Butte News Briefs Reflect Year End Adjustments
A garbled 1924 1935 era dispatch notes greetings sent by Butte merchants and a Western Union first message from Fergus of Butte Wholesale Grocery. Police records show Lester Carroway and Jack registered suspects, with other arrests and a year end roundup. A woman faced insanity charges while the city closed 1994 reflections.
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Menage
Wendim
Charles Little
Western Union
Fergus
Butte Wholesale Grocery Company
Hillings
Lester Carroway
Johny
Jack
Iel
Larkin
Believe cab driver victim of murderer
Abandoned bile stained cap found in a taxi suggests a murder victim in the city area. Neighbors report the cap belonged to Baercreen and officers investigate as residents recall a disturbance involving suspects in Denver.
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Cap
Baercreen
Yenieneing
Tami
Rons
Hana Bester
Denver
Three Lives Lost as Chicago Parties Turn Violent
The New Year brought a spree of robberies and holdups across Chicago with losses in the thousands. Two youths from different cities, Livya tevine age 18 and Bren lace Hengeveld age 26, sought to start the year by fleeing to police and claimed wanted status in San Francisco and Patterson respectively for thefts. A 13 year old boy died hours after a car crash marked the city’s first auto accident victim. A heavy snowstorm lingered, slowing traffic as liquor flowed in public and private celebrations without reported poisonings.
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Lear
Livya Tevine
San Itansisco
Hianop
Bunler
Peggy Marsh Weds for Second Time in London Registry
Peggy Marsh, English actress, wed Capt. Keld Robert George Fenwick of the Royal Guards today at a London registry office. The groom hails from Withamstall, Lincolnshire, and is linked to the Duke of Manchester. The piece also notes Marsh’s prior marriage to Albert L. Johnson in 1921 and references the Field family’s estate history in Chicago.
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London
Porgy Marsh
Keld Robert George Fenwick
Royal Guards
Evening
Withamstall
Lincolnshire
Duke of Manchester
Slater
Duchess of
Chicago
Peggy Marsh
Marshal Field
Prince
Young Field
Marshall Field Til
England
Eton
Perkins
Langhorne
Vir Rinia
Henry Anthony Marsh
Henry
Chinese gangsters loot French ship at Kingta Kiang Yung wharf
A mob of over a hundred armed men, believed to be soldiers in disguise, boarded the ships Kingta and Kiang Yung at the King Leo Yuan wharf in the French concession Bund. They overpowered officers, seized valuables including 200 cases, and locked the crew and guards in a state room. An apparently new wireless station was noted as 0 feet high.
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Kingta
Kiang Yung
King Leo Yuan
Ema
Rites
Thousands Attend Annual White House Reception
The reception at the White House drew thousands including men, women, and children of diverse ages and backgrounds. President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge greeted guests, speaking briefly with many individuals. Attendees ranged from bankers to laborers, veterans, and contemporary citizens, reflecting broad American life.
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Arma
Leader of Ku Klux Klan Submits to Knife
Dyersburg Tennessee January 1 Dr H W Evans Imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan underwent an operation at a local hospital today following an acute appendicitis attack. The procedure was completed successfully and his condition is reported as improving.
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Amsucmsen
Dyersburg
Tenn
H.W. Evans
the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
British steamer Western Valley aground near Liverpool
Norfolk reports a British steamer named Western Valley ashore and breaking up on rocks in Heysham harbor near Liverpool after arriving in Genoa from Swansea on December 7. An SO8 radio message picked up at Cape Hatteras confirms the incident.
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Associated
Pri
Norfolk, Va
Western Valley
Heysham Harbor
Liverpool
Cape Hatteras
Genoa
Swansea
Extremely Dry Scorn Tobacco Advocate Statement Mentioned
A garbled excerpt mentions an advocate from the American Federation BF Labor who does not smoke yet speaks with tact urbanity and friendliness. The fragment also references a man with notable qualities and a fellow who may be allied to the scene in Yunm-waintam green.
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NEW
Int
The
American Federation
BF Labor
Relatives Questioned In Mysterious Murder
Police questioned family members in a death at a Park home after the body was found near a kitchen entrance. The slain man’s father-in-law testified hearing sounds around midnight but denied seeing Schrader since Monday when he allegedly ordered him to leave. Mrs Schrader, widow, said she did not see her husband recently though he had visited last Monday. A separate note mentions Germany's windmill boats being built for commercial use.
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Eata
Armatrong
Wood Park
Bolles
Schrader
Fa 7
Germany Faces New Year With Grim Hope for Democracy
German leaders warned 1925 will test the nation’s direct democracy as the Reichstag’s recent elections showed political immaturity. Premier Hellpaen acknowledged obstacles to parliamentary rule while the pope's envoy and other dignitaries attended a New Year ceremony marking cautious reconciliation amid Europe’s armament tensions. In New York, German officials reviewed postwar commerce, noting nine percent of U.S. exports to Germany last year and urging tariff cuts to boost trade and potential German American cooperation.
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Jis
Europe
Germany
Monsignor
Pacelli
Willy Hell
New York
Great Britain
Board of Trade of
United States
Methe
Boi
Russia
Pope Pius Receives Family on New Year’s Day
Pope Pius spent part of New Year’s Day with relatives who traveled from Milan to join him. He celebrated mass in the hall of consistory for about 200 distinguished attendees, as London police reported.
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Rome
Pius
Milan
M ‘Han
London
Congress Faces Pressure Over Temporary Rate Increase Plan
Congress debates a temporary rate increase to bridge the gap until a permanent measure can be enacted in committee. Senators accuse the move of delaying salary increases and bypassing a rate hike before March 4. House leaders plan to rush the appropriation bill then turn to broader legislation after sending bills to the Senate.
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House
Senate
Mummers Parade Through a 25 Mile Gale in Philadelphia
Phila para de amid biting wind as Mummers clubs dressed in elaborate costumes parade along Broad Street. Thousands endure cold while bands play and spectators seek warmth by dancing. A 165 foot mantle required 160 people, a cape cost 14,000 pearls, Brig Gen Smedley Butler watched from City Hall. Police form a red signal system to deter holdups, and a ring battle with a magistrate is staged for comic effect.
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Associated
Philadelphia
Smedhey D. Butler
Severa
Hutler
Washington
Zia
Coolidge greets 4000 scientists at annual meeting
President Coolidge stands on the White House south portico greeting about 4000 members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Allied Societies. He notes science shapes civilization and urges institutions to match discoveries with progress. Topics include plant and animal sex determination, tropical fires, a new Alaska national park, and a Washington arboretum plan.
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Washington
Coolidge
American Association For the Advancement of Science and Allied Societies
White House
Tropics
Alaska
Calvin Bridges
Columbia University
W. W. Swingle
Yale
Carl R. ‘Moore
Univrsity
Chicago
John Schaffner
Ohio State University
Schattner
South America
William A. Reid
Pan-American Union
Association of American Geographers
Europe
North America
Mrs Sullivan to be buried from Walsh's
The funeral for Mrs St Mt Sullivan will be held Saturday at Walsh's chapel at 9 am then to St Patrick's Church for high mass. Interment in St Patrick's Cemetery. The guardian Majer Charles Mueller has diphtheria.
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Advan
W. Park
Rhine
Berlin
Congress
Philadelphia Hospital
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Walsh
Livingston
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Otto Zinniel
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