Buried Alive in Railroad Tunnel Cave In Rescue Tale
Edgar Vicary a 7 year old son of engineer John Vicary was buried under about 20 tons of sand and dirt when a tunnel in a railroad embankment near the Northern Pacific roundhouse caved in. Rescuers freed him after 15 minutes and artificial respiration revived him. He recovered at home later that day.
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Edgar Vicary
John Vicary
Fae Butte
Northern Pacific Roundhouse
Murphy
Aware
Vicary
Twelve Mills Tax Hike Abandoned By City Council
The council voted to abandon a library armory remodeling plan while approving a twelve mill tax levy for general purposes, sinking fund, and library maintenance. New fire chief appointments were confirmed and bids, street work, and health measures were discussed as the meeting adjourned.
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City Hall
Arizona Street
Jerry Shinnick
Charles Holden
Fire Department
Platinum
Main
Colorado
Alabama Street
Copper
Caledonia
Meagher Guards
Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows
Bryant
State Armory
Bausman
Alderman Bryant
Clark
Basin
Board of Health
Thomas
Williams
Judiciary Committee
Street Railway Company
East Copper Street
Wyoming Street
Paving Committee
A. H. Freedman
Elderkin, McArthur and Smith
Board of Equalization
Disability Fund
Dan J. Harley
Quartz Street
J. Rand
Main Street
Woolman
Miners Picnic Football Match Irish American vs Wolf Tone
A highly anticipated football game at the West Side coursing park features the Irish American club opposing the Wolf Tone club amid a generated purse for the winning team. The event is billed as the standout moment of the Miners' union picnic day.
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Edward Long
J. J. Lynch
Wolf Tones
Guelfc
Miners’ Union Picnier
Wolf Tone Club
Coursing Park
Stolen Valise Found After Tough Resistance
On May 6 a valuable valise stolen from the BL A B depot baggage room was found at Daniel T. Harris’s 205 South Arizona Street. Major Dawson and Officer Dowlin confronted a crowd of about 200 as Harris and Mrs Harris refused to surrender the item without a search warrant. Harris knocked Officer Dowlin aside and threatened the officers as the couple were arrested, facing charges of receiving stolen property and resisting an officer. Harris released on bond. Mrs Harris released to proceed.
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Daniel T. Harris
South
Arizona Street
Major Dawson
Railway Company
Dowlin
Harris
Dawson
Komlin
Garrison Arrested After Short Change Plot In Two Saloons
Walter Garrison was arrested after attempting a $19.45 change scheme at the Retreat saloon on East Mercury Street with a $20 bill and a 2h-cene piece, then attempting the same at Clipper Shades on East Park Street. A concealed revolver was found during booking and he faces a double charge of short changing and carrying concealed weapons. He is said to travel from Boulder and ply the scam wherever he goes.
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Walter Garrison
East Mercury Street
Garrison
Clipper Shades
East Park Street
City
Boulder
In Custody in Helena for Theft from Florence Hotel Waitress
Police report Charles Tracey wanted for stealing a watch from Annie Smith a Florence hotel waitress he is in custody in Helena. The watch was borrowed then pawned and traced to a local pawnbroker. An officer will go to claim the prisoner today.
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Charles Tracey
Annie Smith
Florence
Helena
Basin picnic grounds pavilion and hall burn in incendiary fire
The Basin picnic grounds pavilion and dance hall were burned to the ground yesterday morning after a fire discovered about 2 o clock. The loss is about $700 with no insurance. The building contained a piano about 400 chairs and a stage drop curtain. Basin officers suspect incendiary work due to no other entry. The grounds were a popular picnic site.
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Basin Picnic Grounds
Department of the Tow
Basin crowd funds new picnic pavilion at grounds
From Butte and nearby towns picnickers used the dance hall. Basin citizens raised over 200 dollars yesterday for a new pavilion 40 by 60 feet to replace the old hall. About 50 men worked on the build and it should be completed by Sunday.
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Butte
W. A. Claris
Basin
New York Times
Navy Yard Gate
Wainwright
Monte Video
Java
Leeward Islands
Calla
San Lorenzo Island
San Francisco
Sampson
San Lorenzo
Padre Lorenzo
Padre
Father Lorenzo
Callao
Fishers
Calle de Piura
Bonfire at Blume's Hardware Store Premises
Fire department rushed to 7S West Park street yesterday for a blaze involving dry goods boxes stacked behind Blume's hardware store. No injuries reported. Local responders contained the fire and investigated the cause.
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Blume
West Park Street
Rheumatic Ghost Story Ends In a Seaman's Drink
A sea story recalls a Gloucester era sailor who fled a San Lorenzo island encounter with a rheumatic phantom captain. The British sailor offers sand spa cure and liquor, driving the seaman to drink before marines escort him back to the ship.
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Callao
Tehachapi Woman Builds Farm Standout Success
Mary Kidson of Tehachapi California overcame abandonment and heavy mortgage to run and own a thriving farm solo. She sold fruit directly to retailers earning higher prices, sent children to school, did housework, and even worked for other women to pay bills. Now free of debt she supports herself and her four children with pride.
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Tehachapi
California
Mary Kidson
Airl
Sherman
Family of horned toads fascinates Kansas City readers
A Kansas City window display shows a horned toad and 25 offspring from New Mexico. The mother sits apart as the hatchlings, gray to red brown, scurry and catch flies, while the curious cook who brought the brood watches.
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Kansas City
New Mexico
George P. Hackett
Fies
Mrs Toad
Mel
Fashion dictates hoop skirts and chignons in era commentary
A Chicago Chronicle observer riffs on style tyranny from hoop skirts to chignons. He recalls 30 years past when the French hair import reshaped American fashion provoking scalp diseases and a dermatology boom as hair specialists emerged.
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Chicago Chronicle
France
America
Siamese Queen Aims For Fashion With New Carriages
The queen of Siam has three finely built carriages in England a landau victoria and socia ble the workmanship praised as superior to typical royal equipages. A bicycle exists but an automobile may come next. Bangkok roads are said to outpace those in America or England. The crown prince studying in England may send an auto next Christmas.
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Siam
England
Newport
Wilhl
Bangkok
America
Khoulalonkorn
FOUND HIM A SECOND WIFE
The article recalls Charlotte Perkins Stetson's first marriage to Mr. Stetson and their separation. She arranged for her friend Miss Grace Ellery Channing to become guardian to her daughter and then to marry Stetson. Stetson then wed Channing, whom Charlotte accompanied on the wedding journey to New York. Charlotte later visits Pasadena and her former husband and his wife annually.
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Charlotte Perkins Stetson
Mr. Stetson
Miss Channing
New York
Europe
How She Made a Fortune
A past chambermaid from Ports mouth New Hampshire becomes a wealthy Dawson hotel owner. She built a hotel for 2000 dollars, mined gold totaling tens of thousands, acquired miners claims and real estate, and by 1897 grew her fortune with cash sales and mining profits. She notes multiple marriage proposals during the period.
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Mary Wilcox
Portsmouth
N. H
Grass Valley
Cal
Sacramento
Dawson
Union
Hunter Creek
San Francisco Mint
Dwarf Family of Four with Flower Trade in Oakland
Andrew Campiano, 45, four feet tall, and his three children, Louis 15, Frank 11, and a younger son, live in Oakland on Fifty-first Street near Telegraph Avenue. The family, born to Southern Italian parents, works as florists and are described as sunny and well adjusted despite small statures.
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San Francisco Examiner
Andrew Campiano
Louis Campano
Frank Campiano
California
Oakland
Fifty-first Street
Telegraph Avenue
Fowers
Camniano
Italy
Campiano
Unclear quote highlights work ethic over talk
The Washington Star quotes Uncle Eben praising those who show ambition through work. He contrasts them with talkers who are “plain kickers” and implies earned effort earns credit, while empty speech lacks substance.
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The
Washington Star
Uncle Eben
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