Bootlegger Faces Janus-Faced Prohibition Era Trial
In Montana and nationwide, bootleggers must outmaneuver both state and federal officials as national prohibition begins. Federal agents will coordinate with local authorities to pursue violations, with Special Agent E. W. Burn based in Butte. Large liquor seizures, with proceeds often benefiting school districts, accompany ongoing prosecutions.
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Montana
John Barleycorn
E. W. Burn
Butte
Governor Stewart Dons New Panama Hat In Public
The governor discarded his soiled Panama lid after an assistant’s amused comment and replaced it with a brand new Panama hat. A letter from the National Association of Men’s Straw Hat Manufacturers offered to send a fine sailor-shaped straw hat to every governor, matching his size, which he accepted. The new lid gives him a more dashing appearance than the previous, worn-out hat.
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Stewart
Robinson Crusoe
Villa
Bill Aiken
Bud Hicks
National Association of Men’s Straw Hat Manufacturers of America
Robert J. Patterson
New York
N. A
Panama
I G Baker & Co The Greatest Merchants Of Montana
Northward pioneer enterprise I G Baker Co of Fort Benton shaped Montana’s frontier economy through merchandising freight and government supply contracts. Run by Baker and the Conrad brothers and later tied to Col James T Stanford the firm operated waggon trains with up to 18 oxen or 14 mules per team and managed vast freight and banking operations across Montana the Yukon and Canadian Northwest.
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Montana
I. G. Baker & Co
Fort Benton
West
W. G. Conrad
James T. Stanford
Conrad Banking Co
Great Falls
I. G. Baker and Co
United States
N. G. Baker & Co
Baker
St. Louis
Red Cloud
Colonel McLeod
Benton
Missouri
Yellowstone Rivers
Union Pacific Railway
Mounted Police
Canadian Northwest Territories
Royal Northwest Mounted Police of
Canada
Fort Walsh
Fort McLeod
Calgary
Old Blackfeet Agency
Teton River
Fort Conrad
Marias River
Olive Street
Missouri River
St. Joseph’s Street
Montreal
Murphy, Neel & Co
Helena
Deer Lodge
W. H. Todd
Todd
Stanford
Northwest Mounted Police
Flat Mystery Ends In Open Verdict In Butte
Miss Ruby Pascoe dies after an automobile ride with Louis Keller a Butte public school faculty member. The two visited roadhouses on the flats then she jumped from a speeding car and later died of skull fracture shock. The coroner's inquest returned an open verdict with unclear injuries origin and the County Attorney plans further action.
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Ruby Pascoe
Louis Keller
Butte
Butte Public Schools
Keller
Miss Pascoe
Road House
Bungaow
Jackson
Brownie Burke of Helena Returns From War Service
Helena resident Corporal Brownie Burke, the smallest man in the U S Army, returns with 13 months service, most in France with the 90th division. A former Keith vaudeville performer and Cincinnati Reds mascott, Burke enlisted May 1918 at Camp Travis and saw action in St Mihiel and Meuse Argonne. He recalls bayonet drills in 109 degree sun taught by a British instructor, and plans to return to the stage.
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Brownie Burke
Helena
Brownie” Burke
United States
Keith
East
Quality Street
Philippines
Phil Greenan
Murphy
Greenan
Ninetieth
France
Burke
State Senate
Cincinnati “Reds
Maud Adams
Orpheum
Camp Tra Tex
le Havre
Sion
Ain-Le-Duc
Cote d’Or
Dijon
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
James Deering
Frank Johnson
Ritchie Newman
Leutenants
St. Nazaire
Camp Travis
Tex
America
Corporal Brownie’s Bond With Troops Echoes Abroad
A fragment notes a corporal in the headquarters detachment of the Ninetieth Division. Known as Brownie, he made friends wherever he went, reinforcing unit morale and comradeship across postings.
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Ninetieth Division
Bones Found Embedded in Rock at Birdtail Divide
Nathaniel Webb of Sullivan valley reports discovering a human skeleton buried in rock near Bird Tail divide in Cascade country. The skeleton was uncovered after rock formation was disrupted. origin and cause remain mysterious with Webb suggesting it may belong to an outlaw killed by vigilantes. The skull shows a possible instrument-mark and the bones are at the Webb home attracting curiosity.
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Nathaniel Webb
Bird Tail Divide
Sullivan Valley
Cascade Country
Divide
Webb
Howver
Mrs Beall Pioneer of Gallatin Celebrates Birthday
Mrs W J Beall Bozeman’s first pioneer woman and Pioneers Society president marked another birthday at her Bozeman Avenue home. She arrived in Bozeman on August 1, 1864 and has witnessed the city’s growth while remaining active in social religious and educational life. She hopes to attend the state pioneers meeting in Butte in August.
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W. J. Beall
Bozeman
Pioneer’s Society
Gallatin County
Bozeman Avenue
The
Pioneers of
Butte
Germans contemplate peace terms in private session
The article notes that if Germany has further remarks about the harsh peace conditions, it would express them in an executive session using its own best wishes.
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National Association OF Hat Makers
Union One
Murphy, Neel &Co
Brest
Brownie
Mrs. Beall
Gallatin
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