Linemen Return After Montana Power Strike Settlement
Nearly all of the 131 linemen who struck a week ago Tuesday returned to work by yesterday morning. Oklahoma Mariett refused to report, while four Montana Power men left midday after arbitration concerns. A joint arbitration committee met and set plans to hear grievances and demands from both sides, with a report due in about a week.
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Oklahoma
Mariett
Montana Power Company
M . Evans
Alexander Mackel
Geld
Wyoming
Foreman Evans
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway Company
Independent Telephone Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Butte Street Railway Company
Mountain States Telephone Company
Arbitration Board
Committee On Arbitration
H A. Gallwey
R. F. Morris
Mountain States Telegraph and Telephone Company
Max Hebgen
The
Labor Committee
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly
Butte Building Trades Council
Montana Federation of Labor
Electric
M. M. Donoghue
E. R. Torrey
J. T. Callahan
H. A. Gallwey
R. F
Butte
Mont
Alil Federation of Labor
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Sandvase
Alaska gold field tales vs cautious investors
Press dispatches tout a new Shushanna district strike near McCarthy Alaska but critics warn many reports are hype. J J Underwood notes only one creek has yielded coarse gold, with 15 streams showing mere traces and bedrock unreached. Investors like W J Holden question coal timing for copper profits, urging a clear government coal opening before further costly ops.
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Shushanna
Alaska
J. J. Underwood
Seattle Times
Fairbanks
Dawson
McCarthy
Copper River & Northwestern
Underwood
W. J. Holden
Boston
Kushkalina Copper Company
Seattle
Secretary of the Interior
Lane
Omaha Rejects Gas Franchise Contract Vote Tally
In Omaha on August 20, voters rejected extending the local gas company franchise by a 7050 to 4127 margin. The proposal promised gas price cuts to $1 per thousand cubic feet and city council oversight, but the franchise extension was not approved.
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Omaha
Helena Pierce Gray to return to Crow Reservation study
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Helena Pierce Gray announced plans to return to the Crow Indian reservation to continue her investigation of treatments accorded Indians by the current agency force.
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The
Standard
Washington
Helena Pierce Gray
Crow Indian Reservation
Bouchers Twenty Sixth Cleanup Sale At Wee Park Street
A local advertisement announces Bouchers twenty sixth semi annual cleanup sale at 37 3 Wee Park street. The notice emphasizes deeply discounted prices to clear stock. Describes quick sale and disregard for cost calculations.
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Boucher
Wee Park Street
Ady
De Young Buys San Francisco Call Hints End of Paper
M. H. De Young, owner and editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, has purchased the San Francisco Call. He states he does not intend to continue publishing the Call, and the paper will cease to exist following the purchase.
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San Francisco Call
M. H. de Young
San Francisco Chronicle
de Young
Call
Long Lawn Kimonos and Sacques in Light Colors
A splendid assortment features kimonos and sacques peplum or loose styles in pretty light colors and dainty patterns, highlighting delicate fabrics and refined silhouettes for spring wardrobes.
Women's Knit Wear and Union Suits on Sale
Women's summer-weight knit wear includes fine lisle pants with lace trimmed knees in sizes 4 to 6 at 25 cents a pair. Vests in sizes 4 to 6 at 35 cents and sizes 7 to 9 at 40 cents. Lisle union suits with low neck and sleeveless styles offered, regular values at 75 cents to a dollar, now discounted.
Haynes Loses Fight Over Park Contract
Secretary of the Interior Lane cancels the Monida and Yellowstone Stage Company contract for Yellowstone park travel, effective Sept. 16. F. J. Haynes, a famed promoter, built a rival system but was found to falsify reports and pay rebates to the Oregon Short Line railway, leading to cancellation and search for a new operator.
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Monida & Yellowstone Stage Company
National Park
Yellowstone
F. J. Haynes
St. Paul
Park
Yellowstone Park Transportation Company
H. W. Childs
Helena
Monida Company
Oregon Short Line Railway
Yellowstone Park
Lane
Montana
Monida
W. W. Humphrey
Haynes
Humphrey
Gardiner
Mont
Fountain Hotel
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Short
Line
Butte
Cobb
Department
Yellowstone Park Railroad
Frogn Norris
Stage Company
E. H. Harriman
Oregon
United States
Pretty Girls in The Passing Show of 1912
The Passing Show of 1912 hires a personal advance agent to oversee chorus and show girls comfort and finances. The agent tours hotels, notes rates and distances, secures group discounts, and reports findings to the company, helping girls budget for travel and lodging. Miss Louise Brunnell, one of the cast, is mentioned.
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Louise Brunnell
Brunnell Drives Innovation In The Passing Show Of 1912
Miss Brunnell, a former chorister and leading figure in The Passing Show of 1912, conceived hiring an advance agent for the chorus to secure lodging and reception for 50 performers. The plan, initially feared for expense, proved effective in a trial week and led to a full-season hire.
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Adv
Questions and Answers: Factoids on lightships and rights
A periodical Q and A explains the world’s strongest artificial light is a Mersey bar lightship with 40 000 candle power. It traces policemen as peelers and bobbies to Sir Robert Peel’s 1829 reforms and defines metric carat as 200 milligrams. It notes orange blossoms symbolize purity in weddings and summarizes China’s suffrage as universal among literate taxpaying adults.
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Mersey Bar
Liverpool
Peelers
Robert Peel
London
Ndon
Republic of China
China
Alabama seat race moves to Senate after quick nomination
Washington August 20 supporters of Representative Henry D Clayton Alabama governor O Neals appointee decide not to seek a caucus but to present his nomination to the senate at once and leave seating to the elections committee as they challenge the late Senator Joseph J Johnston of Alabama.
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Washington
Henry D. Clayton
O'Neal
Joseph J. Johnston
Alabama
Senate
Committee On Elections
Trains Schedule to Anaconda Aug 98 to 25
Races at Anaconda Aug 98 to 25 inclusive. Trains leave B A P depot 9 40 a m and p m returning to Anaconda 6 35 p m. Round trip fare one dollar, tickets valid on all trains.
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Anaconda
Adv
Mayor Orders Police To Arrest Any Woman In Immodest X Ray Dress
Portland mayor Albee declared an immediate enforcement of a dress code based on supposed X ray style dresses seen in stores. He ordered police to arrest any woman wearing what he termed immodest attire including low necklines and overly slit skirts, regardless of status.
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Portland
Ore
Albee
Spokane Limited Bandits Arrested in Portland
In Portland Oregon police arrested Eugene Jones and Sam Wold linked to the Soo Spokane Limited robbery in Sullivan's Gulch last night. Jones fled after the heist but was later captured. Wold was found armed with a rubber hose weighted by a steel nut. Victim Joe Barron was badly wounded and believed to be one of the robbers. He is hospitalized and uncooperative. Police will review records as part of the case.
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Portland
Ore
Eugene Jones
Sam Wold
Soo Spokane Limited
Sullivan’s Gulch
Jones
Joe Barron
Hungarian premier wounded in duel with Austrian lieutenant
In Budapest on August 20 Count Stephen Tisza, Hungarys prime minister, fought a sword duel with Marquis Pellavicni, an Austrian lieutenant. Both were slightly wounded in the head after a quarrel over charges that the premier influenced witnesses in a libel suit.
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Budapest
Stephen Tigza
Pellavicni
T. J. McCarthy Opens Sanitary Grocery and Meat Store
T. J. McCarthy announces a sanitary store at 64 East Broadway offering choicest groceries and primest meats with exclusive agency for Electric Light brand flour and a phone contact 1985.
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T. J. McCarthy
Sanitary
East Broadway
Electric Light Brand
Ina Phone
Adv
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Tana Power Company
Fident
Lewis Levensaler
Valdez
Holden
Carney's
Mrs. Gray
M.h.de Young
Komcesy
Kennessy
Jardinieres
Notion Counter
Peg
Interior Department
Genes.l
Spokane Limited
T. J. McArthy
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