Pat Crowe and Butte Kidnapping Saga Retold
The piece recounts the 1907 Kilmer kidnapping in Butte by Harold I. Goff and Clyde Downey and recalls Pat Crowe the Omaha kidnapper who surrendered after years of pursuit. It traces Crowe’s career from early robberies to reform efforts and contrasts his fate with Kilmer and Goff Downey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Harold I. Goff
Clyde Downey
George C. Kilmer
Pat Crowe
Eddie Cudahy
Omaha
Edward Cudahy
United States
Crowe
Kilmer
Cudahy
Nebraska
Scott County
Iowa
Buffalo Bill
Lillian Russell
Billy Sunday
Farmer Burns
South
Cudahy Concern
Houses
Carrie Watson
Chicago
Joliet
Dennison
Ieciete
Central
Little Brown Gingerbread Man remembered in Montana
The Great Falls Leader published the 1929 yuletide poem The Little Brown Gingerbread Man by Edward B. Cooney, longtime editor of the Great Falls Leader. Cooney helped shape Montana journalism from 1890s through his postmaster term, and his memory endures in the poem tied to Christmas lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Montana
Treasure State
Edward BR. Cooney
Leader
Cooney
Commonwealth
Mr. Cooney
Atkinson
R. W. Stevens
Fanny Cory Cooney
Ed Cooney
Little Brown Gingerbread Man in the Christmas Stockings
A nostalgic poem recalls Christmas morning long ago with little stockings hanging by rocks and a gingerbread man baked with love. Santy arrives in a van delivering candy, apples, and doughnuts while memories of a wooden shack linger beyond the warm glow of holiday joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santy
L'Envoi
Is There a Santa Claus? Classic Letter to Editor
An 8 year old Virginia asks if Santa Claus exists. The editor replies affirmatively, arguing Santa embodies love, generosity, and faith, and that belief sustains childhood wonder. The letter celebrates lasting joy brought by Santa across ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Pope
Virginia O’hanion
Virginia
Virginias
New
Headman Fred Allen reshapes Western on air
The Mighty Allen Art Players perform a wild western melodrama with realism. Fred Allen resists a prewritten cigarette scene and rewrites the script after many attempts to fit a hero who smokes a pipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Fred Allen
Fred
Abduction saga and later capture in Omaha ransom case
The narrative recounts Eddie Cudahy’s abduction by Callahan and Crowe in Omaha, the ransom demand of 25 000 dollars in gold, the staged police ruse, Crowe's long fugitive period, and his eventual surrender and acquittal amid public uproar. It then shifts to Indian warfare losses and extreme conditions faced by frontier troops, including battles, distances, and hardships across Montana and the Big Hole engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Thomas Cooney
Aldergulch
Cooney
Jesse James
Crowe
Milwaukee
St. Joseph
Cincinnati
Irons
Jim Callahan
Union Pacific
Edward Cudahy
Eddie
Cudahy
Callahan and Crowe
Omaha
Eddie Cudahy
Callahan
Cudahy House
Pat Crowe
Butte
Terry, Cook and Howard
Philippines
Cuba
Porto Rico
Interior Department
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Crook
Fort Fetterman
Wyo
Gibbon
Fort Shaw
Mont
Fort Ellis
Terry
Seventh Cavalry
Sixth Infantry
Fort Abraham Lincoln
N. D
New England
New York State
Yellowstone
Custer
Reno
Woodruff
Big Hole
Balaklava
Joseph
Howard
Estimating Flight Meal Distances During a Meal
The text estimates travel distance while dining on a plane. It states overall coverage from 75 to 125 miles with the main course accounting for about 40 to 60 miles, or 65 miles in another phrasing.
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By John Munro
Meagher County
White Sulphur Springs
Rocky Mountain
R. N. Sutherlin
Jefferson City
Denver
Bankers’ Association
Jewelers’protective Association
ED H. Cooney
The
Guess
Sheridan
C. A. Woodruff
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