Service flag originator profits from war symbol
The article notes L Queisser of Cleveland as the inventor of the service flag, patented with a 10 percent royalty on every flag sold. It explains the flag’s design a white field with a red border and a red star for each family member in the military, with mention of widespread Montana use and a dramatic Broadway display of 2000 stars. It cites Damon Runyon’s poem The Little One Star Flag contrasting large displays with the single star in many homes.
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L. Queisser
Cleveland, O
Helena
Butte
United States
Army
Montana
Broadway
New York City
Damon Runyon
Colorado
Where Highwood Hank Quits
Rawhide Rawlins recalls Highwood Hank as a skilled rider who once rode for brash bosses. Hank’s stamina fades with time his hands tremble his wife pushes him to retire from bronc riding and by a later ride he admits his bronc days are over.
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Highwood
Hank
P Hosses
Russell
Ben Phillips
Miles City
Wifie
Oldest Virginia City merchant Robert Vickers recalled
Robert Vickers of Virginia City at 88 is the state’s oldest merchant with 45 years in business. He recounts fashion changes from bell-bottoms to tight pants and notes his store Content Corner near the governor’s offices. A lifelong Mason, he attends lodge sessions and recalls vigilante era secrets kept silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Vickers
Virginia City
Stere Meagher
Territory
Montana
Thomas Francis Meagher
Blue Lodge
Virginia City Lodge No
Virginia
Wilbur F. Sanders
Draft costs in Montana per draftee set at 6.35 dollars
Figures by Adjutant General Phil Greenan show the cost at the railroad station for each man selected under the draft law in Montana. The record highlights the administrative expense tied to mobilization and aims to inform readers about wartime drafting costs.
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Phil Greenan
Montana
The Plummer Banquet Before His Gallows in Bannack
In 1863 Bannack Montana Henry Plummer hosted a grand Christmas dinner for Governor Sidney Edgerton, Wilbur Sanders and vigilante leaders. The event forewarned his doom as vigilantes prepared secret captures and executions for Plummer and his henchmen, ending with a dawn assault on his cabin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plummer
Montana
Bannack
Belshazzar
Henry Plummer
Sidney Edgerton
Wilbur F. Sanders
Belgrade Farmer Kills Bear in Dark Den Encounter
W. W. Figgins of Belgrade hunted a brown bear in west Gallatin canyon. In the den he used a pine torch, fired in darkness, and after a tense pursuit he shot the bear, weighing about 400 pounds, to save himself. He was aided by two men to drag the carcass from the den.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Figgins
Belgrade
West Gallatin Canyon
Figgins
Brain
Three Road Agents Hanged After Grim Battle at Night
The room filled with armed men as Plummer, Buck Stinson, and Ned Ray were seized and dragged away to their fate. Ned Ray faced his doom first, then Buck Stinson, and finally Plummer who begged for mercy before his end. Colonel Sanders, the Vigilantes leader, coolly ordered the hangings.
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Henry Plummer
California
Plummer
Bannack
Buck Stinson
Ned Ray
Northwest
Colonel Sanders
Sanders
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Daddy
Wall Street
National Life Insurance Company of Montana Legal Reserve Company
Daly Bank
Butte, Mont
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
Great Falls
1St National Bank
Banking Corporation
the Banking Corporation
Helena Mont
Robert
Vickers
Salt Lake
First National
First National Bank
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