Havre Reluctantly Struggles With Loquacious Buffalo
Havre, Montana, reports a roaming buffalo that frequents the town and hay stacks at $20 per ton. Local figures debate its origin from Stampede assets or a traveling medicine show while authorities seek a humane, practical solution to rid Havre of the beast.
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Havre
Bull Hook Creek
Royal Corral
Stampede Association
Hill County
Jack Maybee
Bull Hook River
Thespians
Montana
Charles J. Kops
Great Falls
Tom C. Penny
Bozeman
Carruth
Penny
Kops
Stampede
Buffalo
Pyper
Archie Bazoot
Pioneers in Montana urged to aid needy members at Anaconda meeting
A Helena reader urges the Montana Pioneers association to help aging trailblazers. At the Anaconda meeting September 5 and 6 a committee may be formed to plan monetary assistance and a suitable home for needy pioneers, with strong support from the Society and the Sons and Daughters of Pioneers.
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Helena
Montana
Montana Pioneers’ Association
Anaconda
Sons and Daughters of Pioneers
Commonwealth
Society of Montana Pioneers
Two Great Falls Lieutenants Killed in Action
Three young men from Great Falls who earned second lieutenants at Fort Sheridan are listed among casualties. Herbert K. Jones was killed, Bernard McMeel died of wounds after being gassed, and Scott L. Lennen survived initial injuries but remains out of combat. Jones worked at Conrad Bank and was noted for his fine character. his father Llewellyn Jones is a prominent Meade, Kansas citizen.
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Great Falls
Fort Sheridan
Herbert K. Jones
Bernard McMeel
Scott L. Lennen
Lennen
McMeel
Jones
Conrad Bank
Llewellyn Jones
Meade
Kansas
Miner Awarded for Loss of Defective Eye
The Republic Coal company asked the state industrial accident board about compensating a miner who lost a defective eye. The board ruled the employer must pay as though the eye were normal, potentially about $4,000 total or ongoing weekly benefits.
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State Industrial Accident Board
Republic Coal Company
Andrew Martin
Klein
Mexican Service Ribbons Issued For 1911 17 Conflicts
The Army announces two Mexican service badges for World War I era troops. The first badge honors those who saw service in Mexico from 1911 to 1917 including Vera Cruz 1914 and punitive expeditions 1916 17 with a green narrow end stripe yellow blue yellow green pattern. The second badge is for border patrol service from 1916 onward with a green centered field flanked by green yellow and dark blue stripes. Only eligible personnel wear the respective designs.
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France
Philippines
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Border Patrol
National Guard
Shorty's Saloon in the Plains of Nowhere
A poetic reminiscence on Shorty’s Saloon as a fading Western landmark. The narrator recalls Backwoods life, card games, music, and the lure of the trails for cowboys and settlers, with fleeting joy and hints of tragedy along that era’s path.
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Shorty
Pard
Gopher Poison Kills Birds in Eastern Montana
Montana sportsmen report poisoned grain used against gophers wiping out prairie chickens sage hens and song birds across eastern counties. Warnings rise over scattered oats increasing risk to birds and even horses as conservation groups urge safer placement in gopher holes.
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DeHart
Montana
Valley County
Gallatin
Shipboard upheaval would calm Russia’s troubled sea
The line suggests removing Lenin and Trotsky would not end Russia’s turmoil but might allow sailors to endure the voyage with tighter control aboard.
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Lenine
Trotzky
Russia
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Council of Defense
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Elks Lodge
Havre Cemetery Association
Linebarger ‘Park Board
R. G. Linebarger
Linebarger
Animal
Shorty Young
Buffalo Discoura
Pioneers OF Montana
Insurance Department
American Society Equity
John B.ritch
Lewistown
Bacchus
Yellowstone Park
Yello Stone Park
Livingston, Monta
Ameen
Santi Tear Tee Ae Faria
Butte College of Telegraphy
Butte, Montana
Jomo
Carnation Milk
Seattle, Wash
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