Trial of Gravelle to resume amid blackmail probe
A Helena dispatch reports Northern Pacific spent an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 pursuing alleged blackmailers from Missoula to Livingston after dynamite attacks damaged its line. Special agent W. J. MacFetridge and Superintendent Dan Boyle oversaw the hunt with about 150 men. Gravelle, arrested Oct 18, faces a to be resumed trial in Department T as prosecutors wrap their case and defense prepares.
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Standard
Helena
Northern Pacific Railway Company
W. J. MacFetridge
Dan Boyle
Montana
MccFetridge
Northern Pacific Company
Butte
Charles 8. Fee
J. M. Hannaford
Livingston
Yellowstone River
McFetridge
St. Paul
Isaac Gravelle
Gravelle
Northern Pacific
Garrison
Department T
District Court
la Croix
Lincoln
Suspect Faces Multiple Actions Claim Reported
The filing alleges multiple actions against the suspect with a claim of basis for nearly percent actions. The details reference ongoing legal filings and unspecified charges.
Clifford Hillman Wins Handball Medal in Helena
Clifford Hillman clinched the Helena Athletic Association handball medal by winning the fourth of five championship games. This gives him the medal after previously holding it in two earlier years, while Butte Tipton held it last year. Tipton won game three 21 to 10, but Hillman won game four 21 to 16, with the final two games slower though closer, as Tipton showed improved form with drives to the baseboard.
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Helena
Helena Athletic Association
Clifford Hillman
Butte Tipton
Hillman
Tipton
Prominent Arrivals on Steamer Cedric
The White Star Steamer Cedric arrived from Liverpool and Queenstown amid light winds. It carried 277 sacks of mail and 68 packages of parcel post. Among passengers was Joshua Levering of Baltimore, a prohibition candidate for president, returning from a world tour with his wife and daughter. Also aboard was Dr. J Arnold of Cambridge University en route to lecture on tuberculosis at Henry Phipps College in Philadelphia on January 29.
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New York
Cedric
Liverpool
Queenstown
Joshua Levering
Baltimore
McKinley
Bryan
J. Arnold
Cambridge University
Henry Phipps College
Philadelphia
Lonesome Joe and partners sent toward penitentiary
Special Dispatch reports Red Lodge December 25 that Lonesome Joe Albert Smith and Flood Howe departed for the penitentiary under Sheriff M W Potter. Smith denies confessing to sheep stealing and claims Frank Pearl instigated the jail breaking plan and pressured Howe and Flood to testify.
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The
Standard
Red Lodge
Lonesome Joe
Albert Smith
Flood Howe
M. W. Potter
Smith
Howe
Frank Pearl
Pearl
Flood
Parker Buys Ranch Near Big Timber
J. T. Parker buys the Alf Bryant ranch and the A. M. Dodge ranch about three miles west of Big Timber. They total about 40 acres of tillable land, all potential irrigation. Water is on part of the land and a large ditch from the Boulder river, tapping the river a mile above town, is proposed to irrigate the entire area, requiring at least four miles of ditch.
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Big Timber
J. T. Parker
Alf Bryant
A. M. Dodge
Coal Lands Development Revival At Red Lodge
Red Lodge residents show interest as Nebraska capitalists back a revived project to develop coal beneath Hymer addition. George Rowland of Avoca and A E Cross of University Place aided by Yellowstone County surveyor S K Smith studied the proposition and voiced approval.
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Standard
Red Lodge
Nebraska
George Rowland
Bank of Avoca
Neb
A.E
Cross
University Place
K. Smith
Yellowstone County
Chairman Resigns in Red Lodge Board Shakeup
Red Lodge December 2 Rev W H Watson chairman of the school board resigns at a special meeting. D G O'Shea cashier of Red Lodge State Bank is elected to fill the vacancy.
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Standard
Red Lodge
W. H. Watson
D. G. O'Shea
County Apportionment Of General School Fund Made
Big Timber December report by County Superintendent Mrs G Webster shows 1,366 school age children in the county with apportionment at 5 dollars per capita totaling 5,680.10 dollars for the district schools.
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8. G. Webster
Fatally Hurt in Wreck Near 54th Street
During a heavy snowstorm a suburban Pennsylvania train crashed into the rear of a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul freight at 54th street. Brakeman James Dooley died from injuries and four railroad men were lightly hurt. Three cars of the CM and St Paul train and the Pennsylvania engine were demolished.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
54Th Street
James Dooley
Pennsylvania
Long Lost Message Recovered From Polar Balloon
Edna Kansas December 25 1908 Evelyn Briggs Baldwin recovering a 1902 balloon message sent near Franz Josef Land and later found near North Cape Norway after 17 months at sea. The note requests coal and supplies for operations including sledges and dogs.
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Edna
Kan
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin
Cole B. Baldwin
North Pole
Baldwin
Sea Navy
Skotningberg
Norway
North Cape
Robbery at Montana Restaurant on Main Street
A stranger entered the Montana restaurant on Main Street last night and ate a meal before the waiter stepped out. Upon returning, the waiter found about $13 in cash stolen from the cash register. Police are seeking the thief.
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Helena
Montana
Main Street
Beggars Diary Reflects Vagrants Network and Charity Caution
In St James Gazette analysis notes that beggary is an organized but nuanced trade. It cites earnings of 58 to 2 shillings daily for crust beggars and higher sums for begging-letter writers, with examples of fraudulent appeals and charitable responses intertwined with public policy and discretion.
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St. James Gazette
England
America
Confederacy
Society
G. W. E. Russell
Breaks Women's Bowling Record In Red Lodge
Red Lodge December 25 Mrs W A Talmadge broke all records for women bowlers on the Red Lodge alleys by rolling a single game of 213. Only one Montana woman surpassed her, Mrs Perry Edwards of Billings with 223.
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Standard
Red Lodge
W. A. Talmadge
Montana
Perry Edwards
Billings
Judge Grants Three Divorces by Default in Red Lodge
Judge Frank Henry grants three divorces by default in Red Lodge. Virginia V Youst is divorced from Gilford E Youst, Mary Rogers from Arthur H Rogers, and Sarah Newkirk from Jesse Newkirk. The custody of the minor children is awarded in the Newkirk case.
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Standard
Red Lodge
Frank Henry
Virginia V. Youst
Gilford E. Youst
Mary Rogers
Arthur H. Rogers
Sarah Newkirk
Jesse Newkirk
Mother Dies Before His Arrival
Helena news reports Mrs. W. P. S. Hawk wife of the Montana division Postal Telegraph superintendent left for Glenwood Iowa last Tuesday to reach her ill mother Mrs. Lucy Baker. He received word today that Mrs. Baker died before the daughter could arrive.
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Helena
W. P. S. Hawk
Montana
The
Postal Telegraph Company
Glenwood
Iowa
Lucy Baker
Hawk
A Curious Coincidence in a Fund Donation Tale
An unnamed donor offers £100 to her fund, then discovers a prior pledge of the same amount to the English Mission for Converting Roman Catholics. Lord Playfair is moved by appeals, recalling a Liverpool docks encounter, while tales of beggars and a virago end with a grim street confrontation.
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Lord Playfair
Edward
Playfair
Liverpool
Don Oughmore
Charity
Jack the Ripper
Judgdom on Women from McClures
A humorous anecdote recounts a man’s easy rapport with Miss Willella Searight at Pimienta Crossing. He notes their playful croquet, a dig about canned fruit, and his plan to visit twice as often to see her, while commenting on climate and proprieties.
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McClure’s
Willella
Eve
Palestine
Willella Searight
Pimienta Crossing
Leave Butte Schedule Fragment Incomplete Text
Fragmentary OCR reads times 10 15 am 12 20 pm 6 00 pm 10 50 pm with stray letters. No clear event or entities. Unable to determine specific person or organization or place beyond Butte.
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Butte
Graft Headlines Parade From Various Papers
A compilation highlights several newspaper headlines on graft including Rascals Held Up to View City Deen in Boodle Alleges Bribery Bristow Tells of Grafting Talks of Graft Six Boodlers Wager to Tell Their Story Graft Committee Gets Evidence Game of Graft
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Bristow
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Butte Stock and Grain Exchange
C. W. Cockrell
Butte Hotel
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R. D.welch
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H. B. Dunbar
Parker
George F. Brooks
Missoula
Mont
H. T. Wilkinson
Dixon Bik
Ravalli Abstract Co
Hamilton
G. W. Dickinson
Stevensville
I. Simon
S. Main
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Sherman's
E. Park St
Front St
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Cherry St
Garland
Morley & Thomas Co
E. Broadway
Kalispell
Flathead County
Griffin, Stannard & Calbick
J. H. McDonald
Glencoe Roadhouse
Wilson
W. Broadway
N. Main
Utah Ave
Butte Chattel Mortgage Co
W. Park
Western Furniture Co
Jackman & Armitrage CO
Harbour Elk
Main and Broadway
Davenport Co
Hamilton St
Batley & Mink
E. Edwy
Bath
W. Park St
W. Galena St
A. E. Whipps
W. Galena
Elm St
Butte Exchange Furniture CO
Northwest Corner Park and
Montana Sts
George Bretherton
Silver
Reynolds & McDowell Bik
Silver and
Colorado Sts
Hornet St
South
Idaho
Dora Bik
Reynolds & McKlowell Bik
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St. Louis
Tom Resk
E. Mercury
West
Galena
Butte, Mont
Arizona Sts
Lady’s
Wyoming
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M. E. Mayer
George WH. Lee
Assayer
Carney & Hand's
Fitzpatrick & Lewis, Assayers
Wyoming St
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Méfun
Colorado
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Pasa Door
Main St
Madame Guy
E. Third St
H. Park St. Butte
Tel
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Standard Office
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Harbour
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W. J. Christie
Mgr
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W. C. Staten
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W. Edwy
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Eete
K. A. Gray
Helena, Mont
T. W. Teasdale
St. Paul, Minn
Arctic Explorer
Franz Josefland
Iceland
Baldwin-Ziegler
Greenland
Aberdar Channel
Rudolfland
National Museum
Nansen
Desire Hay
Signal Corps
U. 8 A
Butte of
H. M
DL I. B
Moler Barber College
Northwest
Second Ave
Minn
MacGregor & Anderson
Atwood
N. Main St
Telephone
Oregon Short Line
Moler
Barber College
Salt Lake City
Florence Hotel
G. A. Baker
Symons
H. C
Granite St
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific B’y Co
Overland
Great Falls
Tae
Anacon
Pio
Northern Pacific Railway
Wes Durant
Oregon Short Line Railway
Great Northern Railway
City
B., A. & P. Railway
Rive Bul
Paul Via
Ain Street
Rena
North Coast Limited
Burlington Express
Twin City Express
Twin City
Sence
Pacific Coast
Duluth
Kansas City
N. P
Seattle
Tacoma
Twin Bridges
Sheridan
Alder
Whitehall
No. 5
Pony
Norris
Sappington
No. 13
W. H. Merriman
Corner Main and
Park Streets
St St. Paul
St Paul
North Main Street
W. R. Meech, Co. P
T. A
Pullman
Salt Lake
Denver
Omaha
Arizona
Mexico
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Ocean
Portland
All Pacific
North Butte, Mont
Pate Dain Street
H. O. Wilson, G
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