Geyser Bill Tracks Yellowstone Geysers and Twins Note
Thomas J. Ankton known as Geyser Bill has studied over 200 geysers since 1929, sleeping beside them and compiling a detailed notebook. He reports four major spouters at once and a 20 hour sit beside Grand geyser. Rangers praise his observations and home base is his parked car. Bear cannibalism reported by motorists in Yellowstone. Bears fed by rations reduced from 25 to six barrels to prevent dependence.
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Yellowstone National Park
Thomas J. Ankton
Twin Lakes
Yellowstone Park
South Twin
Gardiner River
Yellowstone
Dim B. Rogers
Park Service
Babe Elliott Starred for Canada in 1920 Olympic Hockey
Winnipeg’s Falcon team won the Antwerp Olympic title with W B Elliott as star goalie. The article notes Elliott’s fame, long Butte residence, and a famous mouth injury story. It mentions his later leadership in Butte and Montana hockey circles and recalls a colorful quote from a St Paul writer calling him the wariest player.
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Babe Elliott
Butte
St. Paul
Falcon
Winnipeg
Canada
Antwerp
Belgium
W. B. Elliott
White
N. P. Railway
Barthololomew
Bernard
Babe
W. B
Babe) Elliott
Montana
Elliott
Butte and State Prexy Now In The 1924 Season
Babe Elliott captained the Saint's hockey team to the league title and posted the best goalie average in the league. A respected leader, he served as an ice sports official since 1927, acting as proxy for the Butte and state hockey associations and appearing at Holland rink whenever games are scheduled.
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Butte
St. Paul
Babe” Elliott
Saint
Saints
Elliott
Holland Rink
Sports Tales of Bean Balls and Broken Limbs Recalled
Cleveland News sports writer Bob Godley recalls Ray Chapman being hit by a bean ball from Carl Mays and Hap Kibble of Roundup breaking his leg in a game, illustrating dramatic injuries in early baseball.
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Babe
Bob Godley
Cleveland News
Ray Chapman
Carl Mays
Boxing trainer Gus Meyers and Montana bouts
In Treasure State News in Brief Gus Meyers of Butte, a Chicago boxing trainer, voices his praise for fighter Harry McLaughton after a kayo loss to Frankie Neil. The piece also recalls Montana’s bloodiest ring fight Ketchel vs Foley in 1905 and recounts a comical misfire when constable Mose Lipschutz cuffed Doc Flynn during a wooden Indian caper.
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Ketchel
Butte
Montana
Doc
Flynn
Gus Meyers
Chicago
Meyers
Frankie Neil
San Francisco
Neil
Kaye
Harry McLaughton
Se Bay City
Frankie Eil
McLaughton
Mary Ann
Frisco
Gus
Neil Lad
Kibitzer
Mose Lipschutz
Lipschutz
Gillis
Mose
Doc’ Flynn
William J
Doc” Flynn
Daly Stable Horses Win Brighten Beach Feature Race
Hamburg wins the Brighton Beach feature by one sixteenth of a mile over Ogden in a two mile and a quarter exhibition gallop. Marcus Daly stable takes first and second as ten horses competed. First prize is 5450 dollars with 1250 to the runner up.
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Marcus Daly
Hamburg
Ogden
Brighton Beach
N. Y
Butte Youth Wins Music Prize Heads to Wesleyan
Egbert Fischer, a 24 year old Butte native who practiced piano as a child, will return east after four years at Harvard to join Wesleyan University in Middletown Connecticut as a teacher of music history and appreciation. He led the Harvard Glee Club as president, studied with renowned instructors, and earned top marks in music and mathematics.
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Egbert Fischer
Butte
Harvard University
Egbert
Wesleyan University
Boston
Watkins Fischer
Noted
A. T. Davison
Walter Piston
Hugo Leichtentritt
Harvard Glee Club
Price
Mme
Elsa MacPherson
Fisher Thompson
Middletown
Conn
Ancient threshing floor still used in Spain
A historical threshing floor in Spain continues to function as part of traditional farming methods. Local workers maintain the area, demonstrating enduring rural practices amid modern agriculture.
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Spain
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United States
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