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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1899
Page
8
A local real estate pitch promotes low margins and fast cash sales for a 320 by 100 foot lot in the Empire Addition Butte. The seller claims the site is the newest best located and healthiest city property, urging buyers to invest in their own city with style of low cash basis.
Classified rental ad fragment lists a four room modern brick flat at 28 50 Tercom furnished, and an eight hundred dollar monthly house in South Butte, showing available rentals and prices.
Judge Clancy convened his department and ordered actions including a preliminary inform against Herman Finkle for larceny of a $75 real demand. The Elliott case sought $4,280.72 note payment tied to millinery stock, with a witness absence causing a brief adjournment until tomorrow. Condemnation hearings target county property west of the courthouse with show cause set for Wednesday. Divorces loom for Anna Fant and Verona Grant. A New York grand larceny case involves a woman and Herman Cohen linked to a 50,000 dollar swindle network.
Sultan announces his palace will be open Thursday evening March 16 at 12 West Park Street. Hy Arnhold, successor to Butte Liquor Co., brings decades in wholesale liquor to offer wines, liquors, and cigars to friends and patrons in a quiet, orderly establishment run by Sultan.
Ruth Holmes Howard, described as one of the smoothest female crooks to operate in Butte, is in trouble in New York City. The young blonde con artist, known for house burglaries and confidence games, and a man named Carrigan were arrested for burglary last fall during her Butte sojourn.
A Scientific Press writer argues that practical skill matters more than formal science in prospecting. Prospector relies on muscle and luck, misidentifies rocks, and samples many worthless finds while skilled mining engineers discern true value and worth. The piece cites regional ore-hunting tendencies across Comstock, Homestake, Leadville, California, Butte, Cripple Creek, Black Hills, Calico, South Africa, Silver Reef and others.
Miss L. B. McLaran announces a Monday March 20 display of her spring millinery at 61 E Broadway Butte inviting the public. Edward D Olson disclaims debts contracted by son Albert Olson in a public notice dated March 14 1899. Lynch Bachelor offer bond filing services in New Bee Hive building. O Briens stock of histories story books German and French prayer books advertised. Thompson Paint Wall Paper lists elegant wallpaper at 325 South Main with telephone number 32.
M Henri de Regnier received a prize described as a credit to merit but worn by his wife who, after anonymously publishing a poem in the Revue des Deux Mondes titled Rencontre avec Persephone, is named the real author. The remark notes he wears his wife's laurels for this achievement.
Mr J E Burton discovered the immense quartz specimen in December in Calaveras county California. Measurements report 11 feet 7 inches in circumference 4 feet 2 inches long 3 feet 6 inches wide and 1 foot 2 inches high with an estimated weight over 2200 pounds. A central point could yield a 12 to 14 inch crystal ball. The New York Tribune notes M Ernest Legouve the senior member of the French academy has been awarded 2000 from the Jean Reynaud Foundation, though he wished the prize go to Cyrano de Bergerac’s author, he accepted per the committee’s education and family life criterion.
Reports claim a six year old boy, son of the late Sir Agman Jah, has inherited a vast estate valued at about 27 crores rupees or roughly £1.8 million. His mother is named sole executrix until he reaches legal age, with the estate estimated at 9 million dollars in private life.
Notice announces an April 1 1899 school trustees election for School District No 1 Silver Bow county with a one mill levy for building and improving schools. Polls open 8 to 12 and 1 to 8. By order of the county commissioners J E Moran County Clerk. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT OF MONTANA COURT OF BANKRUPTCY W A Clark and B C Talbott bankrupts meeting March 22 1899 at 2 pm to prove claims appoint trustee and transact business Thompson Campbell referee in bank
The Montana Placer Mining Company of Butte Montana announces a February 24 1899 directors meeting levied an assessment of two and one half cents per share on the capital stock payable on or before April 1 1899 to secretary J R McCrackin at No 49 East Office.
The document lists a delinquency notice for the Montana Placer Mining Company with a sale planned for April 26, 1899 in Butte. It also records a bankruptcy action involving Quin M Crowley and Steve M Holland, with a court order for them to appear in Helena on April 3, 1899 to show cause why their bankruptcy petition should not be granted, published by the Daily Inter Mountain for six weeks.
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