Chinaman Returns to China Over Prohibition Fallout
Louie Gee Tong a Montana pioneer miner of the French Gulch and California Creek districts vows to sail from Vancouver back to China due to Prohibition. At over ninety, he recalls life under the Stars and Stripes and plans to spend his declining years in his homeland where alcohol is not restricted. He left Anaconda and intends to depart on the first available voyage.
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Montana
Louie Gee Tong
West
China
Stars and Stripes
Louie
Pacific Coast
French Gulch
California Creek
Took
Mother Earth
W. R. Allens
Louis
Celestial Empire
Loulé
Anaconda
Vancouver
Doan’s Kidney Pills Help Philipsburg Resident
Mrs A B Dixon of Harrison Ave Philipsburg Montana reports back and kidney relief after using Doan’s Kidney Pills. She describes a dull backache and inactive kidneys improving to normal function. Price 60c at all dealers and promoted by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Philipsburg
A. B. Dixon
Harrison Ave
Mont
Doans
Doan
Pioneer Tells Of First Oil Strike In Montana
A Missouri traveler recounts Montana's first oil discovery on August 10 1864 twelve and a half miles northwest of the Bozeman trail crossing Big Horn river. Emigrant train members filled axle grease from a stagnant pool of oil, preserving wagons on the long trek toward Virginia City.
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Montana
Big Horn River
Big Horn County
David B. Weaver
Narberth
Weaver
C. C. Coffinbury
Bozeman
Joe Schensbright
Virginia City
Lkely
Global roundup of 1920s political and crime notes
A broad feed of short items lists deportations of anarchists from the U S, Lloyd George’s Paris stance, U S educational ranking, railway electrification plans, a mail theft arrest, meat packing regulation passage, Allied moves in Constantinople, Princeton enrollment caps, a major Atlanta fire damage, senator salary hikes, farm wage records, employment declines, Palmer versus Untermyer, coal regulation taxation, Montana rail fare equality, Japan Siberia policy critique, California coast mountains shifts, massive U S fire losses 1915 to 1919, Schwab's Senate testimony moments.
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Wasa
United States
London
Lloyd George
Paris
Washington
Seattle
Ralph Budd
Great Northern
Idaho
Montana
St. Louis
Guy Kyle
Free Methodist Church
Mount Vernon
Senate
Constantinople
Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
John Grier Hiben
Athens
Campbell
Pennsylvania
Copenhagen
Nikolai Lenine
Helsingfors
Berlingsk Tidende
Memphis
House
Department of Agriculture
Department of Labors Employment Service
Palmer
Samuel Untermeyer
New York
Palmers
Calder
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tokio
Japan
Siberia
Viscount Kato
Berkeley
Coast Range
San Francisco
Tamalipais
A. C. Lawson
University of California
Connecticut
National Board of Fire
Charles M. Schwab
Walsh Congressional Committee
Shipping Board
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Favorite Prescription Ad From Historical Paper
An old advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as relief for headaches backaches nervousness and low spirits. It argues women’s health requires Nature’s remedies and urges trying the remedy sold by druggists in liquid form.
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Pierce
Montana News In Brief From Helena To Roundup
Reports from Helena show the state paid out over 200000 to local dairy men in the past year. Roundup notes a water strike at 1400 feet in the Woman's Pocket field with a deeper test planned. Also in Roundup the city may bond 60000 to fund warrants. Other items include a deputy sheriff found dead near Stockett and a bear on forest patrol plans by airplanes.
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Helena
Lewistown
Monana
Butte
Catherine Jones
Great Falls
Emil Adolphson
Stockett
Billings
Fred Morell
Montana
Texas
Oklahoma
Cat Creek
Sweet Grass
Tv-City
Missoula
Rocky Mountain Division
Northern Pacific
Powder River
Bob Hamlin
Big Horn County
Lodge Grass
Silver Bow County
United States
James A. Walsh
Internal Revenue Collector
Commissioner of Labor and Industry
Wellington D. Rankin
W. J. Swindlehurst
Teachers Needed at Albert Teachers' Agency Spokane
Help wanted general men and women to prepare for Telegraph positions. Tuition eighty dollars with guaranteed positions. Jan. 17 class start at Pacific Telegraph Institute Spokane Washington.
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Iill Ee
Albert
Peyton Bldg
Spokane
Enea
Pacific Teleraph Institute
Wash
Montana Rural Population Surges Ahead 1910 to 1920
Census figures show Montana’s rural population rose by 134 245 from 1910 to 1920 while urban growth added 38 591. In 1920 rural 376 878 vs urban 172 011, and in 1910 rural 242 633 vs urban 133 420. Rural excludes residents of communities over 2 500 population.
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Montana
Census Bureau
Alfalfa Weevil May Reach Montana Soon Per Expert
State entomologist Prof. R A Cool ey predicts the alfalfa weevil will invade Montana within two to three years, reaching levels seen in Utah and Idaho. He notes the pest is now spreading.
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Montana
Utah
Idaho
R. A. Cooley
Weevil Spreads North as Montana Considers Quarantine
The report notes the weevil's rapid advance into Montana aided by last year's feed shortage. It clarifies the development cycle of the pest and urges ongoing quarantines and district quarantines to halt spread. Also mentioned is Ernest Thompson Seton commenting on women's costumes.
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Montana
Idaho
Utah
Cooley
Ernest Thompson Seton
Iowa Girl Elopes Before Navy Officer Wedding
An Iowa girl eloped with a civilian the day before her planned wedding to a Navy officer, signaling a change in plans as the war ends. The notice notes the couple’s union occurred prior to the scheduled ceremony.
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Iowa
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M. R. Bishop
Real Estate—Business Exchange
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Great Falls, Mont
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Worsh L Greenfield Company
KODAK
Eastman Kodaks
Eeler Drug Co
Central Avenue
Montans Ontana
Frank Summer
Seattle Fur Dyeing & Tanning Co
Phinney Ave
Beattle, Wash
Sun Supply Co
Sun
Huseth
Optician Optometrist and
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W. A. Dye
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