Rain-in-the-Face Slain Two Men Then Fled 300 Miles in Snow
The Sioux chief Rain-in-the-Face, famed for frontier exploits, killed two white men at Standing Rock in 1873 or 1874 and fled in a blizzard. Surviving cavalry and Indian scouts pursued him as he ran 300 miles over snow to reach his camp in Canada, aided by a dramatic jail escape and a perilous trek back to safety.
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Rain-in-the-Face
Custer
Longfellow
Tom Custer
Little Big Horn
H. R. Porter
Seventh Cavalry
Benteen
Gall
Crow King
Crazy Horse
Col. G. O. Shields
Montana
Standing Rock
Bismarck
Rain-in
Canada
Woody Mountain
General Custer
Wong Sun's Chinese Herbs Claim Night and Nerve Relief
Testimonial from Mrs J B Robertson of Helena Montana dated July 31 1940 credits Wong Suns Chinese Herbs with rapid relief from neuritis stomach gases and nervous insomnia after starting the first week of treatment. The letter urges others to try the remedies and notes availability.
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Wong Sun
J. B. Robertson
9Th Ave
Helena, Mont
Judge Johnson Heads Sons of Revolution
Howard A. Johnson chief justice of the Montana supreme court was elected president of the Montana Society of the Sons of the American Revolution at its annual meeting. C. M. Roos Jr. Helena was elected first vice president and Roscoe P. Dillavou Billings was elected second vice president. Other officers include Scott H. Harrison Helena secretary treasurer Myron R. Wilson Helena registrar R. Y. Lyman Helena and Thomas E. Leubben Dillon national trustees J Scott Harrison Helena historian and the Rev Walter D. Kemmis Sidney chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard A. Johnson
Montana Supreme Court
Montana Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
C. M. Roos Jr
Helena
Roscoe P. Dillavou
Billings
Scott
H. Harrison
Myron R. Wilson
R. Y. Lyman
Thomas E. Leubben
Dillon
National Trustees
J. Scott Harrison
Walter D. Kemmis
Sidney
Love Blossomed at First Divorce in Montana’s Mining Era
In 1864 Betsy Wiggs secured what may be the first divorce granted in what is now Montana. The couple, once lively newlyweds traveling with immigrant trains, faced friction and a visible showdown over property. A miners meeting settled the split, Jeff Davis paying $200 for the lot, Betsy joining him with a smile, the crowd toasting the newly separated pair.
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State of
Montana
Betsy Wiggs
Joseph Wiggs
Pike County
Missouri
New West
Onl Ue
Love
Alder Gulch
Betsy
Nevada
Alder Guich
Jeptha
Argu
Jeff Davis
Jeff
Kinston Police Capture Shoplifting Dog
Police in Kinston North Carolina say a dog trained to steal has been captured after entering a store and taking a package of razor blades. A separate data note records Canada farm dog numbers at 6 117 200 on December 1 1940, up 28 percent from 1939. Moonlight illumination is about 1 600 000th of full sun.
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Kinston
N. C
Canada
Wahl Named State Liquor Administrator
Following the 1941 board appointment, Ray L. Wahl of Helena was named state liquor administrator with John E. Erickson as assistant administrator and counsel. George Fowlie and Ed Hart were chosen as enforcement officers, succeeding Toole as safety adviser last fall. Erickson, a former governor and U S senator from Montana, replaces Warren Toole. Wahl succeeds L M A Wass. The first meeting elected Howell Harris as chairman, with other attendees including Fred Ward and A E McFatridge. A nurseryman reports developing quintuplet apple trees by grafting five varieties.
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Ray L. Wahl
Helena
Liquor Control Board
John EF. Erickson
George Fowlie
White Sulphur Springs
Ed Hart
Great Falls
Erickson
United States
Montana
Warren Toole
Wahl
Lewis and Clark County Republican Central Committee
L. M.A. Wass
Howell Harris
Highwood
Ford
Fred Ward
A. E. McFatridge
Billings
Ben F. Moulton
Grass Range
J. A. Putnam
Hardin
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Wilche
1St Ave
Wong Sun Company
Judge Johnson
Sons of Revolution
Western Air Express
Great Butte
Rainbow Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles
Falfalfa
Anaconda
Kentucky
George Benz Sons Inc
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