Aldermen Approve Attorney Fees and Wage Increases
Frank Austin elected alderman from the Seventh ward to fill a vacancy. Council approves $2,500 to Lamb Meyer and Donovan for defending officers Brady and Carlson in district court. Pays raises proposed for fire, public works, police, health and other departments. Various bids read and contracts awarded or readvertised.
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Frank Austin
Lamb, Meyer and
Donovan
Ofcers Brady
Carlson
Conway
Fletcher
Judiciary Committee
Fire Department
Commissioners of Public Works
Health Department
Police Department of
City
Nance Committee
Con Lowney
Lowney
Union
Thomas Duffy
M. Kiley
Lerk
Robert Metcalf
Butte Electric Supply Company
West Broadway
Butte Briefs: Births and Local Notes
Born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Hockwood 621 West Diamond street a son. Ben Calkins return from California. D J Sullivan A C M employee also back from a health visit in California. Born to Rev and Mrs John G Ross 11 North Main street a son named Winton Downse. Making the Best of It features a rushed scene with a lawyer and coachman as horses run loose and a prompt to hit something cheap.
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Arthur Hockwood
West
Diamond Street
Ben Calkins
California
D. J. Sullivan
John G. Ross
Main Street
Winton Downse
O Henry Biography Drives Rialto Screenings
The Rialto theater presents O Henry stories adapted for General Film Company with The Third Ingredient. The program also features The Hunting of the Hawk a crook detective drama starring Marguerite Sno and featuring Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin appearing on screen for Montanans beginning Sunday with showings today and tomorrow.
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Henry
William Sydney Porer
New York
General Film Company
Rialto Theaer
Man
New York City
Greensboro
N. C
William Sydney Porter
Texas
Houston
Lava Canyon
C. Henry
Atlanta
O. Henry
Broadway Star Feature Company
Rialto
George B. Seitz
Marguerite Sno
George M.chan
A Daughter of the Gods Thrills Broadway Audience
Ninety percent of the film’s many scenes from William Fox’s A Daughter of the Gods at the Broadway showcase stunning visuals. The article extols mermaid bay, sultan palace interiors, harem bathing, Annette Kellermann as Eve, and a vivid Moorish battle scene, likening the artistry to Turner and Whistler.
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William
Fox Picture Beautiful
Broadway
Olls
Mermaid Bay
Sultan Palace
Annette Kellermann
Turner
van Dyck
Whistler
Raphael
Campaign for Deaconess Hospital Raises About 65 Thousand
Report shows current drive has raised about 18,000 so far this year, with last year’s effort included bringing the total toward the 150,000 goal to roughly 65,000.
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Deaconess Hospital
Bread riot in Butte woman police unofficially reported
Nancy Hanks described as a Butte woman police character staged a bread ‘‘riot’’ on South Main street last night. She reportedly hurled a loaf toward Police Chief Murphy and Captain O'Donnell, recalling prior tense encounters as she headed to her cabin.
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Nancy Hanks
Butte
South Main Street
Nancy
Murphy
O'Donnell
Downing Street and the Rogues of History
Downing Street, a symbol of English governance, traces its name to Sir George Downing. A Harvard graduate and mixed figure, Downing earned a reputation as a “perfidious rogue.” He served Cromwell, betrayed Okey and others, and acquired land and titles, building houses on the parcel now famed as Downing Street.
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Downing Street
Sir George Downing
America
Harvard
Downing
Winthrop
Massachusetts
Pepys
Cromwell
Okey
Barkstead
Corbit
Holland
England
Dining Room of Perfidious Rogue Georss Downing Now Cabinet Room
The text claims that the dining room of the so called perfidious rogue Georss Downing has been repurposed as the cabinet room at No 10 Downing Street. The assertion relies on contemporary reportage and opinions circulated in political circles.
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Georss Downing
No. 10
Downing Street
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Alexander
the People’s
Simla
Fox Bute
The
Gods
Rialto Barber Shop
T. P. Liss
Rialto Theater
Main St
Tance Crocx
Ceueur Praaree
Book OF Men
Montana Transfer Co
W. Bdwy
Barer Lucus
Butte Briefs
Smething Cheap
Vannder
Mystics
People’s Theater
Featuring
Marguerite Snow
Alto
House T
Ramonay
Copps Hill
Boston
Windmill Hill
Snow Hill
Copps Hil
William Copps
John Thwing
Grace Berry
M. Hardware House
M. Hardware
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