Vision of Laurel's Growth Attracts Chicago Investor
Dr. Coyle and wife from Denver visit Laurel praising the town as ideal for investment. He foresees rapid ranch development and dense population across Montana, with river slopes and beaches cultivated to yield vast crops. He argues the empire-building work elsewhere will spur progress, turning the region into one of the world’s wealthiest areas.
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Laurel Sentinel
Coyle
Denver
Laurel
Montana
Somers Lumber Strike Warns Costly For Workers And Mills
The Kalispell Bee notes with concern that a general lumber workers strike would hurt many not involved. It cites the 1907 panic’s lingering effects, calls for parity with other mills’ wages, and argues the timing is poor as manufacturers seek output reductions amid price pressures. The piece urges restraint and cautions against worsening conditions for all in the industry.
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Kalispell Bee
Somers
Montana schools blamed for neglecting essential studies
Sheridan Enterprise quotes a critique that Montana schools focus on prize-winning debaters and athletes, neglecting core subjects. It laments campus culture shifting to playground education and warns of uneducated youth unable to converse, spell, or write. The piece notes no local application.
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Sheridan
Montana
Missoulian Reports New Railway Construction Beginnings
The Northern Pacific plans grading through Lolo Pass into Idaho Clearwater country and Milwaukee prepares dirt work on its line up the Blackfoot. The article notes a long period of construction activity, with favorable conditions and prospects for substantial mileage this year, starting soon.
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Missoulian
Northern Pacific
Lolo Pass
Idaho Clearwater Country
Milwaukee
Blackfoot
Taft expected to shape tariff conference fight in senate
The Fort Benton River Press notes the president’s influence may tilt the closing tariff debate in the senate, especially in the conference committee. It recalls historic clashes in Dingley 1897, McKinley 1890, and 1883 bills, and 1894 house senate conflicts. Taft’s influence among ten republicans on the sixteen member committee is highlighted as likely decisive.
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Fort Benton
Senate
Conference Committee
Tariff Commission
Democratic House
Taft
Daylight Clock Reform Proposal Sparks Confidence Scheme
A Kalispell Inter Lake item notes a group calling itself the National Daylight Association urging a clock shift ahead two hours from June 1 to October 1 to gain earlier work and extra evening daylight. The idea, a confidence game on clocks, survives little support. A newspaper man jokes about backing a two hour backward shift for more morning sleep.
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Kalispell Inter Lake
National Daylight Association
Bozeman Police Halt Unlicensed Peddler
Citizens praised Bozeman police after arresting a man selling goods without a license. The piece argues licenses burden fair business and home merchants, contending licensed peddlers still harm the town’s economy and quality of goods.
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Bozeman
Seismic disturbance spurs church attendance in Havre valley
A small seismic jolt last Saturday evening stirred the valley, waking many from spiritual lethargy. The following day churches reported notably higher attendance despite poor weather conditions.
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Havre
Eastern Montana Growth Tied to Rail Expansion Prospects
The Billings Gazette notes rapid Eastern Montana and Yellowstone Valley growth and predicts rail extensions and improvements will drive prosperity. Railway leaders foresee heightened activity this year, signaling a bright economic outlook for the region despite incomplete lines.
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Billings Gazette
Montana
Yellowstone Valley
The Pony Express Urges Local Support for New Business
A Pony Express editorial chides townsfolk for inaction, arguing that newspaper praise for ventures benefits the community only when residents contribute. It asks readers if they would let money slip away instead of earning it through effort and encourages backing new enterprises to reap shared rewards.
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The
Pony Express
Community undertakings for railroads farms and irrigation
The speaker outlines plans to build electric railroads, attract manufactories, invite settlers to occupy vacant lands, split farms into smaller tracts, and support irrigation schemes. For now, the community focuses on these tasks as the reservation business winds down.
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Kalispell Inter Lake
Demand for Larger Post Office Quarters Grows
From the Ravalli County Republican comes word that town leadership seeks larger quarters for the post office. Despite recent expansion of box capacity with new fixtures, 1000 more dollars are needed to meet requirements. Public-spirited citizens are urged to fund a new building as the current space is cramped and dingy.
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Ravalli
Hamilton Republican
Billings Journal: Chicago shop girls form protection group
The article notes shop girls organizing with police and club women to guard against the masher, a trousered man topic of annoyance. Chief Shippy declares war on the Johnies and orders officers to keep them moving as cities of all sizes face this nuisance. men who court attention with loud colors and foolish methods are lampooned as vain, silly, and disruptive.
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Billings Journal
Chicago
Shippy
For Sale Miscellaneous Goods and Real Estate Listings
A long list of sale notices includes lumber mining timbers and mill work, gas ranges with water heaters, folding beds, cows and calves, and various furniture items for sale in Butte and surrounding areas. Real estate ads call for houses or flats for sale in Walkerville Anaconda and nearby, plus public notices about an estate administrator in Anaconda dated May 15 1909.
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Ed T. Riberdy
St. Regis
Mont
Classified Ads Blend Promises and Patter Across Spokane Butte
A jumble of recruitment schemes and solicitations appears from Spokane and Butte, offering trades training, sales jobs with free tools, and high wages. It mentions Melee System Colleges in Spokane and various individuals seeking work, with notes on commissions, hours, and a Scribner’s magazine opportunity. An odd aside about a married man and a hat rounds out the page.
Variety of loans and rentals listed in Butte advertise
A cluttered 1908 newspaper page advertises money loans to salaried workers, real estate lending, assorted trust and finance services, clothing and dyeing, and numerous rental listings for rooms flats and houses in Butte and Anaconda. It also lists stables and horse services with several business names and addresses.
WANTED A BRYAN To Castigate Senators Now
The Great Falls Tribune laments lack of a Bryan figure in the senate to challenge cost of living rises pushed by trusts. It notes a leaderless, drifting party, praising La Follette and insurgent western senators like Cummings and Clapp for genuine democracy, while western Republicans ally with Democrats on some key votes.
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Great Falls Tribune
Bryan
Senate
la Follette
Cummings
Clapp
Oklahoma
Denver
Judge Donlan Tightens Gamming Crackdown in Butte
Missoula Herald notes Judge Donlan declares gambling will receive no special consideration in Butte court. The stance aligns with rising national moral sentiment as copper camp aims for thorough cleansing and purification.
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Missoula
Donlan
Butte
Missoula Chooses Scholarly Figures for Commencement Attire
With Bishop Carroll at the university and John H. Tolan at the high school, Missoula is assured ofquent, scholarly commencement dresses this year. elo ad-
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Missoulian
Bishop Carroll
John H. Tolan
Missoula
Eload
Opening of Flathead Indian Reservation Boosts Western Montana Farms
The Stevensville Register reports that opening the Flathead Indian reservation to settlement will bring vast land into cultivation and draw eastern settlers. Many may not secure choose tracts on the reservation, but they will fall in love with the country and buy small farms in the Bitterroot valley and other Western Montana areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevensville Register
Flathead Indian Reservation
Montana
Bitter Too Valley
Schools Are Good Things Worth Public Support
The Philipsboro Mail argues for strong school support, noting many assent without understanding why. It contends education holds deep significance, and broad backing would remove opposition to funding and elevate teaching to the highest calling.
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Philipsboro Mail
Montana grouse crop doomed by frostbite chicks
State game warden warns the Montana grouse crop will be a practical failure as nearly all young chicks are frostbitten. The remark notes a harsh start in snow and implies poor prospects for future reproduction.
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Kalispell Inter Lake
Viennese Doctor Describes Men’s Recurrent Bad Days
Dr Swoboda, a distinguished Viennese physician, states that every man experiences bad days at regular intervals with no clear cause. These days bring fatigue, headaches, nervous excitability, and other symptoms akin to a morning after. The remarks suggest a routine pattern rather than a specific illness.
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Billings Gazette
Swoboda
Charity or marriage as Lillian Thompson seeks fortune
From the Glasgow Democrat a Philadelphia maiden named Lillian Thompson described as pretty and worth 200000 dollars declares she will devote herself to charity rather than marriage. Yet the piece notes it would be a real act of charity to marry a young man who needs the money.
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Glasgow Democrat
Philadelphia
Lillian Thompson
Beautify your property and streets with civility
From the Tri County Columbus News a civic appeal urges residents to beautify their property and streets and to be friendly and courteous to strangers. It argues civility creates good impressions that are carried away and cherished by others.
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Tri-County
Columbus
Beet Sugar Factory Project Aims To Grow Bitter Root Prosperity
From theWestern News: a planned Hamilton beet sugar factory is described as a million dollar enterprise nearly assured to create hundreds of jobs. It would utilize the output of 10,000 acres of Bitter Root land and boost local industry while benefiting the region and community life in several evident ways.
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Hamilton
Goulds Fame Fades From Markets To Divorce Courts
The old financial and railroad name Gould now appears more in divorce court news than markets. The once legendary wealth and influence are described as yielding to personal legal battles rather than business triumphs, reflecting a dramatic shift in public attention.
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Billings Gazette
Gould
Epp Holloway’s Fishing Trip to Martinsdale
Epp Holloway traveled to Martinsdale early in the week for a fishing tour and reports very good luck. He says Martinsdale is the best place to fish if you want a full string of catches.
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Harlowton
Epp Holloway
Martinsdale
Hepp
Railroad Baron Heads Lines Through Judith Basin
The Judith Basin Star notes the railroad baron builds his line through eight new country for business, seeking soil as the business target. The piece portrays the soil as the key asset, with the basin as the focal point for economic expansion.
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Judith Basin
New Country
Demand For Rat Skins From The Far News
Rat skins are in demand across industries with London alone consuming nearly 200 thousand dollars yearly for uses in bookbinding frames purses and glove thumbs. A new branch of work could raise consumption further and Denmark paid unemployed workers 75 to 90 cents daily last year after rat acts. England faces multi million dollar annual damage from rats and many people are already employed in rat capture.
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London
Denmark
England
Large Art Flower Horns Shipment In Montana Opening
Butte merchants announce opening of a large shipment of fine art flower horns for Vietor machines with prices slashed in half. Early arrival urged at Butte Talking Machine Co 327 S Main. Also listed are hair services and beauty treatments plus real estate and loan offerings by local advertisers.
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Salt Lake
Hubbard Investment Co
I. Clausen
S. Main St
Butte
Montana
Vietor
Butte Talking Machine Co
S. Main
Ind
Bell
Notice to Creditors Estate of Bernard Duffy Deceased
Creditors of Bernard Duffy deceased are notified to exhibit their claims with vouchers within 10 months after first publication to Michael Duffy administrator at T. O Leary Daly bank building Anaconda Deer Lodge Montana. Dated Anaconda May 15 1909.
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Bernard Duffy
T. O'Leary
Daly Bank
Anaconda
Mont
Deer Lodge
State of
Montana
Michael Duffy
Estate of Ed Higgins Deceased Administrator Appointment Notice
Estate of Ed Higgins deceased names A SHORT as administrator. Notice dated May 1 1909 at Anaconda Montana specifies room No 2 Petritz block as the estate business location in Deer Lodge County MT.
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the State Press
Avon
Powell County
Case & Company
West Broadway
K. E
Standard
Turant
East Park
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co
Broadway
Arizona
Lutte
O. K
West Park
Passmore & Co
W. Granite
Butte Machinery Company
West Galena
F. S. Sutherland
Dakota
Twin Bridges
Yerkes
Hamilton Street
Stanley Steamer Auto
Helena
Speedway Stables
South Main St
Butte Fur
Main
W. Broadway
Bell Phone
E. Broadway
Clark St
Walkerville
Granite St
Wyoming
Minah, Butte
X. Hall
West Side
Bailey Loan and Realty Co
L. W
Bitter Root Valley
Gallatin
Harrison Ave
Caledonia
Henry Streets
Butte, Mont
West Woolman
A. W
Care Standard
Rose St
West Silver
Utah
S. Montana
Chestnut, Anaconda
Pennsylvania Block
Mattie Calder Rutledge
Colorado St
Butte. S
Lisgall
Robert Basse
Petritz
City of
A. Short
Anaconda, Mont
Melee System
Front Ave
Spokane
Wash
Parson's
Park, Butte
Malic
Hele
Montana St
Napton
M. W. Ebel
Moscow
Idaho
J. Fi. S
Chestnut
Theodore Roosevelt
Scribner's Magazine
Wirth Avenue
New York City
Piivate Hospital
Waimer
State Savings Building
Oregon Avenue
Wilson & Smith CO
Owsley Block
Alberta
Canadian Pacific Railway
Southern Alberta
O’neil & Blinn General Agents
Granite Street
Meé
D. F. Riggs
Whitehall, Mont
Bitter Root
Bitter Root Land and Improvement Co
Hamilton, Mont
Victor
Columbia Gardens
Standard Office
X. A
High School Annex
Columbia
C. Ww. Elderkin
Phoenix Block
Burlington
Colorado Street
Park St
St. Patrick's Church
BAY Horse
E. Galena
MY Place
J. A. Morrow
Silver Star
Tolman
McRae & Solveson
W. Park
Slemons & Booth
Silver Bow Block
Simon Bank
Bailey L. & R. Co
E. Granite
Rombauer CO
Lewis & Walker
N. Wyo
Thomas Buggy
N. Main St
M. E. Mayer
Assayer
W. Galena
Albemarle Block
Bennett Block
Park
Sherman
Quartz
Granite
Steele
Quartz St
Lexington
Rogers
E. Park
Hall
Montana Street
W. Copper, Butte
N. Main
Emmet
Galena Street
Main, Butte
West Copper
Second
W. Silver
Spruce
J. W. Marshall
Washington
Jackson Street
Princeton
W. Main
W. Gold, Butte
W. Saver
East Platinum
H. O. Kennedy
B. & B. Stables
BE. Broadway
Shale Upholstering Co
Montana and
Galena. Ind
Rauh & Richter, Furriers
Butte Stove Repair CO
Lind & Murray
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Stuart
Marcel
Penn
W. V. Lawlor
N.main Street
Ed Higgins
Petritz Block
West Park St
C. S. Jackman Co
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