Dandelion Beaten by Mayor Newman in Great Falls Picnic
Louis Newman, mayor of Great Falls Montana, organized a citywide dandelion digging contest for 56 000 school children. The winning pupil from each grade room earned a mayoral picnic as the town fights the yellow bloom invasion that had overrun Montana.
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Louis Newman
Great Fells
Montana
St. Paul
Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge Valley
Great Falls
Newman
Milky Way
Great Falle
Discovery of Emigrant Gulch by Tender Feet Prospectors
In August 1864 three eastern prospectors David B. Weaver David R. Shorthill and Frank Garrett found gold in Emigrant gulch after misgivings by seasoned Curry camp miners. The first pan yielded dust and an ounce soon after. The find sparked Yellowstone City, price spikes for tobacco flour and coffee, a harsh winter, and I ndian attacks that drove many miners to Bozeman before calm returned in 1866.
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Emigrant Gulch
David B. Weaver
David R. Shorthill
Frank Garrent
Emigrant Creek
Curry District
Shorthill
Curry Diggings
Curry
California
Bridger
Coffenbury
Yellowstone City
el Dorado
Alder Gulch
Virginia City
Montana
Tomlinson
Yellowstone
States
Lawrence
Bozeman
Weaver
New Food Rules Adopted by Montana Board of Health
The Montana board of health adopted rules on labeling sausage contents water and cereal limits and required clear labeling of mixed coffee substitutes. Saccharin use in foods is banned in Montana unless its purpose is declared, and olive oil misbranding rules prohibit selling other oils as sweet oil after June 1.
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Montana Board of Health
Montana
Frankfort
Vienna
United States
Butte Hero of Argonne Returns Home
Lieutenant Colonel D. Gay Stivers, a famed Butte soldier, returns to Montana with an enviable World War record. He was temporarily blinded by gas and wounded in the Argonne, awarded the Croix de Guerre with palm by General Magin, and plans to resume law practice despite offers to join the regulars. He recalls fierce campaigns with the Third Division and mentions fellow Butte men like ONeill and Joe Peters in stories from the war.
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D. Gay Stivers
Butte
Montana
Argonne Forest
Frante
Maggin
Stivers
Rough Riders
Chateau Thierry
Belleau Woods
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Rhine
Exsnes
Cap
Diamond
O'Neill
Joe Peters
Heroism of Montanan Wins Him High Honor
The War Department reports Private Frank D. Miller of Montana received the Distinguished Service Cross for conspicuous devotion to duty in caring for and evacuating wounded across the battlefield.
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War Department
Seuniea Ae Aaa Eee
Frank D. Miller
Glasgow Soldier Wins French Croix de Guerre
Peter La Fromway born in Glasgow and now of Saco returns from France decorated with the Croix de Guerre for courage on the Soissons front. As a scout sergeant, he and eight others captured two artillery pieces and 75 prisoners during a patrol, with two wounded. He enlisted in 1917 and fought in Alsace, Marne, Chateau-Thierry, Soissons and Meuse Argonne. his brother Dan La Fromway, wounded thrice, also recently returned from France with the 77th division.
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Peter la Fromway
Glasgow
Saco
France
Soissons
Jabviny
la Fromway
Co. M
127Th Infantry
Meuse-Argonne
Dan la Fromway
77Th Division
206Th Infantry
St. Mihiel
Lightning Kills Stock in Storm at Pleasant Valley Farm
During a severe thunder storm, Pleasant Valley farmer M.S. Stellman lost six horses and four cows as lightning struck a corner of the field where the herd huddled inside a wire fence. Wires bore the bolt, causing havoc among the animals.
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Dreath
M.S. Sellman
Pleasant Valley
Stellman
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Victor
Pest
Electric City
Tendrich Gole
David B. Weager
Plains
Rainbow's End
Board OF Health
Col D. Gay Stivers
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Montana Joint Stock Land Bank
Helena
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