Emigration Agents Eye Billings Valley For Settlers
C Amrine general emigrant agent for western and southern lands visits Billings area. He plans to locate families from McDonough Schuyler and Fulton counties near Sheridan and in Nebraska, and to advertise more. S F Lewdish of Lincoln urges incentives to attract thrifty farmers, noting crop failures and potential settlers in the valley with possible initial dozen families.
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Lillings Gazette
C. Amrine
Vermont
Gazette
McDonough
Schuyler
Fulton
Sheridan
Nebraska
S. F. Lewdish
Farmers’ and Merchants Fire Insurance Company
Lincoln
Neb
Burlington
North
Porth
I. BR. Wild
DeWitt
Texas Cattle Feeders Expected Record Year
Feeders in Texas are projected to place about 300000 cattle on feed this year. Many will come in small groups, making total numbers hard to verify until marketing. Demand remains strong with two buyers per suitable steer, and many farmers will feed small herds for the first time to profit from surplus grain and forage.
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Texas
Great Northern trains arrive in Greatalls eight years ago
Eight years have passed since the Great Northern’s first train reached Greatalls last Tuesday. The city celebrated with pomp and ceremony. many shops closed. Hundreds of men who had not seen a railroad car in years greeted the train crews, while others marveled at the engine. Old timers recall the event with regret.
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Great Northern Raints
Greatalls
Embryo City
Twain Lectures Open Australian Tour And Other Notices
Mark Twain began his Australian lecture tour in Sydney on Sept 16 with a contract for 100 lectures in Australia and New Zealand. A librarian congress will meet in Atlanta November 29 30 to boost southern library growth. The Golden Penny offers a prize for best hand knitted baby socks of one guinea. Capt Anderson discusses Wonderland in Youths Companion. Montana grasses show greater variety than any state, says an agr department botanist. Senator Carter hints at October GOP meeting in Washington amid campaign timing debate. Invasion commission and Gros Ventre Indians reach $360000 land cession for fifty six square miles with future payments in cattle and goods. Wickes Pioneer denounces peddlers and fakirs flooding the town. Judge Blake’s gambling ruling overruled the anti gambling law as unconstitutional.
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Mark Twain
Sydney
Australia
New Zealand
Golden Penny
London
Insion Commission
Gros Ventre
Belknap Reservation
Park County Court Proceedings and Bozeman Tunnel Fire Update
Park County court last week saw several cases including dismissals and amendments in matters involving the state ex rel Irwin vs Rees and Herman Trost vs Medley with trial date set for October 22. Other actions include settlements, venue changes, and amended complaints in cases against local banks and a county treasurer. The Bozeman tunnel fire near Helena is reportedly under control with repairs planned and an artificial draft system to reach the blaze within days.
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Park County Court
Sweet Grass
A. Irwin
John E. Rees
Plaintill
John C. Herman Trost
Matilda A. Medley
Continental Insurance Co. of
New York
Utttermohle
Frank Wilson
James DeBoard
Sweetgrass County
Norton & Lyons
Gallatin Valley National Bank
Savage & Day
Big Timber National Bank
Warry W. Dyer
Selena
Bozemin Tunnel
Dickinson
Elena
Cokedale
Fight between Corbett and Fitzsimmons postponed to November eleventh
The Florida Athletic club declares the Corbett Fitzsimmons bout off after a managers conference. Brady agrees to postpone to Nov 11 while Julian protests. Brady says Corbett will meet any man on Nov 11. Vendig plans Maher vs Corbett for $50 000 a side and to find a substitute for ODonnell match.
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Not Springs
Ark
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Florida Athletic Club
Brady
Julian
Novy Llth
Vendig
Maher
O’donnell
National stereotypes in a fly in the beer quip
A comic taxonomy describes national habits in a joke about a fly falling into a beer. It claims Spaniards pay and leave silently, Frenchmen swear, Englishmen spill and reorder, Germans fish out the fly and finish, Russians drink with the fly, and Chinese swallow the fly then discard the beer.
Postmaster Resignation Impacts Oka Mail Route
Resignation of the Oka postmaster halts the Martinsdale to Oka mail line and disrupts service for residents. Mail to the county seat via Musselshell requires four days, while routing through Billings takes two days. Purchasers Bower Co. plan to press for reinstating the route to secure their ranches and sheep range along a twelve mile stretch.
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Oka
Martinsdale
Billings
Musselshell
First National Bank of
Great Falls
Bower Cros
Constitutional Cure Claims for Catarrh in Old Ad
An old advertisement asserts that catarrh is constitutional and untreatable locally, while Mood's Sarsaparilla is a constitutional remedy that purifies blood to cure it. It claims Blood’s Pills are vegetable and do not purge pain or gripe, and promotes sale by all druggists.
Mining Dam Location Requires Two Forms Under Code
Officials state two forms are needed to locate the mining dam under the code. A new blank form is available at the office for public use.
Post Office Receipts Rise In Top 30 Cities In Q3 1895
The Post Office Department reports the 30 leading cities show total receipts of 7,400,493 for the quarter ended September 30, 1895, up 9.9 percent from 1894. Every city shows an increase in receipts.
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Post Office Department
United States
Missionary Bishop Whipple Praises Indian Honesty
The note recalls Bishop Whipple, with thirty years of Minnesota Indian missions, testifying to their honesty. He recounts asking an Indian if it was safe to leave his property in a wigwam during a distant journey. The Indian replied that no white man was within a hundred miles.
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Bishop Whipple
Minnesota
Governor Names Delegates to Trans Miss. Congress in Omaha
The governor appointed delegates for the Trans-Mississippi Congress meeting in Omaha on November 25. Appointees include W. C. Whipple of Flathead County as chairman, and W. S. Hartman Gallatin Clyde Tucker Lewis and Clark Fred Cornish Jefferson John A. Cannon Silver Bow E. N. Harwood Yellowstone Fred W. Jones Missoula J. G. Blair Teton H. R. Melton Beaverhead and Chas. B. E. Hall Valley.
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Omaha
W.C. Whipple
Flathead County
W. 8. Hartman
Gallatin
Clyde Tucker
Lewis and Clarke
I'red Cornish
Jefferson
John A. Cannon
Silver Bow
E. N. Harwood
Yellowstone
Fred W. Jones
Missoula
J. G. Blair
Teton
H.R. Melton
Beaverhead
Chas. BE. Hall
Valicy
Tariff Shifts Hit Montana Barley Exports Hard
Meagher County News notes Montana's rising barley prominence and claims the new tariff reduced U S barley exports from 7 7 million to 1 5 million bushels in 1895 while imports of foreign barley rose by 791 061 to 2 116 816 bushels.
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Montana
United States
Meagher County News
State Supreme Court orders payment to agr college treasurer
The court made permanent the mandate that State Treasurer Wright pay to Peter Koch the sums due to the state agricultural college for its new buildings. The ruling enforces recovery of funds owed to the state institution.
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State Supreme Court
State of
Montana
Peter Koch
I. W. Wright
Wright
Koch
Agriculture College
Ifenri
Bank run alarms Puyallup residents in Washington
The First National Bank of Puyallup Washington faced a run on deposits Monday night. Money was sent out in a buggy after five with a teller, the bank attorney and two armed guards. By midnight all funds were paid after an attempt to force the bank to pay $4,000 owed to the Pierce County treasurer before other depositors.
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First National Bank of
Puyallup
Washington
Pierce County
Pennsylvania irrigation debates rise amid dry years
The article notes Pennsylvania shifts focus to irrigation due to two years of severe drought affecting agriculture and industry. It argues state resources, rivers, and mountains could support year round water use if distribution improves, contrasting eastern opportunities with western irrigation needs, while Montana experiences unusually high rainfall despite drought in recent years.
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Pennsylvania
Montana
Natugal Beautifier and Karls Clover Root Ven
An old patent medicine claim promotes Natugal Beautifier and Karls Clover Root Ven as blood purifiers and complexion enhancers. Distributed by druggists with assurances of clarity and beauty, likely from a mid 19th to early 20th century era advertising page.
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Karls
Shiloh's Vitalizer Offered as Cure for Digestive Ailments
Advertises Shiloh's Vitalizer as a positive cure for indigestion constipation dizziness and loss of appetite with yellow skin sold by druggists. The claim targets general digestive illness and urges purchase through local druggists.
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Shiloh
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