Butte as a Stage for Wild West Stories and Copper Wars
A narrator questions Butte's mythic status as a Western stage and recounts a tale about John D. Ryan and Fritz Heinze in the copper wars. He recalls a redactively recounted coin flip settlement, his links to Heinze, and a New Yorker’s tall tales about the copper region.
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Butte
West
Rocky Mountain
Ole Hanson
Seattle
Heinze
America
John D. Ryan
Mont
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil
Fritz Augustus Heinze
Butte Evening News
New York
John Ryan
St. Francis Hotel
Fighting Officer Cleans Up Bandits
Detective Sergeant Thomas Shelter of St Louis shot and killed one bandit wounded another and captured a third when a trio tried to hold him up near his home in the western section of the city shortly before midnight.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Thomas Shelter
Flood Toll From Gleno Lake Disaster Rouses Bergamo
Six hundred dead, three villages destroyed and fifty square miles desolated as the Gleno lake dike failed. Dezzo Corna and Bueggio were nearly wiped out, leaving thousands homeless around Bergamo. Relief from Milan and Brescia mobilizes as survivors fear more dam breaks on St Bibiana feast day.
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Associated Press
Bergamo
Gleno Lake
Izeo
Milan
Bresia
Dezzo
Corna
Bueggio
Gleno Mountain
Bones Identified as Jimmie Glass Missing Boy Found
In Scranton Pennsylvania Charles Glass and wife concluded a eight year search across two continents. They positively identified a skeleton found near their New Jersey home as their son Jimmie Glass aged four who disappeared from Greeley Pike county Pennsylvania eight years ago while chasing a dog. The bones were found by Otto Winkler while deer hunting. The couple believe he drowned in the swamp.
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Associated Press
Scranton
North
South America
Jimmie Glass
Charles Glass
Jersey City
N. J
Greeley
Pike County
New Jersey
Otto Winkler
Lackawanna
Butte Elks Hold Solemn Memorial Service
Butte Lodge No. 240 held a memorial service for 14 members who died in the year at the Broadway Theater. Miss Winnifred McHugh dramatized the scene with a Madonna figure as the clock pointed to 11. The event drew hundreds and was praised for its fitting tribute and careful program.
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Ellis
Broadway
Butterodge No
Frank L. Riley
Winnifred McHugh
Book of Records
Butte
Charles BE. Meagher
Order
Eagles Big Grovos Tonga Carnival Opens at Pallas Hall
Butte Eagles host a week long carnival at Pallas Hall starting at 7 30 tonight featuring an orchestra and dozens of booths with Christmas gifts and a Buick as prizes The event runs through December 10 to raise funds for a new Eagles home and for annual sick aid programs.
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Butte
Pallas Hall
Butte Aerie
William Maloney
Eagles
Per Capita Government Costs Doubling in Montana 1922
Special Dispatch from Washington reports Montana's fiscal year 1922 costs totaled 8,281,224 dollars, or 13.99 per person, up from 8.39 in 1917 and 7.06 in 1914. Revenue reached 8,457,638 dollars, yielding a 0.30 per capita excess of receipts over costs.
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Standard
Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
Montana
Veterans’ Welfare
Eight Suspects Held in Utah Bank Robberies
A Utah roundup detains eight suspects tied to Montana bank robberies. Four men arrested in Salt Lake City plus four more under detention in Manti. extradition planned for Adolph Mechler Tom Martin alias Walsh J. G. Palmer alias George Dyer and Frank Warren. Authorities seek witnesses to link the Mon valley and Monticello Bank of Monticello burglary.
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Standard
Lake City
Utah
Montana
Manti
Vic Swanson
John Allen
James Smith
Bozeman
Mont
Adolph Mechler
Tom Martin
Walsh
J. G. Palmer
George Dyer
Frank Warren
Bank of
Saesville
Bank of Monticello
Miss Campbell Celebrates 96th Birthday in Taylorville
Miss Margaret Campbell of Taylorville marked her ninety six birthday yesterday. She attributed her good health and happiness to never having been bothered by a man, saying she has remained untroubled and content throughout her long life.
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Associated Press
Taylorville
Margaret Campbell
McAdoo Sees Railroad Reform as Key Issue
W G McAdoo told the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen in San Francisco that government ownership is not the wisest solution for U S railroads. He urged private operation with stronger federal regulation and warned of possible government ownership if reform fails.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
W. G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
McAdoo
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Europe
Atlantic
Atlantic Seaboard
Borah presses for full status on French war debt
Senator Borah asks Secretary Mellon for complete current status of the French war debt to the United States totaling about 4.04 billion dollars. He seeks totals of principal and interest due, payments since November 11 1918, settlement steps, French proposals, and commission’s view on terms and any existing plan for adjustment or nonpayment.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Borah
Idaho
Mellon
American Debt Funding Commission
Senate
Debt Commission
Bae An
Nine Lives Lost in Gasoline Explosion and Fire
Davenport IA confirms five deaths at Calvin Fordam home when a gasoline leak and stove fire caused a five gallon can explosion. Victims include Calvin Fordam, his wife, two daughters, and Ralph Wilkins. one family member in serious condition. Local reports also recount a fatal crash in Coshocton Ohio and a convent fire in La Crosse Wisconsin with nun casualties and extensive damages.
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Associated Press
Davenport In
Calvin Fordam
Andalusia
Dll
Ralph Wilkins
Auto Death Rate Rising Across U S Census Area
Deaths from automobile accidents totaled 11 666 last year in the census registration area covering 86 percent of the population, up 1 498 from 1921. The rate stood at 12.5 per 100 000, up from 11.5, with California highest at 26.0 and Mississippi lowest at 3.4. Vermont showed the largest rise, while several states posted decreases. Continues on page 2.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Census Bureau
California
New York
New Jersey
Colorado
Mississippi
Vermont
Negro Held for Murder of Woman in Indianapolis
Thomas Shaw a 33 year old Black man was arrested here tonight on a murder charge in the death of Mrs Helen Welch whose body was found lying between railroad tracks after being hurled from an overhead bridge in the western part of the city last Wednesday. Shaw denied the charge and was nabbed in a pawn shop while attempting to pawn a watch identified as Mrs Welch’s. A diamond ring she wore that night was later recovered from a Black woman who said Shaw gave it to her.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Thomas Shaw
Helen Welchl
Shaw
Welchl
Welch
Insurgent Republicans Threaten House Organization
Washington dispatch reports the Sixty-eighth Congress may stall on organizational votes as Republican insurgents threaten to block the House seating process. The Senate plans a brief session with no firm action, while Progressives denounce the old guard and accuse ties to rail and coal interests.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Coowlidge
Congress
Longworth
Ohio
Nelson
Wisconsin
Old Guard
Gillett
Cooper
Madden
Illinois
Little
Kansas
Thirteen Convicts Escape Kansas Penitentiary
Thirteen prisoners slipped from the Kansas penitentiary in Lansing through a 100 yard mud tunnel during Sunday yard privileges. The escape went undiscovered until early tonight. Warden A V Anderson said the tunnel was unknown even to the long serving prison engineer.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Kan
Kansas Penitentiary
A. V. Anderson
Warden Anderson
Income tax payouts drop as federal rates fall in year end report
Washington February report shows internal revenue collections for the year ending June 30 totaling 2.62 billion, down 18 percent from 3.20 billion prior year due to rate reductions. New York leads states with 456 million in income tax receipts. other western states show smaller sums amid ongoing shifts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dae
Internal Revenue Bureau
David H. Blair
New York
Penageond
Illinois
Massachuset
Michigan
California
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C. E. Meagher
England
Lady Diana Duff Cooper
Diana Duff Cooper
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Diana
Mary
Lord Lascelles
Alfred Duff Cooper
London
Butte Aobie
Per Gapita Gost
ADDO
Hell
Coshocton
Willard Richeson
Abraham Buckmaster
Goldie Buckmaster
Lacrosse
Wis
Slater M.ledwina
St. Rose Convent
Order of
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
Perpetual Adoration
St. Rose Chapel of Perpetual Adoration
U. C. Leoo
Treasure State
Blair
Alaska
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