Livingston Fair and Racing Association Formed on Island Grounds
Articles of incorporation were filed for the Livingston Fair and Racing Association with a $20,000 capital stock. John M. Conrow heads the initial board, with officers including Frank Beley and A. R. Joy. The first annual fair and race meet is planned for September 10 through 15 on Joy's Island grounds. The piece notes surrounding preparations and expected large exhibits. It also reports the Minneapolis Tribune obituary notice for George H. Tabour, who died after switching cars in Big Timber. he was 24 and formerly from Minneapolis.
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Livingston Fair and Racing Association
Angus
John St. Conraw
Charles
Hefferlin
W. 11. Campbell
A. R. Joy
Lee Eisenberg
Frank Beley
A. L. Lee
George A. Gordon
George W. Wakefield
Mentor Wetzstein
John M. Conrow
A. L
Montana
Livingston
Northwest
The
Minneapolis Tribune
George H. Tabour
Big Timber
J.B. Tabour
Mont
George 1. Tabour
Northern Pacific Railroad
Minneapolis
Twin City Rapid Transit Company
Pleasant Avenue
Freiman Clothier Slashes Men and Boys Suits Prices
Freiman the clothier near the post office announces a full stock closeout of men and boys suits and knee pants at actual factory prices. The sale aims to move inventory quickly before fall term as mothers are urged to dress their boys and save dollars on outfits.
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Freiman
County cattle assessment hike noted by state board
County Clerk Angus reports Park county cattle assessments increased by 145 percent. The move raises base value from 15.34 to 17 per head, pending official implementation.
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Angus
State Board of Equalization
Park County
Lanphear Lands School Contract in Stillwater
O M Lanphear awarded the contract to build the new Stillwater school and filed his bond after arriving from Big Timber. He agreed to complete by October 1 with J G Morrissy handling stone work and quarrying to be let Monday.
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Stillwater Bulletin
O. M. Lanphear
Lanphear
J. G. Morrissy
Denver
Burg Leaves Lewistown for Livingston to Resume Business
Charles A. Burg departed Lewistown for Livingston last Monday to resume business. After nearly four years in Lewistown he returns to Park county with praise for his tenure as Lewistown land office register. Burg will remain briefly as his family also plans to relocate back to their former home.
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Lewistown
Charles A. Burg
Livingston
Burg
Park County
Lewistowan
Guaranteed Cure Offer for Dr King’s New Discovery
Advertises Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with a money back guarantee after a fair trial. Trial bottles free at Moore & Co’s Drug Store. Large size 50c and 1.00.
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Dr. Kings
Dr. King
Moore & Co's
Some of These Days in the Twilight Blues
A short poetic verse imagines days when cows return home and bees return to hives and people are patient amid bars of light promising honey and milk for all. It calls for patience and continued hopeful expectation for the future.
Hatch Dier Mercantile Company Big Store In Musselshell County
The Hatch Dier Mercantile Company operates a large store with a vast stock and warehouse on the right of way. They recently shipped 70 000 pounds of merchandise to Musselshell country and fill every order promptly. A visit to inspect their goods and prices is worthwhile.
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Hatch-Dier Mercantile Company
Musselshell
Mullan tunnel roof cave‑in hampers Northern Pacific traffic
About 40 feet of the Mullan tunnel roof collapsed today on the Northern Pacific. Some 30 workers had left for cement and a freight train was passing, triggering the cave in as the crew expected a new cement supply. Eastbound express halted and detoured via Garrison and Huttes route. repairs will take several weeks.
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Helena
Mullan
Northern Pacific
Hutte
The Black Rascal Grove Swindled Many in Denver Town
The piece profiles C. P. Grove known as Blue Dick, a negro confidence man who ran large swindles in Washington last year and Denver. He sold lots in a mythical townsite named after himself near Butte, defrauding his own people before vanishing.
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Nowise
C. P. Grove
Blue Dick
Washington
Grove
Denver
Butte
Rascal
A Maverick Branders Tale from the Range
A veteran rancher explains mavericking the stock business. Newcomers start with a single letter brand but soon add an array of marks, tools, and signs. The owner retains what remains of the animal, and some aim to avoid overlapping brands by unique monograms.
Dry Goods Bargains From Hatch Dier Mercantile
A sale listing from Hatch Dier Mercantile offering 500 yards Shirting in indigo blue calico 5c, 500 yards oil red calico 7c, 300 yards Dutch blue calico 36 inches wide, 1 000 yards bleached muslin 36 inches wide 7c, and fine Percale 8 and 10c with a large remnant discount this week.
Notice of debts and death in Swamp Creek area
Notice asks allen to settle debts to Henry Klein with E. C. Hale. John Gage aged 22 died of organic heart disease at his sister Mrs J B Morris residence on Swamp Creek last Saturday night. He was last of a family of thirteen. Survived by sisters Mrs J H Morris and Mrs Horace Bartlett of Livingston. Funeral held Monday morning at Big Timber cemetery.
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John Gage
J. BR. Morris
Swamp Creek
J. H. Morris
Horace Bartlett
Livingston
Big Timber
Mail clerk Rosencrans arrested for rifling registered letters
L J Rosencrans, a railway mail clerk on the Helena to Billings run, was arrested in Helena on a charge of opening and rifling registered letters. He admits a months long pattern of opening valuable mail for checks he destroyed. He posted 1500 bail for the U S grand jury action.
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L.J. Rosencrans
Helena
Billings
Rosencrans
Hope
United States Grand Jury
Patronize the merchant who advertises, says editor
An editorial urges readers to support merchants who advertise. It mocks shoppers who ignore ads, claiming such advertisers educate the public about new goods and trends while criticizing non advertisers as unsophisticated and out of fashion.
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Jackson
New Orleans
Boxer Fletcher Robison Dies After Omaha Fight
The Plattsmouth special reports Fletcher Robison died from injuries suffered in the fight with Jamie Lindsay in Omaha last Thursday night. Lindsay’s seconds Arthur Rothery and Fred O'Neill and Sandy Griswald sporting editor of the Omaha Bee who officiated were arrested today. Lindsay remains at large.
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Plattsmoth
Neb
Kansas States of Freaks Nominates Independent Candidate
Hugh Cameron, claiming kinship with the Pennsylvania Camerons, seeks congressional honors as an independent candidate. He advertises a quarter century without boots or shoes or haircuts and labels himself a nominee of the George Washington corps of home protectionists.
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Kansas
Hugh Cameron
Pennsylvania Camerons
George Washington Corps of Home Protectionists
Wheat yield to top ten year high in three-state crop report
The state crop report projects record wheat production across Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota despite lingering drought. Officials expect yields to surpass last year and the Miinvis corn crop remains uncertain.
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Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Artisan basin boosts crop yields in Spink County
A large land tract in Spink County South Dakota irrigated by an artisan well yielded 40 bushels of wheat to the acre while nearby unirrigated land produced almost nothing. Farmers see irrigation as a way to insure good crops each year.
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Spink County
South Dakota
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Mreakeman Kilted
BuLoce & Walbridge
Walbridge
A G.natch
Attorney AT Law
AEL Nntary Public
Rig Timber
Office Bank
W A. Moore, M.D. E
J.usmoore M
Physicians and Surgeons
Orrick—Moore & Co
DRG
W E. Almas, M. D
L. R.C.P
Loxnon, Enanaxan
Ando Accoucheur
Almas & Co.'s Drug Store
Riatimber
C. E. Sutton
A. S. Thresher
Attorneys AT Law
Nevitt Block
Rozemas
Commercial Exchange Bank
Rozemin National Bank
Hatch-Dier Mercantile Co
D &P
Walter FB. Tenney
Henry Klein
E. C. Hale
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