Backward Glimpses: Railroad Disaster and Local News
From the 1891 Tribune: a head-on collision of northbound No. 5 and mixed No. 32 near the city left one dead and two seriously injured due to uncoupled train orders. total wreckage included engines and cars with an estimated $30,000 in damages. Local officials from Pocatello investigated. changes in city clerical roles followed.
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the Tribune
Lima Lumber Company
John Clinton
W. L. Ryder
E. C. Manson
L. Evans
Pocatello Railroad
Will Eastman
G. T. Paul
Charles Hirschman
Montana licensing revenue grows with patrol costs in 1939
Montana motorists paid 180 178 dollars for driving licenses in 1939, about five percent more than 172 192 dollars in 1938, according to Patrol Supervisor Lou Boedecker. Administrative costs rose to 8.49 percent with 65 patrolmen, compared with 15.68 percent in 1935 with 23 patrolmen. Bozeman notes the supplementary Gallatin high school curriculum adds glass blowing, skiing, chess, and projection machine operation courses under a weekly elective program.
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Montana
Lou Boedecker
Bozeman
Mont
U.P
Gallatin High School
Civil Service opens competitive exams for several posts
The Civil Service Commission lists open exams for positions including Telephone operator in Washington DC at 1260, Senior stenographer 1620, Junior stenographer 1440, Senior typist 1440, Junior typist 1260, with gender limits on some. Also Associate aeronautical inspector 3500, assistant inspector 3200, Electrical mechanic, Public Buildings administration, Federal Works in DC, and X ray crystallographer 2600 with the Dillon postmaster as information contact.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Public Buildings Administration
Federal Works Agency
Geological Survey
Dillon
First Encephalitis Case Reported From Shelby
The state board of health records note the first encephalitis case of the year from Shelby in the communicable disease report. The entry also lists cases of scarlet fever and chickenpox.
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Shelby
Board of Health
South Sea Magic and Power of Fiction in Wanderer Thoughts
The text contrasts Pasadena colonists heading to Florida Bahamas exile with a call to see holy ground where one stands. It then muses on happiness found in place and the lure of changing fortunes. It notes imagination shapes much of life and cites the Count of Monte Cristo as a fictional memory.
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Remy
Pasadena
Florida
Bahamas
Kalamazoo
Broadway
Chateau D’if
Marseille
France
Count of Monte Cristo
Alexander Dumas
War Visions and Civilized Echoes Across Time
A condensed exploration connects wartime visions from angels over Lake Ladoga and the Angels of Mons to enduring questions about civilization, Roosevelt’s era, and glass as a future resource. It ties legends with modern tech, liberty tools, and radio censorship in wartime America.
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Mons
Great Britain
Berlin
Lake Ladoga
England
State rehabilitation program trains 438 in second half 1939
Leif Fredericks reports 438 physically handicapped persons completed courses under the state department in the last half of 1939. Thirty-five trainees found work, eight more show promise. Average trainee age was 25. Courses included book keeping barbering secretarial work and more. Training costs covered by the state bureau.
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Leif Fredericks
State Department
Fredericks
State Bureau
Rate cuts ordered by Montana railroad commission
The state railroad and public service commission ordered reductions in natural gas rates charged by Montana-Dakota Utilities at Conrad Chateau and Valier. Commission members Austin B Middleton Paul T Smith and Horace F Casey said the reductions would save gas users in the three towns about 2804 dollars annually.
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The
State Railroad and Public Service Commission
Montana-Dakota Utilities Company
Conrad, Chateau and
Valier
Austin B. Middleton
Paul T. Smith
Horace F. Casey
License Tax Totals Rise for Montana Stores
Montana stores paid $65,400 in license taxes to the state board of equalization last week, about $25,000 more than a year earlier. The board issued 4,100 licenses versus 2,650 a year ago. Operators paying license taxes totaled $123,000 the previous year across 8,600 filers.
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Montana
State Board of Equalization
Montana National Forests Plant 1805 Acres in Year
A preliminary regional forestry office report shows Montana national forests planted 1,805 acres of trees last year. Areas with plantings include Cabinet 177 acres Gallatin 14 Kootenai 520 and Lolo 1,094 acres.
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Missoula
Mont
U.P
Montana
Cabinet
Gallatin
Kootenai
Lolo
Farm Security Agency reports Montana loan applications
Washington January 30 The Farm Security administration said it received 260 applications during the current fiscal year from Montana farmers for farm purchase loans under the Bankhead Jones farm tenant act. It is estimated that 16 loans will be available this year for Montana tenants sharecroppers and farm laborers to acquire land.
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Washington
U.P
Farm Security Administration
Montana
Bankhead-Jones
Butte to Host State Meeting of Montana Leaders
The Butte Chamber of Commerce calls a state wide meeting of Montana industry leaders for February 19 in Butte. Two hundred patrons are expected including United States Chamber of Commerce officers. Topics include industry labor taxes social security trade agreements and civic and professional concerns across Montana.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Montana
Butte
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Labor Relations Board
Dewey to Visit Helena for Lincoln Day Luncheon
Thomas E. Dewey of New York City will visit Helena on February 10, per Joe Montgomery of Lewistown. He will attend a luncheon hosted by Republican leaders, with a banquet possible in the evening. He is en route to a Lincoln Day event February 12 in Portland, Oregon.
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E. D. Barker
Salt Lake
New Mexico
George W. French
Beaverhead County
Joe B. Farley
Montana
William Roe
California
Salt Lake City
O. E. Morse Grocery
Olmstead and
Logan
Dillon
Beaverhead Post No. 20
City Hall
George Bott
England
New York
Wyman Smith
Students’ Association
East Beach Water Users’ Association
Grasshopper
Jasper Nelson
Los Angeles
Noah Allen
Apex
Omaha
Thomas E. Dewey
New York City
United States
Helena
Joe Montgomery
Lewistown
Dewey
Portland
Ore
Nagle Elected President of Montana Society in D C
Raymond T. Nagle former Montana attorney general is named president of the Montana Society in Washington D C with new officers including Joe Megsen Dan Harrington Steve Angland Stacia McHale William Angstein Nean Rotering G W Valine John Burke and Orville Watkins. Nagle, now with the Justice Department, succeeds Ben Barnett of Helena.
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Raymond T. Nagle
Montana
Montana Society
Washington, D. C
Helena
Joe Megsen
Butte
Dan J. Harrington
Steve Angland
Great Falls
Stacia McHale
William 4H. Angstein
Nean Ette Rotering
G. W. Valine
John Burke
Orville Watkins
Billings
Nagle
Department of Justice
Ben Barnett
Montana Cowboys to Hold 3rd Reunion in Great Falls
About 400 or more cowboys from across the state will gather in Great Falls on February 24 for the Montana Cowboys association third reunion and banquet. The event will honor the memory of the late Charles M. Russell, famed cowboy artist, and officers will be elected to lead the group this year.
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Great Falls
Montana Cowboys Association
Charles M. Russell
Brooks Burial in Oregon Ends Local Sheepherder’s Death
The body of John Brooks who died here Tuesday evening was sent to Beaverton Oregon where burial occurred. Brooks a sheepherder died after a heart attack in the local area.
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Brooks
Oregon
John Brooks
Beaverton
Ore
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Tribune
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Grace Adams
Alfred Cashmore
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Uclide Gauthier
Bannack
Jack McLaren
Dillon Novelty Works
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Star Theatre
Ag&q
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Weare Ice
National
Peer Council
How Goes the
Austin Conover
Roosevelt
Montaigne
Mexico
Indiana
Europe
Central America
Shasta
Runnymeade
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Hannibal
Cannae
America
Milton
Federal Communications Commission
Maxine Sullivan
Loch Lomond
Phil Strong
Science
Eas Ae
Northwest Rancorporation Oa
Federal Deposit. Insurance Corporation
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State Bank & Trust Company, Corporation
Walter E. Lloyd
Elizabeth Lloyd
Edith G. Blair
Beaverhead
State of Montana
Paul FH
Temple
John. Troupe
Northwest Bancorporation
Minneapolis
Minnesota
First National Bank of
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