Boy of Great Falls Wins Carnegie Medal Feat
Charlie Coyle a frail 12 year old from Great Falls risked his life to save a drowning three year old girl at Gibson park lake. He leaped in though unable to swim and pulled both children to shore before collapsing. The father Fred Birch of Birch & Sons contractors offers thanks and a Carnegie medal may follow.
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Great’ Falls
Charlie Coyle
Great Falls
Charlie
Gibson Park
Fred Birch
Birch & Sons
Little Charlie
Mr. Birch
George Coyle
Great Northern
Thresher Schools Train Farmers In Efficient Grain Saving
Thresher schools across the state teach threshing machine mechanics and grain handling under H E Murdock and Elmer Johnson with help from county farm bureaus. Talks cover organization rules, belts, and methods to reduce waste, with figures from Wisconsin Oklahoma Kansas Illinois and North Dakota on gains from improved practices.
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Great Falls
H. C. Merritt
Johnson
Murdock
F. E. MacSpadden
Southwest
Montana
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Kansas
Illinois
North Dakota
Bids Called for on Roads and Bridges in Two Counties
State highway commission invites bids on four timber bridges and two federal aid road projects in Carbon and Cascade counties. Bids due July 25 with site meetings July 19 in Carbon and July 15 in Cascade. Projects include 3.5 miles on the Billings Cody right of way river dyke work and 19 miles of Sun River road gravel surfacing between Great Falls and Sun River.
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State Highway Commission
Carbon County
Cascade County
Billings-Cody
Sun River
Great Falls
Repcade
Carbon
Huntley
Livingston
Toston
Bell Crossing
Ravalli County
Butte Damp Town Finds Booze Easy To Find Says Rev Pope
Reverend Joseph Pope of the Anti Saloon League reports to Attorney General Ford that Butte is very wet with open bar sales bootlegging and roadhouse liquor. He describes seeing a wagon of empty beer kegs and whiskey barrels and notes raids but uncertain market value of seized liquor. He plans to discuss findings further as he travels to Billings and other towns.
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Joseph Pope
Anti-Saloon League
Butte
Pop
Ford
Mr. Ford
Antisaloon League
Billings
Wyoming
Oasis
Mr. Pope
Missouri River Hits Historic Low at Great Falls
The Missouri River fell to 2,449 second feet at the Rainbow power house of the Montana Power company in Great Falls last week, the lowest on record. Earlier readings showed 4,450 second feet on June 15 and 3,550 on June 22 as the river fluctuated but then held steady at the current level.
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Rainbow
Montana’ Power Company
Great Falls
Milwaukee Content With 2.75 Percent Fame
The article notes Milwaukee faces a modest level of fame at 2.75 percent, reflecting a broader trend in public recognition. It discusses how the city measures visibility and what factors contribute to a small share of fame.
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Milwaukee
Long George Francis Surrenders to Hill County Sheriff
Noted cowboy and cattleman Long George Francis walked into Hill County sheriff office and surrendered after 16 months on the run for horse stealing. He is sentenced by Judge Rhodes to a prison term of six to twelve years and his bondsmen must pay the bail. Francis was tall around six feet eight inches and known for a quick trigger.
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Long George’ Francis
North Country
Hill County
Francis
Border
Northwest Mounted Police
Canada
Rhodes
George Francis
Rhoades
Big Sandy
Marins River
Stewart
Montana Stock Association
Jack Maybee
George Coulter
Havre
Sheriff’s Office
Jolt on the Virginia City Stage Twenty-One Years Ago
California lawyer Sam V. Stewart faced a wild ride as a stagecoach driver boasted of vigilantes and gunfighters. The four broncs bucked across a flat Race Track before tumbling down toward Virginia City. The stage landed upright and Stewart leaped clear, unharmed.
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Virginia
S. W. Stewart
Virginia City
Kansas
Manzanita
Sam Stewart
Alder Gulch
Sam V. Stewart
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Grain Corporation
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Bureau of Public Roads
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Food Administration
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the Billings Threshing
Long George
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