Misouri Johnson spins tall tales in a Butte gathering
In a Butte hotel room a group identifies a traveling man as Johnson of Mis souri. He regales the crowd with a yarn about water melon thieves and a near fatal shotgun misfire from his Missouri youth. Frank H. Hubbard, an eastern wine representative, praises Montana and Butte while noting lively politics and business. GAMES A. TALBOTT visits Butte, touting Flathead county life and year ahead profits.
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Butte
Johnson
Mis~amiri
Johnson Haited
St. Louis
Butler
Missouri
Miszouri
Frank H. Hubbard
Mr. Hubbard
Montana
East
Games A. Talbott
First National Bank of
Flathead County
Talbott
Ifr
Montana's Beauty Spots Amid Quiet Times
In Montana the landscape shines with striking beauty and calm. The Ashing and dwanting appeal to travelers as locals note a rare peace, with people not fretting over politics and enjoying the serene scenery and open skies.
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Montana
Neill Stars In An American Citizen At Opera House
The Montana audience enjoyed Mr. Neill in An American Citizen with a strong company including Edythe Chapman Grace Mae Lamkin Lilian Andrews Julia Dean and Ben Howard among others. Neill’s trio of lover roles earns praise while the ensemble supports a mellowed, improved performance. Tonight Mansfield’s A Parisian Romance follows with Neill as Baron Chevrial and a Saturday matinee Aristocracy on the docket.
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Frank Worthing
Ernest Hastings
James Nellim
James
Sign
Neill
Opera
Montana
Mr. Neill
Edythe Chapman
Grace Mae Lamkin
Lilian Andrews
Julia Dean
Richard Mansfield
Baron Chevrial
Ivory suppliers widen range from elephants to hippos
The United States tariff decision counts hippopotamus tusks and other animals such as boar, narwhal, right whale, and alligators as ivory producers. Hippo ivory, though valued less than elephant ivory, serves many small items and can polish to a high shine. hog teeth are sold by piece, yielding modest returns, and the history of tusk value shifts with superstition and market demand. Also noted is a polar expedition link between Dr. Fridtjof Nansen and the Duke of Abruzzi, with Abruzzi’s voyage reaching 86°23′ north.
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Baltimore Sun
United States General Appraisers
Frithjof Nansen
Duke of
Abruzzi
North Pole
Dr. Nansen
Nansen
Carbon County Is Republican Carved By Swing Vote History
Special to Inter Mountain notes Carbon county's strong Republican tilt aided by past shifts, loyalty after four prosperous years, and a pivotal rally in Red Lodge featuring Dave Folsom Porter and J. G. Bair. Fusionists face weak prospects. Clark’s visit draws large crowds while Lewistown plant woes and island rat tales fill local chatter.
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Inter Mountain
Red Lodge
Carbon
Durty
Montana
Hia
McKinsley
Carbon County
Lin W. F. Meyer
Clark
Dave Folsom
T. J. Porter
J. G. Bair
Chateau County
Finn Opera House
Clarkites
Rough Riders
Rough Rider
Bk. D. Weed
Lee Mantle
W. A. Clark
Lewistown Hagle
Northern Pacific
Bridger
Wharf Rats Dominate Sheap Island In Boston Harbor
In Hull bay southern Boston harbor a once uninhabited Sheap Island now hosts thriving rat populations. Over the past year numbers have surged with groups of 30 to 43 seen on the beach. The gaunt Wharf rats, not common house rats, feed mainly on clams and shellfish. a yachtsman reported they are highly inquisitive and aggressive toward crabs. Hundreds of empty horseshoe crab shells mark their shore, while low sumac bushes and black…
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Long
Peddocka Islands
Hingman
Boston
Sheep Island
Lewiston
Boston Harbor
Hull Bay
Rey
Tithe Island
Remains Found After Two Years in Arickare Sands
Denver dispatch reports the remains of Lieut. Frederick Henry Beecher, long presumed buried near Beecher Island after Forsyth’s scouts were attacked by Cheyenne and Roman Nose. His bones were recovered after 37 years and sent to Brooklyn relatives. Beecher, born 1841 in New Orleans, served in the Army of the Potomac and the regular army, dying shortly after a wound in 1867.
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Denver Cor
New York Sun
Fred
Reevher
Forsyth
Arickare
Brooklyn
Perate
Roman Nose
Henry Ward Beecher
Beecher
Colorado
Little Big Horn
Bowdoin
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg
Third
United States Infantry
Horatio C. King
Teecher
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