Anaconda Road Bandit Rumor debunked by rescue
Hughwaymen scare town after reports of bandits on Anaconda Gregnon road. Wall Collins and Coline encounter a stranded man who sought help. a supposed hold up ends when Collins tows the broken machine to town, ending the chase. Activists had planned posses but the tale collapses with the rescue.
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Anaconda-Gregnon Road
Fowever
Wall Collins
Coline
Greguon
Cole Line
Collins
Collision between motorcycle and car injures riders
An East Commercial collision near the Butte tracks demolished the motorcycle and damaged a newly bought automobile owned by Miss Addie Fisher. The rider and passenger were injured but unnamed, while the two motorcyclists were taken to hospital with minor injuries. A Montana Prospects association meeting was postponed to July 18 due to conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Commercial
Butte, Anaconda & Pa
Addie Fisher
John Robinson
Washington
PAYS $10 FOR FIGHT AT EAST-END SALOON
A quiet police court day saw Gust Holmberg fined ten dollars after a Tuesday night altercation in an east-end saloon. Judge Daniels ordered the payment to the city treasury.
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Gust Holmberg
Daniels
Police Bar Gun Sales In Butte To Prevent Strife
In Butte the police barred firearm and ammunition sales except to buyers with clear hunting or legal purposes. The order targets hardware dealers, pawnbrokers, and second-hand shops amid reports foreigners and miners may carry guns. Police have rounded up foreigners in pool halls for underage offenses, with enforcement to be strict and potentially swift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Po- Hee
Unwatering Progress At Speculator Mine Shaft
Water removal continues from the Speculator mine shaft and lower levels at the 000-foot station as pumps run via High Ore mine using air and electricity. Coroner Lane starts an inquest into the disaster at 10 am with 50 witnesses to be questioned. no new bodies were recovered yesterday.
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Speculator
Lane
Dan Hart
Delegates Head to Shrine Conclave in Minneapolis
Potentate Charles E Beebe and Emory H Payne of Butte along with George Dart of Dillon represent Bagdad temple as they depart for the Shrine conclave in Mill City Minneapolis. Sessions begin June 26 and last three days. War restrictions limit revelry this year.
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Charles E. Beebe
Emory H. Payne
Butte
George Dart
Dillon
Bagdad Temple
Minneapolis
Mill City
Fatty Arbuckle at Rialto in Rough House double bill
Butte moviegoers may see Fatty Arbuckle in Rough House at the Rialto Thursday through Saturday with a two feature program The Conquest of Canaan and Rough House The Conquest of Canaan stars Jack Sherrill Joe Louden Faith Taliaferro and a strong supporting cast while Sunday features Pavlova in The Blind Girl of Portics. Rialto manager Jensen arranged first releases for Arbuckle and company locally.
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Butte
Fatty Arbuckle
Riale
Rough House
Jensen
Arbuckle
Rialto
Canaan
Rousa House
Booth Tarkington
Faith Taliaferro
Paris
Rend
George Irving
Pavlova
Portics
Public Works Chief Named After Kane Resigns
Mayor Maloney tapped W. H. Ellis, ex assistant city engineer under Ed ward G. Kane, as commissioner of public works to replace Kane who resigned for a higher post at Anaconda Copper. paving plans for Park Broadway and Granite advanced with district formation and objection date set, water mains extended on several streets, plumbers board named, hay bids reviewed, and local delays on South Montana Street paving criticized while contractor McGuire pledged start within 10 days.
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W. H. Ellis
Edward G. Kane
Maloney
Kane
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Park Street
Montana
Arizona
Hobson Street
Lexneton
Colusa Street
Kennedy Street
Sampson
Giiman Street
McKinley Avenue
Kennedy
Center
Roose Felt
Dakota Street
de Smet
Josette
Plumbers’ Examining Board
Dr. Matthews
George O'Malley
Charles McEve
Sullivan
Woods
South Montana Street
McGuire
Butte Prepares for Strong Pitching Against Strong Minor League Cast
Accompanied by Adolph Schinkle from Salt Lake club, McCarl aims to assemble a top Butte team. Schinkle, 6 feet 1, 198 pounds, 23, tall and sturdy, seen as a future big leaguer with seasoning. Pitcher Atkinson from St. Louis arrives today. McCarl plans moves to field a fighting club, with Lefty Russell and Hamilton potential sales or promotions. Statues at Chartres cathedral reputedly number 10 000 as exterior ornaments.
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Adolph Schinkle
Salt Lake
McCar
Butte
McCarr
Schinkle
Bernhard
Atkinson
St. Louis
McCarl
Browns
McGinnity
McCart
Russell
Vancouver
Bob Brown
Hamilton
Miner Shot at as He Puts Out Light
A Tuolumne foreman reports a miner was shot while leaving a carbide lamp near a trestle by the Rower company plant on Anaconds Port. Two men fired as the miner reached the street car tracks, bullet hit his head, and he staggered to safety. The incident was reported to Foreman Stuart. Engineers union referendum planned for June 22. Butter and egg dealers probe by federal grand jury in Chicago. Denver offers $20,000 for a 20 round title fight to be staged Labor Day in Colorado.
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M. M. Stuart
Tuolumne
Tuolner
Enna
Rower Company
Chicago
Elgin Butter Board
Edwin C. Clifford
Federal Grand Jury
Denver
Renny Leonard
Johnny Kil Bane
Eddie Pitts
Colorado Springs
Pitts
Burt ness Named Nominated for Congress in Grand Forks
Grand Forks on June 20 nominated C. B. Burness as a candidate to succeed the late Congressman Helgesen in the special election set for July 10.
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Surtness
Congress
Grand Forks
C. B. Burtness
Helgesen
Army Office Closed Seven Men Last Day
The army recruiting office in Butte closed at 5 pm with Sergeant Bryant, in charge, departing for Fort Wright with seven men. No further regular army recruiting is expected until after July 4 and possibly beyond as conscription forms. Indications also note normal hazelnut and almond crops in Catalonia, Spain.
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Butte
Bryant
Fort Wright
Catalonia
Spain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anaconda News
Montana Prospectors’ Association
Ansonia
Grace Rabbitt Kloeckner
Deaconess Hospital
Alice Brady
Howatson and Swaybelle
Totlo and Company
Chartri
Chartres
France
Miia
Indiana
Miner
Stuart
Engineers
Engineers’ Union
James Snell
T. C. Bowden
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