Death claims Indian fighter Sibbits after frontier service
William Bigler Sibbits, an early eastern Montana resident and former U S cavalry bugler who served in Indian wars, died January 3 at his Wolf Point area home. Born 1852 in Carlisle Pa he joined the Third Cavalry in 1867 and later lived at Poplar and Fort Peck. He recounts Cody and a Christmas Day 1868 Comanche Kiowa raid tale.
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William Bigler Sibbits
Montana
William Johnson
Sibbits
Wolf Point
T. M. Morrow
Carlisle
Third U. S. Cavalry
Southwest
Colonel Cody
Buffalo Bill
Cody
Wichita Mountains
Poplar Sibbits
Poplar
Shaw
Fort Peck
Little
Pat Crowe Aims as Sleuth for Uncle Sam After Kidnap Saga
Pat Crowe the former Butte desperado linked to the Jack Cudahy kidnapping era is set to join the U S Department of Justice. Once jailed in Butte for the Omaha ransom case, he now seeks work tracing rum runners or aiding Attorney General Daugherty. The tale traces a life from outlaw to reformer and eventual prohibition agent.
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Pat Crowe
Missouri River
Omaha
Uncle Sam
Pat
Butte
Jack Cudahy
Department of Justice
General Daugherty
Packer
Cudahy
Young Jack
Young Cudahy
Missouri
Buttebroke
Silver Bow
Denver
Cudahys
Prohibition
Reserve Corps of Army is Formed in Montana
Helena sees skeleton officers group created for a state reserve unit under Colonel Frederick L. Knudsen. The plan includes 5 378 trained men across signal, ordnance, infantry, artillery, engineers, medical and transport units with Salt Lake City as headquarters. Funding gaps limit full quotas though officers exceed needed numbers.
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Helena
Frederick L. Knudsen
Fort Douglas
Salt Lake
United States Army
Knudsen
Charles L. Sheridan
Montana
Officers Reserve Corps
Jerome G. Locke
State Industrial Accident Board
Army of the United States
Regular Army
National Guard
Organized Reserves
United States
Ninth Corps
California
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Wyoming
Nevada
Utah
104Th
Signal Corps
Ordnance Maintenance Corps
107Th Infantry Brigade
413Th Regiment
386Th Field Artillery
329Th Engineers Regiment
329Th Medical Regiment
414Th Motor Transport Company
Ninth Area
Grain Elevators in Montana Struggle in 1920 21
The 1920 21 annual report of Commissioner Chester C Davis notes 37 Montana grain elevators failed to meet storage obligations, 10 resolved, slow liquidation due to financial conditions. It cites abnormal grain trade, higher warehouse risks, and state actions to prevent recurrence.
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Montana
Chester C. Davis
Agriculture, Labor and Industry
Davis
Department of Agriculture
Grain
Great Falls
Lewistown
Danderine Promises Thick, Long Hair Growth
An ad touts Danderine at 85 cents a bottle claiming one application ends dandruff and itching and doubles hair beauty. It asserts hair regrows, becoming new, fine at first then thicker all over the scalp, with roots invigorated by the tonic.
Wreezone promises painless corn removal by fingers
An advertisement touts Wreezone as a ready remedy for hard and soft corns and corns between toes. It claims instant pain relief and easy removal without soreness, sold by druggists in a small bottle for a few cents.
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William R. Sibbits
Fort Peck Reservation
Thrilling Stories
America
Crowe
New York
Reserve Corps OF Army
Department
Federal Department of Agriculture
Pablo
Townsend
Billings
Bozeman
Spokane
Horace S. Ensign
Firm
Clay, Robinson & Co
Charles C. Robinson & Co
Chicago
Charles C. Robinson
Kansas City
Sioux City
South ST. Paul
Income Tax Service
D. N. Wilson
C.P.A
T. C. Ferris Douglas Wilson & CO
Public Accountants
Ford Bidz
Missoula, Mont, Ist
Aspifin
Bayer
Aspirin
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