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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1899
Page
5
Capt James Ponsford attended the funeral of the late Divot in Helena while General Manager Hall left for Spokane. Local visits span Livingston Fortier's sanitarium, Billings social events, and numerous travels by railroad agents, officials, and businessmen. Elks plan a social. women’s club meetings feature readings, music, and recitations. many residents move, travel, and engage in stock and land dealings around Billings and Yellowstone Valley.
Laurel visitor Nat GQ Carwile on business in Billings. Dr J K Frisbee from Paul staying a week. Gov Hy Williams and Joe Schneider back from travel to Mot Springs. J F P Howe of Eagle Wyo with wife in Billings. Crow Agency chairman C G Hoyt in town. Attorneys Bailey of Read Lodge admitted to interior practice. Carpenters at Robert Leavens residence on South Twenty-ninth Street. A newborn thirteen pound boy to John Nadermay’s wife. Several other locals listed visiting or returning home from trips.
The payroll was signed and a Sunday morning departure marked the return trip. W H Merriman, general agent of the Northern Pacific at Butte, visited Billings over Saturday night and regretted a business rush delayed his return home. He was warmly received by his wife and sisters who have been in the city for several days. Dr. Stanton, a Basin City wool clipper, was in Billings yesterday to arrange bringing wool to this city for shipment. He plans to shear in about three weeks, freight the wool to a depot, and then send it by rail.
A Montana town notes residents moving to Corbin and attending Springs visits. Mrs Claflin from Basin visits Wie Springs. A Veenee marriage license was issued for F Vomek and Mary Donovan. Local officials, clergy, and families gather for meetings at the Boulder Springs hotel and Basin visits.
An obscure 19th century note recounts a native named King Wiley S trit and his odd habits. The piece hints at tradit ions and a controversial mango tale involving memory, theft, and moral judgments. It references Ring Hille and Boomett amid a murky chronicle of local customs and interwoven anecdotes.
The article notes recent use of compressed air motors on cross town lines in New York, praising improved efficiency and economy. It traces the historical development from early failures to modern success, and highlights the role of the International Air Power Company in advancing the technology with expects of better compression, cooler intermediate stages, and reheating before expansion to deliver practical motive power for street rail.
A mixed article recounts Virgil and West finding a large gold nugget in California during the 1850s with vivid recollections of the discovery and its impact. The piece also includes a Montana probate notice in Silver Bow County for Samer Caldwell Singer deceased, appointing a public administrator to prove the will on April 14, 1899.
The upper right shows a sectional street car view with the motor attached and air reservoirs indicated for sewing. In the Tower division the plains and elevation of the motor with the reheater and air reservoirs are illustrated.
William Burton Mary Laird Henry Crangler Nina B Witherspoon notify Charles Colbert and Mary Campbell heirs and assigns that they have expended 100 dollars in 1897 and 100 dollars in 1898 on the Green Copper lode claim in Summit Valley Silver Bow Montana. If coowners do not contribute within ninety days of service or publication, their interest may become the property of the expenditors under U.S. Revised Statutes section 2324. Butte Montana March 16, 1899.
United States Treasury invites sealed proposals for sale of a centrally located site in Butte Montana for a public building. Proposals due May 15 1899 at 10 a m with diagrams and title details. Vendors must provide metes and bounds and prove foundation suitability and accept removal of improvements on notice. The government may reject any bid.
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