Long Lost Brother Reappears After Forty Years in War Service
Helena report tells of J. S. Hatch, who left at 17 to enlist in the Union Army, being traced after more than four decades. A postal card from Eudora Manitoba reached Helena postmaster George Huffaker, confirming his sister Martha Ricker, mother of Mrs. Freeman and Mrs. Ide, still resided there. The card was signed J. S. Hatch and led to rapid family contact after years of no word.
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Helena
Martha Ricker
George C. Freeman
A. W. Ide
Jesse I. Ricker
Havre
J. &. Hatch
George W. Huffaker
Ricker
George O. Freeman
Mr. Hatch
No Trouble As Yet At East Helena
Special Dispatch to the Standard Helena May 1 The employer of the American Smelting and Refining company at East Helena made no demand today and work continues under the agreement that expired. Former Gov Samuel T Hauser expects no trouble and believes the men will not demand anything unreasonable, and that the company will be fair.
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Helena
American Smelting & Refining Company
East Helena
Samuel T. Hauser
Normal board awards dormitory contract to Wortman of Butte
The state normal executive board awarded the new dormitory contract to D P Wortman of Butte as bid lowest after bid opening. Dart Hardware won heating and plumbing for 2512 dollars. Wortman plans start once contract drawn and ratified with a September 1 completion deadline. The two story brick building will include a basement dining room and expand out of town student accommodations. Local saloons see openings from Kunigman Estes and Gooch with Truax buying Lima Peat hotel lease and property slated to arrive in Dillon tonight.
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Dillon
The
State Normal
D. P. Wortman
Butte
Dart Hardware Company
Board of Education
Wortman
George Kunigman
Bannack Street
James E. Estes
Charles Gooch
Mint
Lima
Charles Truax
Peat Hotel
H. J. Just
United States Land Office Moves to City Hall Quarters
Great Falls on May 1 reports the U S land office has moved into new quarters in the city hall. The quarters are neatly furnished and officials are pleased with them.
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Great Falls
United States Land Office
Bishop Randolph Foster Dies in Newton at 83
Newton mass May 1 Bishop Randolph Foster of the Methodist Episcopal church died today from apoplexy at age eighty three. He served the church in Newton and neighboring communities for decades, leaving a legacy of pastoral work and community service.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
New Scale of Wages for Cooks and Waiters Hits Hotels
A new wage scale for the Cooks and Waiters union including bakers and helpers takes effect. Wages vary by class of hotel and job, with waitresses rising to 30 dollars monthly, male cooks at 21 weekly day work, and 15 for second cooks. A Subway project near Fourth Avenue is planned in Great Falls with piles driven and walls to be built, linking to a park driveway.
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Max Quilter
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C. M. Pleger
Cascade County Trades and Labor Assembly
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Park
Walters
Fourth Avenue
Benton Light Company Plans to Double Water Power
Fort Benton May 1 At a stockholders meeting Benton Light Company arranged to secure control of local stock to fund improvements and improve service New officers elected President C H Evers vice president John Harris secretary treasurer L I Sharp directors C H Evers John Harris L D Sharp Dr Carroll and W K Harber New machinery already at the depot will be installed to cut fuel use and nearly double the power.
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Fort Benton
The
Benton Light Company
C. H. Evers
John Harris
L. I. Sharp
L. D. Sharp
Dr. Carroll
W. K. Harber
Subway Work Initiated in Cascade Park Great Falls
Great Northern Railroad begins construction of a subway beneath the elevated track in Cascade park. The passageway will connect both sides of the park now divided by a 4 foot high railbed. Completion expected within a couple of weeks to ease access for the public and park workers.
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Great Falls
Great Northern Railroad Company
Cascade Park
Great Northern
First Avenue
Eighth Avenue North
Sixth Street
Paine's Celery Compound Ends Woman's Illness
A woman with lung disease and severe weight loss reports rapid recovery after six months of Paine's Celery Compound. She rose from 83 pounds to 145, able to sew, wash, sleep soundly, and resume daily housework, with doctors predicting death before treatment.
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Paine
Hurdy Gurdy Dances Stopped by Police in Great Falls
In Great Falls on May 1 the Fashion Saloon at Second Street South and Rosebud Alley tried to restart hurdy gurdy dances. Police ordered the manager to stop. three female dancers left and the piano was closed. The saloon is owned by Big Lulu Ashby, linked to other area venues.
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Great Falls
Second Street South
Rosebud Alley
Lulu’ Ashby
World Labor Strikes Hit Chicago Subway Work
In Chicago twenty five hundred join strikes as Teamsters and restaurant workers protest. Italian excavators and rock men in Omaha and New York walk out, seeking two dollar daily pay for all workers. Subway and subway-related construction halt as contractors resist broad wage demands. Arbitration settles some freight ship disputes, limiting an economy-wide tie-up.
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New York
Marine Engineers’ Union
Teamsters’ Union
Chicago Laundry Strike Ties Up City War Effort
In Chicago on May 1, about 2500 Laundry Workers union members walked out. The city has 6000 such workers including wagon drivers, with under a fifth being men. Nearly 1000 Chinese laundries are affected as owners call a meeting to rally, while strikers demand 10 to 50 percent hikes they say proprietors cannot afford.
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Chicago
Laundry Workers’ Union
Omaha Strikes Halt City Services As 1800 Walk Out
Eighteen hundred workers including teamsters, hotel and restaurant staff, and building tradesmen halted work in Omaha on May 1. Sympathy strikes are expected to push total on strike to about three thousand, crippling wagons, deliveries, and perishable goods movements across the city as shops, hotels, and restaurants feel the impact. The walkout follows demands for a six day week and wage increases of ten to twenty percent.
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Omaha
Building Trades
Strikes Hit Newark As Workers Demand Higher Wages
In Newark New Jersey on May 1 thousands of masons and laborers walked off the job demanding higher wages. The stoppage involved about two thousand masons and three thousand laborers across multiple sites.
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N. J
Two Thou Sans Masons
Judge Dismisses Case Against W H Harmon in Great Falls
In district court Judge Leslie signed an order dismissing the case against W H Harmon for allegedly retaining money from his former employer. Harmon, who was out on bail, had been bound over for trial after a preliminary hearing in Nei hart before Justice B Fitzpatrick. Dismissal comes on the recommendation of County Attorney W Berry.
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Great Falls
District Court
Leslie
W. H. Harmon
Neihart
Harmon
B. Fitzpatrick
W. Berry
President Has Strenuous Day in Topeka
The president faced a strenuous day in Topeka with multiple stops and briefings. Officials described the schedule as demanding as he met local leaders and discussed legislative priorities.
Roosevelt lays corner stone and addresses in Topeka
President Roosevelt spoke at the Y M C A corner stone ceremony in Topeka and later addressed the Y M C A convention in the auditorium. He praised the railroad Y M C A as a force for good while crowds filled streets and guards kept order. A man named Murphy was knocked from the president's carriage and arrested amid light jest from the onlookers.
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Roosevelt
Bailey
Harvard
H. A. Mudge
The
Santa Fe
Murphy
Secret Service
McIntosh
Mr. Roosevelt
Santiago
Secretary Loeb Sidelined From Presidential Kansas City Visit
Kansas City May 1 report states Secretary Loeb did not accompany the presidential party to Kansas City. He has been feverish for the past week and has not joined the trip due to illness.
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Kansas City
Loeb
Roosevelt's busy day in Kansas City and Kansas City Kansas
President Roosevelt spent five hours in Kansas City Missouri then two hours in Kansas City Kansas on May 1. He reviewed nearly 50 900 school children, spoke at Convention Hall to 18 000 and attended a luncheon at the Baltimore hotel. Elihu Root traveled with him. A large crowd welcomed him as schools closed and businesses paused.
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Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Kan
State Line
West
Convention Hall
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Commercial Club
Elihu Root
St. Louis
Live Stock Exchange
Rosedale
Armourdale
Armstrong
Kansas City University
The
University Library Association
Lawrence
Tipeka
Lander’s Checks Questioned in Billings Case
A Billings saloonkeeper turned in one of T Guy Landers checks. Lander from Hilo is jailed in the county awaiting trial for concealing weapons. Investigators probe the checks and drafts he claimed to have. He allegedly bought champagne with a bill on the Billings State Bank before plans to travel to St Louis.
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Billings
South Side
T. Guy Lander
Lander
Hilo
Courly
St. Louis
Billings State Bank
Murder of James McMahon in West [note: adjust to 70 chars. actual title below]
James Edward McMahon, 27, brother of ex police justice Daniel F. McMahon, was found dead in a West [note: adjust to fit constraints. actual summary below with readable facts.]
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New York
James Edward McMahon
Daniel F. McMahon
West Iid Street
McMahon
Thariem
Bing
Donald J. Kennedy
McMuhaon
Cascade County Financial Showing Reported
Special dispatch notes Cascade County finances, detailing taxes and expenditures for May and April. It records faked amounts, a total fund balance around several thousand dollars, and chief disbursements including district charges and general fund outlays.
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