Hon C S Hartman remembered as Montana statesman and friend
Obituary recalls Hon C S Hartman a Montana figure who held roles from probate judge of Gallatin county at 23 to minister to Ecuador at 52 and district judge of Chouteau county. Notes his honesty, memory for faces, and famed handshake while highlighting his eight year embassy tenure and later public service in judiciary.
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Hon. C. S. Hartman
Montana
C. S. Hartman
Gallatin County
Ecuador
Chouteau County
John W. Tattan
Hartman
Charley Hartman
United States
The
Pioneer
Three Park county delegates survive 1889 Montana convention
The article notes that eleven members of Montana's 1889 constitutional convention remain alive, all three Park county members still living in Portland, Oregon, New York City, and Cleveland. It highlights Park county figures Maj George Eaton, William T. Field, and Allan R. Joy and details their post convention lives and careers.
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Montana
C. S. Hartman
Gallatin County
Lewis and Clark
Silver Bow
Park County
Maj
George QC
Eaton
Cooke City
New York City
Rocky Mountain Club
William B. Thompson
Great Metropolis
Harrison
William T
Billy) Field
Livingston
Billy
Great American Railway Union
Joe Woods
Oklahoma
Cleveland
Ohio
Allan R. Joy
Portland
Ore
Moose Lodge
Helena
Montana House of Representatives
W. T. Collins
Hunters Springs
W. F. Meyer
Red Lodge
Joy
Endurance Test Gaffe Remains a Silent Frontier
A playful Baltimore Sun mock front page imagines Mrs. William Brown setting a world record for silence during a 15 minute test in a car back seat. The spoof notes her quiet resolve as Mr. Brown signals the moment with a honk, while the official timepiece oddly misreads the clock.
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William Brown
Mr. Brown
Endurance test aside Mrs Brown drives and notes
The passage recalls Mrs Brown enduring a car trip with Mr Brown at the wheel. It details near collisions, a suspected brake issue, exhaust odor, and a note about a truck incident. Rumors of back seat drivers arose but officials deny a real trend. The Daily Clarion dismisses such endurance events as minor.
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Mr. Brown
Mrs. Brown
West Coast Hit by Big Electrical Storm
A severe electrical storm lashed Seattle and Puget Sound causing power outages in Olympia and Bremerton. A $5,000 fire destroyed a powder plant shed in Olympia after a lightning strike. Two Seattle transformers exploded, leaving the Public Safety Building dark, as rainfall Oregon to Washington moved north. An accident blinded a streetcar motorman and another driver was bruised as crews fought the blaze amid smoke and evacuation orders. The storm, described as the worst in years, disrupted utility services and damaged several facilities.
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Seattle
Wash
Puget Sound
Olympia
Bremerton
Rex Powder Company
Public Safety
Weather Bureau
Cithes
A. J. Ballard
F. Young
Tong Warfare Fears After Chinatown Shootings
Police fear a tong war after a fatal shooting in Chicago Chinatown and a related slaying in New York Chinatown. Investigators note defections from On Leong and tensions rise as detectives reinforce posts in both cities. A wounded man named Kar Leong Wong is treated, while streets empty and officials seek to prevent further bloodshed.
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Chicago
On Leong Tong
Chinatown
Yee Sun
Hip Sing Tong
22Nd Street
Wentworth Avenue
New York
On Jeongs
Hip Sings
Tongs
On Lcongs
Tong
Kar Leong Wong
Wong
Speervalest
Hoy Onge
Jon Wer
Mey
Keewn
Lowe
Violent Break Hits Wheat Prices In Chicago Trade
In Chicago on August 6 a sharp drop in wheat values led by heavy selling. Prices fell 6 to 7 cents per bushel from Monday's close as traders unloaded futures holdings. September wheat closed at 1.31 5 8, December at 1.39 7 8, and March at 1.44 1 2. Corn also declined, ending down about 2 cents from earlier highs.
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Chicago
Winnipeg
Canadian
Warn Wheat Growers Not To Crowd Market
The federal farm board advised wheat growers to refrain from crowding the market this season. It stated it will not forecast or set a price and called overcrowding at terminals and transport facilities unfortunate. It urged holding back supply to improve distribution though not assuming price responsibility.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
Heat Wave Grim In Southwest As Records Fall In Kansas
Aug 2 Kansas City reports a record 168 degrees for the day as Oklahoma and Kansas each hit century marks. Thunderstorms threaten the grain belt but no rain to quell drought. Upper Mississippi valley braces for warmer weather tomorrow.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Mississippi Valley
Weather Bureau
Chicago
St. Pau
Des Moines
Salina
Topeka
Parsons
Biddlesville
Blackwell
Okla
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Big Timber
Jerome Williams
Sweet Grass County
Foreign Landa
Corves
Big Timiey
Baltimore Sun
West Coast
Boston
Scandinavian American Bank
MR. Farmer
L. F. Douthett Co
Blackleg
Mulford Laboratories
Mulford
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