Old Anaconda gambler recalls wide open days at Faro bank
An elderly Anaconda resident recalls the bustling gambler era at King Faro’s bank on Main Street. He recounts losses and laughs from Tooey & Hunt’s, Nat Goodwin’s break, and a chorus of infamous dealers, ending with a wary return to the present and a tempting offer of cheap gum.
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Anaconda
Nat: Goodwin
Faro Bank
Butte
Mevere
Main Street
Okee Winehit
Nicke
Faro
Legal
George” Kendall
Main ‘Street
Commercial Avenue
Front Street
Tovey & Hunt
Dave Marler
Pretty Tom
Old Evan's Hall
Tooey & Hunt’s
Nat Goodwin
Johnnie Tooey
Johnny
Nat
New Margaret Theater
Big Newt
Charlie Graham
Jack Butler
Billy Lally
Black Jack
Montana
Doan's Kidney Pills Offer Relief for Back Pain
Local resident E Travis of Helena Montana reports severe backache and painful restlessness from urinary issues. After using three boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills he regained energy and his backache disappeared. price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY endorses the remedy.
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Dean
E. Travis
Getchel St
Helena
Mont
Doan
Billings Baseball Club Organizes Under Rev Miller
The Billings M association will field a team led by captain Rev Geor Mahlon Miller. Nearby Scobey reports oats poisoned harming five at Miss Emma Jones ranch north of Madoc. Albert Jallo owned the animals.
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Billings
M Association
Geor Mahlon
Miller
Scobey
Emma Jone
Madoc
Albert Jallo
Missoula
J. L. Pitkin
Ovando
North
Blackfoot River
Butte
Nicholas Radiivoft
Ieww
Bulgaria
Helena
Montana
Irrigation Commission
New Irrigation District
Law
State Highway Commission
Wolf Point
James L. Slattery
Glasgow
United States
Ronald Higgins
Missouri
W. H. Meigs
Great Falls
C T. Stewart
Bourquin
City Council
Browning
Barrett
Glacier Park
St. Paul
Libby
J. Neils Lumber Company
William Raymond
World in Brief Rays of Change Across Nations
World items report sunken costs in film making from 50 000 to 100 000. Chicago tax moves target union building work with 1 000 000 annual levy and 5 000 000 collected in five years. Utah Indian raids end while bands remain encamped in Allen county with no warlike acts. Lloyd George signals stronger Crown forces in Ireland with parliamentary update to follow. May wheat in Chicago surges 12 1/2 cents to 1 82 a bushel on short-covering. French wreath for the dead honors James B Gresham killed Nov 2 1917. Floods on Columbia river affect 5 000 acres near Woodland Washington with 8 to 10 foot depths and 200 000 to 5000 dollars in crop losses.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
George B.’Gorman
Monticello
Utah
Utea
Sant Juan
Allen County
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Ireland
Shorts
Bathelemont
France
Harding
Paris
American Legion
James B. Gresham
United States
Woodland
Wash
Columbia River
Chinese Women Share Power in Butte Oil Venture
In Butte Chinatown Chinese women Fannie I Blow and Bessie W Yow are named as equal directors of the Domes Oil corporation joining Samuel I Blow and Hum Yow. The colony also forms a chamber of commerce to foster mutual progress and plans a reading room at the joss house.
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Butte
Chinatown
America
Chamber of Commerce
Recorder
Domes Oil Corporation
Occidental
Fannie I. Blow
Bessie W. Yow
Samuel I. Blow
Hum Yow
Ofl
Joss House
Automobiles Replace Streetcars in Billings
Billings officials plan ten days to remove old rails and repave streets after cars displaced streetcars four years ago. Automobiles dominate transit with two large motor buses serving suburbs while residents largely drive their own cars. The Billings & Central Montana railroad reports a monthly loss of about 1000 dollars due to rising automobile traffic, with motor trucks as the main cost factor, compounding a total deficit of thirty thousand dollars.
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Billings
Billings Traction Company
Montana Power Company
Great Falls
Mammoth
Billings & Central Montana Railroad
Shepherd
Commercial Club
Butte Montana ads offer schools, livestock, and farming supplies
Telegraphy training promises high demand with $160 to $210 monthly and free booklet from Butte College Telegraphy and Montana Auto School. Also listings for livestock including Jersey boar pigs and Guernsey bull, chick shipments, and farming supplies with catalogs from Box 4 Colfax and Darsh & Greenfield Co.
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Butte College Telegraphy
Butte
Montana Auto School
South Malin Street
Mont
BEST
Northwest
South Main Street
Montana
Co-Operative Woodworking
Olympia Box &Package Co
Olympia
Wash
UUKUC
Jersey
Otto Maurer
Highwood
Guernsey
Dick Randall
Corwin Springs
Foultre
Colfax
Darsh & Greenfield Co
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King Faro
Holland
Mr. Campbell
Rocky Ridge Dome
Kevin
Campbell
Conrad Bank
Gordon Camphbell
Kevin Syndicate
Gordon
Toole County
THE
Butte Orientals
Billings City Council
Fas
Postum Cereal Co.,Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
Montana Newspaper Association
Winnett
Tolano Falls
Idaho
Clayton Rooms
Daidaho Falls
Gwal Estath and Business Exchange
Arthur D. Johnson Sales Co
Ford Block
Great Falla, Mont
Lewis & Walker
Wyoming
National Surety Co
New York
Helena Adjustment C CO
Airedale Terriers
Lionheart Ennels
Artcraft Co
Purdy Street
Buffalo
C. A. Parker
Bozeman, Mont
Xobeuy Thachers
Agencey
Peyton Bidg
Spokane
Thacherg
Clarkston
Teachers’ Agency
Sycamore St
Washington
Wen
Pacific Telegraph Institute
Bitter Root
Pacific
State University
Price Co
Coulter Block
Hamilton
F Edwards & Bradford Lumber CO
Elk
Stevens County
Phoenix Lumber Co
Okanogan Valley
Tonasket
C. A. Potter
Molson
Spokane Valley
Post Falls
Kelmendory & Pope, Inc
Jefferson County
Threa Forks
Jay W. Fancy
R. B. Willard
Springdale
Téague
Toledo
Ohio
Fort Wayne
Ind
Ledine
Columbus
A-Bo
Detroit
Michigan
Pearce
Jacksone
Fla
Ray
Budd
Sanndisco
Cal
E. Nash
Oakland
California
Morricon
W. Holden
Seattle
Huseth
Optician Optometrist
Optician Great
Falls, Montana
F. G. Ostland: Company
M. N. A—Wh
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