Athabasca Dick Enlists After North Trek Podge
Lyle Darling, known as Athabasca Dick, enlisted in the infantry at Great Falls after guiding Robert W. Service on a Mackenzie river trek. He is now at Camp Dodge recovering from a hip injury, famed for his north country tales and the poem Service wrote about him and Jackpot Jim during their journey.
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United States Army
Great Falls
Robert W. Service
Athabasca
Service
Lyle Darling
Darling
Camp Dodge
North
Mackenzie River
Mackenzie
Peace
Edmonton
Athabasca Dick
Jackpote Jim
Jim
Jackpot Jim
John McIntosh Wins Montana Middleweight Crown in Dillon
John H. McIntosh, famed Butte sports writer and future referee, rose from Dillon July 4, 1902, to win the Montana middleweight wrestling title in a grueling day that included a boxing purse of 1 000 dollars. He outlasted a heavyweight blacksmith, earned over 1 250 dollars, and became a local hero in Beaverhead as crowds carried him on shoulders through town.
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Montana
John H. McIntosh
Butte
Northwest
McIntosh
Butte Inter-Mountain
Butte Evening Post
Milly Adams
Dillon
W. A. Jones
Beaverhead County
Pugilist
Idaho
Robinson
Police
Stone
Fin
Slug
Beaverhead
Langford Peel the noted western gunfighter dies in Helena
This biographical sketch recalls Langford Peel born in Liverpool who died in 1867 with his boots on. It recounts his charity in Leavenworth during 1856 winter, his bitter encounters in Salt Lake City and Nevada, and his reputation for a strict code and deadly speed.
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Langford Peel
Helena
Montana
Nevada
Liverpool
Peel
Peel Peel
Kansas
Missouri
Leavenworth
Conley
Rucker
Salt Lake City
Pee
Salt Lake House
Robinson
Salt Lake
Dave
Rucker Peel
Pat Lannan
Carson City
Lannan
John Bull
Bull
Indian Creek
Hurley & Chase
Peet
Montana Schools Need Shaking Up and Reform
At the state fair Miss May Trumper presents posters showing unequal district valuations and poor access to schooling. The data cite 1,500 Montana children without schooling and stark gaps between wealthy and poor districts, urging county unit systems, centralized boards, higher teacher pay, and extended school years.
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Montana
Helena
May Trumper
Chouteau County
Butte
Fergus County
Nquor
State Department
Committee On Education of the
National Association
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Great Falls Service
S “Athabasca Dick
Lac Labiche
Hudson Bay
Packer
John McIntosh
Commercial Street
Miller
California
West
Virginia City
Muchacho
Tom Daly
Billy Maguire
Muchaco
Dick Paddock
Paddock
el Dorado
Johnny
Sweden
Russia
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