Mystery girl identified as farm woman in Great Falls scare
Miss Emma Brooks 18, from a north Lewistown farm, confessed feigning illness to obtain a free trip to Great Falls and hoped for work. After varying names, she was found in Harlowton and jailed. Fergus county swears insanity warrant for Lewistown hearing.
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Great Falls
Emma Brooks
Lewistown
Spion Kop
Stanford
Harlowton
Miss Brooks
Fergus County
Ruth Jones
Charles Ray
Ruth Parent
Ollice
Lewiston
Nhot
One Killed When Car Runs Into a Telephone Pole
Harold Peterson, 28, of 512 12 West Galena street, died at Murray hospital after a car he rode in crashed into a telephone pole at Oregon avenue and Front street. Driver M G Robbing and others were only lightly injured, with Mrs Peterson and Mrs Robbins sustaining minor injuries. The car veered near the intersection, sending Peterson through the impact and out of his seat onto the pavement. The driver claimed steering trouble and wrestling the vehicle as it approached the pole.
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Harold Peterson
West Galena Street
Murray Hospital
Oregon Avenue
Front Street
M. G. Robbing
West Park Street
Robbins
Peterson
Jack Duggan
Oregon
Ruree
Ile
Star Football Man Breaks Leg On Varsity Team
Sept 22 A gloom hangs as Grizzly center Meagher suffered a broken left tibia above the ankle during practice yesterday. He had moved from tackle to center this season and is expected to miss multiple weeks, with a return hoped for in November.
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Tlalic
Sue Item
Jas Heen
Meagher
Sy Acheen
Sarmiento Wins Second Verdict Over Georgie Marks in LA
Pete Sarmiento the Pilipino buzz saw defeats Georgie Marks in a 10 round Los Angeles bout last Wednesday. The Times notes six rounds for Sarmiento three for Marks and one even. Sarmiento’s dogged pressure and a knockdown near the end underscore his emphatic win.
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Butte
Pete Sarmiento
Dixie LaHood
Hutte
Helena
Georgie Marks
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Times
Islands
LaHood
Sarmiento
Marks
Pete
Sgrogey
Prize Pumpkin Shipped to Mitchell Mitchell South Dakota
An exhibit of Valley county grains and garden products including a 110 pound pumpkin prepared by J. P. Sternhagen for the Great Northern railway was sent to the Corn Palace at Mitchell South Dakota to showcase northeastern Montana agricultural potential. The pumpkin, grown by Herman Siewing of Glasgow, measures 21 inches across and over five feet in circumference.
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Glasgow
Valley County
J. P. Sternhagen
Great Northern Railway
Corn Palace
Mitchell
Montana
Herman Siewing
Police raid halts Havre Fantan game at 121 First Street
County Attorney A F Lamey and Sheriff R C Timmons led a late night raid disrupting a Havre fantan gathering of about 40. Five warrants were issued, with one served. Charlie Wong and four suspected financiers among the Chinese participants were arrested or detained as witnesses. Evidence seized included 312.98 in silver, hundreds in cash, two $100 Hong Kong drafts, and other personal items. The operation followed about ten days of surveillance.
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Havre
First Street
A. F. Lamey
R. C. Timmons
John Doe
Charlie Wong
Hong Kong
Deer Lodge Social Notes and News Roundup
Deer Lodge reports a string of visits and travel notes from Sep 22. Mr and Mrs Guy Stamhaugh returned from Bozeman while Mazel Moriarity of the Snowshoe school near Avon visited. Edidhy Sears leaves for Seattle to begin her sophomore year at the University of Washington. Elia McDonough at Garrison taught at Avon, and several locals including Mrs J R Wade, Mrs Nona Eddy, Kathryn Johnston and Lela Tarrnt of Helena visited Mrs Evans and Miss Harriet Peeples en route to Warn Springs for the weekend. Mrs Chas Adams traveled to Butte later in the week. An estimate states about 32,000,000 copies of daily papers are printed every weekday.
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Kathryn Johnston
Mass Lela Trrant
Helena
Wolf Point-Poplar Federal Aid Project Starts This Week
Poplar Montana Sept 28 Scott P Hart resident engineer with the state highway commission will supervise a federal aid highway project linking the gravel road between Poplar and Wolf Point Work starts early in the week The project will shorten the distance between Poplar and Wolf Point by about three quarters of a mile and result in an unusually fine section of road in the region Contracts for earthwork culverts and gravel surfacing were awarded to Powers Peck and Lalonde of Bainville and pile trestles to Alex Verdon of Poplar.
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Poplar
Scott P. Hart
State Highway Commission
Wolf Point
Powers, Peck and Lalonde
Bainville
Alex Verdon
Black Deer Appears in Northern Woods
Kalispell reports a remarkable sighting near Ashley lake where a hunter named Nels Ford and his son Marion encountered a yearling deer that was nearly completely black except for gray inner ears. Ford and Stanford note this as the first black deer seen in the area, a rare natural oddity.
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Kalispell
Nels T Ford
H. P. Stanford
Mr. Ford
Marion
Ashley Lake
Meagher County News Briefs From White Sulphur Springs
In White Sulphur Springs funeral services were held for W H Riehl with Diamond City lodge handling arrangements and interment at Mayia cemetery. Visitors travel from Harlowton and nearby areas. several residents return from trips to Oklahoma Michigan and California. local youths enroll in state colleges. state highway contract let for Wilsall to Clyde Park. local social events include a bridge afternoon and a schoolyard elbow injury update.
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White Sulphur Springs
Anelia Mayn
Louis Heitman
Helena
Heitan
Masonic Lodge
Harlowton
iWhite Sulphur Springs
W. H. Riehl
Diamond City
A. F
A.M
Mlaya
EJ. Anderson
Olive Cockrell
California
Earl Fretwell
Oklahoma
Overton Bandy
Fretwell
J. M. Young
Ringling
Minneapolis
Miami
Fla
J. H. Healey
C. W. Wight Taok
Robert Wells
Tenderfoot
Chicago
New York
Wells
K. E B. Torgenson
State Highway Commission
Wilsall
Clyde Park
Alhough
Eva Wight
Reulay Lewis
Mary Fowlie
Alice Duncan
State Normal College
Dillon
Sidney McCartney
Missoula
John Petit
Anderson Spencer
The
State University
Department of Business Administration
Fred MacDonald
J. Cederquist
Renckie
Lewistown
T. P. Wert
Kerr
George Messer
Old Faithful Geyser Still Shooting Regularly
Yellowstone reports Old Faithful continues to erupt on schedule, roughly every 60 minutes, with only slight seasonal delays at summer end. The superintendent notes no significant change in the geyser’s pattern and confirms steady performance this season.
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Yellowstone National Park
Avore
Narrow Escape From Drowning When Horse Upsets Rider
Miles City September 28 Bob Seward of Ingomar rode to herd 350 cattle into the Yellowstone near J D Gibson ranch. His horse fell in swift current and Seward struggled to reach the south bank hampered by heavy clothing. The horse struck a willow branch and was fatally injured.
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Miles City
Bob Seward
Ingomar
Yellowstone
J. D. Gibson
Hysham
Billings Man Buys Early Motor Driven Painting Machine
Billings resident Fred Livengood recently bought one of the first motor driven painting machines in the Midland Empire. Weighing under 200 pounds, it tows on a small truck and uses a two horse power motor. The device holds three gallons of paint and can cover seven and a half square feet per minute. The nozzle is operated by a gun shaped control, capable of spraying a four foot wide area or a focused jet an eighth of an inch wide for sign painting.
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Billings
Fred Livengood
120Th South
Twenty-ninth Street
Midland Empire
Livengood
Worland
Wye
Steal Furs After Smashing a Window
Four fur neck scarfs were taken from I. Reeder, furrier, at 9 South Montana Street after thieves smashed the display window with a rock. The break in was discovered Sunday morning. police suspect youths carried out the burglary.
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Butte
I. Reeder
Montana Street
Reeder
Wolf Creek News highlights local visitors and travels
Mrs G A Butcher spent the weekend with the Mason family. Helena trips include Miss Mabel Harris and Miss Lillian Pyle visiting East Helena. Families and students travel to Helena Missoula and Denver for holidays, college, and relatives. A sparrow-sized bird found in South Africa ran faster than a horse.
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Wolf Creek
G. A. Butcher
Mason
Jee Sunislay
Helena
C. F. Overman
Dearborn
Alex Duval
Hugh Myles
T. F. McLaughlin
Burns
Woorl Crack
Kenneth Lowell
Anna Lowell
James Cleary
Hotterdam
Bs Auto
Denver
Colo
Kenneth Burns
Mickey Anderson
J. Uurns
Rufus Tngersoll
Missoula
R. T. Dixon
Lillian Pyle
East Helena
Frank Thompson
William Barlie
P. Burgraff
Adolf
Lucile
J. A. Mason
Martin Cabrien
South Africa
Test of Hide Law May Result From Butcher's Arrest
In Roundup a Montana slaughterhouse operator J C Jensen of Lavina was arrested by Deputy Sheriff John Popovich on a charge of selling beef without displaying hides as required by state law. Jensen, who wholesales beef to Roundup Melstone and other markets, argues the law is misapplied and that he cannot carry hides from Lavina to buyers. The case raises whether hides must accompany all beef sales.
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Montana
J. C. Jensen
Lavina
Jensen
John Popovich Ant
Plan Fur Farming in Crandall Creek Region Next Spring
Bridger Sept 22 A group of Bearcreek men plan large scale muskrat and fur farming in Crandall creek swamp land south of the Clark Fork river Upper valley. They incorporate as Shoshone Fur company with $50 000 capital stock and list A F Christiani Dr J W Reed and Ed Garrett as directors. A dam has been built to hold water for muskrat grounds and many fur animals already inhabit the area.
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Bridger
Crandall Creek
Clark Fork
Fishermen Rescued After Boat Capsize at Georgetown Lake
Peter Howe of Georgetown district showed presence of mind when he rowed to the capsized boat and saved two fishermen as they clung to the upturned craft. A third man rode the boat and was later rescued after Howe returned to shore. The boat was rented by Isaac Kuenseya who did not learn the fishermen’s times.
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Anaconda
Peter Howe
Georgetown District
Georgetown Lake
Peter Hove
Hove
Isaac Kuenseya
Georgetown
Stranger Beaten in Missoula Remains Unidentified
Missoula officers cannot identify a man found beaten and wandering on Higgins avenue. A patient at St Patrick's Hospital with a blank mind shows facial injuries and bruises. Deputies Whitaker and Johnston visited. the man, about 30, with light hair and glasses, wore a brown business suit and may have been beaten days earlier.
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Missoula
Higgins Avenue
St. Patrick's Hospital
Dick Whitaker
Suerte Ira Johnston
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Montana State News
Farmer
Geo
Mitchell, S. D
Deer Lodge
Repp
Ahehve
Meagher County News
Wolf Creek News
Ethel
Daniel Webster
Denmark
Jake
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