Washouts in Montana cripple railroads and flood towns
In Montana washouts at Basin and a rockslide near Butte halt Northern Pacific and Great Northern trains. The Basin river peaks, three steel bridges and the Basin dam are washed away, Citys Missoula and Great Falls cut off. The Boston and Montana smelter at Great Falls flooded. 1,000+ workers idle. Northern Montana towns under water. expected deaths 12 to 15.
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Boulder River
Basin
Great Northern Railroad
Butte
Mont
Oregon Short Line
Montana
Northern Pacific
Missela
Drummond
Boulter
Great Northern
Basin Reduction Company
Missoula
Great Falls
Boston
Great Falla
Dividing Louisiana Delegations Sparks Taft Convention Fight
Chicago June 9. Taft supporters on the national committee moved to split Louisiana seating four Taft and fourteen district delegates with half a vote each, provoking a quick adjournment as Secretary Taft’s allies resisted compromise. The plan, echoed by Lodge and Clayton, aimed to appease new Southern voters but risked broader contests across multiple states.
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Chicago
Taft
Louisiana
Friends
Secretary of War
Washington
Frank H. Hitchcock
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Hitchcock
Charles P. Taft
BE. C. Duncan
North Carolina
C. A. Lyon
Texas
Missouri
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Moraker
Soutern
W. C. Pradiey
Fairbanks
Pradiey
Louisville
Bradley
Solomon Luna
New Mexico
Alexander McKenzie
Beating a Retreat in a Philadelphia Press cartoon
An old military man asks what is needed to beat a retreat. A wry reply says you must retreat faster than the others, captured in a Philadelphia Press humor piece.
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Mort Washington
Philadelphia Press
Evils that are passed should not be mourned proverb
An Italian proverb notes that evils that have passed should not be mourned. It offers pragmatic wisdom on moving past misfortune and focusing on the present.
Detroit Man Ends Life in Chicago Hotel Room
Chicago June 9. R A Gormely thirty five years old of Detroit Mich committed death by own action in his room at the Auditorium Annex. No cause could be assigned by the hotel employees for the act.
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Chicago
R. A. Gormely
Detroit
Mich
Auditorium Annex
Cliff hotel fire destroys Newport resort landmark
Telegraphic notices report the Cliff hotel at Newport Rhode Island burned down, a Turner Street School and four Grand Rapids Michigan homes lost to fire with a combined $30,000 damage, 11 year old Leo Frey drowned in the Mississippi at St. Paul, and delegates from Maine to California and Florida to Washington arrive in Des Moines for the Ancient Order of United Workmen supreme council.
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New Cliff
Newport
R. I
Turner Street
Grand Rapids
Mich
Leo Frey
Mississippi
St. Paul
Maine
California
Florida
Washington
Des Moines
Supreme Council of the Ancient Order of United Workmen
Evanston Officer Kills Wife then Shoots Self
Chicago report states Anthony Colligan former Evanston police officer killed his wife during a drunken frenzy and then shot himself, dying a few hours later. The incident occurred near Chicago as authorities investigated the events surrounding the tragedy.
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Chicago
Anthony Colligan
Evanston
Dentist Drowned in Salt Creek Near Ashland
Ashland Nebraska June 9 Charles G Whistler a dentist drowned in Salt Creek while riding a gasoline launch that went over a mill dam. His companions escaped by grabbing bridge girders. Whistler a University of Iowa graduate, a leading Ashland resident.
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Ashland
Neb
Charles G. Whistler
Salt Creek
Whistler
Mr. Whistler
University of Iowa
Inquiring Boy Ma Moth Diet Before Clothing Era
A riddle-like inquiry asks what moths fed on prior to Adam and Eve wearing clothes. The playful prompt contrasts insects with ancient human attire, prompting a humorous or philosophical answer rather than a factual report.
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Adam
Eve
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Murphy’s
Tielve
the Herald
Metropolitan Novelty Store
Frank Guillemin
Main St
Oace
Republican Committee
Hitchcock Gays
Clayton Blakey
Blakey
Forth
John W. McCulloch
John W. Yerkes
Charles H. Scott
Ben Eva
A. H. Thurnes
Mgr
Wills Creek Coal Co
Buffalo
Foley
T Foley
W. Carter
Ashboro
N.C
Jed
K.C. Wold
Coner Main
Bridge Street
United States
Iowa
Charles City
Chris Bock
Michigan
Port Huron
Mini Land Co
Odd Fellow’s Block
Austin, Minn
5Th St N
W. Kessler
Austin Gas Co
Bridge St
Thomas Rochford
Phone
South Kenwood
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