Black Paddy Duane A Scottish Soldier and Montana Pioneer
Duane known as Black Paddy, a veteran of Crimea and China campaigns, died in poverty at Anaconda’s poorhouse aged over 90. Born 1835 in Galway, he earned Crimean medals and a Turkish Crescent, fought at Balaklava and Inkermann, served in China, then pursued mining in Montana before settling in Beargulch and Butte. He faced hardship, poverty, and a humble pension despite a storied military career.
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Balaklava
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China
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Wilchey Patrick
Black Paddy
Duane
Anaconda
Paddy
Commonwealth of Montana
Terie Befare
Great Britain
Turkey
Ireland
Mohammed
Deer Lodge
County Galway
Britne Armay
Birr
King’s County
Nicholas
Russia
France
Austria
Black Sea
Inkermann
Scutari
London
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale Duane
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Rts
Redan
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Silver Bow
Blackfoot
Garrison
Beargulch
Bearmouth
Butte
Bob McMinn
Nicotine
See Old West Travel Campaign Gains Local Backing
Gardiner Commercial club pledged support for See the Old West This Year, a travel promotion by the Western States Promotion council. The plan aims to unite 11 western states to promote historic spots and open spaces, with leadership and nationwide publicity from council members in San Francisco.
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Gardiner Commercial Club
Western States Promotion Council
Park County
Yellowstone Park
T. T. Thorsen
West
Thorsen
San Francisco
Western States
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
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Washington
Hunter Sentenced for Firing on Game Officers in Missouri
E A Wright a 48 year old hunter from Midway Tennessee was sentenced to two years in the Missouri state penitentiary by Judge Louis H Schulz of Caruthersville for shooting at game law officers and violating migratory waterfowl regulations during a recent trial.
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E. A. Wright
Hunter
Midway
Tenn
Missouri State Penitentiary
Louis H. Schulz
Carruthersville
Wright
Recen
Five Montana youths win air corps reserve commissions
The War Department announced six Montanan names as second lieutenants in the Air Corps Reserve. Dana William Bradford Townsend and Robert Kennett Fletcher of Helena. Robert Arthur Stover of Missoula. Luther Clampit Terret of Billings. Vernon Doran Torgerson of Bainville.
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War Department
Fragmentary OCR News Item
Incomplete text fragment from a 1 column wind weather note. readable words show no clear event, place, or date. The surviving content lacks a identifiable person or organization and cannot determine a full news item.
R G Linebarger Weds Miss Lulu Schild In Great Falls
R G Linebarger editor of the Havre Promoter and Miss Lulu Mildred Schild of Portland Ore were married in Great Falls recently. Linebarger, Montana journalist for nearly two decades, has led the Havre Daily Promoter to success after restructuring it following a costly failed venture. He has held editorial and advertising duties and contended for Republican nominations for congress and lieutenant governor.
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Bynum Herald
R. G. Linebarger
Havre
Lulu Mildred Schild
Portland
Ore
Great Falls
Linebarger
Montana
Helena
Billings
Livingston
Missoula
Congress
Ellson-White
Greeks War Relief Drive Seeks Contributions
An appeal urges charitable donations to aid Greek forces on the Albanian front. Contributions fund munitions and medical supplies. all work is unpaid and every cent goes to Greece, with receipts issued. A letter from Greek infantry mentions surviving an Italian air attack and a downed bomber crew captured and helped.
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T. J. Mitchell
First Avenue South
Great Falls
Mitchell
John Panagolopoulos
Dairy products sales rise in Montana January
Manufactured dairy products in Montana in January gained in volume compared with both a year earlier and two years ago, according to the State Federal dairy report released by Dairy Commissioner B. F. Thrailkill. Mild weather was especially favorable in January for a larger consumption of ice cream compared with that for January of the preceding two years.
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Montana
B. F. Thrailkill
O Jawish and O Pinch clash over airing ideas
Fragmentary exchange shows O Jawish pressing right to express ideas while O Pinch mocks the airing. The dialogue hints at a dispute over freedom of speech and censorship in a light, humorous tone.
Fever Farms in New York Census Reports Decline
The 1940 census of agriculture records 153,238 farms in New York, down 4.1 percent from 1930. A state bulletin with final statistics will go on sale in a few weeks from the Government Printing Office in Washington D. C.
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New York
Government Printing Office
Washington, D. Co
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