Purposeless Man Becomes Hero in Fiery Rescue
Dorothy Strong sees Dudley Merrick, a self described purposeless man, declare love but refuse marriage. A blazing six story building traps a mother and child. Merrick scales flames, leaps between roofs, saves the child, rope-work keeps both safe, then collapses from burns. Dorothy and the grateful mother visit him in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Strong
Budkenly
Porsie
Tiny
Dudley Merrick
Ure
Merrick
Merrick Nod
Eeizel
Mle
Dorothy
Rattlesnake Poison and Leprosy Cure Discussion
Dr Adolpho Mercondes de Moura of Sao Paulo Brasil presents a paper to The German Medical Weekly Journal on using rattlesnake venom to treat lepra tuberculose. He reports fifteen lepers improved, while LeWin of Berlin notes possible temporary effects and urges further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolpho Mercondes de Moura
Sao Paulo
Brazil
de Moura
LeWin
Berlin
Famous Gun Betsy the International Gun in Pekin Siege
Gunner Joreph A. Mitchell of the cruiser Newark journeyed from San Francisco to Philadelphia to visit his mother. During the Pekin siege he defended the legations with an improvised gun, Betsy, assembled from junk parts and fitted with an Austrian carriage. The gun fired Russian cartridges and Chinese balls, and its first shot broke a Boxer barricade. Mitchell moved it to mislead attackers, operated until relief arrived, and was wounded by a stray bullet as troops neared the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joreph A. Mitchell
Newark
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Press
Mitchell
Pekin
Ita
Legations
Dickens Works All This Week For Two Dollars
A Jersey farmer in New York commented on a bookstore sign offering Dickens works for two dollars, quipping that the seller is either a poor workman or hard up for work, reflecting local press wit from the Boston Courier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wal
Boston Courier
Churchill Seen as Man to Stand and Be
A vintage remark from Youth's Companion notes Winston Spencer Churchill as a candidate who is asked to stand wants to sit and is expected to be a political figure. The quote highlights balance between wit and fact in defining leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Spencer Churchill
Canal Will Open Good for Valley Ranchers
Bozeman dispatch notes Henry Altenbrand has secured assurance the new ditch will supply irrigation water this season as both canals operate well. Eastern paper makers seek more barley straw samples for tests. previous shipments pleased experimenters. Local notes reflect improving spring conditions, debate on farming prospects, and social events including Richards Pringle’s minstrel show, college debate victory, and staff movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Henry Altenbrand
New York
Little Hollamt
Green's August Flower praised by world travelers
Prof Hynton notes in ten years of travel meeting many users of Green's August Flower for dyspepsia fever stomach issues and constipation. He says it suits tourists salesmen and office workers with irregular habits and that it does not injure the system with frequent use. Sample bottles free at Newbro Drug Co Finlen Media Drug Co and local dealers. Get Green's Prize Almanac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Hynton
Green
Newbro Drug Co
Finlen-Media Drug Company
Get Green
Allen's Foot-Ease advertising blurb and a marriage rejection
A vintage ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cool swollen feet and relieve ingrown nails blisters and bunions with a trial offer and 25 cent price. The second fragment presents a young lady declining a marriage proposal attributed to compelling circumstances and a brief dialogue about those circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen O. Olmstead
le Roy
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D. A. Chauncey
Besson ON
Daily Story Pub. Co
Dudley
Ludsey Merrick
Apollo
Stu
Teeneen
Dot
Bozeman News
Ed Ellis
Butte
City
Richards & Pringle
Cutting
Zenda
Black Avenue
Main Street
College College
Helena
Wesleyan College
Burr Fisher
Golden Rule
Missoula
Arthur Truman
Hymal
Allen O
Olmstead
le Ray
N.Y
Warsnasans
Huie Peek
China Teaur
South Main Street
Keeley
THE
Kelley Institute OF
UNAM
Temple
Salt Lake City
Utah
Santa Fe
Ogden
Kansas City
Atchison
Great Lakes
Lakes
Northern Pacific
Duluth
North Coast Limited
Buffalo
Wonderland
Chas
Fee
St. Paul
Minn
Istate Savings Bank
John A. Creighton
G. W. Stapleton
T. M. Hodgens J
O. Hodgens
R. BR. Nuckolls
Jice
Bells Exchange
United States
Europe
J. A. Creighton
Omaha
A. H. Barret
J. D. Levitt
V. Kemper
Hodgens
J. C. Hodgens
Main and
Park Streets
Lee Mantle
Chas, Schatzkein
Fayette Harrington
Charles R. Leonard
A. B. Clements
I. Aug, Heinze
Henry Mueller
Frank W. Haskins
James H. Monteith
Daly
Bank and Trust
of Butte
W. W. Dixon
John D. Ryan Co
C. Bwithorne
T. A. Kunkel
Vee
Soes
AAV
PRN
W. A. Clark J
Rosa Clark
W. A. Clark & Bro
United , States
Alex J, Johnston
First National Bank
Montana
Andrew J. Davis
James A. Talbot
E.B. Wes
Geo. Stevenson
Ass't Cashier
Rio Grande
Great Salt Lake
Glenwood
Colorado Springs
Denver
Ticket Office
Broadway
Minneapolis
Chicago
St. Panl
Great ‘Falla
Great Falls
North Main Street
J. E. Dawson
Fark
Paul Express
Puget Gound Ex Press
East Burial
Lozailings
St. Louis
Billings
St. Louia
Kansan City
Garrison Lozal
A.s
Rhert
Merriman
BUNC
Anaconda & Pacific Railway
Dutta
Ansconds
Anaconda
Great Northern Railway
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Norhern Pacific Railway
Burlington
Mississippi Valley
Billings Gateway
Mont
Salt Lake
Cara
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