Helena crowds crashes wedding with rice and shoes pranks
A Helena wedding party rushed to Clancy to greet newlyweds Wilton G. Brown and wife. George Faust and companions staged a lighthearted delivery of rice and old shoes as the couple traveled toward Salt Lake, but Faust backed out and the ceremony devolved into playful embarrassment aboard the Great Northern. The crowd’s plan fizzled as the bride and groom continued their journey amid good-natured mortification and a social scramble.
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Helena
Clancy
George Faust
Butte
Carl Rasch
United States District Attorney
Leo Faust
Flathead
Mor Hiclena
St. Louis
George
Sproule
Mrs. Brown
Faust
Marshal’s
Rasch
Resch
City Asked to Reimburse Plumbing Bill
A. Wehl seeks reimbursement from the city for a $47.25 plumbing bill after an overflow from a city sewer backed up in the alley behind his Imperial block building at 78 to 82 East Park Street. He paid the bill and argues city responsibility for the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Wehl
Mr. Wehl
East Park Street
Imperial Block
Father Nugent to Speak in Butte This Weekend
Rev. J. F. Nugent of Iowa will lecture at Sutton Broadway theater on Sunday and Monday nights. He may choose Philosophy of Civilization and Philosophy of History, delivering two noted talks by a renowned thinker and orator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Nugent
Iowa
Sutton Broadway Theater
Return of Mrs. Somerville Sparks Butte Fashion Fete
Mrs. M. T. Somerville arrives from the East with refined taste in hats and millinery. Her parlors brim with latest spring styles and tasteful selections. The annual opening of spring and summer goods at 108 West Granite Street runsThursday and Friday March 13 and 14.
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Butte
M. T. Somerville
Somerville
West
Granite Street
Grand jury in session with 17 members. bankruptcy cases noted
United States grand jury convened with 17 men including foreman P T Morris of Bozeman and others from Helena Billings Red Lodge Miles City and Butte. Jurors excused for various reasons. Bankruptcy actions include M D P Cooper Libby seeking discharge and George W Taft Red Lodge filing schedules with 55 percent settlement offer. Trial for Cambers vs First National Bank discussed. Referee H A Frith to hear creditors meeting set for hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Grand Jury
P. T. Morris
Bozeman
Foreman
F. J. Nye
Helena
George Soule
Billlings
J. ¥. Solberg
Big Timber
J. E. Marcum
Cascade
D. Metler
Red Lodge
John Wallin
Basin
N. P. Sorenson
J. R. Reed
R. W. Neill
D. D. Twohy
H. A. Kennedy
Harry Blumkin
Knowles
Asterant
Carl Busch
M. Dpd
Cooper
Libby
William Beck
First National Bank
Mob in Cottonwood orders Lewis family to leave valley
Special correspondence reports about 30 masked residents pressuring James Lewis to move from Cottonwood. After threatening further visits, the Lewis family relocated to Bozeman with his sister Cook and her family securing, amid a barn letters dispute, a private post office in the same area.
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Standard
Bozeman
Cottonwood
James Lewis
Cook
Cottonwood Canyon
Lewis
Neghborhood
Pople
Heavily Paranoid Miner Referred for Commitment
Michael Sheehy, once a tunnel laborer from Helena and formerly of Butte, was examined in district court on his sanity after claiming miners pursue him to extract a secret copper claim. Doctors Monroe and Ward formed the medical jury, and Sheehy was committed to the asylum.
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The
Standard
Boulder
Michael Sheehy
Great Northern Tunnel
District Court
W. M. Fergus
Whitehall
Board of County Commissioners
Judge Parker
Sheehy
Helena
Asylum
Butte
Dan Spring Introduces Neat New Shirt Styles on Market
Dan Spring offers a wide assortment of shirts including plaited soft and laundered bosoms negligee and dress shirts in various fabrics such as Percale Madras and Oxford. Prices range from 75c to 2.59 with sizes available and detached cuffs matching. Watch Hennessy’s widows.
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Hennessy
Hats in Church and at Dinner in Seventeenth Century Style
The passage notes seventeenth century habit of wearing hats in church and at meals. It praises GORDONS hats as attractive and comfortable, calling them good style and easy to wear. The text emphasizes quality and fit with phrases like easy and well made.
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Banister
Contests Expected in Democratic Caucuses and Primaries
Democratic caucuses tomorrow and Saturday primaries forecast sharp ward battles for aldermanic nominations. Dempsey likely renominated in First ward with or without labor support. Second ward unsettled as longtime council member Bryant leaves. Third ward factions support Page against Gleeson. Fourth ward Mayo backers seek another term amid likely clash. Sixth and Eighth wards feature strong opposition and dark horses. overall strong voter interest contrasts with Republican and labor apathy. Money to Loan at 10 Per Cent on approved real estate security offered by J. F. Fariss & Co.
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Dempsey
Dempey
Labor Party
Thomas Bryant
Page
Gleeson
Day
Supreme Court
Mayo
Siebenaler
J. J. McInerney
William Hogan
J. J. Knowlton
Gallatin Valley Notices Drummer Dives Into Cigar Sales
In Bozeman on March 11 a drummer or peddler was jailed for selling cigar samples. He paid a $20 fine and costs to the city and about $6 more to the county. He claimed his child was sick and he needed money, but the pleas failed. He regrets losing his samples and $386. Farming begins in valley parts as spring arrives early and squirrels abound while flowers bloom in sheltered Gallatin locales.
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Standard
Bozeman
Gallatin
J. T. Carroll Lumber Sees New Vehicle Stock
J. T. Carroll Lumber announces two carloads of fine vehicles arrived with another car on the way. Visit Corner Arizona and Platinum streets to inspect the stock.
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J. T. Carroll Lumber Company
Arizona
Platinum Streets
White Muslin Shirts Offered In Various Styles
Men’s white muslin shirts with linen bosoms shown in long and short sleeve versions with back opening and button hole cushions. All sizes priced at 1.00 each. Also Manhattan white muslin shirts with fine linen bosoms and wristbands in coat style opening down the front. Available in all sizes and sleeve lengths at 1.25 each.
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Manhattan
Manhattan Shirts Offer Fine Madras Shirts in Colors
Men’s fine Madras shirts described in red and blue with four inch plaited bosoms laundry neck band and attached cuffs. Prices listed at 3.00 and 3.50 dollars. Also available are negligee style shirts with colored stripes and attached cuffs priced at 2.50 dollars.
M Governs Frightful Visit Reported at Stull
A terse note from Stull records a frightful incident involving a figure named M Govern who reportedly caused alarm in the town. Details are sparse but the event drew local attention and prompted concern among residents.
McGovern Tries To Escape Train After Missouri Visit
Jim McGovern, visiting from Butte, Montana to Missouri, balks at boarding a railway car. Bob Whalen uses blinders and a black bottle to calm him and backs him into a Pullman, insisting the trunk stay beside him as the train departs amid frantic efforts to escape.
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Jim McGovern
Butte
Missouri
Montana
Price
Bob Whalen
McGovern
Northern Pacific
Buck
Whalen
Experienced Insurance Man Wanted In Hamilton Street Ad
Exerting united efforts to keep him from jumping through the window, no alarming reports along the route. It is presumed he calmed down. J. H. Fariss & Co. advertises for an experienced insurance man at 119 Hamilton street.
Neihart School Program and Local News Swiftly Reported
Neihart March 11 notes list a Friday opera house program by the school children including songs drills recitations and a farce with names such as Maud Arthur Alice Harrison Sadie Pattin gale and Kate Farrell plus a Boy Engineer piece. Local items report Scarlet fever in the Jacobson family illness of drayman Tom Carr and visitors from Helena. A court case Count Richard Kleesatter vs George Roehl ends with delivery to Kleesatter and $20 contempt fee.
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Neihart
Opera House
Soax
America
School
United States
Maud Arthur
Alice Harrison
Sadie Pattingale
Frances McCoole
Cora Walker
James Drenville
Willie Harrison
Philip Hynes
Kate Farrell
Pearl Powers
Wand Lunsford
Big Sandy
Tom Carr
Matt Jacobson
Ollie Bane
Birdie Mix
Helena
A. J. Attwood
Great Falls
Episcopal Church
Dan Lenny
Richard Kleesatter
George Roehl
Fitzpatrick
John W. Stanton
Grey Falls
Bennett
Klee~attel
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Butte News
W. E. Dodd
W. Park St
Cutte, Mont Shodair Block
Lutey Bros
Stewart
Range
Davis & Weimescary CO
Main St
Butte, Moni
Pipestone Springs
Wm. E. Casey
Hot Springs, Arkansas
R. Burket
Prop
Pipestone Springs, Mont
Clancy Station
Mrs. W. G. Brown
Globe Tailoring Co
W. Park Street
Father Nugent
Inery
Judge Knowles
United States Court
Acorn
Mr. Robson
New York
Gibson
Gallatin Valley
Popular Family
Knox
Prince Henry
Monte Carlo
Hennessy’s
Dan
J. F. Fariss & Co
Hamilton Street
Corner
West Granite
Gallatin Country
Hmenmuss
Butte, Montana
M'Govern
Stull
J. H. Fariss & Co
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