Norris to revisit old fur trade trails along Missouri River
James Bill Norris, famed fur trader linked with the T. C. Power company, plans a river journey by boat from Fort Benton to relive early adventures. A photographer will record scenes from the Upper Missouri era, including brushes with Nez Perces and encounters near Carroll and the Musselshell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeson Bill
Norris
Missouri
Fort Benton
Montana
T. C. Power Company
Musselshell
Joseph
Carrol
Big Sag
General Miles
Wilds
Carroll
Canada
Major Reed
Old Fort Reed
Lewistown
Dog Creek
Bill Norris
Fate
Nez Perces
Big Hole
Yellowstone National Park
Miles
Dave Hilger
Fergus County
Montana woman tied to a string of mysterious deaths
Deputy Sheriff Ormsby describes Lydia Southard of Montana as a wife who secured large life insurance payouts from five former husbands, including Ed Meyers. Investigators report arsenic findings and note Lydia’s marriages followed by sudden deaths, with her promising not to fight extradition while denying charges.
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W. H. Ormsby
Twin Falls
Idaho
Lydia Southard
Montana
Ar Crest
Honolulu
Ea Meyers
Meyers
William McHaffie
Hardin
Harlem Lewis
Billings
Edward Dooley
Robert Dooley
Wm. McHaffie
Ed Meyers
P. V. Southard
Southard
Paul Vincent Southard
U. S
Chicago
Lydia
Hadin and Billings
Laura
Mercersburg Lad Prosser Tops Pole Vault Records
William Prosser of Mercersburg academy set a new interscholastic pole vault record by vaulting 12 feet at Princeton during the annual track meet. Reynolds Prosser of the American National bank witnessed the feat. two weeks earlier Prosser earned running event honors at Cornell.
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Helena
Reynolds Prosser
American National Bank
William Prosser
Princeton University
Prosser
Mercersburg Academy
Pennsylvania
Cornell University
Emigrant placer district eyed for renewed mining boom
In Montana's Emigrant district near Livingston, rich gravels from a historic placer camp show long term potential. The Yellowstone Gold Mining Co seeks moderate capital and new leadership to expand hydraulic mining of multi million cubic yards, with promising high grade lode veins and strong future returns.
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J. H. Eby
E. M
Montana
Thomas Curry
Park County
Livingston
Emigrant Creek
Yellowstone River
Park Branch
Northern Pacific
Mineral Mountain
Yellowstone
Yellowstone Gold Mining Company
Philadelphia
William F. Carr
Spokane
Slide Rock
Clock System Introduced for Helena Capitol Watchman
After twenty years with little to do the Helena capitol watchman now uses a clock system. Thomas Sillers, custodian of the state house, requires registration at 14 stations every two hours during an eight hour shift. He carries a clock the size of an alarm clock on a strap and turns a key at each station to log time and location.
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Helena
Thomas Sillers
State House
Capitol
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Benton
California
San Francisco
Keytesville
William Trueblood
Town
Trueblood
Edward
Laura Marie
McHaffie
Lewis
Myers
Postum
Postum Cereal Co.Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
A Beverage
Bay of Naples
Flathead Lake
Polson
Lake Country
Northern Pacific Railroad
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