Oldest Policeman Waits for Bride in Odd Ball Wedding Tale
Sam Protine, 98, vows marriage to Lottie amid publicity and old-age humor. The pair clash with Senator Jones who calls Sam a faker while Lottie shuns the spotlight and the wedding is teased to occur at Columbia Gardens before the monkey house.
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Sam _ Protine
Lewistown
Lothario
Columbia Gardens
Sam
Butte
Lottie
Georgie O’day
John Robinson
Jones
Monkey House
Burr
Marysville
Park Street
Havre Weather Station Details Life of Observation Pioneer
The Havre weather station, established in 1879 and directed by C W Ling, provides decades of data from a central storm area used by Montana farmers. Ling, in contact with Washington officials, explains the limits of forecasts and describes the station’s delicate instruments that record rain, sunshine, wind, and cloud movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College Extension Service
Montana
Havre
C. W. Ling
Fort Assinniboine
U. S. Signal Corps
Ling
Weather Bureau
Washington
United States
Chicago
Williston
N. D
Kalispell
C. F. Marvin
D. C
Ohio
Signal Corps
Fort Meyer
San Francisco
Cossack Alfalfa Profitable Crop
A. F. Engel, a rancher near Jordan, reports Cossack alfalfa grows well on high dry Garfield county land. He yields about 1000 pounds from a 2 1/2 acre seed crop, selling seed at one dollar per pound. This year he expands to over 50 acres and stresses thick planting of at least eight pounds per acre with seed treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Engel
Jordan
Garfield County
Engel
Montana
Wild Animals and Man in North American History
A Montana piece argues most wild predators avoid humans unless cornered or defending young. It cites a Park County trapper death by a grizzly near Yellowstone and notes cougars wolves and polar bears typically retreat or attack only when threats intensify or beings are helpless.
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Park County
Yellowstone Park
North America
Yellowstone
Homeseekers ship children with furniture in box car
Mrs. Mabel Tucker of the Great Falls YWCA reported rescuing two young girls from a boxcar sent from Idaho with household goods. The family of ranchers, traveling to Canada, included the children among five other kids in the day coach. The mother, anxious about the boxcar’s where-abouts, prompted calls to locate it. A railroad official later confirmed the car carried two passengers and special agents investigated, reuniting the family for the rest of the journey. Baltimore fire damages at Locust Point river front of the B&O line were estimated at 4.8049 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Tucker
Great Falls
Tornado leaves Sidney wreckage and fatality report
An early account from aviator Earl T. Vance describes a sweeping tornado across the highline hitting Sidney and Lambert. Mrs Olson died as a farmhouse collapsed. a schoolhouse near Sidney-Fairview was blown from its foundations. a large barn in the Yellowstone valley was demolished and a dance pavilion wrecked. The storm damaged a farmer’s buildings, telegraph lines, and even the aviator’s plane, with hail prompting repairs before continuing. Authorities call it the worst in eastern Montana in years.
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Miles City
Earl T. Vance
Lambert
Sidney
Olson
Fairview
Yellowstone Valley
Montana
Judge C. H. Loud
Revenue Office Changes in Montana Officials
Charles A. Rasmussen announces personnel changes in the District of Montana revenue office. David Marks resigns due to ill health. A P Engebretson named chief field deputy. Roy Crismas becomes division chief at Billings. John A Simon returns to Helena as zone deputy. G Leighton Burley named deputy collector at Butte. Several retirements and office moves accompany a reorganization.
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David Marks
Tll
A. P. Engebretson
Roy Orisman
Billings
Charles A. Rasmussen
Internal Revenue
Revenue Force
District of
Montana
Marks
Revenue Service
Washington
Montana Revenue Office
Max. Asch
Department
Fred ©. Hoss
State Bank Examiner
Revenue ‘Service
Roy Crismas
John A. Simon
Helena
G. ‘Leighton
Burley
Butte
Main
Placer
Rasmussen
Revenue Office
Yévenue’ Department
Falle-Gordon Campbell Secures New Structural Role
The report notes Falle-Gordon Campbell takes a new position overseeing structure and combat development on a project spanning 100,000 acres at Sweetgrass, located at the rural end of the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Campbell
Combout
Daly Story Reveals Anaconda Smelter Trials and Generosity
The article recalls Marcus Daly and his early mining battles in Nevada and Montana. It highlights a tense stockholders meeting with Tevis Haggin and Hearst and Haggin's generosity toward Daly. Daly’s NY visit and return to Anaconda show his attachment to his men and hometown.
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Marcus Daly
Nevada
Anaconda
Hearst
Haggin
Tevis
Hagelin
Gay
Mark
Daly
New York
Forty year old claim final pay from government
George D. Miles, president of the First National Bank of Miles City, has received $183 owed by the government for a 40 year old pre emption claim in the Miles City Miles addition. The land appraised at $183 at the time and remains valued at that level today amid inflation.
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George D. Miles
First National Bank of
Miles City
The Fighting Wolverine in Montana’s Glacier Park
A ferocious wolverine roams Montana and is described as a glutton whose appetite leads it to attack porcupines. Quills lodge in its mouth and head, preventing eating and causing infection and hunger. The species’ last stand is in Glacier Park region.
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Montana
Glacier Park
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Sam Protine
Protine
Wiles
City, Montana
Homeseekers
Baltimore
Point
Baltimore& Ohio Railroad
Society of the Jeadera
Ford Building
Great Falls, Montana
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