Broadwater County Horse Breeders Show Draws Crowds
The first annual Broadwater County horse and colt show held September 13 and 14 drew wide interest from local breeders. Captain Manly Nickelson of Kansas City judged, awarding premiums while spectators viewed about 150 dollars in prize money. Thirty colts under a year and 25 colts aged one to two showcased draft and standard breeds amid high valued stallions and parading teams.
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Townsend
Broadwater County
G. E. Pool
P. J. Meloy
Association
Manly Nickelson
Kansas City
Milwaukee Railroad
Col
C. B. Nolan
W. ©. Hutchenson
Riverside Ranch Company
Ranges in the Big Hole in Splendid Condition
Dillon report by C H Adams Montana grazing inspector says Big Hole national forest ranges are in splendid condition. He found stockowners generally satisfied with forest policy aside from a dispute on upper Horse Prairie, which involved cattlemen and sheep men but lay outside the forest.
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Standard
Dillon
C. H. Adams
Montana
Missoula
Big Hole National Forest
National Forest
Street car franchise voted on at Billings
Billings September 15. A special election was held to decide whether to grant a franchise for establishing a street railway in the city. Voters considered the matter at polls and the outcome will determine the line's construction and operation.
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Billings
Standard
Yegen Bros Win City Franchise After Voter Approval
The measure carried by a large majority granting a franchise to Yegen Bros for construction. The company plans work as soon as the ordinance is passed by the council, now authorized by the people.
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Yegen Bros
Standard Oil Fine May Be Wiped Out on Technicality
The Tribune reports a $29,240,000 federal fine against Standard Oil by Judge Landis could be voided on a technicality. If immunity promised to the Alton railroad is granted, lawyers will ask that the verdict be set aside, arguing lack of prior notice to question witnesses.
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Associated Press
Chicago
The
Tribune
Standard Oil Company
Landis
Standard Oil
Alton
Moody
Alton Railroad
Butte Freemason Dean Selfridge Visited Apollo Lodge
Dillon reports grand master Dean W. Selfridge of Montana the Oda Fellows visited Apollo lodge. Initiatory degree work was demonstrated, then a banquet and smoker followed the evening's ceremonies.
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Standard
Dillon
Dean W. Selfridge
Butte
Oda Fellows
Montana
Apollo Lodge
Death of Mar Russell Noted in Pocatello
Dillon reports the death of Mar Russell at his Pocatello home Saturday night after an appendicitis operation. Russell had been a conductor and brakeman on the Oregon Short Line for 14 years and was known from Butte to Salt Lake City.
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Dillon
Mar Russell
Pocatello
Russell
Butte
Salt Lake City
Bank opens wage earner accounts on Hamilton Street
Every wage earner in Butte may open a check account in the Butte Commercial Bank on Hamilton Street.
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Butte
Butte Commercial Bank
Hamilton Street
Chicago Rejects New Charter by Low Vote
Chicago voters rejected the state legislature's new charter for the city by a margin of 122054 against to 59466 for, in a special election with only about half the registered voters turning out. Mayor Busse commented that the result showed public indifference to the charter despite its potential benefits for city improvements.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Busse
Flags and history of Manhattan from Dutch to American rule
The article traces Manhattan’s flag history from Henry Hudson and the Dutch East India Company to the Dutch West India Company, English Union Jack rule, and the shift to the American flag after 1783. It notes key dates including 1612 settlement, 1664 English conquest, 1673 1674 reoccupation, Leisler’s 1689 rule, and the 1775 liberty pole flag.
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New York Sun
Manhattan Island
Henry Hudson
Dutch East India Company
United Provinces
the Netherlands
Algemeene Oost-Indise Compagni
General East India Company
Manhattan
East India Company
West India Company
Dutch West India Company
G. Ww. C
West Indise Compagnie
Privileged West India Company
St. Andrew
St. Patrick
Ireland
England
Holland
Leisler
William
Mary
New York
New England
George Washington
Congress
Cambridge
Tyron
George Rex
Liberties of
America
Tryon
Washington
Harlem
Sir Henry Clinton
Records of Ancient City Dr M A Stein
Dr M A Stein outlines his Geographical Survey aims starting with an ancient desert site north of Niva where 1901 discoveries showed a settlement abandoned in the late 3rd century AD. Time and labor later hindered excavation before drifting sands and subsequent treasure hunting revealed additional homesteads among dune formations.
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M. A. Stein
Niva
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Makers
Hinds
Mennen
Roger & Gallet
Hroapwater
TION
Ers
Nickelson
ODD Fellows AT
Mark Russell
Comforts
Indus
India
Nis Omese
Scythia
West
Far East
Antiquities of
Central Asia
Fehr’s
Iov
Frank Fehr Brewing Co
Louisville
Kentucky
Capsice Commercial CO
Butte, Moat
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