Henry Elling the Montana Bank King of Virginia City
A biography of Henry Elling, early Montana financier. From penniless immigrant and Kansas mercantile partner to Virginia City banking pivot, Elling built a private bank, backed mines and ranches, and shaped Madison County wealth before his fortune faded with the mining era.
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Virginia City
Henry Elling
Long
Montana
United States
Missouri
Madison County
Helena
Butte
Kansas
Elling
Merny
Fortune
St. Louis
Easton Mining Co
Boss Tweed Group of Mines
Pony District
Boston
W. W. Morris
San Francisco
Nine Miles More of Improved Road for Route to Idaho Line
The state highway commission announces contracts for grading graveling and oiling a 9 mile stretch on the Happy's Inn section of No 2 highway between Kalispell and Libby to be let Oct 2. Completion leaves 28 miles of No 2 route unfinished with Kalispell to Libby and Libby to the state line still not funded.
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Idaho Line
Happy’s Inn
Kalispell
Libby
State Highway Commission
State Line
Commission
High Tension Line Causes Death of Refinery Worker
Frank H. Jones, 31, a Hole Brothers refinery employee, died after an automobile collision left a high tension line sagging. He was walking to meet his wife when he passed under the wire, stumbled, and his head struck the live line. His death was instantaneous.
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Cut Bank
Frank H. Jones
Hole Brothers
Montana Historical Highway Signs Spark LA Times Column
The Los Angeles Times column Sparks, Plugs, Bumpers discusses Montana historical highway markers. The writer condemns political signs marring scenery and urges California to imitate Montana by marking landmarks and conveying local history to visitors.
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Montana
Los Angeles Times
California
Baker High to Add Auditorium and Gym Space
Approval received for a WPA grant of 14768 funds a 32818 addition to Baker High. Built in 1916 the existing school lacks PE facilities for 180 students. the new 80 by 97 foot wing will serve as gym and auditorium with a small kitchen locker rooms two classrooms office and showers.
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Baker
Man and wife hurt in Alberta auto crash near Marion
Mr and Mrs Frank Shire of Cayley Alberta Canada were injured with fractured knee caps and cuts when their car collided with a truck near Marion. State patrolmen arrested Marland Kelly the truck driver on a reckless driving charge. Daniel Webster great orator of his day is mentioned with childhood recital difficulty due to bashfulness.
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Frank Shire
Cayley
Alta
Canada
Marion
Marland Kelly
Delegates Visit Fort Peck Dam From World Power Conference
About 250 engineers and their wives from many nations visited the Fort Peck dam project for a thorough inspection. They arrived by two special trains during the World Power Conference in Washington. Guides led seven bus loads through the site, with tours of laboratories and tunnel areas as part of the visit.
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Fort Peck
Washington
Glasgow
Mines envoy Walker attends Harvard tercentenary event
Frank C. Walker, a Mines School envoy and former Roosevelt party member, attended Harvard University’s tercentenary celebration as a guest of President Franklin D. Roosevelt after receiving an invitation from James B. Conant.
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Francis A. Thomson
Butte School of Mines
James B. Conant
Mines School
Harvard
Thomson
Frank C. Walker
Frank Walker
School of Mines
Washington
Roosevelt
Cambridge
North Montana College opens new women's dormitory in Havre
The Northern Montana college at Havre dedicates a $200000 four story women's residence hall as the first new building on campus. East Hall, once the city pump house, houses classrooms while Pershing science hall remains the oldest building, built from Fort Assinniboine materials. The residence includes student rooms on the second and third floors dining and staff areas on the ground floor. The scene ends with a vignette about 1880s bonnet fashion and a quip about Britain's queen.
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Montana
Havre
East Hall
Pershing Science Hall
Old Fort Assinniboine
Roads in Good Shape Across Montana Say Officials
The Montana highway commission notes all main roads remain in good condition with only brief sections under repair or construction.
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Montana Highway Commission
Park to Park road completed links Helena to Choteau
Advocates of good roads from Helena Augusta and Wolf Creek gathered at Choteau to celebrate the Augusta Choteau link completion. Mayors Roberts Burns and Fisher spoke on local benefits as engineers outlined Montana's highway program.
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Helena
Augusta
Wolf Creek
Choteau
Augusta-Choteau
Glacier
Yellowstone National Parks
Albert J. Roberts
Arthur, Burns
George Fisher
Don McKinnon
State Highway Commission
E. B. Donohue
Plan to repay aid by voluntary work under new scheme
A plan is under review allowing relief recipients to repay funds through work at prevailing wage on projects chosen by the resettlement administration. Participation is voluntary and not required for grant receipt. hours are calculated by grant amount divided by the hourly wage. Kansas in Sioux means "People of the South Winds."
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Resettlement Administration
FRA
Denver
Kansas
4 H Club Youths Bid on Flying D Shorthorn Calves
Montana 4 H club youngsters will bid for 25 top Shorthorn steer calves from the Flying D ranges at Montana State College purebred dispersion sale.
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Montana
Montana State College
Harvard Med Fac Diploma Fool Real Czar of Russia
In 1824 Harvard’s Med Fac mock society sent the Czar of Russia a diploma he believed to be a degree from the university. He acknowledged the gift with a set of surgical instruments which the genuine medical faculty accepted as a joke.
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Harvard
Med. Fac
Russia
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Heart of Kentucky
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Byrd Distilling CO
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Baker High
Daniel Webster
Bash
World Power Conference
Fort Peck Dam
North
Britain
Yucatan
LEE Saddlery
Pierre, S. D
N. W. Ayer & Son, Inc
National Advertising Agency
R. B. Richardson
Montana Life Insurance Company
Ana Lae
William
Larry
Harry E, Wilken
Grandad Wilken
Wilken
Tom
Grandad
Dad
REN FY
P. S
Mapies
R.F. D
Schenley, Pa
Jos. S. Finch
Straight Whiskie & Co., Inc
OLD Town Tavern
Town Tavern
National Distillers Products Corporation
New York, N.Y
Distiller
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