Greatest Democratic Nominating Fight Ends With Davis Victory
The 103 ballot drama at the Democratic National Convention in New York ends as John W. Davis of West Virginia wins the presidential nomination on the third ballot after 16 days of deadlock. Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska secures the vice presidency as Alabama activists push Underwood for support. The party confronts a heated platform debate over the Ku Klux Klan and religious liberty.
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Wright A. Patterson
New York
Alabama
Oscar W
John W. Davis
West Virginia
Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
Smith
Mr. McAdoo
McAdoo
McAdunc
Underwood
Davis
Cox
Democratic Party
Charleston
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Stephen A. Douglas
Senator Ralston
Indiana
Glass
Virginia
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Delaware
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Florida
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Franklin DD Roosevelt
Ralston
Baker
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Theodore Burton
Cleveland
Harrison
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Resolutions Committee
Homer SS Cummings
Klan
League of Nations
League
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Goavernor Smith
William R. Fattangall
Maine
Bainbridge Colby
New Jersey
Joseph A. Kellogg
William Jennings Bryan
Owen
Oklahoma
Ku Klux Klan
Minority Report
Democracy
Milk marketing boosts Melstone cash flow in Montana
Merchants report rising circulation as farmers with six to eight cows earn 35 to 50 dollars monthly and buy groceries with cash. Cream is shipped from 40 miles away. wives prepare cheese following government guidance, aiming at a ready market once cured.
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Melstone
Albert Lamiett
A. B. Shmidt
Whitehall
William Austin
Ant Lambert
Austin
Lambert
Montana
Australia
William M Hughes
Buillings
Yellowstone National Park
Mr Hughes
Dame Mary Hughes
Hop Armstrong
Mr Armstrong
Kathleen Clapham
Yellowstone
San Francisco
Vancouver
Milwaukee Ry
Fred Allison
Old Motor Company
Ford Motor General Electric
Westinghouse
Butte
Ford Motor
Cabinet Forest
Novon
Montana Idaho
Notable Montana Pioneers Mary Polson and James Herndon Die
Polson widow Mary Kane Polson wife of the town founder dies at her daughter’s home aged S. She was Nez Perce born in Idaho and moved to Montana with husband in 1870. Herndon James M a Montana pioneer dies at his daughter’s home in Sheridan after arriving in the state in 1863.
Quotations of Interest to Montanans Week Ending July 12
Grain prices show Montana freight impact with No 1 dark northern at 112 dollars and No 1 northern at 108. Dark hard winter 101, hard winter 98. Corn No 2 yellow 8 8 1/2 cents, flax No 1 2.38 dollars. Cattle top 1860, hogs top 6.65. Sheep Lambs 13.25. Copper 123.53 cents, lead 0.1, zinc 5.80 dollars.
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Minneapolis
Montana
Chicago
Large Area Open to Entry in Fergus County
The Lewis town land office reports 341,505 acres in Fergus county remain open for filing, part of 535,542 acres across nine counties. The unappropriated land is classified as grazing, rough or mountainous and the district report was sent to the Interior secretary.
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Lewistown
Sunburst Refining Challenges Montana Gas Tax Discrimination
Sunburst Refining of Great Falls files July 5 in district court seeking dismissal of Montana state license tax action for 2 cents a gallon on gasoline produced through September 30 1923 and December 31 1923. Company argues discrimination favors several out of state refiners not taxed, harming Sunburst with lost carload business.
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Montana
Sunburst Refining Company of
Great Falls
Sunburst Company
Continetal
Mutual
Texas
Pure Oil
Midwest Refining
Utah
Two Drownings After Boat Capsizes in Lake Storm
A sudden wind storm on Meadow Lake near Ennis caused three rowboats to capsize. Mrs Julia Wehrsbaum aged 74 of Butte and Paul Jutzie of Evansville Ind drowned. Charles Reiner and two other men were rescued with help from Elwood Wilson a Butte druggist who saved Reiner after rescuing the second boat occupants. The two in the third boat swam to shore.
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Julia Wehrsbaum
Utah Avenue
Butte
Paul Jutzie
Evansville
Ind
Meadow Lake
Ennis
Charles Reiner
Wehrsbaum
Juzzie
Elwood Wilson
Hand
Japanese Engineers Tour Montana Power Prospects
Japanese engineers Tsukuda Tdzuhara and TH Kutoe visited Miles City in July to review the electrical industry here. They praised conditions in southeastern Montana and cited the Yellowstone River as offering strong potential for hydropower development and electric production.
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United States
Tsukuda Tdzuhara
Iight
South Manchuria Railway Company
TH Kutoe
Yellowstone
Montana
Iron Foundry to Open in Fort Benton by Vargason and Muir
Iron Foundry and iron works planned for Fort Benton by George TD Vargason and John Muir. The wool warehouse at the depot is secured for the plant with daily arriving machinery. State mining interests use much cast iron and the new enterprise expects to compete for state business with low overhead and modern equipment. The site offers room for expansion and track loading facilities. Remodeling began earlier but plans were kept private until recently. A power line was erected to supply substantial electricity.
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Fort Benton
George TD Vargason
John Muir
Montana Wool Clip Ahead of Schedule in 1924
Montana wool shippers report about 18 million pounds of wool to be marketed from June 1 to August 15. The 1924 clip is described as excellent thanks to good winter feeding. Prices contracted range from 35 to 43.5 cents per pound. Over the past five years production rose from a low near 15 million pounds.
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Montana
Taxes Not Deductible for Mining Net Proceeds Court Ruling
State supreme court holds that taxes and insurance on milling and reduction works are not deductible when calculating net proceeds of mines. In Anaconda Copper Mining Co versus O H Junod, suit to recover 3449 dollars paid under protest after tax deductions were denied by the state board of equalization.
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State Supreme Court
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
O. H. Junod
Anaconda Company
State Board of Equalization
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Pat Harrison
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J. A. Williams
National Bank Bldg
Baker, Mont
AL Hansen
Baker Meat Market
B. M Parks, Prop
W. H. Young
Gery
W. H. Blakemore
E. J. Potterton
R. W. Russell
Mont
Baker Abstract & Title Service
Geo. J. Murphy
Earlingburt
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