Elks to Celebrate with Dillon Guests in Virginia City
Dilton June 13 Elks from two counties plan elaborate festivities in Virginia City to welcome Dillon lodge members. A Friday ball and banquet will honor visitors from Madison county Butte and Anaconda. The Dillon military band and a saxophone octet will perform as about 20 cars ferry guests to the event.
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Verhead
Madison
Virgina
Dillon
Virginia City
Madison County
Butte
Anaconda
Gibson of Livingston Files for High Office
Livingston June 13 Fred L Gibson of this city twice a county attorney twice a member of the legislature and prominent in Republican circles of the state will today file notice with the Secretary of State of his candidacy for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor.
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Livingston
Fred L. Gibson
Hti
Deer Lodge Notices Inspire Summer Plans and Moves
Deer Lodge residents recount returns from vacations and visits. Wallie comes home from Taoulder. Elmer Anderson resigns from the shops and plans a summer away. Elmer and Mrs. Pierce prepare to relocate to Canada with a land-seeking party led by F. F Fraser near Peace River.
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Butte
W. T. Elliott
Deer Lodge
Valley Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Ora Willams
Sloan Miller
Missoula
Harry E. Pierce
Lewistown Man Receives Life Term For Murder
Lewistown June 13 Judge Avers denies motion to arrest judgment and sentences Berger to life imprisonment for the murder of George Crawford. The case followed a dramatic courtroom appearance as the district attorney announced the verdict amid a publicized trial. A separate item notes a high school Alumni ball attracting around 200 and lists new officers including Frank Wright as County Attorney.
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Lewistown
Rat Berger
Avers
Settenes
George Crawford
Frank Wright
Pres
Good Government Club elects officers in Helena
The Montana Good Government League closes its meeting with a record opposed to a twine factory at Deer Lodge penitentiary and supporting a woman superintendent of public instruction. Officers for the year include Mrs Eleanor Cott as chairwoman and Miss Jean Bishop as treasurer. The federation reports 73 affiliated clubs and about 3,500 members, with nearly 200 delegates registered for the state federation session starting tomorrow in the city.
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Helena
Montana Good Government League
Deer Lodge
Trumper
Mis
Isleanor Cott
Bix Timber
Max Atwater
Basin
CN. Skillman
Big Timber
Mise Belle Fligelman
L. D.rdmunds
Absarokee
Margaret Rozsa
Butte
Jean Bishop
Dillon
Mary Tocher
Livingston
Mary O'Neill
Mra Upshur
Fede
Federation
Mra
J.P. Kini
Malta
Fire destroys Canton harbor elevator and two ships
A major blaze at Canton harbor front gutted elevator No. 3 and damaged two steamships, Willem Van Drielst and Welbeck Hall, with estimated losses over 2 million dollars and more than 40 injured. Grain and ore piers were scorched as smoke and flames forced workers to flee. Fire officials consider a possible gray dust explosion as a triggering cause to be investigated.
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Ennsylvania
Canton
Willem van Drielst
Welbeck
Hall
Bom
Welbeck Mall
MOTHER-Woman to Stage The Moth er Woman Next Season
Cosmo Hamilton author of The Blindness of Virtue announces a next season production titled The Mother Woman. Public notices indicate the work reflects his characteristic social drama.
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Arthur
Cosmo Hamilton
Blair Indorses Monument for Montour Near Ovando
J W Blair of Helmville returns from travels in California Rome and across the West and plans a Montana monument to Montour, the old settler Indian warned settlers of danger. Blair seeks to move Montour’s unmarked grave and place a fitting memorial along Montana routes. He arrived in Deer Lodge after 1861 and supports statewide monument points.
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Car Lodge
Helmvilles
California
Rome
Deer Lodge
Lin Angeles
Calfornia
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Grand’ Canyon
Blair
Grand Canyon
Drummond Bank
Monteur
Tig Slacktout
Montour
Montana
Montana In the Year 1861, Mr.lair
The Hampshire Sunk by German Submarine Report
London June 14 reports newspapers disagreed on the sinking of the British cruiser Hampshire by a German submarine. The vessel carried Lord Kitchener and his party en route to Russia. Admiral Sir John Jellicoe said the ship was mined in his official report.
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London
Acc
Berne
Hampshire
Lord Kitchener c
Russia
John Jessicoe
Strike Ends as Workers Return to Old Wage Scale
The strike ends with workers told to report to old scale as arbitration set to name a committee from six members. Employers expect to resume operations while the Amalgamated Street Railway Workers and teamsters prepare to return. The walkout began June 1 and involved streetcar, lumber, and construction labor. No violence reported during the dispute. Children's Day events proceed, with streetcar service resuming by noon after track clearing.
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Employers’ Association
Silver Tow Trades and Tabor Assembly
Workingmen's ‘Union
Teamsters
John Gillie
James H. How
Oscar
John
Cancetlars
Brady
Amalgamated Order of Street
Butte
Butte Elks
General “Committee
J. R. Wharton
Hughes Defines Americanism Ahead of Nomination Acceptance
Charles E Hughes framed his stance as undiluted Americanism addressing German American concerns after acceptance of the Republican nomination. Supporters from progressives and Republicans, including Everett Colby and Theodore Douglas Robinson, pledged backing. Headquarters planned in New York and Chicago, with moves to show Hughes on screens nationwide.
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Charles FE
Hughes
Colonel Roosevelt
Everett Colby
New Jersey
John M. Parker
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Coronel Roosevelt
Mr. Hughes
Oscar C. Straus
Cleveland
Gov. B. Gael
William H. Crocker
M. H. de Young
San Francisco
Nicholas Murray Butler
Lloyd
Lucy Burns
Charles A.beard
Laura Prisk
Woman's. Tpublican Committee
Mc Hughes
Brown University
Republican
Chicago
Herbert Parsons
Republican National
T. B. Gleason
Republican Committee
Charles D. Hilles
Repubican National Committee
Gleagan
Charles E. Hughes
Brownuniver
Federal Trade Commission closes gasoline price inquiry
Washington June 18. The Federal Trade Commission finished its two day hearing into rising gasoline prices. Independent jobbers and refiners blamed Standard Oil for lack of competition and price fixing while Standard Oil reps argued regional actions reflect business judgment not collusion. A final report will be sent to Congress.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Standard Oil
John G. Milburn
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
R W. Stewart
Indiana
Ohio
Strike Talks Fail in San Pedro Longshoremen Dispute
Los Angeles June 18. Hinmoyers and union leaders failed to reach a settlement in the San Pedro longshoremen strike during a conference led by federal mediator Henry M White and adjourned without a date for another meeting. Employers would confer, appoint a committee to act for them, and meet the men later.
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Los Angeles
Hinmoyers
San Pedro
Henry M White
Crossing the Line at Augustana Synod Convention
At the fifty-seventh annual Augustana Synod convention in Galesburg Indiana on June 18 Canadian delegates criticized growing European influence and a post enlistment wave of colonial troops serving abroad, describing a strong current altering church priorities.
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Galesburg
The
Augustanaynod
Migration mood hits church and schools in Vancouver
The text notes a shift toward migration to the United States leading to closing of public schools and a grim mood for Industry and business. Speakers warned these conditions reduced church membership, with Vancouver, B C, church attendance around 60 percent.
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United States
Vancouver
B.C
Dr Rupert Blue Elected President Of Medical Association
Detroit June 18 The American Medical Association held its annual convention opening with Dr Rupert Blue general of the federal public health service installed as president The general session featured the principal address urging thorough preparation by the medical profession and potential epidemic research. A section on practice discussed plague transmission from horses to men and the need for further study. A separate report noted a $50 000 000 loan to the Russian government announced by a banking group including National City Bank and Kidder Peabody.
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Detroit
American Medical Association
Rupert Blue
Federal Public Health Service
Joseph A. Capps
Chicago
Ity Bank
Clos
National City” Bank
Ranty Tri - Go
Kidder, Peabody & Co, and Lee, Higginson & Co
Chicago markets mute wheat gains on foreign buying rush
Chicago markets show a firm session as foreign buying lifts wheat with July at 1.06 and September around 1.06. Oats fluctuated with a light decline to modest gains. Provisions rose late on higher hogs and improved Liverpool demand. corn and barley moved in step with wheat amid domestic weather and shipping strength. Cattle and sheep receipts also noted, with general steady to firm tones in the trading pit.
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Liverpool
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