Fattening Cattle Becomes Major Billings Industry
The city of Billings hosts large scale cattle feeding with a $50 000 monthly payroll and feed costs woven into local business. Fry Packing of Seattle backs the program shipping cattle from Montana into Billings for farmer distribution and profit hinges on price differentials and weight gain.
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Billings
Great, Western
Fry Packing Company
Seattle
Montana
Blackfeet
Poplar
Sugar Company
Park City
Worden
Shepherd
Northern Pacific
Hogarty
From the Tepee to the Tunnel Indian heritage and Montana mining tale
A feature recounts Terence Mulaney, son of early Montana settlers, now a miner under Butte. It traces his lineage from Joe Cabell and Piegan ancestry to his current work, blending native, Irish, and Italian roots. The piece notes a long, storied life, with fights at Fort Shaw and ties to Blackfeet and Crow peoples.
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Terrance Mulaney
R. R. Kilroy
Anaconda Standard
Shelby
Butte
Montana
Granville Stuart
Joe Cabell
Missouri River
Bear Paws
Arrow Creek
Square Butte
Highwood Mountains
Johnny Neubert
Fort Benton
State of
Cobell
Joe
Kentucky
Fenimore Cooper
Terrence
Fort Shaw Indian School
Sun River
Washington Bootleg Conditions Highlight Rum Ring Scandal
Congress eyes bootleg conditions in Washington with focus on a recent rum ring scandal. The investigation centers on a lengthy list of hundreds of alleged customers and issues around diplomatic liquor stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Musterole Cold Remedy Ad Offers Child Friendly Form
An old musterole advertisement warns that a cold may evolve into flu or pneumonia and urges quick relief by rubbing Musterole on congested areas. It touts ingredients like oil of mustard camphor and menthol, claiming no blistering and a warm tingle. A milder Children's Musterole version is advertised at 35c and 65c in jars and tubes.
U.S. Warns Honduras Over Self‑Perpetuating Rule
The American minister at Tegucigalpa has been instructed to inform the president of Honduras and responsible officials that the United States disapproves of any government attempting to perpetuate itself in power outside constitutional processes. The message follows Honduras election turmoil and was sent by the State Department.
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Washington
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
United United States
State Department
Farmer's hog weighs 872 pounds sets local record near Anaconda
L. L. Lescantz, once a smelter worker and now a farmer west of Anaconda, raised the largest hog in the area at 872 pounds before market. Residents note continued growth of big stock on his 30 acre Warm Springs creek farm, a project begun twelve years ago after he bought the Leavengood estate and built a diversified farming operation. Helena reports also note an Interstate Commerce Commission examiner advised cutting Fargo to Montana freight rates.
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Mike Shagina
L. L. Lescantz
Anaconda
Parker
Lescantz Place
Warm Springs Creek
Lescantz
Helena
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fargo
N. D
Montana
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W. A. Panton
Mr. Panton
Piegan - Crow
Joe Cobell
Terence
Black Bear
Two Medicine Creek
America
Midland Empire Fair Grounds
Charles M. Russell
Rawhide Rawlins Stories
Russell
Great Western
Rawhide Rawlins
Creely-Raban Syndicate
Great Falls
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