Lawyer Delivers Conviction Speech Then Funeral Oration
In Carter County Montana a lawyer who prosecuted Shorty Gillard for murder returns the next day to deliver his funeral oration at Gillard's graveside. Eddie Booth, the Baker attorney, presents a humane tribute after a damning case that sent Gillard to be hanged.
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Carter County
Big Range
Montana
Wyoming
Carter
Shorty Gillard
Eddie Booth
Gillard
Jackson Hole
Sang Froid
Bkalaka
Baker
Booth
Key Gillard
Ekalaka
Shorty
Dead Man
Flo
Eddie
Edwin S. Booth
Killer
Montana Red Cross
Richard Garland
Malta
Garland
Great Order of Mercy
Red Cross
Shriners
Phillips County
Tor
The
Forgetting favors and a single percent
A terse aphorism notes a man may forget nine favors but never the one percent when you turned him down.
Eccentric Mary MacLane Disappears After Flamboyant Career
Mary MacLane, once a sensational Butte author, vanished from a Chicago hotel a week ago amid reports of financial trouble illness and a failed move into vampiric film work. Once hailed after her first book, her two later works flopped and her showy life in Broadway and Bohemian circles faded as friends worry and investigate.
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Mary MacLane
Butte
Chicago
Mary
Butte High School
Broadway
Honessy of
Hour
Hearst
Bohemia
Mary and
Byro
Butte Youth Shot by Robber in Front of Friend’s Home
Joseph Judge a Montana School of Mines student was shot in the leg by a highwayman while leaving a girl friend’s home in Butte. A local couple witnessed the scene and intervened, prompting the robber to agree not to kill and to shake hands with the interceders before fading into darkness. Judge’s injuries are not serious and no arrests have been made.
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Boy
Joseph Judge
Montana School of Mines
Butte
Soldiers to Help Harvest This Year
Government considers furloughs for all soldiers who wish to help with the harvest. Soldiers would receive army pay while away and resume duties on their return, presenting a certificate of field work.
War bread joke fuels scarce German supply quip
A Buffalo Express cartoon caption jokes that Mrs Newbride has made stern war bread but cannot find a German to feed it to, reflecting wartime shortages and humor.
Silent Star, Uncertain Film, Draws Mixed Reviews
A prize fighter an actor a conservative businessman and others with no defined work are tied to a film that failed to impress critics. Reportedly Mary left much to the audience imagination amid changing film trends and bold filming.
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Mary
French Hero to Speak at Montana War Conference
Lieutenant Paul Perigord, famed French war hero and former priest, will be principal speaker at the Montana state war conference in Helena May 28 and 29. The program also features Guy Stanton Ford, Dr J A B Scherer, George Brinton Chandler, and representatives from Red Cross, Liberty Loan, YMC A, and other war work groups.
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Helena
Paul Perigord
Perigord
France
Champagne
National Committee On Public Information
America
United States
J. A. B. Scherer
Throop Institute of Technology
Pasadena
California
Japan
George Brinton Chandler
Council of National Defense
Taft
National Commission On Industrial Relations
Montana Council
Red Cross
Liberty Loan
War Savings
Federal Fuel Administration
Federal Food Administration
Public Service Reserve
Knights of Columbus
Federation of Churches, Rotary Clubs
Extension Department
The
Department of Agriculture
State Department of Education
Extension Division
the State University
Newspapers
State Department of Labor
Four-Minute Men
Alliance of Labor and Democracy
Ruling for Non-Workers in State Cities
The state council of defense orders all non workers to register in incorporated cities with the city clerk or in unincorporated towns with the county clerk and recorder. The rule applies to those who do not work at least five days per week.
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Miles City
Miles
Liberty Committee
County Council of Defense
Montana
State Council of Defense
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Butte American
Gosling
Love
Byron
Thomases
Maputo
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Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
Great Falls
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