Recklessness Fueled by Montana Mining Wealth and Poker Kings
A retrospective on Montana gambling history highlights saloon licenses, big stakes, and figures like Sam Wallen known as Swede Sam. It recalls Butte and Helena gambling dens, nightly poker for tens of thousands, and fortunes built as mining booms drove lavish wagers before Sam Martin’s plan for an exclusive venture.
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Montana
Butte
Helena
Nevada
California
Sam Wallen
West
Sam
Butte Hotel
Sam Martin
Pioneer lawyer friend of Twain in Montana's history
The article recalls Judge O B O Bannon of Deer Lodge, a friend of Samuel Clemens, later Mark Twain. It covers their meetings from Clemens as a tramp printer to river pilot and mining camp gambler, and Twain’s sharp public jibe at O Bannon during a Montana lecture tour. It recalls O Bannon’s memories and Clemens’s later social life in Butte with Sam Martin's copper world circle and a famed 1877 poker game aboard the Far West before the Little Bighorn campaign.
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Montana
Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
Judge O. B. O'Bannon
Deer Lodge
Clemens
Judge O'Bannon
Father of Waters
St. Louis
New Orleans
Butte
Iowa
O’bannon
Sam
Nevada
Clemen
Judge O’bannon
Keokuk
Orem Clemens
London
Paris
New York
Granite Street
Silver Bow Club
Sam Martin
Fritz Augustus Heinze
Martin’s
Heinze
Martin
Rosebud
Custer
7Th Cavalry
Tom Custer
Calhoun
Crowell
6Th Infantry
Grant Marsh
Far West
Waiter Rose to Political Boss in Butte Chronicle
James M. Reynolds rose from waiter to head the Cooks and Waiters union in Butte around the turn of the century. He seized control of Democratic delegates to back mayoral candidate William Davey, then used union power to place allies in key city posts and expand influence to Salt Lake City Seattle Reno and Edmonton before acquiring Boulder Hot Springs and shaping regional politics.
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James M. Reynolds
Butte
Reynolds
Cooks’ and Waiter
Place de Luxe
William Davey
Chequamegan
Davey
Cooks’ and
Waiters
Cooks’ and Waiters’ Union
Billie Wynne
Bille Wynne
Salt Lake City
Clarence Gerald
Reynold
Seattle
William Thomas
Reno
Nevada
Frank Lewis
Edmonton
Lewis
Alberta
Boulder Hot Springs
Sleeping plague strikes horses in Montana outbreak
Officials report sleeping sickness encephalomyelitis has sickened horses in more than 16 Montana counties this summer. A vaccine is being distributed with help from the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station and state livestock sanitary boards. The disease, spread by insects, weakens horses then kills within days. treatment is futile but animals can be protected and supported for recovery.
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Montana
Veterinary Research Laboratory
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
Bozeman
State Livestock Sanitary Boards
Great Falls
Billings
Wyoming Line
Marines Seek Qualified Recruits From Northwest
The U S Marine Corps will accept a limited number of applicants from Montana Idaho and Washington for three months after Sept 1. Eligible recruits may serve on battleship aircraft carrier cruiser or at seven overseas stations. Applicants under 21 need parental consent and remote applicants may receive priority. Send inquiries to Captain C C Gill Seattle.
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United States Marine Corps
Montana
Idaho
Washington
C. C. Gill
Marine Corps
Seattle
Marine Recruiting Station
Federal Building
Wash
Fishermen 1928 Income From Fish Scales Revealed
Fishermen in 1928 earned about 134000 dollars from selling 2344000 pounds of fish scales. The scales were shipped to a paint manufacturer, with the financial figures confirmed after audit.
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Bross
PROJECT FARMS CHOOSING BEGINS FOR MILK RIVER SETTLEMENTS
Selection of farm families for Malta original and Milk River resettlement projects advances with about 400 applications filed. Applicants are grouped by land ownership and must meet criteria including family size, health, loan access, and financial stability. The Milk River valley lands run from Chinook to Nashua, encompassing nearly 18 000 acres.
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Malta
Milk River
Chinook
Nashua
Montana
Farm Unite
State College Names Miss Massey New Home Economics Head
Miss Lelia Massey named state supervisor of home economics and teacher trainer at Montana State College Bozeman. A Mississippi State College for Women graduate, she has five years of itinerant training work, graduate study at Columbia and Minnesota, and a master’s degree from Minnesota. She succeeds Miss Louise Keller who resigned to lead Missouri as state supervisor.
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Lelia Massey
Montana State College
Bozeman
Massey
Mississippi State College For Women
Columbia University
University of Minnesota
Louise Keller
Missouri
Blackfeet Propose Fees to Gate Nonmembers From Reservation
Blackfeet Indian council considers strict new game rules to charge whitemen for fishing and hunting on reservation lands. Proposed licenses range from 1.50 for resident fishing to 50 for nonresident big game, with tribal wardens empowered to enforce the rules.
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Blackfeet Reservation
Blackfeet
Flathead
The
Indian Council
Montana
MacDonald
Browning
Unitedates
Blackfeet Tribal Business Council
New Building Proposed for Sidney Junior High
A new 15000 dollar structure is promised to house Sidney’s junior high school ready for occupancy a week before the fall term opens on September 28. The facility enables home economics, industrial arts, and a broad physical education program for girls and boys. The auditorium seats 630 with theater style chairs and study hall capability. The gym features a 40 by 60 foot floor and a surrounding balcony for games and daily PE classes. The first six grades use the former high school building.
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Sidney Junior High
Vssible
One-Eyed Car Fatality Shocks Livingston
Harvey Linsay a 22 year old from Bozeman died in Livingston hospital days after an accident four miles west of Livingston toward downtown. State Patrolman E E Ricket said the car followed the highway shoulder for 150 feet before overturning into a ditch. The other driver in the meeting car is unidentified.
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Livingston
Harvey Linsay
Bozeman
Livingston Hospital
Livinceton
E. E. Ricket
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OF Twain
River Pilot
Navy
Marsh
Little Big Horn
U.S. Marine Corps
State College
Flatheads
Sidney
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining CO. Lands Department
Missoula, Mont
Insurance Press
Lfe Insurance
United States
Montana Life
Montana Life Insurance Company
R. B. Richardson
Wenle
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