Presidential term debate dominates first Senate day
In Washington on January 2 the Senate opened a long constitutional debate over proposed limits on presidential terms from two to six years. Amendments on recall and single-term proposals faced sharp votes, with Bristow and Dixon leading opposition to restrictions while Lodge and Poindexter pressed reform. The discussion named Roosevelt Taft and Wilson as context, with no decisive outcome yet as over a dozen amendments remained pending at recess.
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Taft
Wilson
Sena
Bristow
Williams
Trison
Congress
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Capp
Dixon
Grenna
Poindexter
Martine
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Perky
Ashurst
Thomas
Brgan
Borah
Fatt
Hitchcock
Wether
New Jersey
Woodrow Wilson
St Patrick’s Day Banquet Plans Advance In Butte
The committee in charge met in Judge Lynch’s courtroom to discuss preliminary arrangements for the St Patrick’s Day banquet. They agreed to meet again Sunday evening in the same place to appoint additional committees. The banquet will be held on March 16, aiming to be the largest event yet by the Irish Americans of Butte.
Mustaches Must Go Sign of Butte Police Force
A long heralded shift in the Butte police shows a large number with mustaches and beards as Woodrow Wilson’s era nears. Many patrolmen detectives and jailers are described as facially adorned while a push to shave begins with officers like Wesson and Ingaca ending the mustache trend.
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Woodrow Wilson
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Department
Cope
Reytolda
Chet Murphy
Chee Ambrose
White
Ardinery
Serey Iayneh
Ant
Ralph Wyn
Matt Bones
Sonn Hester
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Gextetta
Orenie
Liewtenant
Yorstir Ani
Halley
Fee
Wesson
Ingaca
Boy violinist Charles A Brown Dies After Frostbitten Feet
Charles A Brown an eight year old colored violinist from Ohio wandered in the hills around Berni wn and froze his feet wearing summer shoes. Found by prospectors he walked all night to avoid freezing. Both feet were amputated and he died at the county hospital. His mother and stepfather Mrs and Mrs Samuel Jones survive.
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Charles A. Brown
Berni
Bea
Brown
Tutte
Hernice
Ohio
Butte
Samuel Jones
Montana Sends Most Passengers on Salt Lake Special
Montana will have more representatives aboard the California special than any western state as it departs Salt Lake City in three sections. Helena crowds helped by nine cars pulling two engines will travel via Pocatello to Salt Lake, with Montana club hosts in California and E A Shewe, Montana agent, joining the party.
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California
Salt Lake
Missouri River
Helena
Butte
Pocatello
Montana Club
E. A. Shewe
Deaths and Funerals Listings
Death notices for Cayzer and Fullerton and Kane infant, Sullivan, with funeral details and times. Listings include 725 North Main Street, 2 pm services at Ki Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church, and 112 East Woolman Street. Minnesota banks under state supervision with resources totaling 15,967,954.8.
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Minnesota
Latey Bros Buy Montana Grocery From Dobry in Butte
Latey Bros purchase the Montana Cash Pure Foot Grocery from John R. Dobry and plan a large sale to close the stock within a month. The terms were private and both sides say the price satisfied them. Dobry implies he may return to business elsewhere, likely in Butte, with partners.
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Latey Bros
Montana Cash
John R. Dobry
Hutte
Dobryaid
Montara
Wil
Butte Central Stock Boom Prompts Rapid Rise
The Butte Central stock jumped from 7.75 to 8.00 per share amid new company operations. The new mill expected to start within two weeks with ore-rich mines signaling full production yet to sustain. Officials claim the ore from the Oplir mine has been thoroughly tested, ensuring stable results without the need for changes.
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Butte Central
Butte
McConnell
Bothwell
Oplir
Watchman Learns Child Is Dead at Doorstep Return
Dennis P. Kane a watchman at 6 West Agate Street returns from California to find news of his 1 month old daughter Helen dead. His vacation was cut short to be home before the child became critically ill. Burial to be held today at 2 PM from the family residence.
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Helen
Dennis Kane
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Agate Street
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Dennis P. Kane
California
Butte Chickens Win at the State Poultry Show
Sliver Bow county birds win prizes at the Montana state poultry show. Mrs Jack McDonoghue of 91 Aberdeen Avenue exhibited White Leghorns, taking charge of pens and preparing them for Helena show. She earned awards on display and aims for standard of birds.
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Bow County
Montana State
Jack McDonoghue
Aberdeen Avenue
McDonoghue
Sheba
Helena
Donoghue
Butte Briefs Describe Local Deaths and Social Notices
Frank D. Fullerton longtime Tig Hole rancher and Minneapolis native died yesterday in Butte. Survived by mother Mrs Arch Gwen and brothers Morton and Emery. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm at his mother’s Locust Street residence. Other items note births engagements and local residents planning excursions and social events.
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Frank D. Fullerton
Tig Hole
Butte
Minneapolla
Arch Gwen
Morton
Emery
Locust Streets
Patrick Powers dies after pneumonia at 57
Patrice rumers native of slutland county Vermont died yesterday at the family residence 4 South Wyoming street from pneumonia aged 57 years He had lived in Butte 14 years A wife survives in this city The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 8 with high mass at St Josephs church.
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Patrice Rumers
Slutland County
Wyoming Street
Butte
St. Joseph's Church
Ground accident at High Ore mine injures worker
William Swuguerst aged about two years of age and residing at 110 East Woolman Street was caught by ground at the High Ore mine last night. He sustained a contusion of the right knee. Dougherty remains a patient at St James hospital.
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William Swuguerst
Env
Woolman Street
Dougherty
St. James’ Hospital
Margaret Sullivan
Butte
Cornelius Sullivan
East Woolman Street
Michael S
Dennis Sullivan
New Modoc Shaft Connects To High Ore In Large Plant
New ore bodies found at the Modoc mine prompt a major surface plant project. The Modoc shaft links to the 2800-foot High Ore level within a week, with a Nordberg hoisting engine ready and extensive work to shift waste handling. The 200-foot-lower Modoc shaft improves access, air flow, and ore lowering through Modoc, boosting output across the district.
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Nordberg
Anafonda Company
Modoc
Mofoc
Hutte
East Gray Rock
Anaconda Company
High Ocean
Sunnyside
Infant Body Found In Linen In Mercury And Wyoming Streets
A veiled woman about 28 seeks by police on charge of leaving a likely premature infant’s body in linen in the Tear of the Jewel Crocks at Mercury and Wyoming streets yesterday. The infant was found by children between two houses wrapped in bed linen with no laundry marks. Detectives note possible forehead blow and coroner investigates at Walsh’s undertaking rooms.
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M. P. Michaela
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Mercury Atte
Paldisero
Walsh
Wettest Montana mine and Butte dryness debated
A reader inquiry notes the Gloster mine in Lewis and Clark County as the wettest in Montana. Butte mines, aside from Bow creek adjacents in Warderville, are described as dry. The piece posits If Butte mines were as wet as Gloster, Silver Bow canyon would drain to a river larger than the Missouri.
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Butte
Lewis and Clark County
Bow Creek
Wderville
Butta
Missouri
Silver Bow Canyon
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Paris
M. Prie
Fitasimmons-Dempsey
New Orleans
Fitasimmons
Lincoln
Lewistown
Mont
United States
Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
Continental Congress
United Colonies
United
Questions and answers from a 19th century civics column
A fragmentary dialogue covers U S constitutional limits on presidential travel, census history with dates and figures, naturalization voting rules, and a list of state officers. It notes the death of Mrs. Margaret Sullivan in Butte, listing her age and survivors.
Danderine Dandruff Treatment Ad Promises Hair Revival
An old ad touts Knowiton's Danderine claiming to cure dandruff, falling hair, and itchy scalp for 25 cents. It describes applying the product for ten minutes at the toilet counter and promises soft lustrous hair with no dandruff, urging readers to buy now.
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Sita
Knowiton
Aris
Knowston
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