Labor Head Over 40 Years San Antonio Obituary Gompers
Samuel Gompers longtime head of the American Federation of Labor dies in San Antonio after arriving from Mexico City where he was stricken. His last words blessed American institutions as soldiers from Fort Sam Houston escorted his coffin to the railroad station. He led organized labor from 1882 to his death, shaping wartime policy and international labor actions.
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American Federation of Labor
Mexico City
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Missouri, Kansas & Texas
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England
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Paris
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Amsterdam
Great Britain
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Wilson
el Paso
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Mexico
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Taft
Coolidge
Fallen president carried home by full council escort
Requests to board the train at points on the route nearest their homes so that the full council may escort the fallen president to his home in Washington. Services were held in Washington and the body taken to New York Wednesday morning, where further services were held. Burial was in Sleepy Hollow cemetery at Tarrytown, New York.
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New York
Sleepy Hollow
Tarrytown
Gompers Buried in New York with Elite Mourners
A fragmented obituary notes Samuel Gompers for nearly half a century led the labor ranks. He lies in a grave among wealth and prominence in New York, with several notable men in attendance.
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Sassagen In
N. Y
Samuel Gompers
Yabors
Enean
Wiler
Neapby
Doulseon Bany
Chandler and Wife Reconcile Amid Atlanta Gossip
The Atlanta Constitution reports that Asa G. Chandler, founder of Coca Cola and Atlanta resident, and his estranged wife began repairing their domestic relations on December 11 after months apart. A prior arrest and raid on an Atlanta apartment are noted in the story.
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Atlanta
Asa G. Chandler
Coca Cola Company
The
Atlanta Constitution
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Hee Paren Arents
Safecrackers Sought After Miles City Heists
Local and surrounding law enforcement issued notices for three safecrackers linked to robberies at a Miles City fruit house and a lumber yard on Wednesday night December 8. Suspects fled toward Forsyth early Thursday, according to Sheriff Hi Farnum. Several related cases and town updates followed, including tax collections and local incidents.
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Miles City
Triger
Forsyth
Hi Farnum
Taxpayers protest higher school levy in Saco district
A group of taxpayers from Saco Phillips County paid taxes under protest as the school board raised this year’s levy to fund bond retirements and a sinking fund. They plan to seek a hearing before the county commissioners with an attorney.
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Phillips County
Strom
Toyrests Tee Ead
Billings Murder Mystery Baffles Police at Barber Shop
Police in Billings search for clues in the ax killings of Nels Anderson 43 and Anna Anderson 39. An inquest by Coroner Frank Smith yielded no new leads and the verdict points to an unknown killer or killers. Four children, oldest 10, survive. Anderson was born in Sweden and Anna in Pelican Rapids Minnesota. Funeral held Thursday at Mountview Cemetery.
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Nels Anderson
Anna
Frank Smith
Andersons
Anderson
Sweden
Pelican Rapids
Minn
Mountview Cemetery
Milwaukee railroads face absorption in North and South link
The North and South railroad route from Casper to Miles City hinges on $1,500,000 lawsuits opening in Buffalo Wyoming December 19. Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway and Omaha contractors sue receivers and others with the Reliable Security firm backing. Mechanics liens seek $1,450,242 for work, materials, and anticipated profits, potentially absorbing the line.
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Miles City
Buffalo
Wyo
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Robert Brothers, I’eterson, Shirley and Gunther
Omaha
North & South
Reliable Security Company
Milwaukee
Judge orders filing in bribery case against Dumontier
In Missoula district court Judge Theodore Lentz ordered an Information charging an attempt to bribe a witness filed against Felix Dumontier, who was acquitted on an arquor charge. State witness Syd Holliday testified he was offered liquor and $100 to stay away, and received an 80 day jail sentence for drunkenness and related misconduct.
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Missoula
Felix Dumontier
Lentz
Syd Holiday
Dumontier
Holliday
Holiiday
Widow loses claim as ex wife denied death beneficiary
Andrew Dent's widow is cut from his compensation after the Montana Industrial Accident Commission awards the amount to his three minor children. Dent, a Huddeff & Marquis worker in the lumber woods near Evarro, Montana, was killed on July 81. A divorce decree, granted two days earlier, had not yet been recorded, but the commission ruled she was no longer his wife.
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State Industrial Accident Commission
Dent
Huddeff & Marquis Company
Evarro
Montana
Dismissal of Davis-Daly Complaint Against Northern Pacific
The state railroad commission dismissed the complaint by Davis-Daly Copper of Butte against the Northern Pacific Railway. The issue claimed the railroad charged higher rates for hauling about 50 carloads of stalls in western Montana to Butte than for similar moves to Rocky near Butte.
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Northern Pacific Railway Company
State Railroad Commission
Davis-Daly Copper Company
Butte
Northern Pacific
Davia-Daly Company
Montana
Rocky
Jump Proves Fatal for Young Rancher at Sedan Runaway
Lester Reese, youngest son of Gallatin county pioneer Thomas Teese, died at a Wilsall hospital after injuries from jumping from a wagon as his runaway team crashed near Sedan on December 1.
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Lester Reese
Thomas Teese
Gallatin County
Sedan
Wilsall
Boy Killed as Hayrack Load Turns Over
Ralph Myrick a 14 year old of Stevensville was killed instantly when a hayrack toppled while he rode on it. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Frank A Myrick. The accident occurred when the hay load shifted and crushed him beneath the rack.
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Ralph Myrick
Aad
Frank A. Myrick
Stevensville
Paroled convicts return to prison after concealed weapons found
Paroled convicts Charles Worth Brank Gilstray were returned to state prison after Deer Lodge officers found concealed weapons in their possession. The ex-inmates faced reimprisonment under parole violations and related penalties as authorities pursued further charges.
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Worth
Brank
Gilstray
Deer
Lodge
Swiss Farmstead Success Amid Montana Hard Years
C Swiss of Richland county who arrived from Faribault Minnesota in 1907 built a thriving farming operation starting in 1916. He relied on horse powered farming with fall plowing and good crop rotation, expanded from drilling to cattle, and by a severe winter maintained 80 head with ample feed. He reports tax and mortgage free 800 acres and an estimated fortune near 35000 with no debts. When asked where else he could improve, he answered nowhere.
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Richland County
Faribault
Minn
Montana
Swiss
Northern Pacific
Montana Wins High Honors at the Hay and Grain Show
Montana captured top honors at the 1924 International Hay and Grain Show in Chicago with 28 percent of prize money and world titles in oats barley and reserve wheat. Edson Smith Corvallis won reserve wheat and world barley, L B Peterson oat champion, while Montana earned 545 dollars in premiums. Leroy Kirby Simms led Cascade County results with multiple placements in sweet clover Trebi barley and wheat categories.
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Chicago
Co. Edson Smith
Corvallis
L. B. Peterson
Canada
L. O. Peterson
L. C. Haney
Pat Romano
Lonnie Rands
Stillwater County
L. C. Peterson
Victor
Leroy Kirby
Simms
Cascade County
No man realizes his own failure quicker than his success
Thoughtful aphorism notes that people often misjudge themselves, recognizing success only after realization and reflection.
Iodine Safeguard for Litter Pigs Revealed by Vet Study
Investigations at the Minnesota University veterinary division report that pigs need iodine much like humans. The study notes sows often lack iodine and may experience hair loss and weaker birth outcomes.
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Minnesota” ‘Experiment ‘Station
Suniversity Farm
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