Dusting Off the Old Ones
Pioneer files recall May 16 1907 notes of local goings on including J A Lowry traveling to Billings for a fire insurance convention W J Haynes and family leaving for a Stillwater ranch B en j Lamb opening a Laurel meat market and remarks on Laurel's boom and new ventures. beaver law and rope requirements for lodgings. A P O Leary returning from Alhambra Springs. Thomas Noble selling cattle. A M Hawley from Park City monitoring Billings Sugar Co interests. A L Bray as sole seed beet grower. eighty acres of beets planned and possible triple acreage next year. Commencement week May 19 with Rev L D Woodruff Bacalaureate. graduates Lenora Busha Eda Hatch Myrtle Bailey Pearl Long Bessie Keith and Stuart Nicholson. Chas Lippy and W A Moore leaving for Kendall mining claims. May 10 1928 mentions Orin Hathaway visiting Emigrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Lowry
Billings
W. J Haynes
Stillwater
Benj. Lamb
Laurel
Yellowstone Valley
Lamb
A. M Hawley
Park City
Billings Sugar Co
A. L. Bray
Rev
L. Id. Woodruff
Lenora Busha
Eda Hatch
Myrtle Baily
Pearl Long
Pioneer notes and society items from May 12 1938
Mrs Clive Haas and baby departed for Indiana to visit relatives. Several names listed accompany Mrs Overcash visiting Ohio. Sigurd Lavold leases Wesley Franklin ranch south of Melville for stock farming. Harry Clouse adds a Reo speed wagon. School district teachers and local officials noted. Democratic central committee selects delegates to Helena. Travel and bridge construction updates. Spring banquets and junior prom notes. Reed Point reports on local garage jobs and cream station move. Baccalaureate service planned. large graduating class listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clive Haas
Baby
Indiana
W. G. Overcash
Ohio
Sigurd Lavold
Fresno
John Norby
California
Old Raintuck
Yellowstone River
W. P. Roscoe Co
Billings
Harvey Bliss
F. W
Reed Point
Sam Hiner
Big Timber
Lacklen
DeFrance
Bill Riordan
Mutual
Tom Harsha
Occident
Evangelical Church
Tool
Myrna
Montana Crime Figures Highlight 1955 By City
The piece lists crime tallies and types across Montana cities including Bozeman Billings Great Falls and Butte with figures for murder non negligent manslaughter robbery aggravated assault burglary larceny theft auto theft and related crimes. It notes a school track meet at Big Timber with Agnes and Ivan Krone winning arithmetic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville
Montana
Cole
Billings
Robert
Barbara Ward
M. Ward
Lof Melville
Butte
Crazy Great Falls
Berg
Bridger Creek
Big ‘Timber
Agnes
Ivan Krone
Store Sales Rise in Montana in Early 1956
Montana department stores reported a nine percent rise in sales for January through March 1956 compared with 1955, with March alone up 18 percent. FBI data show Montana cities logged 3,969 major crimes in 1955, up from 3,597 in 1954, driven mainly by burglaries theft and larceny while most other categories fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Federal Reserve Bank
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pioneer
A. P. O’leary
Alhambra Springs
Mont
Thomas Noble
Big Elk
Ius
C. Koehler
Pioneer Files
Mrs
Orin Hathaway
U. S
U.S
Treasury Department
The
Advertising Council
Mystery Air Photo
New York City
New York Harbor
Bedloe
Mary
Dawn Addams
Mary Stuart
White Plains
N.Y
J.clyde. Davis
E. H. Cowles
Oregon
L. W. Baskett
D. Claiborn
Livingston
B. L. Pamper
Warm Springs
Morley Lamp
Dean Curtis
Okla
United States Bureau of Entomology
Sweet Grass High School
Christine Green
Alice Snyder
Hilda Coster
Alva L. Lamb
Ray G. and
Lamont I. Beck
Sweet Grass County
City of
Permaglas
Smith's
Ned Water Heater
Eos
Nyre Hardware
Nunley Trucking
Richard A
Bud
Bodine
Park County High School
University of Montana
Park County
Richard A. Bodine
Paul E. Ressmeyer
Columbus
Bill E. Mjelde
Optometrist
Finsvik Agency
Cort Hotel
West First
Vern Dodge
O. J. Ellingson
RMS
B. Olness
Monmtana
R. J
Livingston, Montana
E. O. Overland
Lawavec Grass Abstract
V. J. Paulson
Law
J. D. Herries
Masonic Temple
Big , Montana
L. H. Townsend
Masonic Bldg
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