Robbers Plot to Rob Silver Bow County Treasurer
Three desperadoes planned to seize cash and paper valued at about 300000 dollars from County Treasurer C. T. Puckett as he walked from the courthouse to the Silver Bow National Bank in Butte. Sheriff O Rourke and deputies spotted the leader, a former convict, and disrupted the scheme before it could unfold.
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Silver Bow County
Silver Bow National Bank of
Butte
O'Rourke
Puckett
Silver Bow Bank
O’rourke
Montana
Quartz Street
Deer Lodge
Nez Perce Women Shaped Big Hole Battle Outcome
The article details Nez Perce women aiding at the Battle of the Big Hole in August 1877. It highlights To-ka-map-map-e’s courage, the fight's casualties, and Chief Joseph’s morale boost from female fighters. It also notes Montana factory growth unrelated to the battle narrative.
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The
Big Hole
Joseph
General Gibbons
Gibbon
Deer Run in Herds Near Columbia Falls
Elmer Judson of Great Falls and John Hinkle returned from a five day outing to describe deer numbers near Columbia Falls. Judson reported 170 pound four point buck and Hinkle a 190 pound buck. They said deer were abundant and hunted big ones first as storms drove game into valleys.
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Columbia Falls
Elmer Judson
American Legion
Great Falls
John Hinkle
Judson
Hinkle
Denmark Labor Force Totaling About 255000
The total number of laborers of all kinds in Denmark is about 255,000.
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Denmark
Livingston Plant Manufactures Overalls for Montanans
W M Finck & Co plant in Livingston opened January 1919 and has grown to become a modern, low-cost producer of Pig's Nose overalls and work garments. J F Manning, former Livingston journalist turned manager, secured the Montana location and optimistic plans include added machinery and 100 more dozen weekly output. The plant employs about 100 and ships over $25,000 monthly, with 44 hour weeks and piecework pay.
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Detroit
Livingston
Montana
Missouri
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Wyoming
Idaho
Washington
Seattle
W. M. Finch Company
Atlantic
Middle West
Finch Company
Treasure
Robert S. Phillips
W. M. Finck & Co
Treasure State
J. F. Manning
Twin Cities
Pacific Coast
Mr. Manning
Park County
Mr. Manning An
Leave It To Warren A Butte Pearl Dinner Tale
Mr and Mrs Warren 8 Schuck of Butte celebrate their nuptials with a dinner where oysters on the half shell top the menu. Mrs Schuck finds a large pearl in an oyster and a Butte jeweler sets it into a ring. Schuck, a noted litterateur and poet, may turn his fortune to verse, while the tale ends with the refrain leave it to Warren.
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Warren
Schuck
Butte
Mrs. Schuck
Schucks
Former Montana Man King of Turf Sells Havana Race Plant
Curley Brown, once a Helena businessman and racing promoter, sold his Havana Cuba race plant to John J McGraw of New York for over a million dollars. Brown built and ran top tracks including Jacksonville Florida and later fostered Havana as a winter racing center before taking a rest. He plans a return visit to Helena this winter.
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Havana
Cuba
John J. McGraw
New York
Curley” Brown
Montana
Maurice Weiss
Placer Hotel
John Jd. McGraw
Brown
Weiss
Helena
California
Jacksonville
Florida
South
McGraw
A. Stoneman
Heelena
South America
Butte Theater Robbery Stuns Local Office
Two masked men robbed the Butte American Theater office assaulting cashier Miss Emma Peterson and janitor John Kelly. They beat Kelly and overpowered Peterson, then escaped with the safe’s contents estimated near $1,000 as manager Frank Bailey learned of the breach.
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American Theater
Butte
Emma Peterson
John Kelly
Frank Bailey
The
American
Miss Peterson
Kelly
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Nez Pereces
Commission
Montana Joint Stock Land Bank
Livingston Plant
Manning
Oper
United Garment Workers of America
Curley Brown
Butte Theater
Postum Cereal Company
Battle Creek
Michigan
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