Memorial Day Observed Across Missoula with Veterans Parade
Memorial day activities in Missoula drew large crowds with nearly 40 Grand Army men in line, diverse participants including a Chinese boy and black soldiers from Fort Missoula, and services at the cemetery and Union Opera House. Dignitaries and veterans lauded sacrifices as crowds honored the day with taps, prayers, recitations, and music.
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Union Opera House
Missoula
W. E. Bancroft
Frank Dierman
Mr. Bancroft
Opera House
Fort Missoula
John Ll. Sloane
Grand Army
H. F. Russell
Christian Church
McKenzies
San Juan Hill
Cuba
David Bigger
Ed Hollister
Woodmen
Ladies’ Association
Womens Relief Corps
Ensign Cummins
Cecil Molinelli
Major Skinner
Missionary Ridge
America
Physical culture in public schools in Missoula report
A Missoula committee reports on public school physical education. Mrs McAllister is praised for age appropriate drills, with variation by grade and strict attention valued. Ribbons are suggested for top rooms across grade groupings and school sides.
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Missoula
Mise Tescoth
East Side
Mise Trevaille
Uth
Miss Bellew
North Side
Missoula Pupils Fail Eighth Grade Exam Thirty Nine Short
Miss Shelley county superintendent faces action for 29 pupils in Miss Cramer's eighth grade who did not pass a recent exam. An exhibition of physical culture interrupted the test, 29 failed while 3 passed. A private retake is being arranged. Visit Missoula Nursery's greenhouses or call Higgins avenue city store.
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Missoula
Miss Shelley
Miss Cramer
Call City
Higgins Avenue
Rancher William Spurgin Moves Family to Orchard Homes
Missoula May 24. William Spurgin a prosperous rancher long tied to the fort area is abandoning the old homestead and moving his family to a new home in Dinsmore's Orchard Homes. He plans to retire there. his former ranch was among the best in the state and is now subdivided into orchard plots.
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Missoula
William Spurgin
Fort
Dinsmore
Spurgin
Horse hats draw a crowd in Missoula street scene
A Missoula merchant outfits two delivery horses with hats to aid comfort on hot days. The sight amuses spectators and humane groups record the moment, while the Missoula Mercantile advertises a ladies shirt waist sale, noting horse hats are proper.
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Missoula
Lilac bushes despoiled in Missoula nightly thefts
Missoula residents report nightly thefts of lilac blossoms from blooming bushes in yards on North Third Street and Cedar Street. One victim, Mrs Arlin, describes substantial damage to her garden as culprits break branches and steal blooms.
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Missoula
Arlin
North Third Street
North Missoula
Cedar Street
Vane Daliem
Missoula Republicans Seek Deputy U S Marshal Position
In Missoula on May 2 several young Republicans pursue the deputy U S marshal post under the new appointment. They debate whom to approach for endorsement and worry about identifying Carter loyalists likely to influence the selection.
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Missoula
United States
Carter
Home-cured hams and meals at Daily's in Missoula
Joseph J. Fest returned home from a year in Alaska and notes harsh conditions there with many destitute people. The item mentions a European hotel and a bus to all trains, with reviews of comfortable rooms and first class meals at Daily's.
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Missoula
Joseph J. Fest
Alaska
Tourists Stay Put as Four Coaches Idle at Missoula Station
In Missoula on May 30 four coaches remain at the station with tourists choosing to stay rather than proceed to Bon. The situation leaves travelers awaiting further travel plans as developments unfold.
Raymond-Whitcomb Tour Party Transferred Over Unsafe Bridge
A Raymond Whitcomb party of 75 travelers moved across an unsafe bridge after touring Atlantic coast cities and the Pacific coast. Manager Hutchin led the group during the day arranging teams to show sights and hosting a banquet at the Florence hotel.
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Ita
Raymond- Whitcomb
Atlantic Coast
Pacific Coast
Hutchin
Florence Hotel
Need Another Specialist Missoula May 30
Missoula reports rising spotted fever cases in the valley prompting a call for a state board to hire another specialist from the East to study causes and find a remedy. Local physicians toil hard while awaiting a decisive breakthrough. A long-time resident cites a history of rare past cases and argues insects rather than decayed timber trigger outbreaks, noting Blackfoot country timber history.
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Missoula
State Board
Blackfoot
Lecture to Railroad Men by S H Draper in Missoula
On June 10 the Northern Pacific club will host a lecture for railroad men titled Air Brake Appliances and the Application of Air by S H Draper. He is regarded as a top engineer and will present Westinghouse maps of air-brake appliances. The event is exclusive to railroad staff.
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H. Draper
Northern Pacific Club
Missoula
S. H. Draper
United
Draper
Westinghouse
Northern Pacific
Daughter of J W Rickman Recovers in Missoula
The child brought from Victor with spotted fever is resting well in Missoula. Doctors report they have found some trace of the disease and that treatment is helping. Physicians visit the patient frequently and monitor her condition closely.
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Missoula
J. W. Rickman
Victor
Fruitgrowers Union Directors to Meet in Hamilton
Missoula May 30 news notes a Saturday meeting in Hamilton for Fruitgrowers union directors to plan berry crop handling this year. J O Read will report after a thorough study of best practices. attendance is urged as it is described as an important gathering. Closing out bicycles at McBride's.
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Missoula
Hamilton
Fruitgrowers’ Union
J. O. Read
Pleasant Duty Well Performed In Bonita Wedding
Judge Webster united Zebina Bardwell aged 41 and Fanne Shafer aged who reside in Bonita in a courthouse ceremony. Witnesses were T. E. Evans and Mr. Kemp. The couple departed by evening train for home.
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Missoula
Webster
Zebina Bardwell
Fanne Shafer
Bonita
T. E. Evans
Mr. Kemp
Fire drill sharpens Missoula brigade at bottling works
Missoula firefighters, under Chief Mentrum of Anaconda, conducted a drill at the old bottling works last evening. Ladder work impressed all and improved the crew's readiness. Chief Mentrum then returned to Anaconda.
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Missoula
Mentrum
Anaconda
Menturm
Missoula Manager Purchases Jenks Residence on South Second
Missoula water company manager T. T. McLeod has bought Colonel Jenks’s newly built home on South Second Street. It is described as one of the city’s most comfortable houses and his family will move in at once.
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Missoula
T. T. McIleod
The
Why All Coughs Are Dangerous
A historical health note explains coughs stem from inflamed air passage membranes and can lead to bronchitis pneumonia or consumption. It promotes Hyomei as a daily inhaled germicide, claiming it destroys respiratory germs and offers trial outfits for 25 cents or a full kit for one dollar with a five day free treatment.
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United States Earth
R. T. Booth @o
Tthaea
End of School Year Theater in Missoula
Eighth grade exercises at the Union opera house capped a successful school year. Mrs. McAllister led calisthenics and drills with two choruses, a Persian drill, and a minuet fandrill. Beighle awarded diplomas. 23 state diplomas and 28 regular diplomas were issued. only one pupil, Lottie Greenough, did not pass the exam.
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Missoula
Union Opera House
Misses Simpson
Marsh
Young Ladies’ Quartet
Magnolia Quartet
Fort
Fach
Little Ones
Beighle
Lottie Greenough
Early settler N J Blake to leave Plains for Ireland
Misoula reports N J Blake an eastern Montana pioneer who has run a Plains business for years will depart for Ireland for a year or more. He plans to sell his Plains store soon and is said to have inherited substantial funds in the old country, blocked by real estate.
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Misoula
N. J. Blake
West End
Plains
Ireland
Blake
Indian Charged With Stealing in Missoula
Deputy U S Marshal Gage in Missoula to arrest an Indian named Eineme on a charge of stealing a cow and calf from Joseph Blodget of the reservation. Hearing set for June 12 before U S Commissioner Wm. Smith, who left for Stevensville on government business.
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Missoula
United States
Gage
Joseph Blodget
Ww. Pr. Smith
Stevensville
Florence Holds Memorial Exercises for Rev. H. E. Russell
Florence visitors include F. N. Jamieson noted for mining fame. He attended memorial exercises last Sunday where Rev. H. E. Russell delivered a splendid address. The church was packed with attendees from miles around.
Soldiers delayed in Missoula head for Alaska garrison
Missoula on May 30 reports Company C eighth infantry delayed by eastbound trains. Soldiers slept in three coaches and expect to reach Seattle tonight. Orders place them to garrison Fort Egbert Eagle City Alaska.
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Missoula
Company C
Eighth Infantry
Seattle
Fort Egbert
Eagle City
Alaska
Annual Inspection Trip Planned for Institution
Missoula May 30. J. M. Meiers Evans Leonard Paul and Professor McKay of the state board of education will travel to Boulder on Saturday to conduct their annual inspection of the institution. The visit is expected to occur Monday and then they will return to Helena.
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Missoula
Meiers
J. M. Evans
Leonard and
Paul
Professor McKay
State Board of Education
Boulder
Helena
Notice to Contractors for Central School Repairs
Notice to Contractors bids received at the office of J. F. Kennedy architect up to six o'clock June 9 for repairs and improvements on Central school building. Plans ready. Certified check of 10 percent must accompany all bids. Right reserved to reject any or all bids.
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J. F. Kennedy
Horse Drowns in Missoula River After Struggle
On the Missoula bridge men observed a horse fighting for air in the river this morning. The animal repeatedly submerged and finally disappeared from view suggesting it drowned.
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Missoula
Missoula River
Florence ranchman George Reed taken ill in Missoula
Missoula on May 30 reports George Reed a well known Florence ranchman brought in this morning and now at the Rankin hotel. Dr Parson believes spotted fever though not yet certain.
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Missoula
George Reed
Florence
Rankin Hotel
Parson
Northern Pacific Wall at Quartz Restores Rail Traffic
Missoula residents report the Northern Pacific retaining wall near Quartz failed overnight due to high water. By morning, repairs were completed and trains could pass over the section.
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Missoula
Northern Pacific
Quartz
Fruitgrowers' union directors head to Hamilton meeting
Missour May 30 J A Moss and other directors of the Fruitgrowers' union left for Hamilton for the meeting to be held on Saturday.
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Missour
J. A. Moss
Fruitgrowers’ Union
Hamilton
Timber Falls On Boy In Seattle Doctor’s Son
An 8 year old boy, son of Dr. R C Coffey of Seattle, was brought to Northern Pacific hospital after a timber fell on his face. His injuries are serious with his face badly smashed.
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Missoula
R. C. Coffey
Seattle
Northern Pacific Hospital
Missoula Crowd Sees Notable Local Baseball Game
About 500 spectators in Missoula on May 30 watched a highly eventful baseball game, describing it as one of the year’s most interesting diamond contests.
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Missoula
Jones boarding house nine edge McCandlish in tenth inning
In a tense game the Jones boarding house nine and the McCandlish team were tied 7 7 after nine innings. McCarthy pitched and Mitchell caught for Jones while Sloane pitched and D Autremont caught for McCandlish. Mitchell scored in the top of the tenth to give Jones the victory.
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Jones Boarding House
McCandlish
McCarthy
Mitchell
Jones
Sloane
D'Autremont
Montana National Guard Inspection Finds Units in Good Shape
Major Duncan of the Montana national guard returns from an inspection tour and reports Company E Livingston Captain Welsh Company A Bozeman Captain Wessitch Battery A Helena Captain Moore Company B Butte Captain Jeans Company F Dillon Captain Young, though funds are tight, well equipped and many have purchased their own uniforms. The major praises the units and notes anticipation of state support.
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Missoula
Duncan
Montana National Guard
Livingston
Welsh
Bozeman
Wessitch
Helena
Moore
Butte
Jeans
Dillon
Young
Thei
Successful Hotel Thief Strikes Rankin Hotel in Missoula
A hotel thief entered adjacent rooms of James M. Lancaster and C. B. Batton by prying transoms at the Rankin hotel in Missoula. Batton lost trousers with cash and a $150 diamond pin in his necktie. Lancaster had $35 in his trousers taken. The next day the garments were found in an unoccupied room. The thief had not touched the money in Batton's pockets.
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Missoula
Rankin Hotel
James M. Lancaster
Stevensville
C. B. Batton
Mr. Batton
Mr. Lancaster
Mr. Ratton
Bridge No. 143 Near Bonita Reopens After Repairs
The Northern Pacific resumes traffic over bridge 143 near Bonita after days of delays. No. 1 the north coast limited led the first crossing, with delayed eastbound trains following by 1 to 2 am. Repair crews hauled hundreds of loads of stone and the track now rests on solid rock. Weather is colder and water levels receding, suggesting a peak in high water.
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Missoula
Northern Pacifics
Bridge 143
Bonita
No. 1
North Coast Limited
Missoula eighth grade honors twenty two pass
Missoula county superintendent Shelley reports 22 of 41 eighth grade pupils passed the examination. Named successful students include Josie Dinsmore Raymond Lynch Howard Edward Gertrude Cahill Clarence Forrs Ray Broulette Katie Jenkins Alice Wright and others.
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Missoula
Miss Shelley
Josie Dinsmore
Raymond Lynch
Howard Edward
Gertrude Cahill
Clarence Forrs
Ray Broulette
Katie Jenkins
Alice Wright
Elmer Carter
Jubel Howe
Alameda Andrews
Ruth Lemly
Clarence Cowell
Norman Mix
Montana Buswell
Abbon Lucy
Edgar Polleys
Otis Lewis
Nora Wiliams
Dorothy Bird
Sylvia Agee
Frank Neill
Charles Farmer
Frank Lewis
Lottie Greenough
Trouble About at an End in Missoula
The Montana fruit store attachment in favor of Charles Donovan has been partly raised and assignee Cook sold the stock to a Missoula businessman. The case had promised to be a peculiar litigation as a sheriff attaching an assigned stock is rare in the state.
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Missoula
Montana
Charles Donovan
Cook
University Commencement Exercises Set in Missoula
Exercises begin today at the university in Missoula with a declamation contest. Participants perform readings including Death of Benedict Arnold, How Me and Ed Got Religion, Wee Willie Winkie, The Sioux Chief's Daughter, Rizpeh, Count Gismond, and The Fall of Pemberton Hall, with music and a benediction by Laureane Grant and Lucia Micheles.
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Western
Western Montana
Ndard
Cale
Madras
Axminster Carpets Reg
Brussels
Bissell
Cycu
Missoula, Mont
G. A. WOLF _ JOHN C. LEHSON
J. H. T. Ryman
Veeee
G. T. Lewis
H. L. Braun & Co
Bishop & Kern
McBride's
Woodmen of the World
99 Association
Bers
P.M. Reilly & Co, the Grocers
Ole Ask Dead
Ole Ask
Coeur d'Alene
Nerstrand
Minn
Crescent Wheels
Missoula How. Co
U. S
J. J
Major Duncan
National Guard
Mercantile Department
Hamilton, Mont
First National Bank of
A. B. Hammond, G. England
M. Keith
E. A. Eddy, A. B. Hammond
A. G. England
John M
Cashvet
T. L. Greenough
G. England
M. McLveod
Keith
J. M. Lucy Union Block
Icure
Flex
W. A. Cook
Cook Medical CO
Curtis ST
Denver
St. James Medical Associatios
St. James
Penninoy AL Pills Royal
Ly Pitt
Ieee
Bellefre
Rea Turn Mall
Hichester Chemical Co
Medison Square
Phila
Helena, Mont
General Distributers
Acme
Standard
BIG Blackfoot Milling
Conner, Mont
Banner
BIG Blackfoot Milling CO
Toole Ave
Bonner, Mont
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