verdict given against the city in icy sidewalk case
Mrs. Elien Harvey sued Butte for 4000 for injuries from a fall on an icy Copper street sidewalk between Main and Wyoming on Feb 5 1911. Jury awarded 150. Judge McClernan instructed contributory negligence if she knowingly walked on the ice despite six weeks of snow. Rusek v Butte Electric Railway was dismissed as settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elien Harvey
Butte
Copper Street
Main
Wyoming
Harvey
Government
Gust Rusek
Butte Electric Railway Company
Butte Current Notes A Busy Day of Local Travel and Updates
McLaughlin Coal Co. and Orton Bros. rent pianos. Many residents depart for Oakland Chicago Spokane and Los Angeles. Bankers Yegen pay interest. new tuberculosis radium injections noted. several births marriages licenses and corporate filings reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orton Bros. Coal and Wood
McLaughlin Coal Co
H. G. Packer
Los Angeles
Thomas F. Cavanaugh
F. J. Rinckel
Oakland
Cal
Butte
Baltimore
West Park
George Wesley Davis
Chicago
Henry York
Dan Milovich
Stockton
C. S. Muffly
Broadwater County
P. A. Bocco
Middle West Points
McIntyre
Owsley Block
R. C. Kemp
Spokane
Walker's
North Yakima
Wash
Andrew J. Davis
First National Bank
New York
M. L. Hafner
Missoula
J. R. McRae
West Galena Street
Fred Sutherland
Charles W. Goodale
Murray's Hospital
P. O
Hanson
Silver Bow Block
West Silver Street
Charles Fischer
Alcohol lamp burns former Butte pugilist Doc Flynn
Doc Flynn, a noted boxer from Butte, suffered severe burns over his body when an alcohol lamp toppled Sunday morning while he tried to heat water in a bath cabinet used to reduce weight. His hands and hair were burned but the fire did not spread to the room furnishings. he will be confined to his room for at least a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doc Flynn
Butte
Flynn
Meeting of Business Men Considers Joining Chamber
A meeting of the Business Men's Association is set for 8 o'clock this evening in the council chambers to discuss merging membership into the chamber of commerce. A full representation is requested. The note also mentions that only pure fruit syrups flavor Pallas hard candies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Men's Association
Chamber of Commerce
Court hearing over auditing report dispute over copies
Judge Lynch heard a dispute about copies of a decade old city audit. Mayor Duncan and ex mayor Nevin testified on who received the three copies, including one given to the Business Men's Association. Auditor Battin said he delivered two to Nevin and one to the association, and the court will rule next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan
Nevin
Pogson-Peloubet Company
Lynch
Business Men’s Association
Business Men's Association
P. C. Goodwin
John A. Smith
Edwin M. Lamb
Goodwin
William F. Battin
Council
William A. Willis
Battin
Taxicab Driver Shot After Joy Ride Dispute in Butte
J A Jeffrey ex-cowboy and taxicab driver for Stromberg M ullins Qu or company fired at chauffeur William J McLachlan in front of Bonner block 228 South Main. McLachlan wounded but not seriously. Jeffrey jailed. 7 year old Genevieve Jones present. Witnesses Herman candy store owner and others confirm McLachlan’s account of overcharge and robbery dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. McLachlan
Jeffrey
Stromberg-Mullins Hnquor Company
Chaffeur
Bonner Block
South Matin Street
McLachlan
Murray Hospital
Jeffreys
Genevieve Jones
Regan
Sullivan
Red
Regan’s
Sullivan's
Five Mile
Jeffery
Butte
Herman
Police Court Fines For Pavement Covering Violations And More
In police court the listed residents and several others were fined five dollars for failing to cover coal hole doors on pavements. Additional fines included five dollars for fighting and ten dollars for a separate charge, with some defendants sent to county jail for forty days. One case was transferred to Justice Furlong's court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slemons & Booth
Robert Stough
J. Forrest
John Rudeman
J. Duglas
T. Manlove
J. Mendelson
W. J. Lutey
Gus Fitchen
J. Harris
Way Lung
Hum Hutch
Adolph Pincus
J. McDonald
Jack McDonald
Edward Thomas
Ed Fay
Ben Freeman
G. W. van Horn
Butte
Thomas Govey
George Rowley
Joe Calvert
Laza Tumach
William McMullan
Jennie Jones
Ethel Calder
Fred Bergen
Justice Furlong
English letter seeks family in Butte from Bishop in Bolton
Secretary Hardcastle of the Butte Business Men's association received a letter from Bolton Lancashire England written by Thomas Henry Bishop. He asks information as his uncle Samuel Bishop who left England about 31 years ago and has not kept in touch with his relatives since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardcastle
Butte Business Men's Association
Bolton
Lancashire
England
Thomas Henry Bishop
Samuel Bishop
Woman's Club House Debt Figures Corrected
Report shows the Woman's Club House company carried a misstated indebtedness of 21.59 dollars while the true amount was 2500 dollars. The firm has a paid up capital of 18 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club House
Bozeman Council Names Polling Places For April Election
Bozeman March 4 special dispatch reports the city council set polling places clerks and judges for the April 1 city election four aldermen will be chosen and voters decide on adopting a commission form of government no nominations yet but primaries expected next week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Standard
Bozeman
Limited train ditched with no injuries at Bucyrus
The 18 hour westbound limited on the Pennsylvania railway derailed near Bucyrus Ohio early today. No one was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucyrus
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railway
Women Who Spend Economizing Kitchen Talks in Butte
Lila A. Harkins head of the domestic science department Bozeman Agricultural School will lecture at the Woman's club on Wednesday at 3 pm. The talk titled Women Who Spend will explain how to stretch a dollar in the kitchen with exhibits and practical tips for household supplies. The speaker is on a state wide lecture tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Butte
Lila A. Harkins
Agricultural School
Bozeman
Postal savings bank to open in Glasgow Montana
Special Dispatch reports a postal savings bank will open in Glasgow Montana on April 1. The announcement notes the facility will provide public savings options and operates under federal Postal Savings laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Standard
Washington
Glasgow
Mont
Bryan to speak at 1 o'clock in Butte auditorium
William J. Bryan arrives in Butte at 12 35 PM via Northern Pacific and will address a free public meeting at the Audi torium starting 1 PM under Silver Bow Democratic club auspices. Governor Norris introduces Bryan and presiding, with Colonel Nolan and Helena guests accompanying to Helena after the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Bryan
Butte
Northern Pacific
Silver Bow Democratic Club
Mr. Bryan
Thornton Hotel
Milwaukee
Bryan
Joe Binnard
Norris
Helena
Col
C. B. Nolan
Colonel Nolan
Sleepin geeper freezes in snow bank at church doorway
An elderly man named C Clausen slept off a drunken spree in a snow bank at the Baptist church corner Broad way and Montana street in Butte yesterday afternoon. Passers by found him after an hour and Chief Murphy had him driven to the jail to avoid freezing. He could barely walk at the station and had recently been released on drunkenness charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Broadway
Montana Street
C. Clausen
Butte
Murphy
Clausen
Methodist Brotherhood Installs New Officers in Mountain View
The Methodist Brotherhood in Mountain View installed its new officers Sunday evening led by installing officer Pastor George D. Wolfe. M. P. Sippie was named president with Henry Blewett and John Williams as vice presidents, Wil Hocking as third vice president, F. B. Price as fourth vice president, Walter Wright as secretary, Harry Tippett as treasurer, and Joseph Roberts as chaplain. The service featured addresses by Wolfe and new president Sipple and was enhanced by choir music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Brotherhood
Mountain View Church
M. P. Sippie
Henry Blewett
John Williams
Wil Hocking
F. B. Price
Walter Wright
Harry Tippett
Joseph Roberts
George D. Wolfe
Sipple
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Butte News
East Broadway
Telephone
Independent Telephone
the Loyal Order of
Bulte, Montana
Mrs. Harvey
Small
I. O. Blake
Lewis P. Forestell
San Francisco
Milo D. Tupper
Pomeroy
Mary E. Brown
Edward Hansen
Belle Washburn
Anaconda
Arthur Peterson
Bertha Dever
Corbin
Robert H. Burton
Mary Collins
Centennial Land and Cattle Company
James G. Kidwell
James M. Dodd
C. J. Kelly
the Clothery
North Main Street
Viyella
Towle-Winterhalter
Ranaieih GD
Corner Park
Dakota Streets
PX Cowboy
J. A. Jeffrey
Chauf
Feuur
POLCE
Woman’s Club
Postal Bank For
Vanguard
Veritas Elgin
Mose Linz
Montana Tent &Awning Co. Succcessors To
Jacaulay Tent and Awning Works
North Arizona Street Inc
Butte, Mont
Democratic Club
Weinberg’s
Great Northern Ry
Alhambra
Hot Springs Hotel
Montana
M. J. Sullivan
Alhambra, Mont
Joseph Richards
Bell
Ind
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