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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1899
Page
7
Notes from Deer Lodge report new fences sidewalks and lawn work as the town readies for summer. a mining boom outlook boosts activity with rich creeks in Cottonwood Oro Fine Peterson and Dry Cotton promising work and dollars in circulation. the Emery mine accident near the city caused injuries to several workers and premature timbering injuries raised community concern.
The piece records Miss Florence Kelley and a dozen friends attending a lively Friday evening, plus local stockmen managing herds amid unsettled weather. It notes visits by Deputy State Mine Inspector Frank Hunter regarding an Emery mine accident, and lists multiple town residents and visitors from Bearmouth to Helena, with anecdotes about Chicago park fishing regulations and a $200 per pound live fish tale.
Agitation grows over donating a key Main Street block as a city park. The parcel, valued near seven thousand dollars, is owned mainly by the Anaconda Townsite Company with a small portion by S. A. Kennicott. If offered, city fathers may accept under stringent conditions to establish a public park immediately.
A daughter born to the wife of Joseph Dekpins at 4118 Fourth. Mrs. L. B. Gorden of Deer Lodge visits with her sister Mrs. Joseph Spente. Corner lot in Mast Park for $1,100. potential $200 in 60 days with Smith & Mahoney. The A.O.U. plans a May Day ball on May 1 to aid the Fife and Drum band. Margaret Theater Orchestra to perform. Major Ed Burke resumes master mechanic role at Upper Works. School board adjourned due to no quorum. next meeting Thursday at 8. Prof. S. A. Kennicutt resigns as organist of St. Paul’s church citing time demands. Christian Endeavorers host ice cream social with choir selections and recitations. Mayor-elect J. M. Madden’s appointments are kept under wraps until inauguration day.
M Fidel at 602 East Park Avenue advertises a closing out sale on dry goods and ladies wear with steep discounts. Jackets, skirts, wrappers and corsets offered at reduced prices including jackets $9 down to $4.75 and skirts from $6.75 to $1.50. Headline promises substantial savings on remaining stock.
Notice to John F. McEvoy and heirs that $100 labor and improvements were expended in 1898 on the Idlewood quartz mining claim in Summit Valley Silver Bow County Montana to hold the claim under section 2524 Revised Statutes. Co-owners McDowell and Kidney state that failure to contribute $16.65 within 90 days after publication will transfer the interest to them. Dated February 8, 1899.
William Burton Mary Laird Henry Crangle Nina B. Witherspoon warn Charles Colbert and Mary Campbell that they must contribute past expenditures on the Green Copper Jade mining claim in Silver Bow Montana or lose their interest. The notice cites annual labor of 100 dollars for 1897 and 1898 under US law and requires response within ninety days from service or publication. The document is dated March 16, 1899 in Butte Montana.
United States Treasury invites sealed proposals for a site in Butte Montana to erect a public building per Congress act approved March 2 1849. Corner lot preferred about 160 by 160 feet or 150 by 190 feet with 190 feet street frontage. Proposals due May 1 at 10 a.m.
The proposal requires retention of buildings and improvements for 30 days after written notice, vendor pays all title and conveyance costs, a properly drawn diagram with metes and bounds and surrounding streets, and a written statement on ground grades. Right to reject proposals reserved. Sealed proposals marked Proposal for the sale of property for a site for the public building in Butt Mont. to L. J. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C.
The piece advertises Dr Huie Pock at 227 S Main St in Butte offering pure root and herb treatments for chronic diseases. It claims permanent cures for private diseases and women’s ailments, noting years of study and successful treatment results.
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