New Montana Newspapers Rise With a Burgeoning Press Scene
Montana hosts rapid newspaper growth as dailies and weeklies multiply amid investments by leaders like the Helena Herald Great Falls Tribune and Butte Miner. Rumors swirl of new ownership plans and leased wire service, signaling a thriving regional press era.
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Montana
Minneapolis
Mergenthalers
Deer Lodge
Helena
W. A. Clark
Great Falls Tribune
Northwest
Great Falls
Leader
Hyams String
The
Record
Mr. Rogers Eyes Montana Ambition and Plain American Charms
The profile paints Mr. Rogers as a democratic, energetic, outspoken man of sixty who could have excelled in mining or oil. A native New Englander, he trained in Boston area schools, tried railroading, then built modest oil ventures in the sixties. Friends credit his business sense, habits, luck, and strong work ethic for his success.
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Rogers
Massachusetts
General Chaffee Leads American Forces in China Campaign
The article argues chatter about General Miles is likely camp rumor while General Chaffee takes command. It notes Miles sought China duty, but the administration curbed him. Chaffee’s selection is portrayed as the public’s expectation, backed by war department notices.
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General Miles
China
Washington
Miles
Mr. Alger
Spain
Chaffee
War Department
Oldest Montana editor Horatio Maguire’s colorful career
A retrospective profiles Horatio N. Maguire born 1837 Kentucky, tracing his shift from Detroit Free Press to Montana Post and other papers. The narrative follows his varied moves across Nebraska, Oregon, Idaho, and beyond, noting roles as editor, publisher, judge, and early telegraph-era observer as Montana’s newspaper world evolved.
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Montana
Annals of Montana
Horatio N. Maguire
Pioneer Times
Maguire
Professor Dimsdale
Montana Post
Dimsdale
Kentucky
Ohio
Detroit Free Press
Chicago
St. Louis
Memphis
New Orleans
Times
Nicaragua
Walker
Omaha
The
Star
Oming City
Aguire
Nebraska
Pike's Peak
Tie
Denver
Rocky Mountain News
Salt Lake City
Heber C. Kimball
Brigham Young
Jah
Pacific Coast
California
San Francisco
Visalia Delta
Daily News
Portland
Idaho
Lewiston
Boise City
Last Chance Gulch
Helena
Post
Virginia City
Montana Democrat
Thomas Francis Meagher
Rocky Mountain Gazette
Montana News Letter
Deer Lodge
Prickly Pear Valley
Bozeman
Gallatin
Avant
Nevada
Proche Record
Gallatin County
United States
National Park
Yellowstone Valley
Black Hills
Rapid City
Oregon
Washington
Bryan
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Vice
New York
Dakota
the Record
Charles B. Nixon
Inter-Mountain
Lemuel Eli Quigg
Republican Helens Journal
Butte
Standard
Butte Public Library
C. M. Schultz
Missouri
Duluth
Cosmopolitan Butte
Dublin Gulch
Mr. Clark
West Broadway
Drayton
Clark
Tlic
Mr. Rogers
Henry Hi. Rogers
Gen. Chaffee
General Chapfeer
Vientana’s
Abraham Lincoln
Noratio N. Maguire
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