The Song of Three Friends Drowned in a Fur Trader Saga
The piece recounts John G. Neidhardt’s epic verse about Mike Fink Will Carpenter and Frank Talbeau. In 1822 23 the trio travels from St Louis with the Ashley Henry expedition across the Missouri. A blood feud erupts after Fink wins an Indian bride igniting jealousy that ends in Carpenter’s murder.
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John G. Neidhardt
trans-Mississippi
Mike Fink
Will Carpenter
Little Talbean
Western Souvenir
Western Monthly Review
Missouri Intelligencer
Missouri
Ashley and
Henry
St. Louis
Northwest
Frank Talbeau
Ashley and Henry
Musketeers
Damon
Pythias
Carpenter
Fink
Virginia
Kentucky
New England
Major Henry
Talbeau
Talbeaus
Carpen
Coccidiosis in young flocks and a frontier expedition tale
The article discusses coccidiosis in poultry, its two forms, symptoms, and control measures like litter changes, nutrition, and antiseptics amid warm wet weather. It then shifts to a frontier narrative where Fink and Talbeau pursue Ashley’s forces, face a prairie fire, and learn a friend’s fate, framed by expedition hardship and westward settlement.
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Fink
Carpenter
Henry
Poplar
Jer
Talbeau
Friend
Ashley
Moreau River
Young Frock For School Appears In Claire Tilden Pattern
A brief paragraph notes a new easy to make dress pattern by Claire Tilden titled Pat. The piece highlights girls preparing for school time with fresh clothes as reading writing and arithmetic lessons resume.
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Claire Tilden
Pat
Pattern 414 Boys and girls frock with scalloped front
A sewing pattern description for a girl’s frock with scalloped front and gathers, three button opening, tie-belt, and optional color contrasts. Suitable for sizes 6 8 10 12 14. Size 12 needs 3 1/2 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 15 cents and order to Pattern Department M.N. 70 Fifth Avenue New York.
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Pattern Department
M.N
Fifth Avenue
New York
N.Y
Dextrose Fatigue Pill Fueled Nazi Troops Revealed
Testimony at a congressional hearing identifies the so called fatigue pill as plain dextrose sugar coated with citric acid. Dextrose, found in corn and citrus, provides rapid energy and is used in bread ice cream candy preserves and drinks, enabling quick digestion and fuel for the body.
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Congress
Pie-Biter Hilderman Of Plummers Gang In Vigilante Tales
The article recalls George Hilderman, aka Pie-Biter, a Plummer gang member tried after George Ives. Guilty but mercy recommended, he left Montana with supplies from Plum mer and died later in California. He earned fame for biting through pies using a deformity in his jaw.
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Virginia City
Bannack
George Hilderman
Plummer
George Ives
Nicholas Tiebault
Hilderman
Montana
California
Kustar
Bannack Bakery
East
Port Wine Adds Sparkle To Jellies
Rows of glasses filled with colorful jelly showcase fruit flavors and the addition of California Port Wine. Apple and currant jellies gain richness and aroma, enhancing meat services and pairings with biscuits or toast. Cook in small batches to preserve color and flavor.
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California
Apple or Currant Port Wine Jelly Recipe
The recipe details making jelly from apple or currant juice with sugar and California port wine. It instructs selecting fruit, cooking, straining, boiling juice, adding sugar, then wine, and boiling until the jelly sheets from a spoon, with precise canning steps and paraffin sealing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Candidates for MSU Presidency Resignations Go to Board
Several promising candidates for the presidency of Montana State University at Missoula to succeed Dr. George Finlay Simmons resigned and probably will be considered at a special session of the state board of education, Attorney General John W. Bonner said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State University At
Missoula
George Finlay Simmons
State Board of Education
John W. Bonner
Laurel Outlook Tops Montana Weekly Papers in State Contest
The Laurel Outlook, edited by Joseph Gherett, was named best weekly paper of Montana in the annual Better Newspaper Contest by the Montana State Press Association. Other honors went to Dawson County Review for best front page and Boulder Monitor and Bozeman Courier for editorial pages. Judges included Dean A L Stone Louis G True and W F P Brewer.
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Laurel Outlook
Joseph Gherett
Montana
Montana State Press Association
Dawson County Review
G. G. House
Glendive
Boulder Monitor
A. H. Eiselein
Bozeman Courier
John Lyman
de Qutlock
Harlowton Times
Harold G. Stearns
Dean A. L. Stone
School of Journalism
Montana State University
Louis G. True
Pubications
Montana State College
W. F P. Brewer
Talking Books Help for Blind in Montana
The Montana commission for the blind opens an office in Great Falls to serve adult blind statewide. It promotes welfare, vocational training, distributes talking book machines, Braille instruction, and vending stands in federal buildings.
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Montana Commission For the Blind
Great Falls
Post Office Department
Sharon R. Cromeenes
Commission
Cromeenes
Wine consumption in the United States tops 89 million gallons in 1940
The Wine Institute reports a preliminary 1940 figure of 89,802,000 gallons for apparent U S wine consumption. The data reflects nationwide drinking trends and total usage across markets and categories.
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United States
The
Wine Institute
Pie Crust Challenge and a Miner’s Wager at Bannack
The narrator recalls a pie-eating trick where a miner’s friend won a wager after a pie’s crust forced a stubborn bite. Hil derman, known as Stool Pigeon and Spy Hilderman, mingled with Bannack’s miners with rough humor but avoided dangerous missions, earning mixed suspicion for his villainous propensities.
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Hilderman
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J. A. Tobey
Carks Fork
Anaconda Copper Mining CO
Lands Department
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Chicago Bd
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