Human dynamo Roy Murray rose from bakery clerk to Montana auto magnate
Roy Murray born in Kentucky and raised in Dillon rose from a bakery clerk in 1908 to Montana auto executive. He switched to the garage, learned the car business from the ground up, became a manager, and earned fame and wealth as a founder and head of several Montana garages and agencies.
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Montana
Roy Murray
Kentucky
Dillon
Butte
Mr. Murray
Irow
Riley
Murray
Virginia City
Helena
East
Henry Elling Montana Financier Built Vast Empire
A landmark tale of Henry Elling, a self-made Montana financier who rose from a Missouri farm boy to control multiple banks, mines, and ranches in Madison County. He founded the Union Bank & Trust and expanded wealth across Helena, Red Lodge, Butte, Pony, and Virginia City, facing losses and bold bets along the way.
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Henry Elling
Montana
United States
Missouri
Butte
Madison County
Virginia City
Helena
Httle
Kansas
Eling
Fairweather
Aldergulch
Elling
St. Louis
Bling
Union Bank & Trust Company
George Ramsey
Red Lodge
Pony
Sheridan
Bozeman
Hecla
Glendale
Indianapolis
W. W. Morris
Montana's First Air Taxi Ready
The Era of Montana travel begins with commercial flying by Inland Empire Aerial. Six Curtiss airplanes will operate from Butte, with routes to Helena Great Falls Livingston Yellowstone Park and services for doctors miners and business people. J W Hesser is president and Harry E Hickey manager.
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Municipal
Montana
Curtiss
Inland Empire Aerial Corporation
Butte
Lake Avoca
Helena
Great Falls
Livingston
Yellowstone Park
J. W. Hesser
Harry E. Hickey
Glendive Man Heir To California Fortune
Ten days ago Joseph Olson a Glendive car cleaner learned he inherits a fortune of 100000 from ranchman Thomas Stevenson of Placerville California. He borrowed to travel west and claim the legacy after wartime service and years as Stevensons trusted contact.
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Joseph Olson
Northern Pacific
Glendive
California
Thomas Stevenson
Placerville
Olson
Stevenson
Northwestern Soap Company Forms In Lewistown
A Lewistown soap venture named Northwestern Soap Company plans large scale production. The venture, capitalized at $500,000, is led by directors David B. Bolton William D. Rose and Robert McFarland.
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Lewistown
Northwestern Soap Company
David B. Bolton
William D. Rose
Robert McFarland
Two Long-Lived Women Share Contrasting Lifestyles
In Chicago a census reveals two centenarian women aged 102 and 103. They compare ways to longevity with one avoiding meat and alcohol, and the other indulging in various foods, wine, beer, and a pipe. The tale offers two morals to choose from.
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Chicago
Montana Rail Network At 4,847 Miles Grows In Ten Years
Montana's railroad mileage reached 4,847 miles in 1917, averaging 106.38 miles per 10,000 residents on a population of 466,000. Several counties in the southeast lack lines, while extensions are proposed by the state railroad commission, including tracks from Hickey to Chipawa, Dracut to Lewistown, and a Beaverhead route along the Hole River to Jackson.
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Montana
Carter
Powder River
McCone
Garfield
Phillips
Valley
State Railroad Commission
Great Northern
Hickey
Richland County
Garfield County
Lewistown
Chipawa
Fergus County
Dracut
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Lewis and Clark County
Powell County
Bonner
Missoula
St. Paul
Allentown
Montana Southern
Beaverhead County
This County
Hole River
Jackson
Major General Porter in Vienna Officers Hiring Tale
In a Vienna suburb a house owner sought a porter and told the officers league. Applicants included a major general, three colonels, two lieutenants, seven majors, and eighteen captains as possible hirees.
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Vienna
Last Montanan in A. E. F. Arrives Home in Camp Merritt
Walter F. Reisy of Helena is the last Montanan to return from France with the final troop contingent. He reached New York recently and is now at Camp Merritt awaiting official discharge this week which ends Montana's part in the largest military expedition in American history.
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Walter F. Reisy
Helena
New York
France
Camp Merritt
America
Pompeys Pillar Plans Move and Beet Dump Near Town
Pompeys Pillar aims to relocate two and a half miles to a new site near Huntley project. Petitions circulate seeking Northern Pacific Railway beet dump and trackage facilities west of the current town. If granted, the whole town could move. Pompeys Pillar has 30 to 40 businesses and residences. Petitions reportedly to be presented next month.
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Pompey
Little Huntley
Northern Pacific Railway
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Boss Tweed
Boss Tweed Group of Mines
Pony District
Boston
San Francisco
Chesterfield
Patania
Postum Cereal Company
Battle Creek
Michigan
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