Organization of Methodists Conference at Billings
In Billings on Aug 22 the Methodist church held a conference session electing officers. Paul Adame was chosen secretary with assistants. John Whitely named statistician with assistants. Fred Whitford elected treasurer with assistants. Memorials were read for local pastors, sympathy resolutions adopted. A lecture on God the Father occurred and an evangelistic street meeting took place. The Shields Valley bridge over the Yellowstone was opened but a steel bridge could not yet be installed due to high water. Valley View ranch in Paradise valley sold for 20000 with 16000 in planned improvements. Fifty cases of cholera infantum appeared in the city with no deaths yet. parents urged preventive measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Methodist Church
Paul Adame
Helena
Charles Rhoades
Thomas Hardy
Jesse Lacklen
Fred O'Kelly
John Whitely
B. G. Humphry
W. G. Dana
Godfrey Kopriva
Fred Whitford
Fred C. Fulgored
Mr. Swisher
Rishey Hamilton
Charles L. Rovard
W. W. van Orsdel
Great Falls
George McCleonard
Tillings
D.C. Crouch
D. D
Missoula
S.S. A. Oliver
Edward Smith
S. A. Oliver
John M. Whitely
Glendive
Thomas Martin
Miles City
I. N. Smith
Stevensville
State Senate
James W. Tait
Anaconda
George D. Wolfe
Butte
God the Father
Borden B. Kesster
T. B
Yellowstone River
Shields Valley
Northern Pacific
Co. W. Craig
Valley View Ranch
Paradise Valley
Craig
Park county drafts exempted and civic notes in Livingston
In Livingston on August 22 133 Park county men were exempted by the local board and 194 were certified to the district exemption board for service. The county quota is 156. Rev G K Aubrecht of Milwaukee arrived to install Rev Karl Becker as pastor of the English Lutheran Church of the Redeemer next Sunday. John Speyer and Arthur Millen arrived en route to Yellowstone Park. Millen said Washington expects the war to last at least three more years. Examinations for teachers begin August 38 per Miss Elsie Mercier. Theodore J Welcher and H H Jackson leave for the Presidio to join the second officers reserve. The 1917 Chautauqua program closed as a success with a 1918 program guaranteed. Harvesting is active in Shields and Yellowstone valleys despite dry weather and slight farm labor shortage. thrashing will be selective for a few weeks as two months of traffic closure due to a washout ended.
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Livingston
Park County
G. K. Aubrecht
Milwaukee
Church Synod of the Northwest
Karl Becker
Church of the Redeemer
John Speyer
New York
Yellowstone National Park
Park
Arthur Millen
Nebraska
Millen
Wilson
Washington
Elsie Mercier
Theodore J. Welcher
Jardine
H. H. Jackson
Presidio
San Francisco
Shields
Yellowstone
Dillon News Briefs Includes Local Weddings And Draft Notes
William Kraemer of Ennis visits Dillon for engineering work in the Ennis district. A motor party tours Wisdom for a short stay. Forest fires near Toaho show serious spread with smoke and pine scent in the air. A marriage license is issued to Francis J. Tonney and Mae Henneberry in Dillon. they wed at St. Rose church and plan to reside here. George Lovell and wife travel to Butte and Helena for a few days. Charles A. McGrath and Helen McKay wed in Dillon. he runs Dilimont Park interests. Mr. Rawson of Leahey, Mont., departs after visiting the Joseph C. Smith camp. A Dillon man registered for the selective draft arrives from Illinois and expects his number soon, hoping to be called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Tonney
Mae Henneberry
St. Rose Church
George Lovell
Butte
Helena
Charles A. McGrath
Helen McKay
Dilimont Park
Rawson
Leahey
Mont
Joseph C. Smith
Cottonwood
Illinois
Pinioned under his auto Milbauer rescued with bruises
Roundup August 21 Roundup farmer Mike Milbauer narrowly escaped death when his overturned auto trapped him at Alkali bridge five miles northwest of the city. Dan R. Gannon found him pinned beneath the car and lifted it enough for Milbauer to crawl free and reach town for medical care. He suffered bruises and a ruptured blood vessel but avoided more serious injury.
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Mike Milbauer
Roundup
Alkali Bridge
Dan R. Gannon
Milbauer
Roundup Merchants Study Co operative Delivery Plan
Roundup merchants will send a delegation to state centers to study a cooperative delivery system. They argue the current individual deliveries duplicate work and raise costs. The proposed plan would schedule three or four deliveries daily with extra charges after hours, modeled on Helena’s eight year successful program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roundup
Helena
Governor Welcomes Grand Lodge 70 Helena Opening Session
Governor Stewart addresses Mason delegates at Helena opening of Montana Grand Lodge session with about 6990 Masons present. Judge Lew L Calloway and Captain Foote respond. Activities include tours of the Masonic home, a third degree exemplification, banquet, and planned visits to Broadwater and Fort William Henry Harrison. The Order of Eastern Star also begins its session tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Stewart
Grad Lodge
Lew L Calloway
Great Falls
Foote
Grand Lodge
E. C. Day
Montana Masonry
Women county agents named for Montana survey
Bozeman August 22 eight women county agents appointed by Montana state college extension service to assist the national food survey campaign led by Herbert Hoover. Appointments include Miss Lucile Reynolds Miss Christina Woof Miss Newell Betz Miss Mary Newell Miss Antoinette Olson Miss BE Marie Barnard Mrs D S Fox and others across several counties. They met in Bozeman this week with leader Miss Bess M Rowe. most will begin within days, Miss Newell starting September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Congress
Montana
Montana State College
Department of Agriculture
Food Commissioner
United States
Herbert C. Hoover
F. 5S. Cooley
State College Extension Service
Lucile Reynolds
Lewis and Clark
Broadwater
Christina Woof
Flathead County
Newenl
Betz
City of Great Falls
R. G. Young
Gallatin County
Mary Newell
Fergus County
Antoinette Olson
Sheridan County
BE. Marie Barnard
Custer
Rosebud
Prairie Counties
D. S. Fox
Sweetgrass County
Melville Forms Red Cross Auxiliary in Sweetgrass District
Big Timber Aug. 22 Melville organizes a Red Cross auxiliary led by Mrs. Lara Allen with Mrs. W. H. Donald as chairman and Mrs. Harry Hart and Mrs. Paul Van Cleve Jr. as officers. A committee plans entertainment and aid while Doris Hickman chairs a junior Red Cross club for clipping soft rags for fracture pillows.
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Big Timber
W. H. Donald
Melville
Donald
Harry Hart
Paul van Cleve Jr
Hanson
Roy Osborne
John Harper
William McMahon
T. G. Blakeman
Henry Co
Vanderbeek
Fremont Buck
Allan
Red Cross Club
Doris Hickman
Jessica Caulkins
Shanks Resigns Bozeman Manual Training for Atlanta Post
E C Shanks resigns as Bozeman schools manual training teacher after two years and will teach mechanical drawing at the Atlanta high school. J A Harader works to form a Bozeman Four Minute Men chapter approved by President Wilson to mobilize speakers for moving picture theaters on public interest topics. Dr Alfred Karsted and family from Butte visited Bozeman on their way home from Hunter's Hot Springs tennis tournament. George Davenport Howard Seamans and K R Glass head to the Presidio to enter the second offic
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Bozeman
E. C. Shanks
Atlanta
Alfred Karsted
Butte
Hunter's Hot Springs
George Davenport
Howard Seamans
K. R. Glass
Presidio
Draft exemptions and appeals progress in Butte board
The Butte city draft board passed on more exemption claims and prepares to complete its deliberations. A district board appeal was urged to visit Helena to pass on cases, while detectives continued gathering information on exemptions. Numerous names were listed as granted or refused exemptions and as needing future examination, with many registered men certified by outside boards and awaiting reexamination or reporting to the city board.
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Butte City
Butte
Helena
Army
Navy
Washington
Austin H. Anderson
George Gustovich
Julian Marion
el. A. Wickersham
Andrew Anderson
Priests Learn Plain Chant At Diocese Institute
Helena August 22 priests attending the Catholic diocesan institute are receiving instruction in plain chant. The program follows Bishop John F. Carroll's directive to emphasize congregational singing in diocese churches. Dr Cress of Dubuque Iowa learned the method while in England where Benedictine monks exile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Catholic Diocesan Institute
John FP. Carroll
Cress
Dubuque
Iowa
Isle of Wight
England
France
A Jolly Game Ends With a Spat at Rumpus Ridge
An elder distraught by a yard game called German spy watches children at Rumpus Ridge Ark. They designate a player as spy and assign combat with cudgels. A neighbor, Mr Gap Johnson, shrugs off concern noting boys improvise with spears and a plug hat for protection in the rough game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother Johnson
Parson
Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Ark
Spears
Champion Punster at Madison-on-Lake Erie Picnic
Elmer Bates won a prize at a Madison on Lake Erie picnic for the most outrageous pun spoken in ordinary conversation. A clever youngster presented a fuel device and Bates declined crude jokes, replying politely, “Certainly, my boy fuel be kind enough to show it to me.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison-on-Lake Erie
Elmer Bates
Elmer
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Geneva convention of 1864 stands for war relief
The Geneva convention formed in Geneva on August 22 1864 by delegates from France Belgium Switzerland Portugal Holland Italy Spain Denmark and Prussia and later adopted by nearly all American governments. It aimed to aid war sufferers by guaranteeing ambulance neutrality and non discrimination in care while marking medical personnel with a red cross emblem.
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Geneva
Switzerland
France
Belgium
Portugal
Holland
Italy
Spain
Denmark
Prussia
North
South America
Brazil
Red Cross Origin and Care for Prisoners Described
The Brooklyn Eagle notes that sick and wounded soldiers taken prisoner should be cared for and cured if possible, then liberated or paroled, and that the Geneva Convention established the Red Cross as the origin of such humanitarian aid.
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Red Cross
Brooklyn Eagle
Ralph Frary To Umpire Coast League Debut
Ralph Frary accepted terms to umpire in the Coast League and will depart for Los Angeles. He will work his first Coast League game next Tuesday, after the Northwestern league stint and an offer from President Al Baum. Frary was a top umpire in the Northwestern league and considered NL-caliber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Frary
Northwestern Seasive
Los Angeles
al Baum
Frary
Open verdict returned in Popovitch case
An inquest into the death of Olga Popovitch after being struck by a car driven by Tiugh Murphy returned an open verdict. Witnesses testified to the injuries and circumstances. police and undertakers described the wounds. The court did not issue any censure due to divergent testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga Popovich
Tiugh Murphy
East
Galena Street
Real estate transfers list shows multiple parcel sales
Bolever Brown to Cahill at Floral Park lots 28 24 block 14 for 1. Woolcock to Lang lot 5 west half of 4 block 3 Corona for 1. Bolever Brown to Thompson lot 6 and west half of 4 block S1 Floral Park for 1. Butte Land to T J Bennett lot 8 east half 9 block 23 Bellevue for 1. Patrick Wall to Burke lot 9 block 43 Grand Avenue for 1. John T Wolf to William Trenerry lots 4 5 block 1 Twilight for 1. William Trenerry to John Wilfred Julian lots 4 5 block 1 Twilight for 1.
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Bolever & Brown
James L. Cahill
Floral Park
John ©. Woolcock
Edwin H. Lang
Corona
John Thompson
Butte Land and Investment Company
T. J. Bennett Company
Damage suit filed against North Butte Mining Company
George Felulovich seeks 22000 dollars in damages after a Granite Mountain mine disaster. He alleges fire and smoke and ensuing excitement upset his nerves and left him in a bad condition physically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Felulovich
North Butte Mining Company
Granite Mountain
Arrest of North Main street saloonman on assault charge
Arrosted by soldiers, Horgan of North Main street saloon, was arrested last evening on a disturbance charge later changed to assault. Complaints allege he and others assaulted miners going to work. witnesses John Waleff and G. Ranch testified. Horgan denies responsibility for the attack.
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Id Horgan
Giants Fall to Bobcats on Montana Street Grounds
Amateur baseball report shows the Colored Giants losing 4 to 1 to the Bobcats yesterday at Montana street grounds. Bobcats batters Fisher and Kall led the offense while Giants hitters Girlie and Walker made the trio of runs. The Bobcats schedule a game with the Butte Athletics tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. on the same grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colored Giants
Bobcats
Montana Street
Fisher and Kall
Giants
Girlie
Walker
Butte Athletics
When a Hen Ecacles Is Laying or Lying
Two men argued over the correct form of to say she is setting or sitting. They ask Farmer Giles who asks whether a hen ecackles when laying or lying. The riddle centers on grammar and poultry sounds.
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Ward
TELN
Giles
Footprint clue in Mount Cory burglary case
Mount Cory detectives pursue a peculiar lead after a break in at a local store where burglars stole only No 11 shoes leaving large footprints as the sole evidence. Detectives describe the footprints as unusually large and are widening their search for suspects and motive.
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Mount Cory
Ohio
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Nardon Harrison
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Lawrence L
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