Showy Spring Styles at Missoula Mercantile Opening
Hundreds of visitors flocked to the Missoula Mercantile store as spring fashion dominated the opening. Hats, gowns, footwear, and home goods showcased new colors, fabrics, and the Eaton suit trend with London Paris and New York models on display. Musice and heavy buying followed through the day, signaling a strong merchandising year ahead.
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Missoula
Missoula Mercantile Company
M. M. Co
Knox
Montana
Avit
London
Paris
New York
Eaton
Barnes
Shanes
Fenson
Ditch Project Begins Near Missoula Orchards
Missoula April 4. Work started today on the Cobban and Dinsmore ditch to carry Walter to orchard homes west of the city. Several teams are at work and the starting point city presents a busy appearance. Construction will be rushed and the ditch is expected to be completed soon.
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Missoula
Cobban & Dinsmore
Walter
Bitter Root Valleys Ranches For Sale On Easy Terms
Cobban and Dinsmore advertise ranches ranging from two to 2400 acres in Bitter Root valley offered on easy terms.
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Bitter Root
Cobban & Dinsmore
Missoula City Council to Meet After Election Canvass
Missoula officials set a Monday evening session to canvass votes from the recent city election and conduct other important business remaining from the regular monthly meeting.
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Missoula
Back From California Griswold Returns to Missoula
C P Griswold former head bookkeeper for Worden Co returns to Missoula after a long absence ending his stay in California.
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Missoula
C. P. Griswold
Worden &Co
Change in Missoula Cited by Visitor from California
1888 California visitor Mr Griswold says Missoula has become a new city. He is on a business trip east after arriving via the Northern Pacific to view Missoula. He departed on the night eastbound train.
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California
Griswold
Missoula
Northern Pacific
Missoula Nursery Co offers large surplus stock sale
Large quantities of surplus stock must be sold before spring plantings. 100 000 apple and ornamental tree varieties 600 000 strawberry plants tested varieties. Bulbs in bloom in Higgins block. Visit Cobban & Dinsmore's office Bend for prices to Co. F. Dallman manager Missoula Nursery Co.
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Higgins Block
Cobban & Dinsmore
Co. F. Dallman
Missoula
Post Office Sees Record Quarterly Business in Missoula
Missoula reports record quarterly mail traffic ending March 31 with rising daily arrivals and dispatches. Lock box usage threatens adequacy as children tamper with mail. postmaster urges strict box security and notes plans to hire more carriers to cover expanded city territory.
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Missoula
Postofice
McBride's Tires Advertises Tubes and Bikes
Morgan and Wright tires priced at $6.60 plus inner tubes at $1.00 offered at McBride's. The ad notes 119 Rambler bicycles in stock in Migsoula and calls McHatie Bros the favorite wheel.
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Rambler Bicycles
Migsoula
McHatie Bros
Adjudged Insane Thaddée Therriault Tongues at Warm Springs
Thaddée Therriault a 69 year old man was adjudged insane by a commission before Judge Woody in Missoula. He was sent to the Warm Springs asylum in custody of Deputy Garrity. Witnesses testified to his past years and recent behavior as he feared another insanity spell and urged confinement. He is Maine born with distant relatives and owns land near DeSmet with unclear title. An advertisement for millinery opening by Golden Rule Missoula appears.
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Missoula
Thaddee Therriault
Therriault
Violette
Maine
Ile
DeSmet
Buck to wed Nellie Haynes in Livingston before settling in Stevensville
Henry Buck of Stevensville sails to Livingston for his marriage to Sis Nellie Haynes sister of Rev W P Haynes of Stevensville. Accompanied by Mr Haynes Buck will wed Thursday evening and then make Stevensville home. Cobban and Dinsmore Missoula advertise acre property near the city with five and ten acre bargains.
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Missoula
Henry Buck
Stevensville
Livingston
Sis
Nellie Haynes
W. P. Haynes
Mr. Haynes
Mr. Buck
Cobban & Dinsmore
Missoula Vote Count At Penthouse Election Gathers 2 Votes
Health Officer Berger canvassed ballots Tuesday afternoon and verified two votes cast. Mrs Smith served as judge and clerk, with Pred Smith and Md Miller voting. City Treasurer Lister received two votes, Justices Houtchens and Hayes one each, and Alderman Daily two votes.
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Missoula
Berger
Mre. Smith
Pred Smith
MD Miller
Lister
Houtchens and
Hayes
Alderman Daily
P M Reillys Co Grocers Advertise Wall Paper Carload
P M Reilly and Co grocers promote Carload newest wall paper items with a display urging customers to look at them from L N Simons referenced in the note.
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L. N. Simons
Letters of Administration for Neptune Lynch estate sought
Missoula on April 4 Mary Boyer of Plains petitions district court for letters of administration on the estate of Neptune Lynch sr The hearing is set for April bat p om The filing notes the vacancy created by the death of Neptune Lynch Jr The Missoula Nursery Company advertises a broad plant and tree selection with outdoor bedding vegetables roses and ornamentals located 1.5 miles northeast of the city The ad invites mail orders F Dallman manager also notes headstones created by George Stringle for graves in Catholic cemetery and a sale on men’s spring hats at Chicago Bee Hive in Missoula
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Missoula
Mary Boyer
Plains
District Court
Neptune Lynch, Sr
F. Dallman
Personal Visitors Gather in Missoula Listings
James Hambly is a Bitter Root visitor in the city. J. D. Richards from Potomac on a short visit. B. J. Smith and sister of Darby guests at the Rankin. Dr. T. B. Owings of Hamilton a city guest today. Mrs. S. W. Collett of Anaconda a Missoula patient for weeks. J. 8. Young of Ovando returned home after weeks here. J. M. Smith and George lL. Metcalf among Hamilton visitors. Kendall’s mother, Mrs. Kendall, seriously ill on South Fifth. J. R. Mitchell and family visiting from Clinton. J. Frank Fouche drew a fair Presbyterian church audience. Attorneys Baggs of Stevensville and O’Hara of Hamilton in the city. W. H. Smead and Dr. George Lesher of the Flathead spent the day in Missoula. A shoe sale at Globe store with Russia kid tan shoes at 2.25.
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James Hambly
J. D. Richards
Potomac
B. J. Smith
Darby
Rankin
T. B. Owings
Hamilton
S. W. Collett
Anaconda
Missoula
J. 8
Young
Ovando
Flathead Reservation
Florence
J. G. O'Brien
Pittsburg
W. L. Painter
Omaha
S. J. Fell
Denver
J. H. Daily
W. A. Walker
St. Paul
T. O. Helbourn
Chicago
Frank Willett
Japan
W. A. Selvidge
Helena
George T. Baggs
Stevensville
R. A. O'Hara
George Lesher
W. H. Smead
Flathead
R. A. Cooley
Bozeman
J. Frank Fouche
Oberlin
Ohio
J. R. Mitchell
Clinton
James
Arlecott
Mission
George L. Metcalf
James Fisher
Charles C. Charleston
Harry Simpson
Fred Ridley
F. Colline
City
Joe Williams
Gibbonsville
Idaho
J. M. Smith
Lister
D. D. Reynolds
Wil F. Powell
Spokane
Bitter Root
Missoula Divorce Suit Marks 1895 Abandonment Case
Sues for divorce Missoula April 4. Missoula resident Mrs H P Kirkby receives interest note from Western Trade Journal about a mining company linked to her brother C W Norris. The case cites Fred Therrault’s alleged wilful abandonment since September 1895 and failure to support his wife. Mentions local ads for tailoring, sewing supplies, and Celery Gin Tonte as tonic.
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Missoula
Ilse Therrault
Marshall & Stiff
Fred Therrault
Ravalii County
H. PL. Kirkby
Western Trade Journal
Chicago
C. W. Norris i
Canadian Northwest Territory
Norria
Hootalinqua
Bitter Root branch completes to Crantsdale mill power
In Missoula on April 4 the Bitter Root branch from Crantsdale to Hamilton is finished. The first train over the new road carried 19 cars, with future runs at about 30 loads. The big Hamilton mill opened with a large crew and new band saws operating. Superintendent Totman pressed the start button. Bonner mill expected to begin next Monday.
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Missoula
Bitter Root
Northern Pacific
Crantsdale
Hamilton
Totman
Bonner
Banquet restaurant seeks cook with references
A Banquet restaurant advertises meals at 25 cents and seeks a good female cook. References required. Inquire at 519 East Front Street.
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East Front Street
Collar Nene Broken In Missoula Horse Accident
Miss Magele Miller of Carlton riding to Missoula with her father was thrown from a fight rig on the Lolo grade. Her collar bone was broken and the wagon overturned. they sought medical aid and returned home. The injury was noted as a broken collar bone with the horse becoming unmanageable on descent.
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Missoula
Magele Miller
Carlton
Stay in San Francisco Then Cape Nome Prospect Move
The item notes Frank’s improved appearance and heavier build while staying in San Francisco. After a month with family and friends he plans to depart for Cape Nome to seek mining fortune. Hotel arrivals list numerous travelers and communities across the West, with various names and destinations including Stevensville Hamilton Spokane and Darby. Crescent bicycles is mentioned with McHale Bros. as a detail.
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San Francisco
Frank
Cape Nome
Missoula Unclaimed Letters List and Local Hiring Notice
The Missoula post office lists unclaimed letters for the week ending April 3 including J F Babb Mrs Bessie Bachler Miss Mary Bodin and others. The notice also advertises fifty scraper and plow team openings and fifty nine men needed for Cobban and Dinsmore in Missoula.
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Missoula
Mont
J. F. Babb
Bessie Bachler
Mary Bodin
Charles J. Castillo
Frank 8. Duff
W. A. Dugan
Uriah Edwards
Ida Friedinger
Dumfield Guimond
A. Hoover
FE. Johnson
Cobban & Dinsmore
Child Injured On Flying Dutchman Ride In Missoula
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy on North Second Street in Missoula broke a leg above the knee Tuesday afternoon after being thrown from a Flying Dutchman ride while playing with friends. A physician set the limb. Local ads note Kohn Jewelry Co and McBride's bicycle repair. A McKeen & Erickson sawmill at Woodside near Corvallis is closed and may move. a new site will be announced soon.
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Missoula
McKeen & Erickson
Woodside
Corvallis
W House Linoleum For Kitchen Floors
The advertisement touts linoleum as the only kitchen covering that is clean durable and attractive. It promotes a heavy grade priced at 85 cents per yard.
Quarantine Lifted. Rattlesnake Ranch Girl Recovered
Missoula reports the quarantine on E. A. Walden’s Kash ranch home at the Rattlesnake has been raised as the child there fully recovers from scarlet fever.
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Missoula
E. A. Walden
Frank Willett Returns from Extended Pacific Trip
Missoula news notes Frank Willett has returned after months away. He visited the Hawaiian islands and Manila where he witnessed battles between Americans and Filipinos. He also made an extended stay during his travels.
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Missoula
Frank Willett
Hawaiian Islands
Manila
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John R. Daily
Higgins Avenue
Greenhood Bros
Lyons
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Potomaco
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Globe
J. Lemley
Lister's
Rosencorf
Eureka
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Northern Pacine Railway Company
White Squadron Coffee
Pulliam Bros
The
Presbyterian Church
Gold Boot Shoe
A. M. Stevens & Co
Schmitz
Ride Crescent Bicycles
McHale Bros
Kohn Jewelry Co
McBride's
General House
Brussels
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Mercantile Department
Hamilton, Montana
Boel
GIG Blackfoot Milling CO
Missoula, Montana
H. Samuels
Higgins Block Misseula
Remington Typewriters
McMagfie’s
Lyon & Williams
Higgins Breck
Ment
Missoula Hotel
Charles
Emsley
Stoddard & Ross
Weinstein
First National Bank of
A. B. Hammond
A. G. England
J. M. Keith
R. A. Eddy
T. L. Greenough
O. G. England
C. M. McLeod
John M. Keith
Garden City Brewery
G. A. Wolf, Charles Otto J. HW. T. Ryman
Edward
van Asmus
Toll Am
Nat'l Bank
F. W. Morris
Pinkelnburg & Catlin
Higgins Tioes
Mout
G. Rhodes
Hammond
Missoua
Architects
A. J. Gibson
Bishop & Kern
Olive Wheel
Cleveland
Stormer
CIVIL
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Elmer Hughes
U. S
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Arthur
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