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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1899
Page
5
The White Front Grocery lists canned goods offered at bold bargains. Standard Corn, Casino Corn, String Beans, Casino Beans, Eastern Tomatoes and Casino Tomatoes appear with per can prices and multi can lots. Prices include 10c to 25c per can, with dozens and seven can bundles noted.
Advertisment notes assorted fruits including cherries plums raspberries strawberries and gooseberries with standard fruit cans priced at 1.50 per dozen and seven cans for 1.00. It invites customers to visit if prices are an inducement.
Mayor McCarthy vetoed a 10 year lighting contract with Butte General Electric prompting a heated council vote. The police committee’s patrol proposal was approved and bids for a patrol wagon and related supplies were ordered advertised.
A fragmented OCR list shows numerous names, places and affiliations including Dr Wix, Hôtel hotels in Missoula Ogden Cincinnati Denver San Francisco and many individuals such as Tom Smith Ben J Schmidt John Holmes J Frank N Y Henry Schupp and J Degman. The text appears as a long roster of persons tied to cities like Butte Helena St Paul Spokane Seattle Milwaukee and Philadelphia with scattered affiliations and notes.
The Mossman District Conference of the Methodist church met at Meadows, Montana on October 13 1949. It praised the First Montana regiment and urged the reception committee to prevent free distribution of intoxicating liquor, asking members to use influence to arrest such temptation.
Ladies appreciate a remedy that equals French Tansy Tablets for relief and cure of painful irregular menses. Manufactured by A. Augendre Paris and sold by The Newbro Drug Co Butte Montsole agents. Price $3 per box mailed securely scaled.
A Citizen report from Butte Montana out of town describes weeks of ground movement in the city. Buildings including the county courthouse and Senator W A Clark residence show cracks from suspected rock or earth cleavage. Geologists unnamed in Yankee country discuss widening fissures over time. A plaster crack in the courthouse main corridor measures about sixteenths of an inch and could lengthen. Clark residence fissure spans eighteen inches from wood to coal shed attributed to a hired man’s ax work. A small Silver Street frame building shows a gash from green lumber during construction. Locals on Main Street’s Leamboat Wook area experience braking and foot traffic delays as workers slide through varyingly.
Mrs Chaclton Edholm spoke at Mist night services on Bratfie in Miss, claiming her late husband struggled with the Tyuer habit and died years ago. She argued banning liquor would curb corruption and cited police saloon partnerships and a racket involving saloon keepers and girls, accusing parties of aiding vice and spending millions yearly.
Soldiers celebration at Butte on October 23 prompts sale of round trip tickets from all Montana points to Butte and return at one fare. Coach arrives October 22 and 23, JD Dawson general agent.
County taxes for 1899 are due at the county treasurer office in Silver Bow Montana. Unpaid taxes after November 20 at 6 p.m. will be delinquent with ten percent added. Dated Butte October 11 1899. John G Holland County Treasurer and Collector.
An old butte newspaper fragment advertises tailoring by Fisher and repairs, a Montana volunteers arrival rate by B A & P Ry for October 28, and a 12 o'clock Monday night excursion train. It notes discontinued summer round trips, eyewear fittings, and dental services including $10 sets of teeth and other offerings.
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