Thompson of Montana and Belgium relief fund donor
William Boyce Thompson, born in Virginia City Montana, became a financier and mining magnate. He gave 100000 for Belgian relief and helped found the Rocky Mountain club campaign while pursuing ventures in mining banking and farming in New York Yonkers and Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain Club
Butte
Columbia University
William B. Thompson
Virginia City
Montana
William Boyce Thompson
Thompson
John Hays Hammond
Hammond
W. B. Thompson
Yonkers
Hudson
New York
Mr. Thompson
William ‘Thompson
Montana Territorial
James R. Boyce
Boston
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Magma Arizona Railroad
Metropolitan Insurance Company
Rocky Mountain Club of
Grand Jury of Lewis and Clark County Camera Portrait and History
The Lewis and Clark County grand jury photographed here was the first called after the 1890 courthouse erection. Members, mostly Helena business leaders, include C. F. Van Wart and ten deceased colleagues. The body investigated courthouse foundations and recommended buying adjacent ground now forming the courthouse lawn. One murder case in Kelsey gulch was reviewed and the defendant convicted for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis and Clark County
Court House
Helena
C. F. van Wart
Messrs Loeb
Sanford
Reed
Stubbs
Hedges
Wilson
Gans
Cox
Hilger
O’connell
Adams
Butte
Thompson
Nicholas Hilger
David Hilger
Lewistown
Montana
van Wart
Lewis and Clerk Court House
Kelsey Gulch
Varina Name Boom in Virginia City Subverted by Union Judge
In 1864 Virginia City Montana faced Confederate naming schemes as a group sought to name the new camp Varina after Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Judge Bissell rejected the plan, replacing Varina with Virginia in open court, while Vigilantes and locals urged union loyalty amid flags and clashes with Confederate sympathizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Virginia City
Price
Missouri
Dixie
Aldergulch
Eldorado
Varina
Jefferson Davis
South
Virginia
Bissell
School of Stenography Advertises as Short-handed
A school head defends daily pupil ads by noting they are short-handed, in a terse exchange with a caller. The remark hints at campus staffing challenges while stressing ongoing recruitment needs.
Butte Police Break Up I W W Talk At Finland Hall
In several Montana towns I W W talks faced disruption as police barred antiwar events during wartime. In Great Falls a German tailed tailor attacked an I W W speaker until police intervened and jailed the orator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Great Falls
Montana
United States
Jerry Murphy
Finland Hall
Ragno Johnson
Germany
Young Union Guards Defend Flagstaff After Burning Attempt
Armed union men, including the speaker, stood guard around the flagstaff until morning after an attempt to burn the staff. Despite heated discussions with confederates, both sides shifted focus to making money, new discoveries, and a semblance of law and order, forgetting the broader war as peace was declared the next year.
Mary MacLane’s Rise and Fall A Montana Author’s Tale
A historical sketch recounts Mary MacLane the Butte author once famed for Story of Mary MacLane. It covers her first sensation hit earning about $20,000 in royalties, a second book failure, public reception by society, and a later overreach into journalism including a Thermopolis prize fight assignment that ended in loss and retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary MacLane
Butte
Mary
Venustiano Cerranza
W. A. Clark
Jack Monroe
G. Harry Lehr
Dick Kilroy
Mary West East
Butte Evening News
Heinze
Kilroy
Thermopolis
Wyoming
Dublin
Our Joe Miller Contest
The article recounts an old joke about a colored preacher invited to dinner. The host asks how he likes the chickens and the preacher quips that white ones are easiest to find while black ones are easiest to hide after you get them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert EB. Mitchell
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Financial World
John Adams
Jacob Loeb
John B. Sanford
William Reed
C. C. Stubbs
D. F. Hedges
John B. Wilson
Herman Gans
William E. Cox
John D. Thompson
Judge N. Hilger
Andrew O'Connell
C. P. van Wart
Jeff Davis
Old Dominion
J. X. Beidler
X. Beidler
George Irvin
Irvin
B. E. Williams
R. J. Whittaker
Charles Comstock
W. E. Thistlewood Motor Inn
R. E. Bent
Motor Home Garage
Onti
Whitewater
W. BR. Denhart
Missoula
Bendon Auto & Supply Co. . Roundup
P. W. Bishop Harlowton & E. Lintz — Opheim F. C. Wright
Fortnton
Chas Scharfe — Rheiley J. C. F., McLean
Windham
Sydney
Kremlin
Geraldine
Nas
Great Falia
Montana Cities
Joe Miller
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company
Remy OG As
Tod
Eralls Ete Montana
Patten
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