First Thresher of Montana Dies
Benjamin F. Bisel longtime Gallatin county pioneer and early Montana threshing innovator dies at 88 after crossing the plains in 1864. He helped bring the first threshing and thrashing machines to Montana and lived near Bozeman on a farm before retiring to town. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 o'clock at his home.
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Bozeman
Benjamin F. Bisel
Gallatin County
Odd Fellows Lodge
Montana
Ohio
Mr. Eisel
Coover & McAdoo
Latin Valley
Bisel
Plains
Bridger
Jim Bridger
Alder Gulch
Central Avenue
Eisel
Pioneer’s Society
Gallatin
Bananas Delight Polar Bear Named Big Ben
Ben the Ringling polar bear loves bananas above fish and sugar. The article notes his strong fondness for bananas as a defining tidbit, though it opens with lighter pretenses about Big Ben's preferences and diet.
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Big Ben
Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey
Ben
Polar Bear Actors Bring Bananas to Ringling Show in Butte
Banzi the Congo ape sparked a bananas craze with polar bears as trainer Christian Schroder uses bananas as rewards. Ben the polar bear will shoot chutes walk a rope and ring a bell for rewards. Schroder and brother Jahn imported 30 polar bears from Sweden for three groups in 50 foot arenas at the double circus on Aug 16 in Butte.
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Conn
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Ben
Christian Schroder
Jahn
Sweden
Butte
Thureday
Rotary Club to Honor President Marching Thursday
Butte Rotary members will pay tribute at Thursday noon meeting with a eulogy by Tom Davis and a prayer by Co F. Chapman. The notice reads as a memorial observance for President Marching. A brief line mentions the Golden Glint Shampoo brand.
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Butte Rotary Club
Tom Davis
Meg. Co. F. Chapman
My Favorite Recipes By Thaney Tokakee
A recipe note explains adding Carnation milk undiluted for a coffee flavor and describes Washington Cream Pie with ingredients including sugar flour Carnation Milk butter egg yolks whites water baking powder. Instructions cover creaming butter with sugar, beating yolks, folding in dry and milk alternately, beating whites, baking in two layers, filling with cream and topping with powdered sugar.
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Washington
Alice Calhoun at Rialto in The Man Next Door
At the Rialto the film The Man Next Door closes tonight featuring Alice Calhoun in two costumes cowgirl garb early and elegant gowns later. Calhoun rope work and two riding styles shown ranch scenes reveal cow puncher and English riding methods. Also on screen Local Boy Scouts Highland camp and Family Troubles comedy plus Golf as Played by the Champion with Rialto Melody Men and Charles Lavell.
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Alice Calhoun
Rialto
Miss Calhoun
Butte
Jocal Boy Scoute
Highland
Gene Sarazen
Rialto Melody Men
Charles Lavell
Mammoth Organ
The Brass Bottle Play At The American Theater
Gales and laughter filled the American Theater as The Brass Bottle delivered a pageant of mishaps for the young architect in a photoplay described as highly original and far from ordinary. A Field and Stream reel offers scenic rod and gun delights while Snob Pollard’s 365 Days provides spine tingling comedy and news including President Iflerding’s funeral in San Francisco.
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Harold Lloyd
Snob Pollard
Iflerding
San Francisco
Poverty of Riches Shown at Ansonia Theater
A Goldwyn photoplay portrays thwarted maternity and social leadership as fate intervenes in the Leroy Scott tale at the Ansonia. The piece contrasts wealthy mothers with notable others like Nancy Hanks and the mothers of Andrew Carnegie and Charles M. Schwab, highlighting spiritual values over wealth.
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Ansonia Theater
Leroy Scott
Nancy Hanks
Lincoln
Andrew Carnegie
Andy
Charles M. Schwab
GE builds turbine to power six million men’s effort
General Electric develops a steam turbine generator claimed to supply energy equivalent to the muscle work of 6,400,000 men over an eight hour period. The project highlights industrial scale output and advancing electromechanical capability in power generation.
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General Electric Company
Anaconda
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Boston
Washington, D.C
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Montreal
Portland
Buffalo
Niagara’ Falls
Detroit
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Toronto
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Clown Bear
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Carnation Milk
Thaney Tokakee
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W. L. Collins
Mont
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