Great Northern plans 105 mile Montana railroad expansion
Labor and farmers stand to gain as the Great Northern eyes a 105 mile Richey to Jordan line through central Montana. The project would cut haul distances for crops and livestock, boost five counties, and revive James J. Hill era main line ambitions amid past surveys and staged routes toward Lewistown and Great Falls.
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Great Northern Railway
Montana
Rockford
Helena
Mar
Eeelena
Great Northern
Lage Penera
Richey
Jordan
Commission
Pepe Penere
Richey An Tely
Treat Bee
Boo
Uts
Lewistown
Lambert
Northern
Pacific Pro
Glendivertb Circle
Great Northern Survey
Circle
Brockway
Way
Northern Pacific
A & Northern
Brockway Eee
van Norman
Ee Great Northern
Ord
James J. Hill
Empire Pullers
Liontenn
New Rockford
North Dakota City
Great Falls
Fairview
Aos City
Fairmouth
Otford City
Richey Lewistown
Great Northern Eee
Sion
Serdar Nonout
Fredict
Ine
Rocky Mountains
Sun River Canyon
Java
Breckway
Skaid
Cehagen
Winnett
Apalee
Milwaukee
le Lewistown
French Explorers Were First White Men in Montana Region
A relic recounts early 1700s French explorers near the Little Missouri and a Ve family search for western seas. It notes Pierre Ga de Varennes from Montreal and legends of mountains of shining stones and a great salt lake.
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Montana
Little Missouri
Pierre Ga de Varennes
Sieur de la Ve
Montreal
Sea of the West
Great
Salt Lake
Gerald’s Battle of Wits Questioning Strategy
Unclear OCR fragment references a debate style clash with a focus on wit and strategy. No concrete names, dates, or places readable. Summary notes the phrase “battle of wits” and a character named Gerald, but details are missing for full factual card.
Verendrye Explorations Reach Montana Frontier
The Verendrye family sought the Pacific coast from Mandan country and wintered near Little Missouri. Francois and Joseph Verendrye continued the quests in 1743 along the Missouri and into what is now Montana, recording early northwest history.
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Pacific Ocean
Lake Winnipeg
Rocky Mountains
Missouri River
France
Verendrye
Montreal
Francois
Joseph
Missouri
Montana
Big Horn
Verendryes
Northwest
Perfumed Shoes Proposed From Paris Laboratory Experiments
French industrial laboratories pursue perfumed shoes with fragrances including violet, rose, attar, and violet-based polishes. Experiments blend shoe polish with odorized oils and aromatic compounds from tonka bean and benzine to scent leather materials.
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Paris
Guiana
Podunk Center Shopper Haggles Over Public Square Card
A rustic buyer from Podunk Center bargains with a clerk over the price of a public square card. The vendor originally asks five units, drops to ten, and finally offers a cheaper option when the customer pays a penny.
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Podunk Cent Bay
Ben Oey
Podunk Center
Wedding Mystery Amid Mist Brakesheen Elimination
A confused fragment describes a wedding related event and an elimination in a mist filled scene. The names and clear details are unreadable but the tone hints at a ceremonial pairing disrupted by unclear circumstances.
Japanese Visitor in Montana Sees 230-Year Copper Mine
AMAJIRO HONJO of Tokyo, director of a Sumitomo copper enterprise, visited Butte Montana to inspect the Beashi copper mine, in operation since 1699 and now 3,500 feet deep. He recalled ore transport methods from the 16th century and noted his 12 years directing the mine, 12 years in charge of the factory, nine years as holding company director, now retired.
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Amajiro Honjo
Tokyo
Japan
Montana
Butte
Honjo
University of Tokyo
Sumitomo Goshi Kaisha
Pittsburgh
Missouri
Oride
California
San Francisco
Lenine
Poland
Germany
France
Land
Sumitomo Steel Tube and Copper Works
Osaka
Sumitomo Heishi Copper Mine, Ltd
America
Beashi Copper
Mr. Honjo
Selmomics
Ton Ence
Eco
Gold Discovery Report in Little Belt Sage District
Prospector Mr. Russell reports a vein in the Little Belts west of Stanford bearing carbonite gold valued at $200 a ton. The vein runs at least eight feet deep with width and side walls still undetermined, marking a potential continuous gold region in the district that has drawn prospectors for decades.
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Russell
Stanford
Little Belt
Old Yo
Seiaten
Couyrn
Seoauisbe
Mr. Russell
Montana tax values rise as statewide assessments grow
State board of equalization reports intercounty property assessments in Montana up by 6.22 million dollars from 1928. Utilities show larger values with railroad and power company assessments rising, and four new oil and gas concerns adding to the oil sector. County allocations are listed for each county, totaling over 93 million in local shares.
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Montana
State Board of Equalization
J. H. Stewart
Ontana
Montana Cities Gas Company
Pondera Water Company
Texas Pacific Gas and Oil Company
Blaine
Cccessenee
Broadwater
Rbon
Carter
Cascade
Chouteau
Dawson
Pallon
Gallatin
Garfield
Glacier
Judith Basin
Lake
Edison
McCone
Powder River
PowWell
Prairie
Ravalli
Richland
Roosevelt
Rosebud O ' Banders
Rheridan
Silver Bow
Stillwater
Sweet Grass
Teton
Toole
Alley
Wheatland
Yellowstone
Line Death Toll in African Railway Project Surges
Line construction in French equatorial Africa has claimed 17,000 laborers' lives from disease and exposure. With 8714 miles of single track laid, the fatality rate reaches about 200 per mile.
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French Equatorial Africa
Smart Girl Typist Triggers Boss and Bookkeeper Quip
The bookkeeper voices peevish concern about the typist's spelling as the boss defends her skill. The exchange hints at workplace dynamics and humor over language ability.
It Will Yet She Dreamed of a Hat Gift
A perplexing vintage quip about dreams and hats appears, referencing a Seaman and a humorous bargain. The fragment hints at a private joke or anecdote about a new hat and ownership in a casual exchange.
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Reat
Bayer Aspirin Proclaimed Safe For Headache Relief
PocTors quite approve the quick comfort of Bayer Aspirin. These harmless tablets ease an aching head without penalty. Their increasing use year after year is proof that they do help and can't harm. Take them for any ache to avoid the pain peculiar to women. The proven directions with every package tell how to treat colds sore throat neuralgia neuritis etc. All druggists A.
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