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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1899
Page
8
Complete line of goods for Christmas including sugar chocolates fresh candy per pound 40c mixed nuts almonds walnuts filberts hickory nuts per pound 1 citron lemon and orange peel per pound 206 three pounds BOC fancy navel oranges per dozen fie large fancy lemons per dozen bananas eggs pounds and grades and prices.
The article reports a Treasury Department ruling affecting bonded freight from American ports to Canada and Alaska. It notes steamship capacity reservation by Butte men for a Cape Nome stampede, potential 1000 departures, and possible duties on British shipments via Vancouver. It also mentions a past opinion by Daniel Manning and expected through sleeping car service Butte to St Paul starting next Tuesday.
The Helena Herald reports a St Paul board resolution to extend the Bitter Root railway line about sixty miles from Grantsdale toward a southern state boundary. The extension, tied to the Pachida lumber firm, aims to bring closer timber supply, with completion expected soon though details remain uncertain.
The jury found Michael J. Driscoll death due to an unforeseen accident. As a miner at Never Sweat, he worked on the sixth floor of the 1,600 level when the hanging wall gave way. He was knocked through a floor opening seven feet to the lower level and died from back injuries sustained. Coroner Jullien’s witnesses described the fatal collapse.
Several hundred spectators watched James Flynn lose to Mose Lafontise in ten rounds at the Butte Athletic association rooms. The bout, fast and clean, favored Lafontise who controlled the later rounds after a close early exchange. Flynn showed waning form and was knocked down late as Lafontise secured the win.
City affairs and court outcomes dominate the page. Dr H A Hanson’s trial ends with acquittal while McCants smallpox case remains unproven. Nellie Villani recounts hardship at police HQ. Youths Dan Lewis and Frank Gallagher jailed over a West Park street incident with Celestial man. Plumbing bill and street-lighting debates wrap the city hall report. Annual bank meeting set for January 9 1900 in Butte with director election.
Hali Adair has accepted four Montana wrestlers J O Neill D A McMillan Billy Jones and Jack Rowett to throw each once in 90 minutes or forfeit 500 dollars. Jones faces Cornish style while McMillan Rowett and O Neill use catch as catch can. Event set for Saturday December 23 at the Grand opera house.
For feminine gifts the key is beauty whether decorative or practical. A handsome toilet set from Newbro is wise for quality over price, with Whiting sterling silver goods and ebonoid sets with silver. Bronze statuary and bronze and ebonoid candelabras with onyx bases add refined parlor decor.
The Neill Company presents James Neill in David Holmes in Sol Smith Russell’s comedy A Bachelor’s Romance at the Grand Opera House this evening. Julia Dean plays Sylvia and Edythe Chapman appears as Helen Le Grande, with local society expected to attend. Other items promote Calkins’ novelties and Davis & Weimescary Co.’s gifts and jewelry at 20 Main Street.
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