McDonald Lake Name Claim Arises From 1847 Visit
Missoula Aug. 18 Duncan McDonald of Selish Ravalli argues the McDonald lake on the reservation was named first by his father’s 1847 Hudson Bay post and that northern lakes St Marys and McDonald should not take priority. He recalls carving his name in a tree during a 1887 freighting trip and cites long usage of the lake name.
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Ravalli
McDonald
Nan
Elrod
McDonald Lake
St. Mary's Lake
Hudson Bay
Montana
Lake McDonald
Post Creek
Mission Valley
Plain Truths and Honest Facts by Dr Bennett Belt
A historical advertisement proclaims Dr Bennett's Electric Belt cures weakness and drains. It claims fame nationwide with hundreds of thousands of users and guarantees improvement and rapid healing through electricity applied by the belt.
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Dr. Bennett
Resson My
Bennett
Bennett's Electric Belt Promises Cure and Counterfeit Warnings
An advertisement touts Bennett's Electric Belt with soft chamois covered electrodes claiming superior safety and cures for male weaknesses and various ailments. It warns of counterfeit belts with bare metal electrodes and offers free literature, a postpaid book, and a one-year guarantee, while stressing no cost for consultation.
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Beinesws
Vertiaria
Piache
Misnamed streams and lakes on the Flathead Reservation
A speaker argues about misnaming on the Flathead Reservation. He cites Jocko and Mission creeks, Wild Horse creek, and McDonald Peak, urging corrections to reflect indigenous names and historic events including a Blackfeet Flathead battle and a village wiped by smallpox. He urges Professor Elrod to reexamine naming.
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Jocko Agency
Flathead Agency
Hudson Bay Company
Jane
Duncan Station
Jocko Finlay
McDonald Peak
Northern
Pacific
Villard
Europe
Elrod
Prof
German Count Rides NP Locomotive and Feels Heights
A German count in the Mellen party touring the Northern Pacific Railway near Missoula becomes startled while riding in a locomotive cab toward Evaro. After a glance at the Mareni trestle he crouches on the cab floor, then moves to a private car for comfort.
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Missoula
Heman
Evaro
Marvelous Escape on Lolo Grade Tragedy averted
Frank Marks and Miss Tillman escaped injury when their buggy toppled 150 feet down the Lolo grade after the horse shied. Miss Tillman clung to a bush on the bank and managed to pull herself to the road while Marks and the rig rolled to the railway below. Only the buggy shafts were broken.
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Missoula
Frank Marks
Mr. Marks
Miss Tillman
Kodak Supplies at Polre Telephone Work Missoula
Eastman Kodak supplies at Polre Missoula Aug 18. The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone switchboard installation proceeds favorably and should move to the new ground floor office next week. Wires are nearly connected and cables run. Interior arrangements remain, to be completed in a few days by an expert, improving cramped quarters.
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Missoula
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Hitting Order for Missoula at Anaconda
The Missoula batting order for the game at Anaconda tomorrow is Kelly at shortstop Kennedy at second base Mc Carthy at first base Mitchell at catcher Hoyston in center field Lejune in right field Fulkerson at third base Houston in left field Myers as pitcher and captain Hugh Campbell and Will Murphy as substitutes The veteran pitcher hopes to show his curves and staying power.
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Missoula
Anaconda
Kelly
Kennedy
McCarthy
Mitchell
Hoyston
Lejune
Fulkerson
Houston
Myers
Hugh Campbell
Will Murphy
Outlook Is Encouraging For University Plans And Growth
Missoula reports President Craig states rising inquiries about the state university and a likely fall reopen with higher enrollment. He cites plans for building, a better library and museum, dormitories, a gymnasium, and stronger student preparation aided by anticipated bonds funds.
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Missoula
Craig
The
State University
Mr. Craig
Butte
Rumors of New Electric Line Reach Missoula
Pleetric Light Talk reports local chatter about a new Missoula electric company and a Bonner to Missoula electric car line. Some say the Big Blackfoot firm is involved while others cite Eastern capitalists buying an old 1890 franchise. Manager Rutherford finds no confirmed plans but notes potential freight revenue if such a line existed.
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Missoula
Fponner
State University
Big Blackfoot
Thies
Rutherfird
Bonner
Paradise Hot Springs Joke At County Office
In Paradise hot springs in the western county, deputy clerk Will Cave plays a joke on patrons during Clerk Wilkinson’s absence. He tells visitors Wilkinson is “in Paradise,” prompting inquiries about Wilkinson’s whereabouts and alleged death while revealing the ruse to explain the joke.
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Missoula
Will Cave
Wilkinson
Wilkie
Cave
Paradise
Mr. Wilkinson
Paradise Hot Springs
Grain harvest advances in Missoula and Ravalli counties
Grain crop in the region nears completion. Threshing underway and quality high. Buyers are in the field but farmers hold firm. wheat bids sit at sixty cents, up from last year’s fifty to fifty five.
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Missoula
This
Ravalli
Labor representatives meet in Missoula to plan local ticket
A conference of Missoula county labor organization representatives gathered in the afternoon to discuss the possibility of fielding a local labor ticket in upcoming elections.
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Missoula
Missoula County
Informal meeting weighs county ticket approach
Delegates from the Butte convention and local union leaders met informally to discuss county offices. The gathering was unofficial, with no public action announced. Opinions split on a straight ticket versus fusion with another party, and a convention will decide the issue.
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Butte
Golf Takes Root in Missoula as Club Forms
Missoula begins embracing golf with a new club open to professionals and editors. Colonel Marshall leads as vice president while members study terms and seek familiarization with caddies, brassies, links and other jargon. General Superintendent Law of the Northern Pacific endorses golf for office workers and plans to visit when in town.
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Missoula
Breen
Colonel Marshall
Bogg
Marshall
Law
Northern Pacific
Hundred Yard Foot Race Planned For Labor Day
A matched 100 yard race between Tom Pope of Garnet and Coeur d Alenes amateur champion from Wardner is being arranged for Labor Day with $250 a side. Grinrod of Helena is invite to enter making it a three way event. About 1200 people expected in town and the organizers seek low railway rates from Northern Pacific. The matter rests with railway officials.
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Missoula
Tom Pope
Garnet
Coeur d'Alenes
Wardner
Grinrod
Helena
Northern Pacific
Railway Peontle
Northern Pacific Railway patents filed for Missoula land
Filed for Record Missoula August 18 another long list of patents filed with the county clerk by the Northern Pacific Railway company. They cover 607 392 acres in Missoula county and include lands patented to the railway across all parts of the county within the forty mile limit.
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Missoula
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Missoula County
Balloon sighting of Andree crew tied to Arctic expedition
The Tees arrival brings belated word of a sighting near the Mackenzie River mouth in winter, suggesting the missing Arctic explorers Andree and companions may have been seen.
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Andree
Tees
Mackenzie River
Miner Correspondence on Andree Balloon Story From Fort Yukon
A miner at Fort Yukon writes to a friend at Selkirk and to Fred Harrison in Victoria about Indians from the Mackenzie reporting a balloon landing near a river mouth last winter. They say a camp was formed, the balloon rose, and an object was discarded onto the ice. Locals fear the camp and doubt the tale, while some think rewards offered by Sweden may have prompted the reports. Harrison will seek verification before Daw son.
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Fort Yukon
Selkirk
Fred Harrison
Victoria
Andree
Mackenzie
Ross
Fort Youkon
Harrison
Dawson
Flopper Debate Echoes in Old Indianapolis Press
Vague dialogue from Tommy Say and Mr Figge Well centers on a pun about a flopper as a man leaving a party with it. The fragment hints at social humor or political banter in a mid 20th century Indianapolis context. No clear events or names beyond local figures emerge.
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Indianapolis
Tommy
Figge
Clerk Applicant Presses for Qualifications
A Yonkers lawyer questions a teen applicant for a clerk position asking about qualifications. The boy answers hesitantly that the job can be a little irregular, while the lawyer maintains a stern, official tone in the exchange.
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Yonkers Statesman
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