Strange Shooting Case in Cut Bank Ends with Wounding
Great Falls dispatch reports Ralph Burgess a Cut Bank locomotive engineer shot Monday night in his home. His wife wounded in the arm is held by Glacier county sheriff. Five bullet marks found, two revolvers seized, wife denies statements as officers seek motive. The couple, living in Cut Bank for two years, had just returned from the business district.
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Great Falls
Ralph Burgess
Great Northern
Cut Bank
Glacier County
Burgess
Prominent Valley County Leader Lemuel Gibson Found Dead
Lemuel W. Gibson, a leading Valley County resident and former Valley County commissioner, was found dead in his Glasgow hospital room on Sunday. A Pennsylvanian native who settled in 1884, he once owned large sheep interests and supported the government during the war, subscribing to $50,000 in Liberty bonds. Survived by a sister in Kansas and a brother in Oklahoma.
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Great Falls
Lemuel W. Gibson
Valley County
Glasgow
Pennsylvania
Dawson County
Kansas
Oklahoma
Woman Confesses Fraud in Mail Route Scheme
Mrs. Francis Thorstensen of Dagmar admitted in federal court that over a year and a half she forged names on checks and orders to Chicago mail order houses, stealing goods for delivery and keeping them for herself. The judge sent her home with her husband to report later for sentence after investigation of an accomplice on her route.
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Great Falls
Francis Thorstensen
Dagmar
Chicago
Mayor Pardons Moonshine Offense and Vagrants
Mayor Stodden remitted a $50 fine for Anna Kingsbury who sold moonshine, after she served four days of a 2% sentence in lieu of payment. The case involved bootlegging tied to a Netle boy and included lapses in cross examination. Margaret Dwyer and Margaret Wilson, both negro vagrants, were pardoned for related offenses including possession of a stolen stove. Officials cited jail space limits for women as a rationale. The city council will meet on Dec 30 to review such actions.
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Anna Kingsbury
Stodden
Kingsbury
Grimes
Sanborn
Margaret Dwyer
Margaret Wilson
Ottawa Library Growth Tops World Proportionals
W C Carson inspector of public libraries for Ontario reports 425 public libraries in the province. He notes this is the greatest number relative to population of any state or province worldwide, marking a significant expansion of public access to libraries in Canada.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Library Association
W. C. Carson
Ontario
Canada
MAK MAYER DEAD AT SAN FRANCISCO
Max Mayer aged 82 pioneer of Butte died in San Francisco message to son Bert Mayer of Butte. He arrived in 1816 and opened the first assay office in Butte’s Pennsylvania block, later operating there until a decade ago. Born in Germany he came to the United States at 14. Survived by wife and two sons, Bert of Butte and Edward of San Francisco. Bert leaves today for the funeral in San Francisco.
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Max Mayer
Butte
San Francisco
Bert Mayer
Mr. Mayer
Pennsylvania
Be Fred
Germany
United States
Hert
Edward
Bert
Singing Birds Teach Canaries They Sing Repertoire
A simple mechanical device mimics songbirds to teach canaries and similar pets their own song repertory. A water-filled cylinder tank moves a safety inverted tank to provide air pressure after whistles, enabling progression through tunes.
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