Count Agreneff Targets Missoula Future With Opera House Plans
Jules Agreneff, the alleged Russian noble seen in Missoula, announced plans to settle in the city after his upcoming marriage to a Chicago woman. He vowed to build an opera house and become a public-spirited resident, despite recent forgery arrests and prior financial troubles.
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Missoula
Jules Agreneff
Anaconda
Missosula
Spokane
Garden City
Chicago
Pera
Eco
Must Repair Street Without Delay
Missoula June 20 The city administration has ordered the Northern Pacific Railway to immediately repair Woody street at the cross where it runs. The company has graded the street with fine gravel to fill a mud hole but must remove or cover it at once. The editor notes other streets suffer worse conditions with dumped boulders yet the city focuses on the railway action and calls for broader street clean up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Woody Street
Woody
Missoula Prepares in Style for Fourth Celebration
Missoula on June 20 reports splendid progress in Fourth of July preparations. The city will showcase festive displays and parade preparations as residents ready to celebrate with joy and renewed community spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Funeral of William Roske of Florence Held in Missoula
The funeral for William Roske of Florence was held in Missoula from Marsh Bros. undertaking rooms under Garfield post No. 26 of Florence. A World War veteran who served in a Minnesota regiment, Roske commanded the Florence post and left a wife five sons two daughters and substantial property near Florence and Great Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
William Roske
Florence
Sisters’ Hospital
Marsh Bros
Garfield Post
Roske
Minnesota
Great Falls
Land Office Receives Patent Claims From Local Residents
United States patents arrived at the land office for Edward H. Love Alexander Wegiine Amelia Thompson Christian B and Emily Schroeder and William Melogue. Homestead affidavits were filed by Charles J. Tyler of Bearmouth and James B. Massey of Plains.
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Missoula
United States
Land Office
Edward H. Love
Alexander Wegiine
Amelia Thompson
Christian
Emily Schroeder
William Melogue
Charles J. Tyler
Bearmouth
James B. Massey
Plains
Mosquito Plague Forces Campers Home From Mills Ranch
Missoula June 2 Mosquitoes swarm along the Lolo making a week at Mills ranch impossible for a party of young ladies they sent word tonight to bring them home tomorrow due to the bite of countless insects.
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Missoula
Mills Ranch
Phillips Presides In Absence Of Hayes In Missoula Court
The Justice Court in Missoula sat under Justice Phillips due to Police Judge Hayes absence. J. R. Ames received a $1 fine and costs for drunkenness and five days in jail. Thomas King and Charles Moulder earned 10 day sentences, while Thomas Kirby Frank Bonar and George Harris were released.
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Missoula
Court of Justice
Justice Phillips
Hayes
Phillips
J. R. Ames
Thomas King
Charles Moulder
Thomas Kirby
Frank Bonar
George Harris
Log Rolling Stakes on Independence Day in Missoula
A July Fourth log rolling contest in Missoula draws three Michigan river men who put up 25 each for a 75 pot. Riders race from Bonner to the mouth of the Rattlesnake to win, with Western Montana's A A Mayo expected to compete and prizes totaling 100 in cash plus a medal and admission items.
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Missoula
Bonner
James Corbett
John Fraser
Whitey” Watson
Doings in Hamilton and Ravalli County
Special correspondence notes routine county events. Chief Engineer F A Jones and H Ss Lord completed survey for A C M extension logging road. Mrs Margaret Ebers dies at 76 near Riverside. Dan McGregor to join brother Herman at Platt ranch Como for summer. Darby to observe Fourth with R Lee McCullouch to speak. J Kleinoeder organizes local ball game for Log Rolling funds. Other items include visits from Missoula Bozeman and Virginia City trip by officials. Edith Harlan, Boulder deaf and blind graduate, returns home for vacation.
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C. B. Calkins
Stevensville
Hamilton
Margaret Ebers
Riverside
Dan McGregor
Missoula
Herman McGregor
Platt Ranch
Como
Darby
R. Lee McCulloch
W. H. McCoy
Monte Downey
McLaren
Henry Howard
Bozeman
Mr. Howard
J. W. Howard
P. 2
Shannon
Bitter Root
M. PD
Kippen
Virginia City
Edith Harlan
Boulder School For the Deaf and Blind
Farmers' Union elects Higgins as president at Missoula
Dr. R Gwinn reports in Missoula that Lt Governor Higgins is elected president of the Farmers' Union. Frank G Higgins is named president with J B Kemp as vice president and Oscar Toombs secretary. Nine new members join and a strawberry grading rule is set for the coming season. The state council meets next Saturday.
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Misoula
Higgins
Farmers’ Union
Frank G. Higgins
Kemp
Oscar Toombs
E. Fox
W. H. Dolber
Otto Benson
Charles Hart
M. A. Robinson
A. E. Welch
Farmers’ Exchange Commercial Company
Butte
Montana
State Council
George Wold
W. Dolber
Buel Hyde
W. F. Hayworth
D. E. Bandmann
C. E. Williams
Carrington and Booth Wed in Missoula Ceremony
Missoula on June 2 reports the marriage of Charles E. Carrington aged 44 and Ella Wood Booth aged 3, both of Missoula, performed at the residence of W. J Babbington of Benita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Charles E. Carrington
Ella Wood Booth
W. J Babbington
Benita
Police shakeups shift Missoula West Front beat
Missoula on June 20 sees Peter Sofness moved from West Front street policing to join the fire department while Officer Ed Martin takes Sofness old beat.
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Missoula
Peter Sofness
West Front Street
Ome
Fire Department
Ed Martin
Sofness
Martin
Appointments on Higgins Avenue Ready for Confirmation
L. F. Keim, formerly a member of the police force, has been assigned to Higgins avenue and the appointments will be brought up for confirmation at the council’s next meeting.
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Higgins Avenue
L. F. Keim
Missoula Notes Report on Local Happenings and Developments
Tom Barnes visits Missoula from Hamilton while Carnegie library work is set to start Monday. Bitter Root strawberries arrive in town in abundance as Fourth preparations continue. Local figures Crutchfield and sons also in from Hamilton. Western traffic remains heavy with No. 3 split into two sections. Projections for Fourth fund show room for more names. Rentals, land transfers, and claims along Trout creek are noted. City street debris and hoist challenges spark protests. Train crews encounter hobos and delays on eastbound runs. Western Importing clarifies a theft incident involving an employee’s horse and buggy.
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Tom Barnes
Hamilton
Carnegie Library
C. M. Crutchfield and Sons
Missoula
Mary Toole
Joseph Therrault
Tozier Brothers
Washington
Price
Snap
Frank McHattie
Alexander Hall
Dewey
Granite
Trout
Butte
Junction
California
Montana
Trout Creek
Marshall & Stiff
Joyce & Mulroney
John Schwablen
St. Regis
City Street Department
Western Importing Company
Light and Power Co Enlarging Montana Plant
The Missoula Light and Power Company enlarges its distributing plant with a new transformer room and installed delicate electrical measuring equipment to create one of the Wests finest plants. Bonner plant sees capacity boosts and a new pole line from the mouth of the canyon to the distributing plant, with poles up to 60 feet tall where crossing the rattlesnake.
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Missoula
School Board Handles Routine Work in Missoula
Missoula June 20 The school board held a regular meeting approving a plumbing contract for Irving school to the Missoula Mercantile company. Bids will be invited for painting Irving, Hawthorne and Lowell buildings. Miss Ida Brashear was elected a teacher for next year to fill a vacancy. The office of supervisor of buildings was abolished.
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Missoula
Irving School
Missoula Mercantile Company
Hawthorne and
Lowell
Ida Brashear
Miss Brashear
State Normal School of Missouri
Montana
H W Holmes Dead at Victor at 45
H W Holmes died in Victor of consumption at age 45. He leaves a wife and four children. Call at the Standard office to view engraved cards and invitations in different styles.
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Missoula
H. W. Holmes
Victor
Five Die in Blossburg Coal Mine Explosion
Raton New Mexico reported five men killed when a blast wrecked Mine No 3 of the Raton Coal and Coke Co at Blossburg. Names listed include Joe Fresnic Tony Nation Jack Stolm Tom Poser Alfonso Dame and Jack Bell fire boss badly burned with ribs broken. cause suspected a windy shot. mine inspected less than two weeks earlier.
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Raton, N. M
Raton Coal and Coke Company
Blossburg
N. M
Joe Fresnic
Tony Nation
Jack Stolm, Tom Poser
Alfonso Dame
Jack Bell
Harry Mussel
Mc Arthur Named Postmaster at Folsom and Major Jackson Ordered
Maggie Mc Arthur is appointed post master at Folsom while Battalion Sergeant Major Thornton Jackson is ordered from Fort Bayard New Mexico to Fort Missoula to join his regiment.
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The
Standard
Washington
Maggie McArthur
Folsom
Thornton Jackson
Fort Bayard
N. M
Fort Missoula
Walchli Made Paid Fire Department Member
Kalispell announces Ernest Walchli appointed to the paid fire department. The goal is three paid men on duty at all times.
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Standard
Kalispell
Ernest Walchli
Examinations on the railroad book of rules
The Call Boy and railroad crew discuss examinations as a necessary drill to keep officers busy. They advise answering strictly in the language of the book of rules, avoiding personal explanations, and warn that anticipation or cleverness may ruin a test. A cautionary tale of a brakeman and an engineer show the risk of overstepping the rules.
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Sam Searle
Wild Bill
Book of Rules
Museums Expand Anthropology and Ethnology Programs
The American Museum of Natural History and the Brooklyn Institute expand anthropology and ethnology. Nine expeditions will study the West and Southwest, with Stewart Culin leading. Chicago’s Field Museum and Columbia also scale up projects.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Pepe
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West
Seventy-seventh Street
Brooklyn Institute
Stewart Culin
Museum
University of Pennsylvania
Culin
Field Columbian Museum
Chicago
George A. Dorsey
C. F. Newcombe
Northwest
J. W. Hudson
California
H. R. Voth
Stanley McCormick
Arizona
James Mooney
Owen
Southwest
Simms
Northern Plains
Dorsey
Carnegie Institution
New York
Columbia
Franz Boas
Museum of the
Littlefield’s Grid Iron Club Moment in Washington
In Washington the first experience of Maine Congressman Littlefield with the Grid Iron Club becomes a humorous tale. He gave a toast and praised Washington, then asked for audience input with the line what do you think. The club split in chorus to order him to sit down.
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New York Times
Washington
Congressman Littlefield
National Capital
Maine
Gridiron Club
Mr. Littlefield
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News OF
Western
Western Montana
West Main Street
Agreneff
Missoua
Morris & Co
Standard Office
Doings OF
Hamilton and
Ravalli County
F. A. Jones
B., A. & P Railway
H. Ss. Lord
A. C. M. Company Lumber Department
R. Gwinn
Carrington—Booth
Hood River
Painters’ Union
Harges
Missoula Notes
H.W. Holmes
Columbian
Morris K. Jesup
New York Institution
F. W. Putnam
Putnam
Harvard
Caspar Mayer
Duc de Loubat
Marshall Saville
Mexico
Huntington
Hyde
New Mexico
Mrs. Jesup
Arapahoes
Delaware Valley
City of
America
Oliver
Buffalo Pitts
Hoosier
Planet
Deering
Winona
Rushford
Copper Mining Co
Mercantile Department
Hamilton, Montana
Missoula, Mont
G. A. Wolf
John C. Lehson
J. H. T. Ryman
Cashier
First National Bank of
A. B. Hammond, A. G. England, J. M. Keith
Brew Vet
Aaneede
R. A. Eddy
T. L. Greenough
A. B. Hammond
CO. G
England
A. G. England
H. McLeod John M. Keith
Gulden
Hammond
Mont
Lydia E
Pinkham’s
Ayer
BIG Blackfoot Milling CO
Banner
Toole Avene
Missouri
Bonner, Mont
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