Sun River Post Built by Goss and Plummer's Leap to Destiny
Francis S. Goss, 82, recalls helping build the Sun River fort in 1862 where Henry Plummer and three companions sought shelter. Plummer fell into crime, fell in love with Electra Bryan, and married at St. Peter's Mission before turning to road agents and a tragic end.
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Goss
Sun River Post
Plummer
Gold Creek
d’Oreille
Hot Springs
Broadwater
Helena
Last Chance Gulch
Montana
Granville Stuart
Blake
Perry W. McAdow
Dr. Atkinson
Pioneer Creek
Tom
Cottonwood Creek
Fort Benton
Samuel T. Hauser
Judge Dance
Jake Monthe
General Lyon
Elk City
Salmon River
Fox and Bull
Pioneer City
Pioneer
Arnett
Spillman
Jernigan
Fox
Bull
Corral
Sun River Stockade
Grasshopper Gulch
Bannack
Sun River Crossing
Sun River
Henry Plummer
Jack Cleveland
George Ives
Bill Bunton
Idaho
States
Missouri River
Mississippi
Sunriver
Electra Bryan
J. A. Vail
Vail
Blackfeet
Galena
Cleveland
George Tyler
Galena Hotel
Fink & Walker
Farnsworth
Joe Kipp
James Arnold
Kipp
Browning
Ives
Bunton
Morgan
Virginia City
Cedar Rapids
Bitro-Phosphate Promises Strength and Vitality Boost
Bitro-Phosphate claims to steadily increase firm flesh and provide essential brain and nerve nutrition in active form. The ad asserts it replaces nerve waste and builds energy, with drugstores offering a money back guarantee if results aren’t seen.
Not Your Heart It’s Your Kidneys Health Ad
An old advertisement promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a kidney health remedy. It warns kidney disease can cause fatigue sleeplessness and back pain and urges immediate purchase from a pharmacist with money back guarantees. The copy emphasizes filtering role of kidneys and promises quick improvement within a day.
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Nature
Haarlem
Cuticura Promises Full Kit For Toilet Tasks
Advertisement extols Cuticura for sore hands and general toilet use, recommending Cuticura Soap for soaking and Cuticura Ointment for drying and rubbing in, with tissue to remove excess ointment. It claims the trio covers all toilet needs.
Small Industries Will Grow Says Frank Kerr
Frank M. Kerr general manager of Montana Power says large industries in Montana likely won’t expand much this year while smaller firms should prosper. He notes a power surplus and that April usage in many towns rose, indicating broader activity. Federal officials plan special schools to train disabled American soldiers in Montana.
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Frank Kerr
Frank M. Kerr
Montana Power Company
Montana
U S Employment Service to Stay in Permanent Form
Washington conference crafts a bill for a permanent U S employment service. Federal director Scott Leavitt says the system will be neutral between labor and employers and operate free nationwide. Montana’s harvest labor outlook is discussed alongside copper market notes in Butte.
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Washington
Congress
U. S. Employment Service
Scott Leavitt
Montana
Leavitt
Washington, D. C
Permanent Employment Service
U. S
Friendly fight on new tax law debated by Montana high court
The Montana supreme court heard David Hilger of Lewistown versus Fergus county treasurer W A Moore over a new property classification for taxation under House Bill No 30. Arguments focused on constitutional classifications and the state board of equalization as well as the role of subdivisions in taxation. The proceedings featured Charles R. Leonard and Rudolph von Tobel defending the act against Assistant Attorney General Frank Woody. A separate note mentions Butte handwriting experts declining to testify due to Italian involvement concerns.
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State Tax Commission
Montana
Supreme Court
Tax Commission
David Hilger
Lewistown
W. A. Moore
Fergus County
Moore
Charles R. Leonard
Rudolph von Tobel
Genera Frank Woody
Moora
Leonard
State Board of Equalization
Woody
von Tobek
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Francis S. Goss
Blackfoot Station
Glacier
Rocky” Ryan
Garena
Ill
Savanna
A. 8. Grant
Missouri
Emily
Territorial
Walter B. Dance
Territory
Hauser
Dance
Dead Man’s Coulee
Bret Harte
Henry Thomas
U.S. Employment Service
Butte
New York
Rainier Products Company
Seattle
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