid favorable dry weather. They started from New Jersey along the Lincoln highway to Milwaukee and the Yellowstone region noting improvements and rival counties for tourism before proceeding toward Seattle and California on a summer grand tour. The party plans to return east via the southern transcontinental Lincoln highway, totaling six weeks on the road and about 12000 miles. They are registered at the Thornton.
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Justin Abbott
Summit
N. J
George Conant
Windsor Locks
Conn
Hutte
America
New Jersey
Milwaukee
Yellowstone
Minnesota
Billings
Dakota
Yel~ Jowstone Park
East
Butte
Montemers
Elliott Emphasizes Buttes Mining Station Value
Chancellor Elliott of the University of Montana writes to Secretary Austin of the Chamber of Commerce praising Butte as an ideal site for a United States mining experiment station. He reports discussions with President Bowman of the School of Mines and notes local efforts to secure the station, urging Interior Department recognition.
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Butte
Montana
Eleliott
The
State University
Austin
Chamber of Commerce
Bowman
School of Mines
United States Mining Experiment Station
Secretary of the Interior
Two Billion Dollar US Trade Balance in 1916
The United States closed its greatest year in history with a trade balance of 2.136 billion dollars in favor of American exporters. Exports totaled 4.884 billion, imports 2.188 billion, with gold imports at 404 million. Exports rose by 1.5 billion from last year, and the yearly figures exceed the 1911–1914 average by over 2 billion. June imports reached a record 246 million, the largest monthly total.
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United States
Washington
Aly
Ere
Department of Commerce
Verdun Hero Petain Kept In Training As Athlete
The text notes General Petain, famed for Verdun, as an all round athlete who stays fit by rope skipping and careful diet. It mentions a voice magnifier recently invented intended to project moderate tones up to five miles.
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Almmougnne
General Petain
Verdun
Bandits Rob Man In Muddy Alley Attack on South Arizona Street
Miner Charles Rova told police he was robbed by three men on South Colorado Street. They dragged him into a mud puddle, beat him, and stole his watch $6 and torn his clothing. Detectives found him muddy with a head wound. Another robbery netted $12 from Walter Erickson nearby.
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Charles Rova
Park Street
Rova
South Colorado Street
Walter Erickson
Butte
Arizona Street
Free trade issue raised in Great Britain
London notes British free traders plan a determined campaign against Paris conference anti free trade doctrines. The Free Trade Union will issue a manifesto within two weeks restating free trade principles and analyzing Paris resolutions. They oppose general tariffs and favor subsidies or state ownership if needed.
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London
Free Trade Union
Great Britain
Paris
England
British Empire
France
Russia
Italy
England's process colorizes wool with nitric acid
A newly invented method in England colors wool in khaki and orange shades using dilute nitric acids without natural or artificial dyes. The technique promises a simple chemical route to varied hues, potentially affecting textile dyeing practices and product durability.
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England
Conley Forced to Quit Command Over Disability
Major General Wood deprived Col. Louis D. Conley of command of the sixty-ninth regiment on grounds of physical disability. Conley’s appeal for a rehearing is noted. He was found unfit the day his regiment left for the Mexican border. Separate figures show gas industry product values rising from 1909 to 1914 and total 1914 outputs exceeding 220 million dollars.
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T Crevocacy Essew
Wood
Louis D. Conley
Governor's Island
Conley
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Butte News
Jeweler and Optometrist
North Main Street
Stanley Smith
Martinsdale
James Worestell
San Francisco
Whitehall
M.S. Cunningham
Bozeman
Bolever & Brown
Santis Forsythe
Big Timber
Lisa
A. L. Kilburn
Seattle
Thomas O'Brien
Homer Robinson
Cascade County
Utah Avenue
Ekrabdine Keane
Prs
Palin State Penitentiary
Atack
Jor Hartwell
Urs
W. H. Nye
Paspery
God Fonds
Oak Buffet
Vernis Martin
Brownfield-Canty Company
West Park Street
Elliott
Flight
Fitten
Mose Linz Lends
Main and Broadway
McCarthy, Bryant & Co
E Park
Lyons
White House
John J. McCarthy
Prop
Jim
Arizona
McCarthy
East Broadway
Sac
Ruesell-Milter Coera
W. Indy Uttlehams
Mt ‘Sigur
Chiropractic
DR. P
Holm
ABC
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