Socialist resignations reshape city council leadership
The city council accepted the resignations of Alderman Clarence A. Smith as president and Alderman Henry S. Davia as vice president after the Supreme Court upheld John D. Wilson as Fourth Ward alderman. Curran urged voting against Smith, while Nerny backed him, resulting in nine to seven votes for Smith and for Nerny as vice president. The council also awarded the ordnance contract to Carroll over McKee Printing by ten to six after a split judiciary committee recommendation, citing lower bid and qualified bidder.
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Supreme Court
John D. Wilson
Fourth
John C. Driscoll
Clarence A. Smith
Henry S. Davia
Smith
Wilson
Duncan
Davis
Nerny
L. Smith
Curran
Smith Wa
McMann
K. A. Smith
Ame
Grigk
Ladendorff
William Carroll
McKee Printing Company
Judiciary Committee
Minority
Alfermen Curran
Clarence Smith
Carroll
Orton
McManus
McAndrews
Bissell
Clinton
Ludendorff
C. A. Smith
Scingwood and
McKee Company
Cavanaugh, Nerny
Rowan
L. A. Smith
Wilson and Grigg
City Council Debate Patrol Need and Auto Ambulance Plan
The council favored a police patrol that doubles as an ambulance over a fire chief’s auto. A planned 10-person auto patrol would serve emergencies, while action on the ice chief’s car was postponed. Amendments requested for audit copies sparked deferral to next meeting. Broadway merchants gained band-stand approval for Fourth of July. West Lark Street paving bid extension was sent to the judiciary committee.
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Police Committee
Rowland, Thomas & McGowan
Grigg
T L. A. Smith
Chumber of Commerce
Curran
Chamber of Commerce
Miners’ Union
Broadway
Shovlin
Weday
Lark ‘Street
Montana
Jackson Streets
Judiciaittee
Fellevue
Gilman Additins
President Wilson's Daughter Engaged to Attorney Sayre
Washington reports the engagement of President Woodrow Wilson's second daughter, Minn Dena Woodrow Wilson, to Fra the bowen Sayre of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The wedding is expected next November at the White House. Sayre comes from a collegiate family with ties to Franklin and Marshall College. Miss Wilson, 24, studied at Goucher and Baltimore and has been active in settlement work and the YWCA.
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Washington
Aten Wilson
Minn Dena
Woodrow Wilson
Bowen Sayre
Lancaster
Phoweang
White House
White
New York
Waa
Ener
Wilson T Grenfel
Labrador
Harvard Law School
Alaska
Bayre
Roam Sayre
Fersity
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Martha Finley Nevin
John W
Franklin and Marshall College
Wilson
Goucher College
Batimore
Philadelphia
City Council Proceedings on Licenses and Improvements
The council introduced a three member examining board for master and journeyman plumbers with fees of ten and two dollars respectively. The June payroll totaled 20813.40 dollars. Resignation of Thomas Tutty as second assistant treasurer was accepted. Work on city contracts included second guid sewer and storm sewer Harrison avenue sidewalks with bids from contractors. Paving bids for Quartz street and Alaska Street were listed. Notices for protest on improvement districts were ordered under the new state law.
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Mgnt
Thomas Tutty
Gow
George Woody
Harrison Avenue
A. Saner
Special Improvement Fund
Robert Metcalf
R. M. Bandsen
Quartz
Maine
Montana
Alaska
al Saner
John C. McGuire
Joseph R. Silver
Today's game called at 1 30 due to race track clash
Helena faces Butte with a 1 30 start to allow fans to reach the track. The baseball management and racing association coordinate to shift first races and early games on several days, including a 11 o'clock start tomorrow and a 1 o'clock doubleheader on Independence Day. The Copper team then departs for a long road trip.
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Helena
Butte
Racing Association
Coppers
Livingston Wedding Announcement For Claude Osgood And Ethel Moore
Announcements from Livingston state the approaching July 23 wedding of Claude Jack Osgood and Miss Ethel Moore. Miss Moore, a native of Butte and accomplished pianist, is well known locally. her mother Mrs Mollie J Kline is a Butte pioneer living in Livingston, her husband a longtime Northern Pacific locomotive engineer.
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Livingston
Claude Jack Osgood
Ethel Moore
Miss Moore
Butte
Mollie J. Kline
Northern Pacific
Butte Band at Carnival Engaged for Three Day Engagement
Bozeman July 2 Louis Howard in charge of carnival music has engaged Professor Olson’s band of Butte to perform three days during carnival week. Other bands will perform on other days and at least two bands are expected to march in the carnival parade.
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Stanuare Bozeman
Louis Howard
Professor Olson
Butte
Twe Hands
Furnished rooms offered in a well lit setup
A late classified notice advertises furnished rooms for rent in Butte. It lists contact details for J A Plant in Utah, with a local Butte phone reference and a brief note on the property being well lit.
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Utah
J. A. Plant
Ind
Phove
Butte
Crosstown Line On Front Street Opens Soon
The street railway company will begin a 10 minute car service on Front street from Utah Avenue to Montana street with transfer service at both ends. Manager TR Wharton says cars should run by July 4 though overhead equipment needs another week. The line spans about three quarters of a mile and aims to ease travel in the South Butte area by linking Utah Avenue and Montana Street with transfers to all north or southbound cars. Nearby, notes on Dorothy's Playmates at the Empress theater and a humorous bulldog act recall local entertainment.
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Street Railway Company
Front Street
Utah Avenue
Montana Street
TR. Wharton
South Butte
William Febles
Pinky
Cat
Dorothy
Empress Theater
Sullivan & Considine
Middle West
Mr. Fables
Mnd
Case of Becky in Be lasso presentation noted
Review of the stage drama The Case of Becky by Belasco focuses on hypnotism and double personality themes. The play portrays Dr Emerson’s laboratory using electrical devices and revolving mirrors to subdue the hypnotist Balsamo and free Dorothy from domination.
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Edward Locke
Emerson
Rotiat
Perssar
Pervonalitien
Tcke
Becky
de Emerson
Teky
Weenes
Dorothy
Friends Act
Sweet
Senate
Locke
Dr. Emerson
Balzamo
Reds Prepare to Try First Case in Treason Hearing
At 2 o'clock this afternoon a socialist party committee will hold the first case against aldermen charged with treason and disloyalty. Alderman Clarence A. Smith is expected to be absent when the roll is called. Smith replied that he has no knowledge of any charges and has not received a copy of them.
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Old ‘Butte
Etter
Clarence A. Smith
Smith
Mens
Euch
Woman teacher murdered body found in rear of store
Chicago July 2 the victim was identified as Mrs. F Weston a piano teacher and singer seen in moving pictures sometimes known as Mrs Mitchell. Her body lay in the rear of a Madison street store with throat cut. Police suspect apaches in the district and robbery motive. jewelry untouched and purse empty.
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Chicago
F. Weston
Mitchell
Madison Street
Big Rainbow Trout From the Big Hole
The largest rainbow trout ever taken from the Big Hole river weighed 101 pounds. Fisherman T. D. Zimmerman caught it Tuesday morning and displayed the fish at the Oregon Short Line ticket office. Zimmerman described a long fight and noted there may be two or three more monsters in the same run, prompting a return trip.
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Big Hole River
T. D. Zimmerman
Oregon
Mr. Zimmerman
Doctors Refuse 10 Attend Sick Woman in Butte
A dispute over jurisdiction arose when a pregnant woman at 32 East Park Street in Butte, unable to pay, was left unattended. Police consulted county and city officials who deferred, until County Commissioner Barney McGrade and Dr. McCarthy intervened, guiding County Board of Health action.
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Silver Bow County
Butte
Taylor
East Park Street
Kane
Murphy
Barney McGrade
Ward
McCarthy
County Board of Health
Heat Wave Eases Across Nation After Westward Break
Washington July 2 The weather bureau reports relief from the hot wave east of the Rocky Mountains. Temperatures rise again in the Middle West but the Pacific slope remains safe. The heat front shifts to the Atlantic states with New York and New England seeing the hottest conditions before cooler weather is expected.
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Washington
Rocky Mountains
Weather Bureau
Middle West
Pacific
Rockies
Atlantic States
New York
New England
Program of Christian Citizenship Adopted in Portland
Contemplating applying Christian principles beyond the church, a program of Christian citizenship with a declaration of principles and action method was adopted at the World Christian Citizenship conference session. The committee included Dr Samuel Z. Patten and Dr Henry Collins Minton, with other members from Philadelphia Trenton Indianapolis and Pittsburg.
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Portland
Samuel Z. Patten
Philadelphia
Henry Collin Minton
Trenton
Charles W
Only a Rifle Barrel But It Caused Death
A rusty stockless rifle barrel used by 1-year-old Paul Ajcheck at Belt killed him when a cartridge exploded after he inserted it in the breech. He played with the gun for days, struck it to discharge, and died after wandering about six yards before collapsing. An inquest was deemed unnecessary and the burial occurred at Belt.
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Paul Ajcheck
Belt Yesters
Belt
Evolution of human gait traced by French scientist
A French scientist explains early infant locomotion as a stage in evolution from quadruped to biped. He attributes crawling to hip joint mechanics and spinal curvature, noting balance develops as the center of gravity shifts behind the hips and the muscles over the hip joints grow stronger to keep the body erect.
Tries to kill herself by setting fire to clothing
A young woman in Mount Pleasant Wisconsin area saturates her clothes with gasoline and sets them alight in a yard incident later blamed on temporary mental derangement after the death of a nephew. Neighbors assisted but doctors warned she would die.
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Mount Pleasant
Towa
Mary Wiggins
Broadway Tonight Will Be The Place
Broadway tonight features the Two Best Sands and Mone Niehe business men presenting a $900 Fourth of July celebration with an illuminated street spectacle. Boston Montana Montana State bands provide music from 7:30 until midnight with fire, balloons, and red banners along the route. Local merchants raised funds and contributed to the event, naming numerous donors and amounts from $1 to $105.
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Broadway
Boston
Montana
Dakota
Wyoming Street
Hotel Guests and Names List Across Cities
Long list of guests and visitors tied to hotels in multiple cities including Butte Missoula Spokane Denver Billings Helena and others. Names include Warner Evans Barnder Carrie Deer Lodge Rowley Kelsey Norton Engelman and many more with accompanying cities and states.
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Kansas City
C.F. Reklan
St. Paul
Denver
Finlen
Spokane
A. New York
J. E. Wright
Bos
C. Gedeau
Wenatb
Seattle
C. G. Rosenfield
Anaconda
Fare Suson
Missoula
John R. Mattock
Feattle
William Klunder
Fort Wayne
Ind
H. G. Harvey
Deer Lodge
E. Constant
Hel
Shakane
Arthur Caven
Lewistown
Ena
W. A. Shai
F. Druhimehurst
F. M. Fitzgerald
Moody
A.attle
D.ok. Keham
Lethbrine
J. Be
Lson
Bozeman
R. Arnold
W. A. Armstrong
Chicago
Doerr
D. McCloud
Helena
W. A
Greek laborer arrested after fake prize rant incident
Giacano Dent, a Greek railroad laborer, accused of firing a shot and entering a business office during a staged prize rant, appeared at the Great Northern offices to claim his pay. He was arrested and is held for trial.
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Stangara
Giacano Dent
Ben
Sears
Great Northern
Going Back To Work In Cincinnati Engine Plant
The Cincinnati engine plant workers vote to return to work after a union meeting. They reach a compromise with manufacturers for a bonus week pay for hours worked. The article notes Ireland ranking eleventh among world islands.
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Cincinnati
Seeven Engineranment
Ireland
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Eer
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Spencer & Goodwin
al Green
Fashion
George R.oechsli
Purity
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Julius Fried
Montana Electric Company
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Argyle
Schatalein Paint
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