Wandering Minneapolis Brothers Detained in Helena
Two 13 and 14 year old brothers from Minneapolis, living on cheese crackers and sardines, left home to see the West. They rode boxcars to Great Falls then Helena, where police detained them pending word to their father, a Minneapolis transfer line operator. Both are described as well behaved boy scouts with about five dollars initial, now about one dollar.
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East
Minneapolis
Helena
Butte
St. Cloud
Minn
Great Falls
California
Great Northern
James Barnes
Hugh Adair
Newell
Montana
Dr. Newell
Davis
Chester C. Davis
Milk River
Valdey
Phantom Gold Mine Prospecting Saga Circles Idaho
In northern Idaho near Pole mountain and Cedar Creek country the Phantom Gold Mine tale unfolds. Prospector Peters rumored to have struck a fabulously rich vein valued at 11 000 per ton departs civilization with an Indian helper and returns to the wild. Duncan McDonald, a Scotch Indian from the Flathead reservation, is said to continue the hunt across the divide into Idaho.
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Idaho
Clearwater
St. Joe Country
Peters
Wallace
Civilization
Pole Mountain
Duncan McDonald
Flathead Reservation
Cedar Creek Country
Milk River irrigationists push small farm solution
In Montana a Milk River meeting urged starting 40 to 80 acre homesteads to attract settlers. Tom Everett argued newcomers can succeed locally and urged practical demonstrations. E J Moore W B Sands Tom Everett chaired committees for permanent organization and resolutions.
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Montana
E. J. Moore
Chinook
W. B. Sands
Tom Everett
Harlem
D. Greenfield,Jr
Great Northern Railway
M. L. Wayman
Walier
Everett
Missouri
Milk River
Kilduff
Leo Coleman
Glasgow
T. J. Lignan
J. L. Truscott
L. Newman
Great Falls
F. M. Burks
C. Edwarda
Malta
Milk River valley forms cooperative to push irrigation growth
Malta merchants and farmers form the Milk River Valley Co operative Association with 100 members to promote intensive cultivation of 95 000 acres along the Milk River project. They seek a clear reclamation cost figure, 160 acre units, and a sustained campaign to attract farmers and stabilize prices.
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Malta
Milk River Valley
Malta Commercial Club
Great Northern Railroad
J. F. Kilduff
Malta National Bank
T. J. Larson
L. C. Edwards
Merchant of Malta
Department of the Interior
F. H. Newell
Reclamation Service
Milk River
The
Nile
Yellowstone
Huntley
Sun
Milk
Montana
Canada
Three Days on Prairie Injures Rancher and Fire Suspected
Scott Gore of Waterford City near Wibaux was injured when his horse stumbled leaving him on the prairie for three days and nights. He crawled to a deserted cabin after breaking ribs and shoulder, endured illness, and set a shack on fire to attract help before being rescued by Joe Wood. Gore is a renowned cowpuncher of the region.
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Scott Gore
Waterford City
Wibaux
Atention
Joe Wood
Gore
Press Clipping Bureau Organized in Great Falls
W. C. Holmes has established a press clippings bureau serving Montana and five other western states with headquarters located at Great Falls. The agency will collect and distribute news clippings for clients across the region.
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W. C. Holmes
Montana
Great Falls
Linebarger and Lulu Schild Tie Maine? No Great Falls Wedding
RG Linebarger editor of the Havre Promoter and Miss Lulu Mil dred Schild of Portland Oregon were married in Great Falls a few days ago. Linebarger has been a resident of Montana for nearly 20 years.
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RG. Linebarger
Havre
Lulu Mildred Schild
Portland
Oregon
Great’ Falls
Linebarger
Montana
Noted Montana newspaper man after Havre Promoter era
The text profiles a prominent Montana newspaperman with executive ties to Helena Billings Livingston Missoula and Havre. It credits him with turning Havre Daily Promoter into a success after a costly prior effort and details his wide duties from advertising to editorial work and press operations. It mentions political runs and his wife’s prior executive role with the Fl Hison White Chautauqua.
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Helena
Billings
Livingston
Missoula
Havre
Linebarger
Congress
Montana Business Conditions Described as Fair by Dun & Co Representative
Rush of Butte, a Dun & Co. representative, says Montana’s business climate is only fair. Mines and smelters closures depress recovery while banks and merchants fear cooperation, though few failures exist among 10,500 merchants. Lumber declines noted as moving out of a low mood. eastern conditions improve and wholesale volume steadies with steadier prices.
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Montana
Philip
Rush
Butte
R.’G. Dun & Co
Bis
The Girl Next Door on Beauty’s New Height
A lighthearted note marks a shift in beauty norms from skin deep to knee high, highlighting playful change in standards and social perception.
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Beauty
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Phantom Gold Mine
R. G. Linebarger
Carnation Milk
Edmonson
Edmonson Dental Service
Northwest
Edmonson Service
E. E. Edmonson
Lapeyre’s Drug Store
Third St
Great “Falls
Vane
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