Pioneers of State Meet in Convention at the City of Mines
Butte hosts a Montana Society of Pioneers gathering, highlighting a group founded in 1884 by residents since 1864. The article traces the organization’s roots to J. R. Wilson, inviting pioneer citizens to a Helena courthouse meeting on September 19, 1884, at 10 a.m. The piece emphasizes the enduring honor and cultural role of pioneers in Montana history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneers OF State
City OF Mines
Butte
Montana Society of Pioneers
Fathers and Mothers of
Montana
Grand Army
J. R. Wilson
Territory
Helena
Pioneers’ Association
Society of Pioneers
Historical Society
Congress
Charles Rumely
Beaverhead
Lewis and Clark
Missoula
Gallatin
Meagher
Madison
Silver Bow
Chouteau
Jefferson
Yellowstone
Dawson
Deer Lodge
Samuel Hauser
James Fergus
Fergus
Col
W. F. Sanders
J. A. Sanders
John R. Horsky
Society of Montana Pioneers
Levi Wild
Frank
Pioneers
Sons and Daughters of Pioneers
Silver Bow and Country Clubs
West
Dick Lockey
Duke
Last Chance Gulch
Third House
Clover Leaf Club
Washington, D. C
The
California
Society For
Silver Bow County
Lincoln
Lewis & Walker Assayers and Chemists in Butte
Lewis and Walker, assayers and chemists, operate at 108 No. Wyoming Street, Butte, Montana, with box 114 listed for correspondence. Local business listings identify them as metallurgy and assay specialists serving mining clients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis & Walker
Wyoming
Butte
Mont
Broadwater Mine Romance Ties to Neihart Fortunes and Montana Pioneers
The piece recounts Montana's mineral wealth history and the Broadwater mine in Neihart, detailing the Broadwater group including Montana Belle and St Julian. It follows James Chamberlain and Henry Hill, the MacIntosh claim, and a romance linking Sanborn to a New Hampshire education and Australian venture. Sanborn’s return to Montana with classmates led to wealth from mining and a wedding that ended abruptly with misfortune despite initial happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neihart
Switzerland
Great Northern
Jim Hill
J. J. Hill
Broadwater Group
Broadwater
James Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Montana Belle
Minnehaha
Dickens
St. Julian
MacIntosh
Sanborn
Montana
Hill
MacIntosh and Sanborn
Clark
Maclosh-Sanborn
New Hampshire
Dartmouth
California
New
Mr. Sanborn
United States
Clinton Hare
Butte
H. P. Rolfe
Australia
Lepley-Kingsbury
Shonkin
Captain MacIntosh
Cuticura Talcum Powder Ad Promises Fresh Skin
An advertisement touts Cuticura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic fragrant and economical option for face skin baby and dusting use. It claims the powder renders other perfumes superfluous and positions Cuticura as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio with Soap Ointment and Talcum.
Miles City Roundup Faces End As Corn Show Likely Moves
Miles City may discontinue its annual roundup after 12 years as the American Legion withdraws. The Rotary Club favors abandoning the roundup and promoting a large annual fair, with a $750 local donation sought if the corn show stays, plus a county contribution for prizes and expenses. No other city has yet bid for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
American Legion
Romance Ended by Typhoid in Broadwater Mine Tale
Month the bridegroom was a corpse slain by typhoid fever. Mrs. Sanborn wrote a touching letter to a Neihart paper describing her husband’s death and their ideal life. She did not long survive him, ending a romance tied to the Broadwater mine sale.
Population changes on Fort Peck Reservation
For the Fort Peck agency in Poplar Montana and during the year ending June 30 births reached 93 and deaths 56. Full blood Indians decline while mixed blood residents rise and tuberculosis cases decrease overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mine Evers
D.C. de Peerson
Fort Peck
Poplar
Montana
Blackstone Military Academy Ad: Virginia Prep College Programs
An advertisement for Blackstone Military Academy in Virginia promotes college preparatory and business administrative courses with home influences and modern fireproof equipment. It notes all sports and offers a free booklet titled How the Lives and provides address details with Box Ligon, president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackstone Military Academy
Piedmont
Virginia
Blackstone
Ligon
Goose Creek Oil Boom Creates Millionaires Overnight
The Goose Creek strike unleashed a forest of derricks and a boom that made some investors and operators wealthy while many others lost. Questions linger over who profited most from the frenzy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goose Creek
The
Oi & Gas Journal
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Texas Co
West Columbia
Texas
John Gilliard
Goose Creek Pool
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Veterans OF 1964
TEAC
Bert Teachers Agency
Spokane
Wells- Dickey Company
First National Bank
Great Falls
Edwards & Bradford Lumber Co
Rik
Washington
Ringling Darry Berch
White Sulphur Springs
Dorsh & Greenfield Co
Harrison Avenue
Ontana
Paultax
Montana Meat End Commission Co
McNown
Wilkinson Bldg
Omaha
Whitlock Press
Price F.o.b
Great Palle
Montana Printing Co
Besin
Auchtord Association of America
Delcv
Burroughs
Glasgow
Havana
Womeland
T. J. Hocking
Royal and Corona ,Typewritere
FUR House
Ansay
Mont Reliable
Budd
San Francisco
Calif
ST. Mary's Moment. Mary's
Mother Superior
5Th Ave
S. C. Huseth
Mee
Walla
M.N.A
Martha Edgerton Plassmann
Virginia City
Montana Life
Insurance Company
Welema
Liberal
A. C. Johnson
H. R. Cunningham
Great Fallin
RY CO
Mount Angela
State University of Montana
College of New Rochelle
N. Y
Ursuline
Ursuline Academy
Reat Falls
Power City Auto Wrecking CO
P.O
Shambra Hot Springs
M. J. Sullivan
Alhambre Hot Springs
Northwestern Mutual Life In
Scrance Co
Milwaukee
Wis
Goza
Gen
Ment
New Finle Montana
Beaver
WM. B. Finlay
C. P
First Nationsl
Gueat Falls
Montara Oultry
Montana Meat and Commission Co
Bo Ae
Gulf Ceast
Diece
Pierce Junction
Snowden and
McSweeney
Landowners Royalties Company
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