Pendroy Snow Event Sets July Record Across Montana
Pendroy reported a rare July snow event with an inch melted on contact between 10 and 11 30 am. No snow fell in Glacier National Park along the Great Northern line, and Agawam saw only rain. Pendroy lies 75 miles north of Great Falls at 4200 feet. Dublin dock strikers stormed a side door to the grounds of the Mansion House during the Trades Union Congress session.
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Pendroy
Glacier National Park
Great Northern
Agawam
Milwaukee
Great Falls
Dublin
Ireland
Labor Party Trades Union Congress
Rich gold ore found in mine near Helena display
Gold ore specimens worth thousands of dollars are shown in a Helena jewelry window. The McKey mining claim shaft near Deadwood Gulch, 20 miles northwest of Helena, yielded a well defined ore vein. Lawler brothers and Arnold own the ground, with negotiations pending for rapid development and a possible new mill.
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Helena
McKey
Deadwood Gulch
Uncle Ben Gulch
Lawler Brothers
Arnold
Montana
Deadwood
First National Bank
Conrad Bank
Kalispell
John Mel Irvin
Hoyt Brothers
Lawlers
Mystery of Loss of Ducks Solved at Gibson Park Lake
For years 60 mallard ducklings vanished from Gibson Park Lake Great Falls. A bench observer spotted a duckling dragged away by mud turtles, later two large turtles were caught. Past donations of turtles by local figures are noted. killings appear to have ceased.
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Gibson Park Lake
Great Falls
Frank Reimer
Park Board
Frank Scotten
Montana Power Company
Holter
A. H. Stevens
Modest Montana Soldier Wins Little Big Horn Medal
J F Lewis of Ekalaka recalls a Butte Miner claim that Thomas Ward wears the congressional medal of honor. Peter Thompson, a rancher near Alzada in Carter county, Montana, earned the Medal of Honor on October 5 1879 for heroism at the Little Big Horn on June 25 1876. Historian Camp states Thompson twice carried water to the wounded despite being wounded himself. Thompson joined Captain Tom Custer's Seventh Cavalry. Camp explains a long search until meeting Thompson at Alzada. Thompson's tale links to the 1876 Custer fight and Carter county history.
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Bre
Montana
Peter Thompson
Alzada
J. F. Lewis
Butte Miner
Thomas J. Ward
Anaconda
Little Missouri River
Carter County
Little Big Horn
Thompson
Washington
Harding
Tom Custer
Seventh Cavalry
W.W. M. Camp
Chicago
War Department
Camp
the Little Big Horn
Knipe
Custer
Reno
Black Hills
Fred C. Ainsworth
the Army
Mr. Camp
Deadwood
Homestake Mining Company
Pension Office
Ainsworth
U. S
Treasury
Watson
George Armstrong Custer
Wrnter
Thompson Ranch
Colored man claims to be Edgar Allan Poe at back door
A colored man visits a Butte home seeking work and tells the housewife his name is Poe. She jokes that some of Poe's family must have worked there, then he declares he is Edgar Allan Poe himself with a dramatic chest strike.
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Butte
Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Autos Outsell Homes. Great Falls Dealers Move $1.397 Million
Associated Industries reports that Great Falls and surrounding areas purchased over 1.39 million dollars in new and used autos in the first six months, averaging about 8,000 dollars in daily dealer sales. About a third of cars sold cost under 1,000 dollars, another third between 1,000 and 1,500, and the rest up to 2,000 dollars, with some sales outside the city and across multiple counties.
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Great Falls
Associated Industries
New Methodist Church
State May Kill Mountain Goats Over Tick Fever Plan
Health officials and game authorities discussed exterminating white mountain goats west of the Bitter Root valley to curb spotted fever. Dr. Cogswell, Dr. Butler, and C. A. Jakways noted many ticks on goats carry the disease and will seek permits for action if the September game commission approves. The plan targets next year if endorsed.
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Board of Health
State Health Department
Bitter Root Valley
W. F. Cogswell
State Board of Health
W. J.butler
C. A. Jakways
State Game Department
Bitter Root
State Game Commission
Cogswell
Butler
Animal Life
Butte Oil Refinery Signs 500 Barrels Plant Contract
The Butte Oil Refinery directors announced a contract with E. G. Palmer of Kansas City to install a 500 barrel plant at the refinery site.
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Butte
Butte Oil Refinery Company
E. G. Palmer
Kansas City
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ILVER
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Issoula
Peterson & Co
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance CO
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Gen. Agt
Helena, Mont
HE Placer Hotel
F. E. Ressler
Sutte Business College
Serenwest
Homestake OU Co
Ford Ridgs
Erald Cafe
Wm. Grills
Central Ave
ARK Hotel
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Drygocods Co
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Boulder
Montana Business Institute
Miles City
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Immercial College
Capital
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