Remembering Robert Emmet at Hibernia Hall in Centerville
The Robert Emmet Literary society hosted a commemorative evening at Hibernia Hall Centerville with members from Irish societies in Butte. The program featured an Emmet trial reenactment County Treasurer James Maher portrayed Emmet and delivered a passionate address. Resolutions urged Irish liberation through sacrifice and called for renewed U S support for Ireland while condemning shipping horses to South Africa. The event closed with music and readings amid strong patriotic tone. Fine dry slab wood advertised by Norhwest Coal Co. at 29 East Granite.
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Hibernia Hall
Centerville
Robert Emmet Literary Society
Butte
John D. Molley
Robert Emmet
James Maher
J. J. Lynch
Treland
O'Connell
Parnell
Emmet
Mitchell
England
Ireland
United States
United Irish Societies
Silver Bow County
Mont
Transvaal
Free State
South Africa
Clark
Tibson
Edwards
Montana
Fit
John YD. Molley
Maggie Kiley
J. J. McNamara
Edward Burns
J. J. O'Mara
Fitz-Butler
Hibernia Quartette
Mamie Curtis
Charles Lane
Trish
Norhwiest Coal CO
East Granite
Jail blotter records nutty inmate arrest in chute
A jailer notes an inmate named O'Reilly was arrested and sent down the chute after a remark about preferring charges. The jail blotter records the event and the jailer's assessment of the man's state.
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O'Reilly
Old Law Verified on Horses and Poolrooms
The reformer notes that despite raids on poolrooms the public still bets on horse races. He emphasizes the enduring truth that the making of books is endless and parallels the ongoing appetite for wagering on horses even amid changes.
Comical Exchange Sparks Family Laughs Over Book
A light moment shows Gladys asking if the book is historical. Her mother corrects with a playful twist, calling it hysterical rather than historical, eliciting smiles.
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Gladys
Mamma
Young thieves held after copper theft at Meaderville
Frank Wilson and an unnamed companion face burglary charges for stealing brass and copper from the M. O. P. warehouse in Meaderville. Wilson is jailed. John Doe remains at large. Separate cases involve Joe Johnson and Al Bath over Park Street cigar store thefts with Bath choosing reform school.
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Yancy
MccClernan
Frank Wilson
John Doe
Meaderville
Wilson
Ellsworth
Joe Johnson
al Bath
Park Street
Young Johnson
Reform School
Ed S. Booth
Butte
Ida Ratz
Alias Vendig
Department 10
Sanders
Galena Street
Young man James O'Reilly Arrested for Being a Vagrant
Officer McQueeney arrested James O'Reilly last night on a vagrancy charge. The prisoner behaved deranged after delivery to the city jail and demanded a search of the officer who made the arrest claiming he carried a gun. The jailer Bart Shay refused to search him.
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McQueeney
James O'Reilly
Bart Shay
Bart
Looping the Loop A British Take on a Yankee Invention
George Blakey of Rhyl argues that looping the loop is a 50 year old British idea first tested at Liverpool Zoological Gardens. He says the centrifugal railway, revived as looping the loop, was popular in his time and predates the American version.
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London Express
George Blakey
Rhyl
Zoological Gardens
West Derby Road
Liverpool
Liverpool Gardens
England
Liverpool Zoological Gardens
Horned Men and Women From Africa and Beyond
The London Express notes that horned men and women exist in the world today. Surgeon Lamprey of the army medical staff studied three horned individuals in Africa while serving on the Gold Coast. He drew the first horned man, a Fantee named Coiea, aged
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The
London Express
Lamprey
Army Medical Staff
Africa
Gold Coast
Coiea
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