Spotted Fever Link to Wild Rabbits Proposed by Doctor
Dr. R. R. Parker of the state board of entomology urges Montana residents to ship live wild rabbits for study. He theorizes rabbits host all three life stages of the wood tick that carries spotted fever germs, with ticks potentially transmitting the disease to humans. Experiments show rabbits may harbor and spread the germ, and outbreaks have aligned with rabbit abundance cycles.
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R. R. Parker
Rabbit
State Board of Entomology
Montana
Idaho
California
Parker
Harvard University
Prosperity Hindered by Frequent Political Debates
The statement argues that economic progress stalls when policy discussions and political argument interrupt momentum. It emphasizes the friction between growth aims and legislative contention.
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Quick Cold Relief
A promotional note extols Dr King’s New Discovery for colds coughs and bronchial trouble. It claims fast relief loosening phlegm soothing throat irritation and returning to health with regular use. the product is advertised as over fifty years old and widely available at druggists.
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Bac
Make Your Bowels Behave with King’s New Life Pills
A classic health ad promises relief from torpid bowels. It asserts the pills train bowel function, cleanse the system, and offer comfortable regulation when diet fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Sloan’s Liniment Offers Quick Aches Relief
A classic ad touts Sloan’s Liniment for external aches and stiffness. It promises fast penetrating relief without rubbing in, noting soothing results for back strains and cramped muscles. Economical and easy to use, it recommends asking any druggist for Sloan’s.
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Sloan
Billings Yellow stone county meeting and state officials visit
A Montana news roundup reports the Yellowstone County Billings meeting with state and Wyoming legislators as guests at the Billings Midland Club opening. Other items note police arrest in Billings, a Missoula rail tariff approval, and various local civic actions including elections and post office leases.
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Billings
Yellowstone County
Missoula
State Railway and Public Service Commission
Polson
Milwaukee Road
Butter
Butte
Miles City
Western Creamery Company
Lewistown
Brooks
Montana
L. O
Texas
Goodnight
Trousseau
Charles Askenas
Agnes Richardson
Laurel
Miss Richardson
Death of Wolf Creek Greek leads to $300 forfeit claim
Alex Angelos sues the estate of Gust Kekiris for $300 claiming a 1918 Wolf Creek marriage pact required Kekiris to take Angelos to Greece to marry Kekiris sister. The contract states Angelos lent $150 with 4 percent interest and would receive $300 if Kekiris failed to carry out the agreement.
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Gust Kekiris
Alex Angelos
Greece
Angelos
Kekiris
Wolf Creek
John Kekiris
United States
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Claim Cure
An old ad warns kidneys weaken and urge immediate treatment with Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. It boasts Holland origins, government charter, and druggist refunds if unsatisfied, urging readers to seek sealed-box capsules with the Gold Medal name.
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Haarlem
Holland
Netherlands
Halland
Warm Weather Fools Mosquitos In Montana January
In Billings and Great Falls the middle of January 1919 brings unseasonable warmth. workmen, a lawn owner, and a life insurer joke about early spring as mosquitos and budding plants appear. forecasts from a Cascade county prophet hint winter ending. farmers prep plows, and plumbers report fewer repairs from the cold spell.
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Billings
Equator
Yellowstone Valley
Great Falls
Feaf
Cascade County
Custer County
Montana
Weather Bureau
Birds
Deportation for Ultraradical Groups Follows Peace Article
Government official says up to 100000 Bolshevists and radical supporters will be sent to Europe after peace articles are signed. The act approved by President Wilson targets aliens active in anti American propaganda and empowers deportation under the 1917 immigration law. Justice Department and military intelligence note foreign born radicals with attention to I W W. Judge Amidon foresees a judgment day for foreign ism in the United States.
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Europe
Wilson
Lenine and
Trotzky
America
Department of Justice
EB. W. Byrn
Mr. Byrn
United States
Charles F. Amidon
North Dakota
Reds
Secretary of Labor
Early Montana minister talked out of fee in frontier wedding
The tale recalls Rev. L. B. Stateler, Montana district presiding elder, officiating a 1868 69 wedding in the Gallatin valley. The groom offered twenty dollars or more, while Stateler declined formal charges, prompting a gracious reply about future reciprocity.
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FEE
Montana
E. J. Stanley
Whitehall
M. E. Church
South
L. B. Stateler
Mr. Stanley
Mr. Stateler
Gallatin Valley
Stateler
World News Digest Highlights Postwar Economic Shifts
The roundup covers plans to spend 40 million dollars on Canadian lumber for reconstruction, a 1918 oil output increase of 60 million tons, textile and rail industry shifts, labor strikes threats, insurance payouts for influenza victims, armistice reflections, maple sugaring early, prohibition opposition mobilization, and industrial profits from Armour & Co and Packard motor planes. It also notes German submarine losses, Italian aircraft speed tests, and U S Army stockpiles with rail and ordnance funding needs.
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Toronto
Great Britain
Canada
Tampico
Minneapolis
Pillsbury
Watertown
N. Y
Watertown Arsenal
Philadelphia
Norfolk
New York
New England
Washington
Pershing
Foch
Florence
Chicago
Packard Motor Corporation
Packard
London
J. Ogden Armour
Armour & Co
Rome
Brussels
Coblenz
Turkey
France
United States
Ordnance Department
U. S. Army
Railroad Administration
State Asylum Counts 1212 Inmates Amid Growth
The annual report shows 1,212 inmates at Warm Springs on December 1, a roughly five percent rise from the prior year. Heredity is cited as the chief insanity cause with 990 cases, and 642 are American born while 668 are foreign born.
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Warm Springs
Montana
J. M. Scanland
Rocky Mountain
Silver Bow County
Lewis and Clark
Toole
Wheatland
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RED
Republic
THE
Hines
Royal Air Force
Ford Motor Co
Hagle
State Asylum
Jiu
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