Money orders desired for Butte post office petitioned
Citizens urge establishment of money order services at Butte post office citing high business volume and potential upgrade to second class. Local talks indicate petitioned support may prompt formal Department action next spring with possible office expansion and staff changes. Opera troupe performance praised though with mixed vocal reception. audience urged Taylor troupe to return to Butte.
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Butte
Huede
Hong
Departaent
Vidipsbjerg
Anus
Anus Order Giles At That Place, and Witho Wh Wiens Petiion
Tages
Philipstarg
Muntana
Aspler
2. L. Boies Winter i & Uo
Pipestone Pass Road Favored to Complete Great Montana Route
Sufficient funds have been raised to finish the Pipestone pass road from the divide to Viad, connecting to Fish Creek. The completion will leave only five miles on the Montana side to Black Fall, enabling cheaper, direct travel for supplies and boosting traffic for Butte merchants. The route will serve Missoula military posts and Forts Shaw and Ellis, with about one hundred dollars needed to finish the divide to Viad section.
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Viad Neghboring
Fish Creek
McCartey
Deer Lodge
Butte
Maey
Missoula
Shaw and
Ellis
Missal
Buite World
Elena
Dare
Public Hall Planned Above School Building
Trustees decide to finish the upper story as a public hall for gatherings and speeches while preserving normal school use below. The 26 by 68 foot room will seat crowds, provide revenue for equipment, and ease future school accommodations.
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Limy Hare
Clower
Sunday Service Highlights and Local Developments in Glexdale
From Glexdale correspondence, religious services were held last Sabbath with Rev. Van Grattule officiating. Monday saw services in the school house and evening worship in the public hall where billiards entertained the congregation. A gaming session and a salon keeper’s venue arose beneath. A Sunday school organized with a committee raising seventy five dollars for books and papers. The Herla company continues bullion output. Thomas & Armstrong plan a new two story brick building and a spring addition to open a clothing store.
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Butte Minervo
van Grattule
Mornday
Herla
Thomas & Armstrong
Calls for a town jail in Butte due to petty crime unrest
A chaotic report from yesterday describes officers arresting belligerent individuals and the need for a secure lockup in Butte. It criticizes overworked county facilities, costly patrols, and the lack of safe detention, proposing the power magazine as a possible calaboose amid widespread concerns over prisoners’ escapes.
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Frank Beck
Reud
Sabolsky
Fn A
Butte
Butte Library Association Plans New Book Fund Drive
The Butte Library Association orders 70 historical and scientific volumes to arrive soon for placement in the library. A two dollar entrance fee funds initial subscriptions and annual assessments to cover expenses. The goal is to expand reading and good habits, with current membership at sixty four and hopes for quick growth.
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Butte
Uttaber
Etha
Madu 8
Condi
Blue's Bazaar and Town Notes Echo Old Frisco Life
A bustling slice of town life from the era notes sales at Blua's Bazaar with dresses, shirts, and undergarments. announces a Friday gathering and a weekly fire company meeting. Mentions contracts dissolving, business openings, and local incidents including a saw accident and a legal notice about postage stamp sales.
Retail changes stir Butte business scene on Main Street
Last week Copinus moved stock from Tioneer to Butte and will meet customers in Willan Coleman building. Mesa Read Freyseldag Hoot secure vacated RL Bar stand and plan opening in Mason ic building. Holiday plans include Geo A Hines opening a jewelry store on Mab Street with gold jewelry stones silverware and watches. A Helena firm may open a shoe store in the new Masonic building, but no firm named yet. yet Butte lacks a dedicated shoe store while other shops carry boots and shoes.
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Copinus
Tioneer
Butte
Cienney
Main Street
Willan Coleman & Coy
Ulu
Ew Ones
Mesa
Read
Freyseldag & Hoot
RL. Bar Hell
Masouic
Bute
Geo. A. Hines
Mab Strees
Hlnty
Geo. P. Reeves
Helena
Butle
Notable visitors and local business notes from Deer Lodge
Rhett McAndrews and J A Moss visited Deer Lodge recently while Frank Frisbee and Frank Bateman traveled from Philipsburg. Crocket Stevens and Fred Taylor were seen in town, as was James Matthews who is ill with a severe illness. E L Bonner & Co announces the largest dry goods stock in Butte with promises of lower prices.
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Rhett- McAndrews
J. A. Moss
Georgetown
USA Rem
Sat _ Crocket Stevens
Fred Taylor
Mitt
Vipoud Distria
Frank Frisbee
North Western Mining Company
Frank Bateman
Philipsburg
James Matthews
Deer Lodge
E. L. Bonner & Co
Butte
Post Office Augmentation and Town Growth Notes
The report states the post office will stay in its current building with improvements to ease access and mail distribution, including a lower door and new glass boxes. Skating at the Leeber’s rink continues to grow as a social hub, with evolving facilities and regular practice times. A race at the new course saw the black stallion from Camp Creek prevail in 25 seconds amid higher side bets, while Sioux war parties on Milk River were noted near Port Belknap and the town’s northern boundary expands with new houses and shifting boundaries.
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Henry Newbury
Camp Creek
Messrs. Menesr
Ince
Sitting Bull
Milk River
Port Belknap
Cow Island
Major Walsh
Fragmentary Names Roll From Primary Department Enrollment
A garbled list shows names and roles from a primary department. It notes fifty scholars enrolled and mentions Albert opiniona and various teachers and staff, including Humphrey Bryon Beluber and Henry Morrier, with several unclear entries and partial surnames.
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Albert Vopinua
Allee
Humphrey Bryon Beluber
Hum Per Grhn
Garry
Allen
Henry Morrier
Mout Kumans
Beas 3 Bu 30 Lit OF LODES raed in the County Lecorder
An 80, 1877 entry appears in the county recorder's records from Dear Lodge with six months backward dating. The legible fragment notes a Beas 3 Bu 30 Lit of Lodes and references Dear Lodge and the county recorder.
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Lecorder
Dear Lodge
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