Butte News Con Sullivan Struck by Smallpox
The mining man Con Sullivan formerly of Homestake mine in Horse Canyon is reported ill with smallpox in Spokane and in a contagion hospital. He had recently recovered from pneumonia and left Butte seeking better health, with hopes the climate would help. Sullivan originated the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine in Coeur d'Alene and is known across the Northwest.
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Butte
Con Sullivan
Homestake
Horse Canyon
Spokane
Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan
Bunker Hill and Sullivan
Coeur d’Alene
Northwest
Anaconda Standard Ad Promotes State News Access
The Anaconda Standard touts its dominance in state news and general reporting with superior illustrations. It advertises a subscription price of $1.00 per month to attract readers to the paper.
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Anaconda Standard
F Lontana
Prosperity Hot in Colorado Mining Districts
Chauncey Mall reports from San Juan San Miguel and Ouray counties that prosperity in the mining region is at a peak. Capital flows into San Juan county with expansions and new enterprises, signaling higher output and renewed activity across older properties and new producers.
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Denver Republican
Chauncey Mall
San Juan
San Miguel
Ouray
San Juan County
Amimas Forks
Ambitious mining growth forecast in South Africa and Colorado
The report describes plans to expand Sunnyside and Camp Bird mills, boosting production in Colorado mining regions. It cites J B Robinson predicting vast South African development after potential annexation, with railways, coal and gold, numerous mines, and unity under British rule.
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J. B. Robinson
South Africa
England
Transvaal
France
Transvaale
Warren Arrives at Nagasaki with Cavalry Recruits
The War Department reports the transport Warren reached Nagasaki with two battalions of the Ninth Cavalry and recruits aboard. Health of the troops is reported excellent. Warren will proceed to Manila. Also, the animal transport Aztec arrived at Kobe with horses for the Third Cavalry aboard.
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Warren
Nagasaki
Washington
War Department
Ninth Cavalry
Manila
Kobe
Third Cavalry
Local chase ends in clash with burglars at Canaanville
In Athens Ohio on September 7 local officers and posses exchanged fire with alleged safe blowers at Canaanville. After a 25 shot exchange two robbers were captured.
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Athens
Ohio
Canaanville
Overcrowded Great Falls Schools Strain Limited Space
Great Falls reports a surge in enrollment at the fall term with totals surpassing last year by over one hundred and projected to rise above two thousand by holidays. Buildings are crowded, classrooms exceed safe limits, and trustees face a serious space shortage despite added rooms during vacation.
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Great Falls
Supreme Court
Sargent
Whittier
Central Building
High School
North Side
Longfellow
South Side
Franklin
West Side
Hawthorne
Boston & Montana
Lowell
Boston Heights
Silver Smelter
Jenkins, Field and Ulm
Enrollment Boom Promises Great Falls Second City Status
The sharp rise in school enrollment signals continued growth for Great Falls Montana. The surge highlights prosperity unmatched in the state, placing the city in a strong position to claim the title of the second city in Montana.
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Great Falls
Montana
Nelson Draws Crowds at Great Falls Campaign Rally
In Cascade county a Republican rally at the opera house drew a packed audience despite early enthusiasm waning. Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota defended tariffs, imperialism, and the silver issue, praising McKinley and Dingley while criticizing the Wilson bill.
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Standard
Great Falls
Cascade County
Opera House
Black Eagle Band
Louis Stockett
E. R. Clingan
W. K. Berry
M. Muller
W. P. Beachly
John A. Collins
William Glasscock
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Belt
Nelson
Montana
Wison
Forest Fire Ranges Across Spokane Area
Great Falls reports a Spokane range fire that began at Rowe Coulee late last week and spread twenty miles to Eagle Butte before shifting south and burning out after reaching an earlier fire track. No other property was damaged, though range and timber suffered.
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Rowe Coulee
Facile Butte
Great Falls
Spokane Range
Eagle Butte
New Decision in Land Case Cites Canceled Entry
A September statement from Great Falls reports the interior department ruled against Alice Bennett in a land entry case. The decision favors Martin H. Bray, canceling Bennett’s entry for failure to establish residence.
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Great Falls
Department of the Interior
Martin H. Bray
Alice Bennett
Residence claim in Chinook court upheld on service issue
The Chinook court upheld the decision against Alice Bennett's residence claim. The land commissioner concurred that a woman need not allege military or naval service in the complaint to establish residence for the case.
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Lished
Chinook
Alice Bennett
United States Army
United States Navy
Military
Naval Department
Great Falls Notes on Residents and Travellers Activity
A digest of names and movements in Great Falls lists James of Monarch and others visiting from Kalispell Anaconda and Fort Benton along with local residents returning from Chicago Helena and Anaconda. It notes hospital illness typhoid fever and a census update for Havre school district while reporting travel plans and community ties.
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Fort Peek
City
McPherson
Chicago
J. T. Crawford
Fifth Avenue North
C. M. Webster
Helena
Howard M. Evans
Anaconda
Twelfth Street North
Mrs. Longway
Severe storm hits Great Falls. telephone office struck
A severe thunderstorm and lightning struck Great Falls tonight. The Vaughn block telephone exchange switchboard burned out, leaving the line inoperable for a time. No injuries reported.
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Standard
Great Falls
Vaughn Block
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