Sanders and Plummer clash at Rattlesnake ranch
Colonel Wilbur Fisk Sanders tracks Sheriff Henry Plummer and his men to a Rattlesnake ranch as Jack Gallagher bursts in with a pistol. Sanders shields himself, takes cover, and learns Plummer is not after silver, while Mrs. Sanders and Gridley race to locate him amid a tense, danger-filled pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Fisk Sanders
Montana Territory
Colonel Sanders
George Ives
Henry Plummer
Sanders
Jack Gallagher
Virginia City
Bannack
Plummer
Leonard A. Gridley
Nevada
Buck Stinson
Ned Ray
Gallagher
Leonard Gridley
George Brown
Sidney Edgerton
Hauser
Henry Tilden
Samuel Hauser
Montana
Edgerton
Horse Prairie
Charley Forbes and the Alder Gulch Murder Case
The article recounts Charley Forbes a member of the Henry Plummer gang involved in a daylight murder of deputy sheriff Dillingham in Alder Gulch. After plotting with Stinson and Lyons to ambush Dillingham they killed him, were tried, and Forbes narrowly escaped hanging by exploiting a court defense and a don’t shoot plea though public sentiment later turned against him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Forbes
Henry Plummer
Alder Gulch
Bannack
Forbes
Plummer
Dillingham
Washington Stapleton
Dodge
Buck Stinson
Hayes Lyons
Stinson
Lyons
Virginia City
Dr. Steele
Sis
Foxy
Jack Gallagher
Charley
H. P. A. Smith
Augustus Moore
Big Horn
Moore
McDonald McCoy Fight One of Montana’s Greatest Ring Battles
A historic open air bout at the Butte race track on May 18, 1884 pitted Peter McCoy the Ireland native and middleweight champion against Dunc McDonald of Montana. The 31 round duel ended when McDonald was knocked out in the final round as McCoy claimed a late victory before a crowd exceeding 3,000 with gloves stakes of 500 dollars per side and Queensberry rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandstaad
Butte
Peter McCoy
America
McDonald
Montana
Seattle
Ortego- al Summers
Shrine Temple
Helena
McCoy
Nova Scotia
Salt Lake
Jack Waite
Ireland
Dickie Harwood
Charlie Clark
Massachusetts
Jake Kilrainn
Kilrain
Mike Donovan
Jimmy Riley
Liverpool
John L. Sullivan
Frank Hayes
McDonald's
Dan Rice
Jerry Mullin
E. Burke
Rice
Frank Owens
Bart Flowers
Irvin
N. B. Ringeling
T. E. Julian
Bill Mosby
Tommy Rogan
Hayes
Park Theater
Sleeping Sickness Affects Birds and Mosquitoes
Dr H R Cox of the U S Public Health Service warned at Spokane that encephalitis or sleeping sickness affects birds rodents and mosquitoes as well as horses and men. He attributed transmission to mosquitoes and cited 3000 cases in Minnesota and North Dakota plus troops in Canada. George F Yantis of Olympia spoke on postwar Pacific Northwest expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Northwest Scientific Association
Spokane
H. R. Cox
United States Public Health Service Laboratory
Hamilton
Mont
Theobald-Smith
Cox
Minnesota
North Dakota
Canada
Pacific Northwest
George F. Yantis
Olympia
National Resources Planning Board
The
Association
Montana counties owe state welfare board relief debts
Fifteen Montana counties still owe the state welfare department 335,643 in grants in aid extended before June 30 1941. County totals include Missoula 75,801.23 Silver Bow 61,219.85 and others such as Carbon 3,509.65 Carter 18,952.30 Fergus 16,178.20 Flathead 24,307.67 Madison 4,056.76 Musselshell 32,686.05 Ravalli 18,206.42 Richland 27,268.22 Sheridan 15,320.47 and more. $40,000 legislative appropriation will fall short by about 60,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State Welfare Department
J. B. Convery
Convery
State Board of Examiners
Missoula
Silver Bow
Carbon
Carter
Fergus
Flathead
Garfield
Lincoln
Madison
McCone
Mineral
Musselshell
Ravalli
Richland
Sheridan
Revision of Social Security Considered
A plan drafted by 68 social insurance experts led by Abraham Epstein proposes revising Social Security to boost protection for men in the armed forces and dependents while easing postwar unemployment. It calls for unemployment insurance emergency benefits public work and training with six to twelve months of self-respecting cash maintenance for demobilized soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Epstein
American Association For Social Security
Armed Services
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Col
Wilbur F. Sanders
South America
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
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Nestor Johnson
Montana Hardware Co
Great Falls
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