Hanging the Tree and Judge Munsons Montana Voyage
Judge Lyman E. Munson arrived in Helena in August 1865 to a camp of 3000 with a hanging tree famous for its victims. He recounts vigilante justice, a pardon with a man hanged in his pocket, and early court trials leading to capital punishment in the new territory.
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Lyman E. Munson
Helena
Montana
Lincoln
Territory
Munson
Judge Munson
Supreme Court
St. Louis
Fort Benton
Yankton
Dakota
Fort Rice
Last Chance Gulch
Grand Jury
Territorial
Virginia City
Meagher
United States
Preshaus Johnson
Fife
Fils
Detroit
Mich
Yale
Woman's hunch helps Wyoming horse thieves caught by sheriff
In old days a Montana rancher and his wife spot a band of horse thieves driving stolen stock toward the Highwoods. The woman’s hunch leads Henry, Dell, and the couple to aid in capturing the thieves. the sheriff claims the reward, leaving the heroics and credit to him while the helpful couple receive none.
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Wyoming
Montana
Little Belt
Girdle Mountains
Lewis and Clark
Old Baldy
Henry
Dell
Graeter
Graeter Ranch
Charles M. Russell
Sir Henry Pellett
Toronto
Total Crops Output Foreseeable 21 Percent Above Average
The agricultural department reports this year’s total crop volume is about 21 percent above the decade’s average before federal controls. Yields per acre may be 28 percent above the pre drouth 1922-23 period, with July conditions outstanding and forecasts rising for most field crops.
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Agricultural Department
Montana
Fighter Pilot Recalls Nine Hours Adrift At Sea
American pilot George E Thelen told friends in Billings of spending nine hours in icy north Pacific waters after his amphibian plane was shot down on June 3 during the Aleutian campaign. Wounded crew member reported. Coast guard later rescued them that night. Thelen is son of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Thelen of Billings.
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George E. Thelen
Billings
North Pacific
Aleutian Islands
Thelen
Aleutian
Coast Guard
George J. Thelen
Sage Brush as Quinine Source in Arizona
Arizona specialist W. D. Hoppie experiments with black sagebrush as a potential quinine source to offset shortages from eastern sources. He notes enough quinine could be extracted to backstop war demand, while opium supply and other drugs face similar constraints amid wartime needs.
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Arizona
W. D. Hoppie
Hoppie
Far East
United States
America
Europe
South
Central America
India
Brazil
Haiti
Lead Pencil Eraser Clip Recycled For Soldiers
A remark notes that missing the metal clip that held lead pencil erasers would have freed material enough to craft roughly 3,000,000 cartridge cases for troops. It frames resource waste and wartime need in a concise, reflective line.
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Myra
Graether
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
THE
AXE OF Champions
Steel and Wood
Montana Hardware Co
Great Falls
Butte
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