Montana beckons settlers as 40 Illinois families plan move
A Central Illinois colony plans to settle on Montana government land in spring. Theodore L. Schurmeier of the Northwestern Immigration association endorses Montana’s riches in minerals, farming, and timber, noting vast unclaimed lands and strong irrigation, crop yields, and health.
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Central
Illinois
Montana
Theodore L. Schurmeier
Northwestern Immigration Association
Schurmeier
St. Paul
Funny Ads and Peculiar Notices From The Press
A survey of odd English newspaper ads includes piano sales expressions and curious wants. Examples range from a lady selling a piano abroad to a boy who can open oysters and an organist sought. The text also notes Montana school funding figures and per capita state allocations.
Wool Market Remains Strong After Christmas Activity
The Wool Market reports total sales of 6,699,300 pounds across three markets with 2,812,500 domestic and 3,786,800 foreign. Boston sold 3,000,000 pounds this week, 1,138,800 domestic, showing market strength comparable to December 1895.
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American Wool and Cotton Reporter
Boston
Worms Boost German Vegetable Crops In Boxes
German experiment shows vegetables grown in wooden boxes with angle worms yield higher crops. Presence of worms increased output from 25 percent to a substantial gain, demonstrating the beneficial role of earthworms in soil fertility.
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Germany
Montana to distribute about fifty thousand to school districts
About $50,000 will be distributed to Montana school districts in a few weeks from the school income fund which now holds $51,759.14. The fund derives from interest on the permanent fund plus leases and rents of school lands. The permanent fund totals $158,401.14, and while part is invested in warrants and bonds, only the income can be used. The apportionment method, created by E A Steere in the Smead bill, bases distribution on the number of school children ages six to twenty one in each district.
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Montana
Union
Itas
Rockies
Confederate Gulch
Deer Lodge
Blackfoot
Yellowstone
Milk River
Missouri River
Little Belt
Bear Paw
Flathead Valley
Bitter Root
Main Range
Shining Mountains
State Board of Land Commissioners
E. A. Steere
Legislative Assembly
Sheep profitable future salvation says J C Hall
J C Hall of Plana S D recounts a year's work with sheep. He says he paid $981 for sheep and related costs except feed and labor. He has received $883 cash from sheep and wool sales and now owns 330 yearlings and lambs valued at not less than $2.50 per head.
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J.C. Hall
Plana
S. D
Acetylene Light Demonstration by Montana Surveyor General
John S. B. Neil, surveyor general of Montana, in Great Falls to promote a firm’s gas franchise, demonstrated acetylene lighting at the Park hotel. He attached a retort to a small burner, producing a 25 candle power flame and extinguishing four 16 candle power lamps by comparison. A limestone and coke-dust mix heated in water released gas, causing flames to flicker around the glass when a match is applied.
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Great Falls
John S. B. Neil
Montana
Park Hotel
Chicago Armenians transport plan mocked as impractical Philanthropy
The St Paul Dispatch opposes Chicago's proposal to resettle Armenians from Asia Minor in the United States. It argues many Armenians would not assimilate and warns of burdens and crime, suggesting the idea is a dreamy, impractical charitable fantasy.
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St. Paul
Chicago
United States
Pampas
South America
Asia Minor
Metals that kill microbes offer potential antidotes
A recent discovery shows certain metals destroy microbes on contact. Copper zinc and silver work in some cases while gold platinum nickel have no effect, cadmium proves highly active. Reagents attack the rarer minerals most, suggesting antidotes for poisons to disease organisms while sparing humans.
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E. B. Clark
Lju
Mibiejr
BIG Timber
Mont
Frank Bliss
Land Sa ’ CS
Michigan
Gest
Busta. & Bailey
State
London Journal
Jim
New York
Brown
Yellowstone Valley
Columbia Falls
Columbia
J.J. Kennedy
Kalispel
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