Leper Willett in Montana Refuses Medical Cure
Former Montana state senator O G Willett, now dying of leprosy in a secluded western Montana mountain home, refuses CHAULMUGRA oil treatment and medical care. Dr. W F Cogswell notes disease progression despite his wife and a devoted life in isolation.
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O. G. Willett
Mineral County
Montana
Baal
Willett
W. F. Cogswell
State Board of Health
Alberton
Spokane
J. C. Lake
South Africa
United States Public Health Service
Lake
O. C. Willett
Missoula River
Philippine Islands
Northern Pacific Awards Major Montana Construction Contracts
Northern Pacific awarded contracts totaling 587000 for Montana projects. Clifton Applegate and Toole won the Philemon tunnel bid. Glendive gets a 250000 passenger station. Huntley receives a 180000 double track bridge over the Yellowstone. Livingston to see a 41000 turntable. Zero workers to expend 16000 on water supply buildings.
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Northern Pacific
Montana
Rocky Mountain Division
Philemon
Clifton, Applegate and Toole
Glendive
Huntley
Yellowstone
Livingston
Billings Schools Vote Halts Major Levy Amid Cuts
Billings voters rejected a five mill levy for schools, placing the district on a half time basis. The gymnasium domestic science and manual training departments are discontinued to trim a reported $50,000 deficit.
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Billings
Missoula and Polson Seek N E A Convention 1930
Missoula and Polson plan to seek the National Editorial Association convention for 1930. The move follows a letter to the Missoula Commercial Club from James Herbert of the Polson business men's organization.
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Missoula
Polson
National Editorial Association
Fifty Years Ago Explorers Confirm Bridger’s Yellowstone Tale
This piece notes Yellowstone National Park’s golden anniversary and vindicates Jim Bridger once derided as a liar. It recalls Bridger’s explorations south of the park and the 1869 to 1872 sequence that led to official verification, plus park wonders, opening day details, and visitor projections.
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Bridger
Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park
Jim Bridger
Park
Teton Range
Rockies
Virginia City
David Folsom
C. W. Cook
H. D. Washburn
Old Jim Bridger
Yellowstone Park
Montana Man Witnessed Kilauea Eruption of 36 Years
Dr H C Gardiner of Anaconda observed Kilauea eruption near the crater while tourists and soldiers watched. He described lava flowing to the sea over 300 miles and a crater 500 feet across expanding 40 percent in eight hours. Temperature at the surface reached 1300 degrees with underground lava cooler and paste-like.
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Pele
Puma
Makaopuhl
Holemanunau
Honolurans
Hawaii
Jagger
Kilauea
Mauua Loa
Halemanumau Pit
Hilo
Honomu
Waiohinu
Volcano Research ‘Association
H. C. Gardiner
Anaconda
Honolulu
Gardiner
Yale University
Yale
P. T. Phillips
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Syndicate
Troy
Idaho
Standard of California
Walter C Dunn Reported Drowned in Fort Worth
A telegram from Fort Worth Texas reports Walter C Dunn of this city has drowned there.
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Lewistown
Fort Worth
Tex
Walter C. Dunn
Edgerton County Idea Sparks Montana Growth Plans
Dan McKay of Glasgow anchors reports of a proposed Edgerton County formed from parts of Missoula and Flathead, potentially including 1000 square miles and a $4 million valuation. The scheme aims to split counties via petitions with McKay credited for similar creations. county seat to be decided after viability is proven.
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Edgerton
Missoula
Flathead
McKay
Dan McKay
Glasgow
Flathead County
Montana
Champion
Flathead Lake
Montana State Senate
Fourth Assembly
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Greenfield Advertising Agency
Ford Building
Great Falls, Montana
Edgerton County
WKAY
Famous
Shelby
Toole County
G. C. Hoyt
H. C. Stapleton
A. B. Olson
BE. S. Peterson
Robert Olson
Three-In-One Oil, Syndicate
Shelby, Montana
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