Butte Janitors Unionizing Debate Faces School Board
Butte trustees favor janitors joining unions but say they cannot compel employment eligibility. They caution legal risks if a nonmember is discharged and note about half already belong to Engineers and Working Men's or Women's Protective unions. A Wright dues dispute with the Workingmen's union is also discussed.
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Butte
Board of Education
Board of Trustees
District No. 1
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly
Engineers
Workingmen's Union
Women's Protective Union
Pyramid Pile Cure Promises Quick, Safe Relief
An advertisement extols Pyramid Pile Cure as the best remedy for hemorrhoids, claiming it cures quickly without surgery and saves suffering. It asserts temporary salves fail, praises safety and reliability, notes a 50 cent price, and directs readers to write Pyramid Drug Co. Marshall Michigan for a free booklet.
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Pyramid Drug Co
Marshall, Mich
Askas
Building fund and general fund cash and warrants report
The record shows balances and movements in county funds. Building fund cash in treasury on Dec 1 amounts to $161,479.37 with warrants issued during the month at $23,233.18. Building fund transfers to general fund total $15,000 and cash in treasury on Nov 1 was $20,217.10, warrants $4,571.60, and cash on Dec 1 $645.50.
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Workingmen’s Union
W. I. Wright
Wright
McKinley
Industrial
Richards
Building Fund
County Treasury
General Fund
Butte Briefs Highlight Incoming Visitors and Local Events
William Enhart of Miles City, M. F. Jones of Billings, and E. B. Wittich of Livingston arrived in Butte yesterday. Alexander Bros. plantation minstrels perform at Broadway tonight. A. H. Wethey returns from England after his wife’s illness. Ambrose McDonald celebrates arrival of a daughter born December 7. Ralph Louis and William Luxton run cattle buying and butchering in Idaho Falls and are in Butte, with Louis planning a Helena visit and return Friday. Louis notes T. Bailey Lee, formerly of Butte, is practicing in Idaho Falls.
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William Enhart
Miles City
City
M. F. Jones
Billings
E. B. Wittich
Livingston
Butte
Alexander Bros. Plantation Minstrels
A. H. Wethey
England
Ambrose McDonald
East Second Street
Ralph Louis
William Luxton
Idaho Falls
Helena
Mr. Louis
T. Bailey Lee
Pretty wedding at Dorothy ties Hardcastle to Miss O Malley
Ernest Hardcastle formerly of Butte now with Gans Klein in Helena married Rose Marie O Malley abstract clerk at the courthouse in the Dorothy apartments. Rev Father Thompson of Boulder performed the 6:30 ceremony among relatives and friends.
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Ernest Hardcastle
Butte
Gans & Klein
Helena
Rose Marie O'Malley
Jack Braselton
Dorothy
Father Thompson
Boulder
Exquisite wedding with white silk canopy and carnations
An exceedingly pretty ceremony featured a white silk canopy draped with smilax and carnations. Miss Margaret Van derwalker supported the bride while Dr. T. J. Sullivan served as best man. A bountiful supper followed and the couple will honeymoon at Hunter's Hot Springs before settling in Helena.
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Margaret Vanderwalker
T. J. Sullivan
Hunter's Hot Springs
Helena
Model of the Tabernacle Reproduced in Dutch Museum
A miniature, highly detailed model of Moses Tabernacle erected during the Exodus is on display in a biblical museum at Utrecht, Netherlands. The court measures about 20 by 10 feet and features sand from Sinai, linen curtains, and silver pillars, with a stone altar from Jerusalem’s temple platform and earth from Haram esh-Sharif. Fine artifacts include a seven-branched candlestick, ark, incense altar, and shewbread table. Two stone tables engraved with the ten commandments reside in the ark, all crafted to exacting pedigree by skilled artisans.
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Moses
Egypt
Holy Land
Utrecht
Holland
Biblical Museum
Sinai
Jerusalem
Haram
Mt. Sinai
Strikes Increase at Utah Coal Fields Prompt Warning
Salt Lake City Utah Dec 8 A Sunnyside Utah dispatch says Utah Fuel Co posted a notice signed by the general superintendent giving striking employees until 4 pm tomorrow to apply for work. After that time the company will not negotiate. About 200 strikers attended a meeting where organizers urged following President Mitchell to strike until rights are won but avoid violence. Company officials report more men at work and rising output.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Herald
Sunnyside
Utah Fuel Company
Mitchell
Four Men Drown in Sacramento River Near Keswick
Four men drowned in the Sacramento River near Middle Creek while returning to Keswick in a two horse wagon. The deceased were Charles McCreary John White William Weiner and William Smith all unmarried recent arrivals at Keswick employed in the smelter. H Fitzpatrick survived reaching shore.
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Redding
Cal
Sacramento
Middle Creek
Charles McCreary
John White
William Weiner
William Smith
Keswick
H. Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Seattle
Wash
Restored to Settlement in Great Falls Land Office
Special dispatch reports Burlin game and Receiver Benton notified by the Secretary of the Interior that he has restored to settlement and the Great Falls land office changes.
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Standard
Great Falls
Dec
Register
Burlingame
Benton
Reservoir sites reopened for homestead entry in Cascade county
Cascade county residents secured a government decision to restore two reservoir sites to entry. Site 31, located east of Great Falls, contains You acres, while Site 82 near Kiobey encompasses 82v acres. The tracts were withdrawn long ago but are now open again after a Senate Gibson request and county petition.
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Cascade County
Great Halls
Kiobey
Gibson
New Congregational Church Dedication Draws Large Crowd
On Sunday evening the New Congregational church held its dedication services led by retiring pastor Rev. Joseph Pope. The crowd filled the venue, prompting chairs from the opera house. Morning sermon by Rev. W. H. Bockhoven of Livingston and evening addresses by Rev. Bell of Helena, Rev. Bockhoven, and Rev. Pope. Pastor-elect Rev. Perry could not arrive in time and will preach next Sunday.
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Standard
Big Timber
New Congregational Church
Joseph Pope
Opera House
W. H. Bockhoven
Livingston
W. S. Bell
Helena
Bockhoven
Pope
Perry
Death of Mrs Henry McLaughlin at Sand Coulee
Mrs Henry McLaughlin of Great Falls died at her Sand Coulee home at 11 p m Saturday night. She leaves a husband and four children including a four day old infant. Resident of Cascade county for 12 years, she was a Maccabee. Funeral arrangements by undertaker McAllister set for 10 o'clock tomorrow with Rev Father Holtman officiating at Sand Coulee Catholic church and interment in Calvary cemetery.
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The
Standard
Great Falls
Dee
Henry McLaughlin
Sand Coulee
Cascade County
McAllister
Father Holtman
Calvary Cemetery
McLaughlin
Maccabees
Chicago Obituary for Samuel Rutherford Ainslie
Samuel Rutherford Ainslie former president of the Northern Pacific Railroad died in Chicago tonight at the age of his later years. He led major expansion efforts and shaped transcontinental rail policy during his tenure. Funeral arrangements were pending with city authorities and family notified.
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Chicago
Samuel Rutherford Ainslie
Northern Pacific Railroad
Langley airship fails again in Potomac test
Washington report recounts a second Langley airship trial that ends in a wreck near the Potomac. Prof Charles Manley is thrown into icy water. Langley blames the launching apparatus, not the craft, for the disaster after months of effort and cost.
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Washington
Langley
Potomac
Charles M. Manley
Fred Dougherty Dies in California Town
Great Falls dispatches from Marysville California report the death of Fred Dougherty. An undertaker in Marysville sent a telegram to John Dougherty with a request to notify local relatives. Police could not locate a resident named Dougherty here and traced the name to John J. Doherty of Sand Coulee, whose sister confirmed a brother Fred had recently been in California and likely died there.
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Standard
Great Falls
Marysville
Cal
Fred Dougherty
A. B. Hopkins
John Dougherty
John J. Doherty
Sand Coulee
Jaller Bjornstad
Doherty
Ray
Fred
California
Remains of Spencer to Be Cremated in London
London date unclear. The attending physician certifies Mr. Spencer died of senile decay. With no near relatives, he was cared for by a nurse and his secretary. His remains will be sent to London and cremated at sea, per his wishes. The biographical details and extent of his biography are unknown.
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London
Spencer
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