City Faces Smallpox Pest House Tax Row
City and county clashed over funding the pest house for smallpox as the cost nears $1,000 monthly. Talks in Ames failed to yield agreement with county demanding road tax funds repayment while city officials threaten to collect again. The dispute follows a prior shift in responsibility and echoes broader copper market discussions and wartime demand factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Board of Health
County Commissioners
Ames
Hughes
Alexander
Mayo
Clark
Dr. Alexander
Bryant
Ferrell
Alderman Bryant
Kelly
Calkins
Bryant and
Elderkin
Copper market rumors about massive Calumet & Hecla sale
Reports from the copper market indicate rumors of a sale between 15 and 20 million pounds of lake copper by Calumet and Hecla. Officials would not confirm or deny the rumor, though such a move would be significant to market conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet Company
Lake Superior
Transvaal
Great Britain
Boston
Calumet & Hecla Company
Rich gold strike reported at Little Porcupine creek
A dispatch from Junction Montana reports gold bearing quartz at the head of Little Porcupine creek with samples valued up to 100 dollars per ton. Numerous claims have been staked by discoverers and friends who have kept the discovery quiet for three weeks. The new district lies about 45 to 50 miles from Junction and around 60 miles from Forsyth, with placer work already active below the Yellowstone mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings Gazette
Junction
Mont
Little Porcupine Creek
Little Porcupine
Yellowstone
Forsyth
Japanese Ship Owner Seeks Pacific Trade Growth in America
Nippon Yusen Kaisha president R Kondo and official M Otagawa arrived in Butte aboard a Japan to Seattle service. They toured the city and planned talks with Great Northern officials on trans Pacific commerce, predicting rapid future Oriental trade growth spurred by infancy of traffic with China and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Kondo
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Japan
Seattle
M. Otagawa
Butte
East
America
Great Northern Railway
Kondo
China
Walkerville Kid Makes Warlike Morning Scene with Knife
Early morning in Centerville a young woman known as the Walkerville Kid chased pedestrians at Main and Park with a long knife. She told officers she was Annie Moore, and a vagrancy charge is expected. Separately, St Lawrence choir hosts a grand ball and ice cream festival at Hibernia hall on Friday May 26. tickets 50 cents per couple, extra ladies 25 cents.
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Walkerville
Tenderloin
Main and
Park Streets
Ray and
Curley
Annie Moore
St. Lawrence Choir
Hibernia Hall
Centerville
Allen's Foot-Ease powder promises instant foot relief
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for smarting feet, nail growth, corns, bunions, sweating and tired feet. It claims easy wear for new shoes and offers trial packages and mail order. Also included is a security notice from Boston and Montana Copper about ore trespass in Montana, plus a short sale ad for a roadside restaurant business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Bound Over in Ax Assault Case of George Brown
The state case against George Brown for allegedly striking Mrs. William H. Brown with an ax at 403 East Mercury Street was bound over to district court in $300 bail after a preliminary hearing in Justice Bliss's court at South Butte. Mrs. Brown testified about the blow and the weapon landing, while defense counsel moved to dismiss for lack of an offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Brown
William H. Brown
East Mercury Street
Justice Bliss
South Butte J
District Court
George
Brown
Roy
Alley
Silver Bow
Montana
Attorney Mackel
Charles H. Brown
South Main Street
Court notes and local notices in a crowded page
The district court seeks letters of administration for A M Tait estate after a fatal shooting by Charles Paustian. The heirs are the widow and the deceased's father. Also listed are notices of medical practice openings, a wax works reference, and unrelated political commentary on British and Boer relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FR. H. Trish
District Court
A. M. Tait
Charles Paustian
Brookside Meat Company
South African conflict echoes in faith and race
A Scottish minister argues Boer policy mirrors Old Testament conquest, condemning native rights and portraying South Africa as promised land to be won by force. He cites Calvinist views and Joshua as models, contrasting British and Boer approaches to natives and race. The piece links religious doctrine to colonial policy and racial hierarchy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Gally
Afica
Calvaniam
Central
Africa
Joshua
Jericho
A. Wirgman
D. D
Grahamstown
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Thompson Invest
MT CO
West Broadway
Brobeck
Kingsfora
Eagle
California
Iowa
Florida
Folly
Sane
Best Lee
Hottman Eloise
Cash Grocery
Main
Galena
The
the Smith Grocery Co
S. Nain St
Porcupine Creek
Great Northern
Silver Bow County
Consoliated Copper and Silver Mining Company
Batterman
H. Care of
Inter Mountain
North Jackson
Geo. Brown
Park Street
E. L. Sutherland
Montreal Western General Hospital
Montreal Women's Maternity Hospital
Owsley Block
P.O. News Stand
Hinkle & Dolman
Sherman
Cooks
East Park
Idaho
Seaman E
Louk
East Park Street
Great Northern Excursions
Duluth
St. Paul
Sioux City
Chicago
Louis
Great Northern Ticket
North Main Street
Portland
Ore
Cape Nome
Pacific Coast
AL & Oy
York State
Cash Grocers
W. Park
Geessee
Brownfield-Canty Carpet Co
West Park Street
Butte, Mont
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