Kerns and Montana Boxing History Tangle in 1934 Lewistown Event
In Lewistown 1934 the Fourth of July featured Midland Empire league doubleheader games and a 12 round bout between Hyland and Morse. Jack Kearns sparked controversy by organizing ads, coaching from ringside, and prompting police removal. he was suspended for six months and boxing briefly outlawed in Montana five months later. The article notes Kearns later led Jack Dempsey and mentions the Shelby fight and the Daly horse sale in Madison Square Garden with Hamburg selling for $60,000 and a gain of over a million dollars for the Daly stock.
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Lewistown
Billings
Dick” Hyland
Billy Morse
St. Paul
Jacks
Hyland
Red” Johnson
Silver Dollar
Red
Kearns
Jack
Morse
Art Baker
Baker
Montana
Boxing Commission
Cntana
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
Shelby
Dempsey
Tommy Gibbons
Madison Square Garden
Hamburg
Payne Whitneys
Whitney Stables
Becor A
Marcus Daly's Hamburg Purchase in 1899
Marcus Daly paid $40,000 for Hamburg in 1899. The horse, two years old, joined Daly’s stables for breeding purposes and remained there for two years before his death of unspecified cause.
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Marcus Daly
Hamburg
Daly
Mr. Daly
Daly Stables Pioneered Montana-Bred Racehorses
The Daly stable led by Mr Daly bred and trained thoroughbreds in western Montana, notably at Hamilton in the Bitter Root valley. Horses from Montana showed endurance and vigor due to high altitude and climate, with Daly’s method influential though not capitalized by larger stables. His farm near Hamilton became a model of its day and his death in 1901 ended a period of expansive, profitable horseflesh investments.
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Tammany
Ogden
Hamburg
Montana
Daly
Hamilton
Bitter Root Country
Mr. Daly
Parker Beats Von Elm to Retain State Amateur Title
In 1919 Ted Barker of Butte Country Club defeated George Von Elm of Salt Lake City to retain the state amateur golf title. Barker won nine state championships overall, with the deciding factor his putting on the 17th hole where Von Elm narrowly missed a short putt, allowing Barker to win two up with one hole to play.
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Ted Barker
Butte Country Club
George von Elm
Salt Lake City
State Golf Association
Barker
von Elm
von m
Last of Golf Invaders in Montana Championship
The 1919 Montana state golf championship saw out of state player von Elm as the only outsider, finishing runner up to Barker. The next year the association banned non residents from state championship events, placing von Elm in the permanent records as the solitary non resident runner up.
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GOLF
Association
von Elm
Montana
Barker
Gotch Famed In Montana Landowner Legend
The article notes Gotch as a famed wrestler and substantial landowner in Iowa and Montana. He owned thousands of acres near Broadview and Humboldt, Montana, invested during a regional dry land boom, inspected property each fall, and mostly profited from chicken hunts on his land. He toured Montana with Jeffries in 1909, drawing local recollections of his strength and presence.
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Gotch
Montana
George Hackense
Stanislaus Zbyszko
Iowa
Humboldt
Broadview
Ed Winnie
Champion
Jeffries
Sivas
Commonwealth
Recalled Montanan Athletics and Notables Across Eras
A reflective montage lists Montanans and affiliates from Billy Collins to Fred Liese, Bill Berry, Walter Berger, and Earl Tucker, recalling early baseball, football, track, polo, and other sports figures and teams linked to cities like Butte, Billings, Anaconda, Polson, and Livingston, with cross state connections to Yale, Wisconsin, and Nebraska.
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Fred Liese
Billings
Chicago Cub
St. Paul
Manhattan
Bill Berry
Glendive
Northwest
Walter Berger
Boston Bees
Butte Mines
Weiser Dell
Ed Hauser
Anaconda
Earl Tucker
Cole-Pitts
Bobcat
Nebraska University
Gonzaga
Montana U
Butte
Frank Walker
American Legion of Butte
Polson
Ray Shannon
Thompson Falls
Billings Polytechnics
Jimmy Reynolds
Fort Keogh
Miles City
Three Forks
Avery
Yale
Attorney Bunker
Bozeman
Wisconsin U
Billy Collins
N. P
Paredee
Livingston
Spotted Fever Toll Drops in Montana Season
Spotted fever cases in Montana this season were about half of 1935. The state board of health lists 61 cases with 15 deaths, versus 125 cases and 21 deaths in 1935. The illness is spread by woodtick bites and U.S. Public Health Service along with the state health board have pursued vaccines and control research.
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Rocky Mountain
Montana
State Board of Health
Board of Health
United States Public Health Service
Largest gas well struck in Winifred field
The Emmons group in Winifred reports a new largest gas well, the fifth heavy producer in the field, reinforcing government geologist A. J. Collier’s view of vast undeveloped potential. The Sven Norheim unit, managed by W. G. Melton, drilled this second well on his property, with other gas wells from Canmont Exploration on the George Scharf ranch nearby seven miles northwest of Winifred.
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Emmons Group
Winifred
A. J. Collier
America
Sven Norheim
W. G. Melton
Emil
Helena Dynamite Prankster Confesses
Police say David Conkling, 21, a miner, confessed to stealing dynamite and firing a 12 foot fuse blast on Holter street hill near Woolston reservoir. The incident scared residents, with many fearing terrorists or a new earthquake until Conkling and his wife walked to the summit and fled before detonation.
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Helena
Roger Smith
David Conkling
Mine Mucker
Rimini
Unione
Conkling
Montana State College
Spring Hill
Holter Street
Woolston
Ry Bronga
Montana in Brief Across Many Towns and Incidents
A wide spread roundup notes a fatal highway crash in Butte when a car driven by Mrs. Gordon Gray was struck at an intersection. Other items include large hay stacks in Polaris after heavy rains, a Catholic women’s council president in Helena, and the formation of Taylor grazing district No. 5. Additional notes cover civic awards, police chief changes, PWA projects, animal losses to wildlife, and a fatal Glendive car crash.
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Butte
Gordon Gray
Miner
Catherine Harrinston
Helena Diocesan
Catholic Women
T. F. Moran
Helena
Glendive
Amelia Rivenes
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Exchange
William Murphy
Rivenes
United States
ROAD JOBS SET UNDER NEW FUND
State highway commission let contracts under a new federal aid highway allotment totaling $820877. The Lincolns county Stemmer Creek site was rejected as too costly. Awards include US 10 repairs near Bozeman by Standard Construction Co. for $85589.58 and other resurfacing projects across Jefferson Broadwater Garfield Flathead and Beaverhead county areas.
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Ea Mission
Slemmer Creek
Ann
Thompson Lake
Lincoln County
Anne
Bozeman
Geatin County
Standard Construction Co
Vesne
Jefferson County
Broadwater County
Nolan Brothers
Minneapolis
Columbia Falls- Flathead River
Flathead
Sou
Neerice Brothers
Kalispell
Miles City
Aoe Co. Boespflug
Jordan-Circle
Jordan-Miles City
Garfield County
Tomlin- Sco Construction Co
Great Falls
Excelsior Avenue
Butte
Silver Bow County
J. C. Mamuare Construction Co
Wyoming
Road overpass plan and public works schedule noted
A Montana notice discusses a railway overpass connection near Mis soula and related public works with Sept. 29 hearings in Helena and subsequent sessions. It mentions construction firms like 3i struction Co and Great Fallsens State and references regional projects along US routes.
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Leal Otodoot Sinan Pacman Gracie
eBverg Meare Soudan
United States
Buck and No Ae
Missoula Boanty
3Istruction Co
Great Fallsens
Hikesimene A
Meae
Helena
Pemmlettes and shoulder marks worn by naval officers
An OCR fragment notes that sailors wore shoulder marks and plates to protect against saber cuts, suggesting early naval uniforms included protective elements for officers in close combat. The text is fragmented and names or contexts are unclear.
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Eays
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Montana Sports
Joe L. Markham
Montana State Athletic Commission
Bern Xcenuine
Rogers
Owl
OWL Photo Service
Fargo, N. D
Parker
Seagram
I-crown O
Seagram-Distillers
New York
Seagram's Crown
Chet Maste
Treasure State News
Polaris
Dillon—Taylor
Beaverhead
Madison
Silver Bow
Jefferson
Broadwater Counties
ST. Ignatius
August Dimier
Society of Jesus
United States Biological Survey
Deer Lodge
John North
Robert Nathan
Montana Association of Real Estate Dealers
North
Lloyd Hague
Missoula
Havre
The
Methodist Church
van Orsdel
Ralph S. Cushman
Denver
Bitter Root
Savenac Nursery
Forest Service
Haugan
Great Falls Federal
H. A. Brown
Washingon
Monarch
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Jay G. Diamond
C. L. Harlan
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Drouth
Donald McNeely
Walla Walla, Wash
Immigration Border Patrol
Border Patrol
Sunurst
John T. Wickman
Boulder Valley
Andy Ehrick
Philippines
Society of Montana Pioneers
Wisdom
Ed Glassey
Margaret Connolly
Columbus
John Sprains
Pete Sprains
Highway No. 10
Stillwater County
Sprains
James L. Duffy
Works Progress Administration
PWA
Coutts
St. Kilda
Here
Flora
Celia McTaggart
A. C. McTaggart
R. J. Henningsen
Adrian
James A
Jim" McLaughlin
Fallon
Nev
Penelas
McLaughlan
Butte Intermountain
Anaconda Standard
Butte Miner
Red Rock
Grein Neutrel
Doe Ie
Ethro Wood
Feta
Tomas
Ealing
Weil
General Electric
General Electric Supply Corp. Distributors
Butte, Montan
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