Moonshine Plot in Montana: Formaldehyde Laced Whisky Exposed
Great Falls officials raid a moonshine operation led by George Pfeifel who admitted illicit distilling and selling to retailers at $8 to $10 a pint. He described the process while insisting he is the most honest bootlegger, warning of a brand that mixes formaldehyde for a kick. One drinker reportedly remained unconscious for four days.
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Great Falls
Burns
George Pfeifel
Pfeifel
Chicago
West Side
Pfeifer
Butte Striking Cooks and Waiters Run City Cafeteria
Butte’s strike by cooks and waiters closes major restaurants while a large cafeteria run by former mayor W. H. Davy and restaurant owners feeds about 4000 people daily. Some small places agreed to higher wages, leaving up to 10000 dependent on cafes and eateries. 75 cooks and waiters and 400 helpers have union actions.
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Butte
W. H. Davy
Coulson Montana Ghost Town of a Yellowstone Boom That Was
The 1877 vision of Bud McAdow and Muggins Taylor turned Coulson into a bustling railroad hub with a post office saloon and stores. Gambling and fast money drew risk takers like Hibbard and Worley, but by June of 1881 land promotions by Heman Clark lured settlers away and Coulson faded to a ghost town, replaced by Billings as the new center.
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Coulson
Montana
Bud” McAdow
Yellowstone
Clarke’s Fork
Jacob
Magegins
U. S
Muggins
Deer Lodge
Bozeman
Junction City
Rosebud
Josephine
Billings
Overland Stage
Tock
Joe Worley
Hibbard
Tuck
McAdow
Alderson
Miles City
Heman Clark
Chicago
Duluth
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Eart
Yellowstone Valley
Perry McAdow
Montana Delegates Uninstructed for San Francisco Meet
Democratic delegates from Montana go to the San Francisco convention uninstructed with no petitions filed for president. Petitions for five Republican presidential candidates include Harding Hoover Lowden Wood and Johnson. Eight Republican delegate candidates declare Johnson as their vote at all times. 21 Democrats and 27 Republicans seek delegate seats. Major ticket details list presidential electors and state leaders. Hoover club HQ opened in Great Falls with Fletcher Maddox backing General Wood.
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San Francisco
Montana
Secretary of State
United States
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Herbert C. Hoover
California
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Wood
Hiram W. Johnson
Leonard Wood
New York
F. O. Lowden
C. ~ . McLeod
Missoula
T. C. Power
Helena
E. A. Richardson
Forsyth
John Adams, Jr
J. C. Alexander
Kalispell
John Allen
William R. Allen
Wise River
C. B. Allen
Billings
Lynn D. Ambrose
Miss. A. M. Anderson
Geo
Baker
Butte
John
B. Brimacombe
James M. Burlingame
Great Falls
Lew L. Callaway
Frank B. Connelly
Edward Donlan
A. J. Dorr
Glasgow
Ethel Farnsworth
W. D. Fenner
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Jack London
A. K. Yerkes
Bismarck
Dakota
Perry W. MeAdow
Johnson
Coulson Society
X. Beidler
Denver
Coulgen
Billy Preston
Leehy
Corral
Billy
Joe Redman
Jack Skillen
Charley
Idaho
Charles L. Hibbard
Seattle
George Hulm
London
Sigamund Deutsch
England
Bozeman Chronicle
Yerkes
Samuel Y. Stewart
Grover C. Cisel
George E. Hurd
J. M. Kennedy
Libby
Joseph K. Toole
Roy E. Ayers
Grass Range
W. H. Barth
James P. Bole
P. BE. Burke
Scobey
J. E. Erickson
Maggie Smith Hathaway
Hamilton
T. M. Kehoe
Charles J. Kelly
Gene Lane
Lewistown
H. J. McGregor
Chateau
C. F. Murphy
Anaconda
Louis Newman
James F. O'Connor
Livingston
J. &. O'Neill
R. R. Purcell
George L. Ramsey
James M. Reynolds
Boulder
Stanley Scearce
Ronan
W. R. C. Stewart
Tyler B. Thompson
Thomas J. Walsh
Postum Cereal Company
Battle Creek, Mich
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