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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1899
Page
3
A storefront invites customers to inspect a broad range of groceries and deli items. It highlights teas and coffees with price bands and a guarantee to refund purchase money if not satisfied. Featured items include India Tea, Japan Blend, Gunpowder, and several coffee blends with per pound prices.
Robert L. Creek, a student at Butte Business College, was arrested by federal authorities for allegedly sending via mail a troubling letter. He faced a 1,500 bond and a Monday preliminary hearing, and was sent to the county jail when unable to post. Also included are unrelated local notices involving William Ling threats, a water dispute with Alice Mining, and various district court actions and estate filings.
A dispute between Mellon and Brown led to Brown striking Mellon with a billiard cue aboard a boat. Police arrived during the fray and sealed the boat as officers intervened.
Fink Steele reported a burglary at his shop on 911 North Wyoming Avenue while he was away on a two week prospecting trip. Articles valued at $7b were stolen, including three double harnesses nine single harness and a quantity of tools.
Tay silver 59 percent and Mrs George Holbrook of Blackfont Idaho arrived in the city this morning to visit her brother Alexander Gray. The funeral of a 10 year old boy from Th J McKilvey’s family was held this afternoon at 32 South Wyoming Street. Rumor says Joseph Richards plans to marry next Sunday after a long voyage of singleness. The funeral of John Johns is set for Sunday at 2 pm from the Meaderville residence, with services at Meaderville M E Church led by Rev John Hosking.
Trustees declare regular quarterly dividend of 1 per 8h totaling $80,000. Payment at 10 Broadway New York City on January 20 to stockholders of record January 7 1899. Signed Stanley P. Gifford treasurer. Also two 5-room modern bricks offered at half price by Lynch & Bachelor Bee Hive building southern city.
Practical household guidance on lamp maintenance includes cleaning with alcohol, soaking wicks in stone vinegar, boiling hemp burners in washing soda solution, and wiping brass fittings with salt and vinegar. It suggests warming chimneys gradually and using camphor to reduce odors and improve illumination.
A damaged clipping presents a verse about three fishers at sea and three wives at home, recalling the refrain that men must work while women must weep. The poem echoes loss as ships vanish at sunset, with a nod to Charles Kingsley.
Officer Fogarty found a heavily intoxicated man on East Galena Street with a cut and swollen eye. The man named W. G. Ryan said James Armstrong, bartender at the White House on East Galena, attacked him. Armstrong admitted he struck Ryan after the man became disruptive at the bar.
Jim Brown bartender at Paddys Place and patron Jim Melton clashed in a lively altercation this afternoon on South Main Street. Officers Peter arrested both parties for disorderly conduct.
Mrs May Fairfield swore out a warrant for her husband Frank Painfield charging him with assault in the third degree. She alleges he struck and bruised her with his hands and feet. Judge Ferrell issued the arrest warrant.
A dancer Mme Titenit gains fame with a toe that betrays her promise. After marriage to Jack Turner, the toe's ache drives a rift, but a stage mishap in St Louis ends her dance career for a year. Stranded, she seeks her husband, and the pair rekindle hope as pain heals their estrangement. The tale intertwines a comic opera romance with a vivid locomotive song embedded in the piece.
A Philadelphia millionaire once died and told a young man to stop drinking smoking and chewing for a year so he could prove readiness to start a business. The man complies with drinking and smoking but stops chewing then never returns, realizing the test aimed to push him into self-reliance. Stories echo the mentor’s tough love approach from Youth's Companion.
An old marriage scene notes a Sunday school attendee bride answering vows with solemn religious phrasing. In Montana Silver Bow County, the district court sets February 4 1899 in Butte for proving the will of A C White and for hearing Frank Brittons request for letters testamentary with will annexed.
The document announces a sheriff's sale on January 26 at 2 p m at the Butte courthouse for an undivided interest in the Black Placer Mining claim and lots in blocks 84 and 57 in Silver Bow County Montana. It also contains an alias summons in a Second Judicial District action by William Owsley and Charles Schatajen against Montana Smelting and Mining Company for a $7,000 note with a mortgage lien on mining stock and leases in Madison County, plus a creditor notice for John Byrne estate with a four month claims period.
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