Marysville Mourns Road Builder Herman Weinreuter
Marysville grieves Herman Weinreuter a longtime resident who spent ten years building five miles of auto grade road from Marysville to Silver City with pick shovel and wheelbarrow He aimed to reconstruct the Trinity road from the cemetery to Little Prickly Pear gulch but died of pneumonia before completion The miner formerly ran the hoist and pump at the Drumsummon mine and lived in Marysville with winters spent traveling away
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Marysville
Silver City
Herman Weinreuter
Weinreuter
Drumlummon
Marysville Cemetery
Little
Prickly Pear Gulch
Trinity Road
Notable Names on Augusta Rolls
A catalog of local surnames and given names that reflect Augusta’s history and neighbors. It lists families and trades from Wilson and Johnson to Smiths and Carpenters, noting nobles, farmers, musicians, and residents with names tied to place, occupation, or heritage.
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Augusta
Wilson
Johnson
Jackson
Woodrow
Adams
Monroe
Sherman
Abraham Lincoln Bradley
Christopher Columbus Covington
George Washington Payne
George Dewey Goss
George Dewey Sherman
John the Baptist
Lapier
William Taft Olsen
Edward Daniel Boone
Chris Moren
Wolf
Brandt
Crow
Swan
Buck
Cox
Moore
Hammond
Brassfield
Sangray
Larkin
Hudsons
Fords
Wellman
Bohlers
Bowman
Bakers
Cook
Frey
Sparks
Burns
Paynes
Barrett
al Wright
Southerland
England
Ireland
Scotts
Grossman
Steinbach
Stony Brook
Mon
Harrys
Howards
Williams
Charles
James
Willards
Edwards
Martins
Lewis and Clark
Lindberg
George Shaw
Mining Ventures Near Troy Eye New Mills
The Grouse Mountain Mining Co property near Troy has 21 claims with 3500 feet of underground development showing lead zinc silver and gold. Calvin H. Barkdull of Seattle controls options on Grouse Mountain and the nearby Trio mine with plans for a 15 ton pilot flotation mill and possible future mill installation.
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Grouse Mountain Mining Co
Grouse Mountain
Troy
Calvin H. Barkdull
Seattle
Montana
Martin R. Guenzal
Empire State Building
New York
Barkdull
Trio
Messrs. E. B. Angel
D. F. Fewkes
Pulver Bingham
Lenia
Bull Lake
Wife of Lewistown Early Mayor Passes
Mrs. Emma H. Orvis Cook, 83, widow of George W. Cook an early Lewistown mayor, died recently in Lewistown after a fall left her bedridden since August. Born in Ferrisburg Vermont she married in 1874 and moved through Fort Logan Meagher County to Lewistown where Mr. Cook held various posts including U S land office receiver and city mayor. He later led real estate and grocery ventures and served as Empire Bank director.
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George W. Cook
Lewistown
Cook
Emma H. Orvis
Ferrisburg
J. W. Gaddis Mercantile Co
Fort Logan
Dr. W. Parberry
Dog Creek
Meagher County
Fergus
United States Land Office
David Hilger
Empire Bank & Trust Co
Buffalo Bill Legend Links to Canada Herd Slaughter
Old time hunter Samuel Purshell, a former Wainwright park assistant game warden, is thinning a 6000 head buffalo herd in Wainwright National Park 142 miles southeast of Edmonton. He shoots about 60 buffalo daily with a .32 rifle as 14 butchers process the kills. The piece ties Purshell to the Cody legend and traces buffalo history from Montana plains to Canadian conservation efforts.
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Montana Plains
William Cody
Samuel Purshell
Canadian Plains
Wainwright National Park
Edmonton
Purshell
Montana-Wyoming Plains
William Andrews Clark
Dixon
Montana
Pablos
Old Fort Benton
Plains
Canada
Cody
Wainwright Park
Statue of Silver Turned to Wood in Helena Mystery
A 15 foot silver statue of Justice for Montana at the 1893 World’s Fair was substituted with wood and painted, guarded by three men, and later discarded as a mystery. Ada Rehan modeled for the figure, which stood on a Montana eagle on a gold-plinth. The theft remains unsolved after decades.
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Montana
Chicago
Ada Rehan
Helena
Massachusetts
Lewis and Clark
Associated Press
Rehan
Mines and Mining
115 Disabled Receive Training at State House
The Montana vocational rehabilitation bureau trains 115 disabled individuals at the state house with 27 women among them. They are instructed in 35 occupations and trades, according to state supervisor Lief Fredericks.
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Montana Vocational Rehabilitation Bureau
Lief Fredericks
Governor Extends 90 Day Rail Feed Rate Relief
Governor Holt announced that all Montana railroads have agreed to a 90 day extension of emergency livestock feed rates starting January 1. The agreement was reached at a meeting in Chicago with railroad representatives.
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Holt
Montana
Chicago
Liquor Store Moved to Historic Thornton Building
The state Mayor control board ordered the state liquor store on East Broad Way in Butte relocated to the closed Thornton hotel building due to cramped quarters from rising business. The board expects to allocate accumulated profits to state funds around December 20.
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Mayor Control Board
East Broadway
Butte
Thornton
Board Refuses Transfer of Land for State Park
The state board rejected a plan to transfer a land tract at Plentywood from Sheridan county to the state after four petitions with 365 names protested the move. The Plentywood Lions Club proposed turning the land into a state city recreational park as a Works Progress Project.
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Plentywood
Sheridan County
Plentywood Lions Clubs
Governor signs two constitutional amendments effective Dec
Governor Holtom signed a proclamation making two voter approved constitutional amendments effective December 2. One allows the legislature to reduce but not increase the eight hour workday hours. The other requires a majority vote of residents for Jeavine county consolidation.
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Holtom
Elk kill totals top 1000 in state season
State game warden figures show more than 1,000 elk killed this season. Flathead reports 473, Sun River 467, Gallatin 102, and Gar diner 11. Herds include 2,400 in Gallatin and 3,098 in Sun River. no census exists for Flathead.
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Kenneth MacDonald
Flathead
Sun River
Gallatin
Gardiner
Elk herd in Yellowstone dwindles from mountains to hunt area
Park officials report a 4000 head drop in Yellowstone elk herd with grazing capacity at 7000 while current numbers exceed 11000. No hunting season yet as elk remain in mountains. hunts planned in the firing Line north of Gardiner and a 25 square mile Park County area.
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Montana
Yellowstone Park
Gardiner
Park County
State board awards death compensation for out of state work
The state industrial accident board establishes a precedent allowing compensation for a deceased workman killed in a Montana context outside the state. Bessie Pierce Loiselle and Alex Loiselle of Bett were involved. awards go to Standard Accident Insurance Co. and the state fund respectively under plan No 2.
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State Industrial Accident Board
Bessie Pierce Ad Ates
Alex Lolsel
Bette
Nevreta Ise March
Montana
Pierce
Standard Accident Insurance Co
Loiselle
State
Industrial Accident Fund
Old Negro Mammy compares fate to Calamity Jane
Sylvia Sidney, born in slavery and now Montana resident, lost her home in a fire while visiting a neighbor. She remains stoic, saying she is no worse off than Calamity Jane and will not cry. Her age is uncertain. her husband is long deceased. the community will assist her.
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Sylvia Sidney
Jane
Montana
Missouri River
Pierre Laverdure the Frontiersman Passes at 110
Journal notes Pierre Laverdure a French Mandan frontier figure born 1793 in present North Dakota. He rode with traders, fought in the Riel rebellion, and witnessed eras from Washington to Roosevelt. In his last year he sought to die on the prairie amid blizzard winds.
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Judith Basin
Pierre Laverdure
Beece
Manana
Laverdure
North Dakota
Lewis and Clark
Mandan
Pacific Coast
Hudson’s Bay
Riel
Hudson Bay
Montana
George Washington
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Napoleon
Waterloo
Dewey
Manila
Bus Stops Nugget Found. Townsfolk Question Origin
Oscar Reis, passenger in Townsend, found a shiny object under a bus and dug up a gold nugget worth $21 after using a knife and a tool borrowed from the driver. Reis, a Gallatin Gateway resident, said he sold the nugget in Helena. Townsend residents cannot explain how the nugget ended up in the pavement.
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Oscar Reis
Townsend
Reis
Gallatin Gateway
Helena
Farmers push water contracts for Beaverhead Rock project
A delegation from between Twin Bridges and Dillon urged the Helena water conservation board to authorize signing water contracts. They argued enough contracts can be secured to proceed, with the federal allotment totaling $1,145,454. Delays occurred as area residents hesitated to sign for 81,000 acre-feet and committees were formed to hasten contract sales.
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Twin Bridges
Dillon
Water Conservation Board
Helena
Beaverhead Rock
Montana railroad commission probes livestock feed price hikes
The Montana railroad commission seeks a congressional inquiry into rising prices for concentrated livestock feeds imported from the south. It alleges costs have climbed about ten dollars per ton, erasing last summer’s freight rate cuts intended to aid stockmen.
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Montana Railroad Commission
South
Gone with the Wind passes 200000 copies
Less than a month after publication, Margaret Mitchells Gone with the Wind sold over 200000 copies. A family member believed in odd numbers and went missing, prompting neighbors to search hills until found near a fir tree. He survived but remained impaired and later died in spring.
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Margaret Mitchell
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