Butte Hosts Grand Army Veterans Encampment
In Butte Mayor Maloney welcomed veterans from the Grand Army of the Republic Relief corps Ladies of the Army United Spanish Veterans and Sons of Veterans. The gathering at the Butte Auditorium featured speeches stressing patriotism and democracy with leaders like Commander G I Retche and Mrs Martha White praising wartime service and continued civic roles.
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Two Civil War veterans clasp hands across former lines
In an ironic reunion at the Thornton hotel two old soldiers, Shirley Ashby of Virginia cavalry and Benjamin Malden of New York cavalry, recalled mercy and shared memory. They spoke of surrender at Appomattox, Sheridan’s rise, and postwar compacts as they affirmed their American identity beyond old divisions.
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Ralise
Five Forks
Petersburg
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Grand Army
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Charles 8. Warren
Frank D. Brown
Missoula
Women of the Relief Corps Address Montana Gathering
Mrs Ida Martin national president told a Montana audience that American women must support the nation as danger threatens. She recalled wartime relief efforts in 1861 and praised women and daughters aiding soldiers now, stressing patriotism and civic duty.
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Ida Martin
Woman's Relief Corps
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Relief Corps
Red Cross
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Pioneer Jack Jones Loyal Civil War Veteran remembered
The article praises Pat Jack Jones a Union veteran from Butte, member of Company H Ninth Maine, who fought with Neal Dow and served in Butler's Gulf campaigns. It notes his prominence at the encampment and his claim that Americans fight hard, recalling New Orleans 1862 and Gulf actions.
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8. C. Ashby
Montana
Boy Scouts
Pat Jack” Jones
John
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Neal Dow
Prohibition
General Butler
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Gulf
W. H. Maloney
Jack
German S smelter faces mob over flag in Helena
Henry Grubisch a German descent smelter at East Helena was saved from a mob of Austrians who attacked with furnace pokers after he disparaged the flag. Hel ena sheriffs detained him but the crowd forced him to kneel in mud and raise the flag. Two killed and several injured in a Burlington wreck near Lodge Grass.
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Atuy
Erickson
Burlington
Lodge Grass
Beaverhead River Bridge Erections Faced Heavy Runoff
Armstead reports say high Beaverhead river water washed away bridge approaches, forcing local auto travelers to detour via Grant and Bannack to reach Dillon. In Dillon, H B Soulen departs for Shoshone Idaho to lead county agricultural work, while George Melton returns from Lemhi with optimism for summer stock, though hay crops may be below normal. Passengers on the Gilmore & Pittburg line report a ruined roadbed and shifting tracks due to recent wet spells. C M Thorpe of Tozeman visits Dillon for a water case with W E Chapman over Buffalo creek waters from a 1863 mining right. The city introduces new machinery including a 10-ton roller sprinkler and scarifier. A marriage license is issued to Robert L. Kerns and Annie E. Shea of Butte, who will reside there.
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Grant
Bannack
H. B. Soulen
Shoshone
Idaho
George Melton
Lemhi
Robert Waddell
Wyoming
Heaverhead Canyon
Gilmore & Pittburg
C.M. ‘Thorpe
Tozeman
W. E. Chapman
Ed Lloyd
Tash
Buffalo Creek
Robert L. Kerns
Annie E. Shea
Butte
Butt
Substantial wage increase for Montana coal miners
Montana Operators association grants an 80 cent daily rise for inside and outside workers for miners under United Mine Workers. Barn men gain 10 dollars monthly. coal rates rise across Brown Tracy Stockett Coulee and other fields with machine and hand mining adjustments. Agreement runs to Sept 30 1918 as war measure to keep mines operating.
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Montana Operators’ Association
United Mine Workers
Brown and Tracy Fields
Stockett and
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Stockett _and
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Tracy
Montana
Mob violence in Toston halts freight train crew
A Townsend dispatch reports a mob of Industrial Workers of the World men attacked a freight train near Toston Montana. Deputies halted the assault, detaining five men who carried IWW cards, while the crew defended the train with stones as dynamite was discovered in a car but not used.
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H. A. Crittenden
Broad Water County
Feitizen
Lewistown Graduates 42 Students June 14 Address planned
Forty two high school seniors will receive diplomas June 14 as Judge Sidney Lanner of the supreme court delivers the commencement address Principal F. L. Cummings reports all seniors passed finals The graduates include Emmet B Taker Carl Russell Bennett Henry Bockes Jr and others The Memorial day committee also finalized parade plans with J Bebb as marshal and Judge H L De Kalb to preside at courthouse exercises followed by cemetery decorations.
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Lloyd W. Dyer
Roy T. Edwards
W. Gretencort
Herbert G. .Illen Herin
Bernice I. Hess
N M. Johnson
Ruth KR. King
H. Kirk
Glen A. Learn
Bell MacGown
Gladys McLean
Jessie E. Moore
Thilian J. Pearson
Winona Haman
Rauch
Muriel Rich
Piper
Mond
Irene B. Rood
R. Rudd
Mary B. Simpson
Vivian
E. Slater
Edward 0. Smith
Ruth IB. Soper
Chad Spaulding
Gladys L. Stedman
Leon B. Stephens
Thelma C. Stockwell
Joseph L. Stuart
Marie Walker
Josephine C. Weingart
Marjorie Wheaton
Wil W. White
Loisie Wright
J. ©. Bebb
Av Hue
H. L. de Kalb
B. K. Cheadle
C. L. Cowell
Chester Yelden
Leopold Beck
Frank Brugge
Mir. Edwards
E.G. Worden
Louis D. Blodgett
Merchants Urge June 5 Registration Day Shutdown
Helena Montana May 24 Merchants Exchange calls on all stores to close on registration day June 5 to allow employees to attend a large patriotic demonstration. Sheriff Majors organizes registrars school at the courthouse next Wednesday to train registrars in duties.
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Helena
Miss Rankin Plants Tree Posing for the Movies
Representative Jeannette Rankin plants a Montana fir in the capitol grounds as part of a tree-planting project symbolizing U S regions. The act will appear in a weekly news service shown nationwide. Also noted, the president accepted the resignation of Capt. William Pippy of the Second Montana National Guard.
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Jeannette Rankin
Montana
Capitol Grounds
Capitol Building
United States
Rocky Mountain
Wilam Pippy
Montana National Guard Regiment
Deer Lodge May 24 Visitors and church dedication noted
Senator C F Williams and son Ray visited Deer Lodge from their ranch. Mira Wallace and her son Billy arrived for several days, C O Maupin of Billings toured on business, Joseph Gamble of Lewiston visited Attorney T F Shea. Church services shifted for the Presbyterian dedication at 11, eve 8 with slides and songs.
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Deer Lodge
Williams
Ray
Mira
William Wallace
Billy
Maupin
Billings
Joseph “Gamble
Lewiston
T. F. Shea
Methall
JW. Bridges
Helmville
Citude Xni" Bielenberg
Inquiry into Boulder school condition held by state board
Helena May 24 The state board of charities and correction completed an inquiry into a condition at the state school for minor detectives in Boulder The findings will be made public later Charges against President H J Menzemer have been fought by Rose Alcorn an instructor at the school who was recently dismissed from the institution
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Helena
State Board of Charities and Correction
Boulder
H. J. Menzemer
Rose Alcorn
Governor Oday Proclaims Montana Y M C A Day
Helena May 24 Governor Stewart Oday proclaims June 17 as Montana Young Men’s Christian Association day to honor the association’s work for the army. Clergy are urged to reference the day in sermons and all citizens asked to contribute to the movement.
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Stewart Oday
Montana Young Men's Christian Association
No Liquor Service to Soldiers In Uniform
Helena reports that liquor may not be served to soldiers in uniform within the state. The rule follows the new selective draft bill.
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Helena
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