Brother Visits Just Before Unexpected Funeral
Deer Lodge October report tells of S. S. Fordyce of Madison driving 190 miles to visit his brother William Fordyce near the Emery mining district. He arrived five minutes before William’s funeral at the Methodist church, learning his sibling had died the previous Thursday on what would have been their 15th wedding anniversary. William married Lydia Johnson of Butte in 1910, and the couple had lived in the Emery mining area for 15 years.
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Deer Lodge
SS. Fordyce
Madison
William Fordyce
William
Pacific Coast
Emery Mine
S. S. Fordyce
Methodist Church
Lydia Johnson
Butte
Emery
Two Boys Hurt In Anaconda Road Crash
Anaconda October 22 Two youths James Golden and Hugh Ungaretti were hospitalized after a collision on the Butte Anaconda highway near Opportunity. Frank Kristovich of Grace was jailed after his truck pinned under it. a sister sustained a head gash, while Gandy Daly and another passenger suffered minor injuries. The wreck left a still in the truck and authorities pursued charges as details remained unsettled.
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Anaconda
James Golden
Hugh Gagaretti
St. Ann's Hospital
Butte
Frank Kristovich
Grace
Opportunity
Garden
Ungaretti
Gandy Daley
Hoya
Kristovich
Gallagher
Golden
Seady
Daly
An Raretti
Ford
Bootleggers Arraigned in Hull Quebec Case
Two men faced arraignment after police accused them of transporting high wines from the United States into Canada for sale. Authorities allege the bootlegging operation moved wines with high alcohol content into Quebec from New York by automobile for profit.
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Hull
Quebec
United States
Canada
New York
Renew Your Health by Purification
A promotional note touts Calotabs as perfect system purifiers. It urges a thorough course of Caretabs once or twice a week for several weeks, claiming purification leads to better health and vitality with a family package priced at 45 cents.
Man Survives Narrow Crossing Of Condemned Bridge
Charles First, working for the county, drove a 10 ton tractor over a condemned wooden bridge over the Missoula River east of Paradise. The bridge broke, plunging both into the river. First swam to shore and escaped with a close call to death.
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Thompson Malls
Charles
Missoula
Paradise
Hie
Mr. First
Missoula Man Challenges Rice Four-Bagger Call
Alva Baird, a Missoula resident and former county attorney, writes from Washington disputing Rice’s catch in the World Series. He says the ball tipped Rice’s glove and landed in a spectator’s lap before being caught, arguing Smith deserved a home run that could have tied the game. Judge Rigler upheld the call, and Commissioner Linn ruled no protest possible. Baird observed Games Three and Four in Washington, both won by the Senators.
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Missoula
Qet
Rice
Alva Baird
Kiwanis
Washington
Baird
Earl Smith
Charley Rigler
Smith
McKechnie
Pittsburgh
Order Divorce Case Switched to Helena
Missoula October 22 An order transferring the divorce suit of Martha Wilson against George Wilson from Missoula district court to Lewis and Clark county was issued by Judge A J Duncan. The defendant, a Helena resident, filed a change of venue claiming the couple moved there in 1923. A second change of venue demand remains in department No 2.
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Missoula
Martha Wilson
George Wilson
District Court
Lewis and Clrak County
A. J. Duncan
Department No. 1
Helena
Will Fatten Ismay Woolies at Billings
Three double-decker or double-derk ears of sheep, mostly ewes, left Ismay for Billings this week to be fattened on sugar chest mip before shipment to the eastern market. This marks Tymay to Billings’s first-ever shipment. The stock is owned by Joe Riley, Hamilton Brothers, Clyde Burrell and Ed Cap dell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ismay
Billings
Tymay
Joe Riley
Hamilton Brothers
Clyde Burrell
Ed Capdell
Survivors of Auto Accident Improve at Park Hospital
Livingston Oct 22 survivors of the family of James D. McCann who rode out a Sunday morning collision with a Northern Pacific extra train are improving at Park hospital. George Massart of Seattle arrived to aid care and a second crash near the same crossing was narrowly avoided when a tourist driver steered to parallel the passing train. Massart said plans for continued care were unsettled and burial arrangements for the sister were to be made immediately.
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Livingston
James D. McCann
the Park Hospital
Northern Pacific
Secretary of Union Shoots Self in Apparent Ill Health End
Alfred Dawe longtime secretary of the Bath Engineers' union died at 720 South Main Street after shooting himself with a pistol in the early hours. The 61 year old had suffered from ill health and was confined to his home for weeks. His wife found him after the shot and rushed to his side as he lay by the bedroom door.
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Butte
Alfred €. Dawe
Bath Engineers’ Union
South Main Street
Hitler
Mr. Dawe
Snow Near Limestone Reaches Two Foot Mark
Snow two feet deep near the ranger station on Livingston creek in the Stilhedrer district, with several heavy falls in the mountains over the past week. Ranger A W Vogelsang reports the depth to Beartooth National Forest office on Tuesday morning.
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Billings
Livingston Creek
Beartooth National Forest
A. W. Vogelsang
Stilhedrer
London Women Thieves Gang Raids Public Places
A London gang of women thieves has been operating in restaurants and other public venues, conducting several raids weekly as authorities seek to curb the spree.
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London
Financiers to Tour to Gauge Mont Wyoming Road
A party of prominent financiers from New York will travel Rawlins to Miles City via Casper to study the proposed North and South railroad. Led by Pough Lee Kirby, the group includes Dillon Reed & Co. and Frank Vanderlip associate Phillip Henry. The trip signals serious consideration of a Rawlins to Mil waukee and Northern Pacific link and possible early spring work resumption.
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Miles City
Rawlins
Wio
Casper
North and South
Pough Lee Kirby
Dillon, Reed and Company
New York City
Dodge Brothers Motor Company
Carmen, Fox and Snyder
Phillip Henry
Frank Vanderlip
Union Pacific Railway
Milwaukee
Northern Pacific
New York
Byram
Milwaukee Railway
Sherrdan
Helena
Bandit Stops Milk Deliverer but Job Brings No Treasure
Jerry Sobaden a milk deliverer reported being held up by a bandit on Fifth Avenue South between 1st and 34th Street. The thief, about five foot ten, wore gray clothes and a mask. Sobaden escaped with no money and warned he would quit night deliveries after dark.
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Bandit
Job
Billings
Jerry Sobaden
Tify
Ath Avenue
Saith
Fifth Avenue South
Lrd
34Th Stree
Sohadon
Golly
Mili
Sobadan
Nets 6000 From Twenty Acre Farm
Miles City Oct 22 Mike Pestka lives three miles from Collagen and is an ardent booster of Montana agriculture. From a twenty acre alfalfa field he harvested substantial seed value this year. He keeps sheep for annual profit and grows small grain for sale, boosting his income yearly.
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Miles City
Mike Destka
Little Dry
Collagen
Montana
Pestka
Banker Tells of Robbery and Bandit Shooting in 1922
Lewistown, Oct 22 Fred B Stevens former cashier of Roy First National Bank described the 1922 raid in which two masked men stole 1396.26 from the vault. He identified Newton L Jackson as one robber. The pursuit by local authorities and a shooting in which Alison McClain was killed were recounted in detail, with Stevens narrating the sequence from the bank doorway to the Grass Range escape.
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Lewistown
Fred B. Stevens
First National Bank of
Roy
Newton L. Jackson
Alison McClain
McClain
Stevens
Iman
Jackson
A. A Johnson
William Olson
Johnson
Mr. Stevens
Hose
Grover Real
William Olson Aikson McCaitt
Robert Mitchell
Kennett
Black Butte
Lynn van Zandt
Mr. Mitchell
van Zandt
DR. McArty
G. ©. McGandlass
Andrew Stay
Otto Dengel
Graver Real
Sheriff's pursuit tracks robbers after double shooting
Sheriff Woods with Grover Beal returned to the scene with two rifles and a shotgun in the car. They picked up the trail at the robbers' car site and followed it toward Valentine. The witness reached Royal at 2 a.m.
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W. R. Woods, Jr
Grover Beal
Valentine
Royal 2A. m
Livingston Boy Hart When Tram Car Jumps Track
Kenneth Hart son of Mr and Mrs W Hart was injured in a mining accident at Jardine Mining when a tram car jumped the track and crushed him between the mine wall and the wrecked car. He was brought to Livingston and later to Robinson hospital where an X-ray showed pelvic injury not a fracture. Doctor Pampel expects a full recovery without serious complications. Kenneth is brother of the late David Hart who died in a bicycle automobile collision with E P White.
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Livingston
Kenneth Hart
W. Hart
Jardine Mining Company
Robinson Hospital
Pampel
Kenneth
David Hart
E. P. White
Wife Calls Police and Prepares for Another Thumping
Butte, Oct. 22. For the third time in two months, police answered a complaint by a wife on South Wyoming street reporting her husband beat her and broke furniture. The defendant, using an assumed name, failed to appear in police court after prior cases, and the case was dismissed for lack of evidence. Judge Shea remarked the court’s frustration with repeated complaints and nonappearance.
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Butte
South Wyoming Street
Yes
Hartman Withdraws From Noted Case In Montana
Bozeman Oct 22 17 Hartman tied to Carlson Minneapolis and Haight Chicago withdraws as counsel for plaintiffs in case against Richard T Wing ing claiming legal lien for services. He notes a $5000 potential claim and asserts lien on plaintiff action and on bond and proceeds, with prior verdicts cited in lower and higher courts.
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Bozeman
W. Hartman
Carlson
Minneapolis
MM. R Haight
Chicago
Mans Hiering
M.S. Cunningham
Richard T. Winging
Grew
Montana
Supreme Court
Hartman
Biering and Canningham
Ringling
District Court
Tartan
Great Western Sugar Announces Beet Price Cut
Demet Oct 22 the Great Western Sugar company announced a 40 cent per hundredweight reduction on beet sugar at its factories. The move aims to enlarge the sales territory while not altering the 1923 payment basis for farmers in the Rocky Mountain and Midwest regions. New contracts and deliveries against unfitted contracts will be affected by the price cut.
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Great Western Sugar Company
Rocky Mountain
Middleswester
Man charged in axe attack on mother in law near Deacon ness
Frances Randervich, 48, is in critical condition after an axe blow in her home a quarter mile east of Deacon ness hospital near the old Nine Mile road. Police seek her son-in-law Art Mann who left three days earlier after a quarrel and may turn himself in.
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Hutte
Frances Randervich
Deaconness Hospital
Art!” Maan
Deacontess Hosital
Nine Mile Road
Mann
Phsicians
Randervich
Ronvelock
Woman on Murder Charge Returns to Butte for Retrial
Anna Kacar, held on a second degree murder charge for the death of her husband Tara Kacar, was retried yesterday and returned from the state penitentiary to Silver Bow county jail. She showed joy at returning to Butte after eight months away, while awaiting a likely appeal granted by her attorney M. S. Glassen. The case, originally decided last spring, centered on a fatal shooting in Hast Tark street and subsequent hospital deaths. The murder matter is among five cases awaiting disposition as the district court prepares for juries.
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Butte
Cet
Anna Kacar
Sen
River
Silver Bow
State Supreme Enurt
Glassen
Kacar
Howe
St. James’ Hospital
Dan Romad
Wacar
Fincie
Night Falls Over Desolate Arctic Towns in Spitsbergen
Longyear City reports a harsh Arctic winter as coal towns brace for reduced output. 400 operatives remain at Great Northern Coal with 15,000 tons monthly expected, while other sites shrink to a dozen watchmen. Government plans shift to full mining resumption next spring with archipelago administration under Norwegian control.
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Longyear City
Svalvard
Spitebergen
Iron Kings
Green Harbour
Ditch Comepany
Bragwanza Bay
Great Northern Coal Company
Amundsen
Spitsbergen
Oslo
Amunlers
Shi! Farm
Girl Falls in Pit Narrowly Impaled on Steel Projection
Marie Jack, 14, daughter of Mary Jackron, escaped death when she fell four feet into a concrete pit at a construction site on Central Avenue. A three foot long steel projection piercing the area gripped her clothing and body, pinning her briefly. Rescuers freed her after planks were removed. she was shaken and lightly cut with no internal injuries found at Columbus Hospital after examination.
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Cyes
Marie Jack
Mary
Stella Jackron
Varsy
Herth
Wes Matreuver Beildrog
Crutral Avenue
Aostryy
Jacl Egano
Ega
Columbus Hospital
Silk death noose in Maidstone girl tragedy
A Maidstone incident reports the death of six year old Kate Benge by hanging using silk stockings as a noose. Authorities ruled it a self-inflicted action in the October record, with the girl found hanging from a handhold.
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Maidstone
Eng
Kate Benge
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Ahr
Anver
Ismay Woolies
Tong
Sid
Limestone
Mont.wyo
Ethel
Ethel Hays
Mr. Matson
Coulee
McCain
Mr. McCain
Matt
Beal
Newton J. Jackson
Harry Dengel
Grass Range
Livingston Boy Hart
Great Western Sugar
Montana State College
Women's Cluba
Arctic
Keresa
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