Deadly shooting in Great Falls leaves one dead
Rudolph Smith a railroad laborer is killed with six bullets in a Sunday morning attack at Clara Richards house of ill fame in Great Falls. Policeman Hogan is wounded and later dies of his injuries after a shootout with Smith who also dies. Marie Bell is wounded but recovering as Hogan is treated at Columbus hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Smith
Lebnart
Marie Bell
Hogan
Columbus
Screama
Calle
Smith
Lehnart
Montana Central Railroad
New Cabinet reshuffle rumors amid Hay illness
The cabinet may change by March 4 with Elihu Root moving to Secretary of State and C E Smith becoming Secretary of War. Griggs reportedly will decline reappointment while others shift duties, leaving most members in place with reassignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay
Elihu Root
New York
C. E. Smith
Name mixup leaves Gustave Lundquest unsure of ties
The article notes a misrendered name related to Gustave Lundquest and states uncertainty about Smith’s background and marital status, indicating lack of clear antecedents or relationship details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustave Lundquest
Med
Smith
Mar
Cupid Victory and Defeat in a Sunday Kitchen Romance
A light verse about Cupid derailing a family Sunday dinner. A cook overbakes the roast and burns the potatoes while churchgoers return home. A refined daughter rejects a millionaire suitor as Cupid’s mischief unsettles romance in the parlor and kitchen. The tale centers on Paul and Gretchen watching a failed match unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cupid
Paul
Gretchen
Kansas Senate Defeats Restoration of Equal Punishment Bill
The Kansas state senate defeats a bill to restore equal punishment. The debate traces to agitation after the recent mob burning of the Black man Alexander in Leavenworth. Legislators remain unconvinced that capital punishment is necessary or desirable for Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Ation
Alexander
Leavenworth
Not Foul Play In Death Of James OHare At Gold Butte
County Attorney Play reports James O Hares death from February 4 in Gold Butte was not sudden or suspicious. He won 3135 in a poker game at Wrights saloon, returned to Mrs Monahans boarding house drunk, was helped home by the bartender John Brown, slept in clothes, and died after a day of stomach trouble despite all efforts. roommate Loftus recalled the morning calmly before the fatal decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O'Hare
Wright
Gold Butte
Loftus
O’hare
Poisonous weeds threaten cattle on northwest ranges
Cattlemen report long standing losses from poisonous weeds. Department of Agriculture botanists identified six fatal plants, antidotes found for three, three remain incurable. A thorough investigation is underway with a detailed report due in weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Secretary of Agriculture
Danger of Colds and La Grippe Warns of Pneumonia
The notice promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a sure preventive against pneumonia from colds and la grippe. It claims tens of thousands used it with no pneumonia cases and says the remedy cures a cold or grippe quickly. Sold by C. H. Drake, druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
C. H. Drake
Story of a Slave and the Electric Bitters Claim
A Manchester Michigan man recounts his wife’s five year paralysis and gains relief after two bottles of Electric Bitters. The ad promotes the remedy as a cure for female diseases and a range of ailments including nervousness sleeplessness melancholy headaches backaches and fainting spells offering a 50 cent bottle with a guarantee.
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George D. “Williams
Manchester
Mich
Dyer
H. Drake
Timely Information Prevented Tragedy in Ohio
Mrs. George Long of New Straitsville Ohio credits Dr King s New Discovery with saving two lives after a severe cough kept her awake nightly. She says one bottle cured her and another man a pneumonia attack. The remedy promises relief for throat chest and lung issues and is sold with guarantees and trial bottles at C H Drake s drug store.
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George Long
New Straitaville
Ohio
Dr. King
Long
C. H. Drake
No To Bac Ad Promises Easy Tobacco Cure
An advertisement touts No To Bac as a wonder-worker to quit tobacco with a guarantee of cure. It claims benefits of strength and vigor and offers a booklet and sample for free from Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
Ladies' Department Sale Offers Wide Array of Garments
The notice lists items such as silk waist and flannelette gowns with prices, jackets and capes, all wool knit skirts, and a 20 percent discount on ladies undergarments dress goods hosiery corsets table linens shoes overshoes and comforts.
Our Hobby Groceries Promises Low Prices in February
We have become so accustomed to buying groceries that it is second nature to us. Experience teaches us how to buy the best at the lowest price. Come and see our prices in February and judge for yourself. Get our prices and you will agree.
No Popery Oath Taken By King Edward in Parliament
The oath required by King Edward I II before Parliament declared against transubstantiation and Catholic practices. He professed belief that the Mass is not real. invocation of Mary and saints is superstitious. vowed to reject papal dispensations and to be judged by Protestant understanding. He repeated the oath before the lord chancellor and kissed the Bible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Public Park Proposed in New Rochelle for Ingersoll and Notables
A movement to establish a public park in memory of Robert G. Ingersoll and other leaders in New Rochelle New York is under way. The park will be named for Col Ingersoll and will include a site for the Tom Paine monument with support from the Brooklyn Philosophical Society and local figures E B Foote William McDonald George W Lloyd. Steps toward land acquisition are in progress.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Robert G. Ingersoll
E. B. Foote
Larchmont
William McDonald
Yonkers
George W. Lloyd
Brooklyn Philosophical Society
Col. Ingersoll
Tom Paine
Eight Hours For Blast Men In Great Falls
The eight hour system was begun in the blast furnace department of the Boston and Montana smelter in Great Falls Montana last week. One department remains to adopt the schedule. About thirty five more men will be employed in the blast furnace department than before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Mont
Boston & Montana
Woolgrowers Convention Set for Pendleton This March
The Pacific Northwest Woolgrowers association will stage its fourth annual convention in Pendleton Oregon on March 5 6 and 7 This event is touted as a leading gathering in the region and follows the group’s formation in The Dalles four years ago It has grown to rank second in import to the National Livestock association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Northwest Woolgrowers’ Association
Pendleton
Ore
Northwest
Dalles, Ore
National Livestock Association
Army appoints three generals as brigadiers in regular force
Generals James M H Wilson Fitzhugh Lee and Theodore Schwan have been promoted to brigadier in the regular army. The text notes confirmation and hints that land will be retired as contemplated when the reorganization away bill passed.
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James MH. Wilson
Fitzhugh Lee
Theodore Schwan
Kidney Cure Claim Promises From Sterling Remedy Co
An ad-style fragment touts a kidney cure from Sterling Remedy Co Chicago or New York with claimed pills by Dr Hobbe Sosregus and offers a free sample.
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Pohcéman
Tenderlain
Great Falla
Clara Richard
House of Ill-Fame
Second Street
South
Maria Bell
Richard
Clara Richards Place
Griggs
Cline
of the Treasury
Lyman J. Gage
Illinois
CU. E. Smith
Penn
Sylvania
P. C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Secretary of the Navy
J. D. Long
Massachusetts
Secretary of the Interior
E. A. Hitch
Cock, Missouri
of Agriculture
James Wil
Sop
Iowa
Mies
Wee
John Brown
Ladies’ Depar’t
S. Depar
Ulster
Choteau ‘Mercantile. CO
Adward
Christ
Church of Rome
Wool Growers’ Convention
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