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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1900
Page
8
Conner, intoxicated after visiting a saloon on Main Street, lost about $10 in cash to three men who gave names as Harry Johnson, Bret Dugan, and Henry Riley. County commissioners push to finish yearly business as Griffin remains unidentified.
County commissioners expect the rest of the month to complete annual work. Daily sessions are planned to start the new year with a clean sheet. Election bills were delayed as officials sought higher pay, while road supervisors overspent, forcing accountability and settlements. Treasurer Twelly notes road funds credited to districts vary, with large totals reported.
The Ball Lake Tribune notes Charley Hoyt’s performance in A Day and a Night at the Margaret theater, highlighting Hoyt as star and his entourage, with Madge Laws renee Cora Taham Kittie Kililere Chere Jett Stolle and Lillian Maynard among cast. It previews William A. Brady and Joseph R. Grismer’s farce A Stranger in a Strange Land coming to the Margaret theater next Wednesday.
Anaconda residents unknown John Griffin killed in the Northern Pacific wreck near Butte. Inquiry at Copper City store failed to identify him. Store records show no credit purchase by that name on October 20 or that a tobacco cash purchase may have occurred with duplicate slips.
A Wednesday evening gathering at Miss Mary Toward’s home featured conundrums answered by guests. Prizes went to Miss Julia Johnsen and Saint Avklin. runners up were Miss Nina Darby and Tony McAdama as others enjoyed whist late into the night with lighthearted merriment and recounted names of attendees like Nina Darby Oliver Coon Court Caplan and more.
A collection of short items notes visitors and residents in Butte and surrounding towns. Leo Frank arrived from Hurts last evening, Mrs. Thomas Love visited Butte yesterday, and I W Rodgers was in Butte tending to legal matters. John R Brewington was struck by a train near the Montana Meat Co slaughterhouses, bruised and taken to St Ann’s.
Prof Houton states after ten years of world travel he has met more people using Green's August Flower for dyspepsia liver stomach and constipation than any other remedy. He notes it helps tourists salesmen and office workers with headaches and irregular habits and praises its safety. Sample bottles offered at Newbro Drug Co Finlen Medlin Drug Co and other dealers. Green's Prize Almanac advertised.
Try Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cool swollen feet and ease walking. It relieves swelling sweating nails blisters callous spots and bunions. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with trial package free. Allen O Olmsted Le Roy New York address provided.
A patchwork of railroad news spans resignations at Great Northern and wage talks at Santa Fe. Northern Pacific reporting October and July earnings shows mixed results while arbitration over transcontinental routes looms. Shifts in management and agents touch Chicago and Helena, with a pending Western passenger association debate and a potential mileage book system change.
Incomplete OCR text references free vote regulations for UK CHIMPAN AEN operators and Santa in Syston lines near Albuquerque. Mentions Atchison Veper and AU Moa to be piled to operators. committee and company failure to agree would determine a waiver.
In Bozeman on December 4 1000 a note of open session and a silver wedding for Judge and Mrs Milburn at Miles City is announced. The funeral of Otto Leverman dated Friday falls, survived by a Berlin Germany origin 1834 birth, a long Montana residence, and a distant kin with no relatives present. The Helena district conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South begins proceedings with preaching evenings during the session.
The article laments the swift drop in Latin study noting few readers engage Virgil and Cicero. It recalls scholars writing in Latin to express thoughts in a dead tongue and questions the current effort and interest in classical language education.
The essay laments Latin's decline in modern education, noting its waning prominence in programs and public schools. It argues that while learning other languages aids commerce and governance, Latin shaped thinking and expression, forming a core of disciplined thought valued by scholars and soldiers alike.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Kase powder as curing painful smarting feet and corns. It promises quick relief from swelling, callouses, and tired feet, claiming new shoes feel easier with the product. Mail order details direct readers to Le Roy New York for a trial package.
The Northern Pacific offers a Butte to Springdale excursion for ten dollars covering two days board, bath privileges, and travel. A eight day package with lodging and baths is twenty dollars, with a fifteen day extension upon return. Train departs Butte daily at 2 00 p m and returns from the Springs at 4 40 a m. contact W M Merriam at the Northern Pacific agent, Main Street, Butte, Mont.
The Bisthiet Court of the Swound Jue Welal Dotrlet in Montana issues a summons to HBORGE W. BANNING the defendant in a case brought by Montand semis Grouting. The respondent must answer within twenty days after service and file an answer with the court, with fees and return of service to the plaintiff’s attorney. The summons is dated November 4, 100, and signed by Clinton U Clark and W. P. Davis.
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