Butte Sees Record Building Permits This Fall
Butte reports a busy September with twenty-one building permits issued, most for homes. Projects include a three story brick addition to the Lewincohn block, a near School of Mines area house, and several small residences on Broad and Garrison. New homes planned for the south side include a six room hotel style residence on Gallatin Avenue.
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Butte
van Haine
Etstition
A. &. Christie
West Broad
School of “Mines
Mackinnon
Lewincohn
Considerabie
Billings
Garrison Avenue
Cobian
J. W. Canterbury
Philips Avenue
Lester D. Weaver
Wall Street
P. F. Burns
Florenc Avenue
Die Bilson
Lewisohn Street
Butte, Wisdom & Pacific rail line eyed for rich Bikhorn district
William Walsh, ex state mining inspector, endorses the Bikhorn district as the strongest Montana prospect outside Butte. He notes seven veins, widths from 3 to 30 feet, with long continuous ore bodies and copper assays from 6 to 25 percent, plus gold and silver. He argues rail access via Ajax Blue Wing and Bannack districts could unlock profitability, with freight and smelting costs lowering to competitive levels.
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William Walsh
Bikhorn
Butte, Wisdom & Pacific Railroad
Boston & Montana Development Company
Butte
Gran
Montana
Etat
Ajax
Blue Wing
Bannack
Wise River
Boston & Montana
Silver Bow County
Aontana
Bulgaria Starvation Crisis Highlighted by Red Cross
Jhington September 18 The Red Cross released a letter from Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles describing the Bulgaria war’s dire effects. He cites starvation, inadequate hospital service and lack of medical stores as major calamities, noting 4,000 men without shelter in one field.
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Jhington
Bulgaria
Red Cross
Nelston A. Miles
Balkans
Miles
Former President Taft May Be Law School Dean
New Haven Conn Sept 18 The acceptance by Dean Henry Wade Rogers of Yale law school of an appointment as judge of the United States circuit court leaves the dean ship vacant. While no official statement was made at Yale to name a successor former President William H Taft now Kent professor at Yale is mentioned as a likely choice. Professor Taft and his family returned from Murray Bay Ontario yesterday.
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New Haven
Conn
Henry Wade Rogers
Yale Law School
United States Circuit Court
Yale University
Dean Rogers
William Ho Taft
Kent
Taft
Murray Bay
Ontario
Temperature Moderating in Southern California
Angeles, Cal Sept 18 Southern California faced another hot day with cooler expectations ahead. Government readings showed 102 degrees at yesterday's peak, a decline since 6 p.m. with a minimum around 81 reached early morning. Fire and heat injuries reported amid a major blaze damaged 19 buildings, causing about 200000 dollars in losses and exhausting the fire department. San Bernardino and Silver Lake noted extreme heat as the record for the year was approached.
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Angeles
Cal
California
San Bernardino
Cat
Silver Lake
Meteoric heat sparks crop damage report at 127
The report notes that the mercury sizzled at the 127 mark and indicates considerable crop damage. Local observers relay today that high temperatures caused widespread agricultural losses.
Slayer of wife and two policemen is captured
Everett Washington September 18 W Ti senrader shot and killed his wife at night wounded a policeman and is believed to have killed R Davis night watchman on the Fourteenth Street wharf captured early this morning in an outhouse near his home. He was weak from loss of blood after attempting suicide by cutting his neck. Policeman Tift expected to recover. Policeman Queen's eyes cut by glass from the bullet that struck Tift. Insane jealousy is the motive. Schrad er, 31, recently released from county jail, had threatened his wife. The couple have six children.
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Everett
Wash
W. Tisenrader
R. Davis Hight
Fourteenth Street
Tift
Queen
Schrader
Masons Will Meet in Butte Next Year
Helena Sept 18 Butte chosen as the Montana grand lodge meeting place for 1913. The A F and A M session in Helena concluded with elective grand officers named including grand master Wasamans dorff Lewistown and deputy grand master Lewis Joliet. Appointive officers listed and Eastern Star grand chapter opened with sessions to continue tomorrow and floral degrees to be conferred.
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Masons
Butte
Helena
Montana Grand Lodge
A. F
A. M
F. Wasamansdorff
Lewistown
Lewis
W. H. Allen
Joliet
Dr. R. Getty
Richard Lockey
Cornelius Hedges Jr
Frank B. Lewis
Bozeman
A. J. Parmelee
F. D. Jones
Helen Bantor
M.hutchinson
Whitefish
Sidney F. Morse
Billings
B.J. Robinson
Chateau
R. Hathaway
Glendive
H. A. Moulton
James
Currency Revision Wins Strong House Support
The Glass currency bill clears the House by 266 to 84 with 24 Republicans and 14Progressives joining 3 Democrats against. Voting bloc split among factions. supporters include most Democrats led by Speaker Wilson while a few Democrats and several Republicans oppose or abstain. The measure proposes a government backed note system under reserve banks and Treasury oversight, moving toward centralized banking control.
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Washington
House
Wilson Phagem
Petates
Weal
Ionattnigh
Tierdy
Mmecaure
Feaer Merciad
Kovern Commautice
Genin
Trent
Representative Glass
Banking and ‘Currency Committee
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Galloway
Texas
Elder
Louisiana
Witherspoon
Mississip
Nalts
Browne
Cary
Cooper
Cramton
Ditton
Farr
Fess
Frear
Haugen
Helgeson
Kent
Lenroot
Linauist
Mapes
McLaughlin
Nelson
Porter
Samuel Smith
J. M. C. Smith
Minnesota
Stafford
Young
North Dakota
Temple
Pennsylvania
Representativer
Bell
California
Hinebaugh
Woodruff
Michigan
Kelly
Pennylvania
Lafferty
Lindbergs
MacDonai
Manahan
Murdock
Nolan
Norton
Rupley
Thomson
Tlinois
Stevens
New Haven Trolley Lines Sold Before Bond Hearing
Boston Sept 18 The New Haven railroad faced criticism at a Massachusetts Public Service Commission hearing over a $67 000 000 bond issue The road said it sold its Massachusetts trolley holdings through several companies ending with the Richard Company which is owned by the New Haven rail line The commissioner questioned if the sale complied with court orders separating trolley properties from the railroad The railroad counsel argued the sale met legal requirements and that stock ownership by the railroad did not violate mandates.
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Boston
New Haven Railroad
Massachsetts Public Service Commission
Massachusetts
New Maven
New England Investment and Seity Company
New England Navigation Company
Raiload
Unusual Ocean Color Phenomena Across Seas and Times
A 1908 observation describes a yellow riverlike water stretched from Cape Florida to And its hue linked to tiny organisms and volcanic activity. Similar events include a blackened California coast nine years prior and a white sea off Hong Kong to Yokohama in 1904.
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Hatteras, Ny
Cape Florida
Gulifornia
Santa Crus Bay
Red Sea
Yellow Sea
China
Hongkong
Yokohama
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Sterling Silver
Repper
Andy
Leys Jeweler
North Main Street
C. B. Hoskins & CO. Druggists
Paxson & Rockefeller CO
West Park Street
Kodaks
Eagle Loan Office
East Park
Flkhorn
LAW School
Mayer, Jeweler
West Park
Lewis A. Smith
Grand Judige of Masons
ED Rose
Rask Bros
East Park Street
Pourntien Progressives
Stannara
Hrout
Evans
Setar
Los Angeles
Angeles Forest Reserve
Aever
Herth
Equator
Arctic
Antarctic
Mediterranean
Newmarket
Norfolk
Fleisher
Germantown
Fleisher Yarns
Flaisiet
Forthern Pacific-Burlington
N Great Northern-Burlington
East
Burlington
Northwest
St. Paul-Minneapolis
Chicago
Mississippi
H. A. Bradt
West Broadway
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