Gridiron Club Evening of Fun in Washington
The Gridiron Club held its winter dinner with Vice President Marshall and cabinet members among the guests. Public figures, diplomats, and journalists performed skits on issues like the railroads, labor, woman suffrage, and moonshine, mixing satire with light songs and camaraderie. Several new members were humorously introduced as the “four flushers” after attempts to claim grand roles failed.
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Washington
Marshall
Congress
Prohibition Enforcement
Saturday Evening Post
Henry Watterson
Morris Sheppard
Wes Jones
Jim Reed
Josephus Daniels
Borah
Reed and Johnson
California
Hiram
William
Jim
Greeny
Sea soldiers become sailors on dry land training tale
The article details recruits at a depot transitioning from land based drills to shipboard life. Sergeant Curran explains the nautical language and time honored tests as marines prepare for eventual service aboard ships. Recruits sleep in navy housing as they complete the staged training before joining sea duty.
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Ervey Nate
Thea
Curran
Ten Contagious Disease Cases Quarantined in City
Weekly report by officer Joe James lists ten quarantined cases including diphtheria two, chickenpox two, and scarlet fever six. The city hospital handled eight surgical, four hospital, and ten detention cases. Local meat markets are listed with multiple store names and addresses. A note promotes Brom Quinine and Laxa Grove products with bogus health claims.
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Joe James
George H. Stephenson
Pet
Trains Delay to Evening Butte Running Time Improves
West and eastbound passenger trains through Butte yesterday improved their running time as the benefits of a chinook wind began to be felt across the region. Most trains ran closer to schedule, with No 42 arriving at 8 30 p m and No 17 due at 6 00 a m still late. Eastbound Milwaukee No 16 was 1 19 late, while Northern Pacific No 298 failed to reach Butte until 8 15 p m due to belated departures on downstream lines.
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Butte
Uains
Mage
Cteam
Milwaukee
Illwaukes
Northern Pacific
Logan
Leavin
Gerea
French Aviator Poulet Feared Dead Flying to Australia
From Paris December 14 only fragments reach Rangoon December 1 reports. Lieutenant Ettienne Poulet left Paris October 14 aiming to fly to Australia. The last dispatch says he departed Rangoon for Bangkok on December 1 during the perilous journey.
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Paris
Ettienne Poulet
Australia
Poulet
Rangoon
Bangkok
Hughes Likely Re-Elected Premier in Australia
Melbourne dispatch reports Premier William M Hughes probably re-elected as general elections placed the government with a parliamentary majority. Final results awaited. voter turnout and exact figures not yet known. Also: Berlin Red Flag resumes publication after siege suppression urging propaganda and enlightenment. London reports plane of Capt. Cedric Howell wrecked near Corfu with no hope of survival for crew.
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Melbourne
William M. Hughes
Berlin
London
Cedric Ernest Howell
Bt George's Bay
Island of
Corfu
Hoell
Joshers Show 3 Preparations for charity program in Butte
Final rehearsals are under Merle Davis at Broadway theater for the Joshers show a yearly fund raiser. Tickets at Finlen hotel cigar stores and Broadway. Proceeds aid a large Christmas charity delivering meat vegetables groceries candy and nuts to destitute families. Admission $1 with a varied program featuring Sam Treloar's band Silk dancing acts and singers from local theaters.
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Joshers
Merle Davis
Broadway
Finlen Hotel
Joshers” Club
Butte
Thrush
Davis
Sam Treloar
Sybil Brown
Howard MacIntyre
Phyllis Wolfe
Mr. Williams
Philippine Islands
Ninth Cavalry
James ¥. Fulton
Mary Newton
Empress Theater
Vacancies At Federal Building To Be Filled
Two vacancies at the Butte federal building will be filled by civil service examinations to be held on the tenth and fourteenth. An elevator conductor will be employed January tenth and an electrician and janitor on the latter date. Salaries for the janitor and electrician are set at 1300 dollars a year.
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Butte Federal
Civil Service Commission
Notice of Stolen Neihart Mine Securities
Public notice warns that stock and bonds of the Neihart silver mines owned by Aladdin Hussein were stolen on December 10, 1919. Any sale or indorsement is forged and invalid. recipients are urged to act on this information if such securities appear.
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Neihart
Aladdin Hussein
Mohamed Chauish
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