Extraordinary Wolf Shooting in Montana by Private Hunters
In 1911 wolves were scarce in eastern Montana due to a rancher syndicate offering 40 dollars per wolf killed plus a state bounty of 10 dollars. Maurice Barret led wolf hunts, claiming 37 wolves killed, a third of the two year total. The piece recounts notable shoots by Barret and by engineer W. R. Felton and hunter Johnson, detailing methods, pack behavior, and den discoveries in the Montana badlands.
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Montana
R. L. Lowrey
Glendive
J. D. Johnson
Fallon
Wolfer
Maurice Barret
Barret
J. H. Price
Knowlton
W. R. Felton
Yellowstone
Terry
Wolf Ridge
Felton
Cedar Creek
Mr. Felton
Johnson
Lyman
Women Pirates Treasure Quest Leaves Englana by Sea
A New York Herald report says two upper-class Englishwomen plan a six month expedition to a south Pacific island seeking a pirates buried hoard worth millions. A yachtsman will lead and accompany them, with government consent allowing one third to the state.
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Englana
South Pacific
New York Herald
Yachtsman
British Museum
England
Rates Not Equal General Freight Agent Explains Uniform Classification
General Freight Agent H A Povelette of the Queen and Crescent Route argues that uniform classification does not fix identical rates nationwide. He compares rates to taxes, noting local valuations and conditions shape actual charges, despite a uniform framework. The talk at the Cincinnati Receivers and Shippers Association addressed how tariffs reflect regional commerce and regulatory effects rather than flat rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
H. A. Povelette
Queen and Crescent
Receivers and Shippers’ Association of Cincinnati
Business Men’s Club
Maurice J. Freisberg
Guy M. Freer
Povelette
Fourth Avenue
Madeira
Dent wins symbolic one cent damages in alienation case
A Columbus jury after three and a half days verdicted one cent in damages for Robert C. Dent former fire lieutenant against Frederick L. Zang proprietor of Zang pie bakeries for alienation of his wife's affections. In a separate proceeding Dent was granted a divorce.
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Columbus
Dillon
Robert C. Dent
Fire Department
Frederick L. Zang
Zang Pie Bakeries
Dent
Hartle Family Tragedy Stuns Marion Readers
Sixteen year old Marion Hartle died the same day as her parents from measles while a younger sister battles the illness. The family’s late brother Addison Hartle, an aviator, was killed during a flight near Los Angeles a year earlier.
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Marion
Susan Hartle
Addison Hartle
Los Angeles
Cal
Released From Jail Returns
Newark Mrs. Annalet Tresen wife of Azor Treen of Utica returned from Little Washington Pa where she was released from custody when the grand jury refused to indict her on a charge of murdering Charles Atherton She had been in jail there since February 16.
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Newark
Annalet Tresen
Azor Treen
Utica
Little Washington
Charles Atherton
Rev Charles Gleason Resigns From Marysville Church
The Rev Charles Gleason of Cortland Nebraska, a former Congregational minister of Marysville, has tendered his resignation as pastor of the Congregational church at Cortland and will spend the summer in Columbus with his daughter Mrs Maude MacDowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marysville
Charles Gleason
Cortland, Neb
Congregational Church
Courtland
Columbus
Maude MacDowell
Farmer Dies After Disc Injury Near Marysville
George Connolly a Marysville area farmer was seriously injured when his disc rolled over him while discing a potato patch. He suffered severe body cuts and bled to death before a surgeon could be reached.
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Marysville
George Connolly
Connolly
Reformed Presbyterian Synod Opens in Cincinnati
The general synod of the Reformed Presbyterian church convened at Third church in Cincinnati with a sermon by moderator Rev. John Kendall. Much focus will be on home and foreign missions throughout the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformed Presbyterian Synod
Cincinnati
General Synod
The
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Third
John Kendall
Reunion Of Cleveland And Pittsburgh Railroad Employees
The annual reunion of veteran employees of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad will be held in Cleveland on June 18. The association includes workers from the line before its 1871 acquisition by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Wellsville
Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad
Cleveland
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Miner Ketter Dies in Belle Valley Mine Slate Fall
In Zanesville B F Ketter aged fifty a coal miner was killed at the Belle Valley company's mine by a fall of slate. The accident is reported as a fatal collapse affecting a single worker with no further details provided.
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Johnson
Zanesville
B. F. Ketter
Belle Valley Company
War note printing alarm guards Swiss bank
Swiss bank in Zurich completed printing twenty franc notes in Geneva and stockpiled them in cellars awaiting war. Police guarded the print offices and bank around the clock as the notes valued at six million dollars each. Meanwhile a burglar scare at Mrs Fink’s home ends with a joke about her husband under the bed.
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Swiss National Bank
Zurich
Geneva
Europe
Bank of Zurich
Clara
Mrs. Fink
The Child, Father of the Man
A quip about Thomas B. Reed as a boy refusing to bail a leaking boat saying it would be unconstitutional since the constitution forbids excessive bail, illustrating his future stance as a statesman.
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Thomas B. Reed
Tom
United States
Stolen jewelry recovered at Kingston court case
At Kingston-on-Thames police court a general servant was charged with theft from her mistress in Ivydeane Southborough read Surbiton London. A pearl pin and a pearl and diamond ring were missed and later recovered from a flower-bed and the prisoner's bedroom after police inquiry.
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Kingston-on-Thames
Ivydeane
Southborough
Read
Surbiton
London
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Alabastine Company
Grandville Road
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Post
Postum Cereal Company, Ltd
Pure Food Factories
Battle Creek, Mich
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