Love for wife ends in separate maintenance court action
Ethel Williams of Wakerville seeks divorce from George F. Williams citing habitual drunkenness abuse and neglect. She requests custody of their 6 year old son Albert, the furniture, alimony of 50 monthly and $150 counsel fees, with a restraining order to prevent disposal of earnings until court orders. The case notes she has no funds for costs and mentions related contempt proceedings against James F. Taylor and custody rights granted to Mearbie King in a separate divorce.
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George F. Williams
Wakerville
Williams
James F. Taylor
Katherine I. Taylor
Donlan
Mearbie King
Earl G. King
Chris Hoffman Denies Police Story as Wrong
Chris Hoffman, tied to a police suspicion he could be the man intended to be killed instead of Harry Shippen, told the Standard he has lived here 17 years and has no enemies. He rejected any motive from his wife or son and said he never believed he was being targeted. He lives at the hog ranch beyond Shippen’s residence and commutes daily without fear or prior threats.
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Chris Hoffman
Harry Shippen
Standard Office
Shippen
Panama Canal Locks and Great Ship Dimensions
Questions cover lock sizes and ship measurements. Locks are 1000 feet long and 110 feet wide. Imperator at 919 feet. Titanic 852 feet. Vaterland launched 950 feet. tonnages listed. Alice mill at Walkerville burned July 20, 1906.
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Panama Canal
Vaterland
Hamburg-American Company
Imperator
Walkerville
Federal Building Quiet in Butte as Nation Remains Still
A vivid portrait of the federal building in Butte Montana where business slows to a crawl in the heat. The information bureau reports no new activity all day as workers and visitors linger in silence amid empty halls and idle tasks.
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Federal
Butte
Uncle Sam
Silver Bow County
Information Bureau of the Institution
Bureau
Inter-Mountain Good Roads seeks live organizer to boost six-state campaign
Dr. L. P. McCalla of Boise heads the Inter-Mountain Good Roads association now allied with the National Highways group. A field secretary will travel Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Nevada, and Wyoming to recruit members, promote lectures, moving pictures, and literature, expanding the movement beyond prior six-state limits. The next meeting will be in Butte, with future gatherings rotating among the six states.
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Inter-Mountain Good Roads Association
L. P. McCaila
Boise
National Highways Association
Boise Statesman
Inter-Mountain Association
Utah
Idaho
Butte
Ringling Bros Circus Coming to Butte Monday
The Ringling Bros circus announces an Aug 14 exhibition in Butte, promising a brand-new show with many new features. The highlight will be a portrayal of Joan of Arc in historic scenes, drawing eager crowds of both old and young to the canvas city.
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Ringling Bros.’ Circus
Butte
Joan of Arc
Circus Day Sparks Joy Across Town
About 1200 people are employed in the presentation along with 500 dancing girls 650 horses and vast scenery and props. Even the most sober citizens warm to the spectacle as memories of childhood return and children await Ringling Day as a holiday treat under the big top.
Prince Taro Katsura Ill With Stomach Cancer
Tokio July 14. Prince Taro Katsura former premier and foreign minister of Japan is seriously ill with stomach cancer.
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Tokio
Prince Taro Katsura
Japan
Perry's Niagara Faces Rough Voyage to Fairport Harbor
The Niagara, Perry's old flagship rebuilt after raising, endured a storm while being towed from Erie to Fairport Ohio by naval boats Wolverine and Essex. Seas battered the decks and guns were lashed. thousands of spectators watched as the historic vessel rode out the gales on Lake Erie.
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Fairport
Ohio
Niagara
Erie
Lake Erie
Wolverine
Essex
Prances Request Denied by Secretary Garrison
Washington July 14 Secretary Garrison refused France permission to inspect American powder manufacture at ordnance offices citing France’s lack of reciprocity after halting American ordnance officers from inspecting French facilities. Twenty five million tons of shipping rounds Cape Cod annually.
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Washington
Garrison
Cape Cod
Charlton Extradition Delay Reported by Italian Consulate
It was announced at the Italian Consulate that Porter Charlton’s extradition is likely delayed for over a month. The Italian government will adhere to procedure rules, and will send a Home Office agent to this country for Porter Charlton’s youthful wife slayer, per Acting General Consul Giuseppe Gentile.
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Porter Charlton
Home Office
Giuseppe Gentile
Dr Cowperthwaite Views Big Hole Basin Hay Region
Dr Joseph Cowperthwaite of Wisdom Montana, formerly of this city, visited for two days and praised Big Hole Basin as a remarkable hay producing area. He notes Wisdom as a small town at the center of a vast hay valley with extensive fields and stacks, cattle feeding, and a robust haying season employing many workers.
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Joseph Cowperthwaite
Wisdom
Big Hay Basin
Big Hole Basin
Montana
Shoes Are Priced Lower Than Competing Footwear
A local ad from Everybody's Shoe Store at 1309 West Park promises uniformly lower prices than footwear of similar quality sold elsewhere, signaling a bold price reduction strategy for shoppers.
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Everybody's Shoe Store
West Park
Chronic misquotations from the New York Sun expose mistaken quotes
The article lists famous misquotations from Cooper, Hudibras, Roosevelt, and Scott, explaining how popular versions diverge from original texts. It notes that readers often misinterpret biblical lines and authorial intent, with examples showing the danger of taking phrases at face value.
Peanut Shortage Pushes Growers To Plant More
The New York Times reports rising peanut demand may exhaust current supply before this year’s harvest. Spain has no exports this year and Virginia peanuts fetch 7 cents per pound, Spanish 10.5 cents, with prices spiking above prior highs. Lead dealers urge farmers to expand peanut plantings, noting easy cultivation and low disease, with Spanish yields up to 200 bushels per acre and Virginia 70 to 90 bushels per acre.
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New York Times
Spain
Virginia
New York
New Jersey
German manufacturers use women for blasting cap work
German manufacturers employed women to draw denotator tubes and to charge and pack the finished blasting caps, reflecting wartime labor practices and gender roles in munitions production.
Prize Fight at Anaconda Special Train Announcement
Special train will leave Butte via B A P Ry at 7 40 p m July 16 for a prize fight in Anaconda with return at 1 a m the round trip fare is 1 dollars Adv.
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Anaconda
Butte
Resinol Heals Baby Eczema With Gentle Bath and Ointment
An advertisement touts Resinol for babies with eczema and itching. A warm bath with Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment stops scratching, helps sleep, and clears irritated skin. The product is promoted as safe for even the youngest infants and prescribed by doctors in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Department Resinol
Baltimore
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