Garden plots boom as Butte farms spring up
In response to President Wilson’s garden call, Butte residents—owners, families, and even car owners—rush to convert vacant lots and the former race track area into productive vegetable spaces. Foremen like John Duffy and Power purchase tracts, while neighbors loan plots for cultivation amid abundant fertilizer and planned crop rotation.
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Puto
Wilson
Butte
John Duffyess
Powers
Mr. Durty
Sire Power
Bolever & Brown
TM Wchott
Butlers Old
Wilson Park
Annexation of Belgium Regarded as Accomplished
Amsterdam reports a Berlin dispatch on the Reichstag main committee debate amid Belgium questions. A progressive party spokesman says Belgium’s annexation is an accomplished fact and further discussion is undesirable. He warns that Belgium’s semi sovereign status threatens lasting war danger and that restoring prewar conditions would pose serious dangers.
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Amsterdam
London
Berlin
Progressive Party
Belgium
Million German Children to Be Placed on Farms
Berlin reports officially that one million city children will be placed on farms this summer. Fifty pfennigs daily will be paid for each child, except in East Prussia where farmers who suffered Russian invasion refused payment. Also, A J Lockhart of Milbank SD was sentenced to three and a half years in Leavenworth for sending improper matter through the mails.
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Berlin
London
East Prussia
PEN
Aberdeen
A. J. Lockhart
Milbank
8. D
Leavenworth
Kan
Lockhart
Chain Lightning
Government sues railroad over alleged Plance Act violations
Sale to force payment of damages began yesterday against the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad for alleged violations of the Plance act. It is charged that faulty drawbar and coupling pins were used in the equipment.
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Chicago, Mtwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Knuckey Misses Fight and Returns Home in Arizona Decree
A modified divorce decree in Arizona cuts alimony and deferred payments allowing Panushka to return to Butte and work for his family. Ruby Stages seeks divorce from Nicholas Stagas in Dillon, alleging cruelty and coercion. Maud Knuckey sues Frank Knuckey. he absents himself after hiring counsel but later contested. Edward Panushka may return to work as wages resume. gratitude note follows for sympathy after a burial. Grand May Ball planned by Butte Chapter No 11.
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Arizona
Ecree
Panushka
Butte
Ruby Stages
Nicholas Stagas
Dillon
McClernan
Maud Knuckey
Frank Knuckey
Knuckthe
Miner fatally struck by ore train near Main street
Bruce Carruthers, 24, engine wiper at Speculator mine, fell from an ore train near Main street yesterday afternoon. Brakeman Fred Ertz saw the headless body after the car pass. Coroner Lane ordered the body sent to Sherman & Reed. inquest set for early next week. Carruthers had lived in Butte 16 years and was well known locally.
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Bruce Carruthers
Speculator
Main Street
Tom E. Jones
Fred Ertz
Lane
Tom Bohn
Carruthers
Buffalo Mine
Yeon
Excelsior Avenue
Sherman & Reed Undertaking
Carruther
Butte
East Broadway
May Rally At Shafer Chapel Afro Methodist Church
The ladies of Shafer chapel Afro Methodist Episcopal church announce a May rally beginning May 6. Regular services occur Sunday with a special 2 80 p.m. service when Rev Mr House of the Afro Methodist Episcopal church of Anaconda will preach. The ladies expect a large, enthusiastic rally and seek support from friends and well wishers for a successful event.
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Ladies of
Tarnowski bids farewell to former countrymen
New York reports Count Adam Tarnowski von Tarnow, Austria's former ambassador to the United States, sails home after issuing farewell greetings to Austrians in New York. He praises their sobriety, industry and lawfulness and hopes they continue to honor the land that hosts them. Separately, Russian provisional government commissions plan talks with U.S. officials on industrial, economic and financial ties.
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New York
Adam Tarnowski von Tarnow
United States
Morris Baker
Petrograd
London
America
Associated Press
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