Drowned Boy Dies Fishing in Bitter Root River
John Beard a 14 year old son of Walter Beard drowned while fishing near the railway bridge behind Fort Missoula. He attempted to wade across the Bitter Root and was swept under the bridge where his fish basket tangled, life extinct. H B Reeve recovered the body after the boy's companions cried for help. Walter Beard traveled from Butte to learn of the death as the community mourns the loss of a bright industrious youth.
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Missoula
John
Walter Beard
Bitter Root
Fort Missoula
H. B. Reeve
Young Beard
Teasa
Beard
South Missoula
Butte
Jack
Geologist reports rich fossils at Musselshell camp
Professor Douglnes guides a Yellowstone expedition noting a rich fossil site near Fish Creek Musselshell area. Fossil finds include fresh water shells ammonites and a 30 foot dinosaur with most bones recoverable. Cobban Dinsmore sell Orchard Homes land parcels near Missoula.
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Douglnes
Yellowstone Missoula
Kart Douglass
State Universit
Musselshell
Fish Creek
Melville
University
Orchard Homes
Cobban & Dinsmore
Missoula
Mont
Trains Resume Westward Service After Yellowstone Washouts
Missoula Aug 15 trains moving again after Yellowstone country washouts caused a two day blockade. Through mail and passengers reached Missoula last night on No 3 trains formed from two overland sections. The north coast limited and other freights followed, with delays minor and service returning to normal for the week ahead.
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Yellowstone
Missoula
Billings
North Cnd Limited
North Coast Limited
No. 3
Rocky Mountain Division
Visiting Friend Missoula Brimson Visited by Old Friends
Fastman Kodak supplies all Peirce's Morgan and Co bakers confectioners. Visiting Friend Missoula Aug 15. W H Brimson former Rocky Mountain division superintendent of Northern Pacific making his old Missoula friends a visit. Brimson is now division superintendent of the Baltimore and Ohio.
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Missoula
W. H. Brimson
Rocky Mountain Division
Northern Pacific
Brimson
Baltimor, & Onin
Stevensville Notes Tell of Visits and Local Happenings
Stevensville Aug 13. Miss Mary A. Smith will visit Hamilton and Helena before returning home. Several residents from Victor Missoula and Hamilton travel for visits and business. Haring and haying progress amid light rain, with new homes and property sales noted. Local society events include Presbyterian Ladies Aid and Epworth league socials.
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Stevensville
Mary A. Smith
Hamilton
Helena
J. W. Rickman
Victor
Thomas Baird
Dell Buck
Fred
Missoula
Ray & MacAlister
May Brothers
Avery May
Darby Ranch
E. E. Ewart
W. E. ‘Baggs
T. W. Flowers
Bishop, Shannon
Darrell Oe Hamilton
Wiliam Sibley
James Rawlins
John Breckbill
Harper & Baird's
A. J. Treadway
A. Collett
Florence
Myr
Collett
Vernon Bently
Lake Como
O. A. Thatcher
A. L. Mowatt
L. Sipple
M. M. Williams
Larry Roche
Collier's Weekly
T. W Flowers
J. F. Williams
J. W. Nixon
4. N. Mittower
Lolo Springs
Fred T. Sterling
M. M. Co
C. H. Flanagin
H.W. Flanagin
Butte
Dr. Beck
Ed Little
Charles Cook
Frank Fruker
J. R. Faulds
M. D. Fulkerson
Excellent bread at Rosendorf's.
Missoula August 15 reports no improvement in Mrs. W. B. Parsons condition and friends fear her illness will prove fatal. Doctors believe a second operation could save her life if she had the strength, but her present condition makes it impossible.
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Missoula
W. B. Parsons
Train delays hit westbound service. eastbound lag persists
Aug 15 Missoula reports mixed rail status as westbound Overland service improves while eastbound trains run late. North Coast Limited arrives 10 hours late due to Western division troubles. Ruey, painless dentist, Higgins bleck.
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Cervier Imerated
Missoula
North Coast
Missoula Notes of Illness and Wedding in Florence Parlors
J F Whitley relapsed from typhoidi fever while Deputy U S Marshal Wall chased witnesses from Trout Creek. Bert Wallisig, son of Fire Chief Waning, ill with typhoid fever. August 15 in Florence parlors Rev John McAllister and Miss Sarah Victoria Best married. Anna McAllister attended the bride. Dr Best served as best man. Knight Templars presented a silver spoon. The couple planned to travel to Salt Lake but stayed in Missoula due to train delays.
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J. F. Whitley
Wall
Trout Creek
Bert” Wallisig
Waning
Lake Como
McAllister
Best
Missoula
Florence
John McAllister
Sarah Victoria
Jacob Mills
Methodist Church
Anna McAllister
Grdgn
Dr. Best
McDonald
Knight Templars
Lee
Orchard Homes district petition seeks formation and transport
A petition circulated in Missoula August 15 asks the Sew School District to create a distinct Orchard Homes district and, if no action is taken, to provide transportation to the south side school. It notes proximity to Missoula prevents district formation by law and hopes Missoula trustees will establish a local school.
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Sew
Missoula
Orchard Homes
Frigid Remarks and Travel Conditions in Sleeper Cars
A traveler recounts friction with a porter over a small amount of change and criticizes sleeping cars. He notes extreme heat, insufficient ventilation in summer, and the need to shout for a porter. The piece contrasts caravan-like car conditions with the cheaper tourist rates and lack of electric belts.
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Porter
Reform at Coney Island and Ocean Tramps
The piece notes a push to clean up Coney Island by addressing gambling and low resort activities at the west end as Deputy Chief McLaughlin leads Brooklyn police in reforms. It also discusses the rise of ocean tramp vessels surpassing earlier steamers in size and speed, with ships now building to carry 12,000 to 13,000 tons and higher passenger capacity.
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Philadelphia Ledger
United States
Coney Island
New York
McLaughlin
Brooklyn
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Aiggins Avenue
Issoula
Mercantile Co
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Koha Jewelry Co
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Fastman Kodak
Peirce
Morgan & Co., Bakers, Confectioners
Chillicothe
Ohio
E.W. Groves
H. J. St. John
Springs
D. McGregor
Paul
George Cunningham
Viola Miller
G. T. Whitesett
E. P. Woods
D. L. Cannon
J. E. Powell
J. F. Fletcher
Corvallis
George Reynolds
Maude Jameson
Fight Mile
Jasper Evans
A. FE
N. P
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John Emhoff
Epworth League
M. Ts
Amos Buck
Charles
Bert Gavin
Acme
Sterling Dobbins
Burns Fork
Sterling
Dobbins
Wen Tom Say
Sayioue Taq
McBride's
Rosendorf's
Deering Rinders
J. W. Wilson
Ruey
Higgins Bleck
Missoula Notes
Choice Cut Flowers
Lister's
Fire Insurance, Smith, Higgins Bil
The
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New York Press
Chicago
Jersey City
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Morphy & Worden Retail
Orcas
Big Blackfoot Milling Co
Bonner, Mont
Goodkind Bros
Helens, Mont
Gready
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Mercantile Department
Hamilton, Montana
Gong
Finkelnburg & Catlin
Mining and Hydraulic Engineers
Hiaginaglees
Moesenki
Matt
F. W. Morris
California
Greenhood Bros
Butts
Anaconda
Idamilton
Fieketa
J. W. Mehargue
First National Bank of
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A. G
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3. M. Keith
R. A. Eddy
T. L. Greenough
0. G. England
A. G. England
C.,m. McLeod
John M. Keith
Western Montana National Bank
Missoula, Mont
G. A. Wolt
Charles Otto
J. H. T. Ryman
Weleee
Union Market
John R. Daily
Higgins Avenue
Jos. Oettinger
Northwestern University Dental School
American College of Dental Surgery
Daly Block
Montanina
Hah. L. Braun
Charles Emsley
Joan Haresnas
H. Manse Hayes & Marsh
West Front St
Stoddard & Ross
Gilbert Rhodes
Front Street
A. J. Gibson
L. P. Ector
Higgins Block
Goulome
Rankin Hotel
Tel
Roby and Sale
East Front St
Papal LA Alpe
George Pringle
J. Ingalls
First National Bank
B.k
Shooting Gallery
Tessham
P. H. Kelly
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