Two Political Meetings Show Split and Ambition Across Coasts
Reports describe two disparate meetings on Saturday, one in New York where standpatters push direct primary laws while progressives call for a full sweep from senator to constable. In California Governor Johnson dominates the progressive gathering, hinting at GOP tensions and potential bids for higher office as Perkins and Heney emerge as contenders. The piece notes low public turnout across events.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific
New York
Republican Party
Barnes
Harry L. Stimson
Constable
California
Hi Johnson
South America
Johnson
Perkins
Francis J. Heney
Chester Rowell
Heney
Sacramento
Maud Muller Parodies Spark Militant Country Girl Tiff
The Pioneer reports a Big Timber reader who calls herself the Modern Maud, voices strong views on Maud Muller parodies, and says the paper should expect a clash with a militant woman. The note hints at broader themes from Whittier to Emmeline Pankhurst and notes the paper’s stance amid ongoing debates.
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Big Timber
Maud Muller
Maud
John Greenleaf Whittier
Whittier
Emmeline Pankhurst
Pioneer Office
Butte Suffrage Campaign Marred by Disorder and Libel Suit
The Butte women’s suffrage drive erupted in chaos between rival Republican and Progressive factions. Police intervened as chair was threatened, arrests were made, and a libel suit was filed by Mrs. Dorothy B. Johnson against Mrs. Emily H. Denison over accusations of misused league funds.
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Butte
Republican Party
Bedlam
Dorthy B. Johnson
Montana Equal Franchise League
Emily H. Denison
League
Montana
Controversy Over Park Tour Contract Award
The report notes a peculiar award of a Yellowstone transport contract to F. Jay Haynes, previously found guilty of rebating the Oregon Short Line. It cites a conviction for conspiring against the government and questions the legality of giving him the contract, implying forfeiture of rights.
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Yellowstone National Park
F. Jay Haynes
Oregon Short Line Railway
Pinchot Accused of Pushing San Francisco Water Bill
Gifford Pinchot is charged with steering Congress to transfer control of San Francisco water supply from federal to municipal hands in the Hetch Hetchy valley. The claim questions his conservationist credentials if proven accurate.
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National Conservation Congress
Washington
Gifford Pinchot
San Francisco
Hetch- Hetchy Valley
Mr. Pinchot
Fallon County Joins Montana as Two Factions Share Offices
Fallon County is officially mapped in Montana formed from parts of Custer and Dawson counties. The new arrangement starts with both standpatters and progressives holding all but four offices, while the factions gradually reunite.
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Fallon County
Custer
Dawson Counties
Montana
Montana Enjoys Unseasonable Warm Stretch Amid Indian Summer
With Texas facing floods and Colorado snowstorms, Montana continues a quiet period of unusually mild weather. Highs reach into the 70s zone as residents savor dry days and sunlit skies.
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Texas
Colorado
Montana
Notable Riddle Line Reflects Montana December Reference
A phrase centers on a man asking a question about rarity and mentions Montana December, implying a literary or historical riddle tied to a place and time. The line preserves curiosity without naming a person or event.
Montana and General News Chronology of 1913 Tax and Court News
A Montana roundup reports John D. Cowan sentenced to thirteen months in Leavenworth plus a $300 fine for issuing false money orders while postmaster at Cowan Valley County. Other items note Judge Bourquin canceling a jury for the Billings term, McMillan’s bootlegging case delayed, and debate over income tax returns and eligibility. Additional items cover homestead entrants, a Great Northern ore train wreck near Corbin, road-building land grants, a fatal stove fire in Great Falls, presidential primaries talk, a Trident murder verdict, and Billings banks protesting tax assessments.
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Leavenworth
John D. Cowan
Butte
Bourquin
Cowan
Valley County
Bozeman
Dominic Romeo
Jesse Trago
Trident
Rancher Hurt by Drilling Wheel Near Malta Montana
John Con ture, a well known rancher living two miles from Malta, Montana, was badly injured when a drilling machine wheel caught him while driving four horses. Ribs crushed and internal injuries reported. Dr. Brennan and a nurse attended but he could not be moved to town. Courtne had resided locally for about ten years.
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Malta
Mont
John Conture
Brennan
Courtne
Event of the Season Hallowell Concert Co New Years Eve
The Hallowell Concert Company presents a concert and dance at the Auditorium on December 31. The concert runs from 8:30 to 10 p m with adults admission 50 cents and children 25 cents. The dance follows from 10 p m to 2 a m with tickets at one dollar. A 10 piece Harp Orchestra will perform.
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The
Hallowell Concert Co
Electric Bitters Proclaimed Remedy for Women’s Ailments
Stomach liver and kidney troubles and weak nerves vanish with Electric Bitters according to Eliza Pool of Depew Oklahoma. She credits the product with lifting her from sickness and urges others to try it. Each bottle guaranteed 50 cents or 1.00 sold by druggists H E Bucklen & Co Philadelphia or St Louis.
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Eliza Pool
Depew
Okla
Sit
H. E., Bucklen & Co
Philadelphia
St Louis
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Billings
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Stark of
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George D. Toole
Dillon
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Ohio
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