Stockman killed as heavy load drags wagon on grade
Martinsdale Sept 23 William H Kiehl prominent stockman and rancher of Meagher county died Monday night of injuries from an accident on a steep grade near the Carl Hanson ranch. A wagon and trailer laden with lumber toppled and crushed him after the tongue slipped. He was brought to Martinsdale and died the next morning. Funeral arrangements are through the Masonic lodge with burial at White Sulphur Springs.
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Martinsdale
William H. Kiehl
Meagher County
Kiehl
Findon
Carl Hanson
Rich
William Warren
Harlowton
Kiechl
White Sulphur Springs
Clara
Montana
Masonic Lodge
Judge Orders Nomadic Family Depart Montana After Liquor Charge
In Billings Judge Robert C. Stong ordered the discharge of H W Stewart from the county jail on condition that he and his family leave Montana within one day. Stewart, sentenced August 19 for possession of liquor to 90 days and a $300 fine, was arrested near the East bridge grove where liquor was found. He is reported to lack funds and his wife and two children depend on the county. the judge labels the family as shiftless nomads wandering the state and not residents.
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Billings
Robert C. Stong
H. W. Stewart
Uren
Stewart
East Bridge
Prize puzzle offer with Ford Touring Car draw
A century old prize notice offers 645.00 more prizes including a Ford Touring Car. It challenges readers to rearrange digits to form a 16 count across and down, then mail an entry with name and address. Ties judged on appearance and handwriting, no cost to participate, with prize list and rules to follow if correct.
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Iulfill
Prisoner Cleared of Charge in Jail Break Case
Billings Sept 23. Judge Stong dismissed the charge against J C OBrien for aiding John F Kessering and Claude L Stanley in breaking out of the county jail on August 6. OBrien remains jailed to serve the rest of his liquor manufacturing fine. He pleaded guilty May 24 to manufacturing liquor and was sentenced to 60 days and a $400 fine. After jail term, he was released due to lack of funds, and later found with Stanley in a haystack near Acton. Kessering and Stanley had pleaded guilty to breaking jail and were sentenced to 1 month to three years. Evidence of OBrien's aid was slight.
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O'Brien
Stanley
Boosters Challenge Engineer Cost for Red Ladge to Yellowstone Road
Beartooth Boosters clash with forestry and public roads engineers over a 68 mile highway from Red Ladge to Yellowstone via Cooke City. Engineers estimate just over one million dollars. boosters claim possible build for half that. Morrow notes engineers report and alignment for bureau listing, while Thieme and Kitt provide technical details.
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Red Ladge
Beartooth Boosters’ Club
Yellowstone National Park
Cooke City
Forestry Bureau of Public Roads
Boosters’ Club
Fred Morrow
Fred Thieme
Forestry Bureau
B. F. Kitt
Bureau of Public Roads
Morrow
Bureau” ‘of Public Roads
Three of Four Town Clocks Quit in Billings
Billings residents faced time chaos as three of four public clocks stopped or malfunctioned this week. The courthouse tower clock read 1 49, the Midland National bank corner clock 12 12, and the North Broadway clock 7 40, while only Fortney-Pease clock on Second Avenue remained active. One clock had been out for weeks and others struck during Monday afternoon rain after it was first noticed that courthouse dial lights failed.
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Billings
Midland National Bank
North Broadway
Babcock Theater
Fortney-Pease
Second Avenue
Broadway
North Twentyninth Street
Lahood May Fight Ex-Champ Who Lost Title a Year Ago
Butte promoters expect confirmation of changes that will stage a fight between Dixie Lahood of Butte and Abe Goldstein, the ex-champion who lost the title within the last year. Goldstein had agreed to Oct 8 after scrapped earlier dates, while opponents like Cannonball Rosenberg and Pete Martin declined. Lahood recently boxed Frankie Monahan in an exhibition at Mount St Charles college in Helena.
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Butte
American Legion
Dixie Lahood
Abe Goldstein
Goldstein
Lahood
Dixie
Pete Saramento
Helena
Frankie Monahan
Mount St. Charles College
Scobey Baseball Team Disbands After 27-Game Tour
Scobey hall club, after a 27 game in 27 days tour across four states and one Canadian province, disbanded in Milbank SD. They won 20 and lost 7 on the tour and 65 of 74 overall for the season. Former White Sox players Swede Risberk and Happy Felsch joined the squad.
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Scobey
Scobey Hall Club
Milbank
S. D
Saskatchewan
North Dakota
Minnesota
South Dakota
Northwest
White Sox
Risberk
Happy” Felsch
Toston Water Supply Reduced by Quake
Livingston reports Toston Montana loses major spring supply after summer earthquake. Water now comes only from city equipment. geology blamed for diverting flow. Local resident C H Paugh notes the spring had long served the town and was a vital source.
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Toston
Livingston
C. H. Paugh
Helena
Mont
Watson News Items Roundup From Helena to Rock Creek
Watson notes travelers passing through to the Belcher ranch and Rock Creek. Meed Campbell returns from Helena on business. Miner William Gaw finds a $3.50 nugget as he digs on Beaver property. Doggetts visit Midland Empire fair. Mrs Avon Goodale dies after a weeklong illness at County Farm near Townsend. Goodale kin and Broadwater Meagher connections mourn. Jack Broderick retrieves Mrs Wells. Henry Lingshire travels to bring wife and daughters home from Rock Creek. Arthur Watson party returns from the Springs. Charles Ashford fills chuck holes on the Benton road.
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Billings
Avon Goodale
Townsend
Mrs. Goodale
Goodale
Kittie Broderick
Hugh Broderick
Annie Whitehead
Winston
Joseph
Arizona
Diamond City
Broadwater
Meagher County
Jack Broderick
Tenderfoot
Robert Wells
Wells
Henry Lingshire
Walker Ranch
Rock Creek
Helena
LeBa
Helen
Arthur Watson
Wit
Shirley Ann
Charles Ashford
Benton
Hunter Hurt by Stray Shot While Grouse Shooting
Great Falls reports Harlow Liesenfeldt of 617 Eighth Avenue South was struck near the right eye by a stray shot from a fellow hunter during a grouse outing near Gerber Centerville. A few other pellets hit his arm and vest but caused no serious injuries. Liesenfeldt refused to name the shooter. The party including his wife daughter and mother in law and Mr and Mrs Ed Vi dean left early Monday after locating a covey in a coulee between Gerber and Centerville.
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Great Falls
Harlow Liesenfeldt
Eighth Avenue South
Gerber
Liesenfeldt
Ed Videen
Eighth Avenue
Centerville
Peerless New Town in Daniels County Grows Rapidly
Opheim. Sept. 27. A wheat field a month ago is becoming one of the region’s fastest growing towns on the Scobey Opheim extension of the Great Northern. Several buildings rise in Peerless with basements being dug for anticipated October train service. A restaurant operates and a pool hall is planned. Farmers expect thousands of bushels of wheat to be marketed there, reducing hauling distances by up to 30 miles.
Automobile Accident Fatal to H. S. Roy Graf of Bozeman
Cecil Graf a 16 year old Bozeman high school student and son of bakery proprietor Eugene Graf died from a brain hemorrhage after a late Saturday auto collision near Salesville. His companion Henry Essinger escaped injury when their car struck a telephone pole after lights failed and glare from an oncoming vehicle.
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Bozeman
Cecil Graf
Eugene Graf
Henry Essinger
Ensigner Ranch
Salesville
Hutfine Lane
Graf
Ensinger
Wolf Creek News notes local visit and travel
Wolf Green reports George Grigg back home from Helena and George Hicks Jr on a business trip there. Miss Helen Gibson teaches at East Helena and spent weekend at the south fork home. Several residents, including F Bowman and Jake Guyer, travel for business in Helena and Great Falls. William Steinbach ships cattle and lambs to Chicago. Hicks ships stock to Seattle with George Hicks brother joining. Local dances postponed due to snowstorm. residents visit relatives and plan winter stays in Helena.
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Wolf Green
George Grigg
Helena
George Hicks Jr
Helen Gibson
East Helena
South Fork
F. Bowman
Great Falla
Arthur Jordan
Wolf Greek School
Jake Guyer
G. A. Butcher
W. G. Mason
George Hicks
Ernest Koch
William Steinbach
Chicago
Carl Cassidy
Dorothy Cardens
Mason’s
Rufus Ingersoll
Rochester
Hicks
Seattle
George
Raoul Menard
Francis Thompson
Dillon
Thomas Ostle
Adolf Burggraft
Delco
William Keithley
Jim Estill
Wolf Creek
Howard Ingersoll
J. H. Burns and
Arthur
Dearborn
Eliza Pratt
Pete Lehaye
J.C. Carden
Dance Smashes Fined In Money Dance Case
Fifty jurors summoned faced delays as 14 Anay condo boys faced separate trials for an assault at a Garrison dance on August 1. Most defendants pled guilty to second degree assault. two were dismissed. Sentences varied from $500 fines for Charles Unti and Joe Shaina to $150 fines or jail at $2 per day for remaining ten, totaling $2,500. About $1,450 paid. several defendants released from custody, others remained jailed.
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Anay Condo
William Knop
Garrison
George Flynn
Sam Brand
Charles Unti
Joe Shaina
Louis Knop
Elmer Richards Aginst
Joe Shagina
Powell County
Jor Shagina
Jor De~vieh
Matt Strizic
Nelo Ungarritti
John Domit
Body of Drowned Woman Sent Home
Livingston Sept 23 Mrs F Long sister of Gertrude Tomaska drowned in the Gardiner river Saturday arrived yesterday from Minneapolis. She will take the body to Oshkosh Wis the family home for burial. Miss Tomaska was born in Oshkosh 23 years ago and left for Minnesota seven years ago. She worked as a stenographer in Minneapolis and made her home with Mrs Long. Four brothers and four sisters survive. Mrs Long left last night for Oshkosh to attend funeral services.
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Livingston
F. Long
Gertrude Tomaska
Gardiner River
Minneapolis
Oshkosh Wis
Miss Tomaska
Oshkosh
Minnesota
Rains in Daniels Aid Fall Plowing In Montana
Scobey reports September rainfall reaching 2.75 inches while the last 36 hours bring steady rain soaking the ground. Government observers note 1.5 inches of precipitation in that period, aiding conditions for fall plowing after a slow grain movement post threshing. A fossil tree of about 70 feet and estimated at 1,000,000 years old was found in the Asanal mining area of Bengal, India.
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Scobey
Montana
Asanal Mining
Bengal
India
Despondent Bride Lethal Lysol Act After Wedding
Edith Taylor 23, recently married to Charles Knight, leaped from bed on her wedding night in Butte and drank Lysol, dying shortly after at St James hospital. Motive unclear amid reports of melancholy and a possible lovers quarrel denied by Knight. Father William Taylor of Ruby to transport body. funeral planned in Ruby Thursday at 7 pm. survived by two sisters and five brothers.
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Butte
Edith Taylor
Leggat
Charles A. Knight
St. James’ Hospital
Ruby
Knight
Spokane
Davenport
Ray
Ray Gilman
Leslie Gilman
Clyde Rans
William
Albert
Fred
Charles
Beet Harvest Begins as Billings Factory Plans Reopen
Billings Montana September 23 Great Western Sugar company the local factory will reopen Monday morning W P Hogarty manager reports the autumn beet campaign under way along the Yellowstone valley from Billings to the North Dakota line first harvests started as soon as the Midland Empire fair closed the plant expects a steady flow of beets reaching 240000 tons from 20000 acres delivered locally through the season
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Billings
Great Western Sugar Company
W. P. Hogarty
Yellowstone Valley
North Dakota
Oklahoma Whirlwind Sparks Cordial Apology Note
A brief archival line notes apologies directed at the auto industry as the Oklahoma Whirlwind symbolically critiques colleges for their handling as they grow larger, reflecting mid-century rhetorical contest over education and industry.
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Oklahoma
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H. S. Roy
Wolf Creek News
Jonathan
Elberta
Iran
Herrin
Elton
Helena Ave
Thone
Yakima
Jonathans
Young and Nagle Co
Empson’s
Steve
Nate
California
Peet
Jackson
Bridger Canyon
Halana Ave
Roberts St
N. P. Depot
Newepa Peprapheive
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