Saint Day Observed by French Societies in Butte
French societies meet at St Patrick's church for a high mass celebrated by Mgr De Siere to mark St Jean Baptiste day. A parade to Utah avenue and Park Street leads to Columbia gardens for a grand ball. Dr Rainville of Montreal is the day’s speaker with local addresses and athletic contests concluding with a late-night grand ball.
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Columbia Gardens
Dr. Rainville
Montreal
Canada
Butte
S. la France
Anaconiia
K. of P. Mall
South Main
A. m. Sharp
A.C. M. Band
Utah Avenue
Park Street
Wyoming Street
Broadway
Miein Street
Granite
Hamilton
Main
Parl
Washington
William Page
Frank Noueher
Uhald Mercure
Frenchtown
Seawarks
A. J. Cyr
Mispaula
Frank Vanier
Rainville
Barber in North Main Loses Shop in Wreck Blast
Don Lowney proprietor of a barber shop on the first floor of the miners' union hall estimated his loss at 660 to 379 dollars. He stood near city hall amid destruction, saying the blast on Main Street was loud and felt as he saved money to open the shop. He blamed political foes, noting his Red Socialist ties and past rejection by a Yellow Socialist committee.
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Don Lowney
Miners’ Union Hall
Losyney
Lowney
Red Socialist
Yellow Socialist
Grand French Ball at Columbia Gardens Wednesday Night
A social note invites attendance at the grand French ball to be held at Columbia Gardens on Wednesday evening June 24, 1914. The item mentions New Jersey as boasting the greatest proportion of railroad mileage, with one mile of railroad per three square miles of territory, underscoring the era’s rail travel prominence.
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Columbia Gardens
Balan Sea A
New Jersey
Bond Set to Keep Peace After Home Invasion
John Blaise, after entering Mrs. Mary Peretti’s home at midnight by breaking a glass pane, faced a preliminary hearing in Justice Kerrigan's court. The judge set a $2,000 bond to keep the peace as Blaise, who threatened to kill, had been released earlier that day on a suspended 30-day sentence for a prior disturbance. He was later sent to the county jail to await bond posting.
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John Blaise
Mary Perelli
Justice Conn
Percnt
Meaderville
Caterno
Binise
Butte Briefs Highlight Local Visitors and Activities
Butte residents host visitors from Hamiltons and Kelena while Milwaukee to Chicago travelers share travel notes. Nobles and clergy attend Epworth league meetings at Trinity Methodist and Grace Episcopal churches. Local officials note Roy Cameron’s appointment to a regular railway mail run. A Mount View church service features Rev Wirt Lowther.
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Harry Latchem
Hamiltons
Acoma
TP. Brennan
Nmiggaula
Mary Hughes
Milwaukee
Chicago
George Feyder
Kelena
Northwestern
G. T. Spaulding
Three Forks
Leggat
Edwin Walser
Dewey
Foint
Epworth League
Trinity Methodist Fipigenpal Church
Aa. T. Woods
Mias J. Weissberg
Butte
New York
Woods
EB. Freeman
Pocatello
Coeur d'Alene
Warrisenne
Roy Cameron
Riles City-Warrowton
Tactics’ Aid Society
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
John Hammontree
Oregon Avenue
John A. Meeke
Jenny Nelson
Billings
Father Lynch
Three Works
Tory
Anaconda
Father Bourke
Father Batons
The Art of Svea lecture delights sparse audience
A famed lecture drew a modest crowd but high praise in Butte. The speaker explained how perception shapes reality, using eloquent language and apt quotes. Dr Lowicher would likely attract a full house if he returned to Bulle. The Fisk Presbyterian Sunday actors triumphed 2 to 0 in a no hit effort against Central Presbyterians at the gardens, with Heath and Colter noted for the winners.
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Svea
Lowicher
Bulle
Fisk Presbyterian
Central Presbyteriians
Gardens
Wright Ind Eension
Colter and
Heath
Electric belt firm hit by mail fraud raid at Sanden
Postmaster General orders Sanden Electric Company offices raided by inspectors. General manager Gideon E. McIvor arrested on mail fraud charges. Warrants sought for two more persons. Sworn complaint alleges belts advertised to cure nervous diseases worldwide. Reported profits quoted as about fifty thousand dollars yearly.
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New York
Burleson Ihe
Sanden Electric Company
Postofica
Gideon EI. McIvor
Puslonce
Hayrey
Washington
McTyer
Greece Buys American Battleships Tahoe Mia Sissippio
The U S House approved the sale of the battleships Tahoe and Mia Sissippio to Greece for about 12 million dollars. A Senate amendment to authorize the transaction and construction of a dream ship with proceeds passed. Turkeys protest did not derail administration plans as ships likely to reach Greek agents within a week.
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Washington
Mia
House
Senate
Ormal
Turkey
Swift coinage and Lilliputians in Gulliver tale
The text discusses Jonathan Swift inventing Lilliput in 1737 for Gulliver's Travels and notes Swift as a Dublin dean with unhappy loves. It also mentions Panama canal dredges with 34 men fitting in a dipper and three dredgers per dredge.
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Panama Canal
Sympathetic Hope Prompts Teasing Sunday School Remark
A Yorkshire M P known for punctuality and humorless wit told a Sunday school audience that out of the entire school only one person was absent, Maggie, hoping she is well. A Tokyo goldfish breeding station near the city outskirts runs 44,000 square feet, outputs 500,000 goldfish annually, and employs ten people across six varieties of fish.
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Yorkshire
M. P
Christian Life
Lear
Maggie
Tokio
Japan
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Liam Page
U. Sylvain
A. KR. Grenen
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O. L. Gagnon
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M. J. Loiselie
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O. Nadeau
A. C. Marquis
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William Pere
A. G. Marruis
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Wirt Lowther
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United States Unitary Academy
Philippine Scouts
War Department
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United States
Sappho
Oxyrhyncus
the Iceman
Elkhart
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East Broadway
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Jonathan Swift
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Seoul
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