Insurance for airships to cover same risks as autos
W I Jones former naval aviator touring the country to collect data on landing fields fogs winds and air currents to build a risk and premium schedule for aerial insurance. He notes lack of field information contributed to transcontinental race accidents and says Butte and Inland Empire Aerial Training field offer favorable conditions for mail planes patrols and transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. I. Jones
Butte
Jones
Ing
City
Inland Empire Aerial Training Company
May Domesticate Gazelles
Report notes gazelles are extremely shy but can be domesticated if captured young, outlining a potential method for taming the animals.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Offer Digestive Relief
Advertisements claim Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets digest starches in the small intestine using pancreatin and calcium carbonate to relieve intestinal indigestion and dyspepsia. The copy urges readers to buy a 50 cent package from their druggist and experience quicker relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Labor vs the Presidents Conference unchanged protest voiced by Gompers
Samuel Gompers, head of the AFL, attacked President Wilson's conference for settlement of industrial unrest. He argued the existing voluntary machinery for conciliation and arbitration in organized industries outperforms any government devised system and warned against shop level representation undermining national labor unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gompers
Washington
Associated Press
Wilson
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States
Industrial Conference
Commission
Organized
Public library questioned over youth access and rules
A reader from March 19 1920 critiques Butte free public library policies. He cites boys aged 15 to 17 denied water and reading room access, the red white and blue sign, newspaper boards chained and asks where youths and workers can read or drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Standard
Butte Free Public Library
Butte
Free Library
Timothy Lynch Funeral Held at St Marys Church
The funeral for Timothy M. Lynch was held from his brother Jerry Lynch’s home on 12344 Anaconda Road to St Marys Church where Rev Father Hannan celebrated mass. Mrs Kilgallen sang Face to Face and Some Sweet Day. Interment followed at St Patricks Cemetery with pallbearers Matt Sullivan Tim Lloyd George Holmes Jack Toomey Don Toomey and Frank Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy M. Lynch
Jerry
Anaconda Road
St. Mary’s Church
Father Hannan
Kilgallen
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Matt Sullivan
Tim Lloyd
George Holmes
Jack Toomey
Don Toomey
Frank Newton
Maenpe Poikela Couple Wed at Broadway Home
Ernst Maenpe and Miss Helen Poikela wed Friday evening at 324 East Broadway home of the bride’s sister Mrs Howard Karkia. Rev M D Hundtloff officiated with Mr and Mrs Frank Casey as witnesses. The couple will reside at 324 East Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernst Maenpe
Helen Poikela
Howard Karkia
East Broadway
M. D. Hundtloff
Frank Casey
Hotel Fire Claims Clerk As Rescue Effort Fails
A hotel fire in Mason City Iowa at the Cecil hotel killed Maurice Aplin the day clerk. He attempted to rescue guests when the telephone switchboard failed to operate.
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Mason City
Iowa
Cecil
Maurice Aplin
Aplin
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Rice Brothers
Weinberg
Timothy Lynch
Maenpe-Poikela
B. E. Calkins
North Main Street
XPERT
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Mr. Edison
West Broadway
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