The Sun River Fortune Lost and Found in 1870s
John King, a longtime Montana trapper and plainsman, is linked to the lost $100,000 in cash carried to Fort Shaw. A mail pouch dropped into Sun River during a 1870s flood was believed sunk or lost, but King later found the leather pouch and recovered bundles of greenbacks from the river bank.
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Montana
Sun River
John King
Utica
Fergus County
Hudson’s Bay Company
King
Plains
Fort Benton
Iron Horse
Fort Shaw
Fort Peck
Fort Belknap
Forts
Benton
Shaw
Helena
Moncey
Sun River Crossing
United States Mail
Washington
Missouri
King’s Canada Flight After Finding Lost US Mail Pouch
A Western man discovers a registered mail pouch on a river bank and, fearing fines, chooses to flee to Canada. He later learns the money was not returned to the government, and the affair spurs a long postal and military investigation before the funds are finally acknowledged as lost.
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King
United States
Sun River Crossing
Helena
Canada
Postal Department
Washington
Government Post Office Treasury
Montana
War Department
Memorial group forms in Billings for Little Big Horn centennial
General Edward S. Godfrey of Cookstown New Jersey accepts national chairmanship of the National Custer Memorial association formed to organize the semi centennial observance of the Battle of the Little Big Horn at Custer battlefield next June. He notified Secretary J A Shoemaker of Billings of his acceptance Tuesday and proposed names for the national committee including veterans of Indian wars writers and others associated with the Custer saga. The note about a Chinese man's ideal coffin appears as an unrelated remark.
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Billings
Battle of Little Big Horn
Edwards. Godfrey
Cookstown
N. J
Legion of Honor
National Custer Memorial Association
Battle of the Little Big Horn
Custer Battlefield
Godfrey
Little Horn
Custer
J. A. Shoemaker
National Committee
Iron Sulphate Fails to Eradicate Dandelions in Great Falls
Park Superintendent Frank Riemer reports that iron sulphate has failed to eradicate dandelions in Great Falls. It kills tops but not roots, with barrels used over two years. He urges planting clover seed and allowing grass to grow through June to smother the weeds, a plan tried successfully at Bowles hay ranch on the Sun River road.
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Great Falls
Frank Riemer
Riemer
Bowles Hay Ranch
Sun River Road
Cuticura Toilet Trio Promises Clear Complexion
Advertisement touts Cuticura Soap daily use for clear complexion and clean scalp, Cuticura Ointment for hands, and Cuticura Talcum as part of a fragrance packed toilet trio.
Don’t Let That Cold Turn Into Flu
An old time remedy ad explains Musterole as a counter irritant made from mustard oil camphor and menthol. It claims rapid relief for congested areas without blistering and urges rubbing into the skin for a warm tingling sensation.
Early Chinese history origins and tribal rule
The text notes that Chinese history begins in 2637 B C with peoples organized into clans or tribes under a single sovereign ruler. It presents a concise view of early political structuring and centralized authority in ancient China.
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Sirocco
Butte
Royal Milling Company
Rex
Bayer Aspirin
PE Eosate
Bache Pera x
General Godfrey
New Jersey
Sande
Chapple Drug CO
Charles M. Russell
Mr. Russell
East
Charles
Russell Montana
Rawhide Rawlins Stories
Montana Newspaper Association
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