Steam Roller Dominates Gubernatorial Race in Montana
The Miner reports Judge Edwin K. Cheadle withdrew from the Republican gubernatorial race after an auto crash. The piece likens the setback to a steam roller wielded by party bosses, noting past blows to William Linday and hints at Webster and Donlan. It contrasts Democratic openness at Anaconda with Republican rigidity. The column questions future targets and emphasizes people rule in democracy.
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Lewistown
Edwin K. Cheadle
Helena
Judge Cheadle
William Lindsay
Glendive
Charles M. Webster
Senator Donlan
Mr. Webster
Anaconda
Wrights Set New Flight Records at Fort Myers
America leads in heavier-than-air flight as Orville Wright, at Fort Myers, breaks his own records nearly daily during the past week. By Saturday he sustained flight for 1 hour 14 minutes and 24 seconds, surpassing previous performances in the era of early aviation. Experts note progress toward controlled heavier-than-air flight, drawing lessons from nature’s birds.
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United States
Orville Wright
Fort Myers
Wright brothers advance in air navigation debate
The article weighs airship feasibility, noting balloon drag and wind exposure. It cites Thomas A. Edison and Thomas Fichson on propulsion and suggests Wright brothers may have touched a successful navigational theory, while warning early locomotives were crude compared to modern engines.
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Wright Brothers
Thomas A. Fichson
Edison
Hughes to Seek renomination as New York governor at Saratoga
At Saratoga today Republicans in New York gather to nominate their state ticket with Governor Hughes facing a tough renomination battle. Roosevelt and Taft back Hughes reluctantly amid a split party, while critics warn his defeat at the polls unless a change is made.
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Hughes
New York
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Taft
Saratoga
Commonwealth
Exhibition of Pettiness in London Catholic Procession
A London congress of Catholics discussed a ceremonial procession through the streets with eminent church leaders to mark religious magnificence. Historical anti Catholic laws once forbade such processions, now largely forgotten, but attempts to revive the rite faced friction from lingering bigotry and legal concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Hnogland
Call for repeal of ancient law on Catholic processions
Narrow-minded bigots pressed for enforcing an old statute in England forcing a Catholic ceremonial procession. The premier Asquith was urged to obtain the congress’s withdrawal. The piece laments the persistence of such laws amid a drift toward religious liberty and hopes for repeal by liberal voices.
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England
Asquith
Catholic Congress
Thirty-Two Years Ago Items of Interest From The Miner
Reprints items from the Miner noting shipments to Butte from Mr. Tylinger and a druggists' stock from Richardson & Co. St. Louis. Druggist W. Wetzel praises the project as supplying a much needed drug store. Moves of Mrs. Van Sickler and Mrs. Porter, hotel owners McFarland and Mayhew’s political standing, and plans for A.E. Mayhew’s congressional delegate bid are described along with Mrs Ivy’s Centennial travel and winter plans in Philadelphia Chicago.
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TL. Tylinger
Butte
J. M. Wetzel
House of Richardson &Co
St. Louis
A&r
A. van Sickler
Tinos
McFarland
Aylesworth & McFarland
Lee W. Foster
Ivy
Philadelphia
Chicago
Democratic State Ticket for Presidential Electors
State party slate lists electors W G Conrad Great Falls Thomas M Ta gue Deer Lodge Lewis Penwell Helena. Congress Thomas D Long Kalispell Governor Edwin L Norris Dillon Lieutenant Governor Thomas M Swindlehurst Livingston Associate Justice William M Johnston Billings Railroad Commissioners Charles P Nevin Butte six year term A J Violette Missoula four year term L Newman Havre two year term Secretary of State Miles Romney Hamilton Treasurer Phil Goodwin Butte Auditor H R Sherlock Boulder Attorney General John H Tolan Anaconda Superintendent of Public Instruction Wiley Mountjoy Twin Bridges.
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W. G. Conrad
Great Falls
Thomas M'Tague
Deer Lodge
Lewis Penwell
Helena
Charles P. Nevin
Butte
A. J. Violette
Missoula
L. Newman
Havre
Republican Primaries. Delegates chosen at Hamilton county caucus
A special dispatch reports the Republican primary at Hamilton selecting delegates for the county convention at the courthouse on Monday. Precinct 1 delegates include R A O’Hara W P Baker A H Downing O Cooper W T Adair Frank V Hoagland J J Howley C M Johnson H Spaulding. Precinct 2 names Rory McLeod Frank H Drinkenberg D V Bean J Grush W Harlan D R Baughman R Moore S Solsberger George E Suljenger J C Brown C Coulter William A Barnett.
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Hamilton
R. A. O'Hara
R. W. Nicol
W. BP. Baker
A. H. Downing
O.€. Cooper
W. T. Adair
Frank
V. Hoagland
J. J. Howley
D. C
Fire at Hamilton Destroys Surveyors Office Room
A fire in the upper story of The Republican block in Hamilton damaged a room rented by Lord & Cheatham for a surveyors' office. Employes John Nelson and O. J. Hawkins woke to flames. Hawkins may have stepped on a match igniting waste paper. Nelson fought the blaze in his clothes, Hawkins helped subdue the fire as it scorched walls and charred the floor.
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Hamilton
Lord & Cheatham
John Nelson
O. J. Hawkins
Nisght
Nelson
Hawkins
Jury Finds Nicholson Guilty of Manslaughter
Newcastle Wy Sept 12 The trial of Leonard B Nicholson on murder charges ended with a manslaughter verdict. Notice of appeal filed. Defense claimed self defense after a sheep herding dispute over range rights led to a fatal exchange of shots near Weston County. Nicholson surrendered to authorities and was represented by F E Enterline and M B Camplin of Sheridan with H Reynolds.
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Newcastle
Wyn
Leonard B. Nicholson
A. BR. Furrier
Weston County
Nicholson
Parker
Murkier
FE. EE. Enterline of
Sheridan
Hh.od. Reynolds
M. B. Camplin
Sherdan
Death of Ralston Iron Works secretary in San Francisco
Erskine Richardson, secretary of the Ralston Iron Works, was found dead in his San Francisco rooms. A can of potassium cyanide on a window seat suggested suicide. A letter indicates domestic inf , and separation. Richardson was despondent over his health.
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San Francisco
Twin Bridges News Highlights Local Deaths and Events
Thomas Hooben, longtime Montana resident in Twin Bridges, died Friday from general debility at over 50 years old, leaving several children. A Sunday barbeque follows the fair, and Twin Bridges faces a Whitehall baseball game for a $100 purse. Wind and storm damage hit farmers hard, with losses to hay crops, grain, and orchards. Local residents pursue education opportunities, with several youths heading to state colleges and universities.
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Twin Bridges
Thomas Hooben
Montana
Ife
Whitehall
Here
Milwaukee Promises 10 Build 10 National Park Route
An official of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway says a branch from Roundup to Milwaukee will extend to Billings and connect with the Billings Cooke City electric line to Yellowstone via the Stillwater valley. The plan includes a spur to coal mines and promises self sustaining traffic from mining, agriculture, and future passenger travel to the park. Construction timing for Roundup to Billings is said to be sooner than many expect.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & &T. Pan Railway
Roundup
Bill- Inga
Yellowstone Park
Stillwater Valley
Billings & Cooke City
Milwaukee
Billings
Rbillings
Cooke City Electric
Wonderland
Clark's Fork
Stillwater
Elks Tooth musical planned by Billings lodge
Members of the Billings Elks lodge prepare to stage the Elks Tooth, a musical comedy, at the Babcock theater in early October. Committees are formed and rehearsals will begin next week with local talent under H. J. Brown, famed Montana figure who previously produced the College Pennant.
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Billings
Lodge of Elks
Babcock Theater
H. J. Brown
Montana
Elks
Mr. Brown
Davis Call Wedding Quiet Dillon Ceremony
Miss Merle Davis married Thomas Call in a quiet Dillon wedding at the Presbyterian manse. The ceremony was by Dr A B Martin. The bride, a former Normal college student, has many county friends. They will reside near Dillon with her mother Mrs Ed Call, sister-in-law of the groom.
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Waterloo
Creoklyn Ranch
Twin Bridges
Edna Fox
Merritte Owsley
State University
Missoula
Mary
Jessie Redfield
Bozeman College
Adolph Stewart
Max Wilcomb
Dillon
Tea Gray
Grinnell Fa
Lillian Barshaw
Butte
John Sieden- Sticker
Mortimer Lott
Mairfield
Whitehall
Whitehall Lodge
Gold Jackson
Lillian Goodnight
Rutledge
St. Joseph
Miss Jackson
Miss Goodnight
Alta Clark
Parker
Joplin
Ernest Falkner
Kalispell
Merle Davis
Thomas Call
Hancher
Presbyterian Manse
A. B. Martin
Presbyterian Church
Normal College
Ed Call
Coral Herr Weds John Pendergast at Ar genta Home
In Argenta, at Mrs. L M Owens residence, Miss Coral Herr married John Kh Pendergast in a ceremony led by Dr A B Martin. A lavish wedding dinner followed. The bride, sister to Alice Herr the county school superintendent, studied domestic science at the Agricultural college and led in social life at Bannack. The groom works as a mine engineer in Argenta and they plan to reside there.
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Bannack
Argenta
Hides Gold in Pigpen and Fools Burglars
Berean Sept 13. Fearful of banks, Frank Marks, a Strongville farmer, hid his wealth as gold coins under his pigpen floor. Burglars rifled the house, set fire to the barn and pigpen, neighbors saved the house, and Marks recovered a large lump of gold from the ruins, melted by heat.
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Berean
Frank Marks
Strongville
Marks
Robbers Hide His Wooden Leg in Quiet Raid
Oscar O Harrah a Colliers West Virginia ticket agent was robbed after two masked men entered his home in Washington Pennsylvania on September 13. They searched the house and took 125 dollars a watch and valuables while his wooden leg and trousers were stolen. They left 150 dollars of railroad money unseen. He was held at gunpoint and forced to stay silent and then told to look for the leg downstairs.
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Washington, Pa
Oscar O'Harrah
Colliers
W. Va
O'llarrah
O'Harrah
Remedy Cures Diarrhea Says Mason City Visitor
Two years ago C L Scott of Dutheld Michigan recounts his father’s illness in Mason City Iowa where diarrhoea cramps were cured by Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He notes the remedy always helps and is sold by all druggists.
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Mason City
Iowa
C. L. Scott
Dutheld
Mich
Chamberlain
Sheath trousers among latest designs for men
New York says fall and winter bring bold fashion shifts with color and new silhouettes. Sheath trousers cap the list, with outside leg seams ending at the knee and laced forward thereafter, while plaited alternatives conceal the calf. Soft plush hats called Yodels, inspired by Swiss style, rise alongside durable Marathon ties in fast colors.
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New York
Searf
Cretonne
Dillon Notes Includes Weddings and Local Visits
Dillon notes list several wedding licenses issued by clerk F A Hazel baker, including Clark McNinch with Mrs Catherine Burkett and George J Izett with Miss Catherine Stephens. It also records travels of residents, teaching assignments, fair attendance, and patient recoveries in the Beaverhead county area.
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Dillon
Genevieve Fisher
Kinross
Mamie Vitash
Riverside
F. P. Birrer
Edwin Norris
Helena
Beaverhead County
Bert Orr
Berry
Whitlash
Mont
William Smith
Sheridan
Sadie Waldorf
Harriet
Cunningham
A. F. Waldorf
Hamilton Notes Special Dispatch to the Miner
Hamilton Sept 13 Herbert Mcleod visited town on a business mission Charles FE Bagnett arrived from Washington D C and registered at the Ravalli s Mr and Mrs J E Totman returned from Missoula Gibson B Strange was in town last
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Hamilton
Herbert Mcleod
Charles FE. Bagnett
Washington, D. C
J. E. Totman
Missoula
Gibson B. Strange
Stevensville notes and moving town personalities
Stevensville chatter covers local figures from J. M. Conley visiting from Missoula to C. Williamson relocating to Stevensville to lead the new high school. Judge Henry L. Myers traveled to Thompson for court business. Bruce Wells of the Stevensville Register came for a brief visit. Gordon Stuart arrived from Wallace, Iowa, to spend a week renewing acquaintances.
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Stevensville
J. M. Conley
Missoula
Co. C. Williamson
Henry JL. Myers
Thompson
Bruce Wells
Wallace
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William J. Bryan
Nebraska
John W. Kern
Indiana
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Roosevelt
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Thomas D. Long
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Thomas M. Swindlehurst
Livingston
William M. Johnston
Bpillings
Miles Romney
Phil Goodwin
H. R. Sherlock
Boulder
John H. Tolan
Wiley Mountjoy
Wyoming
Twin Bridges News
PRIC
Cooke City Road
Davis-Call Wedding
Three Forks
N. P
Washington Apples
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