Lindbergh to visit Butte in Spirit of St Louis tour
Charles A. Lindbergh plans a three month USA tour visiting 75 cities and states including Butte during late September. The trip from New York aims to promote aviation, airports, and mail service with an accompanying Commerce Department plane and aide Donald Keyhoe. Local officials plan a welcome with mass meeting or open air gathering.
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Associates Rose
New York
Union
Charles A. Lindbergh
Spirit of
Salt Lake City
Boise
Butte
Spokane
Seattle
Portland
Moline
Davenport
Rock Island
Milwaukee
Madison
Wis
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Little Palla
Pargo
N. D
Sioux City
Des Moines
Omaha
Denver
Tt Ie
Lindbergh
Department of Commerce
Donald E. Keyhoe
Commerce Department
Charles Lindbergh
American Eagle
Associated Press
Lit
M. Kerr Bence
Phamacter of Commerce
Chamber
J.B. Erickson
Corn Grop 15 Very Short Prospects From July Crop Report
The July crop report shows corn production at 2.274 billion bushels, the shortest in 26 years, with prospects weak in the eastern corn belt and overall mixed results for crops including corn, tobacco, and sugar beets. Western states look better, acreage down about 2 percent from last year, cotton drops by six million acres, and late-sown crops remain uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Crop Reporting Board
Angeles
Corn Belt
Advocates of Equal Rights Confer With Wyoming Governor
The National Woman's party caravan arrived in Cheyenne with banners to confer on the equal rights bill. Gov Frank C Emerson and Miss Gail Laughlin heard their arguments noting Wyoming’s early woman suffrage. Rain dampened attendance while a message from President Coolidge offered a Rapid City meeting. The caravan planned stops in Torrington and Hot Springs South Dakota before Rapid City.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
National Woman's Party
Coolidge
Frank C. Emerson
Gail Laughlin
Wyoming
Rapid City
Torrington
Hot Springs
Exelans Chief Involves Documents and Large Political Donation
Officials document a cancelled check and other evidence alleging large sums given to the Republican state committee by D C Stephenson, once a power in Indiana politics and former Ku Klux Klan leader. Vincennes publisher Thomas H Adams says the inquiry shows 32 checks and related papers support claims of deals with top officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Stephenson
Indiana
Thomas H. Adams
Vincennes
Ku Klux Klan
Adams
Thdian‘polis
Stephenson
Farmers Press for McNary-Haugen Bill at Conference
Delegates at the North Western Agricultural Conference demand satisfactory farm aid legislation at the next congress session or an administration overthrow. Speakers advocate the McNary-Haugen bill vetoed by President Coolidge, urging farmers to persist until a president signs such a measure. Resolutions await final consideration at tomorrow's session.
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Congress
North- Western Agricultural Conference
Cape
Cool
Dge
AI States
Montana Indians to attend national convention of Society of American Indians
Representatives from Montana seven tribes will attend the national convention at Minneapolis August 25 to 28. The gathering aims to plan race betterment and addresses tribal wealth disposal issues. The Montana Indian Protective Association links the seven tribes, totaling about 14 000 people, to the national society.
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Montana
The
Society of American Indians
Minneapolis
Robert J. Hamilton
Browning
National Society
United States
Hamilton
United States Indian Bureau
United States Treasury
Ohio State University
Washington, D.C
Indian Protective Association of
State Society
Caville Dupuis
Polson
Expect Harrigon paying contract signed Wednesday
Report from city hall says the paving contract for Harrison avenue will likely be signed by the mayor on Wednesday. The aim is to finish the work this summer with a bitulithic pavement. Meetings among county city and state officials led to agreement on points, including a five ton weight limit for vehicles and concessions on action against contractor John Hexem.
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Committee of
Harrison Avenue
Buite
James H. Rowe
State Highway Commission
M. Kerr Beadle
M. Kerr Beadle, the City Attorney and the Commissioner of Public Works
John Hexem
Three Killed by Canadian Storms in Canada
Associated Press report from Winnipeg Manitoba notes freakish wind hail and electrical storms across Saskatchewan and Alberta over the weekend killed three people and caused widespread crop and property damage in farm and town areas.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Knowledge Box Quiz From Historic Newspaper
A reader quiz asks who served on the White House staff in the past and other dated, varied trivia. It includes questions about a congress member’s origin, a president’s appointment date, 1918 assassination of a czar’s brother, a rabbit-driving tool, Cervantes hero, Darwinian theory origin, biblical passage location, and notes the answers appear on page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Congress
Earthquake Strikes Palestine Area Killing 26 and Injuring 30
Reports from Jerusalem and surrounding areas tally 26 dead and 30 injured in the Palestine Transjordania quake. Damage runs high with 70 million marks in losses. many structures collapsed or damaged including schools and government buildings. The casualty list remains incomplete as authorities assess the scene led by Lord Plumer’s residence.
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Creas Jerusal
Palesti
Palestine
Transjordania
Jerusalem
Seaten
Church Missionary Society
Highway accident claims life of W Tre tvithick
W Tretvithick a 63 year old Montana resident died at St James hospital from injuries after being struck by an unknown motorist near Nissler about 10 30 Sunday night. He had a skull fracture and brain concussion and died without regaining consciousness. Identified by nephew Fred Barker, he prospected near Burlington and lived at a Rocker cabin owned by Mike Keogh. He had left home Sunday noon toward Silver Bow.
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Nenemian ‘Tretvithick
Montana
St. James Hospital
Nissler
Tretvithick
Pat Kane
Neill Ckeete
Fred Barker
Oak Street
Burlington
Rocker
Mike Keogh
Silver Bow
Elks Hold Annual Meet In Cincinnati
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks opens its annual reunion in Cincinnati with a public meeting. More than 25,000 Elks registered. John F. Malley of Springfield Mass and Lee Meriwether of St Louis announce candidacies for grand exalted ruler. Parade scheduled for Thursday.
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Associated Pres
Cincinnati
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
John F. Malley
Springfield
Mass
Lee Meriwether
St. Louis
Ford to further clear situation in libel suit
Aaron Sapiro asserts Ford endorses cooperative marketing as key to settlement of the $1,000,000 libel suit. Sapiro spoke in Chicago while William Henry Gallagher, his chief counsel, pressed negotiations in Detroit toward a withdrawal of the suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansoot
Chicago
Tte
Henry Ford
Aaron Sapiro
Sapiro
William Henry Gallagher
Detroit
Westbound airliner refueling stop at Conception Bay
A fussy tug and the big all metal flying boat wait at Conception Bay as Prank T Courtney aims to fly the treacherous Atlantic westbound passage. Refueling includes 1,006 drinks of Resoline and oil for the Dorner Nepler, top action as the first heavier-than-air craft to attempt the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Collins
Nast Smee
Johns
Conception Bay
T. Courtney
Atlantic
Herole
Horse accident fatal for girl rider near Robe
A girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Port, was riding a horse near Robe when the animal reared and threw her. Two brothers witnessed as the horse bolted in windy conditions, the rider sustaining fatal chest injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Port
Short Line Spends Large Sum Near Butte in Repairs
H V Platt general manager of the Oregon Short Line arrived in Butte to inspect the road and announced the company is spending over 200000 dollars in the vicinity of Butte on repairs and improvements. He noted widening banks between Divide and Butte for ballast and said new 90 pound rails will replace 80 pound rails between Dillon and Apex. He praised progress after the Wise River flood and said business with California remains strong.
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Montana
H. V. Platt
Oregon Short Line
Butte
Idaho
Dillon
Apex
Mr. Platt
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John E. Erickson
America
Chamber of Commerce, Legion and
Scandinavian Society
U. S
Nati
Exelan
D. C
Montana Indians
MOVE
Col
Charles A. Lindberg
Harrigon
Cervantes
RE. Refusenter Homes
Government Housee
Lord Plumer
W. Tretvithick
FORD
TME
Courtney
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