Butte Eyes $5 Million School and City Building Boom
Butte plans a spring bond vote to authorize about $1.26 million for five new school buildings including a south side high school and replacements for Jefferson and McKinley, with total construction near $5 million when added to water, telephone, and religious facilities. The project slate also includes a Catholic high school, an Elks home site at Montana and Galena, and extensive street and utility work.
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Tutte Water Company
Odd Fellows” Temple
Lowell
Avenue Mtetheist Church
Salvation Army Hut
Silver Bow County
Central High
Porphyry and
Mail Streets
Jefferson
Big
Hole
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Butte
Board of Directors
J. C. Owers
Tine
Axe
Catholi H High
Elks
Montana and
Galena Streets
Why Pyramid Trial Teaser Prompts Postal Relief Promise
A garbled OCR style line promises relief from a trial or mail offer labeled Why Pyramid. It mentions a plain wrapper and a 0-cent box, suggesting a direct mail gimmick or trial offer with minimal cost and a claim of ease or exemption. No clear persons or organizations are identified.
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England
Acta
Reconstruction era promises new Butte buildings and roads
Butte gears up for a summer of construction as a Salvation Army hut project nears funding, Odd Fellows Home plans, and a $50,000 Lowell Avenue church rebuild emerge. A hard surface road from Butte to Anaconda and numerous mining-driven projects loom, with permits issued for garages to large offices and ongoing labor disputes shaping timing.
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Butte Tha
Salvation Army Hut
Silver Bow
Salvation Army
Butte
Te Army
Lowell’ Avenue Methodist
Odd Fellows
Silver Bow County
Main
Galena Streets
Northwest
West Virginia Ratifies Federal Suffrage Amendment
Charleston W V March 3 The house of delegates ratified the federal suffrage amendment by a 45 to 42 vote later adjusted to 47 to 40 after two opposing members switched. The senate rejected a reconsideration of Monday’s defeat and indicated no further ratification attempts would occur during the special session.
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Charleston
W. Va
House of Delegates
West Vrginia
Senate
Measures to Americanize Virgin Islands move forward
Washington reports announce a joint Congressional commission agreed on plans to grant American citizenship to Virgin Islanders who are described as without country, neither Danish nor American, with proposed legislation to establish citizenship. The same dispatch notes Packers defended as a witness cites Swift & Lone as key in Southern Georgia agricultural development during testimony to the House Agricultural Committee.
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Washington
Virgin Islands
Joint
Congressional “Commission
State Department
Denmark
United States
Baward J. Vereen
Moultrie
House Agricultural Committee
Swift & Lone
Georgia
Strause resigns from federal task force in New York
March 3 1926 in Washington Albert Strause of New York resigned as a member of the federal task force. The report notes a prior meeting with a Senate sub committee on Mexican education and a rejection of a Mexican government inducement for Henry Forres an American Ellison to enter Mexico after testimony.
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Teruses
Fston
Henry Forres
Ellison
Mexico
Senate
Strauss
Washington
Albert Strause
New York
Fedeka! Rusucue Nowe
Increasing Importance of Sanitary Engineer in Chicago
March 3 report quotes Dr Victor H Vaughan dean of medicine at University of Michigan stating sanitary engineers are better suited for preventive public health work than medical graduates. He criticizes universities for not teaching preventive medicine and notes a shift toward curative methods in medical education.
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Chicago
Victor H. Vaughan
University of Michigan
Congress of Medical
Vaughan
Vermont town votes wet once more amid shift in era
Rutland Vermont reports complete returns from 12 of 14 counties show towns voting wet, the highest tally since local option began. Historical figures note 1913 had 92 of 248 towns for license, with declines to about 12 in 1918 and a rise to 30 last year. Meanwhile Chicago hosts Farm Bureau federation founding with J Howard Clemens of Iowa elected president. Japan’s new ambassador Hidehata signals firm stance on Shantung regardless of China claims.
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Rutland
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
J. Howard
Clemens
Iowa
Japanese ambassador debuts before large audience abroad
The Japanese ambassador made a first public appearance since arriving to assume duties. He spoke on the country’s role and the need to choose between two alternatives in serving national interests, facing questions about Shantung and global concerns.
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Nis
Hiss
Hig
Shantung Cann
Japan
Mee Shideshara
Chic
Palmer to Speak Up in Michigan
Attorney General Palmer announced plans to travel and deliver speeches in Georgia and Michigan as part of his potential presidential bid. Reported stops include Bearvtin, with a focus on addressing national issues and rallying support across states.
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Palmer
Michigan
Washington
Georgia
Atenia
Bearvit
Peratic
Pennsylvania
Navy board inquiry probes quotes from The Bible 15
In Newport Rhode Island Bishop James and other ministers testified before a naval board inquiry. The hearing examined a protest letter to President Wilson and references to Acts verse regarding the false imprisonment of Saint Paul. A separate Senate committee deferred action on Bainbridge Colby’s nomination as secretary of state for careful qualification review. Pacific Northwest headquarters of Union Pacific will move from Portland to Seattle with J. D. Farrell relocating as the northwest VP.
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Newport
James Dhe
Walt Perry
Episcopal Ulocere
Thone Island
Bys Sud Cate Hy
Navy
Wilson
Stanley C. Mughes
Ministere
Berry
Samuel Neale
Kent
St. Paul
Colby
Washington
Bainbridge Colby
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Democratic
Republic
Alarmist Report From Madrid On Rail Strike Spillover
Lisbon dispatches dated midnight say the rail strike is limited to state lines. Private lines run normally and trains to Spain left on schedule without incident. The Portuguese minister in Madrid blamed monarchist propaganda for spreading alarm in Spain about the strike.
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Madrid
Associated Press
Lisbon
Spain
Gunman Gunson pleads not guilty in frameup claim
New York police faced a cloud over an arrest history of ten in two years with no convictions. Gunson pleaded not guilty to the indictment at general sessions court with Judge James T. Malone presiding and was released on $5,000 bail. He told reporters he was a victim of a frameup.
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Citizens’ Committee
W. A. O'Brien
Floyd ‘Hamill
John Wulf
Walter Arnold
McIntosh
Associated Industries
Gunson
James T. Malone
General Sessions
Treasurer of Butte to Redeem Warrants
The Butte treasurer plans warrant redemption using bonds after a supreme court ruling. The council’s action may affect validity of a bond issue, which was reduced from 700600 to under 330000 by last night’s council vote.
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Butte
Supreme Court
Lamb
Ise
Favors Extension for Yellowstone Park Grazing Lands
Col. H. B. Graves head of the U S forest service urged extending Yellowstone southward to add elk grazing land at a dinner closing the sixth national conference of the American Game Protective association. He cited winter and fall range shortages elastic hunting laws and enforcement issues. Also featured were nature films by William Lovell Finley of Portland. London dispatches report Enver Pasha confirmed in Berlin and U S Senate treaty debate continuing toward a resolution.
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New York
Yellowstone National Park
Col. H. 8. Graves
United States Forest Service
American Game Protective Association
Northwestern
William Lovell Finley
Portland
Ore
National Association of “Audubon Societies
Fat Folks Become Slim
A compact unclear ad promises a guaranteed weight loss program costing 100 dollars. It touts a method emphasizing breathing and dieting guidance with minimal concrete details and few verifiable claims. The fragmentary text references Korea and a purported practice but lacks actionable information or reliable context.
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