Land slide pushes NP tracks into Yellowstone
Reports from the Sphinx area describe a major slide on the Park branch of the Northern Pacific railway pushing tracks into the Yellowstone River near Gardiner. Foremen say 9,000 yards of dirt moved, with 3,000 yards damaging rails. work crews plan to relay 150 feet of rails and resume rail travel by Thursday.
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Sphinx Mountain
Livingston Enterprise
Sphinx
Tom Astle
Enterprise Force
Astle
Northern Pacific
Gardiner
Fred Beastrap
Brastrup
F. J. Taylor
Taylor
Park Branch
Northern Pacific Railway
Yellowstone River
Yellowstone
Mrs C W Ewan Hosts Boulder Women's Club Meeting
Mrs C W Ewan hosted a Boulder women's club meeting May 18 with twenty two members and four guests. The treasurer reported 129.95 in credits and 214.50 in the treasury. The club planned to collect Boulder pioneers history with Mrs W D McKinsey in charge and a June 7 meeting at East Boulder School House hosted by Mrs McKinsey and Mrs Baker.
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C. W. Ewan
Woman’s Club of the
Boulder
W. D. McKinsey
Fast
East Boulder School House
McKinsey
Baker
Dodge Brothers Unite In Great Auto Merger
New York May 30 a colossal automotive merger unites Dodge Brothers Inc with Chrysler corporation creating a top tier combine second only to Ford and General Motors. The venture values the group at about 450 million dollars with assets over 295 million and annual output around 700 thousand vehicles. The deal advances Chrysler expansion and signals talks to add more units as Walter P Chrysler rises among industry captains.
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New York
Ford Company
General Motors
Dodge Brothers, Inc
Chrysler Corporation
Dodge
Wall Street
Walter P. Chrysler
Ford
John J. Raskob
Entombed Miner Rescued After Five Day Mine Standstill
John Wade, an exhausted miner, was found alive two miles back in the Mather Collieries mine after more than 120 hours entombed following last Saturday’s explosion. 170 bodies recovered. about thirty men still missing.
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Mather
Mather Collieries Company
Frank Armstrong
Pickands-Mather Company
Armstrong
John Wade
Wade
Tom Butler Dies. Longtime Pennsylvania Representative
Washington May 26 Representative Thomas S Butler of Pennsylvania 72 longtime member and chairman of the house naval committee died at his home after a month long heart attack. He served 16th consecutive term from the Eighth district West Chester and his death ends the house most senior member. His son Brigadier General Smedley D Butler commanded American Marine Corps forces in China.
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Washington
Thomas S. Butler
Pennsylvania
Naval Fee
Smedhey D. Butler
American Marine Corps
China
West Chester
Tom” Butler
Congress
Capitol
House
Butler
Frank Wagner Pleads Guilty in California Power Bureau Robbery
Reports from California state Frank Wagner pleaded guilty to the Power Bureau office robbery in Los Angeles. He received an indeterminate sentence of from one to fourteen years. Wagner was linked to the February Pioneer account naming Gilman Rankin and Fern Saddler as principals, with Schlagel and others involved in the intercept and loot.
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Pioneer
California
Frank Wagner
Los Angeles
Power Bureau
The
Gilman Rankin
Fern Saddler
Wagner
Schlagel
Bureau
C. F. Wagner
L. F. Douthett
John H Trower
Cora Walker
Walker
Melville
Leo J. Cremer
Big Timber
Barhbering
Loran Wagner
Evangelist Soldier George W. Wilson Visits Old Scout Roots
George W. Wilson 78, once a scout with Gen. Miles during prairie campaigns, now an itinerant preacher selling gospel tracts. He traveled from Forsyth to Big Timber visiting Boukder valley ranch homes and recalls seven engagements from the 1870s near the Tongue and Rosebud rivers.
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George W. Wilson
Nelson A. Miles
Big Timber
Cook, Martin and Farnsworth
Boukder Valley
Miles City Star
Custer
Tongue
Rosebud
Wilson
Fifth Infantry
Indianapolis
Fort Abraham Lincoln
Caster
Miles
Grazy Horse
Wolf Mountain
Lame Deer
Gedar Creek
Sitting Bull
Little Muddy
Saldiees
Bull Eagle
Dull Knife
Black Moon
Little Feather
Tongue River
Bear Wolf
Miles City
Fort Keogh
Forsyth
Two More Die On Dead Man's Curve Near Cheyenne
A car crash on Dead Man's Curve two miles east of Summit Inn along the Lincoln Highway between Cheyenne and Laramie claimed two lives. Emily Nimmo and another passenger died, while Elizabeth Artist and Evelyn Nimmo were severely injured, with Emily Nimmo and Miller noted for grave injuries.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Summit Inn
Lincoln Highway
Laramie
Ivinson
Emily Nimmo
Cheyenne High Agent Smith
Elizabeth Artist
Evelyn Nimmo
Emily
Miller
J. P. Markley
Ivinson Hospital
Miss Artist
Artist
Italia Dirigible Vanishes North Pole Mystery Deepens
Oslo reports the Italia after a weeklong polar voyage has lost wireless contact and is feared lost. The crew of 18 including General Umberto Nobile faces harsh Arctic conditions as base ship Citta Di Milano searches 80th latitude. A Norwegian hydroplane was prepared to search Spitzbergen amid unconfirmed rumors of a sighting near Amsterdam Island.
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Oslo
Norway
Italia
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
Citta di Milaro
Polar Sea
Laetzow Holm
Amsterdam Island
End of First Session of 70th Congress
Congress adjourned Tuesday evening after a tense session in the Senate and a peaceful House. Vice President Dawes refused a speech request as Speaker Longworth bid farewell, and the body paid respects to Tom Butler after his Philadelphia funeral.
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Washington
Dawes
Senate
House
Longworth
Congress
Kansas City
Houston
Sinnat
Oregon
Tom Butler
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Johnson
California
Boulder Dam
King
Utah
Arcmenia
Bratton
Democrat
New Mexico
Nye
North Dakota
Joint Committee
President Coolidge Addresses Memorial Day at Gettysburg
President Coolidge delivered the annual Memorial Day address on the Gettysburg battlefield. He urged national effort for peace at home and abroad, honoring those who died for the United States as crowds gathered on the historic site. He spoke from the spot near Lincoln’s Gettysburg address, shortly after Lincoln’s words were read.
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Gettysburg
Coolidge
United States
Lincoln
National Cemetery
Mr. Coolidge
First Degree Murder Charged To Ranchers
Bozeman Montana May 24 First degree murder charged against Stanford Shipley and Maree Johnson ranchers in an information filed in district court over the death of Low V Harwood a rancher. Harwood was shot May 19 when a rifle in Shipley s possession discharged during a confrontation after horses were missing. Coroner s jury urged Shipley be bound over and Johnson released but county attorney Seth Bohart later ordered Johnson held. Judge Benjamin B Law will hear pleas June 2.
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Bozeman
Mont
Stanford
Shipley
Maree Johnson
Low V. Harwood
Harwood
Johnson
Willow Creek
Seth Bohart
Benjamin B. Law
New Candidate Berg Impresses In Sixth Judicial District Race
Columbus News praises Benjamin F. Berg of Columbus for democratic nomination to the Sixth District bench. Berg, a 1911 University of Michigan Law graduate, has sixteen years practice, two terms as county attorney, led Stillwater club and hospital board, and was mayor in Livingston. He would leave Columbus residence and friends if elected.
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Benjamin FE. Berg
Columbus
Columbus News
Rarnie
Barnie
Missoula
Bozeman
Ann Arbor
Livingston
Berg
Stillwater Club
Stillwater Hospital Board
Sit Tight Is Counsel Given All Cattlemen by Secretary Phillips
Helena Independent reports Montana Livestock Commission secretary E A Phillips urged stockmen to study prices and consult bankers or commission men before selling. He said Montana cattle market should be at least as strong as last year with feeding grounds tight and demand rising as feeders compete with killers due to a short corn crop and plentiful corn now on better conditions.
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Phillips
Helena
Montana
E. A. Phillips
Montana Livestock Commission
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Dodge Bros. Unite In Great Auto Merger
Soldier Evangelist
Robinson
Bruce
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