Montana Song Born in Butte Bohemian Gathering
Charles Cohan and Joe Howard wrote the words and music for the song Montana at a Butte bohemian gathering. The tune became a hit, was donated to the Montana Orphans' Home, and funds from sales replenished the home’s treasury. The song was later sung in Helena before the governor and acclaimed as the official state song.
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Mr. Cohan
Bohemian Gathering
Joe Howard
Charles Cleveland Cohan
Butte Daily Miner
Montana
Butte
Montana Orphans’ Home
Orphans’ Home Treasury
Howard
Charles
Cohan
Helena
American Expeditionary Forces
Paris
Old City
Myron Lockwood dies at 76, Battle of the Big Hole hero
Myron Lockwood, a survivor and guide for General Gibbon at the Battle of the Big Hole in 1877, died in California at 76. He bore a shattered hip from the fight, survived a seven month Deer Lodge hospital stay, and never again worked in business. He previously served in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865 and later settled in Montana mining and freighting before the battle.
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Myron Lockwood
Big Hole
California
Lockwood
J. B. Catlin
John Gibbon
Montana
Nez Perces
Joseph
McClellan
Army of the Potomac
Peninsular
Antietam
Burnside
McDowell
Hooker
Gettysburg
Fort Benton
Missouri River
Prickly Pear Valley
Helena
Gallatin Bar
Malcolm Clark
Prickly Pear
Frenchtown
Bitter Root
the Big Hole
Missoula
Gibbon
Big Hole River
Rocky Mountains
Rye Creek
White Bird
Wv. Burch
Rawn
Amos Buck
Billy Edwards
Deer Lodge
Charles A. Woodruff
Bradley
Sherman
West
Washington
the Wilderness
Looking Glass
Montana Now Day as Sahara Land and Reform Ghosts
The piece laments Montana's shift after John Barleycorn reforms, noting saloons closed, border-state status fading, and past reforms recalled. It recalls hurdy gurdy houses, licensed gambling, and horse racing as a social force, highlighting Marcus Daly's funding of tracks and later prohibition on off-track betting.
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John Barleycorn
North
South Dakota
Wyoming
Idaho
Alberta
Montana
Faro Bank
Faro
Marcus Daly
Butte
Anaconda
Hamilton
America
Daly
Governor Stewart Returns From Governors Conference
Governor Stewart returned from the tenth annual governors conference in Annapolis Md. He pledged to aid veterans returning to civilian life and noted reconstruction and education policy discussions. Cabinet members Newton D Baker Josephus Daniels Franklin K Lane David F Houston and William B Wilson spoke on their departments.
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W. Stewart
Annapolis
Union
Alaska
Newton D. Baker
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Franklin K. Lane
the Interior
David F. Houston
Agriculture
William B. Wilson
Elk and Buffalo Count in Yellowstone Park
There are more than 3 000 cow elk in Yellowstone Park and about 400 head of buffalo. The growing herd will challenge pastures in the park within a few years.
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Yellowstone Park
Last Miner of a Lonesome Gulch
By Matt W Alderson. A Montana tale of Phil B who located a claim in a new gulch over fifty years ago and stayed, turning down offers of wealth from a stranger. After years his only watch with a nugget chain funds his life as neighbors and a storekeeper learn of his decline and arrange raffles to aid him. The narrative ends with Phil's advancing infirmities.
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Matt. W. Alderson
Montana
Hhis
Phil
Berty
Bert
The Steady Subscriber Poem About Prefunding Readers
A humorous verse praises a loyal reader who pays in advance at the start of the year. The poem notes the subscriber never complains about cost or volume, always urges more papers, and brings cheer to the office with prepaid support. It ends by applauding the ready subscriber who pays in advance.
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Ceer
Seed Oats Short Sparks Government Purchase Order
The Canadian government has issued an order in council to buy seed oats for western farmers as the oat crop remains notably short. Officials expect to import several million bushels to meet demand.
Remembering a Proud Prospecting Pioneer in Death
An elderly prospector, exhausted by age, died after an illness. He was known for self sufficiency, pride, and devotion to home and country. Friends recall his steadfast nature, generosity, and unguarded honesty, never accepting charity, even when hungry, and always returning to find his life as he left it.
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Prospector
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Charles Cohan
Treasure State
Butte Miner
M. Lockwood
J. B Cat
Trail Creek
Morni
Sanno
Comba
Rawn, Browning
Williams
Logan
Woodruff
Sahara Land
Stewart
Elk
Buffalo
Phil B
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