Butte Man Born a Year Too Soon
Tom Coberly, longtime Butte resident since 1876 born in Helena in 1870, missed Montana Society of Pioneers membership by one year. He recalls early work as a Western Union messenger, tips up to $230 monthly, clashes with gamblers, and service in the Spanish-American War.
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Tom Coberly
Butte
Montana Society of Pioneers
Helena
Tom
Western Union
Bell Telephone Company
The
Telephone Company
Mr. Coberly
Coberly
Enoch Coberly
England
Utah
Brigham Young
Renshaw Hall
W. A. Clark
Anson Ford
Ford
Park Street
W A. Clark
Butteman
Old Central School
Abe Cohen
George Porter
John Gillie
Anaconda Company
Simon Hauswirth
National Guard
Basin
Edwards Street
License bans in restricted areas under Montana liquor act
Attorney General H J Freebourn issues opinion barring state liquor licenses for retail alcohol in zones restricted for schools and churches. Exemption allows pre enactment operations but no hotel or restaurant licenses to run a saloon in the same location.
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Montana
Heating plants improved across state buildings
Improvements calculated to lower heating costs were made at several state buildings and institutions. The capitol building plant was repaired and improved, a new plant installed at the soldiers home in Columbia Falls, and plants rebuilt at the penitentiary and the state insane asylum. Total cost reported by State Purchasing Agent I S McQuitty was 21 975 dollars.
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Capitol
Soldiers’ Home
Columbia Falls
Penitentiary
State Insane Asylum
I. S. McQuitty
State boards to collaborate on Montana rural electrification
The state public service commission and the water conservation board will co operate on engineering phases of proposed rural electrification projects in Montana. The water board will submit plans to the public service board for electrical inspection before sending them to Washington for approval.
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State Public Service Commission
The
Water Conservation Board
Montana
Water Board
Public Service Board
Washington
British Mint Struck 17 Million Foreign Coins in 1933
In 1933 the British mint produced 17 million coins from foreign issues while only four bronze pennies were minted locally.
Butte Better Business Builders campaign announced
A Butte chamber program seeks a $22 000 fund from January 17 to 21 to promote business growth for 1938. led by A F Rice president of the Butte Business College, with 20 promoters meeting January 7 10 12 and 14. The drive targets at least $15 000 initially and cites Billings flood recovery as a model.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Butte Better Business Builders
Kettering Butte
James H. Rowe
James H. Dickey Jr
Knievel
Peter Potter
Chamber
Butte
Chamber of Commerce
A. F. Rice
Butte Business College
Rice
Mr. Rice
Billings
Billings Commercial Club
Grandfather and Grandmother Old Timer Tell Montana Pioneer Tales
Old timers in Montana recount the pioneer era marking Montana’s growth from 1850s to 1890s. The couple recalls Fort Benton Virginia City Helena and other hubs, legends like Granville Stuart Fairweather and Col Sanders, and the Vigilance Committee as a path to law and order.
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Rockies
Montana
Fort Benton
Virginia City
Deer Lodge
Helena
Aldergulch
Don L. Byam
Wilbur F. Sanders
George Ives
Plummer
Montana’s pioneers shaped a wilderness into a thriving empire
The piece chronicles Montana's rapid rise from rough frontier camps to a connected state. It highlights how early settlers, including grandparents, witnessed railroads, telegraph, electricity, telephone, aviation, and radio transform life within a few decades. The narrative anchors on Gold Creek’s initial gold discovery and the generational tale passed to a fireside circle.
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Eeane Ae
Montana
Grandmother
Granddad
Stuarts
Anderson
Gold Creek
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Better Butte Builders
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Sey
Plains
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Emblen Wr Ae Basicent School
Rice & Scott
Owsley Block Butte, Montana
Junior
John
Postum
General Foods
Battle Creek
Mich
Coor
King Features Syndicate
G. F. Corp
Canada
General Foods, Ltd
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Sonny
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