Remembered Judge Francis M. Thompson of Bannack Montana
In his Reminiscences Judge Francis M. Thompson is praised by Col Wilbur F Sanders for leaving a deep, wholesome influence in Montana. Thompson helped found a Historical Society designed the state seal and financed territorial needs while in Bannack also serving in the first territorial legislature.
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Francis M. Thompson
Wilbur F. Sanders
New England Magazine
Montana
Col. Sanders
Judge Thompson
Greenfield
Mass
Cincinnati
Ohio
St. Louis
Missouri
Missouri River
Pierre
Union
Hudson Bay
Bannack
Thompson
Swift
Sun River
Plummer
Dr. Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Mr. Swift
Lewiston
Idaho
Meagher
Joe
Henry
Plummer’s
Lucius F. Nims
N. P. Langford
Colonel Sanders
Buffalo District Oil Showing Promises Small First Oil Well
The Glenhoma Oil Syndicate tests oil near Buffalo in Judith Basin county. The well at 468 feet shows about 25 barrels per day with potential for larger flow as depth increases. Early tests in the Quadrant sands indicate potential commercial production amid multiple folds in the Oil Springs anticline.
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Judith Basin
Glenhoma Oil Syndicate
Buffalo
Oil Springs Anticline
John Roos
Great Falls
Missoula
Buffalo Dome
Belt Mountains
Kootenai
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Two
Thieves Nabbed in Pueblo Gang Arrests
Nine suspects detained in Pueblo as alleged gang members linked to a five year spree of thefts in Pueblo and nearby towns. The group includes seven men and two women, with authorities pursuing charges and further investigations.
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Pueblo
Loan Totals by Federal Banks Aid Farmers
About 32 million dollars has been loaned by the federal intermediate credit banks to help farmers finance this year's crop production and marketing efforts.
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Federal Intermediate Credit Banks
Montana Leads In Bread Wheat Production In 1912 Report
The Northwestern National Bank Review notes Montana produced more bread wheat than any other spring wheat state with rising sales in Twin City markets. Farmers gain marketing options via storage, cash advances, and pooled selling through the American Wheat Growers' Association central office in Minneapolis serving nine northwestern states.
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Montana
Union
Northwestern National Bank
Northwestrn National Bank of
Minneapolis
Twin City
North Dakota
Association
Minnesota
Telephone Men Win Vail Gold Medals for Blizzard Rescue
Earl J. Taylor and Harold C. Daggett of Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph receive Theodore N. Vail Memorial gold medals and $500 each for keeping the Cheyenne to West Coast line open during a historic Wyoming blizzard one election day. Daggett endured a gruelling 11 mile trek to repair lines and Taylor rode out to rescue him, reuniting the pair and restoring service.
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Vail
Earl J. Taylor
Harold C. Daggart
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Continental Divide
Taylor
Daggett
Theodore N. Vail Memorial Fund
Bell System
Mountain States Co
Byron Thady
Josephine Pryor
Pueblo
Daggart
Denver
Sherman Hill
Taylor and Daggett
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Grain sale terms and freight deductions at elevator
The document states that dockage and distance from market, plus operating expenses, will be deducted from the price per bushel. It notes country elevators handling and shipping this grain draw bill of lading drafts on Minneapolis for storage, handling, and insurance costs.
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Minneapolis
Inventor Offers Free Oil Lamp to First Local User
E. P. Johnson of 609 W Lake St Chicago invites the public to receive a free new oil lamp that reportedly burns 94 percent air and can heat gas or electricity. He seeks local helpers to introduce the device and also requests agents.
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E. P. Johnson
W. Lake St
Chicago
California Fig Syrup Ad Appeals to Mothers
An old advertisement urges mothers to give babies and children California Fig Syrup for constipation and biliousness. It touts gentle bowel and liver action without griping and claims the product contains no narcotics, urging buyers to insist on the genuine syrup with directions.
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Coljc
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By Martha Edgerton
Plassmana
Fort Benton
Sun River Reservation
Mr. Vail
Henry Plummer
Joseph Swift
Philadelphia
Mrs. Vail
W. F. Sanders
Oil Spring
Fergus County
Scuool Boy Aau Lp
Paes
Mobile
Pricard Baptist Church
California
Seri Ng
Tr. Jr
Hocking
Royal and Corona
Typewriters
Glasgow
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