Word: montana
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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During the recent investigation of the bankrupt Manhattan brokerage firm of Kardos & Burke, the most notable witness was the junior partner, John Burke, thrice Governor of North Dakota and Treasurer of the United States under the Wilson administration. Mr. Burke waived immunity to come from Montana to testify concerning his part in the operations of the firm. He told a pitiful tale of ignorance concerning the affairs of the notorious bucket-shop of which he was a partner, and concerning the results of its failure upon his personal fortune...
William Harrison Dempsey defeated Tom Gibbons at Shelby, Montana, one afternoon recently. The same evening, about eight o'clock, the New York American (Hearst) appeared on the streets of Manhattan with a picture labeled a "Telegraphoto." The American's contemporaries, the New York Tri bune and The New York World, discovered that the American's picture was a fake. They printed side by side with the "Telegraphoto" a picture taken at Toledo in 1919 when Dempsey knocked out Willard. The pictures were identical in every attitude except for the "doctoring" of a few details and putting...
...Senators is a Democrat, the other a Republican. On July 18, Minnesota will elect a successor to the late Senator Knute Nelson. The candidates are Governor J. A. O. Preus (Republican), State Senator J. T. Carley (Democrat), Magnus Johnson (Farmer-Labor). Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana (Democrat) announced that he would campaign for Johnson. He added to his announcement that he was not abandoning the Democratic Party but was convinced that the Democratic candidate had no chance (which is generally agreed). Therefore the Senator from Montana prefers to help elect a "progressive...
...Dempsey-Gibbons fight at Shelby, Mont., caved in suddenly last week and for a time experts declared that it was all over but the " I told you so's." Montana business men, however, were quick to proffer their bank accounts and Jack Dempsey received his second $100,000 installment. Shelby breathed again...
...national apathy in the purchase of tickets for the fight. Although the advance sale has been ballyhooed as amounting to $700,000, actual inspection of accounts showed less than $40,000 in the credit columns. Indications are that the fight will draw meagerly and that Montana will have to collect reparations from every state in the Union to pull itself out of the hole...