Elks Grand Lodge funds under scrutiny amid shortage rumors
Reported $16,900 shortfall in Grand Treasurer Orris’s accounts shocks Butte Elks at Salt Lake meeting. Auditing committee may or may not have found the gap before Orris’s re election. Cronk reassures that Elks funds are intact and deposited in Meadville and New York drafts.
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Rand
The
Elks
Orris
Butte Elks
Salt Lake
Grand Lodge
KE. O. Brandt
Omaha
Phil Kelly
Richmond
R. W Tilford
Greenville Miss
George FP. Cronk
Meadville
Bank of Meadville
New York
Hit
Salt Lake Herald
Grand Iomee
Baltimore
Ed 0. Brandt
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company
Phil J. Kelly
R. W. Tilford
Greenville
Mass
Joseph Bnzensperger
Salt Lake Lodge
Cronk
Order of Kiss
Buffalo
Great Northern Railway Special Fares Listed
Basin and return $1.50. Boulder and return $1.50. Alhambra and return $2.30. Good going Saturday or Sunday returning Monday Basin and return $1.00. Boulder and return $1.00. Sundays only return. Ticket office 41 North Main Street and depot.
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Basin and Return
Boulder and Return
Alhambra
North Main Street
Mistake on the Cop's Part
Fred Jonson a Scandinavian visitor faced vagrancy charges in Butte court after a policeman said he looked suspicious. Jonson claimed he earned a living by sawing wood and gathering junk, did not drink, and sought honest work. The judge dismissed the charge after witnesses supported his claim. Our up to date barber shop Charles Joyce.
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Fred Jonson
Scandinavian Peninsula
Arizona Street
Jonson
Butte
Clark Building
Charles Joyce
Transit Fare Schedule From Butte to Towns Listed
Bus fare table shows routes from Butte to Whitehall Lime Spur Twin Bridges Sheridan Alder Pony Bonita Deer Lodge and other towns with return trips and prices ranging from 1.00 to 4.00 dollars. Some notes indicate tickets valid Saturday Sunday and returning next Monday or Sunday morning return same day.
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Butte
Pipestone
Whitehall
Lime Spur
Twin Bridges
Sheridan
Pony
Bonita
Deer Lodge
Labor speaker Ben Williams to address Butte crowd
Arrangements were made for Ben Williams a prominent labor orator to speak Sunday night at the Auditorium in Butte under the auspices of the Mill and Smeltermen's union. He will also speak Monday in Anaconda. He is regarded as one of the best labor speakers.
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Butte
Ben Williams
Williams
Mill and Smeltermen's Union
Anaconda
Train Schedule From Butte to Alder and Back
Leaves Montana Union depot 8 30 a m Sunday through to Alder returning at 6 p m Rates: Butte to Twin Bridges and return 1 50 Butte to Sheridan and return 2 00 Butte to Alder and return 2 0 Stage connects with this train at Alder to and from Virginia City A B Elliott contractor and dealer in electrical supplies 102 Mast Park st
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Montana
A. B. Elliott
Mast Park St
Butte to Gregson Springs Rail Rate Set at 80 Cents
The Butte, Anaconda and Pacific railroad announces a temporary reduced fare from Butte to Gregson Springs and return. Tickets from Butte to the springs and back cost 80 cents and are valid for travel from Saturday noon through Monday noon both directions.
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Butte
Wabash Bride Dies after Wedding Trip Abduction Suspected
Wm C Bright 20 and Ora Spinks 22 from Wabash county wed in the city. The bride died in a Peru hospital after a 30 hour illness. Bright disappeared. an autopsy showed she was three months pregnant, leading to suspicion Bright deserted her after discovering the pregnancy. A male visitor questioned her condition before his vanishing.
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Wabash
Ind
Wm. C Bright
Ora Spinks
Peru
Bright
Third suicide shocks Bridgeport as death toll climbs
In Bridgeport Ohio on August 28, Mrs. Harry Rodgers, wife of an insurance agent, hanged herself after dispatching a will and note. Earlier this week Henry Koehnlein, a wealthy contractor, was refused bail as his wife lies gravely wounded after a quarrel in which he is accused of shooting her.
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Bridgeport
Ohio
Harry Rodgers
Will Scott
Henry Koehnlein
Ancient Man Skeleton Unearthed in Kansas Tunnel Dig
A Kansas City science panel confirmed the Lansing skull 35 000 years old the oldest North American find. The man lived during the glacial period likely drowned or died in a flood after ice retreated near Iowa. The excavation by Michael and John Concannon revealed a cave burial in loess layers with a 40 foot Missouri River context.
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Lansing
Kan
W. H. Winchell
Minneapolis
Minnesot
Geological Society of America
Warren Upham
St. Paul
North American
America
Glaeia
Europe
Iowa
Missouri
Mae
Issi
Williston
Adam
North America
Michael
John Concannon
Blow Ends Life in Logansport Bar Fight
In Logansport Indiana Neal Hanson a longtime junk dealer was killed when Tom Hiles struck him in Burns saloon. Witnesses said Hanson owed Hiles and the hit ended Hanson’s life instantly prompting a crowd to seek revenge. Hiles faced possible summary punishment but escaped.
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Neal Hanson
Tom Hiles
Logansport
Ind
Hiles
Hanson
Burns
Sensational cross petition in Ohio divorce case
Clarence O. Smith of Payton and Y M C A secretary faces a cross petition from his wife Bessie alleging coercion and other claims. Smith admits publishing a notice of nonresponsibility for his wife's debts and says she obtained funds through misrepresentation and forged his name. He says as her widow she secured a loan and a chattel mortgage on his property and he later paid the money to avoid public disclosure.
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Payton
Ohio
Clarence O. Smith
Dayton Last Works
Bessie
Smith
Paid His Debts With Pelf
Clarence A. Plank, a Springfield police court clerk, killed himself in Springfield Missouri after arriving from Memphis, posing as James R. Patton of York. He left three letters blaming political debts, directed funeral details, and left laudanum, brandy, and a revolver before taking his life. Coroner’s inquest held. George A. Plank of Kansas City to claim remains.
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Springfield
Clarence A. Plank
Memphis
Genton Hotel
James R. Patton
York
Page
C. A
George A. Plank
Station A
Kansas City
Carrie
Paul
Clarence
Morning Sun
Ohio
C. A. Plank
Norwalk cigar man amused Chicago crowds then snared in disorderly arrest
George Brady of Norwalk Ohio visited Chicago and met cigar manufacturers. He was entertained with dinners and telegrams claiming calamities back home. A later arrest for disorderly conduct followed a street insult claim, leading to a $20 court cost and a planned banquet in his honor.
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Chicago
George Brady
Norwalk
Ohio
John J. Lynch
West Madison Street
Brady
Cleveland
Mr. Brady
Notable Local Clerk Accused of Fiscal Shortage and Death
A republican clerk elected last spring faced dishonest dealings with creditors and a $1300 shortage from May to August. A factory machinist, he lost sight in one eye after a steel accident last fall and led a fast life spending on women and drink. Mrs Plank, wife, fainted upon hearing the death news and remains under medical care as burial plans are arranged.
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Plank
Low Rates to California Offer from Southern Pacific
On September 1 daily colonist rates to California via Southern Pacific and connecting lines will go into effect from Omaha Kansas City Missouri river points 25 dollars from St Louis New Orleans and Mississippi river points 30 dollars from Peoria 31 dollars Chicago 33 dollars. Rates valid until October 31 with stopover privileges in California. A booklet California for 25 dollars written by prominent men is available free from any Southern Pacific agent.
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Southern Pacific
Ogden
el Paso
Caisefornia
Omaha
Kansas City
Missouri River
T. Louis
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Peoria
Chicago
California
Great Western
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Utah
ST. Stephen’s School
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Perine
All Saints’ Cathedral
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Tacoma
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Gorton
All White Minstrels
Utton’s Family Theater
Popular Price Playhouse
Dick PF. Sutton
Elmer Walters
E. Walters
New-Bro
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Columbia
Pacific Coast
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Arthur C. Newill
Portland, Oregon
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