Spokane youth killed by Northern Pacific train near Dixon
Lawrence Duchemin aged 18 from Spokane died after being run over by a Northern Pacific engine at Dixon while riding the blind baggage with Charles T. Kettleman. Both men had recently returned from Butte and were reportedly aboard No. 1 when put off then reboarded. The accident sparked coroner's inquiries as witnesses described Duchemin dragged under the engine. Duchemin's father B. R. Duchemin, contractor of Spokane, will arrive for the investigation.
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Missouri
Lawrence Duchemin
Spokane
Northern Pacific
Dixon
Pony Hospital
Newt
Duchemin
Charles T. Kettleman
Butte
Kettleman
B. R. Duchemin
West Sixteenth Street
Mrs A Moore Died In Bonner At Family Home
Missoula special dispatch reports Mrs A Moore a Bonner resident for six years died at her family home in Bonner on January 17.
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Standard
Missoula
A. Moore
Bonner
Mourning Note From Missoula Seeps to Ladonia Burial
After a lingering illness of consumption, Mrs. Moore aged four years leaves her husband T. Moore and two children aged two and one. The remains were brought to Missoula and will be shipped to Ladonia Missouri, her old home, for burial.
Flathead Mineral Lands Attract Attention
Missoula press notes rising inquiries on mineral entries for Flathead reservation lands. Judge A. W. Witten replies in a Jan 13 letter that the entry date has not yet been fixed and applicants will be advised when determined. Release cites Hegister Dan Arms forwarding questions to the Washington superintendent for opening guidance.
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Standard
Missoula
United States Land Office
Flathead Reservation
Hegister Dan Arms
A. W. Witten
Washington
Miss Beulah Messen den Dies In Washington Tuberculosis Toll
Miss Beulah Messenden daughter of D E B Fessenden of Bonner died Sunday in Burlington Washington while visiting relatives. She was years old and had long sought relief from tuberculosis. The body was received at Missoula and funeral arrangements were set for Wednesday at 2 p m.
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Standard
Missoula
Beulah Messenden
D. EB. Fessenden
Bonner
Burlington
Wash
Probing the Death of Colonel Swope
Kansas City January 17. Chicago doctors test the stomach of Colonel Thomas Swope for poison and may autopsy James M Hunton who died Oct 1 in the Swope home. County prosecutor Virgil Conklin says no action without sworn doctor statements. Suspicion centers on a man who has engaged counsel amid state officials’ visit for land office matters.
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Col
Thomas Swope
Chicago
James M. Hunton
Swope
Colonel Swope
Hunton
Virgil Conklin
Bucks Die of Starvation with Their Horns Locked
Special Dispatch to the Standard Kalispell January 17 Norman Sinclair of Pleasant Valley brought two fine buck heads to the city found on Wolf creek starved to death with horns locked. One buck has five points, the other four, one horn broken, otherwise no injuries. The heads will be mounted.
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Standard
Kalispell
Norman Sinclair
Pleasant Valley
Sinclair
Wolf Creek
Dog uncovers body of a child near Yellowstone bridge
In Livingston Idaho two miles south of the city, a dog uncovered a fully developed child’s body buried in a shallow grave beneath the main Yellowstone river bridge. The infant’s clothes were high quality and tightly wrapped around the face. An inquest is planned. police investigate possible smothering and a witness recalls a woman digging near the river last October.
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Standard
Livingston
Yellowstone
Jake Leigie
Krieger Underta Rouins
Cosoner
Will An
Fire destroys Hollingsworth apartments in West Philadelphia
A blaze at the Hollingsworth apartments on Walnut Street left one woman dead, two missing, and three seriously injured in Philadelphia. One guest died from shock after being dragged from the burning building, and a fireman was injured after falling from a roof.
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Philadelphia
Hollingsworth
Walnut Street
Misplaced switch causes bad wreck near Ogden
A Southern Pacific passenger train No 6 wrecked at Lemay 89 miles west of Ogden after a misplaced switch. At 23 39 the 20 mph crash struck a coal train on the siding. Deceased: engineer J Reardon fireman R A Krouli Clyde Pixler. Injured: several mail clerks and engineers including A B Hinley J W Naylor and J Canteill Jr.
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Utah
Southern Pacific
Lemay
J. Reardon
R. A. Krouli
Clyde Pixler
Denver
Colo
Hinley
J. B. Hartwell
Forrest P. Carroll
John W. Naylor
James Canteill, Jr
Guy R. Prentiss
Eugene 8. Ransome
L. E. Jackson
Carl W. Betts
Claude E. Saxey
Ed A. Hart
Cattle Drowned After River Flood Destroys Herds
News from Pony Montana reports over three hundred cattle drowned in the Madison river after escaping pasture near Table Mountain. About 200 head owned by Alexander Norris and one head for Green Bros. were marooned on an island and swept away as the river gorged, causing a loss of thousands of dollars.
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Pony
Alexander Norris
Norris, Mont
Green Bros
Table Mountain
Madison River
Mabey
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