Mayflower protest disrupts meeting with British anthem incident
A staged event ended in chaos as chorus members left stage and two uniformed men carried the American flag. Samuel Gompers attempted to speak but was drowned out by protests. Secretary Colby was absent as demonstrators claimed a plot to align the United States with Britain.
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United States Army
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Colby
Gertrude Corliss
United States
Fulgrave Institution
Mr. Colby
Benedict Arnold
Butte Notes Show Rentals Births and Local Updates
Rent pianos from Orton Bros. Harry Hunter piano tuner. Born Sept 29 to Mr and Mrs Al Carey 219 North Washington a son. Lisa Cash Grocery meat dept opened at connected grocery. Saturday Evening Post Argosy Cosmopolitan Ladies Home Journal at P O News Stand. Red Cross seeks Mrs R A Kellogg. Rate 1.08 round trip Butte to Anaconda Friday Oct 1 for Good Roads celebration. Ben Leggat family to Salt Lake tonight. Grace Methodist Ladies' Aid at 1131 California Ave. Scandinavian HK Ladies' Aid meet 8 at Copper and Alaska. Refreshments served by Mrs Gunderson and Mrs Healy. Judge Winston of Anaconda denied new trial in Ellen Fougherty vs Hughes et al. Stewart Nicholson named postmaster at McCloud Sweet Grass Co. Postoffice at Minor, Park County, Montana discontinued. Judge Jackson returned from Livingston where Hefferin vs Buffalo Montana Mining Co suit continued 20 days.
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Orton Bros
Harry Hunter
Care Fair Drug
al Carey
North Washington Street
Lisa Cash Grocery Company Meat Department
Saturday Evening Post
Argosy
Cosmopolitan
Ladies’ Home Journal
P. O
Red Cross
R. A. Kellogg
Butte
Anaconda
Ben Leggat
Hebe Frances
Thornton Hotel
Salt Lake
Grace Methodist
Henry Dunstan
California Avenue
M. HK
Copper and
Alaska
Gunderson
Healy
George B. Winston
Ellen Fougherty
Anna Hughes
Stewart H. Nicholson
McCloud
Sweet Grass County
Postoffice Department
Minor
Park County
Montana
Joseph R. Jackson
Livingston
Divorces Rush Through Five Kansas City Courts
Divorces were granted at about one every ten minutes as five divisions of the circuit court began disposing of 375 default cases in Kansas City Missouri. All cases are to be finished within three days in a crowded county courthouse with attendants directing "Second floor for divorces."
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Kansas City
Circuit Court
Miners Vote to Return to Work at McLean County Coal
Miners employed by the McLean County Coal company voted to resume work today after a four day vacation begun September 10 while wage disputes with the company are settled.
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Bloomington
Ill
McLean County Coal Company
Ruth B. Young Appointed Maiden Postmaster
Ruth B. Young is named postmaster at Maiden Montana succeeding Ruth Willard who resigned. The appointment announced from Washington on September 29 marks the change in local postal leadership.
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Washington
Ruth B. Young
Maiden, Mont
Ruth Willard
Trap Set In Cabin Brings Large Moonshine Haul In Butte
In Butte, night bait at a cabin on Arizona Street led to 60 arrests for bootlegging. Officers nabbed William Scott, known as Sam, who runs the operation and was later booked at the city jail and held for federal officers. The sting exposed extensive whiskey traffic and a seized supply.
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Arizona Street
Sam
Scott
Butte
Former Japanese Premier Plans Campaign Against California
Marquis Shigenobu Okuma, former premier, will convene 100 leading figures to discuss awakening the Japanese public against what the Asahi calls California Americans’ unlawful attitude. Waseda University will launch a campaign to counter anti Japanese agitation in America and rally opinion.
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TOKIO
Associated Press
The
Asahi
Marquis Shigenobu Okuma
California
Marquis Okuma
Waseda University
America
Vienna crime surge leads to mass quashing proposal
Vienna records ten thousand criminal cases in 1919 versus 1 674 in 1910. Prisons are crowded creating a scandal while dockets lengthen. The public prosecutor recommends quashing all cases with potential sentences not exceeding five years to clear backlogs. Many cases cannot be reached for years.
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Vienna
Public Admits It Rise in Fiction Output
Publishers report rising fiction output while politicians may acknowledge the trend if frank. The Chicago News notes growing production across the industry and hints at political awareness of literary activity increasing.
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Chicago News
Butte Realty Men to Form Interstate Realty Association Chapter
Real estate men of Butte plan to form a chapter of the Interstate Realty Association at a Butte Chamber of Commerce banquet tomorrow night. Ira E. High of Boise will outline the association’s goals including state supervision of realty men and a higher ethics code. Attendance is requested for all local realty men.
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Butte
Interstate Realty Association
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Ira E. High
Boise
Idaho
Mr. High
Senate Debates On City Affairs In Butte High School
The third session featured a debate on adopting a city manager form of government for Butte. The affirmative won unanimously, with Robert Southcombbe John Conroy and George McHeffey backing the pro side. Negatives were led by Thomas Barrett Ben Fisher and Robert Riddell. A chamber of commerce official will address the assembly next, and the prior date was postponed one week. Members present included John Conroy Glen Carmichael John Seaquist Charles Roberts Lester Hartzell Barton Philpot Sherman Wurtz Guy Evans and Jess Maury a former senator who spoke briefly.
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Butte High School Senate
Butte
McMullen
Kershin
Chancellor
Robert Southcombbe
John Conroy
George McHeffey
Thomas Barrett
Ben Fisher
Robert Riddell
Chamber of Commerce
Assembly
Glen Carmichael
John Seaquist
Charles Roberts
Lester Hartzell
Barton Philpot
Sherman Wurtz
Guy Evans
Jess Maury
Senate
Dillon Hosts Board Of Experts On Upper Rattle Snake Dams
A Dillon meeting of the board of experts charged with dam and reservoir management on Upper Rattlesnake was held. Attendees included W. Kramer forest service district engineer Missoula G W Elder Dillon city engineer and W K E Chapman Beaverhead county engineer. A board report was filed at the county courthouse.
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Dillon
W. Kramer
Forest Service
Missoula
G. W. Elder
W. KE. Chapman
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead High School
Elizabeth Sutherland
Big Hole Basin
Sutherland
Anaconda
Montana State Normal College
Roy Murray
Butte
Catholic Ladies of St. Ifbse Guild
City Hall
Baxter-Tonney Orchestra
Kramer
Summers
Beaverhead National Forest
Wise River
National Forest
Reading the Boss and Clerk Exchange About the Letter
An impatient boss berates a clerk over illegible handwriting insisting the writing is clear. A satirical exchange unfolds with a sharp, dismissive tone. Orange eel appears as a character in the overheard dialogue.
McCormick Addresses Colored Republicans at Bethel Church
A meeting of colored people last night at Bethel Church heard Washington J. McCormick, GOP congressional candidate, and organized a colored republican club. Rev T J Bruce urged duty to the Grand Old Party while McCormick stressed citizen responsibilities and voting wisely. Other speakers included D K Knight Bernard L C Forman Jesse M Smith.
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Bethel Church
Mercury
Idaho
Washington J. McCormick
Congress
Little Church
T. J. Bruce
Republican Party
Constable
D. K. Knight
Buffalo Hunter
Mr. Bernard
L. C. Forman
League of Nations
Jesse M. Smith
Local Market Tiny Totals Hint at Price Changes
A garbled OCR snippet shows scattered figures like 2.45 and 1.00 with unclear units and descriptors. The readable tokens imply price figures but lack context for a concrete item or date.
Cox urges armed backing for League of Nations in Kansas trip
Governor Cox argues the League needs moral power backed by force to deter war, citing the Monroe doctrine and a commercial embargo as safeguards. He praises arbitration and the golden rule in settling Ohio labor disputes and blasts a Baltimore arrest of Senator Harding as evidence of reactionary press influence.
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Topeka
Kan
League of Nations
Cox
Kansas
Missouri
Roosevelt
Hague Tribunal
League
Elihu Root
Taft
Baltimore
Harding
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
Ohio
Bread and Water Diet Breaks Convict Strike in North Dakota Pen
Forty eight of the 137 inmates at the North Dakota penitentiary in Bismarck refused to work or return to cells. They have been placed on a bread and water diet and the strike is reported broken. The stoppage followed failed attempts to form soviets among the prisoners. There was no violence.
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North Dakota
Bismarck
N. D
Work Roads in Winter Time Plan Announced
Helena September 29 R. B S Zawhiser office engineer for the state highway commission announced a plan for working new roads during the winter. The plan will be put into effect this winter.
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Winticr
Helena
S. Zawhiser
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Postoffice Site Leased in Chateau Block
The postoffice department leases for ten years from W. Hoggskiss new quarters for a postoffice at Chateau on Main Street between Second and Third Streets in Washington.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
W. Hoggskiss
Chateau
Main Street
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Paul Batlor
Olivia Dahl
Silver St
Butte Realty
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McCormick
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Bryant & CO
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Joseph Richards
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