Northwest regions reach new maturity in aging bank and newspaper landscape
In a Northwestern National Bank Review notice dated March 12, the Northwest states Minnesota Wisconsin the Dakotas Montana Idaho and Wyoming are celebrated for banking and press anniversaries. The piece notes 115 banks 60th anniversaries by New Year 1829 40 daily newspapers 187 weekly papers and cites oldest titles such as Milwaukee Sentinel Minneapolis Tidende and Boise Statesman while recalling historical debates from the era and the era’s civic figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neapolis
Northwest
Northwest Territory
Northwestern National Bank Review
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Marshal and Sisley Bank of
Milwaukee
Ninth Reserve District
Chatfield
Hastings
St. Paul
St. Peter
Winona
Milwaukee Sentinel
Minneapolis Tidende
Bis- Marck Tribune
Yankton
Early Dakota Settlement Feats and Regional Timber Trade
In 1878 farmers earned 30 cents a bushel for wheat and 15 cents per pound for butter. Western Minnesota offered 40 bushels per acre land for 6 to 10 dollars per acre on five year terms. Hardwood timber suitable for veneer fed lumber markets in the south, railways burned wood, and settlers moved across the Dakotas and neighboring states chasing unoccupied lands. The Northwest Daily Press group now spans 32 papers with a combined 339,767 circulation across multiple states, excluding the Twin Cities and larger towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Jamestown Sun
North Dakota
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Iowa
Northwest Daily Press’ Association
South Dakota
Twin Cities
Bismarck
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Stillwater
New Ulm
Colt Born Beneath Ground To See Light
A Verde Colt born 22 months ago in the Klein mine underground stables will be the focus of Klein high school essays with prizes from Superintendent Charles Fletcher. The colt has never seen daylight or heard surface sounds. weighing about 1100 pounds and well formed, it is growing beyond mine work and will be brought to the surface when trees and grass return, with care to protect its eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic Coal Company
Klein
Klein High
Charles Fletcher
Governor signs two dozen bills in Elena
Governor Erickson signs twenty four measures in Elena area action. Highlights include judicial district revision gasol ine licensing dairy product regulation and several appropriations for state facilities soldiers home or judges salaries and highway funding.
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H. B. No
J. C. Penney Co Purchases Byars and McCracken Chains
Jeppson announces the purchase of the J. B. Byars company including the W. J. Lindsay company and the J. N. McCracken company. The acquirement expands J. C. Penney Co. to 117 Golden Rule stores across multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Penney Co
Byars, McCracken Chains
J. C. Jeppson
J. ©. Penney Company
J. B. Byars Company
W. J. Lindsay Company
Byars Company
J. N. McCracken Company
Easter Candy Makers Aid the Easter Rabbit
The article notes Molly Cottontail and her white apron helpers in candy factories shaping eggs rabbits and chicks by hand for Easter gifts and decorations. It mentions many colorful shapes sizes and flavors and estimates over 75 million pounds of candy produced this year for egg hunts and celebrations.
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Easter Rabbit
Molly Cottontail
United States
Penney firm expands with 101 stores and 15 Montana outlets
The J. C. Penney chain integrates 101 department stores from J. B. Byars and J. N. McCracken operations, adding 15 Montana stores and one in North Dakota. Offices in Denver and St. Louis. 1928 sales near 8 million dollars, projected 10 million for 1929, bringing total stores to 1212.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Nebraska
J. C. Penney Company
J. CO. Penney Company
Girl Trapper is Success in Line
MISSOULA March 12 Hundreds of dollars worth of fur soft silky pelts of mink weasel and otter Coyote hides muskrat hides lynx hides And all of these animals caught and their pelts removed and stretched by a 22 year old western Montana girl Vita Day who for three years attended the Missoula county high school and who graduated from the Rowan high school tends a trap line 18 miles long in the mountains near Willow and Rock creeks 20 miles northwest of Philipsburg She came into Missoula a few days ago with part of her winter s catch and she netted more from her operations than many men earn in the course of a year I travel the hills with my pony until the snow gets deep Then I take to the skifs and snowshoes I catch a good many lynx every year up on the high ridges and get weasel mink and rats along the creek bottoms Coyotes I run with my dogs and shoot them with my rifle No I am never lonesome I started trapping when I was a little kid about 10 years old and I d rather hunt and trap than do anything else.
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Missoula
Montana
Vita Day
Missoula County
Rowan High School
Willow
Rock Creeks
Philipsburg
Chevrolet plans higher 1929 output after dealer surveys
R H Grant announces an upward revision to the 1929 Chevrolet production target from 1 26 million to 1 60 million units after dealer meetings in 37 metropolitan centers. He cites favorable conditions in the northwest and copper regions and plans for a Great Falls depot with a July opening.
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Etroit
Chevrolet
R. H. Grant
Grant
Great Falls
Portland
Seattle
San Francisco
California
Los Angeles
H. J. Kligler
M. D. Douglas
D. B. Ralston
Mr. Grant
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Northwest States
Custer
Reno
Africa
Livingston and
Stanley
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
T. DeWitt Talmadge
Moody and Sankey
Ignatius Donnelly
Farmers’ Alliance
American Legion
G. A. R. Veterans
Janesville Argus
Chrysler Motors
Ryue
Plymouth
Chrysler
America
Beaverhead Auto Sales Company
Sudden Service
Anderson Meat Market
Colt
Judiciary
Valley County
National Electric Company
Fair Grounds
Veterans’ Memorial Fund
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Butte
W. E. Selner
Opt
Huber Bros
NIN
Nash
Alemionm
Bijur
Bisile
RED Star
W. E. Lloyd
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