Butte Boy Feared Lost in Freight Wreck Near O'Neill's
Postmaster in Butte received a letter from R F Swoboda of Omaha asking about Emil Swoboda a 19 year old who last said he was traveling home from Spokane via Butte. Fears grew he was aboard the ill fated Union Pacific wreck at O Neill's Siding and that he may be among unidentified bodies. The letter remains uncalled for at the general delivery.
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Fears Emil Swoboda
O'Neill's Siding
Irvin
R. F. Swoboda
Omaha
Emil Swoboda
Union Pacific
Rawlins
Union National Bank of Omaha
Butte, Mont
Wihill
Spokane
Wash
Butte
Mont
Odd Fellows soliciting funds for Scofield disaster kin
Great Falls May 11 Mayor Collins as grand master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows grants permission to solicit funds in Utah for the relatives of 20 Odd Fellows who perished in the Pleasant Valley mining disaster at Scofield two weeks ago.
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Great Falls
Collins
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Utah
Odd Fellows
Pleasant Valley
Scofield
Arrested in Great Falls for Breech of Peace In Verona Junction
Great Falls May 12 Thomas Keys held in Butte for murder of John Graham was arrested in Great Falls on April 26 for threatening the life of a Montana Central brakeman. Keys was riding in a box car and was put off at Verona Junction by the brakeman. He reportedly moved to draw a gun but did not. Later Keys approached the brakeman across the street.
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Great Falls
Thomas Keys
Butte
John Graham
Montana
Keys
Verona Junction
Brakeman’s arrest over threatening note at Verona
A man threatening to "fix" a victim for delaying freight at Verona led to a warrant by a brakeman. On arrest in Butte jail similar begging cards were found. In Judge Safford’s trial the suspect showed no recovery and was discharged but ordered to leave the city at once.
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Verona
Butte
Safford
Narrow Escape on Creek Ford Sparks Belt News
Joseph Rioux nearly drowned crossing a creek below town when his buggy overturned. He rescued the horses and buggy, but his coat and a $40 purse were lost. Arbor day observances occurred with special school programs and trees planted around homes.
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Standard
Belt
Joseph Rioux
Rioux
Ev McDermott
McDermott
Chicago
Belt Baseball Club
Highwood
Mercantile Department
Merkle
Macrea
Grafton
Patterson
J. J. Kinney
Gun
Island Park
J. Burris
Alfred Lander
Gassey Nolan Killer Mystery Ends in Montana History
Great Falls May 12 John Nolan known as Gassey Nolan a pioneer freighter and rancher in Big Sandy was killed by John Pruett yesterday afternoon. He formerly lived in Diamond Meagher County and left four children two daughters and two sons. One daughter is Mrs William Pierce of Townsend. Nolan was a contractor with Fort Assiniboine and was highly regarded among early Montana settlers.
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Great Falls
John Nolan
John Pruett
Big Sandy
Gassey” Nolan
Montana
Diamond
Meagher County
William Pierce
Townsend
Fort Assinaboine
Gassey" Nolan
Montana Central Strike Replacements Face False Havre Attacks
Accounts from Havre dispute Minneapolis Times claims that replacement workers were stoned cursed and attacked during passage through Havre. The Times informant is labeled mistaken as no violence occurred. In Great Falls on May 12, school term cuts from a supreme court ruling force Bond Coulee and Stockett schools to close for part of the term.
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Great Falls
Sey 12
Montana Central
Minneapolis Times
Havre
Times
Bond Coulee and Stockett
Misa Nunn
Red Butte
Wine Outlook From Great Falls Farm Report
May 12 in Great Falls correspondent reports farmer J F Stork visited on a business trip and forecasts the best season for Cascade farmers. He expects this fall to yield larger crops on his place than at any time in the past eleven years.
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Great Falls
fMon
J. F. Stork
Cascade
Petition to boulevard Eighth Avenue South to Ninth Street
Property owners on Eighth Avenue South circulate a petition to boulevard that section west of Ninth Street. They have 800 signatures and expect no protests, planning to present the request to the council.
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Great Falls
Eighth Avenue South
Ninth Street
Hearing Continued in Barker Estate Case in Great Falls
The hearing on the petition of Mrs. Marcella Barker against D. L. Barker as administrator of the estate of Edwin J. Barker, petitioner's husband, has been continued until the 28th.
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Great Falls
Marcella Barker
D. L
Barker
Edwin J. Barker
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