Yellowstone Trail Day Proposed as Eastern Montana Plan
Eastern Montana boosters met in Billings to designate January 15 as Yellowstone Trail Day in every town along the route. They urged the legislature to create a state highway fund and keep the trail through eastern Montana. W. J. Mulvaney was re elected to the trail association national executive committee and likely to become president. The plan offers a $250 cup to the town with the most new members per population, to be held five years. The group vows to keep the Yellowstone route the northern gateway out of Chicago and foresees Forsyth hosting the next annual meeting.
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Forsyth
European Visitor Marvels At Age Of Montana Cities
German mining engineer Paul Rosentgen visiting Great Falls notes its 1887 platting, marveling at the contrast between American city age and European expectations while in Montana to inspect A. C. M. company properties.
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Atlantic
Paul Rosentgen
Isenberg
Germany
Great Falls
America
Rosentgen
A.C. M. Company
Notorious E Ornom and the Northwest Whiskey Smuggling Run
A historical note recalls the prohibition era border smuggling of liquor from Canada into Montana and the Northwest. It highlights the 1873 to 1890 peak, Belly River arrests, a $500 fine, and the infamous smuggler E Ornam who repeatedly evaded capture until a pursuit ended with gunfire.
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Montana
International Boundary Line
Liquor Smuggling and Mounties Shape Early Northwest Trade
In the 19th century Northwest Territory liquor bans spurred smuggling from Fort MacLeod to Calgary and Lethbridge. Hudsons Bay faced competition, lawmen confiscated goods, and bold outlaws like Ornam fled across the prairie after a dramatic pursuit and a dramatic rescue attempt. The piece blends frontier commerce with policing and illegal whiskey routes.
Conditions in the West improved says Gov Young
Governor R A Young of the Ninth Federal Reserve District says the Northwest including Montana is emerging from depression. He cites a large harvest and high prices as the foundation for renewed agricultural and banking confidence, aided by War Finance and Agricultural Credit corporations.
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War Finance Corporation
Agricultural Credit Corporation
Hans Christian Anderson mocked for looks by schoolboys
The article notes that Hans Christian Andersen, famed fairy tale author, was mocked by schoolboys for his unattractive appearance, reflecting social attitudes of the time toward public figures and authors.
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Hans Christian Anderson
California Fig Syrup Remedy Note for Babies and Children
A historic notice promotes genuine California Fig Syrup to ease constipation wind cold feverish breath coated tongue or diarrhea in babies with a half teaspoon dose. It claims no cramping and urges asking a druggist for the genuine product with age directions on the bottle. Mothers urged to say California to avoid imitations.
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