Tragedy on Rock Creek Church Ends Three Lives
In Rock Creek Valley near Livingston a jealous love triangle erupts into a Sunday night murder duel. Forrest shoots Willis Howard at the church door, wounding Flora Linn who dies next day, and Forrest kills himself as Flora’s sister Finna Linnley dies from injuries. The three deaths mark a violent end to a once hopeful settlement tale.
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Livingston
Shields River
Park County
Paradise Valley
Yellowstone
Crazy Mountains
Lock Creek
Rock Creek
Mexico
Willis Howard
John Linn
South
Far West
Linns
Frank Forrest
Forrest
Flora
Linn
Devel
Hin
Howard
Flora Linn
Finna Linnley
Reck Creek
Possine
Irish-American corps in Boer War a postscript of daring
John T. McCutcheon reports from Machadodorp on the Irish American hospital corps serving in South Africa. The men, once non combatants, spoke of courage, lootings and commandeering, amid Boer and British leaders. The piece mixes praise, critique, and colorful frontier slang.
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South Africa
Montana
Delegoa Bay
Boerland
Trish- American Hospital Corps
John T. McCutcheon
Manila Bay
Machadodorp
New York Herald
Lord Roberts
Louis Botha
Kid
Weill
Christian DeWet
Great Pennsylvania coal strike threat described with details
The article warns that a major coal strike in the Pennsylvania anthracite belt could begin September 17 if conditions hold. It cites 745,000 workers affected directly and up to a million people indirectly, outlines wage cuts, powder price drops, and proposed mining reforms. It recalls the 1897 strike, its peaceful settlement, and Hazleton and Lehighton violence that followed.
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Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Amit
Simi Ff
Butte Soldier Very Ill in San Isidro Letter Reveals Dysentery Sorrow
Bert Pierce reports his brother Charles Pierce of the Thirty-fourth Infantry in the Philippines is dangerously ill with dysentery at San Isidro hospital Luzon. The letter, written July 31, describes rapid decline, talks of relocation to Butte for final interment, and notes Charles’s brave resolve to endure until death.
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Bert Pierce
Charlies
Thirty-Fourth Infantry
Phipines
Charlie Pierce
San Isidro
Charles
Bert
Butte
San Tsidro
Fourth Division Hospital
Susie
Is He Lucey s Brothers Or the Many Murders in Silver Bow County
A historical account traces Lucey s execution in Butte as the third murder case there, recounting prior hangings including Harry Roberts in 1889 and Clay Pugh in 1895, and notes related prosecutions, convictions, and the county attorney s office role in strict law enforcement with focus on Daniel Lucey and potential kinship to Frank Lucey in Michigan.
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Silver Bow County
Lucey
Butte
Harry Roberts
J. William Crawford
Clay Pugh
Chauncey West
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific
Jefferson County
Boulder
Tex” Crawford
Meaderville
Crawford
Roberts
DeWitt
John E. Lloyd
M. T
A. D
Territory of
Montana
Montana Territory
Pugh
West
M. L. Wines
Connolly
Joe Shafer
John Hopkins
Supreme Court
Shidwell
Martin O'Connor
Clancy
Shadwell
Peter Dempsey
Onnviet
Cnannelly
Kelley
Daniel Lucey
Frank Lucey
Michigan
Marquette
Feankaueey
Ifoushton
Mich
Frank Turey
Wisconsin
Lacey
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Peaceful Park County
Ilinn Ranch
Rival
Wil
Hue Howard
Wise Howard
Mr. and Myre. Linn
Activic
Evenine
Cronje
Joubert
Lows Botha
Christian DeWot
Dasting
Ruber
Witchener
French
Philippines
Matacanar
Free State
Rhenoster River
Eerste Wabricken
Negedeon
von Moltke
Eider
Ridius
Pris Mighty
New York
Ory Saddle
Inspan
Ceed “Kopjes
Ntraing
Gauttrain
Scott
Khips
Ikona
Indakas
Transvaal
Kat
San Francisco
Mulberry Bend
Bianins
Pennsylania
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Tihnis
Jabor
Bitum
Strinkers
Hazellion
Lehish
Bors
Sheifs
Comes
Posers
Akt Teatuimen
Martin
Dent
Theolan
Mariual
Hazetian
Ron
San Isiord
Luzon
Steartes
Penarauda
Jailbrrde
Hrehives
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