Park Employee Drowns Near Gardiner After Car Rolls
Miss Gertrude Tomasko twenty four of Minneapolis an employee of Yellowstone Park Hotel company was drowned when the Durant roadster she rode in with Frank Marty left the grade and went into a deep hole in the Gardner river south of Gardiner The car capsized and she became pinned inside despite efforts to rescue her Marty and other passengers on a yellow bus aided in the attempt The accident occurred on the last day of the park season as Mammoth hotel staff were being transported to Gardiner for the afternoon train The body was taken to Shelby undertaking parlors while coroner sought to notify relatives of the deceased woman
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Livingston Enterprise
Gertrude Tom‘asko
South First Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
Yellowstone Park Hotel Company
Mammoth
Gardiner
Tomasko
Frank Marty
Park
Durant
Marty
Mammoth Hotel
Miss Tomasko
Livingston
Shelby Undertaking
Young Woman’s Christian Association
Uncle Sam May Send Experts To Meeting
Geneva reports say the United States may join the disarmament conference preparations by sending experts to assist in technical work. Delegates from Great Britain and France have agreed on a study commission, though the question of American participation remains unresolved. The new body will be titled a commission to study the reduction and limitation of armament.
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Geneva
United States
Assembly of the League
Great Britain
France
Assembly
Council of the
League
Senator Walsh Returns Home From Europe
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana arrived aboard the Leviathan and criticized the state department for barring a British communist as a move to help the Baldwin government. He cited letters about withholding a passport and said Prohibition and tariffs worsen France and Italy's ability to repay war debts.
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New York
Saklatvala
United States
State Department
Baldwin
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
England
Interparliamentary Union
France
Italy
Walsh
McNamara Convicted of Blackmail in Indianapolis
John J. McNamara labor leader was found guilty of blackmail by a jury after a two and a half hour deliberation in an Indianapolis criminal court. The defense vowed a new trial while noting McNamara's prior California imprisonment for dynamiting the Los Angeles Times. The state said he pressured workers to clear Elks club project of iron workers in 1923.
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Indianapolis
John J. McNamara
Teasday
McNamara
California
Los Angeles Times
Elks’ Club
Charles E. Cox
State Board Cuts Travel Allowance To Ten Cents A Mile
Helena Independent reports the board of examiners set a ten cent per mile limit for privately owned car use on state business effective Oct 1. The move aims to curb rising bills, requiring detailed distance, necessity, receipts, and daily itemization to accompany each claim. The push favors railroad travel where feasible and seeks thousands in annual savings.
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Helena
State Board of Examiners
Nineteenth Assembly
Green
McCone County
Winner Of Midland Empire Fair Horse Shoe Contest
At Billings Montana last week the Midland Empire fair hosted a barnyard golf event. M L Baughey of Big Timber won the horse shoe pitching contest, earning the silver cup and a share of entry fees, with Sam McDowell providing strong local competition.
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Midland Empire Fair
Billings
Mont
M. L. Baughey
Big Timber
Baughey
Sam McDowell
Sam
Mr. Baughey
Death of Helen Hoyem in Missoula hospital
Helen Mijelde Hoyem 22, daughter of Mrs. Inga Hoyem of this city, died at Northern Pacific Hospital Missoula after illness and surgery. Remains to be brought to the city for interment in the family plot. Services at Norwegian Lutheran church Sunday afternoon conducted by Rev. A A Holbeck. Hoyem born October 10, 1924 on the Hoyem ranch west of Melville.
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Ward
Helen Mijelde Hoyem
Northern Pacific
Missoula
Norwegian Lutheran Church
A. A. Holbeck
Inga H. Hoyem
Hoyem Ranch
Melville
District Court Opens With Mixed Outcomes In Montana
District court began under Judge H J Miller with several cases proceeding. Defendants faced alibi and guilty pleas while trials and continuances unfolded. notable outcomes included Lester Smith and Peter Schiltz plea, fines for Charles Wilson, and dismissals in the assault case.
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District Court
H. J. Miller
State of Montana
William Roberts
Davis
Earl Green
CG. Q. Davis
Roy Webber
Merle Griffith
G. O. Schulz
Ole Heedal
J. C. Barnes
Harry Mack
H. E. Clouse
Gus Goldbranson
J. E. Elliott
Albert C. Strand
Arthur M. Michels
Harlowton
Lester Smith
Peter Schiltz
Ed Brannin
Smith
Meagher Home Razed as Virginia City Fire Spreads
In Virginia City Montana the historic Meagher residence and two neighboring houses were destroyed by a Tuesday morning fire. The Meagher house owned by H D Saems suffered the loss alongside Mrs N D Johnson and the Herman Kramer home. Only the Kramer residence was occupied and the total damage is about $10000 with no insurance. Fire departments from surrounding towns arrived too late to contain the blaze.
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Virginia City
Mont
Thomas Francis Meagher
Montana
Herman Kramer
N. D. Johnson
Meagher
H. D. Saems
Kramer
Virginia City Fire Department
Lien Of Threshermen Has Big Preference
The Livingston Enterprise reports on Montana legislative changes clarifying crop lien priorities. The new amendment gives threshermen’s services lien priority over mortgages and other liens on grain or crops, with seed liens allowed to take priority over other liens except the thresherman’s, subject to statutory exceptions.
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Livingston Enterprise
Montana
Stage Set for Big Club and Project Fair
The article describes preparations for a Club and Project fair and Woman's Club vegetable show with the West Side barn ready and many entries sent to Mr Oliphant. Judges Vincke Jones and Oliphant are assigned to livestock crops and poultry divisions in two contest divisions. Entries due by 10 a.m. Friday September 25 with rules published. prizes 2, 1, and 0.5 dollars for top places.
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West Side
Oliphant
Vincke
Montana State College
Middle West
W. H. Jones
Stillwater County
Jones
M. M. Oliphant
Sweet Grass County
Mr. Oliphant
Butte Bride Of Few Hours Takes Poisoned Fate
In Butte Mont a newlywed bride Esther Lucille Taylor died after swallowing poison in the hotel room intended as their bridal chamber. Her husband Charles A. Knight a salesman, said he could not explain the act as a coroner’s inquest is planned. The couple wed Monday at the Episcopal parsonage and after a wedding dinner attended a dance before retiring.
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Butte
Mont
Charles A. Knight
Esther Lucille Taylor
Ruby
Episcopal Church
Knight
Noted Mexican Resort Has $1,000,000 Blaze
Flames from the Vernon club kitchen spread through a large block in Tia Juana overnight, destroying the San Francisco Cantina Tivoli bar Log Cabin San Diego bar Gonzalezs Alhambra cafe and other buildings. Firefighters faced water shortages as the blaze raged, threatening major border-area resorts and causing an estimated million-dollar loss.
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San Diego
Cal
Vernon Club
Tia Juana
San Francisco Cantina
Auto Registration Law Changes After Year Start
Livingston Enterprise reports Montana’s 19th Legislature passed a law to require a motor vehicle title for registration after January 1 1926. The registrar of motor vehicles, now jail warden, will issue a blank form with full car description. Original certificates cost one dollar plus registration, good for the car’s life. transfers require endorsement, return of the old certificate, and a new one for the buyer, with penalties for violations to curb car theft schemes.
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Livingston Enterprise
Legislative Assembly of
Montana
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Secretary of State
Sheridan County
Early Morning Fire Destroys Rapelje Business Section
Fire of unknown origin wiped out about one fourth of Rapelje's business district early Monday, damaging four stores and a lumber yard with an estimated loss of 850000. The blaze began behind the Lynne hotel and spread to the Rapelje Mercantile, barber shop, and Carl Webster lumber yard, confining destruction to one block.
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Rapelje
Ted Lynne
W. H. Giffen
Billings Implement Company
Carl Webster Lumber Yard
Webster
H. E. Brickley
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Senator T. J. Walsh
Europe
Board OF Examiners
Helen Mjelde Hoyem
Missoula N. P. Hospital
Northern Pacific Hospital
Ernest G. Bennice
Schiltz
Charles Wilson
George Douglas
Grey Cliff
Justice Court
Leo J. Cremer
AML
O. C. Brannin
Roy Traver
Gus Haug
Gus Myrstol
Wagner
Willis Root
Alfred Hoover
Sam A. Slamilton
William H. Prewitt
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