Flour famine of 1865 in Montana sparks price surge and vigilante action
In spring 1865 southwestern Montana faced severe shortages as flour prices jumped from $14 to $110 a sack. Citizens formed a relief committee, confiscating flour at set prices to feed miners, while profiteers and smugglers faced capture. The episode included dramatic stories of masked hunts, a wife-for-flour barter, and ties to broader regional violence.
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Montana
Vcore
Abraham Lincoln
Territory of
Snake River Valley
Range
Virginia City
Ant Valley
Gulch
John Sharp
Salt Lake City
Farmington
Utah
Nevada
Howard & Livingston
Snake River
W. S. Godbe & Co
Beaver Canyon
Stinking Water Valley
Plesant Valley
Overland Stage Company
Virginia
St. Louis
Salt Lake
James Gormley
Gormley
J. B. Laurin
Ruby Valley
M H
John §. Lott
Territorial
M. H. Lott
John Lott
Lott
David Dinan
Bishop Sharp
Portneuf Canyon
Aldergulch
Oil Lamp Free Burn 94 Percent Air Claim
E P Johnson of Chicago offers a new oil lamp that allegedly burns 94 percent air and beats glass or electricity. He invites the first local user to receive one free and asks for interested agents to write for particulars.
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E. P. Johnson
W. Lake St
Chicago
Til
Deepest Ocean Trench Located Near Japan
The Manshu, a Japanese naval survey ship, reports a new world deepest point in the Pacific about 145 miles southeast of Tokyo. The depth reaches 32,636 feet, surpassing the Mariana trench by 548 feet and tied to seismic activity consequences along Japan’s southeastern coast.
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Tokio
Manshu
Mindanao
Philippines
Japan
Northwest dairy growth cited by Minnesota editor lecture
Charles F. Collisson of the Minneapolis Tribune told Montana business men at Great Falls that gloom is fading in the northwest as farmers adopt the cow sow hen system. He highlighted rising dairy production in Montana Wisconsin Minnesota and North Dakota with Montana posting the highest gain at 150 percent.
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Northwest
Charles F. Collisson
Minneapolis Tribune
Great Falls
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Collisson
Minneapolis
Mr. Collisson
America
New York
Montana
Iowa
Michigan
United States
Saulie St. Marie
Rockies
Custer Sheepmen Plan Wary Cull of Ewes
At the third annual meeting of the Custer County Wool Growers Association in Miles City thirty five growers attended. Extension expert H. L. Waddell urged culling ewes to keep only those with the highest wool yield to raise flock productivity in coming years.
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Custer
Miles City
Custer County
Wool Growers’ Association
H. L. Waddell
Shave With Cuticura Soap For Efficient Daily Shaves
Advertising copy touts Cuticura soap as doubling razor efficiency while promoting skin purity and health. Claims include no mug or slimy soap, no germs, no waste, and no irritation even with twice daily shaving. One soap for shaving bathing and shampooing.
Leader of Minnesota Indian Tribe Pleads For Rites of Pagans
John Still Day a Chippewa fullblood who acts as medicine man for pagans at Red Lake reservation testifies before the senate Indian affairs sub committee in Minneapolis. He protests white efforts to abolish tribal customs and defends long dances blamed for poor crops and education setbacks among youth.
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John Still Day
Red Lake
Minnesota-Canada Boundary Line
Indian Bureau
Senate Indian Affairs
Minneapolis
Still Day
Pagan
Ruins of Buried Nevada City Unearthed by Governor Team
Gov James G Scrugham led an exploration party to Beatty Nevada uncovering a buried city six miles long along the Virgin river. The site yielded rock writings thousands of pottery fragments and other prehistoric artifacts.
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James G. Scrugham
Beatty
Nev
Virgin River
Beaverhead County Wool Clip Brings Huge Returns
Beaverhead county wool clip for 1924 totaled 2,130,798 pounds shipped to Boston. About 75 percent sold outright at 39 to 42 cents, remainder consigned. Growers receive over $986,000 in total.
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Beaverhead County
W. W. Hawkins
First National
Dillon
Boston
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Slim
State of
Miss O. Whitlow
R. Newman
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Service
Butte
C. M. Hardware House
Butte, Mont
Pacific Ocean
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Huseth
Nevada State
Calumet
Ceaest
Lederle Blackley
Montana State Veterinary Department
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Lederle
M. E. Knowles
Helena
Montans
Frank J. Carmody
the Thousand
F. A. Ironside
North Main St. Butte
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