Traveling man McCleary dies. two women claim widow status
In Butte, Robert J. McCleary died of pneumonia after arriving with a woman who styled herself his wife. A Chicago wife later produced proof of marriage, prompting Attorney Charles O’Donnell to seek dismissal of Cora T. McCleary’s petition for letters of administration. The court dismissed the petition after investigations.
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Robert J. McCleary
Butte
McCleary
Caprice
First National Bank
District Court
Cora T. McCleary
O'Donnell
Chicago
Harney
Remembering Butte Pioneers on a Corner Then and Now
Rev W C Shippen recalls 1876 land deals on Main Street's granite boulder lot. He recounts how Charles Warren Urlin and others exchanged cash and deeds in Bonner's store, shaping West Granite street and Mountain View church vicinity.
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W. C. Shippen
Main Street
Broadway
Butte
Mr. Urlin
Missoula
Shippen
Charles S. Warren
Urlin
Warren
Bonner
Henry M. Murphey
Donnell, Clark & Larabie
Deer Lodge
Mr. Shippen
Willam Thompson
Forbis Brothers
Forbises
Idaho and
Granite
Thompson
Big Rock
Granite Street
Arlin
Mountain View Church
New Butte Police Force Takes Oath Under Chief Reynolds
Chief Reynolds swore in the entire new Butte police contingent in the courthouse. The officers studied duties, will wear uniforms soon, and begin service under experienced mentors to uphold public peace.
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Butterfty
Reynolds
Deats
Butte
Butte Lodge to Host Grand Ball on May 11
Butte lodge No 1 Scandinavian hood announces a grand ball at the hall on South Main street Friday evening May 11. Admission is free for ladies.
Remarkable Case of Deaf and Dumb Unfit for Society
John O Connor the old man jailed on insanity charges was examined before Judge Harney by Drs McDonald and Cowperthwaite and ordered committed to the asylum. He is deaf and dumb from a mining accident and illiterate, using only wild gestures to communicate. Sheriff testimony shows repeated arrests for insanity or intoxication with multiple releases.
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John O'Connor
Harney
O'Connor
Luuky
Unclear referral card notes O Connor case and hospital endorsement
Fragmentary text shows doctors and Sisters of St Marys Hospital in San Francisco endorsing O Connor as worthy of charity. It suggests he may be moved between towns by authorities and, if released, sent to the county poor house. Also includes transit and fare details for trains and a Bee Hive sale notice.
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St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco
O'Connor
Salvation Army marks annual self denial week
The Salvation Army announces its annual self denial week from May 26 to June 1 to raise funds for the poor at home and missionary work abroad. Last year the organization reports shelter nights 6,131 meals 1,287,788 shelter meetings 1,667 conversions 204 and 3,396 jobs found, with 2,813 temporary aids and 297 permanent hires. Underwear offered at $1 a suit from Boucher at 45 East Park.
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Salvation Army
Army
United States
Dr Dodd Eye Specialist at 48 West Park Street
Eye clinic offers free examination with glasses fitted at moderate prices. Office upstairs at 48 West Park Street run by Dr Dodd, eye specialist.
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Dr. Dodd
West Park Street
Training table costs stir Yale athletes and students
At the Thornton Hotel BE F Brown notes Yale athletes, especially impecunious students, face a new charge to eat at the training table with a minimum of four dollars weekly. The piece also cites critics on business education and a Chelsea England matrimony college idea, plus a tale of a deer lodge colonel and a long discussion of a turtle’s lingering post head removal.
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Yale University
BE. F. Brown
New York
Thornton
Athletic Association
Travel rates to Omaha Cincinnati Detroit and more
May 30 and June 7 to Omaha and Kansas City and return, 40 dollars. July 2 to Cincinnati and return, 58.50. July 2 and 3 to Detroit and return, 61.25. Low rates to Milwaukee Chicago and Buffalo to be published soon. Call or write for details. City ticket office 105 North Main Street Hutte Montana H O Wilson general agent.
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North Main Street
Butte
Mont
H. O. Wilson
Omaha
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Ohio
Detroit
Mich
Milwaukee
Chicago
Buffalo
City
Hutte, Mont
N. Main Street
J. EF. Dawson
G. A
Woman's sanity in doubt in New York case
Mrs Edith Heathmere and her 16 year old daughter Lillian told Magistrate Brann at Center Police Court they possess evidence that a former assistant district attorney took a $13 000 Kennedy murder case check from Mrs Heathmere The pair were sent to Bellevue for lunacy examination doctors found no clear signs of insanity The case involves Dolly Reynolds Kennedy and a well known hotel proprietor with connections to the prosecution and a boarding house claimed to hold the best rooms
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New York
Edith Heathmere
Lillian
West Twenty-Third Street
Center Police Court
Brann
Heathmere
Kennedy
Dolly Reynolds
Symons Dry Goods Seeks Holder of 604884 Ticket
Wanted by the Symons Dry Goods company a ticket bearing number 604884 is sought. The notice specifies possession of the numbered ticket for claimed reward or fulfillment of a related obligation. No other details are provided in the fragment.
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Symons Dry Goods Company
White Indian for Women in Atlanta Tobacco Shop
A New York Journal piece recounts a tobacco shop owner in an uptown Atlanta neighborhood painting a cigar store Indian white to attract female customers. A wealthy broker’s daughter influences the change, noting white faces appeal to women who buy for sick brothers, boosting the shop’s profits while preserving decorum.
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The
New York Journal
Atlanta
Phowoman
Lakeview House Opens Near Nine Mile Resort
The Lakeview House resort is open to the public with bar and dining room service and finely furnished rooms for parties. A free dance hall and boating are available, with good stabling. Orton Bros. at 219 N Main St in Butte offer sales on pianos organs. Boucher’s advertises tan leather shoes marked down from six dollars to three fifty.
Baltimore Girl Seeks Theatrical Company Arrival Mystery
Mazie Kove a 17 year old girl from near Canton Ohio is detained in Baltimore after arriving by train at Calvert station claiming to join the Black Patti Troubadours at Holliday street theater. Police await word from her parents as marshal contacts them. She states her parents funded travel to Baltimore for the troupe.
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Baltimore
Mazie Kove
Canton
Ohio
Black Patti Troubadours
Holliday Street Theater
Sergeant Schulte
Central District
Miss Grove
Pastern Summer Excursions Via Great Northern Railway
Excursions from St. Paul to several cities offered by Great Northern Railway with returns and sale dates. Destinations include Cincinnati Detroit and Milwaukee with specified prices and 60 day return limits. Sales at 41 N. Main Street via J. Ef. Dawson G. A.
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Great
Nice calf shoes in all sizes at Boucher's.
Advert says calf shoes available in all sizes for $1.50 at Boucher's store.
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Boucher’s
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Fisherman's Rates, Oregon Short Line Railway
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East Park
Business College
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Harvard
Princeton
Chelsea
England
W. N. Aylesworth
Butte Hotel
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Mrs. Heathmere
Lakeview House
Orton Bros
Northern Railway
Hennessys
Momana
Hennessy
Nation
Batistes AG
Wm. Simpson & Son
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