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First Butte Typewriter and Notable Early Montana Lawyers
A long account recalls the arrival and fate of the earliest Montana typewriter in Butte linked to Joe Rosenthal, Judge W. S. Lipincott and J. Ross Clark. It weaves in portraits of lawyers like George W. Stapleton Jaimes B. Spratt Judge W.O. Speer Judge Lippincott and Judge Haldorn with anecdotes of courtroom humor and early Montana legal culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Joe Rosenthal
W. S. Lippincott
Rosenthal
Judge Lippincott
W. W. Dixon
Montana
Lippincott
J. Ross Clark
W. A. Clark
Butte and Deer Lodge
W. A. Clark & Bro
Clark
W. H. DeWitt
George W. “Wash” Stapleton
Bannack
Jaimes B. Spratt
Speer
James B. Spratt
Spratt
George Haldorn
Haldorn
McHatton
George W. Stapleton