Butte Raises Street Car Fares and Promotes Ticket Use
The Butte street car service began a fare raise from five to six cents on December 10 and urged ticket use to cut pennies. Public service commissioners also boosted mail carrier and under-12 child fares, though the company had not asked for it. The railroad faces financial strain from wage increases and a 60 day loss above $500 daily, with a $25,000 Clark Bank loan plus another likely needed by month end.
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Butte
Public Service Commission
Company
Clark Bank
Insurance reform clash rocks Montana voters says American of
Property owners confront a heated debate over preserving affordable insurance. The sharply worded attack warns that separating state audit and insurance commissioner offices could shift control to old line companies, raising taxes and prices. The call to action urges constituents to lobby legislators to oppose the plan.
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Insurance Federation
Equity Mutual Insurance Companies
State Auditor
State Insurance Commissioner
Insurance Commissioner
Montana
Battle turmoil ends as Helena calms with talks
Brownie Burke a former Senate page stirs county and city into a flare up urging closures. Governor Stewart plays peacemaker by phone as city theater and saloon leaders, officials, and health authorities clash. Dr. Cogswell travels from Helena to Butte to broker a compromise and quiet the streets. Butte finally shuts up.
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County Board of Health
Stewart
Dr. Cogswell
Helena
Butte
Brownie Burke Writes From Front Lines as 90th Division Hero
Helena native Brownie Burke, smallest page in captivity and now a high private in the 90th Division AEF, writes from France to Homer G Murphy. He praises Colonel Murphy, notes battles in the St Mihiel sector, and reports on morale, French allies, and home-front support from Hoover, Red Cross, Y M C A, Knights of Columbus and others.
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Brownie Burke
Helena
A. E. F. Brownie
Tom Thumb
Homer G. Murphy
Murphy
John G. Browne
Governor Stewart
Brownie
Jack Stewart
France
Knights of Columbus
Farflung
Jack
Fritz
St. Mihiel
90Th
Homer
Turkey
Austria
Okehs
Herbert Hoover
Gaza and Company
Uncle Sam
Red Cross
The
Butte Flu Lockout Sparks Clash of Health Boards
Butte faces a townwide shutdown to curb influenza as county and city boards of health clash. The county orders closing all but essentials. the city resists and reopens the mile square, provoking a tense standoff with theater workers, cabarets, saloons, and police enforcing or resisting the measure.
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County Board of Health
County Medical Association
Board of Health
Butte
Medical Association
City Board of Health
Imperial Buttes
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Promise Health Benefit
An old advertisement claims science links aging to kidney and digestive decline and promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a long standing remedy. It touts tasteless capsule form, weekly use, and refund offer while urging readers to buy from druggists.
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Haarlem
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