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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1899
Page
8
A long account details fraternity horseplay exposing dangers of hazing at Cornell and nearby colleges. It describes staged pranks, public stunts, and dangerous games that sometimes injure or frighten initiates, noting accidents, strict warnings, and calls for reform amid campus culture.
A quirky notice from a Boston caller asks for a safe stopping place before a meeting with a mysterious visitor. The request hints at a lighthearted pursuit of hospitality and guidance in the city.
Reports describe nightly water freezing year round and extreme temperature swings due to high elevation and thin air. Residents lack heating facilities yet stay warm by lamps, wraps, and bare corn and dried meat diets. Native people endure cold with blankets on heads, bare feet, and travel in ice. Women herding tasks expose them to injuries while shelter and food are scarce.
Gallatin Tennessee resident J R Smith recalls the Fairview Farm, once owned by Charley Read, tied to a famed Franklin tale. A woman who visited the farm wrote her name on a window pane with a diamond ring to claim the property, later marrying Franklin’s widow, then a lingering sequence of marriages and a granddaughter, Kitty Chestham, who gained New York stage fame with Augustin Daly.
Fragmentary OCR note describes a place called Quicksilver Mine City with references to a mine shaft at 170 fathoms, an area around a street scene, Squires, and a vial used in a religious worship setting. Context remains unclear due to damaged text.
Incoherent lines depict a heated, non coherent exchange about marriage and jealousy. The dialogue fragments reference a wish, sherbet, Predevick Hat, and a male figure named Wert amid a tense personal dispute.
An inexperienced fundraiser visiting the Kin district faced an awkward test of tact. Dressed in a fashionable tailor made suit and an oversized hat, she sat with a host, who kept scrubbing while the visitor asked blunt questions. The exchange over marital drink habits ended with the visitor exposed to the doorway light.
A curious child fights bedtime to witness the adults at supper. The parents, as usual, sit quietly with backs to the child and read aloud. The girl, perched in her chair, voices a sleepy question about what the day held for them.
Uncle Billie Dears ion, aged eighty eight, has a bouncing baby boy born to his third wife, sister of his second wife. The long sequence of marriages and children marks his unusual family history, drawing congratulations from friends in his old home.
A new device titled cable conduit motor uses three rubber-tired wheels and four clockwork arrangements to wind and feed a hauling line through conduit pipes. The mechanism claims to move 400 feet per winding and streamline wire installation.
In Silver Bow County Montana district court an order to show cause why an order of sale of all real estate of Michael Cowley deceased should not be granted was issued. Administrator J P Colling must prove petition merits. hearing set for November 23, 1899 at 2 PM in the district court room. Publication to four consecutive weeks in Daily Inter Mountain. Dated October 28, 1899. Judge John Lindsay.
U S Land Office Helena Montana October 7 1899 notice Thomas N McCall and Adelia J McCathwise of Butte Montana filed an application for a patent covering 97.77 acres of the Rocky Mountain Chief mining claim in Jefferson County near Lite Mile Stone mining district. The description includes a detailed metes and bounds survey and notes the recorder page and adjoining claims Alta Lode and Lewis lode. First publication October 27 1899.
The administrator of Owen J. McCann’s estate announces a public auction on November 20 1899 at the Silver Bow county court house Burin Montana. Parcels include unpatented mining claims in the Highland mining district with cash payment, ten percent at sale, balance after court confirmation.
Notice announces Conrad Kohn and others filing mining patent applications in Silver Bow and Summit Valley districts. Describes claim boundaries, survey numbers, corner markers, and conflicts with other claims, with postings and recorder references. Includes adjoining claimants and official agents, dates of first publication and notarized affidavits.
Notice announces public action under Pine Application No 4146 in Helena Montana dated October 1899. The notice identifies Ellet Peter as a party and seeks official publication details and rights related to the application.
Sheriff sale set for November 21 1899 at 2 o'clock p m at the front door of the courthouse Butte Silver Bow Montana. Property described as a tract or lot within the city limits. Plaintiff Joseph H Smith vs Edward Pflusi and Line Pflug defendants.
Notice of intention to prove desert land claim No. 3344 for the NW SE and Section 1 Township 2 North Range West Montana, before the clerk of the court at Butte on October 11, 1599. Witnesses listed to prove irrigation reclamation include Andrew J. DeLashmutt deceased and Frederick County probate copy. names Veter H Deno Ulrich H Deno James Jensen Wm Forest, all of Dewey, Montana.
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