Father Casey of Montana Tells of Ireland Visit
The Rev. Patrick Casey states Ireland suffered mass destruction at the hands of British forces. He cites towns razed, famines of homes, thousands jailed, and crimes including murders and raids from 1916 to 1920. He praises Sinn Fein and MacSwiney and asserts Irish spirit remains unbroken.
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Father Casey
Montana
Ireland
Tuam
Fermoy
Lismore
Ballyvanders
Kilmallock Hospital
Limerick
Listole
Templemore
Glens
Patrick Casey
Cork Lord Mayor MacSwiney Failing Health After Hunger Strike
Terence MacSwiney of Cork endures a sleepless night and extreme exhaustion on day thirty seven of his hunger strike after arrest by British authorities. His sister Mary visited Brixton prison and said he remained conscious though worse than ever. The Irish Self-Determination League released bulletins noting continued pain and great anxiety for his relatives.
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London
Terence Mac-Swiney
Cork
Irish Self-Determination League
Mary MacSwiney
Brixton Prison
MacSwiney
Irish Sel-Determination League
Army sham battle ends tragically with child’s death
Camp Meade Maryland September 18 reports a staged Meuse Argonne re reenactment ended in tragedy when four year old Carl Dornbush was killed by a shell fragment. Spectators crowded near danger zones despite warnings.
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Camp Meade
Meuse
Argonne
Carl Dornbush
Eastern Cotton Mills Sold for 20 Million Dollars
Providence Rhode Island September 18 The entire mill property of B B R Knight incorporated including large cotton plants in Rhode Island and Massachusetts was sold yesterday to Frederick Ruprecht of New York The price was not announced but is believed to be between 15 6 and 26 million dollars
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Providence
R. I
B. B. & RR. Knight, Incorporated
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Frederick Fr, Rupprecht
New York
Longtime Butte Officer Baldisero Dies at 59
Jamed Baldisero, veteran Plain clothes officer and deputy sheriff, died at 59 after a career spanning mining, policing and jailer service. Renowned for bravery, he fought rioters, survived stabbings and blows, and retired from active duty in recent years. His mother, his last surviving relative, died four years ago in Italy. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
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Lexington
Colorado
Baldisero
Butte
Mackey McDonald
Thompson
Reynolds
L“Urey
Quinn
Tenderson
O’rourke
Saldisero
East Broadway
Italy
Daredevil Aviator Hit by Propeller at State Fair
Syracuse report says Tex McLoughlin soared 500 feet over 8000 spectators when he was struck by a propeller of the second aircraft after transferring midair. He grabbed a rope ladder and rode the descent while bleeding, dragged across the ground before the craft stopped. Doctors expect recovery.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Tex
McLoughlin
Rotary Day Caps State Fair Close in Helena
The Montana state fair ended with Rotary Day drawing hundreds of Rotarians from 12 clubs. Ralph E. Bristol of Ogden Utah delivered the grandstand address as district governor. Over 70 000 visitors attended the fair, the largest in two years though below prewar totals.
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Helena
Rotary
Ralph E. Bristol
Ogden
Utah
Bristol
Montana
E. C. Day
Rotary Clubs
Pathfinder Colonel Westergard Stricken in Spokane
Col A L Westergard, famed AAA pathfinder, fell ill in Spokane on September 18. Doctors ordered six months rest and no driving, with plans to travel to California for recovery. He will resign as tour pathfinder but may assist with receptions for tourists arriving in California.
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Spokane
Col
A. L. Westergard
American Automobile Association
California
Westgard
Body of Olive Thomas To Be Returned on Mauretania
The body of Olive Thomas, motion picture actress who died in Paris, is being sent to the United States on the steamer Mauretania. Her husband Jack Pickford accompanies the body as it travels from Cherbourg to America.
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Cherbourg
Olive Thomas
Paris
United States
Mauretania
Jack Pickford
Washington coal mine wage raise takes effect
Wage increases of 1.50 per day for men and 0.82 per day for boys in Washington coal mines became effective today after negotiations with operators. District No. 10 United Mine Workers announced the scale covering about 8,600 employees and ongoing talks aim to make the raise retroactive to August 16.
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Seattle
Washington
Swift’s son in law becomes American citizen
James Minotto, once a count with wartime difficulties with authorities, is now an American in full. He arrived in Billings with his father in law Louis Swift of Chicago. Swift returns to Chicago while Minotto plans hunting near Glacier National Park and hopes to shed past suspicions, insisting he is American.
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Swift
America
Billings
James Minotto
Minotto
Louis I’. Swift
Chicago
Glacier National Park
Woman pleads guilty in stock swindle case
Mrs. Philips, a working woman, admits selling $100 worth of fake oil stock to a stenographer and says she acted out of financial need. She claims innocence of other wrongdoing and asks for leniency as she reflects in jail.
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Mrs. Philips
Strikers Return Railroad Line After Wage Increase
The 20 mile Rome to Tivoli light railway, owned by a Belgian company, was seized by the employer yesterday and returned today after workers won a higher wage.
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Rome
Tivoli
Red Cross Director Jane Delano Buried in Arlington
Military funeral services were held today before burial at Arlington National Cemetery for Miss Jane A. Delano former director general of the American Red Cross Department of Nursing. She died last April in France.
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Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Jane A. Delano
Department of Nursing
American Red Cross
France
Candidate’s stance blamed for high prices and profiteering
The excerpt accuses a senatorial oligarchy aligned candidate of offering only words against profiteering without remedies. It argues Republican leadership aided distress via sugar profiteering and warns that tariff protection could restore high prices. It characterizes reformers as sincere but pressured by reactionary powers.
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Toms
Republican Congress
Positive trail of criminals tied to French disaster warning
Proof of a French high commission surfaced as postcard warnings reached friends in the financial district. Tie was turned over to Hamilton Ontario police by his brother in law Robert Pope who described odd behavior. Fischer was found insane by a lunacy commission and jailed. To prevent weekend bomb outrages 400 extra policemen guarded public buildings churches and officials homes. Attorney General Palmer and Assistant AG Garvan left for their homes while Chief Flynn stayed to lead federal investigators.
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French High Commission
Financial
Tie
Hamilton
Ontario
Robert Pope
Fischer
Palmer
Stroudshurst
Francis I’. Garvan
Long Island
Flynn
California moves to strip Japanese QF Realty holdings
Visalia Calif Sept 18 Applications for receivers for city and agricultural realty near Visalia valued over 500000 alleged to be controlled by Japanese in violation of the state alien land law were filed. affidavits say H Sumida possessed a 1500 acre vineyard and orchard 11 miles south of Visalia and received rents profits crops include prunes raisin crops and olives worth ten thousand twenty thousand dollars respectively.
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Visalia
Cal
H. Sumida
New Branch Railroad to Tap Bull Mountain Coal Field
A new branch line will connect with the Billings & Central Montana terminal at Shepherd to access the Glendive vein coal in the Bull mountains. The Bull Mountain Coal and Realty Co plans 75 workers for grading soon, with coal expected to pour from the field in fall 1921 after a field inspection by F. E. Nicoles A. H. Frye and John Powell.
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Billings
Billings & Central
Montana
Shepherd
Bull Mountains
Carbon County
Glendive
F. E. Nicoles
Eau Claire
Wis
Bull Mountain Coal and Realty Company
A. H. Frye
John Powell
Tacoma Milk Price Rise Planned for October
O R McKinney president of the Pierce County Dairymen's association announced a wholesale price hike in Tacoma effective October 1. The price is expected to move from 3 65 to 3 85 a hundredweight though consumer prices may not change.
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Tacoma
Wash
O. R. McKinney
Pierce County Dairymen’s Association
Galveston Shifts Law Enforcement to State Rangers
Galveston moves law enforcement from military martial law to the state ranger force under an agreement signed this afternoon in the city with Ralph Zoape, private secretary to Governor Hobby, present.
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Galveston
Texas
Ralph Zoape
Hobby
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