Butte Notes Quietly Register a Tour of Visitors
Numerous arrivals and departures mark Butte activity with residents and visitors from Helena Seattle Missoula and Great Falls seen at local hotels. Notables include Rev Tucker L Haller and J J Wooley while business travelers and bankers such as Frank M Sullivan and Yegen Bros pass through town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker's
Nutt
Orton Broa
Tonkin
Starr
Polaris
A. F. Cook
St. Anthony
W. J. Higgins
Deer Lodge
HW. Duffy
Ann Butte
Francis Haller
Helena
Fred Hore
Tona
Cal
Frank M. Sullivan
Seattle
James Lewis
Garden City
W. Rynda
Niquora
F.C. Brown
Missoula
J. J. Wooley
Great Falls
Lexgat
Finlen
Richard ‘Tucker
Drummond
Dyson
Tron Street
Putnam Barstow
T Hamilton
Frank D. Miracle
David A. Kemper
Butte
Butte Cab and Transfer Co
Bell
O'Neill
Great Northern
Edmonton
George M. Hout
Damage suit goes along pretty well
Witnesses testified in the Lewis-Steele damage case in Judge Lynch’s district court. The defense moved for a nonsuit but was denied. Abram Lewis, administrator of Mrs. Lewis’s estate, testified she was 58 and healthy. Witnesses described the accident and Mrs. Lewis’s actions at the crossing as others heard the blast and saw her cross. The record also mentions a divorce filing by Mary Withers, alleging incompatibility and separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis-Steele
Mima P. Barron
Lewis
Meyer
Melvina Willams
Joseph Hi. Toole
Park and Columbia
Mrs. Lewis
Mike Maddox
Sale of Raincoats Offers Wide Rainwear Selection
A local sale advertises raincoats of all kinds at low prices with a promotion stating good clothes are available and prices noted as forty dollars for forty five coats. The terse notice emphasizes value and timing.
Suffragists Prepare for Demonstration on Granite Street
Butte suffragists ready for an evening demonstration on Granite street with mounted figures, banners, and a parade featuring many young women. A booth at North Main and Broadway will distribute voting literature by Mrs Foote, Mrs Rozsa, and Mrs Ellis, while a cookie and ice cream department and buttons are planned for wearers. Local businesses will decorate frontages in yellow streamers and national colors as autos in the parade follow a route from Napton dock to the courthouse steps for the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Granite Street
Main” Street
Broadway
Foote
Rozsa
Ellis
Napton Dock
Ate Agi
US and Spain War Declared in 1898 Summary
Exchange shows the 1898 war declaration and the U S losses of 21 officers and 340 enlisted men with 9 percent officers among the dead. It also notes the Suez Canal remains a neutral waterway owned by an international company and explains the term mazuma as a Hebrew-derived slang for ready money. The piece touches on John Jacob’s drowning age and lists key U S officials and cabinet members of the era. It defines canoe as a light boat from Latin root, paddled with no fixed support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Q. Dia
United
Spain
United States
Tohspain
Congress
Henew
Suez Canal
John Jacot
Wilson
Wwilliam J. Bryan
William ‘J. McAde
Treasury
Lindley Garttary
James McReynolds
Albert Burleson
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Franklin
D. A. Ho
Agriculture
Willian C Redfield
Commerce
Wallan
Wii Q
Well known miner dies leaving many to mourn
John J. Sullivan, a long time miner in the city, died after a illness at a local hospital at age 36. The funeral will be Monday morning at the family residence, 301 Virginia, followed by mass at St. Patrick's and interment in the Catholic cemetery. He came to Butte theorem years ago and worked in most of the mines. He was a native of Ireland who emigrated as a boy. He leaves a widow, daughter Nellie, four stepchildren, his parents, four brothers and three sisters, all in Ireland, plus extended relatives in Montana and Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Sullivan
Thes
Virginia
St. Patrick's Jv
Sullivan
Tutte
Ireland
America
Nellie
John Sullivan
Dennis
Francis
James
Martin
Kate
Nonie
Patrick
Maurice
Michael
Fagele
Michael Murphy
Van
Butte
Kate Mccarthy
O'Neil City
Neb
Dan Ryan
Seattle
Revolutionary new safety aeroplane model demonstration
A promotional notice offers a free demonstration of a new aeroplane model endorsed by aeronautical authorities. The company, under U G White, is constructing a machine at Hatch New York and is selling stock at 30 cents a share to fund the project. Stockholders are urged to inspect expert letters endorsing the invention at 51 East Broadway through the secretary M Reynolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Naval
Thomas Ros
Hatch
New York
U G. White
Mr. White
M. Reynolds
East Broadway
City of Billings Wins Water Suit After Years in Court
The City of Billings, defendant in equity against Montana Water Co, won a long pending suit in federal court. The decision upholds that the city’s contract for a municipal water supply and its alleged breaches, including water quality concerns, were properly handled. The court found the city’s obligation to provide pure water vital and denied the water company’s demand for specific performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Montana Water Company
Bourquin
Sarah City
Baty
Yehlowstone
Materiat
Supreme Court
Meat supply to be larger based on grazing permits
The federal forest service reports a higher grazing permit count across 160 national forests for 1914, enabling about 11 million animals to graze, including around 2 million cattle and horses and nearly 2 million sheep and goats, reflecting a rise from last year despite forest reductions. Store ad note follows about Hennessy offering spring raincoats today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal. Forest. Service
Cure Kent
Community program at auxiliary gathering features songs and recitations
Members presented a bilingual social program with neighbors Hennigan presiding. Irene McDermott and her mother contributed piano pieces and a solo. Marie Heiner, Miss Crosley, and Miss Hidner performed dances and humor, while Dick Hanley plans a move to Lewistown to join his father in the Tandy business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gram
Whi
Tree
Manda Tee
Marie Heiner
Crosley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Butte News
Northwestern
Ethel Hannifin
Youreka
Utah
de. J. 1
Hanni
Milwaukee
Chicago
New
Plaintife
Mary
Withers
Indianapolis
Geyser
Mont
Terday
Kate Weir
Jerry Me Wit
TOWLE
Corner Park
Dakota Sts
A Peren
Fale
rade—Muste
Apeakt
Questions
Raul Lanaier
Fee
City OF
Gurney
Gendron
RSO
Hennessy
Mose Linz
North Main Street
Gousa Lewistows
Hanley
Peter
Lewistown
Tandy
Fates Department
West Side Coal Company
Mme
Wheat
Susem
James W. Scott
James Scott Jr
Helena Thurs
Scott
Skah Buck
S18
Dearborn Avenue
Tro
el Paso
Texas
Piedras Negras
Eagle Pass
National Railway of Mexico
Vilas
Tampico
Saltido
R. Dominguez
Coahuila
Bolivia
Eton
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!