Sad News of Lincoln Assassination Reaches Alder Gulch Detail
The Montana Post in 1865 breaks the news of President Lincoln's assassination and Seward's wounding, with a two page front, a black border, and an editorial praising Lincoln. It recounts Booth’s deed, Ford's Theater, and the national calamity as Alder Gulch miners read by telegraph and mounted courier two weeks after the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alder Gulch
Mounted
Eric Thane
Lincoln
Luttte
Viola
da Oer Gulch
Montana Post
D. W. Tilton & Company
D. W. Tilton
Tilton
The
Post
Seward
Caesar
Brutus
Henry the Fourth
Ravaignac
Booth
Ford
Washington
the Post
United States
Abraham
Prouts
Wallace Street
Virginia City
Justice Hosmer
W. F. Sanders
Alex Davis
W. L. Brown
Professor Dimsdale
Dimsdale
Montana
Oxford
Nevada City
Grant
Lee
Longstreet
Abraham Lincoln
Temple of Fame
Sidney Edgerton
Salt Lake City
Virginia City Mourns Lincoln Death in 1865 Vigil
Readers in Alder Gulch report universal sorrow over Abraham Lincoln's assassination as Virginia City holds memorial parades and speeches. Citizens across the gulch pause business, join in platform ceremonies led by officials and educators, and reflect on Lincoln's peaceable wartime legacy.
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Lincoln
South
North
Post
Alder Gulch
Virginia City
P. S. Prouts
Gulch
Deadline Near For Participating In Grazing Program
Ranchers in Montana must secure county committee approval by April 15 to enroll in the Deferred Grazing dates from April 15 to August 15 under the 1940 AAA program. The practice keeps livestock off the land during the deferred grazing period as part of agricultural conservation efforts.
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Montana
R. J. McKenna
Bozeman
Two New Members Named to Land Use Committee by Ayers
Gov Roy E Ayers appoints H C Biering of Helena to represent the land department on the state land use committee and Roy J Ellis of Flathead county to represent western Montana J C Taylor of the Montana extension service notes Biering has long worked with the committee Ellis chairs Flathead county agricultural planning and has farmed there since 1919 The panel also includes farmers John Weinschrott Plevna W D Requam Collins W A D Ewart Wilsall W D Allison Billings A R Anderson Sioux Pass and G R Milburn Tyler
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Taylor
Montana Extension Service
H. C. Biering
Helena
Roy E. Ayers
State Land Department
Roy J. Ellis
Flathead County
Montana
Biering
Taylor
Ayers
Land Department
Ellis
John Weinschrott
Plevna
W. D. Requam
Collins
W. A. D'Ewart
Wilsall
W. D. Allison
Billings
A. R. Anderson
Sioux Pass
G. R. Milburn
Tyler
Demand for Mein Kampf Surges in Johannesburg
Demand for Hitler's Mein Kampf has outpaced supply in Johannesburg South Africa since the European war began. Local booksellers report strong interest from readers amid the conflict and a constrained stock of copies.
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Hitler
Johannesburg
South Africa
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Thomas Dimsdale
Wilbur F. Sanders
William H. Seward
George Washington
Prickly Pear City
W. A. Ackerman
Abe
Jeff Davis
Old Abe
Hell
Carrion
A. Ackerman
J. G. Crooks
Joseph Harper
God
Calvert
Calvert Distillers Corporation
New York City
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cut Bank
Northwest
Butte
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