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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1899
Page
8
An advert promises safe housing as a fallback in adversity and notes many swaps yielding two to three percent monthly. It promotes investment houses as a paying proposition and lists lots and houses for sale in the city’s greater area.
One pound Plum Pudding priced at 30c regular 35c. Two pounds Gordon Dillworth Plum Pudding offered at 55c. Kennedy’s one pound Fruit Cake also listed in the deal.
Leo Little recalls Cape Nome beach diggings as richer than Klondike with daily pay from $10 to $15 and a record day of $2,200. About 900 men worked shore claims, and many early settlements faced rapid growth to a bustling Nome City of 6000 by August. Little warns of rampant flawed locations and potential litigation as rushes resume, noting harsh damp winds and cold.
The Dawson City camp reached Nome City two months before the beach discoveries transformed Nome into a bustling town. By six weeks later the population surged to 6,000 with a mayor and council, then dwindled to about 3,000 as winter drew in. The Nome beach diggings stretch nearly twenty miles with streaks of rich gravel just below the surface, attracting many workers, including women, and prompting new mining methods and a growing real estate rush. A notable claim on Anvil creek yielded $490,000 in three months last summer, highlighting the season’s extraordinary wealth.
A church hosts a Thanksgiving dinner in the basement of the Tabernacle at Washington and Mercury streets on Thursday November 9. The event promises prompt service with a good variety of dishes. Dinner is thirty five cents and will be served from 2 to 8 p.m.
A promotional notice invites residents to move from Butte smoke to a clean air retreat. It advertises daily access at 14 dollars per week, with plunge and private baths included. The location is five miles from town, with stages departing Langlois' at regular intervals. Vick Jahreiss, proprietor.
An interview in Los Angeles notes minor stockholders of United Verde acted as expected. Macy of Madison county died in Rome New York after cancer surgery. remains to Waterloo for burial. Rev Dr Wasson will leave Great Falls for St Stephen's church Newwork New Jersey around Jan 1. Captain Charles H Palmer, former of Butte & Boston, now chairs Oneida Copper Co, a Boston Philadelphia venture with Delaware mine and 30 square miles in Keweenaw County Michigan. State finances show $614,419 in county receipts with Silver Bow gain of 15,693 and timber sales contributing $86,774 to land office revenues.
Mrs. James Shannon of 208 North Arizona Street attempted to end her life by swallowing morphine while her husband worked at Neversweat mine. Her brother found her in time to save her life. No motive could be learned at the Shannon home.
C H Catching arrived from the Alma Crystal Mining company mines on Fish epeek and reported a fire occurred there the previous morning. The brief account notes a destructive blaze affecting the mining site and prompting likely investigations and precautions.
A blaze wrecked the dwelling and greatly damaged a saw mill, with losses estimated at $2000. The winter’s food and men’s clothing were destroyed, but the stable and wagon were saved. The blows fell on Jeff Thoroughman and Mr. Catching, longtime Butte residents.
Mrs Lizzle Mazer of No George Street died last evening from heart failure after a period under a physician's care. A colored man named Lebeau of Park house East Park alley died similarly last evening after prior symptoms and a physician's prescription.
Butte Lodge No 1 A O 1 Wi hosts a social dance on November 30 at Minors Union hall. Tickets available, ladies free.
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