Christmas Revelers and Courtroom Chaos in Early City News
Police court scenes unfold as Jen Jess and others face charges ranging from being in a house of ill fame to malicious mischief. A rolling oil tank incident injures storefronts on Upper Main, with Ervine Wider and Probst among those arraigned. Judges levy fines, dismissals, and warnings as arrests and pleas mix with late-night disturbances and vaccination law compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ine
John N. Kirk
Upper Main Street
Crunite
Gans & Klein
McCormick
Iar
Ervine
Nea
Jew Jess
Il Fame
John T. Shea
Jim Larkin
O'Brien
North Main Street
Christmas Services Across Four Butte Churches
Four Butte churches held successful Christmas services with children receiving gifts from Santa Claus. Mountain View M E church featured a Snow Castle setting for a cantata Christ ine Fairies, with elaborate roles for many local children. Christian Tabernacle, Grace M E South Butte, and German Lutheran church each hosted festive programs ending with gift distributions to all attending children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte Hell
Presenta
Santa Claus
Mountain View Methodist Episcopal Church
Bell Song
Porest Queen
Chitat
Bartle Bolo
Vera Hutchinson
Dairy Queen
Annie Walters
Filmos Evening Star
Belly Jane Rewitchon
Dot
Helen Sipple
Tom
Chopms Coccy
Pearl
Minnie Morgan
Sunbeam
Hoys' Brigade
Clara Bartle
Faith
Fannie Seymour
Hope
Vera Tuchinson
Charity
Ethel Pinke
Lot
Willie Roberts
Anat Marry
Clyde Rule
Ray Tow
Tuna
Mabel Prout
Christine
Annie Tallon
Violet
Minnie Jane
Lilly
Maud Paul Sunbeam
Clara Hastings
Bella Jane
Lille Prout
Mabel Youlden
Stelle Hatherill
Movning Glory
Laura Bowden
Fannie Jennings
Emerald
Ada Hatheril
Annie Burt
Sapphire
Nellie Tremewan
Ruby
Beatrice Hamm
Margaret Danuser
Tillie Olds
Lola Olds
Ida Tallon
Dorisckman
Iver Vincent
Willie Walsh
Tommie Dunstan
Walter Churchill
Carl
Kate
Nannie Edwardis
Mattie
Pearl Tiddy
Bessie
Leona Sipple
May
Lulu Atekins Dorcas
Florence Pridholm
Alice
Dora Mitchell
Jessie
Lizzie Hicks
Grace
Etta Payneter
Marion
Carrie Bowden
Maud
Mabel Mills
Clara
Marie Roger Beatrice
Grace Boyle
Ruth
Elsie Jones
Edith
Emma Spargie
Annie
Ethel Keam
Mary
Irene Vans
Martha
Lillian Keam
Mrs. McLagean
Ruth Sipple
Rhea Atkins
Ruth Mitchell
Hazel Gunderson
Landon Carson
Ethel Holman
Ruby Talude
Elmer Albritton
Grace M. E
South Butte
Local briefs from Butte Montana with ads and notices
A collage of local business notices and ads from Butte Montana including names and addresses of professionals such as Dr. German dentist 114 N Main St and Dr. Forsyth dentist who moved offices in the Owsley block. It mentions Butte Brewing Co advertising beer delivery, Carder Bros framing, J G Bates tuner in Montana Music Co, Joe Primavera saloon for self playing piano, Curtin Block Park, Dierks Diebold Safe and Lock Co sale, and buffalo meat arrival at Metropolitan market from Helena with Allard herd reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Boot
Main Street
Buttes
Joe Primavera
Meaderville
Thompson
Curtin Block
Park 8
Butte Brewing Company
C. Dierks
Diebeld Safe and Lock Co
North Main Street
Helena
Allard
Pat Crowe Seen in Butte Amid Old Kidnap Scandal
Butte police watch for Pat Crowe after AP dispatches identify him as one of the Cudahy kidnapping suspects. Detective Murphy asserts Crowe aided by Cudahy to alibi for a Chicago and Alton train robbery, claiming Cudahy arranged falsified books to cover Crowe’s supposed work. Crowe has a Butte-based brother, and authorities expect his appearance here. Public notices list Christmas Inter Mountain editions and numerous names and addresses for mailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Crowe
Young Cudahy
Omaha
Butte
Crowe
Jerry Murphy
Cudahy
Murphy
Cudahy Sr
State
Chicago& Alton
Robels
Those Curious Snatches From History and News
A collage of brief relics notes William Richardson once faced execution as a Confederate spy and escaped with rescue by General Forest. It mentions Rishey Courteney returning from Australia as a church envoy, a completed shield for General Baden-Powell, and war-era anecdotes including a London newspaper claim of Band “God Save the Queen” protocol. The piece ends with a sentimental verse fragment and an old shaving set ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Richardson
Ceneral Wheeler
Congress
Confederacy
General Forest
Pearce
London Daily News
England
General Buller
Buller
Also Mentioned on This Page
Booth
Montara
Arcestea
Wisconsin
Gordon & Dilworth
Cros & Blackwell
Botte
Fiay
Toc
A. Booth Cash Grocery
Beta Fuk Street Pure Food
Japan
the Smith Grocery Co
S. Main
North Idaho
Court Loase
Gagnon Addition
Empire
Walkerville
James Ervine
Jen Jess
Probst
Sullivan
Marge
Probar
Daly
Fa Grant
Thomas Frazier
Torpey House
Hurt Jobes
Tal & VY
Jim Sullivan
Peter St. George
Galena Street
Lee Williame
Fork
Main Streets
Brown
East Park Street
Wis
Montana Music Co
Fisher
South Main Street
Christie & Leys
Mountein View Chirch
Lilian Tilburn
Lillian Tilburn
Ione Bradshaw
Leha ‘Brown
Lena Young
Albert Tits
Chicago & Alton
the Butte
G. W. Sparr
Belgrade
Theodore Bedard, Jr
F. D. Clinton
Anaconda
Joseph E. Sperry
Minneapolis
J. C
Drayton
New York
the McDermott
E. J. DeNoon
Lincoln
Neb
Madison County
W. H.nichols & Co
West Broadway
Bulte, Mont
Rishey Courteney
Halifax
N. Y
St Thomas’ Church
Australia
Church of England of Canada
Maclary
All Canada
Austrian Board of Missions
Baden-Powell
Durban
Parson Helton
Tennessee
Walting
New York Herald
Rubenstein
Brobeck
Pyrobeck
Scepp
Ase
Hoffman House
W. Broadway
Youlden Grocery Co
North Main St
Butte Tel
Tel
Cook’s Sts Park
Mont
Iore
Hersey
Henry
India
TMC
Wecccces
Halley
BOC
Ming
I. B. Hutter
Butey Bros
W. Park
Pillsbury's
Montana Cash Grocery Co
Park, Corner
Montana
Te Broadway Grocery No
Gunther
Lowney
B. E. Cooney
Franklin McVeigh
Reese Queen Olives
Cross & Blackwell
Steamboat
Main
Maryland Ave
Rye
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