First Legal Hanging in Dillon Haunts a Beaverhead Sheriff
The 1885 Dillon hanging of Thomas Harding for the Glendale Melrose stagecoach murder haunted Sheriff Tom Jones of Beaverhead County. Jones’s conscience lingered over the case, amid questions of guilt and the fate of the captured bandits.
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Dillon
Sheriff Jones
Homer Faust
Illon
Tom Jones
Beaverhead
Thomas Harding
Melrose
Glendale
Glendale-Melrose
Ferguson
Kennedy
Harding
Smith
Galbraith
Supreme Court
Duffy
Old
Jack Jolly
Jolly
Montana Girl Op Turns Pen Contest Top For Great Northern
Miss Isabelle Lowry a 27 year old telegraph operator at Armington Montana won first place in an international penmanship contest beating veteran US and Canadian operators. The Great Northern awarded her a silver engraved plaque and telegrams from executives. Her dog Pat helps retrieve telegraph hoops at the Armington station.
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Montana
United States
Canada
Isabelle Lowry
Great Northern Railway
Armington
Lowry
Pat
Railroad Man’s Magazine
J. A. Frogner
Great Northern
C. O. Jenks
A. W. McKay
Miss Lowry
Billings
Mont
J. A. Patterson
Minot
W. E. Milton
St. Paul
Great Norther Railway
Pal
Judge Bourquin Sets Record Butte Criminal Calendar
The Silver Bow federal district court reveals its largest calendar of criminal cases to date as of opened month. The pretrial roster lists numerous defendants and scheduled hearings, signaling a notably busy arraignment period for Butte's court.
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Bourquin
Butte
Silver Bow Federal
England Reports Agriculture Workforce At 741,580
England records 741 580 agricultural workers this year, reflecting an increase of 28 560 from the previous year. Officials note steady expansion in farming sectors and discuss implications for rural employment and wage trends.
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England
Montana Weather Forecaster Predicts 1931 Crop Boom
William B. Mears of St Paul predicts 1931 will start a 24 year period of good crops in Montana due to increased moisture and moderate temperatures. He cites climatological records and forecasts Great Falls will receive 19 inches of rain, about 3.5 inches above normal, with similar gains statewide and across the northwest.
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Montana
William B. Mears
St. Paul
Great Falls
Mears
Mr. Mears
4-H Beef Feeding Leaders Earned Praise in Montana
community leaders and 4-H club members gathered as B N Forbes of the National Bank of Lewistown praised the baby beef project. He urged expansion in central Montana highlighting local feeds like barley wheat and alfalfa, noting profits from fattening calves. Dick Richards lauded Fergus county leaders for project success, with 70 plus attendees and an expected 75 to 100 calves fattened next season.
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Montana
Central
B. N. Forbes
National Bank of Lewistown
Forbes
Judith Basin
Dick Richards
Bozeman
State Extension Service
Claude White
Heath
Frank Yaeger
Tor Harshbarger
Glengarry
William Mather
Casino
Wilbur Acton
Laura Waters
Denton
Loren Naylor
Danvers
Henry Rustrum
Grass Range
Montana Prisoner Receives Flute From Noted Artist
David Guerra, an 11 year Deer Lodge prison inmate, longed for a flute. He wrote to Henry Bove of the Philco Symphony Orchestra offering prison-made novelties in exchange. A New York advertising agency president arranged a new flute for Guerra, brightening his life behind bars.
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David Guerra
Deer Lodge
Guerra
Henry Bove
Philco Symphony Orchestra
New York
Government funds allotted to continue Zamora rail project
The government provides finance to resume the Zamora-Orense-Coruna railway after a stoppage that worsened the economic situation.
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Zamora-Orense-Coruna
Spain
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Kalispell
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Gallatin
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Rathdrum
Ida
Spokane
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Pasco
Wash
Walla Walla
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
Gorge of the Columbia
Homer Fawat
Draper's Shop
Government Broadcasting Organisation
London
J. H. Duffy
Anaconda
Paivehahi
Jones
Madison Couny
Lauds Club
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