Great Northern wool trade and roadbed improvements in Montana
Archibald Gray reports Great Falls as a wool shipping center likely to shine this year. About 1,000,000 pounds shipped locally, with up to 10,000,000 pounds expected from the Great Northern route area. Spring rains raise per‑pound price. 32 work trains and six shovels advance mountain division rebuilding toward 60 mph speeds.
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Archibald Gray
Great Northern
Great Fales
Judith Basin
Gray
Great Falls
Great Northern Railroad
Havre
Minot
Bbc
Abe
A SEQUENCE TO THE STRIKE AND ITS AFTERMATH
There is commentary on how the 1896 engineers strike caused long term losses and current work arrears. British builders face £200,000 in orders diverted, keeping pay from workers due to past actions. Also notes advertising eye care and a Cassidy optician.
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Charles Rous-Marten
Engineering Magazine
Copper Shares Rally After Slow Opening on Boston Exchange
The copper stock rose despite a quiet start on the Boston market. Anaconda stood at 1g with Boston & Montana bid 335, asked near 335. Butte & Boston listed about 42.50, Mohawk 25.45. Tamarack bid 205, asks 210.
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Boston Stock Exchange
Boston & Montana
Butte & Boston
Crowd Bitter in Front of Johnson Speech During Grant Rally
A volatile scene unfolds as crowds jeer President Johnson while favoring Grant and Farragut. Grant refuses to speak until Johnson signals, then he nods to Johnson and quiet falls. Sailors Seward and Farragut draw public interest amid a tumultuous political rally in 186? with General Custer attempting to quell the noise.
Excursion on the Fourth at Anaconda Park
Town readers are invited to a Fourth of July excursion and picnic at Anaconda park. Round trip tickets are $1 with trains at convenient times. Music outdoors by the Boston & Montana band and Bergstrom's orchestra, plus improved grounds for a festive outing. Also mentions Gebo coal agency and other local ads.
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M. T
Anaconda Park
Boston & Montana
Bergstrom
Johnson's Rail Tour Aims to Win Hearts in Midwest
The article recounts President Johnson's cross country swing from Washington to Chicago aided by iconic military names like General Grant Admiral Farragut and General Custer to charm the public. It notes his belief face to face contact would prove he is right and Congress is wrong and that a large crowd would secure enthusiastic receptions.
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Chicago
Johnson
Washington
Robin Hool
Congress
General Grant
Farra- Rut
Custer
Local Briefs And Social Notes From Butte Area
Various local items include meetups at Newbro's fountain and Westside Park, a Ceylon tea feature, horses for sale, piano tuner listings, and upcoming dog races with a $150 purse. Also notes on a women and children program, area businesses, school summer programs, and recent weddings and obituaries. A Wakefield-Andrews Opera presentation of Martha and Cavalleria Rusticana is praised, with funeral plans for Harry Morgan. Centennial beer is touted as a healthful summer beverage.
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Newbro
Wat Side Park
Langiots
West
Granite
G. Bese
Montana
Westside Park
Washington
Fidelity Hall
Mary McGahm
Thearea of Women and Children
aArgy
W. Broadway
Fair Drug and Assay Supply Company
East Park Street
McTrucker
Loranger
Probst
West Park
Phonte
Butte Business College
Henry Fowler
Washington Street
George B. Rawson
Jessie J. Maher
John C. Flint
Utah Avenue
E. Groeneveld
Wakefield-Andrews Opera
Martha
Grand Opera House
Butte
Cavalleria Rusticana
Summer Excursions Offer From Great Northern Railway
Great Northern announces summer excursions starting May 13 with Boulder and return services. Basin and return runs Sundays only. tickets sold Saturdays and Sundays, valid through Monday. Price for Basin return is 300 dollars. E Dawson, General Agent, 1 North Main Street.
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North Main Street
J. E. Dawson
Great Northern Railway
Boulder and Return
Isessegeeeeey
Basin and Return
E. Dawson
Sale of Surreys and Wagons at Reduced Prices
A local business announces the sale of its entire stock of surreys traps buggies road wagons delivery wagons carts and related items at greatly reduced prices for the next 30 days.
Fortunate Coincidence At A City Boarding House
Two women at a city boarding house spend an idle afternoon on the piazza discussing books and authors. The conversation moves from a pleasant day to mentions of Mr. Stone, German and Austrian writers, and the genius of Ibsen, ending with their mutual admission that neither has read the works discussed. The scene closes with the remark that the learned chatter has ended.
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Mr. Stone
Ibsen
Jhsen
Thien
St. Paul Globe
Washington inventor debuts changing mailbox sign
A Washington inventor offers a mailbox attachment that updates a visible sign every time the mail door is opened. The movable card shows when the next collection will occur, allowing observers outside to see the schedule at a glance.
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Washington
Grand Fourth of July Shoe Sale at John Tassell’s
The Railway Age reports strong industry growth with at least 5000 miles of new railroad to be built across the United States in 1899, signaling an investment near 150 million dollars.
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John Tassell
West
The
Railway Age
United States
Beattle Fire Sparks Towns Memory of Fire Outfit
Beattle Kansas experienced a recent fire that prompted the town to recall an overlooked fire outfit. The item reemerged as a remembered asset amid local curiosity and a string of varied notices about services and rentals.
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Beattle
Kan
Sheriff's Sale in Butte Montana Targeting Frank Myde
Sheriff’s sale announced by S Detrick plaintiff against Frank Myde to be held July 11 at the front door of the court house in Butte Silver Bow Montana. Property described includes all rights title and interest of the defendant in the described Xen property.
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S. Detrick
Frank Myde
Sheriff's Aie
Butte
Silver Bow
State of
Montana
Mortgage on Lots 41 42 Cobban Addition Butte Montana
Sheriff Patrick Regan announces a legal record involving Elizbeth A Hyde, wife of Frank Hyde, and properties Lots 41 and 42 in Block 1 of the George Cobban addition in Butte Silver Bow County Montana. The lots, on file with the county clerk, are subject to a mortgage by E A and F K Hyde to George Cobban. Dated June 26, 1899.
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Frank Hyde
George Cobban
Butte
Silver Bow County
Montana
Elizabeth A. Hyde
E. A
F. K. Hyde
Patrick H. Regan
Jas. M. Reynolds
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