Senate passes four bills in Heven session and blocks others
The Montana senate approved four measures on January 28 by unanimous vote, including land appraisal by district petition and local oath filing extensions, plus salaries and mileage for officers and defeated a major railway bill. A House bill on eight hour labor and further committee actions followed with varied outcomes across Feb and early March sessions.
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Heven
Senate
House
McNally
Committee On Labor
Judiciary Committee
Senator Power
Harris
Broadwater
Hexen
Babcock
Hannah
Plowerree
Office of Labor
Flathead County
Helena
Power
Norris
County Boards of Commissioners
State Board of Equalization
United States Senate
Brosnan
Canada
Legislative Assembly
Charles J °. Ward
A. B.keith
Wameley
Teton
Woods
Mark Twain Struggles After Webster & Co Failure
Mark Twain lives modestly in London after returning from Africa. He works daily on a history of his world trip to pay debts and support his family. Once wealthy, he now faces poverty at over 60, hoping his book profits will help him recover financially.
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Markwain
Mark Twain
Africa
London
Webster & Co
America
Hall's Catarrh Cure Reward Ad and Endorsements
An old printed advertisement offers a $100 reward for an incurable catarrh case, promoting Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. It includes endorsements from West Truax Waxcorne Mangry wholesale druggists and notes intake, price five cents per bottle, with testimonials. The piece also contains a fragmented political line about Cleveland and MacKinley.
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Hall
FE. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Teledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Toledo
O. Waxcorne
Kisnan & Mangry
O. Hall
Turning into Indians claims Pennsylvan ia Dutch resemble American Indian type
Professor Frederick Starr of the University of Chicago argues that American environment alters body type, citing Pennsylvania Dutch in Allentown and Kurtztown. He notes increased height, darker eyes and hair, higher cheekbones, and a trend toward the Indian profile among Germans in Pennsylvania as they acculturate. He concludes Americans are becoming more like Indians, with English and French converging as they gain American characteristics.
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Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
Pennsylvania
New York World
North America
New England
Virginia
Canada
Starr
America
Allentown
Kurtztown
Europe
No-To-Bac Tobacco Cure Promises Quick Benefits
Bold advertisement claims No-To-Bac cures tobacco dependence and makes users strong, with gains of ten pounds in ten days. It cites over 400000 cures and offers booklets, samples, and a guarantee, priced 50 cents or one dollar, from Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York.
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James H.mills
Bureau of Agriculture Labor and Industry
Montana
Rontain
National Association of Wool Manfacturers
U. S. Agricultural Department
United States
Ad. Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
British Museum buys Gibbon card catalogue used with cards
The British Museum has acquired the card catalogue Edward Gibbon used for his private library. He used the backs of playing cards to record notes and references.
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The
British Museum
Edward Gibbon
Heo
Reclamation Plan for Arid Lands Discussed in Helena Meeting
Helena Independent reports a Sunday gathering of the arid land commission and irrigation committees from the House and Senate discussing a bill to create districts and bonds to finance irrigation works. The plan aims to reclaim large tracts by selling bonds secured by land liens, with income from reclaimed lands funding costs, interest, and maintenance, though details remain unsettled and implementation may wait until late in the session.
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Helena
Arid Land Commission
Arid Lands and Irrigation
House
Senate
Dr Matcuette's Indian Tobacco Antidote advertised
A vintage ad promises Dr Matcuette's Indian Tobacco Antidote cures tobacco habit in 72 hours. Compounded by a celebrated physician from lifelong study. Harm ness guaranteed. Price 50 cents for a large box. Available at druggists or by mail postpaid. Circulares free from Dr Matcuette Chicago Ill.
Reason for bank failures cited in New Orleans paper
The New Orleans Picayune links recent national bank collapses to criminal misuse of funds by custodians. It argues most failures were frauds rather than hard times and calls for clearing wrecks to restore business confidence, noting honest banks remain. The item closes with a joke from London Pick-Me-Up.
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New Orleano Picayune
New Orleans
Reform-minded figure seeks office amid emoluments talk
A fragmented note from a Mountain Inter source hints at a reformer aiming at political office while criticizing perks and perquisites. The terse line implies a need for reform, without detailing names or dates.
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James Sulgrove
al Speciality
Town Hall
Choteau
Mont
Jj.g Bair
J. E., Erickson
Attorney-At-Law
S. H- Drake
Chothau, Montana
No.duff
Department of the Interior
Land, Office
Pension and
Cor
Main and St. John Bts
Fort Renton
A. G- Warner
Chotead
Mont. Marine
N. E-Jenkins
Dupuyer, Mont
A, J. Cooper, M. BP
Phelps Block
Great Falls
Lopge No
Siola
Horand Coup Batus
Sun River
A. Rooney
M. KE. Church
Garner Hazlett
Chateau Avenue
Legays
Epworth League
Ted
Gur
Wamsley
Hart
Hexena
Broadwater County
Wool and Sheep
Commissioner of Agricultures Labor and Industry
Mark 'Erwain
Democris
Cleveland
MacKinley
Lars Free
Dr. Matcuette
Chicago, Ill
Mabel
Maud
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