Montana Papers Read Thoroughly for Local Ads
Billings December 16 Montana newspapers are stronger advertising media than eastern papers says W Towne who just left for New York after promoting Montana Power Co. campaign He notes Montanans read home papers more thoroughly and that campaigns can focus entirely within the state despite outside competition
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Billings
Montana
W. Towne
New York
Montana Power Company
Towne
Maude Ball Case In Court Again
In Billings on December 16 the district courtroom opened a retrial of Maude Ball embezzlement charges. Ball, office manager for O B and B M Pareham Sheep Co, allegedly took about 25000 with alleged consent from O B Pareham. Previous trial ended without verdict after a week. Judge J C Douman of Baker presiding.
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Billings
Maude Ball
J. C. Douman
Baker
Butte’s veteran cab driver Fat Jack dies after lifelong frontier run
Fat Jack Clark a legendary Butte driver and veteran of Civil War service died in California after a life of mining camps, frontier travel, and high-profile rides for presidents and celebrities. Born 1844 in Bangor Maine he served three Civil War enlistments before settling in Montana in 1878. He guided dignitaries to hotels and drove an automobile later in life, surviving two accidents and leaving behind a wide circle of friends and relatives.
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Butte
Clark
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Wisnow
West
Jack
Deadwood
Montana
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Snew
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New Orleans
Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
William Jennings Bryan
Sarah Bernhardt
H. J. Rogers
Northern Pacific
Lund
Arizona Street
Mariah Finnegan
Butt
New England
John Tower
England
Willam ‘T. Carey
San Francisco
Ins
W. J. Bridge
Helmville
Ed Fitzpatrick
West Diamond Street
P. E. Lee
Spokane
Harold Smith
Livingston
Bert Hickey
William Finnegan
Henry Wiggin
Bellingham
Wash
Porter Wiggin
Stockton
Cat
Bull Run
Bull
James Murray
Montans
Murray
Charles “Warren
John Jahreiss
Clinton H. Moore
Montana Society of Pioneers
Moore
Pea
Professor Moore
Fort Beaton
Fat Jack the Butte Hackman and His Notable Trials
Fat Jack drove crown heads including Theodore Roosevelt in Butte and later died in Los Angeles after a long career as a hack driver. He lived in Deer Lodge Pioneer Butte and Los Angeles, was a gambler who once bet his false teeth, and remained a colorful figure in western city life.
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Fat Jack
Homer Davenport
Davenport
Jack
Deer Lodge
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Butte
Hackman
California
Varnea
Roosevelt
Teddy
Gampler
Montana livestock board to seek eight legislative reforms
Helena December 16 The Montana livestock sanitary board will propose eight measures to the next legislature to better protect Montana livestock. The biennial report notes 2415 head inspected by deputy state veterinarians and outlines recommendations on pasteurization milk testing central plants stock car cleaning tuberculin testing cattle lists and restrictions on scrub stallions and hay quality for interstate commerce safeguards.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Montana Livestock Sanitary Board
Livestock Sanitary Board
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