Montana sapphires lead world market from Yogo mines
Montana sapphires from the Yogo mines in Fergus county lead the world market with demand expanding to Europe and Asia. Francis H. Wood of London, president of the New Mine Sapphire Syndicate, reports rising prices, a half million dollars in book requisitions, and ongoing mining and washing operations despite past war disruptions.
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Montana
New Mine
Fergus County
America
Europe
Francis H. Wood
London
Hangland
Wood
South America
India
Italy
China
England
Yogo
Yogo Valley
Little Belt Mountains
Great Falls
New Mine Sapphire Syndicate
Dean's Kidney Pills Promise Quick Back Pain Relief
A testimonial from Mrs. A. Vincent of Missoula Montana claims two boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills cured her severe backache kidney inflammation headaches and dizziness. The ad urges readers to ask for Dean's Kidney Pills priced 60 cents at all dealers from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
A. Vincent
N. Third St
Missoula
Mont
Sapphire Mining at Yogo Mines Weighs World Market Control
The Yogo sapphire deposit spans a five mile dyke with an eight foot width and a 1,200 foot depth. Recovery takes about four years from ore deposition to final sapphire extraction, with washing, weathering, and multiple dams extending processing to four seasons per carload.
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Yogo
Custer Battle Remembered On Forty Fourth Anniversary
Montanans recall the 1876 Custer massacre on its forty fourth anniversary as Sitting Bull and Sioux overwhelled General George A. Custer with three hundred soldiers. Helena bell ringer and Missoula library memoirs mark the remembrance.
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Custer
Big Horn River
Sitting Bull
George A. Custer
Montana
Helena
Montana Territory
Glendive Student Sets Public School Typewriting Record
Helen Burdick of Dawson County High School Glendive achieved 722.15 words per minute net in a 15 minute public school typewriting contest. Finishing second was Gertrude Wynn, third Elvira Madsen, with Montana leading national public school results.
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Helen Burdick
Dawson County High School
Montana
Commercial Department
Dawson County
Gertrude Wynn
Glendive
Elvira Madsen
Miles City
United States
California
Wisconsin
Connecticut
George G. Hoole
W. H. Myers
Burdick
Custer’s Last Stand painting shown in Montana university
The oil portrait by Paxton, detailing Custer’s leaders and core, took over five years in preliminary work and uses photographs for faces. Thousands visit yearly in Missoula. a $25,000 offer from an eastern collector was declined to keep the memoir in Montana.
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Custer
Paxton
Missoula
University
First Helena teacher Mrs. L. B. Jennings dies in Musselshell
Mrs. L. B. Jennings, said to have taught Helena’s first school, died at Musselshell Montana at 95. A New York native, she was mother of Dr. Charles K. Cole, Helena pioneer who died last March in California. Survived by daughter, granddaughter Mrs G. K. Bentham of Lewistown, and grandson Ward Rathbun of Grass Range. widow of Helena hotel owner.
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Helena
L. B. Jennings
Musselshell
Mont
New York State
Charles K. Cole
California
G. K. Bentham
Lewistown
Ward Rathbun
Grass Range
Polson Poised to Become Niagara of the West
Polson at the foot of Flathead Lake eyes vast electric power growth. Rocky Mountain Power seeks leases along the Flathead river to harness 178000 horsepower with a $10 million plant plan. Experts say the river could yield far more, powering mills, irrigation, and rail electrification as Polson expands commercially and agriculturally.
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Poison
Montana
Niagara
Flathead Reservation
Polson
Flathead Lake
Wilson
Rocky Mountain Power Company
Flathead River
Pond d’Oreille
Dixon
Clark’s Fork River
Plathead
America
Flathead
Northern Pacific Railroad
Idaho
Great Northern
United States
Great Lakes
Butte
Anaconda
Missoula
Spokane
Whithead Lake
Somers
Treasure State
Flathead Country
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Yogo Creek
New York
Blue Diamond
Jura
France
Hatton Garden
Charles T. Gadsden
Niagara OF
All the West
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
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