Pioneer Blairs Curios Added to Montana Historical Society
J W Blair, a Blackfoot valley pioneer and former banking head at Drummond and Helmville, donates his 50 year collection of quartz nuggets Indian relics coins petrifications and travel artifacts to the Montana Historical Society. He has retired from business closed his banks liquidated 30000 acres and will devote time to the history library.
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The
Montana Historical Society
State Capitol
Territory of
Montana
J. W. Blair
Blackfoot Valley
Blair
Drummond and
Helmville
State Historical Library
China
Japan
Philippines
Historical Library
My Life as a Fourth Class Postmaster in Montana
Anne Hawkins recalls her service as a fourth class postmaster in Mis soula Montana during homestead days. She describes long hours, daily mail, parcel handling quirks, irate farmers, way sacks, misaddressed parcels, and the mix of duties from organizing literature to distributing papers while upholding government service in a growing frontier town.
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Anne Hawkins
West
Montana
Missoula
Uncle Sam
J. B
Johnson
Young America
Smeter Addition at Great Falls Smelter Under way
Initial excavation on the Anaconda Mining Great Falls smelter extension moves ahead as steel orders are placed. The copper and zinc expansions, costing about 2.6 million dollars, aim to boost monthly output to 46 million pounds and create up to 1,800 jobs, making it the world’s largest nonferrous reduction plant.
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Anaconda Mining Company
Great Falls
Anaconda
London Expert Predicts Copper Prices Rise Across Nation
James E. Hyde a London mining expert tours the west predicting copper will sell at 17 cents a pound within two years with lead at 12 and spelter at 10. He cites new uses for metals and Brass and Copper Research Association efforts as primary growth drivers amid rising electric device production. He believes Congo copper will not affect the market for at least four years due to growing demand.
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James E. Hyde
London
Mr. Hyde
Brass and Copper Research Association
Europe
Katanga
Africa
Congo
Heaven and the Other Place Remedy Ad
A drug advertisement promotes Jen-Sen pills with testimonials from a suffferer and a Washing ton doctor. The offer grants a free month of treatment for ten days, with instructions to mail the ad to Jensen, the druggist, 401 South Montana Street, Butte, Montana.
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Washington, D. C
Jensen
South
Montana
Butte
Methodist Women Elect Officers in Montana Conference
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Montana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church has elected officers led by President Mrs. J. A. Martin of Great Falls. Other officers include Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Charles R. Perry of Missoula, Treasurer Mrs. J. E. Fritzie of Great Falls, Vice Presidents Mrs. O. A. White of Harlowton and Mrs. George Wolfe of Billings, with Miss Marian Schmidt of Browning and Mrs. W. P. Jeanette of Three Forks among those named.
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Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the
Montana
Fourth class post master stint in mixed population area
A suggestion to pursue settlement work or missionary aims by serving as a fourth class post master in a newly formed community with a mixed population. The note frames such service as a training ground for broader social and religious outreach.
Indian War Hero Fuller Dies in Kansas After Famous 1877 Ride
Col Ezra B Fuller veteran of Civil War and Nez Perce campaign died at Fort Leavenworth Kansas aged he served over five decades in the army. He began as a 16 year old and after West Point graduation in 1873 joined the cavalry. His famed 850 mile dispatch ride from Miles City to Fort Ellis covered 350 miles in under five days amid Nez Perce pursuit.
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Miles City
Fort Ellison
Nez Perce
Ezra B. Fuller
United States Army
Fuller
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Illinois Infantry
West Point
Cavalry
United States Cavalry
Joseph
Nez Perces
Napoleon
Idaho
Montana
Miles
William T. Sherman
Fort Ellis
Keep too many irons in the fire
A proverb warns that juggling many tasks can backfire with one failing. It cautions against overextension and the risk of harming oneself by spreading effort too thin.
Dr. R. V. Pierce and the Golden Medical Discovery
A Western Pennsylvania raised man becomes a district schoolteacher then a physician after Civil War times. He treats patients in the oil regions on horseback and later moves to Buffalo to promote his Golden Medical Discovery, sold nationwide with over fifty million bottles. A trial offer for the tablets is advertised through the Dr. Pierce Clinic in Buffalo, New York.
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Pennsylvania
New Oil
Buffalo
N.Y
R. V. Pierce
U.S
Dr. Pierce
Buffalo, N.Y
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Pioneer
Museum of Historical Society
Vicks
Montana Farmers
McCaull Dinsmore CO
Minneapolis
Duluth
Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Fidelty
Railroad and Warehouse Commission of Minnesota
Sirocco
A. C. M. Smeter
Calumet
Roosevelt
United States
Silver Fox Farms
Hutton Bldg
Spokane
Shasta Springs
Heaven
Jen-Sen
Gratis
ARMY
16 Steele
Mont
BAYER
Bebe
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