Memorial Day Observed in Butte Cemeteries
Citizens decorate graves of fallen soldiers with flowers as crowds fill Butte cemeteries to honor the valor and memory of war dead.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1902
Page
9
Beautiful Day Keeps Flame Alive at Butte Memorial
Citizens honor 67 dead soldiers in Butte with flowers and flags at gravesites. Adjutant leads muffled drums as families remember loved ones, including 61 Union soldiers and six from a later generation, in a communal observance marked by peace and remembrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Living Comrades Parade Opens Ceremonies with Veteran March
A modest yet impressive parade opened the day’s ceremonies with veterans from two wars marching slowly to muffled drums. Marshals, police, a high school drum corps, National Guard units, and G A R veterans led the procession through downtown streets ending at the cemeteries where transports waited.
Roll Call of the Dead Soldiers of '61
A list of Civil War and Spanish American War veterans named in a veterans roll call. Names include William Stevens Charles Kall bacher Daniel Cammeron Andrew Biddle Luther F. Wyman M E Alderman Patrick Fox John Raley Wesley M Jones John Madden Daniel Charles W T Clayborn David Foltz J W Holmes Thomas Septon L D Russell Charlies Murphy Henry Wagner C A Scout Henry Roberts Herman Richards G W Ennis George Hiunter George Harper Henry Nicken Adolph Sehhwade William Schlot Henry Keith Thomas Griffiths Daniel Fraker Hugh Kearney George Woodcock George Sample John Kranegle James Monteath Chance L Harris A Billers Samuel Wikes Hopkins T T Wilkinson Edward Reese R A Benson Edward Abbott George Bilston Ed Chase Lewis George Clarke Thomas Swan George D Beckwith Ralph R Keeler Owen Thornton Patrick McMahon Chris H Hart Michael Murphy M H Twohig Don Sullivan J C Cond F E Clement Coleman Myles Burke John Grace Spanish American War Soldiers Robert J Foster Joseph Callahan J J A Beckman Eugene Gastiger Wilbur R Boyce rough riders Jack Diamond
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stevens
Charles Kallbacher
Daniel Cammeron
Andrew Biddle
Luther F. Wyman
M. E. Alderman
Patrick Fox
John Raley
Wesley M. Jones
John Madden
Daniel Charles
W. T. Clayborn
David Foltz
J. W. Holmes
Thomas Septon
L. D. Russell
Charlies Murphy
Henry Wagner
C. A. Scout
Henry Roberts
Herman Richards
G. W. Ennis
George Hiunter
George Harper
Henry Nick
Veterans graves honored with wreaths and taps at cemetery
Comrades who fought the same battles placed a wreath on one grave yesterday. After roll call the high school choir sang. Three blank rounds fired and taps sounded by Bugler Vigeant. Graves were decorated at the Catholic cemetery.
Memorial Day at Mt Moriah Cemetery
Veterans gathered at Mt Moriah and other cemeteries to decorate graves and honor fallen comrades. A solemn procession formed a hollow square around the Grand Army plot with flag at half mast, prayers, and a reading of the Memorial Day ritual followed by a roll call of the dead.
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Mt. Moriah
Grand Army
Memorial Day Exercises At Suttons Broadway Theater
A large crowd gathered at Suttons Broadway theater for evening Memorial Day observances led by Lee Mantle the orator. The program included the Woodmen of the World Glee club, St Patricks school chorus, and the Lincoln post G A R reading the memorial order. Mantle praised Civil War sacrifices and honored both soldiers and the women who cared for the wounded and dying on both sides.
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Sutton
Broadway
Grand Army
Lee Mantle
Woodmen of the World Glee Club
Alfred H. Henry
St. Patrick's Parochial School
Almon
Lincoln Post
Lincolny
Gettysburg
Bessie Hughes
Hebaus
Mantle
North
Temple of Fame
The
Republic
Remembering Lincoln and the Blue as Memorial Day Ends
A Memorial Day address traces Washington Lincoln and the Civil War to present unity. It lauds the Union soldiers, crosses old divides and calls for loyalty to the flag, with music by a local quartet and the community offering flowers to graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Spain
San Juan
Santiago
Manila
Caloocan
Mololos
North
Frien
McKinley
Mantle
Miss Finegan
Teachers Excursion Rates Listed by Northern Pacific Railway
The Northern Pacific Railway announces round trip tickets for teachers on June 7 8 10 14 and 16 with final return limits to several cities including St Paul Minneapolis and Duluth at 40 dollars Omaha St Joseph Council Bluffs Kansas City 42 dollars Chicago and intermediate points 53 50 dollars St Louis and intermediate points 49 50 dollars and similar rates to other principal western points. For berth reservations contact W H Merriman General Agent at Park and Main streets.
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Northern Pacific Paihway
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Omaha
St. Joseph
Council Bluffs
Kansas City
Chicago
St. Louis
W. H. Merriman
Northern Pacific Railway
Corner Park and
Main Streets
Summer Excursions Via the Great Northern Railway
Great Northern announces summer excursion fares from St Paul and Minneapolis to destinations including St Paul Minneapolis and return 424.50 and 60 day return. Chicago 53.50. St Louis 49.50. Minneapolis return 34.50 with multiple going dates in May June July and returning by September 1 15 etc. Tickets available at 41 North Main street Butte.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
West Superior
Sioux City
Chicago
St. Louis
Great Northern Ticket Office
North Main Street
Butte
Waters Still on the Rise in Oklahoma Floods
Western Oklahoma and western Indian Territory endure continuing floods. North Canadian rises rapidly with many bridges carried away and land submerged. South Canadian washes away the Noble bridge valued at 320 000. Vinita housing areas flooded four to five feet and Rush creek overflows into streets.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Noble
Vinita
Rush Creek
Prospectors May Have Perished In Oklahoma Floods
A Wildman Oklahoma message reports torrents from the Wichita mountains sweeping away prospectors shacks and likely causing deaths. Flood waters overwhelm Red River drainage, overgrowing streams and damaging property and crops near Wichita mountains.
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Wichita
Kan
Wildman
Okla
Wichita Mountains
Drowned While Watching Flood at Lakin Bridge
Thomas Hinsley, a well to do county citizen, was drowned on a bridge over the Arkansas river as rising floodwaters swept the bridge away. Three of the county’s largest bridges were ruined by three days of heavy rains.
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Lakin
Kan
Thomas Hinsley
Arkansas River
Waters Over Walters Halt Town Business
A Lewton Oklahoma telegram to the Eagle reports four feet of water in Walters town site making business impossible. All streams in Comanche county are raging torrents and loss of life is feared.
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Wichita, Kan
Lewton
Okla
The
Eagle
Walters
Comanche County
Furnishers in Grand Rapids Reject Proposed Pool
At a meeting of the Grand Rapids Furniture Manufacturers association it was practically decided not to enter the proposed furniture pool. Officials believe the action will prevent the formation of a pool.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Grand Rapids Furniture Manufacturers’ Association
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