First Newspaper Press Brought to Treasure State in 1863
In the Montana Historical Society a preserved 1863 press once used by Francis M. Thompson is on display. The piece, linked to Bannack and later Virginia City, is tied to Montana’s founding figures and historical society creation.
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Treasure State
Montana
M. E. Plassmann
State House
Francis M. Thompson
Banmack
Idaho
Montana Post
Bannack
Ben Dittes
John A. Creighton
Colonel Sanders
Virginia City
W. W. Cheely
Madisonian
Congress
Sisterhood of States
Judge Thompson
University of Montana
California
Trout Planting Underway in Beartooth Lakes
The Montana fish and game department began stocking about 600000 eastern brook trout in lakes near the Red Lodge Cooke City road, currently under construction, a 30 day effort led by Kenneth MacDonald with fingerlings from Big Timber and Emigrant. Pack horse travel is required and Carbon county sportsmen assist in the stocking effort. Italy used safety pins 3000 years ago.
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Red Lodge
Cooke City
Kenneth MacDonald
State Fish and Game Department
Big Timber
Emigrant
MacDonald
Carbon County
C. C
Shoeing Bulls A Bright Start For Butte Blacksmith
Tom Driscoll a Butte resident for 54 years recalls learning to shoe oxen in 1879 after moving from Quebec to work as a blacksmith. He faced awkward hooves and no instructor but mastered the task while working for the Lavelles in a planing mill. He notes ox teams hauled logs to mills and recalls the Alice mine where Daly supervised. The piece weaves in local business history and a miners hall collapse just before a planned opening dance.
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Tom Driscoll
Butte
Quebec
Alice
Marcus Daly
Driscoll
West Park Street
Tom
Jeff Lavelle
Lomas News
Park and
Wyoming Streets
Lavelles
Warns Citizens to Make Inquiry About Securities
John J. Holmes state auditor and investment commissioner warns citizens amid a surge in securities buying. He notes outside firms canvassing the state and urges buyers to thoroughly inquire into the standing and repute of selling firms and their offerings before purchasing.
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John J. Holmes
Montana Beer Tax Earns $38187 In July
Beer tax totaled $38187 in Montana for July as the federal levy of $5 per barrel generated revenue. Lewis Penwell, internal revenue collector, reported July license receipts at $25077 and April to June licenses around $10500. Dividends to creditors of 14 closed state banks reached $281859 for the year ended June 30 with an average 12 percent payout that year and an overall 30 percent since closures.
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Greenfield
Mass
Montana
Bannack News
John Buchanan
Kalida
Ohio
Montana Post
Gazette
Wilkinson
Major Rowan
N. P. Langford
U. S
N.T. Gulch
the Gazette
Smith Sparker
Pinkham’s Basin Stage
Hugh McElroy
Lewis Penwell
Internal Revenue
State Banking Department
Odd Facts From Ancient Times To Modern Structures
The text notes bagpipes appear in Chaldea Persia and ancient Greece and Rome and spread to the British Isles. It states nerve signals travel about 100 feet per second and claims the Eiffel Tower in Paris stands at 1 600 feet high.
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Scotland
Chaldea
Persia
Greece
Rome
British Isles
Paria
Johnny Weissmuller Teaches the Crawl Stroke
Free for boys and girls as the world champion swimmer Johnny Weissmuller demonstrates his famous crawl in a new action photo. Learn exactly how he drives the stroke that made him famed for speed by sending the coupon.
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Johnny
Tarzan) Weissmuller
Ginis
Dee
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Italy
C. E. Blinn
Dillon
Coal Dealers’ Association
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Helena
Bogeman
Missoula
Bell
Border
Roney Oil Syndicate
Twin River
Sweet Grass
Alberta
Cut Bank
Weissmuller
Johnny Weissmuller
Focps, Incorporated
Cope
Gecerst Mills, Iey General Mills
Stng
Minneapolis, Minn
M-G-M
Zan and
His Mate
Loew Theatres and Trium
Dreds
Kern’ Walle
Johnny Tarzan
Minneapolis
Minn
Hum
Mits
Junior
Tarzan
Wis
Matey
FONT
MOM
MR. Weismuller
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