Five Children and a Taxi Driver Build a Montana Empire
Blanche Cosgriffe widow of Harlowton founder of a draying business rises to head a transfer service and the local Business and Professional Women’s Club. From a wagon and team to mail contracts and taxis she helps grow a hamlet into a city while shaping local education as a school trustee. Forsyth reports Mexican army officers buying remounts in Rosebud County.
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Professional Women’s Clubs
Montana
Independent Woman
New York City
L. O. Edmunds
Harlowton Press
Blanche Cosgriffe
Harlowton
Cosgriffe
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Casegriffe
Central Montana
Lombard
Northern Pacific Railway
Lewistown
Rockies
Forsyth
Rosebud County
Rawhide Rawlins Stories by Charles M Russell
Montana artist Charles M Russell offers Rawhide Rawlins Stories a collection of 18 cowpuncher yarns told in old west vernacular with 35 drawings. Priced at one dollar to reach every reader, the book recalls frontier humor and historical details valued by Montanans, featuring recognizable characters and tales set in 1880s range life. Published by the Montana Newspaper Association at Great Falls.
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Charles, M. Russell
Montana
Russell
Mark Twain
Mormon Zack
Highwood Hank
David
Mix
Bill Ward
Shelby
Louse Creek
Jake DeHart
Johnny Ritch
Sandusky
Milestown
Pat
Pete
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Falls
Charlie
Brewster
Senator Lane and the Rise of Lewistown’s Basin Boom
Twenty years ago Gene Lane left the Milwaukee railroad to invest in rival lumber firms, consolidating them and guiding Judith Basin growth. He built Montana Lumber & Hardware, earned bank roles, and became a local leader. He served in the state senate, led Rotary, and returned from France as a major with hospital supplies.
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Gene Lane
Milwaukee Railroad
Lewistown
Judith
Montana Lumber & Hardware Company
Lane
Montana
State Senate
France
Paris
Tresbein
Leéewistown
Montana’s Colonel Stivers Receives Distinguished Service Medal
Colonel D'Gay Stivers of Butte is advised the Distinguished Service Medal for conspicuous services as quartermaster of the Third Division in France. He already holds Croix de Guerre with Palm and four citations from both American and French generals. The award cites his meritorious service during Aisne-Marne, St Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne offensives and notes delays due to a crowded awards board.
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D'Gay Stivers
Butte
Secretary of War
France
Ninth Corps
San Francisco
Aisne-Marne
St. Mihiel
Meure- Argonne
Board of Awards
Stiver
General Pershing
Marshal Petain
Marshal Joffre
Chateau Thierry
Pershing Veteran Joe Montgomery Named Lewistown Land Office Register
Joe Montgomery, the new register of the U S land office at Lewistown, is a Montana veteran who served under General Pershing during the Philippines campaigns and also with General Wood. After honorable discharge he rose to prominence in Lewistown politics as Republican chairman and was appointed by President Harding. The article also notes the career of Casteel who moved from the cotton belt to Montana in 1912 and helped found The Banking Corporation, later serving as cashier and then vice president.
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Joe Montgomery
Register of
United States Land Office
Lewistown
Montana
General Pershing
United States Army
Uncle Sam
Grant
Montgomery
Pershing
Roosevelt
Wood
Phillipine Islands
United States
Republican Central Committee
Casteel
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Banking Corporation
Cotton Belt
Joffre to Present Medal to Colonel Stivers in Butte
General Joffre awards a medal for conspicuous and meritorious service on the field of battle. Colonel Stivers will receive the medal from an officer from San Francisco, who is to be sent to Butte for the presentation.
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Joffre
Stivers
San Fancisco
Butte
Casteel Heads Helena Bank Founder Behind the Move
George W. Casteel, once a newspaper man, led the Banking Corporation of Montana as its president after a resignation. Though Ramsey was credited, Casteel funded the bank and shaped its formation, later directing details while Ramsey served as president. Casteel’s career spanned journalism, advertising, and financial securities, born in London Kentucky.
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George L. Ramsey
Banking Corporation OF Montana
George W. Casteel
Ramsey
Mr. Casteel
Big
Farm Loan Organization
Casteel
Banking Corporation
Big Bankers of
Montana
Mr. Ramsey
Corporation
George Casteel
London
Kentucky
Eng
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Charles M. Russell
Senator Lane
Colonel Stivers
Helena Bank
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