Ice Man of Thompson Falls A Curious Natural Cold Storage
Thompson Falls Montana showcases a natural cold storage wonder sixty feet underground where porous sandstone yields pressurized cold air. The cold current, around 46 degrees above zero in summer, preserves meat at local markets and even cools hotel dining rooms, private homes, and trout meat, attracting visitors and easing hay fever effects.
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Thompson Falls
Mont
North American
King Frost
Thompson Falls Mercantile Company
Senator Clark revisits Virginia City 50 years after Masonic era
W A Clark 78, among the world's wealthiest, tours Virginia City and Alder Gulch recalling 1860s prospecting days. He reflects on Montana Masonry, the Vigilantes rise, and the brutal era of Henry Plummer, noting his young family keeps him busy at 78.
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Enator
W. A. Clark
Virginia City
Old Town
Masonic Grand Lodge
Montana
Butte
Senator Clark
Masons
Clark
Old Gulch
Alder Station
Virginia
Copper King
States
West
Henry Plummer
Mecca
Alder Gulch
Plummer
Aldergulch
Bec
Californie Vigilanten
Order of the
Vigilantes
Wilbur F. Sanders
Origin of Let 'Er Go Gallagher
Bozeman Montana street car history credits an early legend named Gallagher as lineman, motorman and conductor for the town's first service. Travelers shouted let her go Gallagher to start the single car, a phrase that spread widely and became a Montana anecdote.
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Gallagher
Bozeman
Mont
Montana
United States
JIMMIE GERARD IN DUTCH Butte
James W. Gerard the American ambassador to Berlin, now entangled with Germany, is well known in Montana. He married a Daly daughter, once held Fergus county mining interests, and spent much time in Butte and the Bitter Root valley the Daly family summer home.
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Butte
James W. Gerard
Berlin
Montana
Marcus Daly
Fergus County
Bitter Root Valley
Hetty Green's Cash Goes to Montanans
Lawrence Grinnell of Hardin Montana, a distant cousin of Hetty Green, will receive 11000 after the final probating of the Gideon Howland estate. The Howland estate, valued at 1500000, has about 450 heirs and transfers to Green via trust. E R Morton of Miles City will receive about 72000 as another Howland heir through kinship to Sylvia Ann Howland.
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Billings
Mont
Lawrence Grinnel
Hardin
Big Horn County
Hetty Green
Grinnell
Gideon Howland
Howland
E. R. Morton
Miles City
Mr. Morton
Sylva Ann
Morton
Sylva Ann Howland
Sylvia Ann
Dandelions Downed in Great Falls Area
Report from Great Falls notes downed dandelions across the city after a recent wind event. No injuries or major damage reported as residents observe widespread lawn impact and gardeners assess cleanup needs.
Walt Mason the Montana prose poet and Denton editor
The piece profiles Montana's Walt Mason real name Schuck-W pen name Robert Strother a Denton Independent editor famed as a prose poet who rhymes in verse in weekly reflections on current events. It cites examples on a primary election and railroad strike highlighting the average man bearing the costs.
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Walt Mason
United States
Montana
Denton
Denton Independent
Schuck
Robert Strother
Strother
South
Parson of Pana mint to be filmed in Butte with Dustin Farnum
Butte will host the western photoplay The Parson of Pana mint with Dustin Farnum as a fighting par son. A replica casino will recreate the old Butte tenderloin era and its crowd. Nearby Montanans warn that local business men could critique the script for accuracy.
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Butte
Panamint
Dustin Farnum
Paris
Montana
Butté
Coburn to Produce Real Cowboy Films in Montana
Zortman Montana Wallace Coburn organizes a troupe of about fifty cowboys and cowgirls to film authentic western dramas using native buckaroos. The group operates from a tented city near Zortman, drawing interest from old time Montana cowmen tired of studio stereotypes.
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Zortman
Mont
Wallace Coburn
Montana
Coburn
Lariat
Buck Farlins
Canadian agent quits Montana wage lure campaign
Norman Ross of Canadian colonies toured Montana for two weeks trying to lure coal miners across the border with promised high wages. He holds a federal license but will return to Canada due to Montana’s high pay.
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Montana
Helena
Norman Ross
Canadian Colleries
Canada
Fat Jack Jones and the Butte Money Legacy
In Butte Montana a tale recalls land bank winds and a famed driver known as Fat Jack Jones. Once a Kansas City cabbie, he borrowed $1500 to buy a hack and team, paid five dollars daily interest, then lost and won small fortunes before chasing a mining boom to the Coeur dAlenes. He eventually returned with a Packard under a banker’s loan, still in the game as a chauffeur famed for his bowler hat.
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Butte
Mont
Montana
Fat Jack
Jones
Kansas City
Jack
Jim Murray
Murray
Coeur d’Alenes
Eldorado
Rocky Mountains
Coeur d’Alenés
Murray Bank
Krowshine
Heri
Uncle Dick Sutton Out of Theatricals in Butte Montana
Butte Montana veteran showman Uncle Dick Sutton exits active management. Once controlling four Butte venues and multiple road shows, he sold the Broadway theater to the Oppenheimer Cohen group and now lives on rents while retaining ownership of several properties. His career began with a wagon circus and evolved through the Tom Show era.
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Butte
Mont
Dick Sutton
Oppenheimer-Cohen
Maguire Opera House
Sullivan & Considine- Vaudeville
Broadway
Voting debate over minutes duration and line provisions
A fragmented report discusses women voting and the need to set minutes duration and line provisions. It notes procedural questions and potential rules to govern proceedings. The text hints at formalities pending clarity on timekeeping and line decisions.
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W. A. Olark
Jimmie Gerard
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