The Butte Miner calls for Sabbath observance and church support
In a reflection on Butte’s religious life the piece laments no local church or resident minister and notes Sundays should be set aside as a day of rest for health and morality. It urges unity among merchants to close stores on Sundays and anticipates a permanent church, minister, and civic cooperation as spring arrives. Postmaster notes and local officials’ efficiency are mentioned amid movement debates. A brief railroad update follows with Bowes furniture stock and ready glazed doors and sashes offered.
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Butte
Mark Swain
Bret Harte
Activ
J. M. Bowes
Fragmented Notes Reflecting 19th Century Curiosities and Gossip
A medley of items including General Custer widow’s $5000 life insurance, fashionable women’s hip pain, Perique tobacco practices, monarch tastes in jewels, Queen Victoria and other royals, a Brooklyn tip for drunkenness via water, and whimsical anecdotes on temperance and Arctic exploration. Also mentions Shab in Europe for 1878 Exhibition and a comic London cockney tale about wealth and buffalo rides.
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Victoria
India
Austria
Eugenie
Isabella
Brooklyn
New York Sun
England
Polar Circle
Europe
Teheran
Local News Arts Scene Opens With Old College Bell Song
The second dramatic entertainment opened with The College Bell sung by Mrs. Young Miss McDaniel and Messrs Young Houdebush and Hauswirth. Toodles followed with Porter and A Meiklejohn in key roles. they gained new laurels and the cast impressed audiences. A comic duet by McDaniel Halverson drew praise and Miss Self impressed as Miss Fanny Magnet. Jedidah by Miss Porter showed her clear voice. The Two Graces by Russ and Richards amused, then Kiss in the Day closed the program.
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Porter
Jedidah
James Russ
John Richards
Franks Fathomn
la Meiklejohn
Fabin’s
Utcstone
Wan. Vorler
Good Templars
Jere Roach
Miss Lucy
Territorial Mining Notes From Iron Rod District
Territorial mining notes describe Dahler and Largey expanding their mill to 24 tons daily, adding improvements for gold saving. Broadway mine shafts and tunnels total 325 feet with 500 tons of quartz yielding high values. Other local leads like Enna Miller, Blue Bird, Black Bear, and nearby tails of gold bearing ore are outlined with pay streaks and assays ranging from 10 to 95 dollars per ton.
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Territorial
Iron Rod
Dahler & Largey
Tey
Broadway
Game Place
Discovery
Hudson
Inna Miller
Silver Creek
Silver City
Bedont
Theunnel
Masonoc Masonic Ball Delights Butte Society Attends
The Masonic ball at Leebey's Opera House in Butte drew a refined crowd amid heavy snow. Guests followed a timed card system, danced to Tauswirth’s music, and praised the supper at Centennial Motel as the best yet in west aide Wall. The event was orderly, with foreign guests able to find partners, and the fraternity praised for a successful, private party atmosphere.
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Tauswirth
Centennial Motel
West-Aide
Sam Scott
Beer Lodge
Butte
Tox
Christmas Tree Celebration Delivers Bright Gift Night
A Christmas night event saw Mesiames John Noyes H Young and Preston Sears lead a successful tree preparation and gift distribution for children aged 2 to 13. The Lyce dressed handsomely, presents were abundant though some misplacements occurred, and William Porter as St. Nicholas distributed gifts to attendees amid festive lighted t tree.
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Old
Young
John Noyes
H. Young
Preston Sears
Lyce
William Porter
St. Nicholas
Comutites
Personal Porter Leaves For Helena Legislature Seat
Personal news notes Porter travels to Helena for the upcoming Legislature session after being elected as a member. Also, Rev M N Gilbert preached monthly Episcopal services to large crowds, Wm Wilson of Deer Lodge plans a billiard hall and saloon in town, A G Knox of Mining Press and Rural Press tours Montana writing mining notes and praising Montana mining prospects.
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B.T. Porter
Helena
M.N. Gilbert
Episcopal Church
Wm. Wilson
Deer Lodge
Butte
Hag
Main Street
Broadway
Billy
A. G. Knox
Miningeet Scientific Press
Rural Press
Dewey & Co
San Francisco
Val
Knox
Montana
Nevada
Trade motives rise with buffalo scarcity in the west
Reports from the Marius river area describe large numbers of Piegans Blackfeet and Bloods in the vicinity and a buffalo shortage near Fort McLeod driving tribes to seek new winter quarters. Indians express interest in trading for horned stock and cattle with beef for furs seen as a potential feature of this season's fur trade. Heaton Record Clarence Ewing of Helena titled as Register in Bankruptcy for Montana Third Judicial District appointed by Chief Justice Waite. He will assume duties immediately. Herald The U S law assigns duty of post
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Marius River
Fort McLeod
Heaton
Clarence
O. Ewing
Helena
Waite
Register
Third
Montana
Mr. Ewing
W. F. Chadwick
Chumascro & Chadwick
Herald
U. S
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