Mystery Bank Heist Trial Shocks Helena Crowd
James Daly’s absence due to toothache uncovers a $40,000 theft at Union Bank & Trust Co. Helena. Charles Stevens, 18, faces trial amid rival stories, alleged accomplices, and the vanished money and a missing Fallon. Court tense as verdict looms and detectives chase elusive clues.
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James Daly
Union Bank & Trust Co
Helena
Montana
Stevens
Charles Stevens
District Court of
Lewis and Clark ‘County
Marl Fallon
R. O. Kaufman
Fallon
Gascon
Fallon Stevens
Law
Earl Fallon
Young Stevens
Kaufman
C. H. Fortman
Harles Stevens
Union Bank & Trust Company
Daly
James Ford
George Blodgett
Edwards Street
Burns Agency
Hettle
Lewis and Clark County
First White Women in Montana: Mrs Tom Brown and Mrs Miller
An 1859 narrative traces the claim that Mrs Tom Brown was the first white woman to enter or spend time in Montana, with Mrs Miller noted as the second. The account details their journey from Red River settlements through Spokane, Missoula, and Colville, with Iitching references to Mullan expedition era activity and later figures like Mrs Mary Lowry.
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Tom Brown
Montana
Miller
Antone Plant
Spokane River
Washington Territory
Red River
Spokane Garry
Garry
Salt Lake
Deer Lodge Valley
Missoula
Walla Walla
Bitter Root
Spokane
Francois
Scotland
Selkirk
Colville
Hudson’s Bay Post
Prain River
Jocko Reservation
Tom
Brown
Mullan
Mary Lowry
Cook
Engineers
Regis Borgia
Florence
Idaho
Matt Craft
Craft
Thomas Haggerty
Lowry
Collins
California
Million Dollar Billings Hotel Plans Announced
Bids for Billings new million dollar Carruthers hotel will open this month with completion expected within a year. Roy Carruthers of Hotel Pennsylvania New York will head the leasing company, with A H Barth as builder. Plans submit bids by April and a Billings architect consults in New York. The operating firm will set a sinking fund to approximate the original investment.
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Billings
The
Carruthers
Harry L. Blake
Roy Carruthers
Hotel Pennsylvania of
New York
A. H. Barth
Beavers Trapped Around Giant Springs Halt Tree Damage
Beaver activity around Giant Springs on the Missouri river in Great Falls prompted the Great Falls Park Board to secure a permit to trap the pests and stop forest destruction. An unauthorised trapper earlier reduced future damage. Giant Springs is the world's largest cold water spring with a forceful flow of 680 cubic feet per second and water that remains crystal clear since 1805.
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Missouri River
Great Falls
Lewis and Clark
Montana reports January death toll 410 with 21 accidents
Six personal crisis reports and 21 accidental deaths total 410 Montana fatalities in January. Communicable and respiratory diseases top causes with 58 each, digestive 43, circulatory 39. Three firearms, one poison, drowning, and cutting in personal crises. four mine and four railroad deaths in accidents.
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Montana
State Board of Health
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Ous
Fortman
Yep
R. Lee Ward
Lester Loble
Wine
Padbury
W. D. Rankin
Jeannette Rankin
A. H. McConnell
W. J. Anson
Lester H. Loble
Million Dollar Billings Hotel
Postum Cereal Co
Battle Creek, Mich
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