Silver Bow County History Tied to Seven Counties and Monarchies
Article from the Oregon Native Son recounts Silver Bow Montana's complex past. It notes that the Butte area shifted under seven counties and multiple governments, from the Louisiana Purchase era through territorial and statehood changes, including involvement with Missouri Arkansas Oregon and Washington jurisdictions.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
Oregon
Montana
United States
Spain
France
Great Britain
Orleans
Louisiana
Indiana
Missouri
Arkansas Territory
Indian Territory
Vancouver
Clarke County
Oregon Territory
Washington
Columbia River
Rocky Mountains
Skamania County
Orphan
Skamania
Walla Walla County
Spokane
Missoula County
Idaho
Deer Lodge County
Deer Lodge
Louisiana Purchase
Homecoming of Butte Businessman After European Trip
James Finten senior partner of Finten & Media returned to Butte after a lengthy tour of Europe. He visited Paris for the exposition noting high prices and praising the art building while condemning the U S pavilion. He also met Marcus Daly in a health resort and Father Malone and Arthur Fitzgerald in Ireland and Scotland.
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James Finten
Butte
Finten & Media
Mr. Finten
France
Mr. Finlen
Marty
Par
Finlen
United States
Continental
Europe
Marcus Daly
Mr. Daly
England
Scotland
Ireland
Father Malone
Killarney
Emerald Isle
Finlen Family Ties Highlight Cork Visit
A passage notes a prosperous Cork gents finishing store owner seeking remembrance for Montana friends. It mentions his father Miles Finlen visiting his old Cork home and planning to return to Butte in a few weeks.
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Cork
Montana
Mr. Finlen
Miles Finlen
Ireland
Butte
The Anaconda Standard Delivers More News for Less Money
The Anaconda Standard offers greater daily news volume per dollar than other Montana dailies, providing more inches of text for the cost. This comparison highlights superior value in published content and overall coverage.
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Anaconda Standard
Montana
Hindoo Tloodoo Farce Delights Grand Audience
A Hindoo Tloodoo, a new farce at the Grand Opera House last night, features Anna Boyd and George Larsen with Lester Walter and Harry Byers. The plot follows occult experiments that swap souls between a young businessman and a doctor, producing comic chaos until the Hindoo resolves the mix. The audience roared with laughter. performances continue tonight and tomorrow.
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Grand Opera House
Anna Boyd
Doctor
Hindoo
George Larsen
Lester Walter
Harry Byers
Roosevelt to Speak at the Gardens in Butte
Preparations are under way for Teddy Roosevelt the Republican candidate for vice president to appear in Butte about September 11 if weather allows. A talk at the Columbia gardens is planned with alternative uptown venue if conditions delay the event. Arrival is set for roughly the 13th.
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Butte
Teddy Roosevelt
Columbia Gardens
Roosevelt
Beloved Montana youth Timothy A. Martin dead
Timothy A. Martin beloved son of Mr and Mrs T S Martin died yesterday. The funeral will be held today at 2 o'clock from the family residence 822 West Park Street.
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Timothy A
T. S. Martin
West Park Street
Funeral of Mary Florence Mc Intyre
The funeral for Mary Florence Mc Intyre will be held today at 2 o'clock at 90S Maryland Avenue.
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Mary Florence McIntyre
Maryland Avenue
McKinley to Attend Niece's Wedding in Somerset
President and Mrs. McKinley and party departed Washington at 1 PM on a Baltimore and Ohio special train bound for Somerset Pennsylvania to attend the wedding of Miss Mabel McKinley the president's niece.
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Washington
McKinley
Baltimore & Ohio
Somerset
Mabel McKinley
Agricultural Statisticians Compare Wheat and Oat Yields
Washington reports a 80.6 average corn condition on Sept 1 with an August decline of 6.4. Wheat harvest condition stands at 69.3, below 1899, 1898, and the 10 year September mean. Oats condition at harvest is 82.9 with August declines and small gains in Wisconsin Kansas Minnesota.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Texas
Illinois
Kentucky
Ohio
Tennessee
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Kansas
Indiana
Misouri
Linois
Wisconsin
California
Minnesota
South Dakota
Oregon
Michigan
North Dakota
New York
Batley
State crop conditions show mixed gains and declines across the Midwest
The report details harvest conditions and year to year changes by state for rye buckwheat tobacco and potatoes with several states reporting above or below the 10 year September averages. Kansas leads rye with 100000 acres or more reporting above its 10 year average while California and several others show notable declines.
Beaverhead County Democrats Name Ticket and Delegates
Special dispatch reports the Beaverhead County Democratic convention held in Dillon to choose a county ticket and delegates to the state convention. Edwin Norris presided as chair with Henry R. Melton temporary chair. George R. Metton served as secretary. Committees were named for credentials organization resolutions and slate selection with temporary officers confirmed and Hugh McCaleb added as assistant secretary.
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Standard
Dillon
Edwin Norris
Henry R. Melton
George R. Metton
George Mellen
Charles Truax
Joseph Shineberger
J. A. Babcock
Douglass Newcomer
S. H. Butler
Fred Landeau
T. PF. Barrett
Simon Estes
H. R. Paddock
H. R. Melton
F. L. Graves
Co. K. Paul
A. C. Hammond
William Roe
Dishno
Smith McKnight
Nell Sharkey
Dan Laugh
Local Officials Elected Across Dillon and County
A list of elected officials includes Sheriff Charles H. Padley Clerk of District Court George W. Frenad Clerk and Recorder William J. Staudaker Treasurer George Edinger Assessor A. S. Barrett County Attorney J B Poindexter Surveyor George R. Metlen Coroner J L Jones Public Administrator A E Graeter County Commissioners Craig Cornell and William Montgomery Delegates to the state convention J R Rein Charles Truax Edwin Norris Joseph Shineberger H R Melton F C Kress G T Paul Douglass Newcomer Dennis Barton A D Young William Roe Alternates Duke Gist Isaac Edinger John Courtney Emerson Hill Thomas Wilson J B Poindexter S S Patterson J J Cusick George Wolfe Charles Padley A F Graeter.
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James P. Murray
Dillon
Emerson Hill
Red Rock
D. FE
Metlen
Horse Prairie
Charles H. Padley
George W. Frenad
William J. Staudaker
George Edinger
A. S. Barrett
Medicine Lodge
J. BR
Poindexter
George R. Metlen
J. L. Jones
A. BE. Graeter
Craig Cornell
William Montgomery
Wisdom
DPD
Monight
Dell
J. R. Rein
Charles Truax
Edwin Norris
Joseph Shineberger
H. R. Melton
F.C. Kress
G. T. Paul
Douglass Newcomer
Dennis Barton
A. D. Young
William Roe
Duke Gist
Issac Edinger
John Courtney
Thomas Wilson
J. B. Poindexter
S. S. Patterson
J. J. Cusick
George Wolfe
Charles Padley
A. F. Graeter
Relighting a stub ends in comic burn and satire
In Philadelphia a self styled cigar expert lectures on the proper relighting of smoke stubs. When attempting to demonstrate a flame leaps and burns his fingers. He ends the talk with a quip about economy and quitting the relight.
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The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Fellows
Venerable Poet Driven Mad by Luxurious Living
An elderly patient in the paresis ward, a humorous poet, remarks that a dreary world lacks rhyme in a wry quip about miss and kiss. He then shakes hands and exits, his madness attributed to the luxurious living his calling invited.
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Paresis
Halstead Sues for Divorce Over Cruelty and Threats
Mary Halstead filed in district court for divorce from William Halstead alleging cruelty from Sept 1898 to Sept 1899 including threats with a hoe and shovel and physical slaps. She seeks divorce and child custody while juror selection stalls with multiple venire attempts.
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Mary Halstead
William Halstead
Crescent
Utah
Sanders Denies Estate Funds in Mine Lease Suit
In the action by Barney Coll as administrator of the Waller estate against M. H. Sanders, former partner in the Silver King mine lease, Sanders yesterday fled an answer denying any funds belonging to the estate.
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Barney Coll
W. A. Waller
M. H. Sanders
Waller
Silver King
Rival Delegates Clash Leaves One Charged
Joe Vogler went to Helena as a Clarke Heinze Republican delegate and was not seated while William Bray, seated as a Simon Pure Republican, returned to Batté. A quarrel followed and Vogler struck Bray in the jaw, multiple times, injuring him. Bray prevailed in the fray. Vogler faces a third degree assault charge in the county attorney’s office.
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Joe Vogler
Helena
Clarke Heinze
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