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Big Timber Pioneer

Location

Big Timber, Montana, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1925

Page

7

Nurse Held For Deaths At East Side Baby Farm

New York report says evidence to seek an indictment for homicide against Mrs. Helen Geisen Volk a former German Red Cross nurse who ran a baby farm on East Eighty Sixth Street. Investigators cite infant deaths in 15 months and plan to exhume bodies from St. Michael cemetery as part of the case.

New York Helen Auguste Geisen-Volk Red Cross East Eighty-Sixth Street Ryan Agnes Toohey Agnes Supreme Court Geisen-Volk St. Michael’s Toohey Winters

Missing Orphan Grandchild Case Tracks Through Philadelphia

Philadelphia authorities pursue a mystery involving an orphaned grandchild placed in Mrs. Geisen Volk's care last December after the child vanished under unclear circumstances.

Philadelphia

Alaska Gold Rush Returns as Ice Breaks on Stikine

Wrangell Alaska May 11 prospectors rush from Telegraph to Dease Lake in northwestern British Columbia after Stikine river ice breakup opens water travel. Three boatloads depart heading to Cashiar creek with 150 tons of freight including tractors trucks horses and oxen. Most stampeders are seasoned prospectors.

Wrangell Alaska Stikine River Abaya Eal Fields British Columbia Telegraph B. G Dease Lake New Gold Territory Cashiar Creek Cashiar

Thousand prospectors stream toward Cashiar from Wrangell

Seattle reports say about a thousand men have trudged from Wrangell to Cashiar, 150 miles up the Stikine, since Christmas to seek gold. Oscar Sither, a St. Petersburg lumberman visiting Seattle, says the river must clear of ice before the dash by boat. He notes rumors last fall of a rich 25 mile Cashiar creek placer belt drawing sourdoughs and prospectors to Alaska and British Columbia.

Seattle Wrangell Cashiar B. C Oscar Sither St. Petersburg Stikine River Lither Alaska British Columbia Cashiar Creek

Interesting Musical Programs By Local Pupils

Mrs. Elsie G Linn of Livingston and Mrs. Mervin Sell presented two musical entertainments last week on Thursday and Monday. A varied program by their pupils drew good audiences and showed notable progress. The programs featured multiple performances by young musicians.

Elsie G. Linn Livingston Mervin Sell

Thursday Evening Program of Duets and Readings

A sequence of musical readings and duets listed with performers including Sthel Prather Mercie Linn Johnston Emma Hoem Lena Beley Ellen Alden Etta Manis Margaret McKenzie Beulah Esp McDowell Elliott Bond Agnes Lavold Margaret Crest Mercie Linn Johnston Helen West Inn West Inn West Clara Phillips Ethel Prather Myron Bryant Marietta Blakeslee Constance Priest Betty Blakeslee Haderli Haderli West Inn Livingston readings feature pieces by Lieurance Beethoven and others concluding with a variety of duets and solos.

Foreclosure and Summons in Montana Mortgage Case

The Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company sues Melville Trading Company and others in Sweet Grass County seeking foreclosure on a 1715 acre mortgage property with water rights and town lots, for 34384.74 plus taxes, fees, and interest. Judgment requested and sale of lands to satisfy the debt. notice to all defendants with 20 days to answer.

District Court Sixth Judicial District Melville Trading Company Bankers Loan and Mortgage Company Montana Principal Meridian Sweet Grass Melville Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company Sweet Grass County Montana Adolph Eisler Ray FE. Markley Big Timber County of State of United States Fred H. Foreman Grace L. Foreman Said Capital Trust & Savings Bank Capital Trust & Savings Bank J. E. Barbour

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