Handcar era tale shows Standard worth a $20 gold piece
Thomas Butler recounts Rod Leggat's 1890s Montana handcar tale during the A R U strike era. The Standard ran 640 miles covering the state from Missoula to Livingston and along the Short Line to Lima. Leggat funded a long subscription after receiving a $20 gold piece as thanks for the paper.
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Thomas Butler
Standard
Rod Leggat
Montana
Butler
Missoula
Livingston
Lima
Hamilton
Tony
Broadway
Rod
Pony
Why You Pay Enormous Prices for Clothes
Dankowske, a real tailor for men and women at 02 North Main street Butte, explains his low pricing after buying a large stock last July. He claims ready made suits cost 100 and up, while his fabrics and patterns offer double the service for much less due to a 60 percent price advance by others.
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Dankowske
North Main Street
Butte
Indian Pageant at M. E. Church
Mountain View Methodist church hosts an Indian pageant as part of a revival campaign showing a missionary aiding a Hindu village amid funding shortages. The play ends with news of Methodist centenary funds destined to be collected.
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Mountain View Methodist Church
Jesus
Columbus
Americanization Talk at Butte Y M C A Meeting
Dr. T. I. Winecoff, secretary of the Butte Y M C A, spoke on Americanization at a Butte W C T U meeting in the Y M C A building. He outlined how foreigners strive to attain American ideals and customs in a forceful address. The program also included music by Mrs. C M Carlson and Miss Florence Vogel, with a business session led by Mrs. A L Bradshaw and a large attendance.
Prisoners Escape From Oregon State Penitentiary
Jack Price 20 and Robert Grant 23 escaped from the Oregon state penitentiary at Salem riding away in the automobile of State Parole Officer Varney. The escape was not noticed until about noon.
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Portland
Ore
Jack Price
Robert Grant
Oregon State Penitentiary
Salem
Varney
Indictments Sought Against Liquor Traffickers in Tacoma
Federal officials announced that wholesale indictments of liquor traffickers will be asked of the grand jury convening in Tacoma on April 6. Donald A. McDonald, federal director of prohibition, is assembling evidence from his field force to present, with much contraband liquor said to come from Canada, as part of efforts to break up the trade.
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Tacoma
Donald A. McDonald
Prohibition
Canada
Florida lawyer named solicitor for Agriculture Department
Washington March 27 Robert W Williams of Florida was appointed solicitor of the department of agriculture to succeed W M Williams now collector of internal revenue. The new solicitor has served on the department's legal staff for 17 years.
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Washington
Robert W. Williams
Florida
Department of Agriculture
W. M. Williams
Internal Revenue
Department
Mother's grief as son Joseph Mardall's remains arrive
Helena native Joseph Mardall died in Minneapolis from pneumonia after long illness. His mother Mrs. Mardall, now in Portland, heads East to be with him and will return with the body. The death is mourned by Cornelius Hedges Jr. and James R. Spencer, with notes on his service and character.
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Joseph Mardall
Great Falls
Minneapolis
Helena
James R. Spencer
Government Savings Stamps Department
Butte
Mardall
Spencer
Cornelius Hedges Jr
A. I
A. M
Hedges
Mission Destroyed in Fire at San Luis Obispo
The San Luis Obispo de Tolosa mission founded in 1772 by Father Junipero Serra was nearly burned to ruins. Paintings and the mission organ were saved while the walls, weakened and in danger of collapse, remained. The fire was attributed to defective wiring.
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San Luis Obispo
Cal
San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
Junipero Serra
Farmer's alert prevents wreck on Burlington track near Napan
Farmers near the Burlington track phoned dispatchers after spotting suspicious men along the right of way two miles west of Napan. The westbound No. 5 train, slowed to inspect, found a large tie placed on the rail. An express car reportedly contained about 150000 dollars in cash.
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Galesburg
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Napanset
Kewanee
Panama Canal Reopens After Six Day Obstruction
In Panama on March 27 obstructions in the Culebra cut district were cleared and the canal resumed traffic after a six day interruption. The reopening restores a vital route for ships and commerce through the waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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Panama
Culebra Cut
Panama Canal
Great Waterway
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Columbia
Grafonola
Wyoming
Idaho
Columbia Records
West Park Street
Love Brothers
Paint Specialists
West Park St
M. E. Church
Winecoff
W.C T
Phonograph Sale
Howard
Vocalion
Vocalions
Cinaran
Victrola VI
PATHE
Howard Music Company
Buttemont
Dobbs
Mark Cross English
Rotary
North Main
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