April Fools Trick Triggers Davy Jones Laughs Across Montana River
In early Montana history, Jack Dyas played a prank on a ferryman by floating a cheese scented dummy dressed as a drowned cowboy toward his boat. The ferryman reported the discovery to Sun River, a jury was convened, and the hoax was revealed when Dyas shouted April fool. In Musselshell County 1934 tax collections rose sharply with Roundup posting over 100 percent gains and the school fund balance climbing by $10,000 as officials cited improved conditions.
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Augusta
J. A. White
Cascade
Jack Dyas
Steele
Dyas
Sun River
John Nixon
Doctor Newman
Musselshell
Montana
Walter Scott
Park Roads Not Ready for Travel
Yellowstone highways are not yet opened for the season. Park officials report extensive road construction and travel is difficult or dangerous in several areas. Motorists are advised to refrain until the regular season opens as announced to Miss Helen Austin of the Montana Automobile Association via the Livingston Chamber of Commerce. Cambridge receives donation of 15 pieces of old plate from anonymous donor for nearly a century old corporate sale.
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Yellowstone National Park
Helen Austin
Montana Automobile Association
Livingston Chamber of Commerce
Livingston Chamber
INOCO
Contest Board
American Automobile Association
Conoco
America
Red Triangle
Leeds University grants Doctor of Letters to Dr Delius
Leeds England confers the degree of Doctor of Letters on Frederick Delius the blind composer from the university.
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Leeds University
England
Frederick Delius
Old 36 Star Flag Carried Northern Pacific Across Missouri River
A faded 36 star flag linked to Northern Pacific history is preserved in St. Paul archives after being carried on transfer steamer No. 1 between Mandan and Bismarck during ice and flood seasons. The banner, torn and aged, was presented by M. A. Martin of Tacoma and later passed to Tacoma’s M. P. Martin before return to the railway archives. Fulwell Park, former Portugal king’s residence in England, has been sold for development as a building estate.
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United States
Northwestern States
St. Paul
Tacoma
Wash
Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific
Northwest
Northern Pacific Company
Missouri River
Mandan
Bismarck
Missouri Division
H. N. Rosser
Rosser
Custer
Bismarck-Mandan
Fort Abraham Lincoln
M. A. Martin
John Davidson
M. P. Martin
Martin
Fulwell Park
Manuel of
Portugal
England
Ross and Gordon Chronicles of Montana Fur Days
A portrait of Alexander Ross a Montana fur trader in 1824 25 and his brass cannon episodes at Flathead Fort and along Clark s Pass. Also William Gordon clerk of the Missouri Fur Company recounts the 1822 Blackfeet attack on the Yellowstone frontier and his escape and receipt of Crow kindness.
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Albert J. Parton
Alexander Ross
Montana
Treasure
Oregon
Columbia
Far West
London
Hudson’s Bay Company
Ross Journal
Bitter Root
Coyote
Wilds
Ross
Pierre
John Grey
Bitter Root Valley
Clark’s Pass
Snake Country
Ross Camp
Flathead Fort
Eddy
Northern Pacific Railway
William Gordon
Missouri
Gordon
Missouri Fur Company
Immel
Jones
Lewis Cass
Yellowstone
Three Forks
Secretary of War
Bills Okayed to Tax and Reclassify Indian Lands in Oklahoma and Montana
The House Indian affairs committee reported favorably three Senate bills affecting Indians in Oklahoma and Montana. The measures would tax restricted lands, authorize conversion to trust patents on most lands, except Osage and the five civilized tribes, and add public domain lands in Montana to the Rocky Boy reservation.
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House Indians Affairs Committee
Senate
Oklahoma
Montana
Secretary of Interior
Guadalajara Rises as Second Largest Mexican Manufacturing Hub
Guadalajara, Mexico’s second largest city, reports a notable rise in manufacturing output across multiple sectors over the past year, signaling broader industrial growth and economic momentum for the region.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Columbia Exports 19.69 Million Pounds of Coffee
Colombia shipped 19,685,628 pounds of coffee in the prior year, highlighting strong agricultural exports. The value and destination details are not provided in the fragment.
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Columbia
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Cambridge
Sears Cape
Continental Oil CO
Harry Richman
Jak Denny
John B. Kennedy
U. S
Les the
Talk of
Old Kentucky
NO Sierttes , Inc
Kentucky
OLB Crow Quaby Brook Mill
Lillarylard Rye
Nstlvania Ris
Ross and
WM. Gordon
Montana Territory
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
Harry A. Hansen
West Superior St. Duluth, Minn
Charles M
Russell
Carson
Queen’s
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Falls, Montana
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