Edy Lands Berkeley City Manager Post Via Want Ad
John N Edy formerly of Billings and ex chief engineer for Montana highway commission becomes city manager of Berkeley California earning 7500 dollars annually. He secured the job by answering a newspaper want ad after moving for his wife's health. The piece notes his capability and businesslike view of advertising for work.
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John N., Edy
Highway Commission
P. B. Snelson
Montana
John N. Edy
Billings
Montana State Highway Commission
Berkeley
Calif
Edy
California
John Edy
Myron Lockwood Hero of the Big Hole Battle
One of the Battle of the Big Hole heroes Myron Lockwood survived devastating wounds and lived years after, later dying in California. A veteran of Civil War campaigns, he guided troops with General Gibbon during the 1877 engagement, where 26 were killed and 38 wounded, Lockwood among the gravely injured with a shattered hip joint.
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Myron Lockwood
Big Hole
California
Lockwood
Major Catlin
Missoula
John Gibbon
Montana
Nez Perces
Joseph
McClellan
Antietam
Burnside
McDowell
Hooker
Gettysburg
Fort Benton
Missouri River
Prickly Pear Valley
Helena
Gallatin Bar
Malcolm Clark
Frenchtown
Bitter Root
the Big Hole
Gibbon
Big Hole River
Sanno
Comba
Bradley
Rawn
Browning
Williams
Logan
General Gibbon
Woodruff
Amos Buck
White Bird
V. Bureh
Billy Edwards
Deer Lodge
Charles A. Woodruff
Joseph and
Looking Glass
Edy Selected as City Manager Amid Newspaper Ads
John Edy was chosen from 107 applicants for the Berkeley city manager post. The piece notes the advertising savvy of both Berkeley and Edy, who will earn up to 10,000 a year under the new city charter, with Edy currently at 7,500.
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Edy
Will Aiken
Billings Gazette
Berkeley
John Edy
Supreme Court bans state ban on interstate natural gas pipes
The Washington Supreme Court ruled that a state cannot prohibit natural gas pipelines from serving or crossing into another state, aligning with interstate commerce principles and limiting domestic regulation of cross border energy infrastructure.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Second $100000 Payment For Dempsey Gibbons Bout Made
A $100000 certified check for the second Dempsey Gibbons fight payment was paid to Jack Kearns in Great Falls by a group of local investors including George H. Stanton Shirley Ford and Lee Ford. Dan Tracy was appointed manager of the promotion and pledged transparency with the press as the fight treasury nears $400000 from tickets.
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Jack DempSey
Pommy Gibbons
Jack Kearns
Great Falls
Shelby
George H. Stanton
Stanton Bank and Trust Company
Shirley and Lee Ford
Great Falls National Bank
Arthur and Russell Strain
Strain Brothers
Dan Tracy
The
Park Hotel
Jim Johnson
Tracy
Fight Treasury
Kearns
Chinook corn show dates set for November 8 9 10
The second annual Northern Montana corn show will be held in Chinook from November 8 to 10 with a Blaine County Poultry Association show and Blaine County Purebred Hog Breeders' Association event. North Montana residents sponsor the effort to boost local industry. Washington dispatch notes federal agents will watch gate receipts for the Dempsey Gibbons bout in Shelby. Oklahoma report cites Jess Willard as hero of flood district aiding rescues of women and children.
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Montana
Chinook
Blaine County Poultry Association
Blaine County
Washington
Sam
Shelby
Oklahoma
Jess Willard
Montana Tops Nation in Mortality Rate Low
Montana reports a 1922 death rate of 8.6 per thousand, the lowest in the United States, with Idaho close at 8.1 though its data is incomplete. Births in Montana were 18.3 per thousand, near the bottom nationally, as reporting lags and bureau definitions affect accuracy.
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Montana
Union
Government Census Bureau
Treasure
United States
Idaho
Maine
California
New Hampshire
Vermont
Indiana
Kansas
Ohio
Oregon
North Carolina
Washington
Wyoming
Federal Bureau
The Rape of the Oil Poem of Westward Oil Rush
A dramatic poem traces oil fever across the West with brutal honesty. It portrays rough crews, gambling drifters, and bootleg culture around fields like Porcupine and Cat Creek, highlighting debt, risk, and greed in pursuit of liquid gold.
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Crow Rock
Man severely wounded returns to life in the West
After seven months in Deer Lodge Hospital the man recovered enough to live in the west. He could not resume business due to crippling injuries. General Sherman later offered a life position in Washington which he declined, choosing to spend his remaining years in the west.
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Deer Lodge
General Sherman
West
Lockwood
Washington
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J. N.edy
WANT
Rye Creek
J. B. Catlin
Trail Creek
Bia
Sope
Dempsey-Gibbons
Postoffice
St. & No
R.F.D
Flaherty Optical Parlor
Third St
N., Great Falls, Montans
Castoria
Dempsey
Whitley Gray
Sunburst Refining Company
Fining Company
Sunburst
Sunburst Oil & Gas Co
Associated Companies
Spokane
L. C. Stevenson, Pres
Great Falls, Montana
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