Forest Fires Ravage Wisconsin Towns Gagen and Woodboro
Rhinelander Wisconsin residents recount two towns, Gagen and Woodboro, destroyed by forest fires. About 2 000 residents in each town left homeless as flames spread toward Rhinelander due to shifting wind. Refugees report near total ruin of Gagen. fate of Woodboro unclear. Calls mount for militia aid to contain the blaze threatening forests and the Soo railroad corridor.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Gagen
Woodboro
Agen
Soo
Davidson
Forest fires force evacuations near Escanaba
Forest fires burning for a week rekindle near Escanaba Michigan driving residents from Forest City Commonwealth and Spread Eagle into larger towns. Refugees report villages surrounded with little chance of saving them and fear widespread destruction.
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Escanaba
Mich
Menominee
Delta
Forest City
Commonwealth
Spread Eagle
Forest Fires Threaten Wausau Area
Flames from nearby forest fires push a dense smoke veil toward Wausau as weather shifts risk. A strong contingent moved to Ringle saving the town, while several farms south of the city suffered loss to fire including houses and barns.
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Wausau
Wis
Ringle
Forest Fires Near Control Across Missouri Timberlands
Augusta reports that practically all forest fires that swept timberlands statewide over the past three days are now under control.
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Augusta
Negroes Get Religion In Dimming Washington
In Washington on September 23 the city faces a yellow haze and a red sun as superstition grows among the negro population. Drivers sing hymns while old horses move slowly as belief in coming judgment spreads, with one man declaring he has finished with gambling and drinking and awaits trouble.
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Washington
Little Jimmie La tourelle Dies in St Paul At 35
James J. La tourelle known as Little Jimmie, a St Paul musician aged 35, died suddenly from stomach hemorrhage at his parents home. A familiar theater violinist with a sweet tenor voice, he weighed 460 pounds and had been employed in the orchestra at St Paul and Minneapolis theaters for years. Bray offers stove wood for sale and advertises at the meat market.
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St. Paul
James J. Latourelle
Little Jimmie
Minneapolis
Montana Republicans Name Strong State Ticket at Helena
The Montana Republican state convention in Helena last Thursday selected Edward C. Donlan as governor after a five-ballot vote. Lee Mantle and Chas. Webster were his finalists. Charles N. Pray was renominated for Congress. The ticket includes Donlan Pray and a slate of other state officials.
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Montana
Helena
Edward C. Donlan
Missoula County
Lee Mantle
Butte
Chas. Webster
Great Falls
Denlan
Charles N. Pray
Congress
W. R. Allen
Albert J. Galen
E. E. Esseleiyn
Harry Cunningham
Public Instruction
W. H. Harmon
W. L. Holloway
Dan Boyle
B. T. Stanton
Democrats Name Ticket In Sweet Grass County
In Sweet Grass County Montana a Democratic convention filled by 24 of 36 delegates nominated a full county ticket with no dissent. John F. Asbury was named state senator Henry Nicholson clerk of district court J A Bailey clerk and recorder H Utermohle treasurer A G Hatch county attorney A L Bray assessor Andrew Lavold and T K Lee re elected chairman of the county central committee with plans to meet again at two.
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Sweet Grass County
T. K. Lee
A. EK. Walker
W. L. Martin
L. B. Douthett
Geo. M. Briner
Chas. Bryan
Sam Thurman
Sam Andrews
Gee. Monroe
A. G. Hatch
W.P. Franklin
A. E. Walker
Democratic Party
Montana
Jefferson
Monroe
Denver
Anaconda
John F. Asbury
Henry Nicholson
J. A. Bailey
J. A. Bailey. For Treasurer—H. Utermohle. For County Attorney—A. G. Hatch
A. L. Bray
Andrew Lavold
Public School Report for Big Timber Week Ending Sept 18
The Big Timber Public School weekly report shows enrollment at 32 and lists absent students Josie Nepstad Ronald McDonnell Charles McDonnell Ola Gibbons Signy Wallum George Barley Ruth Barley Hazel Griffiths Fay Phelps as tardy. Teacher Alice Joy notes hopes for better regularity from the younger students.
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Josie Nepstad
Ronald McDonnell
Charles McDonnell
Ola Gibbons
Signy Wallum
George Barley
Ruth Barley
Hazel Griffiths
Fay Phelps
Alice Joy
Room II Class Notes From Miss Nicholson Visit
Room II records show thirty pupils in grade four with perfect punctuality. Two absent, both due to sickness. Jean Moore five days and Albert Richards three days. Miss Nicholson visited last Monday. Mignonette Durnford is the Grade Four teacher. Vaccination certificates all brought in. a big yellow spider provided observation opportunities.
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Miss Nicholson
Mignonette Durnford
Jean Moore
Albert Richards
Eva Dunlop
Room IV Records Two New Pupils and Grade Promotions
Grade five enrolled Frank Prevost and Esther Webb. Two pupils advanced to grade six while absences due to illness and vaccination are noted for several students. Grade 4 shows no tardiness and grade 6 one. Anna Belle Lockhart, Teacher.
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Frank Prevost
Esther Webb
Harold Perrine
Lloyd Wheaton
Nellie Wilson
Archie Fahlgren
Blanch West
Anna Belle Lockhart
Enrollment and notes from the high school week
The first week enrollment reached 48 with four new seventh graders Carol Reynolds Roy Olson Merle Griffith and Leonard Andrews and two new sixth graders Etta Thompson and Robert Coit with Arthur Dixon moving to the sixth. Attendance in grade eight was nearly perfect aside from Oscar Solberg and Olve Lamb absent one day.
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Carol Reynolds
Roy Olson
Merle Griffith
Leonard Andrews
Etta Thompson
Robert Coit
Arthur Dixon
Susie Gottlob
Harry West
Nellie Pound
Oscar Solberg
Olve Lamb
H. N. Blakeway
Big Timber Furniture and Melville Drug Ads Continue
Hopkins advertises 2500 pounds of tableware at 15 percent off elsewhere prices and urges customers to shop first. Also note Remember Your Druggist W D Richards offers a complete drug stock in Melville, with Harold Nelson as manager.
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Stokes
Hopkins
Big Timber Furniture Co
W. D. Richards
Melville
Harold Nelson
The Golden Fleece by Frederick E Hopkins
Frederick E Hopkins delivers a magnetic lyceum program titled The Golden Fleece praised by leaders such as D B Henderson and De Witt Talmage. The Four Artists appear later with Monteville Flowers, March 1 and Thos E Greene, April 17. Buy two season tickets to support the town and county.
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Frederick E. Hopkins
Monteville Flowers
Thos. E. Greene
Foley's Kidney Remedy Ad Warns Against Delay
An old advertisement urges parents to use Foley's Kidney Remedy if a child shows signs of deranged kidneys to prevent Bright's disease or diabetes. It emphasizes not delaying treatment and is signed by W. D. Richards, a local druggist, with a brief note about affordable telephone rates from the Home Telephone Company.
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Foley
Bright
W. D. Richards
Reward Offered for Vandalism to Electric Co Property
A ten dollar reward is offered for the arrest or conviction of any person breaking or injuring lamps shades wires or any apparatus owned by the Electric Light and Power Co. An advertisement notes rubber roofing is cheaper and lasts longer than shingles at Big Timber Lumber Co.
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America
Electric Light and Power Co
Big Timber Lumber Co
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Michigan
Maine
Bray
Erdera
Donlan
Democrats
County Central
Big Timber
Abigael Berge
Tom Bushy
Gladys Sichelson
Harold Solberg Society
Allen Browning
The
Pioneer
Star Society
Ingrid Halverson
Onk Davis
Mable Busha
Seargent
Hubert Kellogg
Eden Bryan
Misa Nelson
Mable Bailey
Mable Busba
Katherine Adem
Carl Crow
Edna Bryan
Lyle Tintinger
Clarence Davin
Estella Frazer
Crescent Society
Tom Busha
Beth Pound
Earl Perrine
Seargent At Arms
Albert Sheridan
Gladys Nicholson
Donna McCall
Mr. Myers
Crescent Program
Tom Bush
George Reynolds
Mary Sheridan
Mildred Moore
Gladys Doyle
Stella Prevost
Bine
Ota Helen Cosgriff
Ines Everett
Ronald Halverson
Nannie Brandenburg
Mary Lyon
Claude Barbour
Cripple Creek
Home Telephone Company
Department of the Interior
U.S
Hozeman
Cort J. McConnell
McLeod
C. N. Skillman
Bigtimber
Elmer C. McConnell
Thomas K. Tolhurat
McLeod, Montana
William Ellison
Thomas Hogan
M. R. Witson
Register
Now-coasland
W. H. Patterson
Whalen
Patterson
Montana Trading Co
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