Pioneer Printer Recall in Virginia City Montana
The piece recalls M M Manner and the Montana Post, printed in Virginia City during the 1860s gold rush. It recounts the Washington hand press era, rough journey from Kalida Ohio to Virginia City, the nine weeks of weekly issues, 960 copies per issue, payrolls, and vigilante justice with a hangings tally of 17. It notes mining wealth, sparse population, rough living conditions, and the printer’s overland trip back to Iowa.
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West
Washington
Washington Hand Press
Montana
Montana Post
Virginia City
M. M. Manner
Lebanon
Ind
Indianapolis Daily Star
John Buchanan
Kalida
Putnam
County
Mont
St. Louis
Yellowstone
Missouri
Fort Benton
Montana Territory
Buchanan
Gallatin City
Gallatin River
Gallatin
Iowa
Great Northern
Plains
Governor Pleased by Signing of A. C. M. Miners Contract
Governor Sam C. Ford welcomed the amicable settlement after talks between Anaconda Copper Mining Co and its miners in Butte. New contracts cover wages and working conditions, signaling stable labor relations for the mining community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam C. Ford
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
Montana
Practical Health Hints Promote Diet for Athletes and Training
Practical Health Hints urges daily energy from bread cereals potatoes and sugar in moderation plus milk eggs meats and cheese for muscle and bone building. A quart of milk daily six to eight slices of enriched bread and a meat serving plus rest, sleep, and avoidance of tobacco or alcohol support athletic readiness.
How to Build a Cranberry Lattice Pie Top
Roll out second half of dough for a lattice top and cut into strips. Weave strips on waxed paper, chill well. For filling mix sugar flour salt nutmeg with cold water, add cranberries, place on chilled under crust, dot with butter, add lattice, seal edges, bake 50 minutes at 450F for 10 minutes then 350F to finish.
Half the City Council Are Crooks
A newspaper faced a demand for a full retraction under arrest threat after publishing a provocative headline. The following day the paper issued a revised headline stating half the city council aren’t crooks while a public service note urged readers to save a life today by driving carefully.
Composting Leaves Turns Yard Waste Into Garden Gold
Montana State extension horticulturist E. E. Isaac says fallen leaves can be turned into a rich compost pile. Layer leaves with soil or manure, keep moist, cover with earth, and turn every few months for best decomposition, produce ready for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Isaac
Montana State College
Isaac
Leave Granted for MSU Engineer on Army Camp Plans
A three month leave of absence is given to E. R. Dye associate professor of civil engineering at Montana State College to work with the engineering staff preparing plans for an army training camp near West Yellowstone. Dye will design the camp sewage system. A parsec is a unit of stellar distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Dye
Montana State College
West Yellowstone
Dye
State to auction 91 600 acres of land in Montana
The Montana department of lands and investments will sell 91 600 acres of state and mortgaged lands in northern and central Montana this month. Auctions will occur at Choteau Cut Bank Shelby Chester and Fort Benton with tract breakdowns in Teton Glacier Toole Liberty and Choteau counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Lands and Investments
Montana
Choteau
Cut Bank
Shelby
Chester
Fort Benton
Teton
Glacier
Toole
Liberty
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Pattern Department
M.N
Fifth Avenue
New York
N.Y
Ohio
Mrs. Pumpkinseed
Mandy
J. A. Tobey
Clark’s Fork Valley
Lands Department
Missoula, Mont
Laa
Batty Crockorn
Betty Crocker
Home Service Department
English
Middlesex
Essex
Surrey
Kentish
A. M. Mullin
W. Randolph St
Chicago, Hl
Chicago
John L. Morrison
Ill
OLD Hickory
Wen
Ory Nya
Continental Distilling Corporation
Philadelphia
Acfonia
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Copper Mining Company
Butte, Montana
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