Big Fourth of July Festival at Columbia Gardens
Butte celebrates a five day Fourth of July program at Columbia Gardens with free and paid amusements. Highlights include parades by ten piece bands and automobile entries with top prizes, a monster parade, aeroplane stunts, wild west shows with bucking horses and longhorns, free dog and pony shows, and nightly fireworks. The American Legion and G A R participate, with youth groups like Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls involved, plus a mid summer carnival and autos awarded on July 4 and July 6.
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Columbia Gardens
American Legion
City
Sta
Clark Streets
Clark Park
Clarks
Black -Pitts
Montana Powers
Rnodes
Black-Pitts
Carnival
Connell
Butte
Eredt
E Amerigan Legion
Newspaper Man of Coast A Visitor
Destine, western representative of Consolidated Press in San Francisco, holds a post with New Era Pinion. Mr. Bankes reviews the Montana terrain site for Fails, traveling via Bookane and Seattle to reach the coast assignment.
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Newspaper
MAN OF Coast
Destine
Western
Consolidated Press
San Francisco
Mereay
Bankes
Montana
Franby
Bookane
Seattle
Grand larceny case set for June 26
Gladys laMarr’s grand larceny trial will be heard before Judge J. Lynch on Friday June 26. Attorney Matt Canning stated for the defendant.
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Ageee Thial
Gladys laMarr
J. Lynch
Matt Canning
Train Robbers Elude Sleuth In Double Heist
A daring band seized a mail train near Crystal Lake aided by gas bombs and a gas mask. They forced the engineer to stop two miles from the scene and raided three of eight cars for registered pouches amid warnings of Philadelphia and Chicago criminals joining forces. One robber was reportedly shot by a companion and hauled away. About 1,500 mail pouches were on the train, but only a trio of registered pouches were taken.
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Germer
Harvey, Ill
Indiana Harbor
Philadelphia
Chicago
Crystal Lake
Denny 15 Given Hearty Reception at Townsend
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Judge L G Denny of Butte, a Democratic candidate for governor, addressing a large Townsend crowd. He criticized extravagance and waste in state affairs and praised a highway bill passed by the last legislature that the governor vetoed after adjournment.
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Standard
Townsend
L G. Denny
Butte
State Highway Commission
Lanstrum Seeks Line on Butte Post Appointment
National Committeeman Lanstrum of Montana met here with Postmaster General to discuss delaying a Butte postmaster appointment until his return to Montana. Mrs. George Berry, Montana committee woman, may also be consulted under convention rules granting her equal authority.
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Standard
Cleveland
Lanstrum
Montana
New
Butte
de Lanstrum
George Berry
Otto Ihk of Sick Drug Company Summoned to Ashland
Otto Ihk of the Sick Drug company was called to Ashland Wisconsin yesterday by telegram to attend to a serious illness affecting his mother. The message prompted the trip as family concerns were disclosed in the limited readable text.
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Otto Ihk
The
Sick Drug Company
Ashland
Wis
Moshes
Friday the 13th Brings Lively Butte Curiosity
Butte residents called Friday the 13th a lucky day as sunshine returned after a week of stormy weather. No major accidents were reported at police stations or hospitals. The Fountain Roadhouse burned early morning removing a local landmark. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Jack Shannon marking the first Friday birth in Butte on June 13 1924. A couple delayed marriage registration to avoid the date superstition, completing the entry today.
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Butte
Jack Shannon
Bell Street
Republicans in Cleveland Attack Graft Exposers at Convention
In Washington public morals and honesty are praised as restored while the Cleveland convention denounces the senators who exposed graft as character assassins. The GOP platform avoids mentioning Mellon and endorses Democratic tax reductions, signaling a shift toward a Democratic administration of honesty and efficiency.
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Washington
Mondell
Newberry
Fall
Daugherty
Forbes
Walsh
Old Guard
Republican Party
Melion
Dawes Pick Amid Convention Confusion and Butler Blunders
After a turbulent convention, Dawes emerges as a running mate option amid discontent with conerpuss and labor votes. Butler’s missteps, Borah’s stubborn no, and a flurry of last minute pivots led to Hoover as the eventual choice, highlighting the Coolidge camp’s flawed decision process and party tensions.
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Dawes
Conerpuss
Congress
la Follette
Europe
Coolidge
William M. Butler
Senator Borah
Borah
Butler
Kenyon
Iowa
Cleveland
Burton
Hoover
Navy Officers Start Inquiry
A Spokane Ensign H. D. Smith entered a gas filled gun turret after a deadly blast. He crawled through flames to inspect for survivors and then recovered the first bodies, earning praise as a noted hero of the disaster.
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Esty
Spokane
H. D. Smith
Ensign
Ensign Smith
Smith
Spokane Ensign Smith Hero of Mississippi Disaster
Ensign H Donald Smith of Spokane telegraphed his parents that he is safe after the Mississippi disaster aside from gas and smoke. He asks his mother to “work” for him in their Christian Science faith. Smith, born in Spokane, graduated North Central high school in 1918 and Annapolis in 1922, serves as radio observer aboard the New Mexico and helped in the initial rescue boats.
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Radio Observer
Spokane
Ensign H. Donald Smith
Horatio W. Smith
North Central High School
Annapolis Naval Academy
New Mexico
Mississippi
Explosive blast kills 48 aboard U S S Mississippi
San Pedro reports the explosion in No 2 turret of the U S S Mississippi killed 48 sailors. Boatswain's mate R J Macavin of the U S S New Mexico described a small initial flash followed by a bigger blast that trapped men in the crowded turret. Escapees spoke of thick smoke and suffocation rather than direct burn injuries.
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San Pedro
U. S. S. Mississippi
R. J. Macavin
San Francisco
U. S. S. New Mexico
Macavin
No. 2
New Mexico
Woodmen Open Quadrennial Convention at Mammoth Hot Springs
Woodmen of the World held its quadrennial convention at Mammoth Hot Springs Yellowstone Park. A laws committee report led to combining head clerk and head auditor offices, raising protection from 500 3000 to 600 5000 dollars, and creating a general welfare board of five head managers head consul and head clerk. The session will be entertained tonight by California delegates with Oregon and Colorado hosting later. Head Banker A B Sunderland arrived from California after delay.
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Yellowstone Park
Woodmen of the World
Mammoth Hot Springs
Laws Committee
Samuel J. Burrin
Denver
Colo
T. J. Barry
San Francisco
Cal
E. Towers
Oakland
J. i Ghwelgert
Richard Deich
District Court
Portland
Ore
General Welfare Board
California
Oregon
Colorado
A. BE. Sunderland
Picture producer awarded $75,000 in damages
Emil Offerman, former New York motion picture producer, was awarded $75,000 damages by a Los Angeles superior court jury. He had sued Robertson-Cole studios for $183,685, claiming he was discharged in violation of a three year manager contract at $500 weekly.
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Los Angeles
Emil Offerman
New York
Robertson-Cole Studios
Offerman
Mrs. Emme Haefer Named Dead at 28 in Butte
Mrs. Emme Haefer of Butte died yesterday at age 28. She leaves husband George Haefer, parents Mr. and Mrs. H A Taylor, and son John, all of Butte, plus grandmother Mrs. Martha Taylor of Casper Wyoming. Body at White's. funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Pmma Halfer
Emme Haefer
Butte
George Haefer
H. A. Taylor
John
Elif Butte
Martha Taylor
Casper
Wyo
White's
Tanlac Restores Miller's Appetite After Three Years
Harry H. Bousser of Halstead Kansas reports severe indigestion and weight loss from thirty five years as a miller. After taking Tanlac his appetite returned a few weeks, digestion improved, and weight rose from 138 to 146 pounds. He endorses Tanlac and notes widespread sales by druggists.
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Tanlac
Harry H. Bousser
Halstead Milling and Elevator Company
Halstead, Kan
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Denny
Butte Post
NAVY
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Hennessy’s
Silver Butte
Swift
Hansen’s
Hood River
Hood Rivers
Florida
Kennewick
Ens
Hansen
Hennessy
Price
Ceylon
Japan
Penick
P. & G. Soan
van Camp
Sunshine Graham Crac
Lipton
Durkee
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