Butte Notes Mention Local Visitors And Family News
Rent pianos from Orton Bros. Stein-Bloch clothes. Numerous residents and visitors are listed including C. W. Robnett of Anaconda D. O. Proctor of Divide and J. F. Clark of Helena. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ed McCune. Gilbert Trudell Jr. receives furlough to care for his ill mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orton Bros
Stein-Bloch
Tonkin’s
Olson
N. Montana
C. W. Robnett
Anaconda
D. O. Proctor
Divide
Butte
L. F. Watt
Los Angeles
G. Schuler
Dillion
F. G. Cook
J. F. Clark
Helena
William Harney
Great Falls
Fr. Marr
Julian Ellison
Philipsburg
B. E. Rislay
Wisdom
P. F. Dowling
Boulder
George Lovell
Dillon
A. E. Shilling
Missoula
M. L. Innis
Hattie M. Mart
Livingston
Anna Bayle
Three Forks
Charles Gurnsey
M. R
Joseph Henderson
Hall
Bud Leary
D. J. Hennessy
Jack Eckhart
Glacier Park
Eva M. Riddle
Decatur
J. D. Slemons
Long Beach
J. FE. Reuter
Underwood
N. D
Ss. S. Suter
American Oil Company
Ed. McCune
Paecific Street
I. J. Brophy
Walter Mulcahy
Garfield Tonkin
E. L. Patton
Presidio
Georges. Lapp
D. J. O'Donough
Connell
Saturday Evening Post
P. O
W. Park St
Women's Guild of the People’s Church
South Side
Mothers’ Club
Columbia Gardens
Gilbert Trudell Jr
Hospital Corps
Masons of the State in Session in Helena
More than 1,000 Masonic members gather in Helena for state conventions. Grand Chapter officers and Royal and Select Masters officers are elected at sessions opening Tuesday, with named leaders from multiple cities. A Zanzibar firm seeks contact with American manufacturers of umbrellas canes watches and tobacco goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Fraternity
Helena
Royal Arch Masons
M. Cc. Smith
Missoula
Ore
P. Wright
Butte
A. W. Ma‘hon
Glasgow
David Craig
Great Falls
Eri. C. Day
C. H. Hedges
C. J. McAllister
Kalispell
Sojourner
Alfred Whitworth
Deer Lodge
Zanzibar
Africa
Capital Welcomes Japanese Mission on US Visit
Washington welcomes Japan's mission with warmth as Viscount Ishii and party arrive for conferences with President Wilson. The visit aims to discuss mutual economic and military cooperation, shipping dispatches, and war support, not political matters, with Japan ready to aid ocean transport and supply lines for the Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
United States
Wilson
Perry Belmont
Viscount Ishii
Honolulu
San Francisco
Ishii
Pacific
Vladivostok
Far East
Mediterranean
Mohican Indians History and Migration Trail
The Mohican Mohegan Indians lived along the Hudson from Albany to the south. They moved to Massachusetts then Pennsylvania, aided the Americans in the Revolution, settled at Oneida in 1788, and by 1830 most migrated to Wisconsin where they shed tribal ties and became citizens.
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Hudson River
Albany
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Oneida
Wisconsin
Two Air Raids Tried Over British Coast
London reports German airships and aircraft attacked the Yorkshire coast and Kent coast area last night. Dover Margate and Ramsgate were struck with casualties reported at Dover and Ramsgate while Margate escaped casualties. Royal Navy air squadrons pursued Gotha bombers near Ramsgate and Dunkirk with several enemy planes shot down and one allied aircraft damaged.
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London
Yorkshire
Kent
Rd French
British Home Forces
Lord French
Dover
Margate
Ramsgate
Admiralty
Royal Naval Air Squadron
Royal Navy
Dunkirk
England
Gothas
Nieuport
Zeebrugge
Germany Will Not Offer Fresh Peace Proposals
Berlin dispatch quotes Chancellor stating renewed German peace offers are impractical given enemy posture. He references the pope's note on arbitration and disarmament, notes no final positions until allied agreement, and expresses hope for an honorable peace after further negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Berlin
Vorwaerts
Germany
Barber’s Quick Cut Shows Mutual Aid Spirit
A South Dakota state senator’s example of mutual assistance unfolds in a small town barber shop. A customer asks for a haircut while the proprietor, reading a dime novel, asks his assistant to inform the editor he wants his scissors once editing is finished, as a gentleman waits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Arabs in revolt against Turks gain ground in Arabia
London August 22 Arabs in Arabia rise against the Turks and carry out extensive operations with success. The official British note says the king of the Hedjaz and his tribesmen have joined the allied cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Arabia
Hedjaz
Threatened Strike Looms as Butte Metal Trades Move
Radical elements in the Butte Metal Trades council push for a strike by endorsing a committee with power to act. The panel’s scope remains unsettled as Great Falls wage talks with Anaconda Copper Mining Co. loom. The council also backs donations to the strike fund and reshapes local labor alliances amid clashes with Tom Campbell’s faction. Dr. Carleton Parker prepares an independent war department inquiry into Montana labor strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte Metal Trades Council
Great Falls Lweale
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Anaconda
Anaconda Lgens
Great Falls
Kr. L
Metal Mine Workers’ Union
Tom Campbell
Campbell
Tom Rimmer
Carleton Parker
W. W
Montana
Butte
War Department
Covington
Tinners’ Union
Silver Row Employers’ Association
Willis
Scanty Fare at Central Park Menagerie
William Snyder, head keeper, offers 24 hour answers about animals. He explains turtle feeding depends on species and size, noting a two inch turtle needs only one lettuce leaf weekly, while a woman prefers chopped meat for her pet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Snyder
Central Park
New York
Mr. Snyder
Tango toes found in draft examinations at Sewickley and Squirrel Hill
Pittsburg correspondence to the New York Sun notes a surge of tango toes among young men applying for the new draft army in Sewickley and Squirrel Hill districts. Many failed feet tests with overlapping toes, knots at joints, calluses, flat feet, and other deformities while others were deemed perfect specimens. One applicant blamed tango toes for his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
New York Sun
Sewickley
Squirrel Will
Kentucky Father Dignifies Patriotism in Army Talk
A Kentucky mountaineer visiting New York lectured his son on patriotic duty and army service, delivering a stark contrast to pacifist ideas. The scene, likened to a Fox drama, praises Kentucky’s tradition of valor and asserts the father’s role in restoring manhood and duty in the youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
New York
Fox
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Watterson
Virginian Invents Low Wheeled Cotton Picker Truck
To ease the labor of cotton pickers a Virginian devised a low wheeled truck where a sitter is positioned close to the plants and can push along. The vehicle carries a bag for cotton and includes an umbrella for shade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Butte News
The
Standard
North Main Street
Richelieu
Jeweler and Optometrist
Hallmark
Masons
Economy Shoe Co
W. G. Lewis
West Park Street
Butte Optical Company
J. L. Hannifin
British Coast
Chancellor
Arakas
Mose Linz
Main and Broadway
McCarthy, Bryant & Co
Park
Swift's
Ceretana
Russell Miller
Lyon
John J. McCarthy
Prop
Campbelius
Clerks’ Union
Montana Point
U.S. A
Lander
Lander Store
Tango
I, Simon
North Matin
McCarthy
East Broadway
Idahopo
Miller Milling Co
North Dakota
White House
ST Butte
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