Massive Salt Lake oil tank blast lights up city
The Salt Lake refinery explosion last Saturday killed three and maimed many. Fingerprint expert Hi Kimball watched flames rise over 1000 feet, calling the scene magnificent yet deadly. Firemen isolated the blaze to prevent spread to nearby tanks as hospitals filled with injured. The warm 103 degree day worsened conditions.
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Salt Lake
Hi Kimball
Butte
Kimball
Clayton
Fort Dougiac
Sait
Lable
Kimeball
Butte Visitors and Local Notices Highlight Week
Numerous visitors and residents are noted in Butte with hotel stays and registrations at Thornton and Leggat, including J. F. Keown of Bozeman, Axel Miller of Dixon, J. Reeves of Missoula, A. Strait of Livingston, and J. Caffery of Miles City. Various social items and business visits are reported, plus a grand opening dance at Boulder Hot Springs and an administrator bond approved for Nels E. Hedin.
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Orton Bros
Robert J. Wilson
Hanis
Butte
J.F. Keown
Bozeman
Helen Gi
Frank E. Finch
Dillon
A. C. Jones
Hennessy
Axel Miller
Dixon
John Reeves
Missoula
Leggat
Ash Wilson
Philipsburg
W. W. Harper
Anaconda
Harper
Thornton
Ofice
P.O
J. W. Jordan
Frank E. McDonnell
Jos Lakman
Great Falls
J. Caffery
Miles City
Ralph Butterworth
Union Pacific System
Murray
Boulder Hot Springs
Young
G. M. Riper
Cedar’ Falls
Iowa
H. J. Nelson
Three Forks
Nelson
J. B. Wood
Great Northern Railway
Helena
Charles B. Daggett
Townsend
H. H. Hallaway
Claude Kimball
Nels E. Hedin
Carrie Hedin
Gardner Caught After Hot Chase On Oregon Train
News accounts describe the pursuit of escaped Oregon prisoner Harry Tracy associate Gardner near Castle Rock and Kelso Washington. Gardner hid in brush, boarded a freight train, used disguises, and was captured after a Dallas hotel encounter. Marian Howell aided the capture by noticing suspicious bandages and gold teeth, leading to police verification and arrest. Gardner claimed the counterfeiter Pyron helped free them, and described the California mail sack as containing 140000 dollars.
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Harry Tracy
Oregon
Castle Rock
Kelso
Wash
Gardner
Dale
J. Patten
Oxford
Sonny
McNeil Island
Marian Howell
the Oxford
Ruthall
Ihows
Mulhall
California
Ne ‘Odonnell
O'Donnell
Portland
Donnell
British Troops Arrest Hundreds in Disputed Incident
A report notes British troops arrested hundreds after a shooting that wounded two. a bank official was held up and robbed. the Carnegie library on Castro Island was set on fire and destroyed. Two men were sentenced. armed robbery disrupted mail trains from Belfast to Dublin with property destroyed. Robert Kane received ten years for possession of five cartridge ridges and bullets, while Patrick O'Donnell was sentenced to sixteen years for possessing two hundred rounds.
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Carnegie Library
Castro Island
Belfast
Dublin
Diplystown
Robert Kane
Patrick O'Donnell
Irish Home Rule Debate Opens with Buxton Shifting Role
June 16 features Lord Buxton’s first speech since returning from South Africa as a governor general. He and other peers discussed ground to negotiate an Irish settlement, but agreed government initiative is essential. Donoughmore led the debate calling for clear government terms and a path to Home Rule. The debate adjourned to Tuesday for the government response. American killed in Ireland case and hidden gun seizure facts follow.
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Strone Pleas
Lord ‘Buxton
South Africa
Lord Buxton
Bart ‘of Donoughfore
Donoughmore
Union of South Africa
South of Ireland
Viscount Brice
Lord Donoughmore
Mudro Returns After Long Wanderings From War
Fragmentary text notes Joseph Mudro after years abroad, recalling travels since the war. It mentions Cherbourg, Cunard ships, and brief impressions of reuniting with native land friendships as he surveys the postwar scene and resumed business, amid a dusted Milwaukee evening.
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Milwaukee
Mudro
Cherbourg
Cunard
State Legion to Host Vocational Education Training
June 16 report from Miles City says Lief Fredericks, head of the federal board for vocational education in Montana, arranged to provide training for ex-servicemen at Lewistown on June 27. Coroner reports after a drowning in the Stillwater May Basin near Stillwater. Body possibly moving in river current near Archute Falls. Parachute failure myth debunked citing 600 observed descents with no failures.
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The
American Legion
Lief Fredericks
Federal Board For Vocational “Education
Montana
Lea ‘Gin
Lewistown
Associated Press
Miles City
Plimpton
Joe Hildebrandt
Inmbue
Yellowstone
Arachute Falls
Colonel Knight Dies Suddenly in Cabin Fire
The body of Colonel Knight was found in his cabin at 820 East Jet Street after a sudden collapse. He was an early voter and Civil War veteran who held the rank of colonel at Chat. The inquest was not held. the funeral was arranged by the family. He was said to have once owned considerable wealth, now diminished.
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Aspcinted
New York
Ireland
Hoboken
Frank Willams
Williams
Tim
Colonel" Knight
East Park Parke
Har Street
Man Accused of Drug Selling in Yellowstone Complaint
June 16 report from Miles City shows a complaint alleging a man sold drugs near a park in the Yellowstone area. The terse account notes danger passed and mentions the accuser, with limited readable details due to damaged text.
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Miles City
Yellowstone
Campaign Indorsed by Executive Committee
The Butte Chamber of Commerce executive committee approved a recruiting campaign plan to boost membership and support. The campaign runs next week and ends with a public mass meeting on Wednesday night, followed by three mornings of membership solicitation. More than 100 workers will meet Monday night to organize, with local and outside speakers slated for the mass meeting.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Charles Te
Leonard
Wills
Herman Blank
RC. Monahan
C. Vowell
J. Te. Hesser
Arthur Merkie
John Gillie
J. L. Bruce
Himan Blank
A. J. Davis
Paul C
R. C. Monahan
A. J. Davin
TJ. Bennetts
Charles J. Hughes
William B. Daly
G.C. Vowell
J. L. Brace
T. C. Witherspoon
J. 1K
Hesler Paul Gow
William Wisner
H. J. Lonsky
Arthur Merkle
T. Davis
Undertakers Notice and Funeral Details for Mrs Penaluna
Mrs Rebecca Penaluna of Mid Led Yeare wits of AL i survived by William and others. Funeral will be held at her brother 11 Geainh Teteee tomorrow Wednesday afternoon at 4 oclock, then to Silver Park Methodist Episcopal Church for services by Rev. Fc Pultor. Interment Mount Moriah cemetery. Thanks extended to neighbors and the Loyal Order of Boone for support during the funeral of our beloved Penaluna.
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Midelewick
AL i
Ventorday
William
Warren
Walter "Warren
Gare Haganiso A
Ada Parker
Garrivon
Geainh Teteee
Wohorrow Wuetsrday
Wclnck
How ‘Park
Boone
Penaluna
Villetam” Panaluna
Xvexanders Panaluna
Thomas Penaluna
Mies. Storrer
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Butte News
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House of Lords
Philadelphia
Thomas Rush
Crown
Mary Kelly
Rush
Lisacus
Josep Mudro
Knight
Bryant
Fransen
Pride
Lyon
J. W’carthy
Columbia
B. Park St
Pola Negri
Carmen
Kinogram News ‘Weekly
the World's Wonder
Son OF
Tarzan
Ampaign
Undertakers
Joseph Richards, Inc
Momane
McCarthy
Utah
North Dakota
White House
Golden West
McCarthy's
Sanitary
East Broadway
J. B. Knight
Statte
White
Sam R. White
Ener Neon
Sodom
Dalyshea
FUERA
Ene
Larry
M. J. Walsh CO
Phene
Mow Hive
Ne- Soa
Ts Me Lawler
Agnes Sawier
Platinum Street
Masa
Patricios Church
Cassidy & Bilboa, Inc
East Park Street
Lamen Camidy
Artner “Gosselin
Pisceyan
Loule
Pisoe- Vane
Athines Sherman & Reed
Morgan
L Maton
Patrick Seeley
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