Prisoners' Board Bill / For The Month Of "Jan." 191"7" / City Of Great Falls / To "Oshey Devins"

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Published by no publisher;  Great Falls, Mt;  nc/1917;  (7) pp.;  Wraps;  VG, 1917

About this Item

_____Total of seven pre-printed forms with particulars in manuscript._____Each measures 17 x 9.75" and the stack has been quad folded for legal filing._____This represents the accounting of a claim to the city for feeding the population of the city jail during January 1917._____ A total of 243 inmates are listed by name, with number of meals served per day to each._____  One has given the interesting appellation "Slim Jim", five are obviously women._____The prisoners are listed by order in which they were booked in._____   Three were in for nearly the entire month._____  There were a maximum of two meals served per day,  Many got only one meal so were apparently in and out once they sobered up, three served nearly the full month._____The summation shows 1417 meals at 11¢ served, for a total due of $155.87 due from the city's Police Fund._____The figures are attested to and signed at the bottom by the Chief of Police Robert Pontet._____The outermost panels when folded are lightly soiled._____.

Seller Inventory # P-00933

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Prisoners' Board Bill / For The Month Of "Jan." 191"7" / City Of Great Falls / To "Oshey Devins"
• Publisher: no publisher; Great Falls, Mt; nc/1917; (7) pp.; Wraps; VG
• Publication Date: 1917
• Binding: No Binding
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • .EPHEMERA
  • .Americana
  • .Western Americana