Butte And Anaconda Students Among Montana State College Grads
Eight local graduates form part of Montana State College 1924 class, the largest since the institution opened. Commencement on June 7 features degrees in agricultural science electrical engineering home economics and applied arts with two Anaconda students among the honorees. Graduates hail from six states and one foreign country with 92 set to graduate, bringing total alumni to 757.
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Mauro de Co. Rodriguez
Caso
Philippine Islands
Juan
Mauro
Montana State Alummni
State College
Shelley Will Name Convention Staff
Helena May 20. O H P Shelley Montana Republican national committee man says he has been notified of appointment to 12 assistant sergeants after the convention and 29 guests for Cleveland. He expects to be vice president of the convention and a member of Credentials, platform organization, resolutions, rules and order of business committees.
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Associated Press
Helena
H. P. Shelley
Montana
Cleveland
Burglars Loot Great Falls Safe Night
Thieves forced entry at Great Northern, removed the safe contents after blowing it open with a sledge and stealing 53 copper pennies and local receipts. The burglars vanished, leaving little trace. No further details on suspects emerged.
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Associated Press
Great Falls
Great Northern
Good Kidneys Mean Long Life Health Ad Claims
An advertisement touts Kopong Suat Roots and Herbs with Carey’s Marshroot Prescription 677 for kidney and bladder troubles. It promises life improvement if used quickly, claims 40 years of success, and offers money back if not helpful within a week. Sold in tablet and liquid forms at City Drug Company with mail orders accepted.
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Carey
City Drug Company
Healthy Women Happy Homes and Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
An early 20th century advertisement claims women suffer ailments peculiar to their sex and offer Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a strengthening healing made from roots and berries. It promotes health and happiness without stimulants or narcotics, urging women to use the product.
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Gove
Sunshine
Pinkham
Ady
Beaverhead High to graduate 26 seniors in Dillon
General news from Dillon reports Beaverhead county high school will hold graduation exercises Thursday evening in the gym. Twenty-six students receive diplomas, 14 boys and 12 girls. Program includes invocation, orchestral pieces, solos, an address by John V. Dwyer, and diploma presentations by the school board chairman.
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John V. Dwyer
Martha Emily Featherly
Mary Anne Gist
Nilah May Greene
Roscoe K. Hand
Thomas Raymond Harris
Mary E. Holden
Noel Martin Jackson
Paul Albert
Valma Cecelia Judge
Bessie C. Olsen
Spencer Patterson
Dorothy Anne Potter
Margaret Elizabeth Retee
Mildred U. Sage
Martin Oren Sassman
Hugh J. Scully
Seymour Wayne Sewell
Blair Sprinkle
Henry Lee Stone
Jeanette Elizabeth Watt
Marjorie Janet Williams
Dillon Preparing For Open Fishing Season
Dillon May 20 local anglers prepare for opening fishing season. Beaverhead Sportsmen’s association stocked streams with thousands of young fish in recent weeks to maintain supply. Local residents and visitors, including Tom Pierce Bob Marchasseau Reed Featherly from Mil Point and others frequent Dillon for business and family visits.
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Dillon
Beaverhead Sportsmen’s Association
Tom Pierce
Bob Marchasseau
Horse Prairie
Reed Featherly
Mil Point
Harry Davis
Big Hole
Lima
Pmery Smith
Cecil Featherly
Santa Anna
Cal
T. H. Daly
Missoula
Tessie Degan
Rochester
Minn
Wool areas show spotty conditions in range wool regions
Reports from the U S Department of Agriculture say wool production areas show uneven activity with fair trading in some states and weak demand in others. Shearing progresses unevenly with California nearly complete except the north, Utah and Washington mid progress, New Mexico none, and Colorado 25 to 30 percent. Prices range from 28 to 47 cents with most sales 36 to 40 cents. Utah and Wyoming show the strongest buyer activity.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
California
Utah
Arizona
Union Pacific
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Nevada
Texas
Rock Springs
Rawlins
Idaho
First Automobile Race Recorded in 1895
The earliest documented automobile race occurred in 1895 marking a milestone in motor racing history. This event showcased early vehicle technology and public interest in automotive competition, highlighting the rapid growth of motorized transportation.
Indian Prisoner Returns to Hellgate Camp to Finish Term
Charles Machelle a Flathead Indian who escaped from Hellgate canyon’s state prison camp April 27 surrendered himself and returned to work. Convicted of manslaughter last year from Lake county he was sentenced to 5 to 10 years. Warden Potter notes no escape charges. fellow prisoner D H Owens aided the escape and was later captured at Livingston. Machelle walked back via mountain trails to resume serving the remainder of his sentence.
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Deer Lodge
Charles Machelle
Hellgate Canyon
Machelle
Machele
Lake County
D. H. Owens
M. W. Potter
Owens
Livingston
Potter
Rowan
Mont
Flathead
Local notes from Deer Lodge and surrounding towns
A Deer Lodge round of brief notices reports visitors and movements including Mr and Mrs W C Webb and daughter Harriet, Rose Lindquist, Earle Walters, Miss Neva Mayo, Mrs Nellie Fox Davis filing for county superintendent, and various business trips to Butte Helena and Minneapolis. Also mentions a new rubber vacuum hook and a steam preadvection generator claimed to be successful in tests.
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Butte
Davis
Finn
Neva Mayo
Great Falls
W. N. Aylisworth
W. J. Hamilton
Avery
P. Wilson
Helena
Anaconda Balloon Display Promotes St Pauls Show
Western Electric balloons air over Anaconda to advertise St Pauls school event. Passes to Belle of Barnstapoole offered for Thursday and Friday performances at Margaret Theater. Dramatic club presents a lively musical comedy with 58 local artists and a plot of love, mistaken messages, and reconciled couples ending in future weddings.
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Anaconda
Western Electric Company
St. Paul's School
J. P. Stagg
Julia
Barnstapoole
Barnabas Lee
Barnabas
Billow
Nance
Gamsel
Joe Stout
Joe
Billi Salt
Bill
Dates Set for Bus Line Hearings Across Montana
Helena May 20 Hearings set by the Montana railroad commission include a Miles City June 4 session on Mahon Edwards request for a certificate to operate a motor stage between Miles City and Broadus Powder River county The commission has already granted a license to Howard Reeves for the same route May 25 the panel will meet at Valier to consider Gobridston and others seeking lower freight and express rates on the Montana Western between Valier and Conrad and R R Broadhead seeks a certificate to run a motor line between Valier and Conrad opposed by the Montana Western Railway company May 26 a hearing is set for Frank and Augusta Davis to run between Bozeman and White Sulphur Springs via West Fork Shields River valley The commission denied R C Turmer a rehearing on a Missoula Kalispell auto stage permit Commissioner Ross dissents.
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Associated Press
Helena
Montana Railroad Commission
Miles City
Mahon & Edwards
Broadus
Powder River County
Howard Reeves
Walier
Gobridston
Montana Western Railway
Valier
Conrad
R. R. Broadhead
Montana Western Railway Company
Frank and
Augusta Davis
Bozeman
White Sulphur Springs
Sar Weston
Shields River
Vally
Dairy Night At Club Deer Lodge Kiwanis Meeting
May 20 Dairy Night at Club Deer Lodge drew about 25 dairy industry guests. George H. Webster, chief of the dairy commission, spoke as did A J Lochrie W A Wolfe W T Beaumont Mr Taylor and Mr Schurch. Musical numbers by Miss Elnore Bien and Louis Boedecker with Miss Dorothy Douglass followed.
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Deer Lodge
Kiwanis Club
George H. Webster
Dairy Commission
A. J. Lochrie
W. A. Wolfe
W. T. Beaumont
Taylor
Schurch
Elnore Bien
Louis Boedecker
Dorothy Douglass
Smiling Johnny Reid Pleads Guilty in BC Bank Robbery
Vancouver on May 20 heard Smiling Johnny Reid plead guilty to a $128000 bank robbery at Ladner British Columbia. He received a suspended sentence of 10 years and was credited with aiding the recovery of $906000 in money and bonds stolen in Canada and Montana. He had recently received a similar sentence at Lethbridge Alberta.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Ladner
Johnny” Reid
Reid
Canada
Montana
Lethbridge
Alberta
Memorial plans being perfected in Anaconda
Anaconda residents set Memorial Day plans with veterans of the American Legion and other groups to honor fallen comrades. Graves are identified, markers placed, and flags added. florists report rising demand as residents prepare graves and plant flowers ahead of May 30.
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Anaconda
American Legion
Imperial danger rope act ends in miraculous rescue
A daring tight rope stunt at the Imperial venue ends abruptly when the wire snaps. A pair of strong arms appears to snatch the performer from a fall toward the sawdust ring, averting death and leaving witnesses in awe.
Danish Bridge Linking Jutland and Funen Planned
The Danish government will construct a bridge to connect Jutland with the island of Funen at a cost of 7,200,000. The project signals a major mid map transportation milestone for Denmark and regional connectivity.
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Jutland
Istand
Funen
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