Meagher Plays Key Role In Montana Capital Move
The article recalls Gen Thomas Meagher as Montana's first territorial secretary and the push to move the capital from Bannack to Virginia City. It details his arrival, clashes with judges over law, and a volatile year that ended with Green Clay Smith succeeding as governor. It notes Meagher’s Irish prominence and contrasts his English courtly manner with local attitudes.
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Annack City
Montana
Bannack
Virginia City
Thomas Francis Meagher
General Meagher
Edgerton
Territory
United States
F. M. Thompson
Salt Lake City
Fort Bridger
Nebraska City
Fidgerton
Meagher
Freedom of Ireland
Tasmania
New York City
Johnson
Teutons
Madison Square
George William Curtis
Flora McFlimsey
Lucia Darling
Congress
Daniels
Munson
Edgerton County
Lewis and Clark
Judge Munson
Helena
U.S
Green Clay Smith
James N. Callaway
Smith
Butte Woman Wins Postum Cereal Contest Award
Mrs. G. Grenon of Butte won a $50 prize for a Grape-Nuts golden cake filling recipe in a nationwide Postum Cereal contest conducted May 1 to August 31. The program offered 101 prizes of $50 each with Good Housekeeping Institute adding $2,500 in awards. The best recipes are compiled in 101 Prize Winning Recipes. Washington reports a war material sale deal with Mexico.
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Postum Cereal Company
Only Woman Manager of Iron Foundry Dead
Miss Cerula Woodbury, famed as America’s only woman iron foundry manager, died in Great Falls at age 52. Daughter of L. S. Woodbury, founder of the plant she led, the northern Montana firm was among the region’s largest industrial plants.
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Cerula Woodbury
America
Great Falls
L. S. Woodbury
Miss Woodbury
Montana
New oil lamp offers free trial to first user
The inventor E. P Johnson of 609 West Lake Street Chicago offers a free trial of his new oil lamp that burns a high percentage of air and heats gas or electricity. He seeks agents to introduce the lamp in every locality. Write for particulars.
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E. P Johnson
W. Lake S
Chicago
Montana Utilities Tax Burden Tops Quarter Billion Dollars
Inter-county property taxes on Montana public utilities total more than 257.6 million dollars, with state board figures showing the combined inter-county and local assessments for utilities like Montana Power and railroads reaching about 298.8 million. Cascade County leads in inter-county allocations at 12.93 million, followed by Jefferson, Silver Bow, Gallatin, Missoula, and Yellowstone. The Anaconda Copper Mining Co. is noted as the state’s largest taxpayer, with mining firms excluded from inter-county utility assessments.
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Montana
State Board of Equalization
State Board
Montana Power Company
Montana Power System
Western Union
Postal Telegraph
Soo Telegraph
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Equalization Board
Northern Pacific R. R
Great Northern
Eeneene
Chicago, Mil
St. Paul
Oregon Short Line
Chicago, Burlington & Q
Butte
Anac, & Pacific
SOO Railway
Seereecs
Milwaukee Trans. Line
Dons
Csnes
Continental
Soo
Mountain States
Ferry Limes N
Cuerence Ae
Cascade County
Jefferson
Silver Bow
Gallatin
Missoula
Yellowstone
Lewis and Clark
Hill
Park
Thaw Again Seeks Freedom From Asylum
New York figure Harry Thaw, noted for the Stanford White murder, is making a renewed bid to gain his liberty from the asylum for the insane.
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New York
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Asylum For the Insane
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Thomas F. Meagher
Martha Edgerton Plassmann
Governor Edgerton
Ises
L. H. Munson
Postum
Washington
Obregon
Mexico
G. Grenon
Butte, Montana
S. C. Huseth
Gurat Falla, Bontana
Optemetrte
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