Roosevelt to Stump Montana in Progressive Drive
The Progressive movement plans five Colonel Roosevelt speeches in Montana this fall with Butte as the main event. Lewistown Kalispell Miles City and Glendive will host gatherings while Ex Senator Joseph M Dixon of Missoula launches a statewide campaign ahead of the visit.
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Helena
Brazil
Montana Bull Moosers
Roosevelt
Butte
Lewistown
Kalispell
Miles City
Glendive
Joseph M. Dixon
Missoula
Miner N Klosna Ends Life After Multiple Attempts
Nick Klosna a 35 year old miner from near Butte hanged himself from a sawmill trestle after five prior suicide attempts hidden by recent hospital discharge. Earlier he tried swallowing poison and to hang with suspenders while recovering from a chest wound.
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Butte
Nick Klosna
Krosna
Klesna
Jealousy Fueled Shootings End in Self-inflicted Death
Great Falls resident Mary Widlowski was mortally wounded and Otto Rick seriously hurt after a man named William Schmidt shot them on Fourth Street then killed himself in an alley. Schmidt, 27, fired again after reloading and died instantly from a self-inflicted shot to the temple. He owned a Sun River ranch.
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Great Falls
William Schmidt
Mary Widlowski
Otto Rick
Fourth Street
Schmidt
Sun River Country
Montana University President Speaks on Consolidation
President Craighead of the University of Montana addressed students at a weekly convocation urging free discussion of the statewide consolidation movement. He said opponents have not presented a valid argument against the bill then circulating and warned against fear of political retribution.
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Craighead
Missoula
University of Montana
New Anti-Saloon League Head in Montana
Rev. Joseph Pope of Laurel Montana has been named superintendent of the Montana Anti Saloon and Public Welfare League by the national anti saloon group. He was chosen at a Butte meeting and will begin July 15. He will base in Laurel briefly then move to Helena with plans to open an office in July.
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Anti-Saloon League
Helena
Joseph Pope
Laurel
Mont
Montana Anti-Saloon and Public Welfare League
National
Anti-Saloon Organization
Pope
State League
Butte
League
Coal vein found at White's Gulch near Canyon Ferry
Excitement grows in the Missouri valley area north of Townsend as a 20 foot coal vein is found at the mouth of White's Gulch, once famed for Montana gold. Former Lieutenant Governor Spriggs, now in New York City, visited the district and spoke favorable about the discovery.
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White's Gulch
Townsend
Canyon Ferry Country
Missouri Valley
White’s Gulch
Montana
Spriggs
New York City
Ies
Jury Acquits Rosebud Man in Sheriff Mosea Killing
Miles City jury clears John Burgess of Rosebud of murdering Sheriff William Mosea of Rosebud county. Trial moved to this county on a venue change and lasted seven days with high public interest due to the victim’s prominence and Burgess being armed in Forsythe when the sheriff attempted the arrest. Defense claims Moses threatened Burgess and he acted to protect his wife.
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Miles City
John Burgess
Rosebud
William .Mosea
Burgess
Forsythe
Moses
Fatally Hurt Man Buries Himself in Tunnel Attempt
Richard Rueter a minor crawled from his cot after a ground slide buried his body to the waist. He fled to a tunnel where he killed himself with a hazardous material stick. He had begged his brother to shoot him to end his misery.
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Richard Rueter
Rueter
Auto Hits Post Near Conrad Injuring Five
Three or four people including Great Falls residents Mrs Archibald Morrison and Mrs J W Barnes were injured when an automobile struck a fence post on a country road south of Conrad. Morrison and his wife were said to be in very critical condition at Conrad hospital. Barnes sustained fractures to both arms. Mrs Barnes is married to a traveling salesman.
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Great Falls
Archibald B. Morrison
J. W. Barnes
Conrad
Morrison
Barnes
Wed By Force She Says In Butte Marriage Nullified
Mildred Irvine a 19 year old society girl testified before District Judge Michael Donlan that Veyne V. Mason a Montana School of Mines student carried her from an automobile to a minister’s home and, under threats, induced her to marry Mason. She says she left after the ceremony and has not lived with him. She ran away with a young man she had known.
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Butte
Mildred Irvine
Michael Donlan
Veyne V. Mason
School of Mines
Mason
State Adventists to Meet Helena Convention
Arrangements are nearly complete for the Montana Seventh Day Adventists annual convention to be held in Helena from June 11 to 21. Pastor N E Ernstrom and Dr L M Rheem are coordinating final plans for the event, which will follow the usual ramp meeting format at Fifteenth Avenue and Rodney Street.
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Helena
Montana
Seventh Day Adventists
N. E. Ernstrom
Seventh Day Adventist Church
L. M. Rheem
Commercial Club
Fifteenth Avenue
Rodney Street
Fair Building Is Assured For Helena
The state board of examiners releases 12500 of 25000 appropriated and five Helena banks agree to advance 12500 repayable when funds are available. The proposed horticultural building at the state fair grounds is now practically assured for this fall, aided by the Helena Commercial Club.
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Helena
State Board of Examiners
State Fair Grounds
Helena Commercial Club
Butte Bays Water Plant sale ends long litigation
Montana Water Company submits to Billings city council an acceptance of 315000 dollars for its plant plus about 11000 dollars representing half of disputed rentals. The company lists five conditions on minor points. city acceptance would end years of litigation.
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Billings
Montana Water Company
To Eliminate Phone System in Bozeman Meeting
Citizens vote to do away with the telephone receiving fewer votes in the dual system. The Retail Merchants' association committee chair notes both systems are likely owned by the same company.
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Bozeman
Retail Merchants’ Association
Sama Company
Life Conservation and National Vitality Benefits
A 1914 government document argues that applying disease prevention could add at least 15 years to the average human life and notes this minimum estimate. It urges aggressive publicity to reduce untimely deaths after age forty, tying health to national efficiency and economic welfare.
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United States Senate
National Conservation Commission
Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C
Rittenhouse
The Truth and Its Limits in Life and Science
A reflective essay argues life continues through ancestral will and the role of science in understanding order. It discusses truth as perspective, cites Mark Twain on seekers, and notes how environment and restraint shape civilization, energy, and health. The piece links radioactivity to vast natural energy and urges measuring life by small, everyday details.
Intelligent Breeding and Care Determine Health and Efficiency
The article argues that while hereditary traits influence performance and disease predisposition, postnatal care and environment are the most vital factors. It cites a conservation report linking environment to minor ailments that cost the average healthy man five work days annually and raise susceptibility to premature death.
Environment shapes health from birth through surroundings
The text defines environment as all surrounding conditions influencing us after birth. It argues that factors like food, clothing, home, work, climate, and even teachers form our environment, which can raise or lower health and happiness, shaping our inherited tendencies.
Engineering feat in Peru suspension bridge
London reports a native Peruvian suspension bridge spanning the Huancayo valley near Jauja across the Huani river. Substantial towers anchor the cables and raise the deck above flood levels. Diagonal and vertical hangers control sway while center to side guy lines stabilize the structure. The water flows toward the Atlantic via the Amazon. A journey of over 3,000 miles lies ahead.
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London
Peru
Scientific American
Lima
Huan Cayo
Jauja
Huani River
Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River
Child Saves Baby Sister On Oregon Train Track
In Eugene Oregon seven year old Gladys Wooley sprinted 1650 feet to pull her three year old sister Dorothy from a Southern Pacific track as a train approached. Her dress torn by the emergency stop, she emerged uninjured while Dorothy was dazed but unharmed. Father J C Wooley credits the engineer with braking the train.
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Eugene
Ore
Dorothy Wooley
Southern Pacific
Gladys Wooley
Gladys
Dorothy
J. C. Wooley
Mason
Child Mutilated by Hog Attack in Harmon District
A three year old boy, son of L C Ayers, was attacked by a sow in a hog pen while playing and suffered deep facial and head injuries. Doctors fear blood poisoning but expect recovery with permanent facial scarring.救
Turned From Napoleon to Louis XVIII Returns to Paris
The text recounts Louis XVIII leaving England after Napoleon's fall, landing at Calais, and moving toward Paris to reclaim the throne. Citizens and former Napoleonic officials praised his arrival, with marshals pledging fidelity as the monarchy resumes. Louis XVIII reaches Compiegne on April 29 and ascends four days later.
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Napoleon
Louis
Louis XVIII
England
Calais
Paris
Compiegne
Camel sneeze injures four during Baltimore parade
A camel sneezed during a circus parade on Bond Street in Baltimore causing a panic. A mule fled through the crowd, injuring about a dozen people including two youths and a woman with a baby, and overturning a baby carriage while threatening women and children nearby.
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Baltimore
Bond Street
Mrs. Finkelstein Tracks Down Deserted Husband on Broadway
New York reports Mrs. Jennie Finkelstein who was deserted 19 years ago found her husband in Broadway. After introducing their daughter born two months after his disappearance, she had him arrested.
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Husband
New York
Jennie Finkelstein
Broadway
Finkelstein
SUCCEEDS IN CANADA AMERICAN FARMER LEW PALMER MAKES FORTUNE
Lew Palmer of Staveley Alberta, who moved from Duluth Minnesota ten years ago with four cows and three horses, now owns 480 acres, $30,000 in stock and improvements. He raised 7060 bushels of wheat 6000 bushels of oats 12 acres of potatoes 18 tons of onions and earned $1000 from hogs last year. He also owned 34 Percheron horses and 34 horses, and his farm is valued at $30,000.
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Lew Palmer
Staveley
Alta
Mir. Palmer
Duluth
Minn
Siaveley
Exchange
Dove On Gun Of Death Ship Signals Peace Omen
The Montana crested fog northbound, a dove perched on a ten-inch gun as a good omen. Over 100 bluejackets, nearing term, are glad to be home. A yellow swallow that rode from near Cuba to Vera Cruz remains aboard another cruiser.
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Montana
Virginia
Cuba
Vera Cruz
New York
Philadelphia Times
Painful blisters on infant treated with Cuticura ointment
Mrs. J. G. Kelley of Port Orchard Washington reports her five day old baby suffered abdominal blisters causing distress and sleeplessness. After applying Cuticura Soap and Ointment the condition rapidly improved with a complete cure in seven to eight days. Sample products offered by Cuticura, Boston.
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R. FE
Port Orchard
Wash
J. G. Kelley
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Oldest Welshman Thomas Morris lives in Nebraska
The world’s oldest Welshman is Thomas Morris of Westernyville Nebraska. Born January 5 1794 in Berriew Montgomeryshire he recalls Britain’s union Lincoln’s assassination and the first Atlantic cable. He moved to America in 1871 at age 77 and is now 120 with aid from a stick glasses tea meals.
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Thomas Morris
Westernyville
Neb
George LI
Berriew
Montgomeryshire
Morris
America
Great Britain and Ireland
Lincoln
Atlantic
Daily Express
Wheel Talk Meets After Months Apart
Wayside Walter and Tired Tommie reunite after months apart. Walter says he has been traveling across the country, while Tommie asks about traveling and Walter replies that he has been in the able.
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Walter
Tommie
Able
Youngstown
Mother-in-law proved a wise and good friend
A Jo resident credits her mother-in-law with discovering Postum as a remedy for stomach troubles and headaches caused by coffee. After switching, she reports digestion and complexion improved, and her grandmother also attributes better health to Postum, sold by grocers in Regular and Instant forms with similar per cup cost.
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Iowa
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Albert S. Gray,m. D
A. S. Gray
Mark Twain
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