Great Falls Blaze Destroys Stanton Bank Building
A five story Stanton bank building on Central avenue in Great Falls was destroyed by fire named Sunday around 9 30 am. Adjacent Charteris hardware Hannah jewelry stores suffered severe damage and plate glass at Elies Motor Co. shattered. Loss about 500000 dollars with insurance on the building at 152000. Fire Chief A J Trodick helped rescue a woman from the third floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanton Bank
Central Avenue
Great Falls
Charteris Hardware
Hannah
Stanton
Elies Motor Co
Mabel Curran
A. J. Trodick
Western Union Telegraph Company
Underwood Typewriter Company
Additional Crimes Reported in Conrad Area
A 17 year old Rosa Binder was assaulted while walking home near the Conrad high school. In Bartlett near Conrad robbers struck a store and barber shop, stealing about 125 dollars from the cash registers as two assailants fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad
Rosa Binder
Bartlett
Pondera Field
Miss Binder
Robbery at Hoorn store and barber shop
Three men in an Essex car forced occupants to surrender valuables at Hoorn store and barber shop. One stayed at the wheel while the others entered. They fled toward Conrad, suspected heading for Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoorn
Essex
Conrad
Canada
Tribute to a Pretty Girl from E W Howe’s Monthly
A compact reflection praising a young yet eighteenish pretty girl and her intelligent impudence. The piece contrasts gendered nerve with masculine restraint, noting modern women use nerve as a refined, almost divine trait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Howe
Turkeys Picked by Local Families in Busy Holiday Week
On Monday H Huis enga Martin Swanson and the Mc Leans helped Fred Fornfeis pick his mother's turkeys. On Tuesday the Coghill Brewer and McLean families assisted Fred Woodward with his wife's turkeys. Fred was ill with flu and kept indoors. Mrs Woodward is recovering at home with Miss Kellar assisting. Alvin Hull is under doctor care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Huisenga
Martin Swanson
McLeans
Fred Fornfeis
Coghill
Local Notes on Residents and Wheat Hauls
Miss Bella Lemon assists Mrs Hull while Mrs McDuffie recovers from a rotten ear. F Weiswender spent several days in bed. The Averill brothers ran four trucks hauling wheat to Colling late in the week.
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Bella Lemon
Real estate transfers and oil lease notices listed
Instruments filed December 1 to 8 1928 include warranty deeds quit claims and oil and gas leases. Notable transfers: William F Smith to W M Scott and Ragnhild Scott for 1.00 Lot 19 20 Block 22 Dutton California Petroleum to Geo W N McCabe for 1.00 Lots 3 4 swd4sei 19 26-swu sw4 25 26 2w sed 30 26 1w. James A Seymour and Ida Seymour to Dave Laubach for 3600.00. Capital Trust and Savings Bank to George Sollid for 3800.00. Quit claim: William Breeding to Montana Agricultural Co for 1.00 w2ne4 sed 21-24-6w. Hazel Welsh to A J Fousek trustee for 1.00 Lot 2 Block 15 Jacksons addition to Chateau. Oil and gas leases involve John E Matoon Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Co and others with multiple tracts and royalty interests. Agreement Sun River Stock and Land Co to Sam and Leonard Kummer. ratifications releases and assignments of royalty among several parties including C M McCutcheon Kaufman Ewing Kaufman Ames Company and The Columbian Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Smith
W. M. Scott
Ragnhild Scott
Dutton
California Petroleum Corporation
Geo W N. McCabe
Geo. N. McCabe
Hiram Thompson
James A Seymour
Ida Seymour
Dave Laubach
Capital Trust and Savings Bank
George Sollid
William Breeding
Montana Agricultural Company
Hazel Welsh
A. J. Fousek
Jackson
Chateau
Sun River Stock and Land Co
Sam Kummer
Leonard Kummerer
John E. Matoon
Texas Pacific
Coal and Oil Co
Thee
J. Halcro Sr
Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Co
Earl Halcro
Leonard Kummer
F. Michener
James Norup
Samuel Kummer
H. Matson
H. J. Hughes
C. M. McCutcheon
Joseph A. Kaufman
H. H. Ewing
Swdset
Columbian Company
L. F. McCurdy
Oscar Biksen
H. W. Shank
Ames Company
Claude C. Gray
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bartlett Settlement
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Corporation
H. B. Lake & CO
Ford Building
Great Falls, Mont
Eveready
L. E. Taylor Garage
China
Warwick
Poorvivgvoryvayoy
Searvoe
the Assort
Radiola
Eureka Vacuum Cleaners
Monarch Ranges
Choteau Hardware CO
Ade
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