Butte Raises Streetcar Fare and Adopts Ticket System
Butte shifts streetcar fares from five to six cents starting December 10 and issues 3 000 000 tickets to speed pay and reduce pennies. Public Service Commission boosts mail carrier and child under 12 fares, though the railroad argues mail carriers are underpaid. Tickets urged to save time and money for riders and the company. The line faces large losses from an epidemic, with over 500 dollars daily, totaling 30 000 dollars over two months, and a 25 000 dollar bank loan already taken to cover deficits.
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Butte
Public Service Commission
Company
Clark Bank
Insurance battle in Montana calls for public defense
A Montana readers’ appeal from the American Society of Equity warns property owners that an Insurance Federation plan to split the offices of state auditor and state insurance commissioner could let old line companies seize control and raise taxes. The call is to constituents to pressure their senators and representatives to oppose the plan and defend mutual and cooperative insurers.
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Montana
Insurance Federation
Old Line
Insurance Department
Equity Mutual Insurance Companies
State Insurance Department
Mutual
State Auditor
State Insurance Commissioner
Insurance Commissioner
American Society OF Equity
Brownie Burke Writes From Front to Homer Murphy
Helena veteran Brownie Burke a former state senator and 90th division private writes from France to Homer Murphy. He reports on family ties, promotion to colonel, and Allied advances while praising home support and relief efforts from Herbert Hoover and Red Cross. He notes French kindness and hopes for quick return home despite hardships.
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Brownie Burke
Helena
A. E. F. Brownie
Tom Thumb
Homer G. Murphy
Murphy
John G. Browne
Governor Stewart
Brownie
Jack Stewart
France
Knights of Columbus
Farflung
Jack
Fritz
St. Mihiel
90Th
Homer
JT Supose
Turkey
Austria
Wild Bill
Okehs
Herbert Hoover
Gaza and Company
Uncle Sam
Red Cross
Butte Closes Against Flu Outbreak in Turbulent Clash
In Butte a county order to close theaters cabarets saloons schools and churches triggers a fierce dispute. Governor Stewart and Secretary Cogswell intervene as city and county boards battle over closing authority. Masks mandated for public workers as closures expand and enforcement hinges on the county city dispute.
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Stewart
Cforest
Cogswell
Helena
Butte
State Board of Health
Clamps Down Ltd
County Medical Association
Board of Health
Medical Association
City Board of Health
Imperial Butte
Old age remedy claims by GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil
An advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as preventing old age symptoms by cleansing kidneys and digestive organs. It promises life extension, vigor, and disease prevention, urging readers to buy from a druggist with a money back guarantee.
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Haarlem
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Eaeay
Senate
L. James Lumber CO
Como Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
Theresa Reason
Tpeeea
Great Northwest
Kelley-How-Thomson Co
Duluth
Minnesota
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