Dandelion War Ends in Great Falls Picnic Victory
Louis Newman mayor of Great Falls mobilizes 6000 school children in a city wide dandelion digging contest. Each room selects a top digger for a picnic reward in a parks celebration. City aims to rid lawns and boulevards of the yellow blooms.
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Electric City
Louis Newman
Great Fells
Montana
St. Paul
Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge Valley
Great Falls
Newman
Milky Way
Discovery of Pay Dirt Sparks Emigrant Gulch Boom
Three inexperienced prospectors from the east, David B Weaver David R Shorthill and Frank Gar rent, struck gold in Emigrant gulch in August 1864 after a first pan yielded dust worth about one dollar. Their find triggered a rush to the Curry diggings and soon Yellowstone City sprang up.
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David ‘B., Weaver
David R. Shorthill
Frank Garrent
Curry District
Shorthill
Curry Diggings
Curry
California
Bridger
Coffenburg
Yellowstone City
Dorado
Alder Gulch
Virginia City
Montana
Tomlinson
Yellowstone
States
Lawrence
Bozeman
Weaver
Montana Board Regulates Sausage Water and Saccharin Rules
The Montana board of health adopted rules on meat product labeling including water and cereal limits for sausage and cereal added labels. Saccharin in foods is banned in Montana unless used to cure disease with proper labeling. Olive oil is defined as true olive oil and misbranding of other oils as sweet oil is forbidden after June 1.
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Montana Board of Health
Montana
Frankfort
Vienna
United States
Butte Hero of Argonne Returns to Montana
Lieutenant Colonel D. Gay Stivers, a famed Butte soldier, comes home with a storied World War record. He was blinded by gas, wounded in the Argonne, and decorated by France with the Croix de Guerre. He resumes law practice, recounts Third Division feats at Chateau Thierry and Belleau Wood, and recalls encounters with fellow Butte soldiers.
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D. Gay Stivers
Butte
Montana
Argonne Forest
France
Mangin
Stivers
Rough Riders
Chateau Thierry
Belleau Woods
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Rhine
Esnes
Cap
Diamond
O'Neill
Joe Peters
Heroism of Montanan Wins Him High Honor
The War Department reports General Pershing awarded the Distinguished Service Cross to Private Frank D. Miller of Great Falls Montana for conspicuous heroism near Exermont France in October 1918. With his detachment reduced to three men he cared for and evacuated wounded under shell and machine gun fire and brought medical supplies to the forward station. His actions inspired his comrades as the regimental officer was absent and the sergeant in charge had been killed.
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War Department
Pershing
Frank D. Miller
Great Falls
28Th Infantry
Exermont
France
Miller
Glasgow Soldier Wins French Croix de Guerre
Peter La Fromway of Glasgow now residing in Saco earned the Croix de Guerre for lead scouts on the Soissons front. His patrol captured two artillery pieces and 75 prisoners, a feat witnessed by eight men two of whom were wounded. He enlisted in 1917, fought in Alsace Marne Chateau Thierry Soissons and Meuse Argonne, and has a brother Dan serving with the 77th division who was wounded thrice.
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Peter la Fromway
Glasgow
Saco
France
Soissons
Jabviny
la Fromway
Co. M. 127Th Infantry
Meuse-Argonne
Dan la Fromway
77Th
206Th Infantry
St. Mihiel
Lightning Storm Kills Livestock at Pleasant Valley Farm
During a severe thunderstorm at Pleasant Valley, farmer M. Stellman lost six horses and four cows after lightning struck a wire fence where the animals huddled. The bolt passed through the fencing, causing extensive livestock losses.
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Lightning Hills
Dreath
M. S. Sellman
Pleasant Valley
Stellman
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Victor
Pest
David B. Weager
Plains
Rainbow's End
Chickory
Col D. Gay Stivers
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Montana Joint Stock Land Bank
Helena
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