Convict Bushnell Dies in Butte Jail After 1918 Escape
Bushnell, a Michigan fugitive sought for questioning in two killings, was found dead in the Butte county jail. He had carried a murder-implicated tablet for 15 years and left a suicide note to his wife, citing stomach pains and a plan to die abroad.
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Michigan
Harry Beshner
Butte
Bushnell
Vern Sevren
Tillie Jenkins
Bordner
Montana
Theresa Caroline McLauren Sevren
Marie Watson
Madison County
Fugitive Bushnell Identified as Vern Sevren in Butte Case
Vern Sevren, a Montana fugitive living quietly as a farmer near Prairie Elk in Richland county, was arrested March 14 after a coworker linked him to a detective story image of Bushnell. He admitted his identity and reportedly wished to be buried beside Marjorie, the daughter of his second wife.
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Bushnell
Marjorie
Rare collection of Oregon Trail drawings at Wisconsin Historical Library
A cache of fifty pencil and wash drawings by an unknown artist who crossed the plains in 1849 has been acquired by the Wisconsin Historical Library. The sketches, likely by a Wisconsin immigrant, depict wagon trains, forts, and scenes along the steel-laden Oregon California trail, with notes on the hardships of cholera and overland travel. The artist’s exact identity remains undetermined as Dr. Joseph Schafer traces the origin and possible association with the Mounted Rifles.
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Wisconsin Historical Library
Far West
Plains
Milwaukee Journal
Montana
Fort Laramie
Fort Bridger
Platte
Bear Mountain
Joseph Schafer
Wisconsin Library
Eugene
Oregon
C. R. Adams
Rudolph Adams
Daniel‘ 8. Durrie
Pee
St. Louis
United States
St. Joseph’s
Weston
Missouri River
Bear River
California
Gold Field
Major Cross
Tle
Cuticura Ad Promises Soothing Scalp and Clear Skin
Advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment for soothing itching scalp and dry dandruff, with a morning Cuticura Soap wash and hot water. Urges making the products daily toilet preparations for clear skin and soft, white hands.
University Slashes Salary By Twenty to Thirty Eight Percent
Chancellor M A Brannon announced unit wide salary cuts averaging 38 percent to fit reduced state appropriations. Surveys on living costs are underway across three salary groups, with lower brackets facing larger reductions based on an analysis by President O H Clapp showing current costs about 20 percent lower than in 1908.
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Gold Rewards Three Search for Gold Rewards Three
Survey of 100 prospectors and miners who took a six week miners course at the Montana School of Mines in February shows renewed hope for prospecting this summer. Only 16 percent had found pay dirt, yet about half prospected and three located paying claims. sketches will be archived for Madison Historical Society records. Fort Bridger image noted though memory of its exterior is unclear from 1865 visit.
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Montana School of Mines
Madison
Historical Society
Fort Bridger
Dairy Heifers Priced Above Beef Market Quotations
Breeders now offer purebred dairy heifers for sale at prices slightly above the beef market quotations, an unusual shift in livestock pricing dynamics.
Montana Bus Schedule Fragments From Kalispell to Dillon
Passenger timetable fragments show arrivals and departures across Montana towns including Kalispell Polson Missoula Philipsburg Anaconda Butte Dillon and more. Times listed cover morning and afternoon windows with multiple stops and inconsistent spellings.
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Dillon
Butte
Anaconda
Philipsburg
Missoula
Pollson
Kalispell
Peleen
Polson
Misseela
Armrive Butte
Butte LY
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Mearee H. Goode
Robert Page Lincoln
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Ames D. Burhans
Jimmy Redleaun
America
Ed el Tod
West
M. E. Plassmann
Pepys
Patrick Gass
Russell
The
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S. C. Huseth
Optometrist and
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Great Falls
Intermountain Transportation Company
P.m
Polsem
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