Messenger Boys Strike for Higher Wages Hero Dominick Grant
Dominick Grant, a 17 year old messenger boy, led a group of 12 workers at Great Northern Railway’s Butte office in a brief strike for a $250 monthly raise. He urged the boys to strike at 2 49 pm, and after initial resistance most returned to work following assurances of pay increase. The leader posed the question of forming a union, but the strike ended with the raise secured for the majority and a few holdouts leaving.
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Dominick Grant
Ofice
A.D. T
AUK
Debs
Mitchell
Messenger Boys
Weil
Neva
Jing Point
Great Northern Railway
Automating the Telephone Reveals Mixed Reactions
A fragmented 1910s era piece discusses ticket prices and travel options at Basin Toulder and Alhambra, then shifts to a Minnesota aribune excerpt on the telephone exchange. It reflects hopes and doubts about automatic dialing, public sentiment, and the human side of a growing tech service.
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Basin and Return
Voulder
Alhambra
Toulder
North Main Street
H. Peck
South Main Butte
Millionaire Mackay Reflects On Youth And Life
The interview describes William Mackay, a wealthy magnate, who delays sharing cable deal details, speaks of loneliness at Christmas, and reflects that youth brings the greatest sweetness of life. He recalls past joys and questions the value of wealth, noting his happiness in simpler times and acknowledging his own aging years. A marriage license is noted for George W. Gordon and Mona J. Guiler of Bill Willow.
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Mr. Mackay
Plesse
America
Virginia City
Deston
Standass Billings
George W. Gordon
Mona J. Guiler
Guiler
John F. Guiler
Bill
Youth Better Than Riches in Mackay Portrait
A Washington Post correspondent recalls John Mackay as modest and unusually reticent. The man famed for wealth rarely agreed to interviews, preferring action over words, and was described as striking in appearance with Irish gray eyes.
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Washington Post
John Mackay
Chary
Whose Wonders of a Cattle War Divide Town
The article reports confusion over claims that Standard Pret Barnard or White Perry were involved with a cattle rustling gang linked to the Haynie case. Barnard and friends deny involvement, asserting newspapers misreported his ties. An interview with Haynie’s supporters questioned the credibility of the rumors.
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Barnard
White Perry
Etts
Haynie
Hay
Annual conference to be held in Butte Montana
United Methodist Episcopal Church South Montana announces two related conferences in Butte Aug 26 and 27. Bishop W W Duncan will preside. Elucidates Epworth League sessions with speakers from Corvallis Big Timber Helena Deer Lodge and Bozeman. The opening sermon by Rev J D Lewellen at St Pauls Church precedes a packed program.
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Helena
Episcopal Church
South Montana
Mecca
Big Timber
Tabor
Belede
W. H. Pascor
East Helena
League
G. E. Berry
Deer Lodge
Harper
J.B. Harris
Bozeman
G. C. Tector
W.W. Duncan
Spartan
Burg
Resignation of Longtime Northern Pacific Conductor
Conductor George Gordon, one of the railway’s oldest passenger conductors, tendered his resignation to Northern Pacific and it was accepted. He and Engineer Kapp left Livingston for Mission station to meet a delayed No. 2, but a meeting point error caused a brief halt at Mission. Gordon, with a clean record, blamed the mid division Hector on the train, and will enter business in Pulling.
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Standard
Billings
George Gordon
Northern Pacific Railroad
Gordon
Kapp
Livingston
North Wous Limited
East Oitnd
Mission Station
Mission
Mission No. 2
Hector
Kanpaso
Gordon Will En Kage
Anxious to Find Mr Brown Special Dispatch
Lewistown August 1 William Bets chased by his brother AT Hebb tried to overtake a man calling himself Silas Brown known for issuing bad checks. Brown fled toward Billings after leaving Lewistown near the city by a circuitous route. Brown reportedly hails from Helena and is wanted for a $20 check cashed at the Silver Cellar saloon. A. Harlow, Montana rallies president, will appear before the state board of equalisation to argue for a reduced assessment.
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Sara
Lewistown
William Bets
Harlow Town
Hebb
Silas Brown
Billings Road
AL Bobbig Atill
Brown
Helena
A. Harlow
Montana
State Board of Equalisation
M. Harlow
Fort Harrison Fire Tests Soldiers Firefighting Skill
Lightning struck Fort Harrison as soldiers and two colored companies fought the blaze. Firefighters saved buildings and valuables as they contained the fire with systematic, hard work, while several officers were away from the city when the incident occurred.
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Helena
Fort Harrison
Lorelock
Twcolored
Poe
Brooklyn Eagle tale of a shy woman at Brighton pavilion
A Brooklyn Eagle excerpt describes a timid young woman in a Brighton encounter. She is guided by a male acquaintance to a refreshments table where she hesitantly orders a drink, ultimately choosing a Hunter straight as he notes Manhattan cocktails others sip. The scene ends with a playful remark and an advertising pitch.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Yvonne
Oman
Brighton
Manhattan
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