Indian Reservation Lands Open for Settlement in 1909
In July to August 1909, three large Indian reservations Flathead Montana Coeur d Alene Idaho and Spokane Washington will pass from Native to private ownership. Lands are described as fertile with favorable climates and accessible by railroad routes. Applicants must file sworn registrations in Missoula Kalispell Coeur d Alene Spokane and follow drawing procedures beginning August 9 1909 with later entry in 1910.
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Flathead
Montana
Coeur d’Alene
Idaho
Spokane
Washington
Colville Reservation
Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d’Alene Lake
Northern Pacific Railway
Coeur d’Alene City
Missoula
Kalispel
Mont
Plathead
Coeur d'Alene City
James W. Witten
Among the Churches Methodist Episcopal Church Service Times
J A Meeke pastor conducts Sunday School at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m. Epworth League at 7 p.m. Evening service at 7 45 p.m. at the Methodist Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. A. Meeke
Epworth League
St. Mark's Church to not hold Sunday service
Rev. Mac Williams will attend the diocese of Montana annual convention in Bozeman on Sunday. Sunday school will meet every Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Marks Church
Mac Williams
Bozeman
Diocese of
Lutheran Church Notes Sermon and Sunday Schedule
I A Erickson pastor announces Sunday School at 1:30 and services in Big Timber at 2:30 on Sunday June 20. The note reiterates pastoral contact and worship times in the local Lutheran church.
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Lutheran Church Notes
I. A. Erickson
First Congregational Church Services
Rev. Dr. H. H. Thoren leads morning worship at 11 A.M. Y. P. S. C. B. meets at 7:15 P. M. Evening service at 8 P. M. A hearty welcome extended to all to attend these meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
H. H. Thoren
Costume seam creates pantaloon look for front skirt
A seam rises from the knees to the waist on the front of the skirt giving an all pantaloon appearance. No underskirts can be worn with this costume and the lingerie costs of wearers will be minimal.
Pennsylvania Reserve Forests Take Shape in Somerset Deed
A deed in Somerset Pennsylvania transfers 8492 acres of timberland across Lincoln Jefferson and Jenner townships to the commonwealth. The land will be replanted and make up part of planned state reserve forests with negotiations for more acreage. the state will fund road and school taxes while counties lose tax revenue.
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Pennsylvania
Somerset
Lincoln
Jefferson
Jenner
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Fashion Versus Beauty Says Sculptor Calls Greek Ideal
Boston sculptor Hugh Davis argues fashion ruins female form. He claims modern waistlines are pushed toward the hips, creating bulging lips and deformities, and urges women to seek the classical Greek waist just below the breast for a graceful line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Davis
Boston
Town to Hear Petition to Vacate Alleys in Big Timber
A petition to vacate and close the alley through block XK of Boulder addition No. 1 in Big Timber is set for a hearing on Tuesday night July 6 1909 at 8 30 at the office of A G Hatch. Interested parties may appear in person by attorney or in writing to object to the petition. Town Clerk BE. C. Hale dated June 10 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
Boulder
A. G. Hatch
BE. C. Hale
Bell Co Promises Better Service and No Long Contracts
Big Timber Home Telephone Co touts improved lines and instruments, claiming no six year commitments. They urge customers to bring in bad equipment for repairs to avoid being trapped by mortgages on the community.
Notice of final land proof in Big Timber Montana
Gresham B. Pope assignee of Jacob Hoyem of Howie Montana files notice of intention to make final proof to establish a desert land claim for wig sel4 selling section 20 township 3 north range 17 east M P M before C N Skillman A S Commissioner at Big Timber Montana on July 23 1909 Witnesses Arne Bjarnamo Gunder Birkel John Holland Sebulon Bilstad all of Howie Montana Now coal land M R Wilson separator First publication June 17 1909
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Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Bozeman
Montana
Gresham B. Pope
Jacob Hoyem
Howie
Range 17
M. P.M
C. N. Skillman
A. S
Big Timber
Arne Bjarnamo
Gunder Birkel
John Holland
Sebulon Bilstad
M. R. Wilson
Sepister
Mont
Wignwig
N.R
U.S
Bigtimber
John Henry
Richard P. Gurney
Eugene L. Patterson
Adelbert Whitney
Pig Timber
Sec
Range
U. S
Music Festival Plans With 185 Societies Entered
United Singers of New York announce the Madison Square Garden festival to be held June 19 to 22 with 185 singing societies invited. Seven prizes and fifty silver diplomas will be awarded, including the Kaiser prize statue by Emperor William. Five societies vie for the principal prize. Jury criteria include intonation precision phrasing diction and conductor interpretation. Composer Nerr Mathieu Neumann is invited to attend as guest of the United Singers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United Singers of New York
Madison Square Garden
New York
Terrace Garden
William
Nerr Mathieu Neumann
United States
United Singers
New Books at Public Library List
The library added a long list of titles and authors including My Quaker Maid Ryan The Sherrods McCutcheon The House of Rimmon Van Dyke The Surprises of an Empty Hotel Gunter The Conscience of a King Gunter The Black Bug Vance The Cavalier Cable The Servant in the House Kennedy The Flixploits of Brigadier General Doyte The Garden of Lies Forman Crawford Gaskell Ashes of Empire Chambers Mgr Opp Rice The Testing of Diana Mallory Ward Ramona Jackson The Prisoner of Zenda Hope Rupert of Hentzan Hope The Man From Brodney s Mc Cutcheon Orms and the Woman MacGrath Marcella Ward Mr Isaacs Crawford The Red City Mitchell Stephen a Soldier of the Cross Kingsley The Toy Shop Gerry Heart s Desire Hough The Grip of Honor Brady The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Fox Between the Lines King The Hand Made Gentleman Bachelors Lewis Rand Johnston The Golden House Warner Education Spencer The Magnetic North Robins The Egoist Meredith.
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Ryan
McCutcheon
Rimmon—Van Dyke
Gunter
Forman, Crawford—Gaskell
Empire—Chambers
Mgr. Opp—Rice
Diana Mallory
Ward
Ramona— Jackson
Zenda
Hope
Rupert of Hentzan
Brodney
Orms
Pantaloons on Gowns Reveal Trousers in New Fashion
A New York fashion feature describes pantaloons worn under a gown shown on Fifth Avenue and Broadway by June. The light olive chiffon creation uses a fifty six inch train, French embroidery, and self colored buttons. When the wearer moves the skirt parts above the knees to reveal trousers beneath.
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Fifth Avenue
Broadway
New York
Deaths and injuries in early 1900s Fourth of July celebrations
Statistics from 1903 to 1907 show 21 520 injuries and 1 158 deaths across five celebrations. The 1907 giant firecracker caused 1 489 injuries and eight deaths from lockjaw, prompting calls to curb risks while preserving celebration.
Deaths of Benjamin F. Russell and Charles Eliot Norton
Benjamin F. Russell deputy internal revenue collector and sergeant at arms of the national house of representatives for two years during the McKinley administration died suddenly at his St. Louis residence. Charles Eliot Norton renowned philanthropist scholar and longtime Harvard faculty member died in Cambridge Massachusetts.
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Benjamin F. Russell
Internal Revenue
National House of Representatives
McKinley
St. Louis
Charles Eliot Norton
Harvard
Cambridge, Mass
Texas to Mars in a Toast to Signals and Strawberries
A Houston Post poem by Judd Mortimer Lewis imagines Texas sending signals to Mars. It describes radio or light messages praising American progress, peppered with playful lines about cabbage, melons, and strawberries as visible symbols from space. The piece riffs on Texas as the first beacon to the red planet.
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Texas
Mars
Earth
Judd Mortimer Lewis
Houston Post
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Minn
Brussells
Its Timber Furniture Company
ST. Mark’s Church
Fashion
Beauty
Bell Co
Big Timber Home Telephone Co
Foleys
Public
Vance
Cable
Ken
Nedy
Doyte
King
Gentleman—Bachellor
Lewis Rand—Johnston
Golden House
Warner
Education
Spencer
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Meredith
Milwaukee
Oliver
Larain
Heath
Milligan
H.J. Koozer
H. Bliss Hardware Co
John Watt
Wright Brothers
Aed
Department’ of the Interior
U. 8
Thomas M. Gurney
Register
Gustav E. Tangen
M. R. Wirsey
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Chicago
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