Snow Blockade Breaks After Five-Day Battle on Great Northern
Snow drifts six to eighteen feet deep blocked east and west bound trains near Blackfont Montana. A Dakota division plow opened passage at noon Tuesday and six east bound and six west bound trains resumed travel. Passengers on the Oriental Limited endured delays in Browning with doings including a dancing car aboard a Dago passenger while crews and rotaries battled the snows for five days.
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Montana
Great Northern Railway
Dakota Division
Blackfont
Oriental Limited
Browning
Midvale
Limited
Deago
Train crew praised for smooth journey in snow blockade
Conductor B S Robertson of Whitefish led the train with care for heating and comfort. J E Riddle of St Paul ran the dining car providing two solid meals daily. Wm Regan of St Paul supervised the sleeping cars. Passengers credit the crew and their untiring efforts for a pleasant trip despite the blockade.
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B.S. Robertson
Whitefish
J. E. Riddle
St. Paul
Wm. Regan
Wreck on Great Northern near Harlem Mont
A Great Northern train No 2 eastbound derailed near Harlem Montana after a broken rail. One fireman died instantly and several passengers were injured as crews clear the wreckage. Snowbound trains from the coast had been detained nearby. Dr Rooney attended the scene as wrecking outfits worked to clear the tracks.
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Harlem
Mont
Great Northern
Here
No 2
Mivdale
Summit
Rooney
Chinook Stockmaster Elected Bank Director at Benton
A.S. Lohmman stockmaster of Chinook was elected director of Stockman's National Bank at Benton after attending a stockholders meeting. Other directors named were Charles E. Duer Charles Lepley Joseph Hirshberg and John Harris. The Havre Plaindealer notes the bank reflects the area’s growth.
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A.S. Lohmman
Chinook
Havre
Stockman’s National Bank
Ort Benton
Charles E. Duer
Charles Lepley
Joseph Hirshberg
John Harris
Chautesay Courty
Salaries At Harvard Professors Rise But Still Seen Low
Harvard professors face rising living costs with full professors at 4000 and associate professors at 3500 while earlier generations earned far less. Alumni campaigns seek parity with bank clerks and travelers as scholars endure long training and intense work for modest pay. Lomakin’s bet on Japan peace ends with him eating boots. he swallows small nails only after no time limit.
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Starvard
Corer
Harvard
Lomakin
Moscow
Japan
Japanese Officers Bet on War Fatality Wager
Extraordinary bets circulate on the Japanese Russian war with officers wagering on their own deaths. One officer promised his heirs $500 if killed within a month, then would pay 10 yen daily for 100 days if he survived longer, agreeing not to seek danger unnecessarily and only expose himself when conditions required.
The King's Gloved Hand in Paris Observed
Paris reports note King Edward always wears his right hand gloved in public while his left remains bare. A writer argues the right hand bears more contact with microbes, making the gloved right hand a sign of hygienic propriety and carefulness.
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Paris
Edward
London Chronicle
New Fluorescine Test Aims To Prevent Burials
German physicians push a test to detect life before burial using fluorescine injected into tissues. If circulation exists the skin and eyes turn yellow and green. If circulation has ceased no coloring occurs. The method requires two hours before coffins.
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Lard
Flats and Health in London Over Paris
The London advantage in combating tubercular diseases is linked to fewer multi story flats. Excessive building height blocks sunlight in lower rooms, creating breeding grounds for disease per the Pavis Journal.
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London
Paris
Pavis Journal
An Englishman in Canada laments American influence
An observer says Canadians largely ignore English newspapers and literature, being surrounded by American books, reviews, and papers. He warns this will lead Canadians to increasingly become Americanized.
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Our Lady of the Snows
Canada
Foreclosure Suit Involves Pearson Bros Against Ell Jr Caunay
In Teton County Montana Pearson Brothers sue Fox E J Caunay over a mortgage dated October 30 1905 for 700 with 10 percent interest. They seek a decree of foreclosure on sixty five acres in township 28 north range 3 west and sale of the described lands with sheriff's deed to the purchaser and further relief including attorney fees taxes and costs.
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Eleventh Judicial District
State of Montana
Teton County
WH. Pearson
Herbert Pearson
Copartners
Pearson Brothers
Fox Ell Jr
Cancey
Elvira
Ward
Fox E. J. Caunay
Montana
Canney
Sfee
Vox E. Y.canney
Seton County
Montane
District Court Proceedings Filed January 16 1907
The district court session records Sterling McDonald as party with J G Baik attorney for plaintiffs. First publication date listed as 117-1007.
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Sterling McDonald
District Court
J.G. Baik
Wrst Pub
Chicago Livestock Receipts Steady Cattle and Strong Sheep Market
Cattle receipts reach 4,500 with steady prices. Beeves range 94.10 to 7.20, stockers and feeders 2.50 to 4.60, Texans 3.75 to 84.50, calves 86.00 to 8.25. Sheep receipts 14,000 with market strong. sheep 3.60 to 5.25, lambs 4.60 to 7.90.
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Chicago
Heir Files Notice to Prove Desert-Land Claim No 621 Montana
Raymond heir at law Elisabeth McNeal files intention to prove desert land claim No 621 for sections 3 4 92 in Teton County Montana. Hearing before U S Commissioner A C Warner at Chateau Montana on List day January 1607. Witnesses Albert I Young Kenneth B Cohoe James L Collins David E F Stansberry. J M Burligame Register. First pub 12 20 06
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Raymond
Teton County
Montana
Elisabeth McNeal
A. C. Warner
Chateau
Albert I. Young
Mont
Kenneth B. Cohoe
James L. Collins
David EF. Stansberry
J. M. Burligame
Register
District Court Terms Set for Eleventh Judicial District Montana
An order fixes four yearly court terms in Flathead and Teton counties for 1907. Teton dates are January 4 April 4 August 4 November 4. Flathead dates are February 18 May 13 September 2 December. Dated December 5, 1906. Judge J E Erickson Clerk chanting McDosath Attest.
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Eleventh Judicial District
State of
Montana
Flathead
Teton
Teton County
Flathead Altaty
J. E. Erickbon
Ranting McDosath
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