Anaconda News Reports Camp Life of Troops Near Port Douglas
Wil T. Masten mails a vivid update from Anaconda describing twelve companies of the Second Montana regiment camping near Port Douglas facing 19,000 Carranzistas. He details harsh heat, wet ground, health concerns, and no rifles yet issued, with humor on a wristwatch idea and requests for letters to lift morale as troopers move with mule transport and machine guns near the smelter works.
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Hove
Montana Regi
Port Dougla
Ana
Wil T. Masten
Rf Caye
Washoe Works
New Jersey
Anaconda Ston
Algernons
Cap‘Vogt
Masten
Captain Fomt
Manton
Twilight Sleep film explodes old theories at Freiburg showing at Margaret
A lecturer debunked the belief that twilight sleep is exclusive to Freiburg Germany. Motion pictures depict the drug's use in hospitals and homes, noting hundreds of women treated there and that any competent physician can administer the method outside the Freiburg clinic.
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Margaret Theater
Freiburg
Germany
Surprise party marks pastor's wife at city park
About 30 Swedish Lutheran church ladies gathered Friday afternoon in the city park to honor Mrs. Nelson and family. Mrs. Ed Nordquist spoke briefly and presented a purse to the hostess, describing the occasion and sentiments of the group.
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Nelson
Ed Nordquist
Health Tips for Warm Weather and Diet
Practical guidance for summer health urges light meals and cooked foods. It mentions eating sparingly, living in open air, and a nightly tonic of malt whiskey with milk or water before meals and at rest. The advice promises better health, happiness, and a brighter outlook.
Indies Enjoy Pleasant Afternoon Gathering
Refreshments were served and the afternoon hours were pleasantly spent by the happy Indies and children in a cheerful social gathering, reflecting a lighthearted community event.
Emancipation Day Celebration Afoot In Anaconda Area
The colored citizens of Anaconda, Butte, Helena and nearby cities plan an emancipation celebration at Washoe park on August 4 marking the sixty third anniversary. Distinguished speakers will address the crowd as 11 games, a foot race and a fat men's contest entertain attendees. A statistics race from 1863 to 1916 will be held and an old fashioned barbecue and watermelon feast will be served. The event invites all nationalities to join in the festivities.
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Anaconda
Butte
Helena
Washoe Park
James Brady Joins Montana Hotel as Day Clerk
James Brady assumes new duties as day clerk at the Montana hotel in Anaconda. He comes from the coast where he worked with first class hotels and is brother to Joseph Brady, the Montana’s steward.
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James Brady
Montana
Brady
Anaconda
Mr. Brady
Joseph Brady
The
Carpenters Picnic Ticket Sales and Transport Schedule
The carpenters picnic committee announces ticket sales at Carpenters hall from 1 to 6 pm Sunday July 16 and 6 to 7 30 pm Monday July 17. Trains depart LePot at 8 20 am Tuesday July 8 and depart picnic grounds at 9 10 pm. By order of committee.
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Carpenter
Carpenters
Lepot
Cavalry Charge Breaks German Line at Delville Wood
Reports from the Western Front describe a dramatic cavalry patrol crossing fields toward Delville Wood and High Wood. British Dragoon Guards impaled a German horseman in a bold breakthrough, taking 80 prisoners as infantry and a supporting aviator pummeled enemy positions, while one division suffered minimal losses in capturing a second line.
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Highwood
Delville Wood
Dragoon Guards
Delville
Tighwood
Riot at Pike Place Market in Seattle Attacks by Strike Sympathizers
July 16 at Pike Place Market a clash between 16 non-union negro longshoremen and strike supporters left two men wounded lightly and one severely beaten. Several others injured as pistols appeared and women shoppers fled to safety amid the crowd.
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Seattle
Pike Place
Recruits Called to Expand Montana Cavalry Force
Helena July 15 65 recruits at Fort Harrison to be sworn in for the Montana national guard Second Montana officers named C F Livya Jefferson county major Ralph Irie Billings captain Ambrose E Beckett Butte first lieutenant to recruit. 800 total recruits needed across the state.
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Helena
Fort Harrison
Western Department
C. F. Livya
Jefferson County
Ralph Irie
Billings
Ambrose E. Beckett
Butte
Leutenant
Montana National Guard
Phil Greenan
Montana
Jonires
Lloyd
West Point
National Guard
Beckett
South Africa
Forest Fire Response Praised by Supervisor Seeley
Supervisor Seeley commends prompt action by the Mon 1a Power Company after a forest fire. A large force was sent to the scene with guards, and while the exact loss to standing timber is not yet estimated, it is expected to be light.
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Seeley
Mon 1A Power Company
Forest Guards
Anderson Arrests Five Times For Same Cause
Helena July 15 state auditor William Keating advised Custer county attorney to charge F L Anderson of Plymouth Securities with stock selling without Montana filing. Anderson was arrested in Great Falls Kalispell Fort Benton and Lewistown giving up a $1800 note from a woman. Company officers denied knowledge of the firm.
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Anderson
Kent
B. L. Hampel
Livingston
Hammond
Forsyth
Charles &. Whitney
Miles City
W. J. Fransham
Bozeman
J. R. Westhall
Three Forks
Keating
Little Child Drowns in Musselshell River
Roundup July 15. Search continues for the body of the 2 year old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Zopek ranchers west of Roundup who fell into the Musselshell river while playing on the bank with an older child. The child left the farm through a window to join his sister and was unable to swim. Mrs Zopek, realizing the danger, called for help but the body remains missing after neighbors returned.
J D Miller Wanted on Forgery and Fraud Charges
Billings July 18 Sherif stone Matlock left for Cody to bring back J D Miller wanted here on forgery and passing bad checks. Miller had been jailed in Deer Lodge for forging a local man’s name and released about a year ago then forged another check here. He was captured at Cody today and sentenced to six months for forgery at Hardin before breaking jail and cashing fraudulent checks at Forsyth and Great Falls before disappearing.
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Billings
Sherim Stone Matlock
Cody
J.D. Miller
Hardin
Great Falls
Miller
Deer Lodge
Forsyth
Body of Unknown Man Found Near Lewistown
The body of a man about 60 was found lying at the Burnham farm edge five miles from Lewistown. Coroner Creel led the investigation with Tullock and County Attorney Wright, who noted two empty whiskey bottles nearby. The man wore a blue suit and brown overcoat, with a reddish beard, estimated to be under medium height. Authorities believe the body had lain there at least three months and have not established the man's identity.
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Lewistown
Burnham Farm
Creel
Tullock
Wright
East
Great Falls Smeltermen Protest Bill In Congress
Great Falls smeltermen vote against the Kitchin bill taxing copper as proposed, drafting a resolution to Montana's congressional delegation. The July 11 communication urges defeating the clause as discriminatory to Montana copper industry and preserving livelihoods. Also mentions mayoral politics in Roundup and late fiscal-year post office gains with a 21 percent rise.
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Th Falls Mill and Smelter Men’ Union
Montana
Congress
Washington
Thomas Barrett
E. L. Heberlein
L. A. Nichols
Vv. M. Mullery
Death of Don C Pratt noted in Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge July 15 Don C Pratt aged 45 died at St Josephs hospital this morning from heart disease He was a carpenter and had lived in Powell county 23 years and in Deer Lodge six His mother resides at Sand Point Idaho He leaves a brother George Pratt and a sister Mrs Charles Horn of Helena The funeral will be arranged later under Knights of Pythias auspices
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Deer Lodge
Don C. Pratt
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Powell County
Sand Point
Idaho
George Pratt
Charles Horn
Helena
Knights of Pythias
Sleep Keeps Denver Woman in Deep Slumber for Weeks
Mrs Wess starvey aged 28 in Denver remains in a deep slumber since June 28. Doctors have not revived her despite efforts, though she breathes normally and appears healthy aside from unconsciousness. Nourishment is given in liquid form.
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Denver
Col
Wess Starvey
Castro Denied Admission After New York Arrival
New York July 15 Gen Cio Francisco Castro former president of Venezuela was denied entry to the United States upon arrival aboard the Vauban from Port of Spain Trinidad Detention ordered from Washington Castro remained aboard to await a board of inquiry The assistant commissioner said charges of moral turpitude mirrored those of three years ago Castro said his visit was not political and that the trouble was red tape and not personal to him
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New York
Cio Franc” Castro
Venezuela
United States
Ellis Island
Vauban
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Washington
General Castro
Byron H. Uhl
Uhl
Cometry
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Theovernment
Porto
Rico
Colombia
Castro
Unknown Man Killed by Milwaukee Road Train Near Gage
A passenger train No. 17 struck an unidentified man just outside the Gage yard limits on the Milwaukee Road. The victim was buried at the county’s expense, with both hands one foot and the head severed and the body badly crushed.
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Stretenea
Milwaukee
Gage
Missing Gallatin Farm Youth Sparks Sheriff Aid
Bozeman July 19 An 18 year old boy Thais Schulling is missing from his father's farm near Holland church since last Sunday morning. The father K Schulling seeks help after newspaper ads yield no news. The youth is about six feet tall and 140 pounds. News items also note a Montana race filing error and a Helena forest fire nearly extinguished after 24 hours.
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Bozeman
Thais Schulling
Holland Church
K. Schulling
Noeason
Sheriff's Office
Burglar Wounds Fruit Stand Cashier in Butte
A night store raid at Savin Lisa groceries on East Park street in Butte ended with the burglar firing five shots as he fled with cash and silver. He crawled behind the counter then exited through a rear window. deputies suspect the thief may still be in town. An apprentice clerk slept above the office and woke to the break in. the burglar left his hat as a clue, but a reliable description remains elusive.
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Savin Lisa Cash Grocery
East Park Street
Butte
Baldisero
Lisa
John Iwyenovicn
Stoyenovich
Spell bound at the Liberty pictured in Butte
A Knickerbocker film titled Spell bound screens at the Liberty in Butte featuring a love romance with occult touches from India. The story follows a happy couple connected to an army major and a mysterious dol with jeweled head. The couple reconciles after a fire sparked by a distraught Indian savant. The showing is today only. Derailed cars delay trains near Finlen, but the Milwaukee freight cars are cleared and No. 18 arrives late.
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Butte
India
Milwaukee
Finlen
Death at Ophir Mine Due to Carelessness
Coroner reports Ed Morgan a pumpman killed at the Ophir mine on Wednesday noon by his own action while reaching for the bell rope at the 600 foot level. Body crushed, fell into the sump, burial at Holy Cross cemetery Thursday morning.
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Ed Morgan
Ophir
Lane
Holy Cross
Public health officials plan travel certificates to curb epidemic
Dr Charles B. Banks of the U S Public Health Service announced that children leaving New York will be examined and travel certificates issued to protect other states from the infantile paralysis epidemic. He and assistants Dr E W Brown and Dr C B Gardner will gather information on the disease and child health in other states. The plan aims at interstate, not intrastate travel, with quarantine measures to safeguard neighboring areas as the epidemic spreads. In New York, 27 deaths and 144 new cases were reported in 24 hours. since June 26, 1,81 cases and 60 deaths have occurred. The English sparrow has eliminated the thistle and caterpillar from New Zealand.
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Charles B. Banks
United States Public Health Service
New York
Bank
E. W. Brown
C. B. Gardner
Ne York
Statity Health Om
Ed. Soc
Five Boroughs
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Powell County Fair
Frank Conley
J. R. Quigley
C. H. Williams
H. B. Grant
David Hogan
Mike McCormick
Wilson
Burlington Great Northern
Hughes
A. J. Labeck
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Bourquin
Gallatin County
Main Street
Milwaukee Road
Gallatin Farm
Helena National Forest
J.C. Byers
Hanlon & Byers
Sra. A. Borenaca
Lo Fence Avenue
Mont Phone
Canonton & “Landont “Co
Brownfield-Canty Co
W .Park
Park Ave
Standard
P. H. McGrath
Cleaners
Savin Lisa
MG Holl
Jobwe
Hutte
Liberty
New Zealand
Columbia Gardens
Aurora
Hugh
Overtire
Mendelssohn
Tobant
Frantzen
Remick
Lampe
Morceau
Fath
the Booser
Lake
Pilsen
Luders
Verdi
Lithgow
Hutt
Russia
la’ Czarine
Taylor
Straus
H. Treloar
Liberty Theater
Spellbound
Louis Meredith
Featuring Marc McDermott
Meriam Nesbitt
Culictra
Bonino
Fast Park Street
Bem
Pete) Bonino
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