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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1899
Page
8
The first few lots on the Empire Addition six shocks from the new postage site will be sold to home builders at exceptionally low prices.
A justice court continues the Menfafaie Purchasing Co. v Boston and Montana case with trial set for August 11. The ongoing dispute involves ore vein developments and a postponement tied to injunctions, while a separate theft case in Butte centers on three women accused of robbing Peter Gibbons of gold coins replaced by poker chips at a rear East Park Street location.
The county attorney obtained a time extension for filing against Clara Ward, Earl Bond, and Fred Boyson, with two charged with burglary and one with second degree assault. Monica Frey Callahan may visit her child once weekly in Salt Lake, and $40 is due to cover travel costs. Antone Tomagsen became a citizen. Haywood Smith was treated for a knee bullet wound after an X-ray located and removed the bullet. Also noted are an upcoming district meeting and a silk goods sale by Weinberg Bros. in Owsley block.
Police investigated two cases on Mercury Street where women attempted self harm after troubled affairs. Blanche Stone of 44 East Mercury consumed chloroform but survived after a stomach pump revived her. Laura Hood drank poison after a lover left her with $200. a doctor used stomach pumping to save her. Anla Marlowe shoes advertised by Tassell at 25 West Park appeared at line end.
Lulu Edwards, a Mercury street resident, was arrested on insanity charges. Her condition is described as mild, causing her to mistake every man she meets for a former love. A medical commission may examine her soon. A note mentions Cassidy optician and David Harum as available at the Postoffice News Stand.
A parlor car from Baltimore carries six traveling men who try to ask for the Boston depot in New York. They receive silent stares until a conductor explains a deaf and dumb convention is the joke. The old man quips about the company as they reach Jersey City.
In 1851 a twelve-penny black Canadian stamp printed at Ottawa drew little favor. A Hamilton post office sale, an old gentleman’s protest, an errand boy, and a dealer’s discovery triggered a tale of rising value and a $1,200 offer after the stamp wandered from Canada to the United States and back among collectors. The saga traces how one stamp’s journey yielded surprising wealth.
An Englishman buys a famed stamp from a Canadian contact for 1500 dollars to please an American heiress and win her brother’s favor. The stamp ends up in a fire after a maid sweeps it from an album, vanishing amid the flames.
An old ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cure painful feet and ease tight shoes. It claims instant relief from swelling, sweating, and bunions with trial packages and mail orders. Also mentions shoe prices in Holbrook's windows and local contact J. Q. Goss Jr. State gent. 32 Silver Bow Black. Tel 357, FOR RENT TWO FURNISHED rooms at 503 West Galena Street.
Executor Bernard Quinn invites creditors and others with claims against Charles Quinn deceased to present them with vouchers within four months of the first publication. Claims should be shown at McHatton and Cotter offices 518-521 Hennessy Building, Butte Montana, Silver Bow County. Dated Butte Montana June 20 1899.
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