American George Chubb dies in Montana mine blast tragedy
The story recounts George Chubb known as American George, a veteran miner who died in a premature blast at the Drum Summon mine in Marysville. He restrained fear to guide fellow workers, trusted his mother and comrades, and perished as eleven fuses exploded in the winze, leaving his body lost in darkness.
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George Chubb
Montana
Butte
Granite
Marysville
George
Park
Arizona
Park Street
Rialto Theater
Cousin Jack
Deaconess
Never Sweat Mine
Denny
Jack
Carway
Chubb
Cal
George Carway
Corway
Pennsylvania
John O'Farrell
Parkers of Flathead County Grow Top Quality Crested Wheat Seed
Neil C. and Sam Parker of Creston, Montana, noted by extension agronomist Ralph D. Mercer for producing high quality crested wheatgrass seed that won second at the International Hay and Grain show in Chicago. They harvest about 100 acres this year, use careful seed-bed preparation, fall seeding, and strict weed control.
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Chicago
Neil C
Sam Parker
Creston
Ralph D. Mercer
Extension Agronomist
Montana State College
Parker Brothers
Montana
Mercer
Parkers
Parker Place
Wildlife film crews bring Montana game to life on screen
Forest service researchers capture elk deer sheep and goats in the Sun River area for motion pictures. The project records winter and spring behavior, showing wildlife in a dramatic natural backdrop near Glacier National Park and Hannon Gulch, with showings planned in schools and community halls.
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Hollywood
Sun River
Montana
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Selway River
Idaho
Clark Gable
Glacier National Park
Hannon Gulch
North Fork of the Sun
Montana Briefs Highlight Gold Fireworks and Civic News
Montana towns report diverse items from university gifts and court cases to fires and public works. Highlights include city pool bids in Bozeman, a Missoula gun accident, a Great Falls flood claim, and a Fourth of July rodeo in Whitehall.
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Whitenall
Whitehall
Elling House Perentee
Bozeman
Bozeman City Commission
Missoula
Jack Sackson
Sackson
Blaze at sawmill debris starts large Kalispell warehouse fire
A fire near the Harrison Avenue viaduct destroyed the three story Greenfield poultry warehouse east of Kalispell. Sparks from debris burned by sawmill workers started the blaze. the unoccupied building had housed Charles A. Greenfield before his Jan 29 1936 death.
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Grant District
Here
J. F. Hinman
Butte
Creenfield Poultry Warehouse
Harrison Avenue
Charles A. Greenfield
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Treasure State News
Miles City
Montana State Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
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Pat McElliott
Toole
Juan Aguilar
Kalispell
William J. Jameson
Billings
Custer County
Hich
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Great Falls
M. T. Linnane
Cascade County
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C. L. Bloomquist
United States Army
Spokane
Harlowton
Corvallis
Harry Adams
Walter Hull
Roy Gustafson
Willard Rassmussen
Grant Hardin
Oat Vining
Nolan Younker
Geogie Rummel
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Northern Pacific Railroad
Clyde Lewis
William Beauchamp
Pocatello, Ida
West Yellowstone
Baker Hole
Glenn Dillie
James Murphy
T. E. Downey
Alfred Atkinson
University of Arizona At Tucson
Three Forks
Louis Woodburn
Jessie Haigh
Livingston
Absaroka National Forest
Whitefish
Libby
Troy
Northwest Montana
Washington, D. C
Harry Brainbereer
Carl O'Neil
Jack Bure
Bobby Rathbone
Albert Hartman
Clifford Rolette
John Baker
James Cone
Darrell Martin
Hubert Dennis
Bill Citrowski
I. M C. Anderson
J. O. Tretsven
E. EB. Isaac
A. H. Post
Slains
J. R. Scott
Ronan
Stevensville
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining CO
Lands Department
Missoula, Mont
Chesters
Caiek Ball
America
General Electric
General Electric Supply
Calumet
Jack Caskey
Avalon St
Memphis
Tenn
Nancy E. Williams
Moreland Ave
Atlanta, Ga
K. J. Tobin
Beverly Hills
Ill
General Foods
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