Helena Hanging Tells Of Keene Slater Vigilante Case
The skull of John Keene alias Bob Black, hanged in Helena on June 7 1865, sits in the state historical library. Keene killed Harry Slater after a night of disputes, the first of many executions from the Dry Gulch tree later used by vigilantes.
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E. M. Clipman
Montana
State Historical Library
Capitol
John Keene
Bob Black
Helena
State Historical Society
B. C. Brooke
James A. Sanders
Keene
Broadway
Davis Street
Brooke
Harry Slater
Salt Lake City
Virginia City
Slater
Col. W. F. Sanders
Samuel Schwab
River
Dry Gulch
Sam Greer
Thomas J. Dimsdale
C. J. D. Curtis
Sheriff Wood
Reynolds
Stephen Reynolds
Great Salt Lake City
J. X. Beidler
Montana Post
D. W. Tilton
Dimsdale
Bill
Montana Farm Prices Steady May 15
Montana farm price index held at 102 percent of the 1910 14 base for the month ended May 15 with gains in grain dairy and poultry offset by declines in meat animals. The index was unchanged from the previous month and up 8 points from a year earlier.
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Montana
Dan Brooks Escapes Hay Tumble in Narrow Barn Fall
Dan Brooks of Meadow Gulch north of Butte survived a 40 foot fall from a barn loft seven to eight feet above the floor and a subsequent 74 bales weighing about four tons collapsing on him. He suffered two broken ribs and minor bruises after being pulled free by rescuers.
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Dan Brooks
Dan
Meadow Gulch
Butte
Queen Victoria's Secret Train Speed Revelations
A London engineer disclosed in a speech that Queen Victoria once rode a train faster than 100 miles per hour. He said the speed test was kept secret to prevent public alarm.
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Queen Victoria
London
Speec
Yellowstone Park Tours Break May Visit Records
Yellowstone National Park reports a May travel surge with a 17.7 percent rise over last May and a near 50 percent increase versus May 1937. Supt. Edmund B. Rogers released figures through May 31 showing 22,240 motorists entered the park compared with 18,897 last year and prior May totals of 17,605 in 1939, 12,814 in 1938, and 11,700 in the preceding May.
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Yellowstone National Park
Edmund B. Rogers
Shirtwaister for Day or Evening Patterns 355-a
Claire Tilden presents Pattern 355-a shirtwaister for day or evening wear with a three section front panel and back seam, yoked bodice, optional sleeves, and easy to sew. Choose fabrics like chambray linen or printed cotton. size 12 to 40 includes yardage needs and order details for Pattern Department M.N. at 70 Fifth Avenue New York.
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Claire Tilden
M.N
Fifth Avenue
New York
N.Y
Raspberry Glace Lemon Pie Recipe Fragment
A fragment describes making a raspberry glace lemon pie with lemon gelatin, cream, and red raspberries. Instructions cover dissolving gelatin with hot water and salt, folding in whipped cream, chilling, and assembling the pie with glace and berries. A stray note mentions the petticoat was originally a man's outside coat.
Law Review Distributed Statewide By Montana School
James Browning announces the second annual Law Review published by the Montana State University law school has been distributed statewide and to law schools in every state. The notice urges readers to gather cleaning supplies like soap powder rags and brushes for household jobs.
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Montana State University
James Browning
Angling Declared America's Most Popular Sport
The article claims fishing is the top sport in the United States with about 12 million participants while only 6 million fishermen obtain licenses annually.
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America
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Anaconda Copper Mining CO
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Euasion
V. and. Company, Inc., Freene, Californie
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