Moonshine Lab Exposed in Great Falls Raid
Sheriff Burns raided a large moonshine operation in Great Falls and captured George Pfeifel, who described his illegal distilling process. He claimed others sell deadly batches laced with formaldehyde, including one gallon with three ounces of poison. A drinker reportedly lost consciousness for four days after drinking such a batch. Pfeifel refused to name the dealer involved.
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Great Falls
Burns
George Pfeifel
Pfeifel
Pfeifer
Gald
Chicago
West Side
Butte Strikes Close Major Restaurants Labor Actions Hit City
In Butte a citywide strike by cooks and waiters shuts major restaurants while smaller eateries struggle to cope. A large cafeteria operated by ex mayor W H Davy feeds about 4000 daily, with 10000 workers dependent on 75 to 95 cafes. The cooks and waiters union and allied women’s helpers report 75 and 400 members respectively, seeking higher pay.
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Butte
W. H. Davy
Woman's Protective Union
Coulson Montana: Ghost Town That Was a Railroad Dream
Thirty nine years ago Coulson in Montana rose as a railroad hub with McAdow and others shaping a hopeful town. Bombarded by boomers and gamblers it raced to growth but Heman Clark’s railroad land deals lured people away and by June the town was abandoned, its buildings moved to Billings.
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Coulson
Montana
Bud” McAdow
Yellowstone
Clarke’s Fork
Jacob
Bozeman
Junction City
Rosebud
Josephine
Billings
Overland Stage
Tock
Joe Worley
Hibbard
Tuck
McAdow
Alderson
Miles City
Heman Clark
Chicago
Duluth
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Bud’ McAdow
Yellowstone Valley
A. K. Yerkes
Bozeman Chronicle
Yerkes
Seattle
Perry McAdow
Tive
Montana Delegates Uninstructed as Parties File Candidates
The Montana party ticket lists for president show no Democratic presidential candidate, while Republican entries include Warren G Harding Herbert C Hoover Hiram W Johnson Leonard Wood and F O Lowden. Delegates for both parties numbered 21 Democrats 27 Republicans with electors and local contenders named. State headquarters in Great Falls support Hoover with a parallel Wood drive by Fletcher Maddox.
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Montana
San Francisco
Secretary of State
United States
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Herbert C. Hoover
California
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Wood
Hiram W. Johnson
Leonard Wood
New York
F. O. Lowden
C. H. McLeod
Missoula
T. C. Power
Helena
BE. A. Richardson
Forsyth
John Adams, Jr
J. C. Alexander
Kalispell
John Allen
William R. Allen
Wise River
C. B. Allen
Billings
Lynn D.ambrose
A. M. Anderson
Geo. Baker
Butte
John B. Brimacombe
James M. Burlingame
Great Falls
Lew L. Callaway
Frank B. Connelly
Edward Donlan
A. J. Dorr
Glasgow
Ethel Farnsworth
W. D. Fenner
Fred L. Gibson
Livingston
O. F. Goddard
M. S. Gunn
Mrs. C. S. Haire
J. L. Hart
Hamilton
Wilford J. Johnson
Lewistown
H. M. Kirton
Malta
T. O. Larson
Chateau
E. H. McDowell
Terry
F. C. MacWilliams
E. O. Selway
Dillon
J. W. Sherwood
Montana Hoover Republican Club
Herbert Hoover
Fletcher Maddox
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Jack London
Bismarck
Dakota
Perry W. McAdow
Muggins" Taylor
New York Herald
Deer Lodge
Johnson
Coulson Society
Beidler
Denver
al Coulson
Billy Preston
Leeby
Corral
Billy
Joe Redman
Jack Skillen
Charley
Idaho
Charles L. Hibbard
George Hulm
London
Sigamund Deutsch
England
Railroad
Samuel V. Stewart
Grover C. Cisel
George E. Hurd
J. M. Kennedy
Libby
Joseph K. Toole
Roy E. Ayers
Grass Range
W. H. Barth
James P. Bole
P. E. Burke
Scobey
J. B. Erickson
KaUspell
Maggie Smith Hathaway
T. M. Kehoe
Charles J. Kelly
Gene Lane
H. J. McGregor
C. F. Murphy
Anaconda
Louis Newman
James EF. O’connor
J. E. O'Neill
R. R. Purcell
George L. Ramsey
James M. Reynolds
Boulder
Stanley Scear
Postum
Postum Cereal ‘Company
Battle Creek, Mich
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