Trade of This Year Exceeds 1924 by a Heavy Margin
Trade conditions in Butte show a 174 percent improvement over 1924 with October sales surpassing last year by up to 46 percent. Hardware, shoes, furniture, drugs and clothing report strong gains while railroads remain reticent on figures. J A Wowsam notes fruit shipments rising from 160 to over 200 cars as part of the broader upturn.
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Butte
Express
Light and
Power
J. A. Wowsam
Blazer Murder Trial Fights Re-Trial Push in Colorado
Denver Nov 14 The state will resist renewed efforts by Dr Harold E B Blazer's attorneys to obtain a new trial for the murder of his daughter Hazel 34 The prosecution led by Joel E Stone says Colorado would be placed in the position of legalizing this crime Stone vows to oppose any retrial while defense seeks safety under double jeopardy Judge Samuel Johnson discharged the jury after an 11 to 1 vote for acquittal and the charge was dismissed Continued on Page 15 Column 2.
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Associated Press
Denver
Harold EB. Blazer
Hazel
Joel E. Stone
Blazer
Colorado
Mr. Stone
Lewie D. Mowry
Dr. Blazer
Mus
Samuel Johnson
Stone
Whitefish tops Butte Central in mud game for district title
Whitefish overcame a 7–0 deficit in the mud to tie late and win the western district championship over Butte Central. Whitefish gained 237 yards to Central's 35, with a dramatic three 56 yard bursts. The upset earns a spot to face Great Falls, northern zone champions, next Saturday.
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Butte Central
Maroons
Central
Keane
Great Falls
Worldly Enticement of Coeds Burned at Adventist College
At Southern Junior College in Ooltewah a campus bonfire consumed novels, pictures, lipsticks, rouge and other so called forbidden articles after chapel. Evangelists Haynes and Simon led revival urging removal of vanity and worldliness. A faculty backed search of the dorms and library followed.
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Prorc
Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Junior College
Ooltewah
Seventh-Day Adventists
Carlyle B. Haynes
New York
J. F. Simon
Washington
Elks of Montana to Aid in Dedication of New Home
Butte lodge No 240 will dedicate its new Elk home at Montana and Galena streets starting Saturday November 21 with an initiation of 35 new members and a grand ball Monday night. Attending dignitaries include Charles E. Johnson Missoula district deputy and past exalted rulers. A public reception is set Sunday 2 to 6 pm with a musical program, followed by a three day celebration and state gathering of exalted rulers and secretaries.
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Butte Lodge No
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Galena
Elktom
Butte Lodge
East Copper Street
The
Elks
Charles E. Johnson
Missoula
Attwell
H. A. Gatlwey
Butte
Haunted love turns killer to suicide in Butte tragedy
Sampson Harry Penna, 42, a laborer haunted by Susie Bryant whom he murdered in Butte in 1906, slit his throat and wrists in Spokane then died. He had been twice convicted for the murder, later paroled, and last week sought jail admittance, saying the murdered woman’s face tormented him and he felt himself slipping.
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Butte
Sampson Harry Penna
Spokane
Associated Press
Penna
Susie Bryant
Cornwall
Michael Donlan
Supreme Court
Silver Bow County
Robert Bryant
Harry Penna
Australia
Bryant
RACE DRIVER KILLED AT PHOENIX TRACK
Roy Smith of Phoenix was killed and Johnny Carminetti of Phoenix seriously injured in an accident at the state fair grounds race track. They were warming up before the first event when Carminetti's car struck the fence, Smith's car rear-ended Carminetti, rolled twice, and Smith was struck by a third car. Smith died en route to a hospital. Carminetti suffered a large sliver in his left leg and other injuries.
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Associated Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Roy Smith
Johnny Carminetti
State Fair Grounds
Carminetti
Smith
Carminelta
Stepheno On Given Life By Jury
Sverdig t Stepheno on being told he would spend life in prison after a jury verdict. He laughs at the decision and says the final chapter of the story has not yet been written.
Defendants Freed In Stephenson Case In Indiana
A jury in Indiana found former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon D. Stephenson guilty of second degree murder in the death of Madge Oberholtzer. The verdict carries 20 years to life imprisonment with possible reductions for good behavior. Co-defendants Kienek and Parl Gentry were acquitted. Stephenson reacted with a defiant remark and vowed to fight on appeal, while awaiting sentencing and transfer to state prison.
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Ind
Michigan City
D. ©. Stephenson
Indiana
Ku Klux Klan
Madge Oberholtzer
War Kienek
Parl Gentry
Stephenson
Never Again Says Wife Of Valentino
Mrs Winifred Hudnut Valentino tells the Associated Press in New York that she will not marry again and that artists should remain unmarried. She says children and domestic life conflict with a career and cites Rudolph Valentino's lack of appreciation for her ambition. She plans to stay in the East to pursue films while Hollywood tires her. Valentino himself says that people in his field should stay single before sailing for Paris.
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Associated Press
New York
Winifred Hudnut Valientino
Valentino
Rudolph
East
Hollywood
Paria
No Official Estimates Of Montana Wheat This Month
Weather and late harvest press Montana farmers to finish beets potatoes and wheat as November yields show losses in wheat. Officials report no new wheat estimates, with Oct 1 figures unchanged at 32 945 000 bushels spring and 3 335 000 winter. Unofficial outlooks fore 15 25 percent spring wheat shrinkage statewide.
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Montana Crop‘reporting Bureau
Helena
Crop Reporting Bureau
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