Montana Negro Robert Canada Logan Bass Singer of Note
An 83 year old Butte resident born in 1858 in Lancaster Kentucky, Robert Canada Logan rose to national fame as a renowned negro bass singer 40 to 45 years ago. He toured extensively, trained in Salt Lake City, competed at the 1896 Welsh International Eisteddfod, and later performed with a minstrel company before retiring in 1905 and working as a bank janitor in Butte until 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
United States
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
New South Wales
Robert Canada
Logan
Idaho Street
Lancaster
Miners Savings Bank & Trust Co
Louis B. Ridley
Birmingham
Ala
Edward W. Powell
Powell
Williams
Taylor
Captain Jenkins
Marines
Louisville
Ohio
Union Pacific Railway Co
Salt Lake City
Butterun
Evan Stevens
Salt Lake City Tabernacle
Stevens
Goddard
Denver
Jones
Professor Menze
London
Eng
Academy of Music
Denyer
Bill Kersand
Georgia
Bethel Baptist Church
Missoula Beet Plant Sets 1942 Production Goal
American Crystal Sugar Co announces Missoula factory target of 13 000 acres for 1942. General manager H E B Zitkowski, Denver, says the plan follows a company policy to raise production 30 percent this year, after talks with Missoula officials and district agricultural leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Crystal Sugar Co
H. EB. Zitkowski
Denver
Missoula
Land Sales Survey Underway in Montana Study
A national land values study begins a first quarterly sampling survey in Montana by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Agriculture Department, led by Ray B Haight of Montana State College. The effort aims to reveal buyer and seller types, transfer volumes, purchase purposes, value changes, and other market factors. The Triumph mine tunnel in Blaine County Idaho is described as the state’s largest, 16 feet wide, electrified and a rare double track, walkable in street clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agriculture
Ray B. Haight
BAE Tecrative
State Colege
Triumph
Blaine County
Idaho
Kentucky Derby Tale of ridicu lous and a Southern heiress
In a Kentucky plantation saga, Lee Pettigrew plans to save her home through the Indigenous handicap with a stubborn racehorse named Ridiculous. Beau Hazlett, loving Lee, weighs a risky plan as Yankee financier Ale Simpson schemes to seize control and force Lee into a Confederate-style bargain. The tale intertwines wealth, poverty, romance, and high stakes racing amid colonial grandeur and looming foreclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beau
Lee
Kentucky
Lee Carroll
Baltimore
Maryland
Pettigrew
Col
Jubal Early Hazlett
Skedaddle
Skeets
Daddle
Colonel Hazlett
Lee Pettigrew
Louisville
Colonel Pettigrew
Ale” Simpson
Ulysses Grant Simpson
Ohio River
Mr. Simpson
Ale
Ald
Rudiculous
Beau Hazlett
Honeylee
Coltlette
Johnny Adams
Damyank
Ole Simpson
Simpson
Hazlett
Big Game Animals In Good Condition In Montana
State Game Warden Dr. J. S. McFarland reports western Montana elk and deer in good shape after a harsh winter. Forage remained ample in mountains, calf crops look strong, and losses from predators were low. Deer health is good across regions and tentative hunting regulations for fall are planned to curb depredations in problem areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
J. S. McFarland
Missionary Rodolphe Petter Honored With Portrait Gift
Indian Agent Charles H. Jennings presented a framed oil portrait of Dr. Rodolphe Petter to the missionary and his family at a Lame Deer ceremony. The event, in the little log church, celebrated Petter’s work with the Cheyennes including producing a Cheyenne dictionary and Bible prints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Jennings
Tongue River Indian Agency
Lame Deer
Rodolphe Petter
Petter
Little Log
Jennings
Cheyenne
Milton Whiteman
Pine Ridge
Snowflake
Ariz
Tick Immunization Urged by Cogswell
Dr. W F Cogswell executive officer of the state board of health urges Montana residents to inoculate against Rocky Mountain spotted fever and immunize for scarlet fever and whooping cough as warm days bring ticks and disease risk. He notes possible doctor shortages and says vaccines are available from city or county physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Cogswell
State Board of Health
Montana
Washington, D. C
Cogswell
Month's Carloadings Show Big Increase in Montana February 1942
Montana's February 1942 freight carloadings rose 14.65 percent from a year earlier, with 24 161 cars loaded versus 21 074 in February 1941. Commissioner Horace F. Casey cited gains in coal ore commercial coal wheat cattle logs concentrates and petroleum. Decreases appeared in company freight sugar beets and lumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State Railroad and Public Service Commission
Horace F. Casey
Stanford Mourns First World War II Casualty Basil Skelton
Word reached Stanford of Basil Skelton death by shrapnel from a chest wound while serving with the 148th Field Artillery. Born in Judith Basin County he worked at the Don Wilson ranch west of Stanford and was the county’s first World War II casualty. He was the son of Bert Skelton and grand nephew of pioneer William Skelton. Britain plans to purchase Egypt’s entire 1941-42 cotton crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford
Basil Skelton
Bert Skelton
Judith Basin
Skelton
Don Wilson Ranch
148Th Field Artillery
South Pacific
William Skelton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Montana Negro
Robert Logan
News Syndicate Co., Inc
Magnolia
Gordon Pettigrew
Pompey
Marie
Mrs. Whinny
Whinny
Pal” Lee
Jockey Club
Riorae
Beauregard Hazlett
East
Heaven
Hell
Ule
Ludiculous
Ridiculous
Tern
M. N
Fifth Avenue
New York
N. Y
National Distillers Products Corp
Britain
Egypt
Orp Quaker
Y Quaker Co., Laws
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!