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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1899
Page
3
V Paltrovich sues M Roth to dissolve their book selling partnership and obtain an accounting. Paltrovich claims Roth moved goods from the store, took control, and threatened to seize all assets. The suit seeks proper division and a final accounting of the business.
City detectives arrested James Shepherd, tied to a wholesale ore theft ring involving Boston & Montana and Butte & Boston, found with copper ore valued at about $500. He reportedly shipped ore eight to ten times in the last month, with a prior linked case against Guidoni.
A nostalgic verse from the Brooklyn Standard Union recalls a time when fishing yielded huge catches. The speaker reminisces that fathers and grandfathers shared rivers filled with large suckers pickerel halibut shad and trout with neighbors returning home loaded. The piece contrasts past abundance with present days.
Local briefs mention meeting at Newtro's fountain and a tea recommendation, plus notes on a drug supply firm at 115 East Park Street. James Riddle, 46, died at his home near Porphyry and Washington streets last night. Dr. Hanson received a telegraph summons from Missoula and left on the Copper City limited at 1 pm. John Keck Urmston, western representative of London Lancashire Insurance, arrived from Los Angeles. A robbery case against Neil Gillis was dismissed by Justice Harrington on county attorney motion. The weather outlook praises Montana conditions, while a Centennial beer advertisement extols constancy and health benefits.
PERSONALS note E. L. May of Boise Idaho is in the city. Mrs. M. E. Platt of Kansas City and Miss Ada Forbis of Independence Missouri visit Butte today. Hon. George Q. Cannon, Mormon church vice president and Utah political figure, with Judge Young, arrived from Salt Lake City this morning and will depart tonight for Great Falls.
Late this afternoon a hack driven by James Thompson with two ladies plunged near the Lenox building on Granite Street where a deep excavation had caved in. One horse fell into the pit dragging the other in. the carriage overturned and the occupants landed on a sand pile without injury. A separate ad asks for one man to join a party to park starting Monday.
Joseph Jeanes of Chester claims a mysterious figure appeared on a negative while developing a photograph of Burnes, an athlete. The apparition, resembling a dead man and linked to Burnes’ acquaintance, allegedly persists across multiple exposures. Jeanes swears to the truth, a Quaker man of integrity, though the tale reads like a stranger’s ghost story.
A damaged OCR passage describes unclear health notes and a mysterious quiz of names. Readable bits reference 1984 era elements and scattered references to a person, a place, and payments amid garbled text.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a Sunday morning notice in Alba Valley listing names and places with references to Pamonia Prent and Thitli. It mentions Montaca and several individuals and streets but lacks coherent dates or actions. The readable names include Gotta, Mereiman, W Park, and Mat streeie, with various geographic hints.
Charles Flint, a miner-turned-saloon porter once wealthy from Virginia City ventures, was found unconscious with a head wound behind the World saloon in Butte early this morning. He died at 8:10 a.m. after coroner’s notice. an inquest is planned. Police suspect a fall or blow, though silver cash in his pockets argues against robbery.
An old classified item advertises dental sets priced at $20 with a $10 option. The listing gives the company at 42 West Granite Street and a phone number 523. C. W. Cockrell is noted as manager. Dr Wix is also mentioned in the ad.
Cars depart the Park and Main corner at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m., and every 20 minutes until 10 p.m. Open air concerts by Rossner's Orchestra on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and evenings. Special music Sunday at Mountain House Trail Creek Coal Montana.
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