18th Amendment Bought Massachusetts Lawmaker Attacks Prohibition Group
Representative Tinkham of Massachusetts demanded criminal proceedings against the Anti Saloon League of America for violating the corrupt practices act by failing to file timely and complete receipts and expenditures reports. He labeled the group an ecclesiastical political organization and alleged under oath that no subscriptions or expenditures were reported before and after 1920.
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Ansotateo Press
Washington
Anti-Saloon League of America
Inkham
Republican
Massachusetts
Sargent
Tinkham
Antisaloon League
tNo
Wayne
Ant Saloon League’ of America
Mob storms jail and slays Black man in Wytheville
A masked mob stormed the Wythe County jail and dragged Raymond Bird, a 31 year old Black man held on a charge of confronting a white girl, from his cell. They beat him and hanged his body at a tree near the scene, in a crime tied to an alleged old Western county incident.
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Associated Press
Wytheville
Wythe County
Raymond Bird
Government Seizes Body Claimed as Lord Kitchener
London dispatch reports the British government seized a body brought from Norway and later claimed by Power to be Lord Kitchener. Power asserts decisive proof the remains are the Field Marshal of Khartoum, while authorities and Allied press deny. The incident follows war legends and fuels today’s official stance on the matter.
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Lord Kitchener
Alliance
London
Norway
Bs Power
Free Lanes
Lord K Kitchensr
Khartoum
THMLS
Hampshire
Standard
Present Season Greatest in Yellowstone Park Travel Figures
Yellowstone Park records show travel surging beyond 1925 levels with over 175000 visitors expected by season's end. Rail and auto routes steadily funnel tourists through Gardiner and West Yellowstone as entrances report rising auto traffic and a drop in rail carry.
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Yellowstone Park
Joseph Joffe
Jett
Gardiner
West Yellowstone
Cody
Wyo
Montana Poultry Exports Reach 2.5 Million Pounds
Montana shipped over 2 million pounds of dressed poultry to markets in Los Angeles San Francisco Chicago New York Boston and Philadelphia with turkeys capons and broilers dominating. Capon production rises may lift total dressed turkey output near last year’s peak while Stillwater Yellowstore and Carbon counties push coop shipments and caponizing demonstrations exceed fifty in two months.
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Montana
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Chicago
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Department of Car
Montana Periment Station
H. E. Cushman
Yellowstore
Stillwater
Carbon
Cascade
Pondera
Phillips
Valley
Mins Cushman
Mise Cushman
Capone
Harold Butler Drowns While Bathing at Paradise Point
Harold Brigk Butler a 17 year old sophomore at Butte High School drowned while bathing in the Columbia River at Paradise Point Wash. A message to his parents Mrs and Mrs F Butler 1436 South Gaylord Avenue said the death toll was delivered by a messenger. Harold had gone to Ridgefield with relatives for the school term and to Pleasure Point Saturday. He was wading in the Columbia when companions swore with him and he disappeared under water. Continued on page 2 column 3.
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Harold “Brigk” Butler
Butte
Columbia River
Paradise ‘Point
Fr. Butler
Gaylord ‘Avenue
Faye
Framwan
Byia Messenger Oy
Harold
Ridgefield
Garey
Pele
Columbo Bier
Bey Macacento
Forest fires spread as multiple blazes gain ground
Several forest fires reported across the region are expanding, with authorities monitoring the situation as flames threaten woodland areas. Fire crews from Woodward and nearby units battle hotspots amid shifting winds and dry conditions.
Fires Spread as Idaho Meadow Creek Woodward Fire Threatens Thirty-Three
MisSOULA August 15 AP report says woodward fire north of Missoula in Flathead forest spreads covering hundreds of acres. Caribou Meadow and Tumbledown fires in Pend d Oreille and northern Idaho challenge crews. New crews and equipment dispatched from Holland Lake station as foresters assess dense smoke and limited visibility.
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Meadow Creek
Associated Press
Missoula
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Flathead Forest
Reaves
Holland Lake
Upper
Swan River
Pend
Grass Creek
Johnson Creek
Blackfeet Forest
United States
W. P. Greeley
Washington, D.C
Morrel
Spokane
Boy Found Alive After Three Days Lost on Mount Hood
Jackie Strong a one year old boy from Gresham Oregon was found alive by searchers in the dense woods on Mount Hood after three days and nights missing. A physician was dispatched to the scene for first aid and transporting to the ranger station would take several hours. The rescue involved Multnomah county sheriff deputies Vancouver Barracks and hundreds of private volunteers with cameras recording the recovery.
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Associated Press
Portland
Ore
Jackie Strong
Strong
Gresham
Mount Hood
Oregonian
Vancouver Barracks
Wash
Multnomah County
Sheik of Screen 15 Fights for Life in Hospital
Rudolph Valentino, famed film star, collapsed in his Hotel Ambassador apartment and was rushed to a New York hospital. Doctors performed a gastric-wall resection and appendix removal. his condition remained uncertain as physicians planned further updates. Valentino had arrived for the Bow of the Sheik premiere and had been staying in New York for about a week.
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Associated Pres
New York
Rudolph Valentino
Ambassador
Tate
Motion Pleasure
George Ullman
V Tino
Mr. Valentino
Tan
Paul %. Durham
Harold D. Meeker
Dying man accuses sweetheart of deed in gunshot death
Cecil McMillan, 22, from Granite City, died after a gunshot wound and left a deathbed accusation naming Ruth Whitecotton, 18, as the killer. Whitecotton denies the claim as authorities arrest her on a murder warrant pending inquest. McMillan said he shot himself after his love declined, but the shooting occurred at the mother's home.
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Granite City
Cecil Meafillan
Ruth Whitecotton
Jan Bees
McMillen
Mimeek
Mee Chee
Mire Whitecotton
McMillan
Montana Achievements Highlighted by Chief Traffic Officer
A Montana official praises the state's agricultural progress and overall achievements in cultural lines, noting remarkable results. The remarks come from the chief traffic officer of Milwaukee during a regional briefing abroad.
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Milwaukee
Tedsking Quits Movie Colony to Ad Whites
Belief bandits head for Old Stronghold of Bad Men in the Teton Mountains triggers a call for Indians.
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Tedsking
Movie Colony
AD Whites
Teton Mountains
Premium for Its Wheat Posse in Montana in 1926
Montana’s agricultural strides praised by H E Pierpont of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad who arrived in Butte from Yellowstone Park. He cited high quality Montana wheat commanding premium world market prices and predicted continued optimism among local business leaders. Also notes a distant report from Lander Wyoming on Native American bands mobilizing with guards and cowboys chasing bandits toward the Wind River range and Jackson Hole area.
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Montana
H. E. Pierpont
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Yellowstone Park
Pierpont
Tam
Butte
Associated Press Lander
Wyo
Mail Pacific
Rawlins
Otter
Wye
Wyoming
Washakie’ National Forest
Custer
Jackson Hole
Law
Tugwed
Teton Mountain Tanger
Gun Runners Caught at Border Reported
San Diego August 15 Deputy sheriffs left for Dalsura where Justice officers held 40 prisoners and two trucks loaded with machine guns and ammunition. Word indicated the weapons were to be used in an operation below the border.
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Iran
San Diego
Dalsura
Department of Justice
Sherif
Two Die in Phoenix Storm Damage and Casualties
A destructive storm in Phoenix killed two men, Raymond Andree and William Rice, as they worked on a transformer. The wind caused widespread damage to buildings and unroofed several structures while wrecking equipment at Central Arizona Light & Power Co. plants. The incident caused partial power outages and prompted official aid.
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Associated
Prem Phoenix
Raymond Andree
Lightnig William Rice
Phoenix
Central Arizona Light & Power Co
Second Of Her Family Injured In Week In New York
Dolores Uriola of Broadway rushed to Murray hospital after her 3 year old daughter was struck by a car near home. The child escaped death, bruised and shocked but not in danger. Earlier, 5 year old Joseph fell on glass, nearly severing a hand. Their mother, frantic, recalls a previous tragedy when Sam Ariola was killed by an auto two years earlier on East Mercury Street.
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Dolores Uriola
Ei Broadway
Murray Hipital
Rowe
Yeu
Joseph
Sam Ariola
Broadway
Nta
George Kotila
Bagt
Kotla
Kotila
Mercury Street
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DRY League
Anti- Saloon League
18Th Amendment
Tian Tanee
Tn Government
Area
Coens
Lord Riechenercht
Tnventloptadt
Tony
State
New York State
Pacific Coast
Harold Butler
Butte High
Pe Woodward Blaze Speare
Oregon Woods
Pilm
Mr. Pierpont
TN. Hicks
Beattie
Wind River Mountain Range
Little Rose Uriola
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