Glacial Period Animal Found Near Billings Rimrock
Crumbling two strata of bones uncovered by workmen at the Midland Empire fairgrounds rimrock near Billings are believed by geologist C Max Bauer to be an extinct horse from glacial deposits dating 600 000 to 1 000 000 years ago. Teeth suggest a animal smaller than today’s horse and possibly early buffalo or camel. no human remains found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
C. Max Bauer
Mid-Northern Ok Company
Mr. Bauer
Crow Reservation
Fred Tews
Billings Fairgrounds
Clyde E. Durland
Yellowstone County
Bauer
Yellowstone River
Christofo Columbo Sings On Nationwide Programs
The song Christofo Columbo written by Norval Langworthy son of B Langworthy late VP of the Montana National Bank of Billings has aired on the Kansan City Nighthawks nightly program and in Montana and Chicago drawing many requests. Its melody resembles It Ain't Going to Rain No More and is popular with several stations broadcasting it.
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Christofo Columbo
Kansan
Sheriff Seizes Rum Cars in Cascade County Action
Sheriff Tom Norton says all automobiles seized as booze carriers will be turned over to the federal government for confiscation. He notes this prevents car recoveries via third party claims commonly used in state courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Norton
Cascade County
Cuticura Advertises Soothing Hand Care Trio
A brief Cuticura ad promotes using Cuticura Soap for soaking sore hands, then dry and rub in Cuticura Ointment, remove excess with tissue. It notes Soap Ointment and Talcum serve all toilet needs.
Reward Offered for Bodies of Two Chicago Men
A $1,700 reward is offered for the recovery of the bodies of Joseph H. Whitehead and William A. Whitehead, two Chicago men who disappeared August 24, 1924, on the Glacier national park trail between Granite Park chalets and the Lewis hotel. The offer is through Superintendent Charles J. Krasbel at Belton. Placards with their pictures and descriptions have been distributed. They are sons of Mrs. Dora B. Whitehead of Chicago.
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Joseph H. Whitehead
William A. Whitehead
Chicago
Granite Park
Lewis Hotel
Glacier National Park
Charles J. Krasbel
Belton
Dora B. Whitehead
Warren Avenue
Northwest Industrial Exposition invites East Great Falls firms
May show goods in East and Great Falls manufacturers invited to exhibit at the first annual Northwest Industrial exposition in St. Paul from February 28 to March 7. The event will include representation from the Ninth Federal Reserve district with major firms like Anaconda Great Falls Iron Works Sunburst Refining Royal Milling Montana Flour Mills and Great Falls Brick and Tile Works considering acceptance.
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Great Falls
St. Paul
Ninth
Federal Reserve District
Anaconda
Great Falls Iron Works
Sunburst Refining
Royal Milling
Montana Flour Mills
Great Falls Brick and Tile Works
Bozeman Library Reports 1924 Purchases and Losses
The Bozeman public library lists 12 915 books and 921 government documents in its collection. In 1924 the library added 101 new books, 479 wore out, four were destroyed to prevent contagion, and 1 000 worn out volumes were donated. Four lost books were paid for by responsible parties and 41 were unpaid.
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Bozeman Public Library
Geneva Cook
Present Prices Are Not So Bad in Butte Store Ledger
A rediscovered 1883 cash book of B M Burrell’s Butte store shows February flour at $2.50 a sack, coffee 26-30 cents a pound, milk 36 cents a can, eggs 80 cents a dozen, sugar around 50 cents for 3¼ lb, and wages $3.50 a day, illustrating higher living costs today versus then.
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D. M. Burrell
Mining City
B. M. Burrell
Miners’ Union Hall
Upper Main Street
Butte
Joseph Carey
Carey
J. E. le Graff
Montana
Gail & Borden
Rio
Turkey
B. M. Burrell & Co
LeGraff
Fish Breakfast Costs Man $50 For Unlicensed Catch
In Great Falls, Ienac Engman faced a $650 meal check from Justice of the Peace C. A. Wilson after deputy game warden A. D. Roushar interrupted his breakfast by pulling whitefish from the Missouri River near Black Eagle. The charges included fishing without a license and fishing during the closed season from Jan 1 to March 14.
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Ienac Engman
Great Falls
A. D. Roushar
Engman
Missouri River
Black Eagle
Justice of the Peace
C. A. Wilson
Women under 30 Strong for Bobs in Butte Barbers
The article notes an 85 percent bobbing rate among Butte women under 80 and describes a shift in barber shops from masculine dens to lavender scented, quieter spaces. It contrasts traditional barbershop bars with modern, tidier salons and laments reduced chatter among barbers due to feminist influence.
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Butte
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Thaches Anay
Agpokano
Awrite Ua
Bank Hotel
Okanogan Valley
J. George
Figueroa
Los Angeles
Calif
Spokane
Washington
Becher & Thompson
Hutton
Spektre
Highwood
Sud
O. A. Tschasche
Fort Benton
Fergus County
Mont
M. E. Krause
Edwards & Bradford Lumber Co
Elk
Wash
Eikh
Gale
R. A. McNown
Wilkinson
Omaha
Fred Turner
Gateway Otel
Poplar
Hingling Dairy Ranch
White Sulphur Springs
Landon Stock Farm
Gresham
Neb
Montana Meat and Comptission Co
Anderson Bros
Fairview
Burbank
Circular
J. H. Movius
Lidgerwood
N. D
Frank Horan
Nottorf Baby Chick Co
Lewistown
Central Poultry Farms Hatchery
Norfolk
Nebraska
C. R. Lowery
Route 2
Boise
Idaho
Canary Singers
Jacob Bull
Dickinson N. D
HELE
EPP
Steber
Highspeed
Steber Machine Co
Desk
Utica
Hoenck
Lewis & Walker
Wyoming
KODAK
Howard
Kalispell
Kentucky
J. J. Krehe
Live Oak
California
Fairview Chemical Co
Choich Oregon Prunes
Aperal
Kingwood Orchards
Salem
Oregon
Mary
Mother Superior
5Th Ave
North
Budd
Boz
San Francisco
Monclars
Cambridge
London
Engiard
Youltry Y
and Commission Co
Durland
Rimrock
Huseth
Bozeman Library
Canadian Farm Lands
Western
Canada
United States Tariff Commission
Canadian Pacific
Stern
R. C. Bosworth
Canadian Pacific Railway CO
First Avenue
Frary & Burlingame
Missoula
Fletcher
Bobs
Acording
Police Gazette
Tensorial Library
Oy Hs
Ata
Paris Medicine Company
Pine St
St. Louis
Winter School
Polytechnic
SubJjecta
Air Coures
Billings Polytechnic Institute
Spokane Union Stock Yards
Deles System
Burroughs Bankers’ Pub. Association
Glasgow Courier
Glasgow, Mont
A. W Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
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