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Big Timber Pioneer

Location

Big Timber, Montana, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1926

Page

8

Local Briefs Round Up Visits Auctions and Rail Delays

Market report lists wheat and flax prices with several grades. Neighbors plan visits to Shambo and Bozeman while Webb house is sold for parsonage. A dry raid yields names of Gulbranson and Clark. Miss Grosfield and Lewis Roberts attend state events. A Sunday-to-Monday phone outage hits west side towns. New births announced for several families.

Lillian Grosfield A. M. Grosfield Missoula Lewis Roberts Sweet Grass High School

Going Home for Seattle Visit by Mrs Arneson and Infant

Mrs Elmer M Arneson and her baby will depart tomorrow for Seattle for a month long visit with Mrs Arnesons parents Attended Court Attorney Fred L Gibson traveled from Livingston to attend district court and return home on the local freight Visited Brother John Alexander Perrine of Alameda California who stopped here last week en route to Ohio to visit a son in poor health

Oscar Nepstad James Shambo Javre D. D. Johnson Lenne Birge Brammer Lennep Bozeman Paul Severance Elmer M. Arneson Baby Seattle Mrs. Arneson Fred L. Gibson Livingston John Alexander Perrine Alameda Calif S. A. Perrine Ohio

Eye specialist Dr Riesland to visit Grand Hotel

Dr Riesland renowned eye expert will be at the Grand Hotel for a one day event on June 12 offering modern optical services. He is known for advanced methods in fitting glasses and eye care.

Riesland Grand _ hotel

Reed Point community notes include visits and births

Wayne Johns returns from Big Timber while Tate Brumfield visits relatives in Laurel. Multiple residents are noted for births, visits, moves, and local business changes including Mrs. Fraser taking over Jack Frasure’s lunch counter and plans for a city hall as new fire engine house rises.

Wayne Johns Big Timber Tate Brumfield Tate Laurel W. G. Robinson North Divide Wimsett Mehlberg Bozeman Oscar Moler Perry Blanche Roberts Rom Hiner West White Beaver Columbus Chas. Swanson C. D. Thompson Warm Springs Hospital Blanche Burton Mildred Bacon Phelps Alice Guthrie Lewis Guthrie Chester Fraser Cramer Schultz Schultz Ruth Carleton Myrtle Ostenson Luthena Brumfield Margaret McWilliams Gladden Earl Mce- Mullen Wimsett Hospital Earl Orval Taylor Central Avenue Division Street Kenneth Harlan Son Pekin Ill I. M. Harlan Ken O. K. Munson Chester F. M Chas. Bauer Curtis Adams Park City Frank Murphy Dick Richards

Evans Files Nomination Petition for West Side House Seat

Helena May 10 John M Evans of Missoula filed his nomination petition as a Democrat seeking re election to Congress from Montana's first district. He is in his second term and has a legal background from the University State's Military academy and the University of Missouri.

Helena Mont John M. Evans Missoula Congress Montana University State’s Military Academy University of Missouri

Church Supper Set by Homeland Circle May 20

The Homeland Circle will host a church supper Thursday May 20 starting at 5 p.m. Menu includes baked beans brown bread roast meats potatoes and pie. Plates cost 50 cents. All invited.

Homeland Circle

One Man Favors Classic Schools Over Modern Programs

O W Chamberlin of Mobridge South Dakota denounces modern schooling arguing that 30 year old standard high schools excel in thoroughness and real knowledge. He claims current methods prioritize fiction over real math civics and literature and complain about diploma driven expense and egotism.

Washington Lincoln O. W. Chamberlin Mobridge S. D

End of Great Coal Strike Brings Mixed Cheer Across Britain

After a lengthy stoppage, Premier Baldwin called the end a victory of common sense as the public stood firm and strikers showed restraint. The government prepared to disband emergency services while plans to reconvene talks between miners and mine owners were outlined for a resumption the next day.

Herbert Samuels Trades Union Congress Coal Commission Baldwin British Gazette Hull J. H. Thomas Sir Herbert Samuels

Austrian Count Warns Europe Faces War Loom

In Berlin on May 11, Count von Coudenhove Kalergi urges a Pan European federation. He warns Europe is on the verge of war greater than in 1914 and that many new regional flashpoints threaten a renewed outbreak. He cites poverty and the League of Nations as partial safeguards.

Berlin von Coudenhove-Kalergi Vossische Zeitung Europe United States of Europe Henry von Coudenhove-Kelergi Tokio League of Nations

Leopold in Prison Plot Inquiry Deepens

Chicago May 11. Nathan Leopold Jr the noted killer is tied to a Stateville prison escape plot amid a deputy warden slaying probe. Grand jury interest cited while Leopold denies links and investigators note missing knives from the shoe shop and a possible connection to Charles Duschowsky.

Chicago Nathan Leopold Stateville Hill County Grand Jury Leopold Rehn Joliet Streator Charles Duschowsky James V. Price Ottawa Kankakee Klein Crowe Chicago Grand Jury William McSwiggin

State's Attorney boosts McSwiggin slayers reward to five thousand

Crowe offers a $5,000 personal fund reward for information leading to the arrest of McSwiggin slayers. The incentive was announced Tuesday to aid investigators in the high profile case.

McSwiggin Crowe

Leopold knows little of prison escape, says state attorney

Joliet on May 11 reports State's Attorney Rehn declaring Nathan Leopold Jr. knew so little about seven convicts escaping Stateville prison last Wednesday that bringing him before the grand jury would cause too much excitement and would not be warranted.

Joliet, Ill Rehn Nathan Leopold, Jr Stateville Prison Grand Jury Leopold

State Auditor Porter Seeks Examiner Fees Due

Montana State Auditor George P. Porter sends notices to counties cities and towns asking payment by June 1 of fees for examinations by the state examiner. Fees total 87040 from 110 cities and towns with ranges 25 to 250 for towns and 175 to 600 for counties based on population and assessed valuation. Counties have paid 815000.

Helena Mont George P. Porter Montana

Wills May Be Given Heavyweight Honors

New York May 6 The New York boxing commission considers vacating Dempsey's heavyweight title and recognizing Harry Wills as champion if the long standing challenge is not accepted. This would clear the way for a Dempsey Tunney title bout at Yankee Stadium in September, or else Tex Rickard may move the bout to Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City. Brower, a boxing commissioner, suggested the action.

New York Jack Dempsey Harry Wills New York Athletic Commission Dempsey Gene Tunney Yankee Stadium Tex Rickard Jersey City Boyle Thirty Acres George E. Brower Boxing Commission Brower James A. Farley Wm. Muldoon Farley Wills Muldoon Tunney Commission Rickard

Farley Muldoon deadlock over Wills Tunney title bout

The dispute pits Chairman Farley against Commissioner Muldoon over whether Jess Willard or Gene Tunney should receive a title bout. Brower leans Farley, supporting Wills while opposing forced Dempsey-Wills matches and hints at declaring Wills champion if Dempsey fails to sign a bout.

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