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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1899
Page
2
M. A. Serger, manager at ES West Granite Street Butte City Montana requests subscribers who do not receive the paper regularly to notify the office.
The Anaconda Standard notes that precise silver ratio is not crucial to its restoration. It argues the ratio is a legal matter, varying slightly by currency and differing from other countries, with world exchanges largely fixing the rate. The remark appears in January 9, 1899 coverage.
Congressman Campbell in Washington leads a Democratic drive against Senator-elect W A Clark. He plans to present files and influence to block seating, rallying anti Clark factions and warning Republicans Montana may swing against Clark in 1900. The plan hinges on Montana Democrats uniting to thwart Clark and shape the Senate battle.
A Helena review accuses city leaders and officers of tolerating broad gambling influence and failing to enforce anti gambling laws. The piece cites grand jury findings describing a dirty, ill kept city jail and calls for vigorous action to curb corrupt politics and vice at the local level. The Helena Herald and regional papers are noted for opposition to bribery and lax enforcement.
The anti-Clark faction aims to regain public favor by winning the champion belt from Mr. Clark at all costs. They recall a disastrous earlier attempt with Whiteside in Helena and plan a calculated Washington flight using a trained lawyer like Congressman Campbell to maneuver behind the scenes.
The Montana commissioner J HM Calderhead publishes a comprehensive year end report detailing the state’s geography, population estimates, railways, forests, schools, land offices, cattle and sheep industries, irrigation, fairs and racing associations. It notes Montana’s area as over 157000 square miles and surveys counties with resources and prospects for homeseekers.
A Buffalo doctor who sings in a church choir is to marry another choir member. A note from the director invites subscriptions to a small wedding gift fund, with a $1 limit per subscriber. The doctor replies that he will participate, noting the gift will stay within the family. The exchange reveals a light communal custom amid wedding plans.
A fragment from a late 19th or early 20th century page features jokes about fixing schemes, a Maryland man’s life diary style bread and meat consumption figures, and a string of rhetorical questions about health, age, and human behavior. It includes brief quips on marriage and self deception and a short exchange about a wife calling her husband a perfect idiot.
1894 custom house statistics show importations in 1598 of 86.855 cases G. H. Mumm's Extra Dry, 32.649 more than any other brand. Made of choicest grapes and first pressings, and hence never surpassed in quality.
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