Wovoka and the Indian Messiah Craze in the West
The article recounts Wovoka's Nevada origins and his gospel of a coming Indian millenium that inspired leaders like Sitting Bull and Joseph. It notes General O O Howard's observations, the ghost dance, and the resulting tribal divisions and clashes with U S policy, ending with the unrealized prophecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wovoka
United States
Nevada
Intermountain West
Sitting Bull
Joseph
Montana
God
Howard
O. O. Howard
Southwest
Cochise
Library of Congress
Little Big Horn
Nez Perce
Jack Wilson
Messiah
Casper Edison
Arapahoe
Jesus
Washington
Stting Bull
Custer
Sitt Bull
Columbia River
Helena Woman Finds Relief From Neuritis
Mrs. J. B. Robertson of Helena Montana reports three years of illness including neuritis and stomach gasses eased by Wong Sun's Chinese Herbs. She says first week brought relief and continues to improve daily, recommends the remedy to others. The herbs are sold at local Sun Comey and Bers meen Genet ae outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Robertson
Helena
Montana
Wong Sun
Suh Avenue
Sun Comey
Buffalo Jones immortalized for saving the American buffalo
The article recounts Colonel Charley J. Jones’s transformation from famed hide hunter to conservationist. It details his five Texas ranch trips to save buffalo calves, his efforts to establish herds in Yellowstone and the Lamar River area, and Roosevelt's 1901 funding that started the Yellowstone herd. It notes his later travels, poverty in later life, and the enduring Yellowstone herd as his monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley J
Buffalo) Jones
Jones
U. S
Buffalo Jones
United States
Illinois
Doniphan County
Kansas
Henry Inman
Mid-Plains
Texas Panhandle Plains
Yellowstone Park
Union Pacific
Nebraska
Wyoming
Garden City
Kaw
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Panhandle
Emerson Hough
A. J. Ricker
T. C. Hornaday
Smithsonian Institution
Montana
National Park
Washington, D. C
Col
Charles Goodnight
Clarendon
Tex
England
White House
Department of the Interior
Arctic
Teddy
Theodore Roosevelt
Goodnight
Flathead
Lamar
Yellowstone
Colonel Goodnight
Pablo
Jessie Jones Phillips
Chicago
Africa
New York Zoo
Arizona
Grand Canyon
Phillips
Zane Grey
Portales
N. M
Topeka
Kan
Southwest
Palo Duro Canyon
Great Slave Lake
Fatherly doubt and solo effort cited in exchange
A brief exchange shows a speaker acknowledging a question from a father figure and asserting independence by claiming the error was their own. The dialogue highlights personal responsibility and learning through self effort.
Catlin Paintings Exhibit At Knoedler Gallery
An 1854 57 Colt commission collection by George Catlin, rarely shown, is on display at Knoedler Co New York along with Gainsborough Whistlers. The 12 works, painted for Col Samuel Colt to promote Colt guns, were once in Hartford at Armsmear and Newport attic before Knoedler acquired them for exhibition and sale to a major eastern museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoedler & Co
New York
George Catlin
Montana
Catlin
Missouri River
Knoedler'’s
Leonardo da Vinci
Paul Gauguin
Knoedler’s
Gainsboroughs
Whistlers
New York Times
Wyoming
Wyoming Valley
Pennsylvania
Samuel Colt
Colt Arms Firm
United States
Colt
West
South America
Colt Company
Florida
Colt Commission
Colt Group
Armsmear
Hartford
Conn
Newport
R. I
Tropical
America
Great Eastern
Ogden Mills
Mills
American Museum of Natural History
Paris
Europe
Grant Wood
John Curry
Bacterial Ring Rot Reported Across Montana Potato Fields
Montana's horticulture department warns against practices spreading bacterial ring rot as infections appear in many potato fields. Dr Iverson notes the disease easily transfers to healthy stocks and suggests using thoroughly disinfected sacks, boiling or formaldehyde soaking followed by drying to halt spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
V. E. Iverson
Horticulture Department
Billings named 1941 MT Pharmaceutical convention city
Delegates at the Montana State Pharmaceutical association closing session chose Billings Butte as the 1941 convention city. L S Pusey of Butte was elected president with W C Spater of Great Falls as first vice president Emil Schoenholzer of Billings as second vice president J A Rie del of Boulder re elected secretary and H E Rakeman Jr of Ennis re elected treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Butte
Montana State Pharmaceutical Association
L. S. Pusey
W. C. Spater
Great Falls
Emil Schoenholzer
J. A. Riedel
Boulder
H. E. Rakeman Jr
Ennis
England Declares Bolling to Death as Capital Punishment
Historical record notes that in 1531 England established the death penalty for bolling to death, marking a severe legal stance of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolling
England
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By Elno
Famous Eastern Gallery
Walter E. Taylor
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Western Insurance Company
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