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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1900
Page
5
Notice dated January 19 1900 at Butte Montana warns of a forfeiture action concerning Wallace M L Dernie with details unspecified in the fragment. The document records official action and location Butte Montana with a precise date.
Tensions flare near the Butte and Boston smelter as Trevise Kingsbury and Bennetts defend a claim against Butte & Boston. A judge issued a restraining order to halt work after a rapid shaft sunk in 36 hours, prompting a title dispute and a $500 damages claim. The site nicknamed Batchelor and Batchelor Girl reflects contested ownership.
Mrs Alice Sample Leonard, wife of Hon Charles R Leonard, died at 5 PM from heart failure after a 10 day illness with pleurisy. Born in Carthage Illinois about 40 years ago she leaves husband and three children Nathan Frank 11 Margaret 8 and Alice Elizabeth 6. Survived by father in Carthage sister Mrs B P Freeman Red Bluff Cal brother George P Sample Carthage and Bert Sample here. Funeral set after father arrives.
The Northern Pacific operates the Pullman Standard sleepers from Anaconda to St Paul and St Louis. Two sleeping cars are on the night train from Anaconda and Butte, one via Billings and the Burlington to St Louis and one from Butte to St Paul, no win, between these points.
Basset Leyson, superintendent at the Mayflower mine near Whitehall, visits the city with ties to W. A. Clark and a mine yield of about 2 million since Clark acquired the property. The Owsley extension is being developed but further ore shoots are unlikely. Also covered are Miles Finlen’s trip to the south of France with Mrs. Finlen, Kenneth Campbell’s pneumonia hospital stay, and Frank Moody’s long criminal history tied to prior Montana cases.
An old classified style ad touts Cottonwood coal with lump and nut options at fixed prices and promotes contact at Office 814 Utah, Telephone 276. A separate beer ad extols Henry Muntzer’s beer from Butte Brewery with a phone contact for trials.
Dominick Massa died yesterday afternoon in Walkerville after grasping two live wires while painting a saloon at No 201 Daly Street. An inquest at Walkerville city hall heard two witnesses describe him touching the wires and a 2000 volt current passing through his body. The coroner and undertaker attended, and the jury found he lost his life January 22 1900 by contact with live electrical wires during his painting job at 301 West Daly Street Walkerville.
Chairman Richards heads to the east to recruit a new president for the School of Mines. Adelaide A Hare is rejected for matron. R D Grant seeks chemistry professorship via trustee Long. Committees form for auditing repairs and building upkeep. February 12 meeting set.
More than three thousand people in Montana are wearing glasses fitted by Dr. Dodd at 48W Park Street. At the World Almanac and Encyclopaedia a statistics section is available at the News Stand for 25 cents.
Dr W A Akers veterinary surgeon can be found at Reed's livery stable on Main Street in Butte Montana. Diseases of horses skillfully treated. Calls answered today or night. Telephone 156.
Ladies appreciate a good remedy with French Tansy Tablets for the relic Patacar and irregular members remove all instructions after what the cause. Manufactured by A. Augendre Paris France for sale only by Newbro Drug Co Butte Mont sole agents. Price two per box sent by mail securely packed.
Belliveau's at 229 East Park Street advertises steam cleaning for suits with cleaning and pressing priced at 1.50 dollars. The terse notice highlights specialty in suit care and location for patrons seeking professional garment upkeep.
Butte Coal Company states it employs no solicitors or collectors and minimizes expenses to deliver maximum value per ton. The ad notes the business location at No. 4 East Broadway and a telephone contact at 477, highlighting the customer as the medium of advertising.
Travel ad urging readers to escape Butte smoke for Crystal Springs. Mentions rates per day and private baths five miles from town, with stages from Langlois at regular intervals. Includes contact NICK JAHREISS, Dr D Ed Rainville, Beaver Sewing machines for rent, and an undertaking company at East Quartz.
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