Nine Montana ladies lead Inter Mountain portrait parade
The Inter Mountain highlights nine year note winners in a free up to the park contest celebrating Montana grace and beauty. Public support and local popularity crowned each winner with broad community joy. Additional notices promise future impressions from the excursionists. Maggie Sullivan of Butte, born 1881 in Med Jacket, Michigan, is the youngest daughter of John and Mrs Sullivan. She moved to Butte nine years ago and works for Symons Dry Goods Company.
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Inter Mountain
Montana
Wonderland
Maggie Sullivan
Butte
Med Jacket
Mtc
John Ch. Sullivan
West Center Street
Centerville
Butt High
Miss Sullivan
Anyploye
Symons Dry Goods Company
Park Contest Winners Highlight Montana Figures
Miss Sue Welsh of Deer Lodge tops the park contest with a heavy vote showing her ties to Missoula and Dillon through work with Missoula Water and power. Lucy Grannis of Dillon, born in Gold Run California, moved to Montana in 1882 and later served on the Dillon Tribune staff. Helen ONeill, daughter of early Butte settlers from San Francisco, has roots and residence in Butte. The piece notes strong voter turnout totaling about 46,800 in the contest and mentions Carrie Benninghoff of Billings as a native of New York City.
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Sue Welsh
Deerages
Montana
Butte
Helena
Salt Lake
Miss Welsh
D. J. Welsh
St. Joseph
Lucy Grannie
Lucy Ray Grannis
Dillon
Goldrun
Cal
Newell Academy
Gilis
Dillon Tribune
Helen O'Neill
James O'Neill
San Francisco
Miss Cantile Company
Lizzie Gibney Named Missoula Native Who Began Montana Life
Lizzie Gibney of Missoula was born in Laramie Wyoming on November 22 1880. She moved to eastern Montana as a child, lived on a farm, then settled in Missoula in 1883. She finished city school in 1897 and attended Garden City Commercial College, graduating in June.
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Lizzie Gibney
Missoula
Laramie
Wyo
Montana
Misssoula
Garden City Commercial College
Most Popular Girl in Billings and Della Tate
The record notes Miss Carrie Benninghoff of Billings gained fame as the most popular girl in Billings after four years there with a noted soprano voice. Della Tate of Bozeman, born 1878, shares the scene as another admired local girl, daughter of early Gallatin county pioneers, with families migrating from Kentucky in 1864.
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Sprague
Wash
Orge F. Benninghoff
Nes Ily
Billings
Benninga
Carrie
Hollidaysburg Sallenet
Hollidaysburg
Della Tate
Bozeman
Alice Goodson Wins Support in Livingston Rally
Livingston backed Miss Alice Goodson with 6,335 votes in a 1883 inquiry noting her American birth status. The event highlighted immigrant ties and local patriotism in Tennessee politics.
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Alice Goodson
Livingston
Goodson
England
Miss Goodson
Bertha Vetters Captures Noted Tea Contest Win
Anaconda teen Bertha Kerr Vetters, aged 16, claimed a prize in what was described as the wisest tea contest yet. Born at Sanborn, she stood out as the standout participant amid the event's competitive field.
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Bertha Vetters
Bertha Kerr Vetters
Anaconda
Sanborn
Woman A Becomes Beast Of Burden On City Street
An Italian woman walking through City Hall park balanced a large lumber load on her head. The eight heavy pieces, each about twelve feet long, measured six inches wide and one inch thick. After a collision with a man, two bystanders helped lift the burden back atop her head as she continued toward Center Street.
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Center Street
Chambers
Atast
Dental Fears and Theatrics in Custom Tooth Plates
A dentist recalls showcasing ornate artificial teeth with owner initials and extravagant roof implants. He describes gold wire depictions of horsemen, a dancing girl enameled in jewels, and even a tiger’s claw used as a trophy. Prices cited reach up to $500, revealing eccentric requests and their outcomes.
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Caneote
Moral dress in official duties sparks colonial tensions
An English view blames Ashanti unrest on dress. Sir Frederick Hodgson appeared shabby beside chiefs in full regalia at a March gathering, provoking offense and rebellion. An English account also cites Baron Von Ketteler assailing fate by visiting Tsung-yi-Yamen in plain clothes, seen as an insult and hindering protection.
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England
Frederick Hodgson
Dusbar
Baron von Ketteler
Tsung-i-Yamen
Dreams of Women and Child Dreaming Limits
A Turin professor notes children dream before age four but cannot recall until around five. He reasons that this marks the onset of self-awareness in early childhood. Older adults dream less vividly than younger people, though dreams may be clearer for some.
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de Sanctis
Turin
Percy's Idea and the First Thousand Dollars
A witty exchange between Puck and Percy Gotrov about earning a first thousand dollars. Percy recalls his own tough start and jokes about his father’s guess that the money was meant to impress an actress.
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Puck
Commonstalk
Percy Gotrov
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DAILY
Wesh
Carrie Benninghoff
An. Benninghofy
Billings Bt
New New York City
Maggin ‘Bullivan
EN O'Neill
Lucy Grannis
Ertha
Percy
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