Prominent Helena Divorce Kept Secret by Court and Lawyers
Judge R Lee Ward and counsel for Mrs Esma Jessop and Edward Jessop, with district clerk Bill Whalen, arranged to keep the divorce decree signed May 22 confidential. Mrs Jessop and their minor daughter reportedly left Helena for Alaska. Custody awarded to the mother. Jessop planning a trip to California with rumors of a second marriage. Mrs Jessop claimed extreme cruelty and indifference. The couple married November 29, 1900. their two elder children are adults. Jessop previously worked in the surveyor general's office and sold his park district news-stand.
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R. Lee Ward
Esma Jessop
J. R. Wine
Edward Jessop
Bill Whalen
District Court
Helena
Jessop
California
Montana
Alaska
Jessops
Chhildren
Surveyor General
Sixth and Park
Kenwood
National Capital Debates Shape Senate Actions
The Jugo Slavic debt settlement cleared the house as did the omnibus rivers and harbors bill. A resolution by Senator Borah seeks Britain’s concessions in Panama. The Senate campaign committee plans a Wednesday start to investigate Pennsylvania Republican primary expenditures.
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House
Panama
Borah
Scenate
Pennsylvania
Elevator Belgrade goes to bank receiver by deed
In a Montana District Court order Judges Poor and Horsky authorize Receiver Whipple to transfer the Belgrade elevator building realty and equipment to Receiver Gray. The bank will credit the growers' receiver with 2000 on the balance of three notes of 16000 each. Present balance due to the bank is 3877 plus interest. The elevator was pledged as security. its value was originally 40000 but could not be sold for more than 1000.
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C. A.whipple
Montana Grain Growers, Inc
Claude C Gray
Banking, Corporation
W. H. Poorman
A. J. Horsky
District Court
Whipple
Gray
Belgrade
Bank
Path
Rodeo Set for Montana City With New Features
A rodeo at Montana City begins at 2 p m tomorrow with the same riders and horses from May 2 plus several new horses. New acts include a tramp rider and a rodeo clown, adding novelty to the show.
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Montana City
Fear New York Man Killed in Montana
Butte detectives investigate a possible murder and robbery tied to Aarne Salonen of 2081 Lexington Ave New York City after an abandoned car was found along the Madison River near Ennis Montana Authorities report travelers checks valued in the thousands a $400 ring and a passport were in two suitcases in the car Madison County Attorney J R Jones says Salonen may have been killed for his valuables The case remains active with officials seeking leads and the motive unknown
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J. R. Jones
Madison County
Salonen
Merchants and Women Should Be Acquainted
Ashland Kentucky and Mount Holly New Jersey report on social friction between women shoppers and male merchants. Chamber of commerce secretary Haynes warned that retail buying is dominated by women yet the two groups remain strangers, urging intergroup committees to unite women clubs and men’s organizations. In New Jersey, Leslia Morris, a dirt track auto racer from Kansas City, was killed when his car skidded on a wet track and struck a fence.
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Ashland
Cink
Chamber of Commerce
Haynes
New York
Mount ‘Holly
N. J
Leslia Morris
Kansas City
Maryland mine boom boosts Lemhi mining activity
In Lemhi county Idaho Salmon City center, mining expansion accelerates as Maryland mine manager F Mahler seeks equipment in Helena. Workers pour in, prospects rapidly developed, copper ore prospects rise after Harmony mine discovery near Salmon. State Senator Amonson and Salmon associates own Maryland, developed by local capital after 24 years.
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Lemhi County
Idaho
Salmon City
F. Mahler
Maryland
Helena
Lemhi
Alverlead
Amonson
Mahler
University Women of Three States Meeting Highlights
Delegates from Wyoming Idaho and Montana attend the University Women of Three States conference in Helena with talks on future conferences constitution and bylaws teacher training and international relations. Notables include Mrs Harriet Rankin Sedman and Professor Helen Gleason with luncheon topics and a reception for delegates.
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University Women OF Three States Meeting
Wyoming
Idaho
Montana
Placer
Brannon
Harriet Rankin Sedman
Helen Gleason
Mary Farrell MacDonald
Billings
Eugene Finch
George Jennings
Missoula
G. P. Hurst
FS. Wolfe
Great Falle
W J. Jameson
Dorothy Gray
W. H. MacDonald
Jessie Donaldson
Wieda Bull
Bozeman
W. Dickeson
May Trumper
Helena
Morting
Anna Lytle Brannon
Melvin A
Nebraska
Columbia
State of Montana
Mary Dawson Flahaven
Dennis
Washington
State College
Eral
Anh Emmeline Wolfe
Foster
Charles H. Clapp
State University
Ruth Schofield Howman
Elmer K
International Federation of University Women
Minnesota
Montana State College
Helena Branch
Los Angeles Now Wins Great Oratorical Contest
Herbert Wealg of Los Angeles won the third national oratorical championship at Washington. Nearly 2,000,000 high school students competed regionally for the right to represent the U S in the first international oratorical contest next October. Myrtle Posey of Los Angeles placed second and Helen Bylund of New York third. the judges included Taft and Justices Van Devanter Sutherland Sanford and Butler. The subject was The Constitution.
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Washington
Herbert Wealg
Los Angeles
Tonight
Myrtle Posey
Uelen Bylund
New York
Wenty
Hollywood High School
Chiat
Taft
van Nevanter
Sutherland
Sanford
Butler
Philipsburg mine opens ruby silver vein near surface
Philipsburg and Granite county mining circles report a ruby silver discovery at the Frisco mine in Stumptown near Philipsburg at about ten percent ore near the surface. Foreman Ray Smith leads development since last September as Minnesota investors arrive to view the find and compare it to nearby Bi-Metallic and Granite mines.
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Philipsburg
Granite County
Stumptown
Granite Mountain
Slayton
Minn
Minnesota
Granite
Montana
Ray Smith
Ben B. Thayer
Anaronda Copper Mining Company
Montanans to Speak at Chicago Meeting
Dr. Asa Willard of Missoula will deliver the presidential address at the opening of the American Osteopathic Association convention in Louisville Kentucky the week of June 28. The program appears in the June issue of the Journal of the association published here in Moscow. The flock in the lower Volga region is spreading.
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Chicago
Asa Willard
Missoula
Convention
The
American, Osteopathic Association
Louisville
Journal of the Association
French Drive Off Bandits In Syria
Paris reports Lieutenant Callet of a French squadron killed Chief Ahmed Mapayed in the Mount Hermon area. The bandits lost 42 in the battle. six machine guns and 130 horses were captured. Landsberg celebrates a new victory with the appointment of Frau Tein Welene Schultz as the first woman assistant government counsellor. she topped civil service exams ahead of 19 men.
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Paris
Hawas
Beirut
Callet
Ahmed Mapayed
Mount Herman
Landsberg
Prussia
Vey
Frau- Tein Welene Schultz Ofrandsberg
Richard Schultz
Fraulein Schultz
President Coolidge Withdraws Alaska Judicial Nominations
Washington reports President Coolidge withdrew two federal judgeships and a district attorney nomination in Alaska after no Senate confirmation prospects. White House later said no new nominations would be sent this session, signaling future appointees may be nonresidents. Also notes a Wyoming figure, Jim Guernsey, a dump foreman, killed in a construction accident at the Guernsey dam site.
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Washington
Senate
Coolidge
Alaska
Sai
White House
Jim
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Richter
Bohemian Club
Ideal Bakery
Aophye
Idaho Mining
WAN Deering Machinery
GC. F. Mahler
C. H. Clapp
W. O. Whipps
Wellesley
Olive Mills
North Dakota
Ina ‘Bell Auld
Penn College
Iowa
E. D. Finch
Wisconsin
Wol MacDonald
Newman
F. L. Graybill
James Millikin
Jesse Donaldson
Miss Binzel
Los
Angeles
Leatherette
Boston
Kodak
Aelena
Betty Baxley
Coats
Liam McClure
C. D. McClure
Black Pine
McClre
Moscow
Lower Volga Region
Syria
Victory For
Bizea
Tom Sawyer
Uncen
Milan
Piaia
Col
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JdAnan
Guernsey
Wyo
Joe Miller
Construction Company
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