Experiences of Minnesota Lad in a Montana Frontier Escape
Matt Elgin of Miles City leads a wagon train across the plains toward Miles City in 1877. Besieged for eight days by Sioux near Ismay, he rides for help through night, moonlight, and rough terrain to Fort Keogh, hoping to reach aid and safety for his starving companions.
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Baptiste Brown Wins Unami Bride In Arapaho Trial
In the Wind River mountains in Brown's Hole Baptiste Brown, a French trapper, wins Unami daughter of an Arapahoe chief after proving his courage. He endures a ritual trial, gains a horse and furs, and negotiates a marriage into the camp, avoiding ruinous poverty. Elgin later travels to Miles City reporting wagon-train calm as Sioux bands menace Montana.
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Seventy Nine Towns Now Receive Power From Big Company
The Montana Power Company extends electric service to 79 towns, adding Ennis and Jeffers along a new 11 mile line from lower Madison. J Ryan Gaul, manager of the Butte district, notes rapid connections in Ennis and predicts strong growth for electric ranges despite coal at 18 dollars per ton. The project, built with local farmer contributions, unifies a single statewide rate.
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California Fig Syrup Promoted as Gentle Laxative
A vintage health ad urges mothers to use California Fig Syrup for infant and child constipation. It claims a coated tongue signals waste clogging the digestive system and promises quick relief without griping. Cautions readers to avoid counterfeit syrups and to buy from the California Fig Syrup Company.
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California Fig Syrup Company
Old Billings Tree Falls After Years of Shade
The old cottonwood beside Billings city hall fell recently after years of damage from axing and weather. It was the last of three trees planted by the city hall. the other two were cut in 1918 for fuel during a coal strike. The trees shaded downtown summers and hold memories of past events for local residents.
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Great Falls Leads In Building Permits For Nine Months 1920
The National Monthly Building Survey shows Great Falls issued permits nearly matching Billings Butte and Missoula for January through September 1920. Great Falls total $551 481 state $1 176 855. Billings $218 500 Butte $251 274 Missoula $160 600. Great Falls up $74 126 from 1925. Nine month total for four cities 970 288 with Great Falls at 477 355.
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