Badger Fight At Lewistown Prompts County Action
Lewistown residents recount a bizarre incident in which Frank Bliss and W D Deaton organized a fake badger fight in a hotel billiard room with a referee. The event ended when a beer case collapsed and the crowd seized the mishandled “referee” object as souvenirs. The Democrat urges county authorities to act to curb Denton and others involved.
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Lewistown
Frank T. Bliss
W. D. Deaton
Denton
Bliss
Wright
Billard
Zeiz
Minneapolis
Deaton
Democrat
Helen Keller's First Earnings From Autobiography
A report on Helen Keller earning her first money from writing for the Ladies' Home Journal. She hesitantly agreed to publish her life story and received a Christmas check, her first substantial income. She once dreamed of owning an island in Halifax harbor, a goal tied to the journal’s offer to facilitate purchase.
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Helen Kellar
Ladies’ Home Journal
Halifax Harbor
Miss Keller
Sheep theft trial ends with eight year sentences
James Donaldson and W A Broad bent were found guilty in Dawson county last week for stealing a flock from Webster Sanford & Co. of Musselshell. Donaldson received eight years in the penitentiary while Broadbent got two years. Witnesses from Meagher Fergus and Custer counties testified as a hotly contested case.
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James Donaldson
W. A. Broadbent
Dawson County
Webster, Sanford & Co
Musselshell
Donaldson
Broadbent
Thomas Baty
James Hand
Baty
Hand
Meagher
Fergus
Custer
Wand
Thomas C. Holmes
Ife
Holmes
Tom
Mining In Montana chapter in Wonderland 1902 excerpt
Northern Pacific publishes a mining history chapter with rare photographs. Send six cents and address to Chas. S. Fee Genl Pass Agent St Paul Minn to obtain copies for friends and self.
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Northern Pacific
Montana
Chas. S. Fee
Gen’l. Pass
St. Paul, Minn
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Percival B. Palmer
Timber
California
Montana Trading Co
Big Timber
Frank Bliss
Rences
Dan Bliss
Helen Keller
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