Editor Return to Ghost Town Scene Tracing 1890s Mining Peak
Charles F. Scheers, veteran editor and former Granite Miner reporter, revisits Granite and Philipsburg to recount the 1893 94 panic effects. He recalls the Granite mines closing, town depopulation, and the lone Miners Union hall as a relic amid a ghost town landscape.
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Charles F. Scheers
Butte
Granite
Hyman
Minnesota
Montana Standard
Scheers
Union
Charley Scheers
Canada
Mexico
Mississippi
Pacific
West
Bryan
Republican Party
Abner
Sarah
Park Street
Intermountain
Miner
Star
Philipsburg
Montana
Granite Mountain
Anaconda
Helena
Mount Granite
Philispburg
Granite County
Granite Mountain Star
Butte Miner
Res
Miners’ Union Hall
Granite County Star
Washington
Northwest
Rockies
Montana reports record low maternal and infant deaths
The 1937 provisional infant mortality rate stood at 50.2 per 1 000 live births and the maternal rate at 3.5 per 1 000. Figures prepared by Dr. Edythe P. Hershey, director of the child health division at the state board of health.
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Montana
Edythe P. Hershey
State Board of Health
Insurance Claims and Policy Totals for 1937
State Auditor John Holmes reports 1937 saw 2,212 insurance claims paid totaling 3,186,951 and 46,982,851 in policies written. At year end 195,019 policies remained with insurance money on hand at 300,403,954.
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Monroe
John Holmes
Canadian Tobacco Growers Set 1937 Record Crop
Canadian tobacco growers produced a record 71 million pounds in 1937, compared with 46.1 million pounds in 1936, signaling a substantial rise in output and market activity for that year.
Noxious Weeds Spread Rapidly Across Montana Farmlands
Montana extension agronomist Ralph D. Mercer warns that wild morning glory and white top are among the state's worst perennial weeds spreading so fast that eradication may soon be impossible and control costly. He details plant descriptions, seeds, and two management strategies, including deep spring plowing followed by yearly cultivation for three years, and an irrigation-focused rotation plan for longer-term suppression.
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Tanslory
Montana
Ralph D. Mercer
Extension Agronomist
Mercer
Montana Extension Service
Gold Seekers Always On Job in Montana Badges of a Frontier Era
A long reminiscence on the restless habit of gold seekers, recounting Montana mining history from Alder Gulch to the Black Hills. It notes trail dangers, the 1876 Montana-Black Hills expedition led by Bill Langston and Joseph Cook, and Miller’s Creek burial legend while calling for further details to complete the history.
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Alaska
South America
Africa
Montana
Gold Creek
Bannack
Virginia City
Alder Gulch
Black Hills
South Dakota
Bill Langston
Joseph Cook
Tanan
Aldergulch
Bui
Bozeman
Wyoming
Belle Fourche River
George Miller
Devil’s Tower
Slater
Miller
Early Helena Fire Tower Memories From Mrs Meyer
A Helena resident, Mrs. Eugene Meyer, recalls 1870s fire tower life, the water tank on Tower Hill, and bell signaling for ward alarms. Her husband, a longtime volunteer firefighter, served as watchman in the 1880s and died in 1931. she recounts pay, cold nights, and a notable blaze on South Main Street.
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Helena
Custer
Little Big Horn
Kenwood
Last Chance c
Eugene Meyer
Meyer
William L. Green
Tom Finnegan
Tower Hill
Bornie
Main Street
Mr. Meyer
South Main Street
Goodby
Cossacks of Russia Said Tied to Horses Before Battle
A historical belief held that Cossacks were kept tethered to their horses and released only on the day of combat, reflecting legends about their martial customs and discipline.
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Russia
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Livingston
Billings
United States
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Fort Keogh
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Billings Business College
Conservatory of Music
Polytechnic High School
Billings Polytechnic Institute
Broadwater
Birlings
Ed Bennell
Bennetl
Eugene
Manhattan
New York
AL Hultman
Ashley
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Minorcas
N. H
Ancona
Minorca
Turkey
Boote’s Hatcheries
Dept
Worthington
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I Bootes
Shell. Hatcheries
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