Dandelion Beaten by Mayor Newman in Great Falls
A Montana city battle ends with Mayor Louis Newman funding a dandelion dig contest for about 5 000 school children. The plan aims to rid Great Falls of the yellow blooms by inviting top pickers to a mayoral picnic as rewards.
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Great Falls
Victor
Pest
Electric City
Louis Newman
Great Fells
Montana
St. Paul
Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge Valley
Newman
Milky Way
Louis Newmar
Emigrant Gulch Discovery by Three Tenderfeet in 1864
Three eastern newcomers David B. Weaver David R. Shorthill and Frank Garrett struck pay in Emigrant Gulch in August 1864 after moving up from Curry diggings. A single pan yielded gold dust and news spread fast drawing seasoned miners to Yellowstone City. The find triggered a boom then hardship as water froze and Indians threatened the camp, later leaving the gulch deserted by 1866.
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Emigrant Gulch
David B. Weaver
David R. Shorthill
Frank Garrent
Emigrant Creek
Curry District
Shorthill
Curry Diggings
Curry
California
Bridger
Coffenbury
Yellowstone City
Dorado
Alder Gulch
Virginia City
Montana
Tomlinson
Yellowstone
Yellowstone River
States
Lawrence
Bozeman
Weaver
New Montana Health Board Rules on Food Labels
The Montana board of health adopted wide rules for eating places using camouflage coffee to label contents. It bans saccharin in foods and defines olive oil to prevent misbranding with sweet oil.
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Montana Board of Health
Montana
Frankfort
Vienna
United States
Butte Hero of Argonne Returns from War
Lieutenant Colonel DD Guy Stivers, famed Butte soldier, comes home to Montana with an impressive World War I record. He was temporarily blinded by gas and wounded in the Argonne, received the Croix de Guerre with palm from General Magin, and plans to resume law practice amid offers for a regular army commission. He recalls the Third Division’s pivotal roles at Chateau Thierry and Belleau Wood, and notes many Butte men in the war.
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Guy Stivers
Butte
Montana
Argonne Forest
France
Maggin
Stivers
Rough Riders
Chateau Thierry
Belleau Woods
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Rhine
Esnes
Cap
Diamond
O'Neill
Joe Peters
Montana Private Awarded Distinguished Service Cross
The War Department reports General Pershing awarded Private Frank D. Miller of Great Falls Montana the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism near Exermont France October 1 12 1918. With his detachment reduced to three men Miller displayed courage evacuating wounded across a shell swept area to the regimental aid station and returning with medical supplies. His conduct inspired colleagues after the commanding officer was absent and the sergeant in charge had fallen.
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War Department
Pershing
Frank D. Miller
Great Falls
28Th Infantry
Exermont
France
Miller
Glasgow Soldier Wins French Croix de Guerre
Peter La Fromway, born in Glasgow and racing to Saco, returned from France decorated with the Croix de Guerre for leading a patrol on the Soissons front that captured two artillery pieces and 76 prisoners. He enlisted in 1917, served six months in France, and fought in Alsace, Marne, Chateau-Thierry, Soissons, and Meuse-Argonne. His brother Dan, with the 77th Division, 206th Infantry, also returned from France badly wounded in St Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne.
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Peter la Fromway
Glasgow
Saco
France
Soissons
Jabviny
la Fromway
127Th Infantry
Lassiter
R. M. Beck
Malta
Alsace
Marne
Chateau-Thierry
Soiissons
Meuse-Argonne
Dan la Fromway
77Th
206Th Infantry
St. Mihiel
Lightning Strikes Hit Pleasant Valley Farm Animals
During a severe thunderstorm and rain, Pleasant Valley farmer M. S. Stellman lost six horses and four cows to a lightning strike. The livestock huddled near a wire fence as the bolt split through the herd causing heavy losses.
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Dreath
M. S. Sellman
Pleasant Valley
Stellman
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David B. Weager
Plains
Rainbow's
Ind
Board OF Health
Col D. Gay Stivers
THE
Montana Joint Stock Land Bank
Helena
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