Youngster Saves Girl From Water In Great Falls Heroic Act
Charlie Coyle, a 12 year old Great Falls boy, saved a three year old girl from drowning at Gibson park lake despite fear of water. He cannot swim but plunged in to pull the child to shore, earning gratitude from the Birch family and the prospect of a Carnegie medal.
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Little Daughter
Great Falls
Charlie Coyle
Charlie
Gibson Park
Fred Birch
8. Birch & Sons
Little Charlie
Mr. Birch
George Coyle
Great Northern Yards
Governor Sam Stewart Survives Wild Stage Run 21 Years Ago
The Kansas lawyer turned Montana governor rode a Virginia City stage when four broncs bolted and the wagon crashed down a mountain slope. The driver fought to keep control as townsfolk watched, and Stewart finally jumped to safety as the stage slid to a halt at the station.
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Virginia City
S. W. Stewart
Kansas
Manzanita
Sam Stewart
Alder Gulch
Sam V. Stewart
Bids Called For on Roads and Bridges Projects
State highway commission invites bids on four bridges and two federal aid road projects in Carbon and Cascade counties. Bids due July 25. Carbon County project covers 3.5 miles of Billings Cody right of way and 3,000 feet river dyke protection with rock riprap. Cascade project covers 19 miles of Sun River road between Great Falls and Sun River. Prebid meetings scheduled July 15 in Cascade and July 19 in Carbon. Bridge bids include Huntley 960 feet steel span, Carter 270 feet three spans, Toston 529 feet steel spans, and Bellwents 394 feet steel spans.
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State Highway Commission
Carbon County
Cascade County
Billings-Cody
Sun River
Great Falls
Repcade County
Carbon
Huntley
Carter
Livingston
Toston
Bell Wents
Bingsiding
Ravaili County
Reverend Pope hunts for booze in damp Butte town
Rev. Joseph Pope superintendent of the Anti Saloon League visits Butte to verify reports of widespread bootlegging. He discusses enforcement with Attorney General Ford, notes hidden moonshine and roadhouse sales, and observes a truck hauling empties near a soda fountain while vowing to act.
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Joseph Pope
Anti-Saloon League
Butte
Pope
Ford
Antisaloon League
Billings
Wyoming
Oasis
Mr. Pope
Missouri River Low at Great Falls Recorded
The Missouri River in Great Falls showed record low flow last week at 2 449 second feet at Rainbow power house of Montana Power. Flood stages not reached as readings firm at present after June two dates 16 and 22 showed 4 450 and 3 550 second feet respectively.
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Rainbow
Montana Power Company
Great Falls
Milwaukee Content With Only 2.75 Percent Fame
The remark suggests Milwaukee now has a limited profile, with fame pegged at only 2.75 percent. It frames the city as modest in notoriety amid broader cultural standings.
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Milwaukee
Long George the Cowboy Surrenders for Horse Stealing
The famed northern rancher Long George Francis walked into Hill County Sheriff’s office and surrendered after 16 months on the run. He was sentenced by Judge Rhodes to six to twelve years in the penitentiary for horse stealing.
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Hill County
Long George” Francis
North Country
Francis
Border
Northwest Mounted Police
Canada
Rhodes
Havre
George
Court House
George Francis
Ju Rhoades
Thing
Big Sandy
Marins River
Stewart
Montana Stock Association
Jack Maybee
George Coulter
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Felow
H. C. Merritt
Cooperative Threshing Association
Johnson
Murdock
F. E. MacSpadden
Grain Corporation
United States Food Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
Division of Rural Engineering
Bureau of Public Roads
States Relation Service
Food Administration
Southwest
Montana
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Illinois
North Dakota
Gov. Stewart
Broncs
Thresher
the Billings Threshing
Long George
Sheriff's Office
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