Deer Lodge News Highlights Holiday Socials and Visits
Deer Lodge clippings note Mr and Mrs Ernest Ba visiting relatives in Polyt echnic Mont and Mrs Eaton hosting a dance in honor of Magone. Many residents travel to Missoula Butte Helena Spokane and Seattle for family gatherings and shopping. The new lighting on Main Street and Missouri Avenue is commissioned for Christmas Eve. Edward Fassell dies at 19, funeral in Butte.
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Ernest Ba
Ji Hon
Polytechnic
Mont
Eaton
Ige
Valara Putney
High Acuty
Missoula
Yancy Eliott
Mra. c. le
Pot Magone
Madison County
Hew
Wabur Rawlings
Joe Magone
Fred Tameke
J.T. Pritchard
Indee Mining’ Company
Mr. Pritchard
Puitinsurg
Edward Alien
Frank Thaxelbaker
Montana
Exhiit
Deer Lodge
Lewistown
Gp W
O'Gara
Helmville
Lorenzo Meavifren
Hamilton
Jobin McClintick
Charles Saint
Mill
St. Joseph's Hospital
Howard Bieenbera
Ogden Mountain
Godfrey Hollenback
Ovando
T.D. McTigue
Tim Macy
Chris
Helena
Tian
Ataeioess
Soula Division
Mrs. Ki
DD. James
P. Hluckaia
Kani Ta Reong
Frank Lascaras
Nick Lirin
Lloyd Miler
B.D. Magnuson
J. James St. Vrain
Ernest Thornfeldt
Verne Scott
Harlowton
Lafayette Scott
Walter Flemming
Seattle
Val Blindauer
Vand
Philip Schmidt
Hutte
Mary Murphy
Linda Miner
Id Warburton
William " Sentcal
Thompson
Ralph Latham
Walter Blow
John Shaw
Gold Creek
Deer Lodge Fueste
Mix
Shaw
F. Fl Albee
St. Marys Avenue
State Penitentiary
Main Street
Missouri Avenue
Arthur Perry
Arthur Beinett
Tacoma
Ile
Yester- 1
Butt
J. J. Cas
Deer Lode
Josie Schutte
Anaconda
Harry Peck
Edward Fasset
Margaret Fassel
Albert
Arthur
Mae Fassel
Butte
Dona Kemp
Spokane
After an Austrian bombardment on Ancona
Italian report notes gunfire and bombardment effects near the Adriatic port of Ancona during ongoing hostilities. Details remain fragmentary with no clear casualty tally or date provided in the readable text.
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Ancona
Rinky Evans 15 Held For Roundup Shooting
Roundup Montana December incident leaves James McAllexter wounded but not seriously. Rinky Evans, linked to Mackie McDonald faction, arrested by militia while aiding McDonald. Evans later jailed several months rather than betray associates. He claimed authority to bear weapons and planned to leave Butte after release. Heales arrested on weapon charge but not prosecuted.
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Evans
James McAllexter
Mackie McDonald
Butte
McDonald
McLean
Mackie
Hradley
Heales
Hall
Owe Ead
Assinniboine Lands Survey Delayed Until Spring
Washington reports the Interior Department completed surveys and classification of Port Assiniboine military reservation lands but blotting will not be finished for some time. Entry dates cannot be fixed until office work is completed.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Port Assiniboine
Enlarged Homestead Law Applies in Three Counties
Washington dispatch notes the Interior Department has designated three Montana counties as Areas of public land open for entry under the enlarged homestead law. The move marks a new phase in settlement policy.
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Washington
the Interior
Montana
Mnin
Wracters
Belgrade Area Sees Holiday Visits and Local Changes
Belgrade residents and visitors gather for holidays at local homes as Mr and Mrs A Bea and Mrs Percy Reese host guests. John J. Rogers of Minneapolis buys local Manhattan Lumber yard. John Wakefield remains manager. A drainage district meeting near Belgrade Central Park postpones formation. Emma Taylor named home economics instructor. Northern Pacific announces Ester M Trassett as new baggage and freight agent.
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Belgrade
T. J. Pitta
Mixsouri Weger
Boo
Hare
Fison
A. Bea
Percy Reese
Ringling
Josiah Morgan
Chauncey “Norman
Theodore Norman
Sprin
Krider
Manhattan
1 Lumber Company
John Wakefield
Belsrade Central Park District
Drainage District
A.D. Weaver
D. P
Harold Cheney
1 Wa
Stine Emma
Taylor
Belgrade Christian Ensavor Society
Bozeman
Ester M. Trassett
Northern Pacific
Father dies as son wounded in ranch party shooting
In Vancouver Washington a 68 year old rancher Dee Kramer Sr was killed by gunfire at a Christmas party on a nearby ranch. His son Edward Kramer was seriously wounded and relative Charles Myers was arrested for murder amid a dispute over noise. A witness grandson John Kramer Jr described the fight. Officers found a partly emptied beer keg and several bottles at the scene.
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Vancouver
Wash
Dee. Kramer Sr
Edward Kramer
Charles Myers
Here
Lillian Abbott
Fox
Myers
John Umer Jr
French Brace for Strong German Push on Front
Paris reports the Temps warns a supreme German effort may come soon on the French front. So far French action is limited to cannoneers with the wind from the east aiding potential use of choking bases. The review notes no specific attack location, but French lines hold the entire front under watchful defense.
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Paris
Wilson to press defense bills after holidays in Hot Springs
President Wilson plans to urge Congress to concentrate on the administrations national defense program after Christmas. He seeks prompt disposal of army and navy bills but favors full debate and consideration later in winter. A winter scene unfolds as Shaw remains buried, the White House party travels by car, and a birthday celebration looms. In Paris, artillery activity near Arras and a munition train detonation are reported.
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Hot Springs
Wilson
Army
Navy
Hle
War and Navy Departments
Congression
White House
Marquis and Marchioness of
Aberdeen
Seth Barton French
Red Cross
France
British war dispatch notes mining south Lachasse cant
London December 26. Army headquarters statement reports mining activity south of Lachasse cant and says the Shemy mine caused no damage to British trenches. It also notes that north of the Somme our artillery was effective against enemy positions.
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London
Prince
Lachasse Cant
Somme
Murdered Men from Butte and Comrade Robbed of $80
Reiser and Fink left a lodge in Bozeman after being robbed of eighty dollars and sent with a letter to seek work in the Gallatin valley. They were described as quiet friends, the pair aged roughly in their thirties or forties, one the more sociable, with a pending estrangement involving Reiser’s Hungary-based family and estate.
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Reiser
Fink
Martin
Henry
Topel
Theloshier
Bozeman
Gallatin Valley
Hungary
Montana
Reser
St. Pan
Frank
Mr. Martin
Austro American relations eyed for peaceful settlement
Vienna reports from a highly reliable non Austrian source suggest Austria aims to keep friendly ties with the United States even at some sacrifice. An optimistic view is that a settlement may be reached and a rupture avoided. The Austrian foreign office tone lately contrasts with earlier cautious messaging prior to the first note. The report notes Italian troop landings at Aviona, framed as aiding Serbian forces retreating into Southern Albania.
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Berlin
London
Foreign Office
Pres
Vienna
Count DI Bosdarf
Greece
Skouloudis
Post
Athens
Aviona
Albania
London Telegrams Fund Raise for Hindenberg Statue
At 2 a m the king of Tulgatia instructed his military attaches in Berlin to drive 50 golden halls into a wooden statue honoring Field Marshal von Hindenberg. Each nail costs 25 dollars and the proceeds go to charity.
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London
Tulgatia
Actan
Amsterdam
Exchange
Teleraph Company
Berlin
von Hindenberg
Romanian cereal shipments begin under central powers pact
Reports from Bucharest via Athens state that Romania started transporting cereals to Germany and Austria-Hungary on December 4 under the agreement with the central powers. The dispatch cites Havas.
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Mit
Buchaest
Rumania
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Havas
Athens
China Pressured by All Sides Over Neutrality Violations
Shanghai reports from November 20 detail foreign belligerents’ actions in China fueling charges of neutrality breaches. German, French, and British interests clash over arms shipments, leases, and arsenals in Shanghai, Shamian Island, and treaty ports as politicians press Yuan Shikai to remove German influence and curb propaganda.
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Shanghai
China
Shankhai
Tro
Saigon
My Uniste
India
Fensmar
Germany
Far East
Shamoon
Canton
Bonar Grey
Shamven
Kina
Great Britain
Dinkelman
3Rman
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Belgrade News
Freddy
Wan
Congress
Anous
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Ain
Artois
Bailleut
Blair- Ville
Arras
Chimette
Bon
United States
Sep Uy
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