Two gunmen arrested in Dillon after Butte robberies
In Dillon two men were captured after a wave of hold ups in Butte. The taller suspect pleaded guilty to the Butte robbery of Joan Lennon and R. L. Hartwell. Names given as Jimmy Miller and James Hail caused further pursuit, with claims of innocence from Hall and Miller. Local police reported a rooming house confrontation and the recovery of stolen items.
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Dion
Butte
Dillon
Joan R. Lennon
R. L. Hartwell
Jimmy Miller
James Hail
Miller
Hall
Tought
Sint
Pocatello
Daho
James Doyle
Report on Defunct Bank by the State Examiner
Helena Jan 5 In his biennial report to Governor Stewart state bank examiner H S MacEraw discusses the suspension of State Lavi bank at Butte and notes labor troubles and war fears eroded deposits. He urges a law to curb private banks and insists on stricter supervision by the department to prevent such risks.
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Helena
Stewart
Mac Eraw
Lavi
Butte
Europe
Magraw
Judge Lentz Opens Court in Missoula Department No 2
Judge Theodore Lentz began court in Missoula to handle a busy law and motion calendar. Patterson arrived to challenge the election but no business came before him. Local officials note routine cases, travel, and moves of residents and businesspeople in the district.
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Missoula
Theodore Lentz
District Court
John Patterson
Lentz
Stewart
Conlon
Duncan
Patterson
Lenis
Valley Mercantile ‘Company
St. Paul Fire and Marine Thsurnee Company
Supreme Court
Deer Lodge News Highlights Local Farewell Trips
Deer Lodge notes list Louis Warn returning from Harlowton, Walter M. Smith and J I Gaffney visiting Butte friends, Mrs W M Hoffman and William Lintz from Winston Montana visiting relatives, A J Kroha Milwaukee storekeeper transacted business en route home after Chicago meeting. James H Thomas and family back from Straw Montana, a wife visiting from Missoula left for Great Falls, Master mechanic G B Cessford and S S Koehler to Tacoma, Tastal Schroeder notified of father’s illness in Butte.
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Deer Lodge
Jan
Louis Warn
Harlowton
Walter M. Smith
J. 1
Gaffney
Butte
W. M. Hoffman
William Lintz
Winston, Mont
W. Mt. Lintz
Deer
Kroha
Milwaukee
Det
Chicago
James H.thomas
Straw
Mont
Tarr
Myron Curn
Great Falls
G._B_ Cessford
S. S. Koehler
Tacoma
Tastel Schroeder
Mestames
Arthur Bughen
John Prynn
Mondey
Missoula
T.T. Fahmender
Missour
Sands
Wylie R. Pugh
Three Forks News Social Notes and Local School Slate
Mise Edna Davis and Miss Ruth Hinman return from Bozeman. Edith Brannon visits uncle’s home. Edith Martin back from Butte. Halliday Johnson returns from Canada to resume teaching in Lane district. Mrs Johnson fills fall post, War in England detains him. Beulah Lewis returns to Bozeman for school. Mrs H A Paddock leaves Rochester hospital for Minneapolis visit. Mrs B Roberts of Reed Point visits Rex Roberts then travels to Trident to see Blanche Roberts. High school basketball opens year with Livingston at auditorium.
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Mary
Te ‘Spe
Missoula
Edna Davis
Ruth Hinman
Bozeman
Edith Brannon
North Wench
Minneapolis
B. Roberts
Reed” Point
Mont
Rex Roberts
Trident
Blanche Roberts
Teac
Livingston High School
Darnitter Bros Plan Big Sheep Sheds for Lambing Season
Twin Bridges news notes Darnitter Bros, noted sheepmen, start a plan to build large sheds at the Madison valley ranch to house thousands of ewes and lambs during lambing. The piece also mentions valley dairymen debating a cooperative creamery this summer amid recent legislative protests.
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Darnitter Bros
Punty
Madison Valley
Dairy Creameries Multiply Across the State
Small creameries are springing up statewide amid a dairy friendly region. County officials, including Commissioner B. G. Paige, returned from a Madison valley trip to inspect a wagon bridge. Residents in Dillon discuss a beach school building near Madison county, while George Gauthier surrendered to Sheriff Erwin over a Christmas dance hall disturbance.
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B. G. Paige
Madison Valley
Dwight Bushnell
Madison River
Fred Fenke
Valley County
Joanna Farrell
Fletcher
Dion
Madison County
George Gauthier
Bannack
Gauthier
Theodore Nelson
Board of County Commissioner
Monsternoon
D. D. Knight
Sherif
Doc ‘Kennison
Steamer Hannah Sails to Belgium with Kansas Aid
In New York on January 5 the steamer Hannah departed for Rotterdam carrying a $5000 cargo of food and clothing donated by Kansans for the Belgian relief effort. Members of the Kansas Society of New York gathered at the pier to bid farewell as the ship set sail.
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New York
Hannah
Rotterdam
Kansas
Desitute Belegians
Kansas Society of New York
Young Sumatra Volunteer Won't Go Front
Leonard Everett of Sumatra Montana has been discharged as a Canadian volunteer at his own request. The underage lad has applied to the American embassy to be sent home. County commissioners of Gallatin County today appointed Walter Davis as treasurer to fill the unexpired term of Charles Ruffner ending March 1 1915. Ruffner died at Battle Creek sanitarium December 31. Davis served as deputy and has borne much responsibility in recent months.
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Leonard Everett
Sumatra
Mont
Gellatin County
Walter Davis
Charles Ruffner
Ruffner
Battle Greck Sanitarium
Davis
Officer and Bandit in Fatal Encounter
In Chicago at dawn a policeman and a burglar were killed in two revolver battles with four robbers caught after an attempted holdup and burglary. The wounded include Dutton, a police character, who with an unidentified companion shot Sausman as he attempted to arrest them. Dutton was shot four times. Detective Axel Jensen shot and killed Hennessey after finding him at a storefront window.
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Chicago
Dea
John Sausman
Groral Y
Dutton
Sausman
Hennessey
Axel Jensen
Retallick Found Guilty in Grand Larceny Trial
In Bozeman on January 5, Thomas Retallick of Butte was found guilty of grand larceny for removing the Miners Union hall safe in Butte on June 13. The jury sentenced him to one year in the state penitentiary, with sentencing postponed to January 23 at 1 30 PM upon request by both sides.
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Bozeman
Thomas Retallick
Butte
Tetallick
Union Hall
Retallick
Law
McCaffery
Emmy
Flood Strikes Northwestern Mexico Wrecks Towns
Reports from the Mayo river valley in Sonora say ten natives were lost in floods that swept portions of Northwestern Mexico ten days earlier. San Pedro San Ygnizo and Etcheson are destroyed Hautatabampo and Old Nivajoa damaged. only a fraction of the wheat crop in the valley can be harvested.
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Nogales
Ariz
Mexico
Mayo River
Sonora
San Pedro
San Ygnizo
Etcheson
Hautatabampo
Old Nivajoa
Radical change in Ferris bill outlined and irrigation funding debated
The article reports on proposed changes to the Ferris bill including state and interstate regulation of power rates, land use provisions, and interior secretary control over water rights. It covers amendments to fund Flathead Irrigation, Fort Peck, and Blackfeet projects, and notes opposition from the Indian committee while mentioning Senate prospects and commodity prices for grains and crops.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Interiom
Int
Secretary of the Interior
Stout
Indian Committee
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Fort Peck
Senate
Myers
Indian Office
The Widow Bonnard in Paris Sent Nine Sons to War
The item notes a Paris widow, Mrs Bonnard, whose nine sons went to war and all were wounded. It appears amid disparate commodity pricing data from Helena Wheat-May and related grain futures. The line blends misread market figures with a personal note showing wartime sacrifice.
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McCaull-Dincaine Co
Helena
Northern
Montana
Bonnard
Paris
House For Sale In Park Butte Nine Room Furnished
Nine room house in Park Butte offered for sale. Immediate action urged with cash terms. Includes furniture and full occupancy options. Contact local agent for viewing and price details.
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Park, Butte
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