Coles O Van Wart Pioneer Miners Helena Pioneer Passed
Coles O Van Wart a Montana pioneer and early Frazer River explorer died at his Helena home. He spent years placer mining from California to Montana and helped establish Helena's mercantile trade. He served on Helena city council. married Sarah Herrick in 1884. none of his children survive.
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Coles O. van Wart
Montana
Frazer River
British Columbia
Helena
Holland
Brooklyn
Peter Stuyvesant
Manhattan
New Brunswick
California
Panama
Frazer
Greenhorn
Mullan Tunnel
Prickly Pear Valley
Nelson Gulch
van Wart
Sarah J
First Aerial Express Delivered in Montana
Pilot J W Hesser flew the Inland Empire Aerial Transportation plane from Butte to Deer Lodge carrying John Berkin as passenger in 29 minutes The trip delivered a copy of the Sunday Standard to D W Aldrich at Deer Lodge Berkin parachuted the paper to his father at the Orphan Girl mine and delivered a message to Deer Lodge Mayor Frank Conley A day of exhibitions included Miss Helen Conley and J M McCalman with Berkin piloting most of the journey as part of his flight training.
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Montana
J. W. Hesser
Inland Empire Aerial Transportation Company
Symons
D. W. Aldrich
Deer Lodge
John Berkin
Butte
Orphan Girl
Berkin
Sunday Standard
Frank Conley
Conley
Helen Conley
J. M. McCalman
School of the Inland Empire Aerial Transportation Company
Senator Myers Sails Abroad for Rest and Campaign Plans
Senator Henry L. Myers his wife and daughter have sailed for Antwerp to spend a month or two sightseeing in France and Belgium before visiting southern Europe. They will rest for a month or more and return to the United States in September with Myers planning to actively participate in the fall campaign.
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Myers
Henry L. Myers
Antwerp
France
Belgium
Europe
United States
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement From Montana Resident
Mrs. M. Clark of Livingston Montana reports durable relief from kidney trouble with Doan's Kidney Pills. She describes dull kidney ache back pain and lameness over the kidneys improved quickly after use and says the remedy has remained effective for years. Price 90 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Livingston
Doan
World News Roundup Aboard War Fronts and Sports Upset
A compiled dispatch of multiple items includes Italian frontline fighting near Alessio with warships shelling the city, and various political and social notes from London Paris Rome and beyond. Notable items cover Ted Lewis defeating Johnny Basham for the European welterweight title, church roles in California, plague reports in Veracruz, and strategic moves in ongoing conflicts with political and labor developments across North America and Europe.
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London
Alessio
Ted “Kid” Lewis
Johnny Basham
Europe
Rome
John Cawley
Monterey
Los Angeles
Cal
Vatican
Vera Cruz
Constantinople
Turkey
Damad Ferrid Pasha
Warsaw
Montreal
American Federation of Labor
Baton Rouge
Senate
General Assembly of
Louisiana
St. Louis
Paris
Foreign Office
Budapest
Norfolk
Neb
Nonpartisan League of the Third Nebraska
Marie Weekes
Congress
Teheran
Persia
Baltimore
United States
Pussyfoot Johnson
Belfast
Listsellaw
Enniskillen
Ulster Volunteers
Field Marshal von Kluck
Aaru
Berne
Germany
Seattle
Pacific Northwest Irrigation Congress
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Washington
House
Daniels
Missoula
Department of Agriculture
Neihart Miners Strike Closes Cascade Mines Area
Neihart camps mines shut down after workers walk out over pay rise from 5 50 to 6 per day. One Big Union backs the strike soon to impact Cascade Mines Mills Neihart Consolidated Neihart Silver Florence and Gault properties employing about 300 men. Owners ban I W W members and check applicants. Businesses move to cash basis.
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Neishart
Galsgrove
Cascade Mines & Mills
Neihart
Butte
Cascade Mines & Mills Company
Neihart Consolidated
Neihart Silver Mining Company
Florence
Gault
Minneapolis Trade Tour in Montana Boosts Optimism
The seventh annual Montana trade tour by the Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association drew praise from leaders like Cavour B. Langdon and H M Puffer. Participants reported strong prospects for Montana crops, coal, wool, and cattle, plus improved cross state business relations and optimism for a solid year ahead.
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Montana
Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association
Minneapolis
Cavour
Langdon
H. M. Puffer
The
Puffer
Hubbard Manufacturing Company
C. L. Atwood
Bankers’ National Bank
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
Northwest
George F. Orde
Midland National Bank
W. C. Tubbs
Wyman, Partridge & Co
M. E. Salisbury
Salisbury & Saterlee Company
B. E. Stimson
Chevrolet Motor Company
Pp. J. Frey
Central Supply Company
Paul R. McMichael
Winston, Harper, Fisher Company
State News Digest From Montana Localities
A Montana roundup reports Fowler postmaster appointment for Fowler Jessie F. Gordon, widespread dog poison cases in Dillon, Gustave Lang drowned near Glasgow, and Governor Stewart reappointing Dr. E M Porter to health board. Fires at Trail garage in Bozeman cause 5000 loss. Safe-cracking incident at Kaffara Lumber Sand Coulee. Possible resumption of Lewistown Rockford cut off construction. Summer school attendance 1000 to 1200, mostly teachers. Beaverhead county orders 10 trucks for road work. Veterans welfare funding for free employment offices ends. Peter J. Milkowski drowns in Missouri river, body recovered. Deer and elk losses estimated statewide. Helena notes deer abundance. Boulevard labor dispute resolved with wage offer accepted. Lulu Ashley shoots at Pearl Miller over taxi partnership dispute. Butte observes zoning ruling on chimney smoke. Montana manganese production noted rising after 1919 decline with current mining in Butte and Philipsburg districts.
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Fowler
Jessie F. Gordon
Dillon
Glasgow
Gustave Lang
Helena
S. V. Stewart
E. M. Porter
Great Falls
State Board of Health
Bozeman
Salesville
Kaffara Lumber Company
Sand Coulee
Lewistown
Rockford
Great Northern
Montana
Great Kalls
Cascade
Adg
Beaverhead County
State Highway Commission
Veterans’ Welfare Commission of
Bainville
Peter J. Milkowski
Missouri River
Snowden
Mondak
J. L. DeHart
Federal Labor Union
Pearl Miller
Lethbridge
Charlie Rose
Lulu Ashley
Miss Miller
Butte
Grimes
John Blee
Samuel C. Roberts
Colorado
California
Philipsburg
Police Seek Sellers and Harty in I W W Jailbreak Case
Deputies hunt Claude Sellers alias Robert Thorpe and Tilden C Harty alias C F McGannon after a May 31 Tacoma jail escape. Rewards of 100 dollars each offered. Sellers, 43, linked to I W W activity in Butte Denver Salt Lake area. Harty, 23, previously burglarized Tacoma homes.
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Montana
Claude Sellers
Robert Thorpe
Liberty
Tacoma
Sellers
Tilden C. Harty
C. F. McGannon
Butte
Thomas Manning
Denver
Salt Lake
Northwest
I. W
Harry
Help Wanted and Advertisements in Spokane and Montana
Classified items include teaching job prospects in Spokane via Westmore Agency and Old National Bank Bldg, a Washington farmer seeking a housekeeper, business opportunities in Montana and Arizona for sales, railroad and telegraph operator training in Spokane, auto service and garage ads, nursing training in Omaha, a bonded debt collection firm in Helena, fur remodeling in Butte, and Kodak finishing services in Great Falls and Lewistown.
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Westmore Agency
Old National Bank
Spokane
Wash
Washington
Great Falls
Montana
Arontana
North Hidge Brush Co
Washington St
Pacific Telegraph Institute
Auland Garage
Main Ay
Augusta native Colonel Ernest Murphy decorated by France
Col. Ernest W. D. Murphy of Augusta is cited by the Marshal of France and awarded the croix de guerre for aiding food and supplies to liberated civilians in St Mihiel and near Stenay during 1918. He came to Montana in 1896, served in the Spanish American War, then rose to colonel in the regular army.
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France
West
Petain
Ernest W. D. Murphy
Homer G. Murphy
Helena
L. G. Murphy
Augusta
First Bureau
St. Mihiel
Stenay
General Headquarters
Murphy
Montana
United States
Manila
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First Aerial Express
ABLEM
Ena
Twin Cities
Concensus
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Faille
Kingston
Puget Sound
I. Kk. Dodge
Kingston, Wash
W. Hoyle
St. Spokane
Burkburnett
Texas
Butte College Telegraphy
Butte Wild Animals
Willman
Austin
Mont
I. G. Riordan
Riverside Ave
Payne Chemical CO
Minn
Nebraska
Ford Hospital
Omaha
HLWD
National Surety Co
New York
Resources
Helyna Adjustment CO
Furs Remodeled
Hoenck
Minneapolia
Butte, Mont
KODAK
Eastman
Shields River
J. W. Hefferlio
Yellowstone River
Columbus
Ed Cardwell
Thayer
Edwards & Bradford Lumber Co
Elk, Wash
Adams Realty Co
Three Forks
Willis Kinsee
Hysham
Yor Sash
Ee, Wagner & Son
Wenatchee
J. H. Hamilton
John J. Black
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Bonesteel State Bank
Bonesteel
Brueders
R. A. Jackson
Rambouillet and Stock Farm
Dayton
All Drug
Arkh, Davis & CO
Detroit
Mich
Penfield CO
Buttd
Colfax
WM. Lantz
Box Eld
Cadbeagh
Electric City Conservatory
Grentalls, Mont
Blackfoot
Cozy Nook Apiarius
Ida
Clark W. Allen
Bic Timber
Big Timber
O. B. Nhlaon Co
Central Avenue
Great Falla
Robert L. Rowell
Frary & Burlingame
Frei
Ralph Slude
Minnat
San Francisco
Lavern Tltaley
J. F. Higley
Tecumseh
Michigan
Morrison
W. Holden
Lewis & Walker
Wyoming
Tout & McCarthy
Huseth
Optonsetrist
Optician
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