Two Husbands Die Near Lewistown In Separate Tragedies
Lewistown August 12 Coroner George Creel and Sheriff J H Stephens investigate two deaths. Ed Holmes 35 a homesteader west of Winnifred shot himself and was found by a neighbor. William Shiederman 55 from Utica New York died in a granary from epilepsy.
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Lewistown
George Creel
Ed Holmes
Winifred
J. H. Stephens
William Shiederman
Peter Linster
Utica
N. Y
Belgrade News Highlights Local Trips and Park Outings
Belgrade reports Joe Baman and guests leaving for a park tour. Beloit visitors E B Kilbourn depart for the coast. Miss Helena Badger returns home from a travels through Bozeman Manhattan and Belgrade. Girl Scouts camp at Springhill conclude weeklong stay.
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Belgrade
Joe Baman
Butte
E. B. Kilbourn
Beloit
Wis
G. R. Powers
Coast
Helena Badger
Bozeman
Manhattan
Billings
Girl Scouts
Springhill
Clayton H. Morse
Belgrade State Bank
Dan R. Fisher
Wallace Fisher
Karst
August Knutson
Chico Hot Springs
Hans Knutson
William Bennett
Helena
Warren Skinner
Yellowstone Park
Bessie Diefenderfer
Nelson
H. F. Lynn
Herbert
A. Fisher
Great Falls
George Barnard
Clara Larson
Elizabeth Powers
Burke
J. W. Kenyon
Fargo
N. D
Charles Bowers
Charles McDonald
Joseph Kouniz
Charles Ruerup
Whitehall
Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid Society
Bombs Dropped on Frankfort by French Aviators
Paris reports two French airplanes dropped bombs on Frankfort on the Main in reprisal for German bombardments of Nancy and the Paris region. The raid hit Frankfort, a major German city with over 300,000 residents, and both aircraft returned undamaged.
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Paris
Frankfort-on-the-Main
German Empire
Nancy
Frankfort-on-the- Main
Chauffeur Kerensky and the Russian Machine
Report notes Kerensky is safe while warning that the Russian political machine requires new leadership and fresh direction to address ongoing turmoil. This brief item reflects international concerns during a period of instability.
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Kerensky
New York Sun
Rich ore from Barton Gulch prospect draws attention
A. H. Jones of Barton Gulch Mining Company showed Virginia City a Marietta lead ore chunk with a four foot vein. Pan tests yielded galena worth about one dollar, with ore estimated to fetch at least six thousand dollars per ton. The vein is about two and a half feet wide and the ore is described as free milling.
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Virginia City
A. H. Jones
Barton Gulch Mining Company
Marietta
Twin Bridges
Walter Ellinghouse
Sheridan
Karl McKee
Jeffers
Louis Romey
Pat McCay
Moore's Creek
Madison Valley
Martin Jacobson
Albert
Ernest C. Miller
Granite Creek
Laws
C. Kromwall
LeRoy Gilman
Ruby
Yellowstone National Park
D. W. Moyse
Alder
Moyse
England
France
W. OO. Thompson
Barton Gulch
Marietta Lode
Walter Brook
Brook
Jefferson Island
E. M. Smith
Highland Chief
Williams Gulch
Pony
Charles M. Metzel
Leo Dionne
Ruby Valley
Puller Springs
George J. Scharschug
Chicago
G. Moritz
Helena
Leonard D. Moritz
State Bank Examiner's Office
B. H. Stutenberg
Mark FE. Pankey
J. B. Lowman
Blaine Springs Creek
James Smith
M. A. Benson
Butte
Miss Tillotson
D. T. Covert
Roy J. Covert
Billings
Madison River
Merchants’ National Bank of
Hawley Selway
Miss Buford
Simeon R. Buford
Montana
Frank Holmes
Henderson action sparks British wartime crisis
The London Sunday Observer says Arthur Henderson's Friday labor conference move creates a government crisis over war policy. It accuses Henderson of moral surrender and argues the Stockholm talks cannot proceed with British participation unless America and the allies are included, criticizing Russia's delegates as unfit to speak for their country.
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London
The
Sunday Observer
Arthur Henderson
Henderson
the Observer
Russia
Council of Soldiers and Workmen's Delegates
Mr. Henderson
Independent Labor Party
Great Britain
Stockholm
America
Spokane University Delays Opening to Aid Harvest
Spokane University postpones opening from September 18 to October 1 to allow students to assist in the harvest, as announced yesterday in Spokane.
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Spokane
Spokane University
Drop in beef prices tied to feed shortage across West
Sunburned western ranges face prohibitive costs for imported hay and feed and traders expect beef prices to fall before December. The South St. Paul market has seen more cattle from the West due to scarce feed. The state livestock division works to ease the crisis by advising stockmen to ship cattle to Omaha or other feed-rich areas and to move Minnesota feed to North Dakota and Montana with favorable rail rates.
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St. Paul
South St. Paul
State Commission On Food Production and Conservation
Omaha
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Mrs C H McKay Burned To Death In Ashes
Great Falls Aug 12 Mrs C H McKay wife of a rancher 11 miles east of Dutton was fatally burned when a kerosene lamp exploded destroying the home Mr McKay and four children escaped in their night clothes An automobile from Dutton carried her to a doctor's house but she died soon after.
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Great Falls
C. H. McKay
Dutton
Rotary builds boys camp clubhouse in Belt mountains
Great Falls on August 12 reports Rotary club members conducting a building bee in the Belt mountains. Thirty men worked all day to complete more than half of the clubhouse for the boys camp. The project will finish next Sunday and will cost 2900 dollars for materials building a 20 by 60 foot lumber structure.
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Great Falls
Rotary Club
Belt Mountains
Lewistown Breach Suit, Wheat Yields, and Local News
In the breach of promise case Maude Carew versus Marion Powers the defendant denies all allegations. Reports show winter wheat yields well above earlier estimates, signaling more wheat for Fergus county. Three Forks Portland Cement pays out over 30000 in payroll for Hanover plant work. Eva Perlehberg gains divorce from Paul Perlehberg filed in Lewistown 1906 on desertion grounds. Chautauqua opening draws strong attendance amid guaranteed success expectations. Second Lieut. Jack Waite visits from San Francisco. more officers due before active service. Judge De Kalb grants divorce in Orpha Myer versus Notrie Myer for cruelty and desertion. couple married in Paris Idaho in 1912.
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Lewistown
Maude Carew
Marion Powers
Fergus County
Three Forks
Paul Perleberg
Jack Waite
San Francisco
John D. Waite
John McNeil
T. T. Taylor Jr
Don Wade
de Kalb
Orpha Myer
Notrie Myer
Paris
Idaho
Remarkable Bats in Air Captain Wins Victoria Cross
Captain William Bishop of the Royal Flying Corps, a Canadian, earns the Victoria Cross for single handedly attacking an enemy air drome. He engaged seven grounded machines at 50 to 60 feet, destroying multiple planes and returning under heavy ground fire.
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London
William Bishop
Royal Flying Corps
Bishop
California hens urged to raise egg output for war effort
San Francisco August 12 California's state council of defense orders hens to produce at least 140 eggs annually to meet wartime efficiency. The bulletin says hens laying fewer eggs are not earning their keep and suggests slackers be used for food.
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San Francisco
California
State Council of Defense
Barnard's Runaway Star Likely Nearer Than Alpha Centauri
The new Barnard star with remarkable proper motion may lie closer to the solar system than Alpha Centauri. Allegheny Observatory reports parallax near 0.5 to 0.7 seconds, while Gonnessiat in France finds about one second, implying a distance around 8.3 light years.
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Chiuchus
Solar System
Allegheny Observatory
Zarnard
Russell
F. Gonnessiat
France
Potash Industry to Boost US Fertilizer Output
The United States holds large deposits of potash and Congress will act to bring them into use to meet farmers demand for fertilizer.
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United States
Congress
Potash Leasing Bill Clears Senate to Open Lands
The Senate backed a potash leasing bill amid war-time regulation, allowing discovery rights of 640 acres for new deposits and leasing the remainder up to 2 560 acres per claimant while giving the Interior Secretary power to fix sale prices to protect farmers. Secretary Lane supports the bill as essential to crops, noting U S supply shortages and dependence on German potash prior to the war.
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Standard
Washington
United States Senate
United States
South
Senate
Public Lands Committee
House
Secretary of the Interior
Lane
Germany
Ostwald
Butte Man Shot in Quarrel Over Ranch Affairs
W M Shattuck 712 Colorado St Butte was shot in the back with a .22 rifle on Jefferson Island by renter H A Underwood during a ranch dispute. He was brought to St James hospital for surgery and an X ray will be taken to assess injuries. Shattuck has an interest in the Silver Bow Lumber Co.
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W. M. Shattuck
Colorado Street
Butte
Jefferson Island
H. A. Underwood
Shattuck
St. James’ Hospital
Silver Bow Lumber Company
Labor Federation Will Not Attend Stockholm Conference
Paris reports Deputy Compere Morel says Samuel Gompers, AFL president, telegram indicates the federation will not send reps to the Stockholm international conference. Its delegates will be available to labor organizations of the entente allies for the London conference in September.
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Paris
A Doubting Thomas At The British Museum
A west of England party tours the British Museum. A keeper explains antique vases were unearthed and found as they are with only cleaning. One visitor remains unconvinced that they were dug up ready-made.
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England
British Museum
British Hold Westhoek Ridge After Heavy German Counterattacks
British forces in Belgium report stubborn resistance at Glencorse Wood where two British battalions fought to hold ground against a large German counterassault. Intense bombardment preceded infantry assault with bayonets and rifles, yielding heavy German losses while British defenders retained the northwest portion of the wood and held the Westhoek ridge against repeated attacks.
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Belgium
Glencorse Wood
Westhoek Ridge
Woman Tries Singing to Remove Pitch Stain
A woman mistaken for a singer trips through a building site where pitch on the floor soils her dress. Her friend jokes that she should sing to wash it off, claiming she always gets off the pitch when she sings.
Aviators in Daring Flights Defy Death
A summary of fearless air combats and stunts from European war centers notes the German pilot Robert Mesinger dying after a four-aviator kill spree. An Allied plane rammed Mesinger, both plunging to earth. The article also mentions the torpedo plane's adoption by German aviators and its potential use against naval bases and merchant ships.
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Europe
Robert Mesinger
Frankfurter Zeitung
Mesinger
Bradley A. Fiske
U.S. N
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