Butte Notes Highlight Local People and Businesses
Local notes cover Moyer buggies at Grady’s Rent. Orton Bros planes. Dr Donovan moved to Phoenix. Tonktin’s shop. Leonard hotel furnished rooms. Dillon’s Frank Smith visiting Butte. F Goddard visiting from Billings. Barney’s Reception for meals. Stanley Steamers for rent. Chequamegon cafe services. new baby for William Mitchell family. Remingtons relocate to Alder. Schiltz beer distributor. Weekly Examiner subscription push. Big Blackfoot Lumber official in town. Ladies Home Journal and others at P O stand. George Sproule at US court. telegram from Al Green in LA. Tida Sherman noted. George Morchard buys Butte Cafe to become Butte Grill. marriage licenses to Walter Jennens/Alta Montana Concannon and John McMinn/May Reed. FE Richards family trip to Boston. Dan McDonald noted in labor circles. Gen Warren returns from Seattle via Idaho. Mrs Cobban ill with pneumonia at South Wyoming home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.O
West Park
John R. Toole
Big Blackfoot Lumber Company
Missoula
Butte
al Green
Lon Angeles
Tida” Sherman
Madison County
Jett
Dillon
George Morchard
Butte. Grill
Walter Jennens
Provo
Utah
Alta Montana
Washington
Charles S. Warren
Seattle
Paddy Jennings
Idaho
R. M. Cobban
Wer
Wyoming Street
Missing hired man blamed in theft at Mason Bros ranch
Mason Bros ranch near Butte mourns loss of clothing and valuables believed stolen by a new hire who disappeared after a day on the job. Items include two suits, shoes, a suit case, hand grip, a six shooter and a silver watch valued at no less than $100. Sheriff’s department notified with description of the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Bros.antryman
Butte
Sheriff's Department
Nominations Rejected by Butte Council Amid Dispute
The Butte city council rejected most mayoral nominations including Harry Blumkin and George Fitzenhan while confirming Dave Griffith as assistant street commissioner. A resolution repudiating all mayoral appointments to police, detectives, and patrolmen was adopted 10 to 2 after rules requiring a majority of elected aldermen to approve appointments. Aldermen Doull and O’Leary opposed the mayor’s nominees. new standing committees were set and the council adjourned after confirming or laying over several posts. The meeting also noted Berger’s city clerk confirmation and announced the examining board names for the police department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corby
Butte
Police Commission
Ned
Harry
Driscoll
George
Dave Griffith
M. A. Berger
Ax City
Kwan
Wan No
Tule
Berger
Doull
Thors
Thie Council
City of
Fen
Ner
White
Ambrose
Ciarist
Hans
David “Grimt
Fenner
Doran Aginst
Twill
Police Department
Harry Blumkin
Thomas Driscoll
George Fitnchen
Aald
Acen
Alderman Doull
Doran
Cohen
Hlumken
J. Harrington
Mullins
McMahon
O'Connor
O'Donnell
O'Leary
Sullivan
Mullina
Stephens
Murphy
Sullivan Rules and Order of Business
Mel Manon
Mullins Fenner
Ialigarth
P. Harrington
Me‘Mahon
Doutt
Poirce
Dull
Wynne
Mulholland
Mose Lipschutz
Cigs
Butte Mine Foreman Buried Under Debris at Basin
Thomas H. Collins , foreman of Basin s Hope shaft, was killed by a cave in while aiding a renewal effort. Koskela escaped after attempting to climb out. another worker Matia Jack avoided danger. Collins, a longtime Walkerville resident and former Bell mine foreman, left a wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Collins
New Hope
Basin
Colling
Thomas Koskela
Hoth
Koskela
Matia Jack
Olline
Walkersville
Butte
Bell Mine
North Main Street
Walkerville
Down and Out But She Won’t Prosecute In Domestic Incident
H. Sullivan, a prisoner at the city fair, and a neighbor on Mercury street, Wyoming, are long known in police circles. She was badly bruised in a past beating, and though she recalls the trouble, she says she is used to his carryin on and plans to tell the judge in court tomorrow that Sullivan's all right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Sullivan
Battery
Mercury Street
Wyoming
Eald Aho
Sullivan
Why the Wrong Man Was Laughing Continually
The piece recounts a humorous paradox of a flogging soldier laughing amid punishment and a con man Mayer selling cheap diamonds while others deal in high end pieces. It contrasts laughter with profiteering and notes Mayer’s success from small profits offsetting dealers who laugh at bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bubler
Mayer
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Butte News
Gtandard
En Butte
Rookwood Pottery
East
Montana
Whitmore
Main and
Broadway
Ty of
Protection
Utah Nue
Judiciary Committee
John Walsh
Grand Army
Joe Vernon
East Park Street
Tonopah
Gordon
the Clothes Shop
Voles
Ander Mans
Debrig
Hope Shaft
Remahler
Trail Creek Coal Co
A. J. Rosier
Butte, Mont
Telephone
Ranney
Mascot
Dept
Frianec
Monitor
Mascot Refrigerator No
Broadway Theater
Ny of Universal Favorites
Maxwell Goothye
Gregson
Lavelle & CO
Fair Drug CO
A.C. M. Hardware House
DR. McStay
Phoenix Block
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