Luck and Opportunity Shaped Jim Hill's Railroad Empire
A lengthy portrait details James I Hill's rise from wageworker to powerful railroad financier. It credits luck and opportunity for bidding up control of the Great Northern and related lines, notes vast holdings from Baltimore & Ohio to steamship ventures, and describes plans for massive new ocean freight ships and cheaper transcontinental transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Hill
Hill
West Northern Railway
Great Northern Cirporation
Baltimore & Ohio
Northern Steanship Company
St. Paul
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Minnesota
Hmi
Berlin
London
Duluth
Hennessy Mercantile closes out stock at half price
Last week of the Paragraph To Our Customers announces sale of C. K. Lewis stock to Hennessy Mercantile Co. with open accounts and thanks customers for years of patronage. Warragraph ends next Wednesday. sale features men’s shirts, underwear, jackets, and more at half price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennessy Mercantile Co
0. K. Lewis & Co
Hennessy
C. K Lewis
Hennessy’s
Not a Beautiful Life in Nixon Bankruptcy Trial
The Nixon bankruptcy trial before Judge Knowles featured testimony from ex clerk Sanchagrin and others about stolen goods, replevin, and store inventories. Witnesses described debts, stock transfers between Silver City, Centerville, and South Butte stores, and alleged stock ownership by J. F. Lott, with cross examinations detailing animosity toward S. M. Nixon and past legal troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Knowles
Unite States
Wite Ness Sandagrin
Senchagran
Justices Court
Lewistown
I Ric
S. M. Nixon
Lott
L. P. Sanders
Cook
Jin Company
United States
Mejkh Johan
Hammond Packing Company
J. F Lott
Nixons
Cooney
L. B. Cook's
Silver City Mercantile Company
P. H. Manchester
With & M
McConnell
Maury
Judy Knowles
L. W. Nixon
South Butte
Kirk
Centerville Stor
Silver City Mercantile Co
Carroll
Witnes
J. F. Lott
Centerville
G. Ho Spencer
Sanchagrin
Ity Mercantile Company
Las
M. Nixon
S. Mos
Silver City
S. M
Miss Brenaman
Butte
Sanehagrin
Anaconda
Nixon J. RB
Pioneer of Old Minstrelsy William H West
A feature on William H West a leading minstrel of the era, noting his long defense of the genre against blues influence, immense wealth from touring, romance, and his modern showmanship contrasting with early pioneers. It also contrasts past minstrels often poor at death with today’s wealthier performers and highlights changes in the minstrel profession and production values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. West
Burn Cork
Wambold
San Francisco
West
Times
On the Road Again
F B Colville longtime treasurer and manager for Dick Button leaves Butte for Beattie and Washington cities. He will stay on the coast for weeks then Spokane for a time before reentering the theatrical world after 50 years. Friends praise his courtesy and wish him luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Colville
Dick Button
Butte
Beattie
Washington
Spokane
Mr. Colville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Butte News
Jim Hill
Says James I. Hill
Northern Pacific
Henry Villard
Jay Cook
Mets
Great Northern
Pacific
Orient
China
Japan
Philippines
Russia
Vladivostok
Pacific Ocean
Mellen
St. Paul & Duluth
St. Paul & Duluth, If Any Other Company Acquired the St. Paul & Duluth
Mit
Brant
J. P Morgan & Co
T ix
Coomul Pa N
Burlington
St. Louis
North Pacific Coast
Northwest
Louisiana Purchase
Puget Sound
Portland
Hight & Fairfield Jewelers
oOr
Simon Bank
N. Main ST
Tassell
Warragraph
Punjab
New York
Amerimaker
E. Park Street
Courtney Cash Grocery
E. Park St
William H West
Blues
Montana Electric Co
East Broadway
Butte, Mont
Swend Carlson
South Main
Anaconda Copper Mining Co., Lumber Department
Manufacil
Mil Sash and Deer
Hamilton, Mont
Ros
Arizona
Aluminum
Mulle
Birch
Front
BIG Blackfoot Milling Company
Bonner, Mont
Planing Oil
Butte, Anaconda
Missoula
F. A. Ironside
Dentist
Curtis Block
West Park Street
Montana
Grand Opera House
Butte, Mons
O. McFarian
Voone
GO. McPart
Uwanee River Plantation
Arteur
Cast of
Lever
Atest Comedienne
Stella
Sutte, Mont
Bergerag
Bergera
Drs. Murray & Freund Hospital
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