Blackfoot Reservation Opening Debate Sparks Montana Dispute
The Great Falls Leader and Acantha clash over congressional opening of the Blackfoot Reservation. The Acantha cites a bill for 270000 acres as a limited plan benefiting Conrad Investment, while residents want full reservation opening. The Conrad Observer editor is criticized for libelous columns and alleged attacks on Acantha publishers.
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Great Falls
Montana
Conrad Investment Company
Congress
Petitioners Seek Special Election On County Law Adoption
The group backing the primary law asks for a special election but the petition was not shown at the March meeting. It is expected to be presented at the June session. State law requires a 90 day window after petition filing to call the election, so action is deferred to summer.
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Board of Commissioners
Primary election law defeated in Cascade county
A special election in Cascade county last Tuesday rejected the new primary law by 747 to 543. Only about 28 percent of qualified voters cast ballots, suggesting low interest in the proposal.
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Cascade County
Font arrives at Acantha office for Fergs benefit
The entry notes the font of type arrived at the Acantha office and suggests it required more than twenty job cases, likely exceeding the Observer's entire printing plant capacity.
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Acantha
Ferg
Observer
Reward Offered for Stolen Sheep Near Muddy June 1905
The Lowerbee Sheep and Horse Co. offers a reward of 21000 for information leading to the recovery of about 600 head of sheep stolen near the Muddy in June 1905 and for evidence that can convict the guilty parties. Also 500 for either recovery or conviction. Acting Manager C J Kinna signs. Also an ad for a 160 acre bay ranch with irrigation water and a flowing well in Choteau Montana. contact Paul Jacobson for details.
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Lowerbee Sheep and Horse Co
C. J. Kinna
Paul Jacobson
Choteau
Mont
Bliss Unspeakable What One Man Would Do If He Were Wealthy
Brief humorous vignette from Lippincott's Magazine about two commuters imagining wealth. The first envisions luxury while the second jokes a rich man would hire a door knockers and still nap, savoring the irony of wealth’s comforts.
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Reamer
Lippincott’s Magazine
Clever Wife Footing On Street Car Joke
A Cleveland Flain Dealer quips about a man congratulating him on his clever wife noting she alighted from a street car with the right foot first. The punchline suggests she hid a hole in her left shoe.
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Cleveland
Landlord Promises Cool Nights at Summer Resort
A would be guest seeks a cool summer resort and the landlord assures ideal coolness, noting nights are so pleasant guests need six blankets. He boasts of plenty of sun from 5 a.m. to noon, amusingly claiming it melts icebergs during the day.
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Atlanta Constitution
Duplicity of Women in Anecdote Tale
A contrarian quarrel unfolds as Mrs SXaustick rebukes her husband for telling a well worn anecdote. She recalls saying she never tired of the tale yet admits wanting ten dollars earlier, in a sharp exchange captured by the Louisville Courier Journal.
Graft Removing Prediction by Senator Sorghum
The Washington Star quotes Senator Sorghum predicting a future era without graft. He believes reform will come as language evolves introducing a new word for graft and related corruption.
Mannish Woman Draws Mocking Laughs in Philly Press
In a Philadelphia Press snippet, two speakers mock a woman described as mannish, noting she believes others admire her. They mock her appearance and attitude, suggesting people actually laugh at her.
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Philadelphia Press
Witnesses Named To Prove Irrigation Of Land In Chateau Montana
J M Burlingame Register records first publication March 20 1916 listing witnesses Tare Patrick H Crossen Samuel Primimer Andrew Grimes and Jesse Davis all from Chateau Montana to prove complete irrigation and reclamation of the land.
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Tare Patrick H. Crossen
Samuel Primimer
Andrew Grimes
Jesse Davis
Chateau
Montana
Sata
John Nesbit
George McRonnell
Ben BP
McDonald
James E.adams
Allotlizabeth
Montane
Desert Land Final Proof Notice for Publication
Department of the Interior United States land Office Great Calls Monti March 26 Tau Noulee Elden J OSgOoOon J. M. Busuiscame Register First pub 329-1006.
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Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Great Calls
Monti
Tau
Noulee
Elden J
Osgoooon
J. M. Busuiscame
Register First Pub
J. M. Burlingame
Register
First Pub
Desert Land Final Proof Notice for Two Claims
United States Land Office Great Falls Montana March 26 1905. Notice of intention to prove desert land claims numbers 7906 and 7469 by Sarah M Lee and Sarah M Daley assignee William H Harris. Hearings before U S Commissioner C C Warner and A C Warner at Chateau Montana on April 16 and May 11 1906. Witnesses Frank Harris Cyrus Cook John E Cashman Thomas O Larson all of Chateau. J M Burtinake Register First pub 3-29 1906.
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Elizbeth
Teton County
Montana
Om. Oh
W. Mathews
U.S
Chateau
Elden J. Osgood
Saypo
Ben F. McDonald
Edward J. Adams
George McDonald
Elizabeth
J. M. Burlingame
Revzister
Sarah M. Daley
Madison
Base Qui Parle County
Minnesota
CC. Warner
Choteau
Airy
Lac Qui Parle
William H. Harris
A.C. Warner
Frank Harris
Cyrus Cook
John E. Cashman
Thomas O. Larson
Edmund Youngblood
James H. McDonald
Teron County
A. G O. Warner
Lewis Tellefson
Thomas N. Austad
Farmington
Halvor A. Holm
Paul R. Simonson
Notice for Angus Bruce final proof in Choteau Montana
Land Office Great Falls Montana reports Angus Bruce intends final proof for homestead entry 12106 in sections 7 8 township 2 north range 7 west near Choteau Teton County. He also files desert land claim S776 with set sedt sec 6 sec 5 sec 8 township 23 north range 7 west before U S Commissioner A C Warner in Chateau on May 1 1906.
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Choteau
Teton County
Montana
Ted
A.C. Warner
U.S
Chateau
Silas A. McPhee
Angus M. Rose
Charles Lepage
Roderick McLeod
Last Words About Turning Off Gas Reach Reader
A Chicago Record-Herald fragment recalls a widow's final words about disabling gas in the kitchen or locking the basement door. The exchange underscores grave domestic concerns kicked through a grim hearing.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Peril in Eating Cited by Detroit Press
In a humorous exchange a man paying a meat bill warns of dangers from carelessness in eating. The respondent agrees noting indigestion and bankruptcy as the two main risks.
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Detroit
Ree Press
Gave Out Together
A terse quotation captures a couple's quarrel about love and a dowry before marriage. The dialogue contrasts vowed affection with a skeptical claim about the dowry’s duration premaritally, attributed to Filegende Blatter.
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Edward
Filegende Blatter
The Old, Old Story Boarder May Propose
The dialogue hints a new boarder in love plans to propose once his father remits. The exchange centers on expectations of romantic advance without explicit action yet.
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Baltimore News
Property Deed Transfer Involves Frank Truchot Family
Frank Truchot and his wife deeded 720 acres to Heinrich Gemar in sections 18 and 19 township 26 north range 4 west for ten thousand dollars.
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Frank Truchot
Heinrich Gemar
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Jhoteau, Montana
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All Newsdealers
Che Choteau
Trescott Brothers, Publishers
Official Paper
Blackfoot Reservation
Conrad
Board of County Commissioners
Warm Springs
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Great Pals
Harmon T. Rhoads
Cheteau
A. C. Warner
Ofsaypo
Drs
Sarah M. Lee
J.M. Burtincame
Tlee
A. Co. Warner
Angus Bruce
J.M. Burlingame
Register, Piast Pub
United States
Otte
Martin P. Anderson
Samuel McDonald
M. m
City Drug Store
C. H. Drake
Mounain
Orde
E. N. Haugen
Ft Kull
Land
Whaskey
Graves & Thompson, Choteau
Beaupre
Walter Gorhati
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