Yellow time card sparks Missoula railroad buzz
Missoula dispatch notes heavy eastbound and westbound overland trains despite late arrivals caused by a yellow time card. Limiteds run strong with crowded Pullmans, circus-related traffic boosts local passenger business, and yard crews push to meet winter prep deadlines as engine and track work accelerates.
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Missoula
Northern Pacify Railway
Northern Pacffc
Srvice
Overland
North Coast Limited
Copper City
Putnam Scale Identified in Missoula Orchard
Professor Dooley identifies a scale sample from Missoula valley orchard as Putnam scale. Initially thought to be San Jose scale, the less harmful variety proves to be milder, sparing most trees and fruit from serious damage.
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Missoula
Dooley
Missoula Valley
San Jose
Three New Residences Planned in Orchard Homes Area
Missoula August report notes three cottages under construction in Orchard Homes with lumber on site and foundations nearly ready. The largest home will be built by Etaples, featuring five rooms and modern conveniences. A schoolhouse is also expected within weeks in the district.
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Missoula
Orchard Homes
Sides in Homes district seeks funds for new school house
Sides in the Homes district has raised 260 dollars with help from friends and expects 400 more within a week as several prominent men have promised support. The ground for the new school house has been accepted by Cobban and Dinsmore.
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Cobban & Dinsmore
Complaints Rise Over Floater Practice By Local Officers
In Missoula on August 25 officers and the sheriff condemn the routine of releasing floaters to arrestees. They cite cases including two men from Helena linked to Louis Raddigan’s murder who were freed after a float and departed town, exposing alleged lapses in jail handling and identification. Ed Laundrey’s release Friday prompted further concern.
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Copper City Limited
Missoula
Bitter Root
Sheriff's Office
Helena
Louis Raddigan
Larson
Long
Raddigan
Ed Laundrey
McGregor
Missoula Welcomes A Gay Crowd For Circus Visit
Missoula August 26 a large delighted crowd filled hotels with many visitors sleeping in chairs. Bitter Root and Circus delegates arrived in numbers, streets orderly despite minor overflows. Officer Larson managed disturbances and prepared for the morning circus arrivals.
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Missoula
Ofncer Larson
Injurious Insects Insecticides and Apparatus Bulletin
Montana experiment station released a bulletin by Professor Cooley on injurious insects, insecticides, and apparatus for fruit pests. It covers poisons and application methods, and promises substantial benefit to orchardists and fruit tree owners in Western Montana.
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Missoula
Montana
Prova
Cooley
Missoula Football Plans and Adventist Encampment Noted
News from Missoula reports football organizers plan games with Wallace Idaho and other teams, plus a meeting next Tuesday to organize for the year. A Seventh Day Adventist encampment starts September 1 in the Mount Hood area, near Wooheide, expected to draw a large crowd for about ten days.
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Missoula
Wallace
Idaho
South Missoula
Perte
Tie Miconla Boya
Tank
Wooheide
Excellent bread at Rosendorf's Miscsoula Aug twenty fifth
Trains/depots report arrival of trunks from across the pond destined to a Miss Hamilton in Metan. The trunks bore large painted letters reading Miss Box 287 Metan Hamilton North Amerika and mention Choice cut flowers from Missoula Nursery Company.
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Miscsoula
Hamillton
Metan
Hamilton
North Amerika
Postoffice
Choice Cut Flowers
Missoula
B. A. Mitchell
City Council Awards Main Street Improvement Contract
The city council unanimously approved a street improvement contract, pledging prompt work on four blocks this year. The aim is to relieve travel on Main and Front streets and speed up progress, with local residents viewing the decision favorably. Four chairs ensure prompt service at Florence barber shop.
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Miescula
Florence
Bert Rhodes
Front Street
Missoula
Montana
Harvest Completes as Montana Yields Impress
Harvest in Western Montana nearly done with little shrinkage from heat. Plains and Frenchtown report large, full grain. first wheat shipments to Bonner mills from Plains. Hay and oats crop seen as large. apple shipments strong though hail damaged some orchards. Rain slows threshing. farmers stack grain promptly.
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Missoula
Montana
Frenchtown
Plains
J. A. McGowan
Bonner Mills
Flathead
Standard Office
Prescott
Hospital notes from Missoula describe crowded wards and staff upgrades
Missoula notes show city wards and Sisters hospital full with out of town patients while two male nurses are added on the second floor and a night female nurse is expected. Several patients are named including Charles Moon the hotel omnibus driver and George Whalen with typhoid fever and a leg operation for Campbell.
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Missoula
Sisters’ Hospital
Charles Moon
Miesoula Hotel
Frent Sffeet
M. Behart
Campbell
Thonelay
George Whalen
Glenn Tolger
Peter Caykie
Philip Poster
Frenchtown
Joseph Boos
Typhoid Fever Strikes Northern Pacific Conductors
Two Northern Pacific conductors confined to the railroad hospital with typhoid fever Conductor MecKachean and Conductor French are improving and expected to resume ticket punching duties soon. Also, B A Mitchell Nurseryman from Hamilton recounts narrowly escaping a hotel fire after waking with the flames already advancing.
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Miseula
Northern Pacific
MecKachean
French
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Indianapolis
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Swift Specific CO
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Chicago
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Ge. L. P. Ector
Missoula Trees
N. Coulombe
Rankin Hotel
East Front Bt
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George Pring
F. M. Ingalls
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P. HH. Kelly
Galler Missoula
P. M. Reilly & Co., the Grocers
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Cal
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Martin Drug CO
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Butte
J. W. Mehargue
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Slant
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Union Market
John R. Daily
Wiggins Avenue
Jos. Oettinger
Se PD
Northwestern University Dental School
American College of Dental Surgery
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Dalylock
H. L. Braun
Charles Emsley
Missovia, Montana
Jomun Hares
Chas
Mares
Hayes & Marsh
West Front St
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