Well Pump Fire Leaves Two Men Burned At Windsor Hotel
Special Dispatch reports Orin Moore and Frank Keff were badly burned while inspecting a malfunctioning gasoline pump at a well behind Boulder’s Windsor hotel. A match lit during inspection ignited accumulated gasoline vapor, trapping them in a Winch hole and forcing a surface escape. Both were treated by Dr. A L Ward. Moore suffered the worst burns yet aided Keff, with injuries mainly to hands face and head. The blaze did not reach their eyes.
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Boulder
Orin Moore
Frank Keff
Windsor Hotel
Moore
Dr. A. L. Ward
Clergy Invoked Controversy Over Commencement Prayer
The Rev Edward Smith, pastor of the Methodist church, criticized a Chico Hot Springs trip by the senior class last Sunday. He was slated to offer the invocation at Wednesday night’s commencement but is now barred from praying, with Dr George Hindley asked to deliver the prayer amid efforts to ease the dispute.
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The
Standard
Igston
Chico Hot Springs
Edward Smith
George Hindley
Congregational Church
Diphtheria Strikes Children of Dr Schustrom at Livingston
Three of Dr. Charles Schustrom’s children in Livingston are ill with diphtheria. The house is quarantined and the board of health has taken precautions to confine the disease. Officials expect recovery.
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Livingston
Charles Schustrom
Board of Health
IrepmAn Man Crashes in Sheep Company Accident
Special Dispatch reports a Monday accident in a local sheep company district injuring a man named Ne L. Milner. Details are limited as the incident unfolds with the horse involved identified as Ne L Milner.
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Billings
Ororight Sheep Company
L. Milner
Record Fish Hits 29 Inch Brisben Creek Catch
Livingston June 1 Special Dispatch Jake Malin of this city shattered park county records with a 29 inch speckled trout weighing 11 pounds caught in Brisben creek. The fish fought for over an hour before landing on an automatic reel, witnessed by many as J P L Beane prepared to mount it.
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Standard
Livingston
Jake Matin
Park County
St. Man
Brisben Creek
Mr. Malin
Isaac
Mafin
Beane
Death at Tie Camp: Harry Fraser Found Dead
Bozeman reports the body of Harry Fraser found in a bunk at the tie camp near Cooper's. Dr. C W Jump summoned. death attributed to heart disease. Undertaker from Lafley’s to transport the body. Fraser recently employed, origin and kin unknown, mail routed through Bozeman may identify him.
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The
Standard
Bozeman
Salesville
Cooper's
Harry Fraser
Hhe
C. W. Jump
Lafley’s
Fraser
Bozeman Estantice
Undertakers Meet at Bozeman Convenes State Association
The Montana Undertakers Association opened in Bozeman with about 18 in attendance and more expected on evening trains. President Jacob Opp of Helena led the session with prayer by Rev Frank Lewis. Mayor Story welcomed the convention and the day featured a brief business session on dues followed by lectures by Professors Feeles and Moll.
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Standard
Oreman
State Undertakers Association
Jacob Opp
Helena
Frank Bh
Lewis
Story
Iia Brist
Bozeman
Feeles
Moll
Land Contest Heard Over Poverty Flat Acreage
Special Dispatch to the stannara from Tillings reports a land contest heard this afternoon in the district court. Harley T. Reckard, a letter Cartier at the local post office, and A. T. Duval dispute the title to 160 acres on Poverty Flat, four miles from the city, before clerk Fred H. Monter.
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Stannara
Tillings
Harley T. Reckard
Resigns Commission in Local National Guard
Glendive June 14 Captain F J Marks resigns his commission in the national guard here and is succeeded by First Lieutenant D J Donohue.
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Glendive
F. J. Marks
National Guard
D. J. Donohue
Bear Creek Rancher Seeks Restoration of Citizenship Rights
James Fullerton, a Bear Creek rancher, returns to Red Lodge with his wife to petition district court for restoration of his citizen rights after being certified sane by three Canadian doctors. The case, aided by attorney J C Caswell, follows his admission to an asylum years ago amid family strife. a six week trip to Portland and Seattle is planned before the court reconvenes. Canadian doctors W H Newburne C C Cragg and P W Tailer attest to his mental balance.
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Blandara Red Lodge
James Fullerton
Bear Creek
J. C. Caswell
Fullerton
Lethbridge
C. R. Stranahan
Boulder
Dtent
Mr. Fullerton
Red Lodge
P. W. Tailer
Montana Exhibit At Port land Exposition Noted
Paul McCormick reports Montana presents a splendid exhibit at the Portland exposition with strong products except horticulture. Glendive notes a threat to destroy a Northern Pacific ice house yesterday afternoon, affecting storage facilities and recent events.
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Billings
Paul McCormick
Portland
Montana
Fire damages Northern Pacific icehouse aftermath
A fire damaged two Northern Pacific icehouses when sparks from a passing engine ignited the riveted roof. Fire companies Northern Pacific and Gate City contained the blaze with losses under ten dollars. The incident recalls a prior year fire at a similar site.
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Northern
Pacite
Gate City
Helena Woman Injured After Fall From Stage Coach
Special Dispatch from Livingston June 4 reports Mrs. J Thompson of Helena badly but not seriously injured in the national park when she fell from the top of a moving stage coach. She was found unconscious and taken to the Port, where she is resting. T B Miller and Stephen Carpenter, the insurer’s agents, went to the park as Mrs. Thompson was insured.
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Stancara
Livingston
J. Thompson
Helena
National Park
T.B. Miller
Labiliry Insurance Company
Stephen Carpenter
Maniac Passenger Falls Into Fit at Station
A Red Lodge miner, unknown to authorities, bought a ticket to Red Lodge at the Northern Pacific station Sunday. He collapsed in a fit, was taken to St Vincent's hospital, then moved to the county jail as his condition escalated to violent insanity.
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Lowstone
Red Lodge
Northern Pacific
St. Vincent's Hospital
Philipsburg Notes Highlight Local Movements and Visits
Philipsburg notices report residents traveling to Bessie Oklahoma for ranch life, miners and mine officials visiting nearby towns, teachers and delegates traveling to Missoula and Salt Lake, and local weddings. Notables include Mrs. Shilling, William McIntyre, Rev. J. A. Martin, and the Kutz couple planning Granite home.
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The
Standard
Philipsburg
B.A. Shilling
Bessie
Oklo
Peter F. 8
Princeton
Weigenstein
Butte
Robert Metcalf
George Metcalf
Alexander Suutenverger
St. Louis
Wil
American Gem Mining Syndicate
Rock Creek
William McIntyre
Milwaukee
Red Lion
Rey. W. H. Pascoe
Pascoe
J. Carmichael
Clara McDonel
Clayton
Craven
Delogates
Epworth League
Missoula
Western Federation of Miners
Salt Lake
JA. Martin
Methodist
Chihook
Loomis
Catherine Hickey
John Hickey
Prederic Lata
Kirkville
W. Noe
Kutz ‘Sill
Granite
Superintendent Hogan Recovering From Appendicitis
Special dispatch reports John Murphy ranch superintendent Hogan of Eastern Montana was brought to a hospital after an appendectomy at St Vincent's. He is recovering well with promise of full recovery. Also notes deputy game wardens meeting in Helena, Colonel Sanders' improving condition, and the combined convention of railroad master mechanics and master car builders at Manhattan Beach with 2,800 attendees.
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Standard
Pillings
Thomas Hogan
John Murphy
Montana
Mor~ Till
Sweet Grass County
St. Vincent's Hospital
Rinehart
Lindsey
Hogan
Helena
Ne Stangara
Sanders
New York
Railroad Master Mechanics’ Association
The
Master Car Builders' Association
Manhattan Beach
Montana National Guard Shifts Encampment to Prepare for Seagirt Match
Helena reports Adjutant General Alderson announces Fort Ellis encampment moved from September to allow guardsmen to train for the Seagirt rifle match in New Jersey. Montana will send 12 marksmen, a team captain, scorers, substitutes, and a quartermaster. A life-range contract near Fort Ellis costs about $600, with uniforms arriving—Capt. F J Marks of Glendive resigns, successor not yet elected.
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Helena
Alderson
National Guard
Fort Ellis
N. J
Montana National Guard
Montana
Seagirt
Bozeman
F. J. Marks
Glendive Company
Forgery Suspect Bowen Sought After Checks Cashed
Sheridan dispatch reports C M Bowen sought on a judge Rightour forgery warrant. Checks for 55 and 60 dated June 10, drawn on Helena First National and Fort Benton Stockmen Bank, payable to Bowen and signed Dan K Ragan. Banks denied deposits. Accomplice Frank Burbrey arrested with Bowen. bonded and released. Bowen last worked on a local ranch in April and returned Sunday.
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Stannare Sheridan
C. M. Bowen
Dan K. Ragan
Sheridan State Bank
Frank Burbrey
Bowen
Lombard
Deemed Mentally Ill Boy Committed to Warm Springs
In Bozeman on June 14 Judge Stewart ordered Ralph D Webster nearly 15 committed to Warm Springs asylum after extensive evaluation. His epilepsy since age two and long private treatment in Massachusetts led to the determination of a hopeless case requiring constant care. Attendant Forrest Bruce and father Frank Webster attended the hearing with doctors Boyle and Ragsdale conducting examinations.
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Standard
Bozeman
Ralph D. Webster
White Sulphur Springs
Stewart
Massachusetts
Forrest E. Bruce
Frank 8. Webster
Warm Springs
Dre. Boyle
Ragsdale
Potter Cleared By Judge In Fossick Case
London June 14 The judge exonerated Mrs James Brown Potter after Alfred Fossick head Berkshire was sentenced to five years for misappropriating 60000 dollars. Counsel claimed Fossick lent the money to Potter, and she testified Fossick as her lawyer tried to obtain a 65000 mortgage on her Maidenhead property to fund the Savoy theater.
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London
Alfred Fos Idenhead
Berkshire
James Brown Potter
Fossick
Woman Kills Five Children and Self Near Tucumcari
Topeka report from Tucumcari New Mexico says Mrs George Campbell wife of a rancher four miles west suddenly killed her five children then killed herself with a rifle bullet after driving husband away. The tragedy unfolded last evening in the family home.
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Topeka
Kan
State Journal
Tucumcar
N. M
George Campbell
Here
Mr Marshall Meets The King At Windsor in Windor Castle
Lennon reports on June 14 as Willson Marshall of the New York Yacht Club and owner of the Atlantic, the race winner for the cup presented by Emperor William, being presented to King Edward by Sir Thomas Lipton at Windsor Castle.
Flag association meeting reports flag protection progress
The American Flag Association presented its annual report detailing new state additions North Dakota Idaho Kansas and Wyoming and noting prior laws protecting the flag from desecration. The organization marked steady progress since its founding and outlined ongoing efforts to secure legal protections across states.
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New Yorm
Ville UooNem
American Flag Association
North Dakota
Idaho
Kansas
Wyoming
Flood Threat as Mississippi Falls and Lands Ravaged
Dangers from floodwaters plague areas along the Mississippi as rising water recedes. Inundated lowlands suffer heavy damage with crops ruined. Where feasible corn will be replanted in the lows lands to recover agricultural losses.
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Rsannibal
Mosume Tomas
Anc
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Meeting OF Deputies
Mie
Montana Guard
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M. C. Butler
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Ton. M. C. Butler
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Washington, D.C
Peruna Medicine Company
Sint Sur
Peruna
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Newark
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Dieappeares
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James Brown
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Tampa
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Havana
Lewis and Clark Exposition
Great Northern Railway
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