Forest Plan Would Base 18 Planes in Montana for Fire Patrol
Air patrol plan places 18 airplanes with US air service observers in Montana in 1920 using Missoula as a base and sub stations at Butte Helena and Kalispell. Campers may be licensed for summer sites with a 15 year permit and 15 dollar annual fee while new fire prevention measures include special campfire fireplaces and stricter location records.
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Missoula
Butte
Helena
Kalispell
Forestry Service
United States Air Service
Montana
Fire Review Board
L. C. Rockdale
Deer Lodge
Stockfale
Weather Bureau
Stockdale
F. G. Clark
Cuticura Trio Advertises Baby Skin Relief
An advertisement promotes Cuticura products for soothing a baby's red rough itching skin. It recommends hot baths with Cuticura Soap and applying Cuticura Ointment, plus occasional use of Cuticura Talcum powder as part of the trio.
Market Woes Prompt Quirky Exchange Between Smith and Jones
Smith notes a stock drop while Jones jokes about paying for the whole bottle. The exchange adds a light, humorous take on market volatility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Jones
Squeezed to Death and the Illness Warning
An article warns that when the body stiffens and movement hurts it often signals kidney trouble and urges readers to keep kidneys healthy through preventive care and lifestyle choices.
Mustarine Yellow Mustard Plaster Promises Quick Pain Relief
An old advertisement touts Mustarine yellow mustard plaster as a fast remedy for rheumatism and multiple pains. It claims to draw inflammation and kill pain within minutes, asserting strong action for headaches neuralgia toothache earache backache bronchitis lumbago and sore feet.
Gruesome Butte Homicide Record Highlights 1919
A Montana survey recounts a brutal year in Silver Bow with multiple murder cases. Victims include Gust Manos and John Shea, while suspects range from George Pallas to Joseph Grandis, with police later linking several shootings, stabbings, and suicides across Butte and surrounding streets.
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Silver Bow
Montana
Gust Manos
School of Mines
Manos
George Pallas
Nick Kouscoulas
Pallas
Kouscoulas
Uncle Dick Sutton Turns Calf Tale Into Theatrical Fortune
Uncle Dick Sutton recalls starting as a Missouri showman when he bought a calf with a horn in the center of its forehead for four free tickets. The bearded lady and tattooed man failed to draw, but the one horned calf drew crowds and earned him about 100000 dollars in three years. He credits luck, a supportive wife, and friends for his rise.
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Dick Sutton
Butte
Uncle Dick
Missouri
Timbuctoo
Billings New Hotel to Be Finest in Montana
Ground will break in spring for a 1 million plus hotel to be led by Roy Carruthers former manager of the Pennsylvania hotel in New York. Hart of Hart-Albin Mercantile says the Billings promoters will back the enterprise. A H Barth contractor will build the seven story Carruthers hotel at North Twenty ninth Street and Second Avenue with plans approved.
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Roy Carruthers
Pennsylvania Hotel
New York
R. M. Hart
Hart-Albin Mercantile Company
A. H. Barth
North Twenty-ninth Street
Second Avenue
Carruthers
Butte Homicide and Shooting Involving Watchman
An 18 year old Patrick Green was fatally shot in front of the Northwest Coal company's yard by guard William Gill. Earlier, Guintili visiting friend Joe Melani found a burglar in Melani’s shack, leading to another crime scene in Butte.
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David W. Thomas
Tramway
East Broadway
Alec McLean
Butte
Roy Teeters
John Hughes
South Main Street
Hughes
Sylvester J. Prewatt
Sylvester J. Prenatt
B Street
Guintili
Joe Melani
Patrick Green
Northwest Coal Company
William Gill
New City Hotel Planned With 275 Rooms and Roof Garden
The project covers 150 by 140 feet with 275 bath-equipped outside rooms and a mezzanine floor. Plans include a ballroom foyers dining rooms lounges and private spaces. High speed elevators a roof garden and a basement with lounges billiard rooms grill and barber shop are planned, with excess space leased for stores.
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Barth
D HART RULES AGAINST SHIPPING OF GAME HEADS
Mounted elk heads killed in season are classified as game and shipments out of state to hunters who killed the elk in Montana and left the heads for mounting with local taxidermists are refused under Game Warden J L DeHart s ruling. The decision rests on state game laws barring shipment after the season closes. Attorneys warn of complications arguing mounted heads used as interior decoration may not be covered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
J. L. DeHart
Butte Man Seeks Share in Alaska Gold Find
M. W. Bacon of Butte sues R. K. Neill in Spokane federal court over a claim to a share in the Premier mine at Ketchikan Alaska. Bacon says he grubstaked Neill and financed the Klondike strike that drew thousands north. Neill once worked with the Heinze properties in Butte.
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M. W. Bacon
Butte
Spokane
R. K. Neill
Ketchikan
Alaska
North Country
Bacon
Neill
Heinze
Klondike
Rich Canadian gold strike spawns major mining rush
In the Canadian boundary area south of Hinder indications point to a historic mining rush when spring travel is possible. Multiple strikes in the region promise rich yields but require large development outlays. current ore yields are high enough to be crushed by hand mortars. The Guggenheim family reportedly gained control of the mine from Neill, with Bacon challenging the deal.
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Hinder
Guggenheim
Neill
Bacon
Holt acquires Loesch ranch near Miles City
E B Holt of Miles City completes a private purchase of the Loesch ranch along Johnson creek south of Miles City. The property spans over 5 000 acres suitable for tilled farming and livestock. The deal is separate from Holt estate transfers to the Hill interests. The Loesch ranch remains among Custer county’s finest enterprises.
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E.B. Holt
Miles City
Loesch
Johnson Creek
Holt
A. EK. Loesch
Hill
Custer County
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John Shea
East Park Street
John Lynch
Marty Clough
Harry Clough
Lake Avoca
Clough
Lynch
Alfred Martin
Iowa
Melrose
Martin
Charles J. Antila
Antila
Fawcett Street
Joseph Grandis
Grandis
Terry
S. D
Grover C. Burns
Montana Street
Bessie M. Clark
Burns
Morris Hayes
West Porphyry Street
William A. Amrin
Amrin
Frank Murphy
Oregon
Murphy
Dan Morrigan
Nevada City
James Ferry
North Main Street
Morrigan
Showman
Billings
D’hart
Big Ranch Deal Near
Miles
Edmonson
E. E. Edmonson
Lapeyre
Third St
Great Falls, Montana
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