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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1899
Page
5
The White Front Grocery advertises bargains on canned goods including Standard Corn at 90 cents per dozen, Casino Corn at 1.50 per can, Standard String Beans at 90 cents per dozen, Casino Beans at 1 cent per can, Eastern Tomatoes at 12.5 cents per can, and Casino Tomatoes at 1.65 per can with multiple can quantities offered. It emphasizes price comparisons and value for trade.
A local fruit shop advertises No. 2 Eastern cherries plums raspberries strawberries and gooseberries. Standard Fruit cans priced at 1.50 per dozen, 15 cents per can, or seven cans for 1.00. The ad invites shoppers to visit if these prices are an announcement.
Executives decide to defer changes to soldiers day program and authorize feeding preparations at both the race track and the auditorium while weather is uncertain. Arch of Triumph needs anchoring, bonfires planned at multiple city locations, and parade festivities proceeding with various committees and volunteers coordinating medals, tables, and escorts.
Captain Wilson of the Anaconda team says his men have strengthened and trained since Sundays defeat, aiming to play the game of his life at Hutte. The Athletic club, featuring stars of the old Hutte team, trains nightly on Stevens addition under Captain Percy Benson, who may have the best football strategy in the West and will have his squad in top condition by Sundazy.
An old newspaper snippet notes that the summer round trip fares for routes from Butte to Son, Butts to Anaronda, and Butte to Mountaint View Park via B. A. P. Ry have been discontinued. The text contains garbled phrases and unrelated ad-like lines about eyewear and wines.
A wartime minister describes relief after abandoning regular coffee for Postum Cereal Food Coffee. He credits Postum with curing stomach and liver troubles, improves energy, and encourages others to switch as part of a broader health message. The endorsement comes from Rev. J. A. Flick of Stow, with Grovers selling Postum and Postum Cereal Co. Ltd. manufacturing it.
Dr T B Moore and his young wife returned from a wedding trip to New York and other eastern cities. He witnessed the Dewey parade and yacht races in Newark and studied at prominent New York hospitals with noted surgeons. Yet he declares There is no place like Butte Montana for him.
A fragmented hotel guest list includes numerous names tied to cities such as Chicago, Helena, Missoula, Deer Lodge, and San Francisco. The readable portions present attendees and companions tied to various hotels, with partial affiliations and locations indicating a register-like notice in a bygone issue.
For the arrival of Montana volunteers in Butte on Monday October 23 the B A & BP Ry offers a one dollar round trip from Anaconda to Butte and return on regular trains that day. A special train boat will depart Butte for Anaconda at 12 o'clock Monday night and excursion tickets are valid on that train.
Notice by County Treasurer John G. Hollan of Silver Bow County Montana states taxes for 1899 are due at the county treasurer’s office. Taxes unpaid by November 30, 1899 at 5:00 p.m. will be delinquent with a 10 percent penalty. Dated Butte October 11, 1899.
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