How the Argonauts Fared on Their Western Plains Trek
A first person reminiscence of 1863 pioneer travel describes the four wagon journey from Omaha to Lewiston Idaho. It covers food supplies like ham bacon flour sugar coffee tea and rare butter, cooking on a sheet iron stove, improvised dining with a wagon table, and days lasting on bread and tea. It notes scarce towns three months without groceries and unique hardships including fuel choices from sagebrush to buffalo chips and the contrast with rail and auto travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosin
Bannack
Lewiston
Idaho
Omaha
Fort Laramie
New Orleans
Sanders
Ohio
Laramie
Jamaica
Platte River
Miss Darling
Plains
Coming Back: Hobson Sees Surge in Local Businesses
Montana towns like Hobson show rapid revival with three new cream, poultry and produce buying stations in six months. Fergus County and Lewistown creamery firms open outlets, Armour & Company also adds a creamery, plus a new grocery and a butcher shop in the Lamb building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Hobson
Fergus County
Lewistown Creamery Company
Armour & Company Creamery
George E. Jay
E. D. Cashmer
Lamb
Montana State Briefs Highlight 1926 Conventions and Local Events
Montana items report G I Eltingson elected Glacier Three Link president in Conrad. Missoula to host state Eagles convention August first week. W A Wendling dairyman of Great Falls dies from heart trouble. Shelby grain fire destroys the Equity elevator with losses around 85 000. Moore postmaster appointment and county health notes from McCone. Oregon wool convention speech by Ira T Wight. Wade shifts in Wheatland payrolls. Great Falls Commercial club elects L Stevenson president. Beaverhead cattle feed totals exceed 16 000 head. Whitefish Chamber officers named. Forsyth wins corn and bean show sweepstakes. Great Falls schools reappointed head S D Largent. Northern Pacific ties replacement costs 280 000. Flaxville club officers named. Hamilton fever lab worker hospitalized. North Star telephone line connects rural Frazer area. Cascade county real estate leads state. moonshine arrests in Dillon. Ice refrigeration ordered for Columbia Falls soldiers home. narcotics shipment moves to Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Mooney
Bourguin
John McGrath
Columbia Falls
Flathead Valley
State Board of Examiners
J. I. Erickson
L. A. Foot
Montana
Butte
Washington, D. C
Montana Officials Face Ouster Over Road Crews and Levy Challenge
Thompson Falls hosts ouster proceedings against W. B. Russell Hugh de Stephens and F. H. Beers over county road foremen pay while A G O contends the 1920 1.5 mill university levy is unconstitutional. Also noted are compensation awards for Bob Dozen, funds transfers, tax rulings, and state land and banking opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attorney General
Helena
Sanders County
A. E. Williamson
Thompson Falls
W. B. Russell
Hugh de Stephens
Plains
F. H. Beers
Oscor
Pope Vate
University of Montana
State Board of
Montana
State Supreme Court
Montana Industrial Accident Commission
Bob Dozen
Hast Butte Copper
Tts
Yorty
W. FE. Unarmon
Federnl
C. N. Mannis
Powell County
Rosebud County Alfalfa Seed Boom and Cash Outlook
County officials report Silver Bow funds ample to cover expenses until May taxes. Rosebud Mercantile buys 12 cars of alfalfa seed totaling 360000 pounds at 18 cents per pound, estimated value about 64800 dollars, boosting Rosebud county production prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow
William Gemmell
Brett
Rosebud Mercantile Company of
Rosebud
Bryson
Rosebud County
Truckload of Hogs and Turkeys Brings Valley Farmer $885
Ole Fossum, a farmer near Glentana, delivered 1,500 pounds of turkeys and hogs to Scobey. The hogs brought $285 and the turkeys $600, totaling $885 for the single truckload, the largest farm product sale in northeastern Montana to that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Fossum
Glentana
Fossum
Scobey
Mr. Fossum
Montana
Smallest Engine Built by C H Allen of Pittsburgh
The tiny engine created by C H Allen in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania has 165 parts and weighs 18 grains, claimed as the world’s smallest engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Allen
Pittsburgh
Fire Destroys Over $1,000 Of Property Each Minute
The statement notes a nationwide pace of fire damage totaling more than one thousand dollars per minute. It highlights the severity of fires across the United States and implies a focus on the financial impact of property losses from fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H.hill
David Markse
Game Commission
United States
Latin Ceased to Be Language of Diplomacy by 1700s
A concise note states Latin stopped serving as the diplomatic lingua franca near the end of the seventeenth century, with evolving practices and increasing use of vernaculars and other languages in state correspondence.
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. E. Plassmann
Wrigley’s
Vandy
State Nursery and Seed Co
Rainbow Grest Falls
Montana Aerie of Eagles
Missoula
G. I. Eltingson
Waller
Glacier Three Link Association
Conrad
W. A. Wendling
Great Falls
Equity
Shelby
Henry C. Redman
Moore
Roy Ross
Whg
McCone
Ira T. Wight
Kelena
Montana Wool Growers Exchange
Oregon Wool Growers’ Association
Pendleton
Wheatland County
Jay Cook
Judith Gap
JL. C. Stevenson
Sunburst
Beaverhead County
First National Bank of
R. V W. Haines
Whitefish Chamber of Commerce
W. W. Taylor
C. C. Baldwin
J. I. Pemberton
Forsyth
S. D. Largent
Rocky Mountain
Northern Pacific
A. P. Smerud
Flaxville Commercial Club
Rasmus Nelson
George Lane
Peter Hexom
Warry Banhart
Frank Merritt
Hamilton
Laboraory
Mountain States Line
Frazer
Lustre
North Star Telephone Line
Cascade County
Montana County
State Board of Equalization
Beaverhead
Myestock
Board OF Commissioners
Supreme Court
District Court of
Lewis and Clark County
Galen PD
Poe
County of
Lewis and Clark
Joseph I. Oppenheimer
Bank of Commerce of
Margaret Young
Fish and Game Fund
D.R. Clean
Mineral County
Fletcher
Montana Life Insurance Company
A. C. Johnson JH. BR. Cunningham
Ntana
Bayer Aspirin
Bayer Pea
Sirocco
Montanal
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