Two Tragic Drownings and Destruction Hit Coastal Town
Reports describe Ted Wesson drowning in Lake Delmo and Clarence Small missing after Canty’s Lake blast damages area. A massive blast severs infrastructure and wrecks the coast aqueduct of Navy units, leaving Lone Pine California in a shaken state and a 12 foot ditch badly damaged.
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Ted Wesson
Lake Delmo
Clarence Small
Canty’s Lake
NAVY
Lone Pine
Cal
Fifth Successful Move Out Of Building Rage
A June 19 dynamiting near Owens Valley town Diaz Lake damaged an open concrete lined ditch. Merchants seek indemnity from Los Angeles for lost business after water rights acquisition for the city’s supply. The incident follows a series of similar acts amid disputes over valley customers and compensation.
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Los Angeles
Diaz Lake
Owens Valley
Ovens Valley
Los Angeles Waster and Power Commission
California
Christ would be lynched if he visited San Francisco
The Rev. William Norman Guthrie of St. Mark's New York stirred Grace Cathedral San Francisco by saying if Christ came to the city people would lynch him. He warned religion has been sanitized to safety while Jesus spoke hard truth, then noted the Ep Readings and a national Episcopal congress.
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San Francisco
Christ
William Norman Guthrie
St. Mark's Church
New York City
Grace Cathedral
Dr. Guthrie
Jesus
Guthrie
National Congress
The
Episcopal Church
Edward Lambe Parsons
California
Congress
Henry Lewis
Ann Arbor
Mich
Chicago physician kills himself after sending sons to church
Dr. George F. Slater, 52, a wealthy Chicago physician and real estate operator, ended his life by poison at his home after sending his two sons to Sunday school. He had just been ordered to appear at an inquest into a young mother's death, with the husband alleging Dr Slater treated her pre childbirth.
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Chicago
George F. Slater
Slater
Butte High to Graduate Record Number This Week
A record-sized crowd of graduates at Butte High in Montana will receive diplomas Friday morning at the Parkway theater. An estimated 234 students will graduate, surpassing last year’s 233. Prof Walter T. Scott of Montana School of Mines will give the commencement address. diplomas will be presented by A J Stewart, board chair.
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Walter T. Scott
Parkway ‘Theater
Montana
Butte High
Parkway
Montana School of Mines
A. J. Stewart
Jesse Ragsdale
Scott
Mines
Anaconda High
Printers Strike Forces Anaconda Standard Shutdown
The Anaconda Standard will cease publication after union No. 255 demands wage increases and shorter hours. Union members employed by the Standard will strike Monday June 20 at 2 p m after arbitration offers were refused. The Miner and the Daily Post will also discontinue until further notice.
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Anaconda
Butte
Anaconda Standard
Anaconda Typographical Union No. 255
Standard
International Typographical Union
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
the Standard
the Miner
the Post
Stabbing at Oxford leaves Anaconda man badly hurt
Sylvester Sullivan, 15, nicknamed Anaconda Man, was stabbed twice in an Oxford block affray around 3 Sunday morning. He was taken to St James hospital with serious injuries as police seek John Spilester and question Helen Clark alias Aileen Sullivan and Nick Roses. Several others, including a woman, are involved but uncooperative. Fire and hospital staff report no immediate public details.
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Sylvester Sullivan
Sylvester “Bulan
Oxford
Snow Kei Oop Inaliente Ta
Sullivan
John Spicester
Weaded
Helen Clark
Aileen Sullivan
Nick Roses
Spilester
Oxford Block
Harry Barker
South Dakota Street
St. James’ Hospital
Bart Riley
Jim Doolan
Riley
Bullivan
Clark
Barker
Spilestes
James Larkin
Flames of coach surround mother in misread train crash report
An Aurora and Elgin electric train accident near dusk left a coach wrecked and passengers scrambling through windows and doors to escape. A child was born aboard the car and rushed to hospital after a physician on board treated the mother at the scene.
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Associated Prows
Chicago
Oblesgo
Aurora & Elgin
Startled horse kills girl as truck passes on highway
Philipsburg dispatch June 19 Pearl Ticket aged nine was riding on a truck running board when a frightened horse kicked her, instantly killing her. The truck was driven by her father Richard Ticket, a local resident.
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Philipsburg
Pearl Ticket
Richard Ticket
Man and Girl Hurt After Fall From Balustrade
A friendly hallway scuffle at the Oxford block left Leland Johnson and Miss Gwendolyn Klassen injured after tumbling from the second to the first floor. Johnson, 20, suffered a broken back and Klassen, 19, a broken foot. Johnson may survive. an X-ray today will gauge the extent of the injury. The incident occurred about 9 o'clock as the pair, described by Klassen, were roughing in the hallway.
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Leland Johnson
Gwendolyn Klassen
Oxford
Johnson
J. O'Keefe
St. James Hospital
Miss Klasen
Pacific airplane lands at El Paso
The three motor monoplane piloted by First Lieutenant Lester J Maitland arrived in El Paso from San Antonio after a five and a half hour flight. It will depart tomorrow for Tucson, Arizona as part of the Army plan to conquer the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii.
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EL Paso
Texas
Lester J. Maitland
Pacific Ocean
California
Hawaii
San Antonio
Tucson
Ariz
President Coolidge Attends Rural Church Sermon
President Coolidge attends the first sermon of a student minister in a small western church crowded with weathered ranchers and their families. He sits with Mrs Coolidge in the third row as Rev. James Wi, a missionary preacher, presides and the scene unfolds in a hamlet known for cattlemen and miners.
Yellowstone Opens for Season Amid Record Crowds
Cody Wyoming June 19 The entrance of Yellowstone National Park opened today with 4000 autos from all states in attendance. Crowds blocked the highway for five miles as the opening pageant proceeded. Speakers included Congressman John Tilson Congressman Charles E Winter Governor Frank Emerson and park superintendent H M Albright. Guests included Jane Garlow Buffalo Bill Cody’s granddaughter and Mrs Jester Allen grandniece. An Indian pageant led by Chief White Man Runs Old Scout and 75 Crow Indians highlighted the festivities.
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Cody
Wyo
Coay
Yellowstone National Park
John @. Tilson
Connecticut
Charles E Winter
Wyoming
Frank Emerson
H. M. Albright
Jane Garlow
Buffalo Bill” Cody
Jester Allen
White Man
Old Scout
Walkerville Boy Drowns in Canty Lake While Rescuing Brother
In Walkerville, a 17 year old expert swimmer tried to save his brother after breaking a cramp while swimming Canty’s Lake. He was pulled from the icy water and later pronounced dead. Rescuers battled cold water for an hour but could not revive him. This marks Walkerville’s second tragedy in three days following a fatal shooting of 15 year old Sam Stephens by a 16 year old.
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Lexington Terrace
Walkerville
Canty's Lake
Avelock
North Avenue
Keee
Driscoll
Prvi Rai
Tate the Lad
Sam Stephens
Harry Kelseth
Stephens
Small
Lake
Clarence
Canty’s
Fighermen Save Boy Clinging to Raft as Fatal Lake Incident
Theodore Wesson, 21, drowns trying to rescue his 12 year old brother Stanley Hash who fell from a drifting raft on Delmo lake. Stanley survives by grabbing raft debris but both boatsmen and rescuers fail to revive Wesson after an hour of resuscitation. The tragedy occurred around noon when Wesson, fully clothed, leaped from shore after hearing his brother cry for help amid extreme cold water causing cramps.
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Theodore Wesson
State Street
Delmo Lake
Stanley Hash
Stanley
Wesson
Landslide wreck at Rosseton kills workers at Medakin plant
A landslide collapsed a Columbia Building plant at Rosseton near Medakin leaving over a hundred workers buried. Authorities report 0 dead recovered so far with many others injured and losses exceeding a million pesos in materials.
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Rosseton
Medakin
Pair of Stigkup Men Take Watch Ang And Small Sum Of Money
Dennis Harrington of 5 North Jackson street was robbed at 11 20 last night in front of 26 East Woolman street by two bandits. A masked man stole $6 a watch and a ring while a second, unmasked and unarmed, forced Harrington to hand over the ring and watch then told him to leave. It is the first street holdup in Butte for some time.
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Dennis Harring
North Jackson Street
East
Woolman Street
Harrington
Hirington
Butte
Ghost terror drives farmer to flee Kansas home
Fred Koett near Ellington, Kansas, said a haunting spooked him for months, destroying rent and endangering his family. He reported a ghost tampering with belongings, peering in windows, and disturbing his hired help, culminating in a night of fear and an ambush that left no traces. Witnesses ready to affidavits confirm eerie disturbances and Koett’s decision to abandon the ancestral farm.
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Fred Koett
Ellingwood
Koett
J. M. McGuire
Fort Scott
Ark
Rice County
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