Butte Current Notes of Visitors and Trips
A parade of residents and visitors recall activity in Butte with dozens of names and cities such as Helena Missoula Billings Great Falls Kalispell Meaderville and Helena. References include travel to Seaside Ore Salt Lake and Yellowstone Park plus local events and business notices.
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N, Brockmett
Colfax
Cal
D. E. Swinehart
Missoula
R. L. Brewer
Philipsburg
Butte
Henrietta McGle
Kalispell
GW. Anderson
Lewistown
Lewiat
W. H. George
J. F. Valadon
Havre
Ara M. W. Ackelmett
San Francisco
Frank C. Laird
Billings
W. B. Rosenberg
Helena
H. Milligan
G. W. Morse
Drummond
F. H. Beardsley
Great Falls
W. M. Sackett
Hamilton
G. Earl Low
Sam Samson
Townsend
Finlen
C. A. Stephens
R. J. Hayes
Pocatello
Columbia Garde
Slemons & Booth
Granite St
Harmony Lodge
T.fb
Carpenters
Elks Plan Big Montana Delegation To National Trip
Butte Elks leader says all Montana lodges will send a large delegation to the Los Angeles convention. A special train leaves Butte July 9 via Short Line to Salt Lake, then Salt Lake route to California. An estimated 150 to 200 Elks and friends will travel, with stops in California and a bargain convention rate offered to outside lodges through Montana judges’ assurances.
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J. A. Pore
Butte
A. H. Hellbronner
Salt Lake
California
Elke
Montana
Outaide
Hutte
Circus Agent Promises Joy Days Ahead Of Barnes Show
A press agent visits the city editor to promote the Al G Barnes wild animal circus coming to Tutte on June 26 and 27. He promises two days of lively entertainment for all ages, boasting last season’s crowd-pleasing performance and aiming to surpass it this year.
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al G. Barnes
Wild Animal Circus
Barnes
Hutte
Prank Keenan Dead In Butte Miner Dies At 67
Frank Keenan longtime resident of Butte for 1 year died yesterday at 22 West Woolman Street aged 67. Born in Scotland he was a miner. Survived by his wife four daughters Elizabeth Garrity TH Paull Libby Paine and Jack of Butte two sisters.
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Frank Keenan
Butte
Woolman Street
Keenan
Scotland
Funeral arrangements incomplete for Mont, Pa kin
Mrs Richard Murray of Torr Mont and Mrs David Cairne of Mortis Run Pa are nieces. A brother at Amdoore City, Cai Mra Ho J Hieber of Helena, Mrs M Connitt and Edna Keenan of Butte are nieces. William McMitlan of Butte is a nephew. The funeral arrangements have not been completed.
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Richard Murray
Torr, Mont
David Cairne
Mortis Run
Amdoore City
Cai
Mra Ho
J.” Hieber
Helena
Mra. M. Connitt
Edna ‘Keenan
Butte
William MtcMitlan
Looting and death at crowded Montana lodging house
A thief used a ladder to enter the Leonard hotel and the premises of Senator W A Clark home stealing cash watches jewelry and other valuables from several rooms. A lodger Mike Cronin was found dead of heart failure in a Park and Wyoming Street lodging room. Cronin aged about 60 had a miner’s passport dated 1909. Dr F H Corwin from Anaheim California was in town and discussed Montana business interests.
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Leonard Hotel
W.A. Clark
Robert Lindsey
California
FH Corwin
Thornton Hotel
Anaheim
Cal
Yellowstone opens with record crowd on first day
Western portal reports the biggest opening day itinerary at Yellowstone park. E A Shewe, Montana agent of the Short Line in Butte, said four sections of the Yellowstone special were needed to handle the crowd. Extra stage coaches provided by Yellowstone and Monida Transportation Company. No delay in starting the loop around Wonderland.
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Yellowstone Park
E.A. Shewe
Montana
Butte
Yellowstone
Park
Yellowstone and
Wedding in Butte Joins Driscoll and Mrs. Calkins Family
A wedding of interest to the younger society circle in Butte was held Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Calkins. Rev Father Venus joined Patrick Driscoll and Mim Jane Gindrup in marriage. The sister of Mrs Calkins, Gindrup, attended as a relative.
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Butte
Ben Calkins
Venus
Patrick Driscoll
Mim Jane
Gindrup
Brennan Returns Home for Vacation Plans
Joe Brennan, who attends the medical department of Wisconsin, has returned to his home in Hutte and will work at the First National Bank during the summer vacation.
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Joe Brennan
Medical Department of
Wisconsin
Ante Versity
Hutte
First National Bank
Treasury Revises Tax Returns Upward In Washington
Washington June 11 The treasury department raised estimates of personal and corporate income tax returns for the current calendar year. Officials now foresee more than two billion dollars in receipts, up from May projections of about nine hundred million. Final figures may show receipts nearer eighty one million, suggesting possible adjustments above early estimates.
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Washington
Treasury Department of Claim
Treasury
Austro-German Force Near Three Million
London reports a Petrograd tally estimates Austro-German forces arrayed against the Allies at not less than 2.8 million men, with 26 Austrian and 43 German army corps. It notes possible additional German corps in the Baltic and a planned advance from Lemberg toward the front.
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London
Reuter
Petrograd
Tt Iv
Trubaczowka-Wisenia
Baltic
Reich
Lemberg
Dirg
All Available Russian Troops Rushed to Galicia
Berlin reports rapid Russian reinforcement movements in Galicia as Tew tonic allies push from the San River to the Beswarabia frontier. General Mackensen, Linsingen, and Panzer forces are said to be in contact with heavy fighting along the line, with no clear maximum reached.
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Galicia
Berlin
London
San River
Beswarabia
Mackensen
Linsingen
Panzer
Galleia
Emperor to U K orders for court martial executions
Amsterdam report says Emperor William must indorse every death sentence by court martial in Belgium before execution. The dispatch notes the order followed news eight Liege citizens convicted of espionage and twenty others held in prison on offense.
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Amsterdam
London
Belgium
William
Tyd
Maastricht
Liege
Austrian scientists seek prize for leadless ink methods
RIZE offered in a campaign against tea d poisoning. Austrian scientists have proposed a gold medal for the best method to prepare leadless inks for printing and lithography.
Plan to buy State Savings bank building progresses
A committee representing the bank’s depositors met at Reynolds Sypher offices to review progress in the plan to purchase the bank building for about 200000 in claims. They aim to raise 200000 more by issuing stock to depositors, and to locate owners of returned letters to sign up. If successful, depositors could receive about 20 percent or more from the sale, versus a forced sale with lower returns. The plan requires court action by July 10 and involves subscribing up to 20 percent of each depositor’s claim to stock.
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State Savings Bank
Reynolds & Sypher
Owsley
Williams
Ie Ovate Savings Bank Depositors ‘Association
Ato
State Savings Bank Depositors” Committee
John M. Barber
George B. Sypher
Joseph H. Griffin
E. E. Esselstyn
C. L. Stevens
Wireless telephony on steamers marks first summer test
The article notes a steamship line’s first summer run with wireless telephone, allowing captains to converse when ships are within miles. Experimental long distance wireless telephony faces power and heat challenges, needing 10 to 100 horsepower impulses, tiny fractions of a horsepower transmitted, and transmitters that won’t overheat.
Butte Briefs Mixed Local News And War Updates
Butte area items report dynamite blasts under a rock near the Northern Pacific tracks and arrests after stolen goods recovered from Great Northern cars. Notes from Bowling Green report gifts from President Wilson to a Speaker Clark relative for a wedding. Italian front action described with prisoners taken and advances along the Isonzo and in the Nero region with artillery noted.
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Pennock
Whitehall
Bowling Green
Wilson
Genevieweter
Champ Clark
Ational House of Representatives
James M. Thomson
Rome
Gorizia
Austrians Drop Toy Balloons Promising Rewards
Reading from a desert scene, Austrian s public notices promise Italian soldiers rewards for desertion. The fake proclamations offer 10 crowns for bringing in a second rifle, 0 for a machine gun, 200 for a field officer, an aeroplane, or 150 for a horse.
Rumania and Greece Stance in War’s Shadow
The article surveys Romania and Greece as the only major powers still shaping Europe’s war. It traces Romania’s medieval roots, Austrian and Turkish dominance, and the rise of a German prince in 1806, noting shifting loyalties as empire powers press toward neutrality or entry on the Allied side.
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Isianapolis
Rumania
Greece
Pece
Hohenzollerns
Nin
Macedonia
Dacia
Europe
Romania
Gener
Wallachi
Moldavia
Hungary
Turkey
Wallachia
Michael the Brave
Transylvania
Thaas
Mies
Austria
Galicia
Bukowina
Trasylvania
Russia
Balkans
Paris
Charles
Charles of
Honengollern- Sigmaringen
Elizbbeth of
Wied
Carmen Sylva
France
Prussia
Germany
Reckoning and echoes of war across Europe and America
Excerpts recount the Russo Turkish war era Romania Russia and Austria tensions over Transylvania and Danube navigation. The poem question looms about future reckoning with war’s aftermath. Turkish tobacco market expansion in Fresno County and a 1812 haversack carried by Miss Kase Bank highlight historical memory and daily life.
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Tm- Tensenath
Rumania
Plevna
Berlin
Russia
Austria
Danube
Transylvania
Ruslan
Charles
Kase
Bank of Pay
John McGinnis
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