Rural Meet Draws Large Crowd at Big Timber
The first rural mental and athletic meet held in Big Timber on May 1 attracted about 200 contestants teachers and parents from numerous districts. Districts 7 25 64 36 69 and 45 showed strong performances in mental and track events with Gibson Strand and Bridger schools earning top places and pennants awarded to winning schools.
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Big Timber
Howie
Wormser
Gibson
Strand
Bridger
Arguments Heard In Ku Klux Klan Case
In Indianapolis on May 4 Criminal Judge James A. Collins set a Saturday hearing on motions by Eph Inman for D. C. Stephenson to strike part of the indictment charging murder. Stephenson and co defendants Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry face a staying charge. The matter centers on alleged failure to provide medical attention to Madge Oberholtzer after she took poison. Oberholtzer died April 14 after being transported and allegedly assaulted on a train and in Hammond.
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Indianapolis
Eph Inman
D. C
Miss Oberholszerv
Mr. Inman
Stephenson
Miss Oberholtzer
Hammond
Ind
Mrs. J. N. Kelly Dies in San Francisco While Visiting Son
Mrs. J. N. Kelly a former Bozeman and Sweet Grass county resident died in San Francisco California from heart trouble while visiting her son Cliff and family Her husband former state senator J N Kelly had resigned to take the Bozeman land office Her library was donated to the Carnegie library in Bozeman and funeral services will be held there She was active in Bozeman civic and educational life including two years as Woman’s Club president and service on the district trustees and school boards She was widely esteemed by the community.
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J. ON. Kelly
Sweet Grass County
Bozeman Land Office
San Francisco
Senator Kelly
Carnegie Library
Kelly
Bozeman Chronicle
Bozeman
J. N. Kelly
California
Cliff
Woman's Chip
District Seven
Gina Kelly win over Dr Hathaway for 27500 dollars
In Anaconda on May 2 a district court awarded Mrs Gina Kelly of Forsyth 27500 dollars in a suit against Dr R J Hathaway former superintendent of the Montana state hospital for the insane and Susan Kipp former nurse The jury partly awarded the amount after she sought 30000 alleging unlawful confinement operation without consent and damage to mind body and self respect subsequent criminal charges for false imprisonment were filed against Hathaway and J A Kelly with preliminary hearings set for May 8
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Anaconda
Gina Kelly
Forsyth
R. J. Hathaway
Montana State Hospital For the Insane
Susan Kipp
Hathaway and Kelly
Stagg
Fitzgerald
Kelly
Deer Lodge
Montana
William Halloran
Dr. Hathaway
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Warm Springs
Death of Green Blakeley Pioneer of Gallatin Valley
Green Blakeley died at his city home Sunday morning from heart trouble after a bout with flu. The funeral was Monday at the Lutheran church with Rev. A. A. Holbeck, burial at Mountain View. He leaves a wife, two sons Charley and Jesse, and a daughter Mrs. C. Martin. Born January 31, 1842 in Davis County Missouri, he lived in Kansas and Missouri before migrating to Montana in 1868. He mined, ran a store and saloon, joined cattle drives, and later held deputy sheriff duties in Park county. He settled in the Boulder Contact area by 1898 after varied ventures across the West.
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Green Blakeley
Gallatin
Park
Sweet Grass Counties
A. A. Holbeck
Mountain View
Boulder Country
Primus A. Bruffey
Charles L. Bryan
George Muncaster
Sol. J. Craft
Ben B. Miles
W. P. Dutton
Harvey Coit
E. L. Frang
J. E. Rees
M L. Baughey
Inga Solberg
Charley Blakeley
Contact
Jesse Blakeley
McLeod
Martin
Hubble
Davis County
Missouri
Kansas
Plains
Russell
Waddle
Price
Montana
Helena
Gallatin Valley
West Gallatin Toll Bridge
Blakeley
Deer Lodge County
Blakely
Old Highland
C. P. Blakeley
Bozeman
Crazy Mountains
Matilda Gilreath
Livingston
Park County
Gonrow
Boulder Valley
Horse Falls And Boy Meets Tragic Death
Great Falls dispatch reports Mack Epstein of Fowler aged 15 died after a horse toppled backward while attempting to jump an irrigation ditch. The animal crushed him as it fell pinning him under its weight. Epstein died Monday from injuries after being found days later.
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Great Falls
May
Mack Epstein
Fowler
Epstein
Helena Man Named Head Of State Bank Examiners
Jay G. Larson of Helena was appointed by Governor Erickson to head the state bank examination agency, taking over June 1 from L. Q. Skelton. Larson currently leads the Conrad Trust and Savings bank and previously headed the Conrad bank before its sale to Helena institutions. Stephen J. Cowley of Great Falls was named judge of the eighth district to replace the late Jere B. Leslie. Cowley is a longtime Electric City attorney and former Cascade County state representative.
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Helena
Jay G. Larson
J. E. Erickson
L. Q. Skelton
Boulder
Larson
Conrad Trust and Savings Bank
Conrad Bank
House of Representatives
Cascade County
Hunt For Husband Of Murdered Woman In Gary Indiana
Gary police identified a dismembered burned body found along Furnessville road as Mrs Josephine Desiderio and sought her husband Louis Desiderio for murder. Witness Florence Kish, a companion of Mrs Desiderio, linked clothing and body to the victim and named past threats. The case centers on a man who once tried to shoot his wife and allegedly threatened her again days before the body was found.
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Gary
Ind
Furnessville Road
Here
Josephine Desidero
Louis
Florence Boto Kish
Desiderio
Chicago
South Bend
Kish
Desideria
H. A. Flynn
Chesterton
Nesiderin
Dancing And Flames Hit Wisdom Together
Fire from the Wisdom hotel spread to at least six buildings in Wisdom Montana as residents evacuated. Volunteers from the Big Hole Basin rushed in with water tank wagons to combat the blaze. Firemen battled flames threatening the Big Nose Basin News office and the Wisdom bank, while locals moved belongings to safety.
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Butte
Wisdom
Big Hole Basin
Wisdom Hotel
Big Nose Basin News
Wisdom Bank
Big Hole
Gordon Campbell faces two years in Leavenworth
Gordon Campbell found guilty in Great Falls of illegal use of the mails to promote an oil syndicate. He is to serve two years in Leavenworth, pay a $1,000 fine plus costs, and appeal to the San Francisco circuit court. A five day stay and $2,500 bond were posted.
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Great Falls
Mont
Gordon Campbell
San Francisco Circuit Court of Appeals
S. C. Ford
Helena
Campbell
Leavenworth
George M. Bourquin
Ford
San Francisco
Montana
New York Plans Broad Anti Ram Run Offensive
New York reports a major Coast Guard action to curb Prohibition era rum running. Captain W V J Jacobs announced a large force with five cutters six patrol boats and twelve chasers at Clifton Bay Staten Island to watch floating warehouses near Connecticut Long Island and New Jersey. He warned stronger measures without shooting to kill while noting higher Scotch prices due to reduced supply and orders from Washington and top enforcement leaders.
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New York
W. V. J. Jacobs
United States Coast Guard
Clifton Bay
Staten Island
Argus
Coast Guard
Connecticut
Long Island
New Jersey
Jacobs
Washington
Lincoln ¢. Andrews
F. C. Billard
New German Ruler Hindenburg Aims for Unity After Election
Hanover reports that President-elect Von Hindenburg plans to placate German Catholic voters by naming Dr. Marx of the People’s Bloc to a prominent post. He seeks national unity and a smoother post election path, asking princes to curb public displays as he nears inauguration in Berlin.
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Hanover
Germany
von Hindenburg
Dr. Marx
People's Bloc
Center
Luther
Berlin
Jury Term Possible In June As Business Demands
Judge Miller held a brief session and may call a jury term in June if needed. Frank Lewis remains jailed on two charges with bail denied, while the Bray brothers seek a jury hearing on delinquency charges. Several civil actions concluded with judgments and foreclosures. a probate will was admitted. a guardian ad litem was appointed for an incompetent defendant.
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Miller
Columbus
Frank Lewis
Bray Boys
Adolph Eisler
Ray E. Markley
Capital Trust & Savings Bank
Howard T. Imlay
Donald
Edward Bray
Gerhild Ostrem
Theodore Ostrem
Warm Springs
C. W. Campbell
August Beisigl Ys
Anna Esp
Joe Hanlon
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Wild Rose
Qo S
This City
Helena Man
Bourquin
J. S. Pratt
Department of Justice
Dr. Cook
Raud
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