Cold Weather Yarns Tell Of Bitter March Days In Montana
In a crowded room on a cold March day residents recall March storms in Montana. A speaker cites a barefoot horse trek of twenty miles, a chinook, and a sudden north wind dropping the temperature to 23 below zero after starting above 30. Other memories speak of heavy snows, crusted after 24 hours, with days clear and sunny but frigid, horses shedding hair and livestock suffering in the law beds of Idaho.
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Montana
Wharton
Gallatin
Elds
Cold Weather Jackrabbit Shooting on Snow Bank
In unusually cold weather a jackrabbit is shot as it appears to dance in the air. The narrator discovers another man killed the rabbit with a first shot. The cold conditions freeze the animal instantly, ending the incident. The group then moves their sheep toward the railroad and later loads them at DuBois to return to Montana where mercury in a tube is usable in the cold.
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Fin
du Hois
Montana
California Fig Syrup Co
Ministers Kept Away By Rigorous Weather
At the regular weekly meeting of the Butte Ministerial Association members attended reluctantly due to severe weather. The discussion covered the Groom of the Christ Paper on Ritualism and Piety but with a small attendance no business was transacted.
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Butte
Mayer's auction draws crowd despite cold weather
A Mayer's auction drew a good crowd despite bad weather with buyers bidding on a wide range of items. The sale starts at 2 p.m. and offers jewelry, diamonds, watches, silverware, china, and other fine goods at or near market value.
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Mayer
West Park Jeweler
Great Northern Route Through Chicago Connection Discussed
Fragmentary OCR text suggests Great Northern and Chicago connections on a main northern line through North Dakota and Montana with changes and sleepers. Mentions Santa Ana relief products and druggists. Reading is garbled but indicates railway routing and services along with a medicinal ad fragment.
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Dany
Oriental
Dakota
Montana
Chicago
Registration Day Opens Across City Wards
Voters may register today in wards one, three, five, seven at 270 Bath Park Street and in wards two, four, six, eight in the Broadway storeroom. Hours are 9 to 1, 2 to 5, and 7 to 9. Registration closes the 23rd. offices open the 31st for corrections. Local party chatter centers on potential candidates and ward-by-ward speculation.
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Firat
Bhat Park Street
Broadway
FE. C. Dugan
A. W. Browse
East
M. H. Cohen
John Hoyle O'Reilly
Court Delays Slow Trial Start in County Cases
County attorneys were unprepared causing multiple trials to be reset. Judges adjourned juries, with some defendants not arraigned, delaying proceedings across Departments 11 and 111. Several cases including burglary and assault were set to be heard but postponed, while others faced ongoing backlog and pending dispositions.
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Cagen Set
Jame
Yente
Hourquin
Conan
Dudge Donlans
William
Ward
Lemue
President Roosevelts stance on negotiating with the Confederates
Fragmentary report indicates President Roosevelt urged restraint in negotiations with the Confederate side. The text mentions a letter and that the president has taken several steps, with movements described as arriving in Chicago and returning later in the day. Multiple garbled names appear, but the core note is about official stance and actions in the talks.
Blizzard roars as springlike weather flips to storm
A furious blizzard raged for 72 hours, with hurricane force winds, flying snow, and toppled objects. Water shortages worsened stock losses, while Bernard Baker moves to chair Mutual Life policyholders committee with Vesant Fish’s support. Towle Winterhalter advertises wedding rings and a full assortment of sizes and weights.
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Bernard Baker
Union Trust Company
Mutual Life. Insurance Company
Vesant Fish
New York
Towle
Winterhalter Towelers
Supreme Court grants writ in Valentina case death sentence
The U S Supreme Court acts on habeas corpus for Anna Valentina, Italian woman condemned to death in Hackensack N J for murder in 194, affirming the circuit court. Separately the season’s railroad buzz centers on the Los Angeles limited on the new Salt Lake route, hailed as the West’s finest.
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Washington, Waren
United States
Alaska Central Road to Open Rich Country
Alaska Central railway progress report from Seward toward Fatebanks plans a 490 mile line with 19 miles built. Mayor MacGibbon and FL Aug Hetnge hold stock stakes. Turner of Washington and George Dickinson, ex-Union Packs, also involved. Coal and mineral prospects cited. 12,000 workers expected.
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Alaska
Macghnwbe
Seattle
Alaska Central Railway
FL Aug Hetnge
Seward
Reet
Hay
Fatebanks
Kranen
Capan
Peeted
Ty ‘& Fleh
Blizzard Delays in Valley. Water Shortage Fears Loom
Special Dispatch reports a fierce blizzard in the valley from early morning, with heavy snowfall by noon. Wind eased and snow halted in the valley but continued in surrounding mountains, prompting concerns from ranchers about water shortages for next summer due to light snowpack.
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Standars Dillon
Owlock
Judge Douglas rules in Kieley v Board of Commissioners case
In a circuit court opinion Judge Douglas decides Kieley chief of police v the board of commissioners. The dispute centers on prohibition and recall for promotion. The Chinese legation in Washington refused a permit linked to a Pachor Brau beer at Daly's, 106 North Main.
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Douglas
Circuit Court
Polve
Kieley
Maki
Washington
Daly's Place
106
N. Main
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Highth
George Benth
Trier
Omer
Dan Dunn
James Byrnes
Bourquin
Tata
Cour
Rowrauin
Bustnene
Tre Brooke
Damon Miers
Mouton Halle
Rowan Hepartiment
Walker
Irene Howard
Lorena Sith
Ehekawn
Bast Ireland
Grace Johnson
J.C. Hurtey
Tom Fong
Ding
Evieve Masayer
Worshington
Anien
Roone
Erate O
Mitchell
Aeriy AM
Baiceic
Gulf
Ceylon
Peter Pindar
Turnpike Guide Post
National Biscuit Company
F. Augustus Heinze
Tm Twelve
Kieleys
Spokane
McLaughlin-Dewr
Miller
Mit
Rand. ‘Whi
Dr. McLaughlin
M. S. McLaughlin
Donaldson’s Glass
Minneapolis
Minn
A.C. M
A. S. Cameron Pumps
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Atlas Engines
American Mills
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