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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1899
Page
5
Local ad lists economical canned staples including Standard Corn Casino Corn and Beans, Eastern Tomatoes and Casino Tomatoes. Prices per can range from ten to fifteen cents with larger lots offered, reflecting bargain deals to attract shoppers.
Prices listed for cherries plums raspberries strawberries and gooseberries in standard fruit cans. One dozen cans priced at 16 cents each or seven cans for one dollar. Invitation extended to visit the store for inducement.
At last night’s board meeting the chief janitor Tripp received a raise from $99 to $100 per month for good service and a promised increase long in the making. The board also approved fuel and wood contracts and offered $600 for a rear Monroe school lot. The Garfield teacher Grace Ann Robb resigned, Little Basin and Blacktail schools updates were given, and bills totaling $388.69 were approved.
Clean, healthy resort at Crystal Springs near Butte boasts electric light and steam heat, a top hotel, premier cafe, the northwest’s finest plunge, and a free private party dancing hall with lunches. European plan, open day and night, stages from Langlois at 10 am 1 pm 5 pm. Fares 25 cents each way.
Washington Spec reports the enlistment of James Robert Wasson as a private soldier after a storied career spanning West Point, service in the Red River campaign, and roles in Japan's Formosa campaign. Once a celebrated engineer and scholar, he faced a court martial and loss of rank before returning to the U.S. army and now seeks a minor post in the ranks.
Opening hall at 443 East Park and various ads span town life from a new city hall talk in Walkerville to restaurant lunch at Hamilton and Kerth. Also reports on horse wintering, a Spokane hospital stay, streetcar ridership, religious lectures by Sudan’s Rev. Seraund and Tiburn, and divorce papers in the Morris Brinnard case filed in Salt Lake.
A fragmented OCR list shows numerous personal names and places including Philadelphia, Boston, Indianapolis, San Francisco, Chicago, St Louis, and Japan related entries. The text reads like a directory snippet with scattered surnames and affiliations, lacking a cohesive narrative or clear event.
An ad asserts dandruff stems from scalp scales caused by a germ that harms hair roots. It claims only Newhro's Herpicide can destroy the germ and stop hair loss, beyond cleansing with soap and water.
Dr. Wm. E. Hopkins offers 250 reward for information leading to John Page Hopkins. The 96 year old man, 6 feet 7 inches, 150 pounds, light complexions with glasses and mustache, hair parted in the middle. Last heard May 25 from Salida Colorado, mail to Idaho Falls Idaho. Contact Dr. Win. Hopkins in San Francisco or Pinkerton’s Detective in San Francisco for details.
The piece outlines Calumet and Hecla earnings with a yearly $36 per share implied, a $15 per share dividend payable November 20, and a total dividend record approaching $1525,000 to date. It notes prior distributions on May 25 and August 1, with a net dividend rise of five dollars since last period and mentions copper output expected to rise next year.
Plaintiffs charge Charles Sweeny and others with conspiring to defraud stockholders by selling mines and property at inflated values. Defendants deny conspiracy, claim existing debt and poor condition required repairs, arguing $20,000 was fair value and the sale reflected that assessment.
The Calumet and Hecla company reveals a South end copper discovery near Lake Superior. The shaft, once costly and unprofitable, now appears to yield higher grade ore including a mill ready 8 percent copper content and pockets of 80 percent copper, with the firm asserting potential beyond prior expectations.
Montana Music Co advertises the Angelus Orchestral Piano Player a compact self contained piano device with mechanically operated fingers and dual reeds for orchestral tones. It claims instant attachment to any piano and even as a standalone organ, enabling brilliant performance without musical training, with classical and popular pieces highlighted.
An advertisement offers a Payette valley fruit land parcel near 35 East Broadway with a price of 24.04 per acre and a stated yield of 100 per acre. Listed contacts Cobban Casey Day are provided for interested buyers.
A mine report notes brick copper ore arriving at the southern shaft and shipped to the smelter. If tests prove favorable, a £50,000 payment will be made, followed by April 1 disbursements of $90,000 and $10,000 previously paid. The syndicate, having invested about $10,000 in development, presses toward adding Afterthought to its bonanza string.
Text fragment recounts Salt Lake figures led by Alex Tarbet and associates W Benham and L Schumacher sailing to California with Whim group from Butte. Mentions Shasta county plan, a $150,000 option tax, and Claren Myornick remaining at his desk while others travel to ground action.
An advertising snippet markets dental sets at twenty dollars and ten dollar options, mentions Dr Wix and optician services, plus a Vienna saloon at 119 South Main and Albini Sisters distributing 100000 envelopes at the P O News Stand. It touts best quality and right prices with reference to teeth and eyewear.
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