Arrival of First Trains to Butt and Anaconda: A Historic Milestone
The 1880 arrival of Montana’s first railroad trains marked a turning point for Dillon and Anaconda. The piece details early freighting by Sebree and partners, the shift from stage and bull freighting, and notes key figures like B. F. White and A. L. Kempland who helped shape Montana’s rail era and the Anaconda townsite.
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Butt
Anaconda
Montana
Gilner & Salisbury Stage Line
Pacific Railroad
Idaho
Corinne
Utah
Howard Sebree
Union
Central Pacific
Utah and Northern Railroad
Ogden
Dillon
Jay Gould
Utah & Northern
Sebree & Ferris
Sebree, Ferris & Holt
Holt
B. F. White
Sebree, Ferris & White
White Buffalo Robe a Sacred Mandan Treasure
The Mandan tribe in 1882 sent eight ponies and trading goods to obtain a white buffalo robe from the Blackfeet near Glacier National Park. The robe, revered as powerful medicine, was carried back on foot and hung high in their North Dakota tepees. Chiefs’ stories note the rarity of white robes in the Glacier Park region today and the robe’s legendary status.
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Indian Department
Rockies
Glacier National Park
North Dakota
Two Guns
Glacier Park Reservation
Government employes exceed twenty seven thousand in dc
More than 27 000 women are employed in the various government departments and bureaus in Washington D C.
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Washington, D. C
Woman Reaps Moonshine Raid After Widow Loss
In Butte a woman reports a neighbor’s illicit distillery, leading police to seize a 50 gallon still, 10 barrels of mash, and 10 gallons of moonshine. The neighbor reveals she alerted officers and plans to cooperate in future raids.
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Butte
Educational Cross Word Puzzle From 1925 World Book Co
A short blurb introduces the Educational Cross Word Puzzle, noting Dr Edward L Thorndike and 6000000 words examined to select 10000 common words for the puzzle aimed at expanding vocabulary beyond the average 2500 words. It lists sample clues and mentions copyright details and the George Matthew Adams Service.
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Ry Robert K. Speer
Bureau of Educational Service
J. Ralph McGaughy
Columbia University
Edward L. Thorndike
World Book Co
George Matthew Adams
State Refinery Wins Tax Test In Montana Supreme Court
The Montana Supreme Court reversed the Cascade County District Court in a case where the state sought to collect taxes paid under protest from Sunburst Refining Co. The court ruled the 1928 gasoline tax law unconstitutional for discriminating against Montana producers in favor of foreign shippers, and noted earlier federal rulings on taxation of gasoline. The decision upholds the 1926 amendment to remove discrimination.
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District Court
Cascade County
Great Falls Company
Sunburst Refining Company
Montana Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Federal Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Montana
Silver State Ends as Deer Lodge Paper Sold
The Silver State, Montana history long run for 86 years, is sold by Joseph Smith II to C. E. Aspling and G. Aspling of the Powell County Post. The Deer Lodge paper traces back to Crosson Brothers who started the Deer Lodge Tribune and later renamed it to Silver State during Montana’s silver boom era.
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A. D. Hoss
W. C. Kester
Joseph Smith
C. B. Aspling
Helena
Deer Lodge
Aspling
Powell County Post
Silver State
Powell County
Montana
Joseph Smith II
C. E. Aspling
Czech Slovakian Witness Testifies in London Court
In a London law court a witness identified himself as Vrba Zelinko a Czecho Slovakian. He provided his nationality and background as part of testimony in the ongoing case.
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London
Vrba Zelinko
Insurance seeks heirs of late Montana attorney Coombe
New York Life Insurance requests names and addresses of living relatives of Robert Coombe, formerly with a Butte law practice. The company has proof of his 1916 death in San Antonio Texas and that he held a paid up policy. Records show Coombe was admitted to Montana bar in the 1890s but details of his practice in Butte are unclear.
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Robert Coombe
Butte
New York Life Insurance Company
J. Ward Crosby
State Supreme Court
Helena
Coombe
Crosby
San Antonio
Texas
Supreme Court
Montana
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L. C. Leonard
Iron Horse
Great Treasure State
Beaver Canyon
Pleasant Valley
Continental Divide
Monida
Ferris
Sebree & White
White
Sebree
First National Bank of
A. L. Kempland
Marcus Daly
Missouri
Union Pacific
Echo Canyon
West End
Kempland
Anaconda Company
Winston
Doddridge
St. Clair
W. R. Doddridge
W. J. Hemphill
W. P. P. St. Clair
Charles Atkins
L. O. Leonard
Stuart
Judge Knowles
Thomas L. Napton
Owsley
W. M. Jack
S. A. Estes
H. A. d’Acheul
Johnb. Read
Inter Montain
Daniel Searles
Miner
H. C. Kessler
W. N. Ayleforth
Rod Lehrman
Messrs
McCaskill
Hoge, Chenhall
Read
Waterbury
Dickinson
Savery
Daly
Mather
Messrs. Daly
Knowles
Irvin
Dillon Tribune
Melrose
the Tribune
Birch Creek
Big Hole
McCarty
Anon
Glendale
Wunderlich Domain
Hecla
Tanner
Hecla Consolidated Mining Company
Knippenberg
Bannack
Motor Service
Machine Works
Milwaukee
Mandan
Africa
Ee Bey
Jane
Sunburst Company
Powel County Post
Lcan
Buhler-Nash Co
Central Ave
Great Falls
Keery
Dean’s
L. I. Brower
5Th Ave
Kalispell
Mont
Doan
Alls
Foster- Milburn Co
Mig. Chemists
Buffalo
N. Y
Pils Jensen Physic & Liver
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