Golden Spike ceremony tied East and West railroads
DEER LODGE April 21 The Golden Spike ceremony near Gold Creek marked the completion of the transcontinental link with General Grant and President Willard in attendance. George W Carlton preserved the spike as souvenir. crowds estimated at 5 000 watched as eastern and western crews met and a grand procession passed by Fort Keogh and dignitaries including Senator Evarts.
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Deer Lodge
Grant
George W. Carlton
America
Gold Creek
William Coleman
Wellington Napton
Howard Zeiner
W. S. Higgins
Butte
Fort Keough
General Grant
Willard
Northern Pacific
Mullain
Henry Teller
Secretary of the Interior
W. M. Evarts
New York
Senator Evarts
Local Briefs Include Birth and Visits From Springdale
Springdale visitor J. G. Woods came Monday while Floyd Bailey left for Billings after buying a new Chevrolet for the Big Timber garage. A daughter Nellie Frances Jones was born April 19 to Mr and Mrs Francis Jones making the Hopkins grandparents of Twe dot. John L Andersons leave for Harlowton tomorrow then to the Pacific coast to visit relatives. A lost ladies wrist watch with initials A V H on back. reward. Lutheran Ladies Aid aprons and food sale set for May 2 at the Motor Inn.
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S. I. Hopkins
Twedot
Nellie Frances Jones
Francis Jones
John L. Anderson
Harlowton
Pacific Coast
New Sculptor Chosen For Atlanta Memorial
Augustus Lukeman of New York will begin work immediately on models for the Stone Mountain Confederate memorial. The Stone Mountain Memorial association confirmed his contract after votes to postpone failed. Borglum was dismissed for not meeting contract terms and later faced charges, destroying his models and fleeing the state before arrest.
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Atlanta
Augustus Lukeman
New York
Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial
Lukeman
Stone Mountain Memorial Association
Gutzon Borglum
Borglum
Association
Greensboro
N. C
Wind and Rain Storm Levels Buildings Across Eastern States
A severe wind and rain storm swept from the Mississippi to New England, killing at least three and injuring around twenty, with property damage around 1.5 million dollars. Peoria Illinois and Pekin suffered major losses, while snowstorms hit Duluth and Woodville New Hampshire.
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Chicago
Mississippi River
New England
Peoria
Macomb
Wheeling
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Millbrook
Ilinois
Pekin
Racine
Duluth
Woodville
N. H
Former Bishop Barred From Gotham Pulpit
New York, April 17. Bishop William T. Manning forbade Dr. William Montgomery Brown former Protestant Episcopal bishop of Arkansas from officiating or speaking in any parish or mission in the New York diocese. Manning cited a church canon and noted St Mark's in the Bowery was previously deprived of Episcopal visitation.
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New York
William T. Manning
William Montgomery Brown
Arkansas
W. N. Guthrie
St. Mark's
the Bowery
Manning
Guthrie
Brown
St. Mark’s
Protestant Episcopal Church
Japanese freighter Raifuku Maru sinks. sailors drowned
Thirty eight Japanese seamen, the Raifuku Maru crew, perish in the North Atlantic as heavy seas force rescue attempts by Cunarder Tuscania Homeric and other ships fail to reach the steamer before it sinks. Messages relay last pleas and the line assists, with sightings hours later of the sinking vessel.
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New Yor
Tuscania
Homeric
White Star Line
White Star
John Roberts
Roberts
Sos
Scythia
Cunard Line
Halifax
Canso
Wheeler testifies on hotel conference and Campbell talks
Senator Wheeler takes the stand describing a hotel gathering about Campbell company management. He denies any involvement in certain testimonies and clarifies a telegram bearing his signature was written by his secretary, asserting he was not in the office at the time.
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Falls
Campbell
Washington
Campbell Company
L. G. Wertheimer
Wertheimer
Wheeler
Edwina S. Booth
Interior Department
RK. A. Haste
Senator Wheeler
Notice to Creditors Estate of Louis Strand
Creston L. Crest administrator of Louis Strand deceased invites creditors and others with claims to present them with vouchers within four months of first publication. Address for claims is his Big Timber residence Montana. Dated April 6 1925. Davis and Kelly attorneys for administrator. Public notices April 23 30 May 7 14 1925.
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Sixth Judicial District
Montar
Sweet Wass
Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company
Melville Trading Company
Bankers Loan and Mortgage Company
Circle N. X, Ranch Company
Roy Star
J. J. Lacklen
Melville Commercial Company
William H. Donald
Melville Milling Company
Montana
Mortyare
Range Fourteen
Montana Principal Meridian
Sweet Grass
Melville
Sweet Grass County
J. E. Res
District Court
State of
Louis Strand
Big Timber
Creston L. Crest
Davis and Kelly
Horace S. Davis
Senators clash over 1923 letters in Montana trial
Testimony recounts Wheeler asking oil operator Campbell to cover more of a $10,000 retainer as defense introduces letters from fall 1923. Courtroom spectators await explosive testimony but cross examination remains calm with occasional wit, Judge Dietrich urging no more demonstrations.
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Europe
Walsh
Wheeler
Campbell
Montana
Senate
Frank S. Dietrich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Larree
Golden
Gen. Grant
Mr. Carlton
Tug Wilson
Granville Stuart
Garrison
Utah Northern
Elliott Seed CO
Billings
Mont
Springdale
J. G. Woods
Floyd Bailey
Miss Haderli
Lutheran Ladies Aid
Motor Inn
Atlanta Memorial
F. O. B. Butte
Turkey
R. I
C. W. Allen
Gotham
R. M. Armotr
Great Falls
Masonic Hall
Livingston
J.J. Lacklen CO
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