Bozeman Bans Returnable Goods To Curb Contagion
Bozeman health board orders no goods on approval and forbids returns. Goods sent to homes must be kept and cannot be restocked. The action aims to prevent spreading contagions via merchandise and protect the valley’s cleanliness. Believed to reduce disease by avoiding germs carried in from outside traders.
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Bozeman
Robert G. Ingersol
Gallatin Empire
Bozeman Board of Health
the Health Board
Great Northern branch to open vast inland empire in Montana
The Great Northern’s upcoming branch through Dawson and Fergus counties will create a fertile inland empire in eastern Montana spanning over 200 miles. Settlers rush in, towns like Lambert Circle and Edwards rise, and railway construction foreshadows a future of wheat prosperity and new prosperity across the region.
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Dawson
Fergus Counties
Great Northern
Judith
Gallatin
Sidney
Fergus
Montana
Judith Basin
Lambert
Grass Range
Enid
Circle
Jordan
Edwards
White
Brockway
Cirele
Winnette
Great Northern Railroad
Shelby
Hill
Rhode Island
Cascade man claims Montana big badger record
Ralph C. Bancroft of Cascade killed a 3 pound badger on his ranch. He says it is the largest badger ever killed in Montana, suggesting a state record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richie
Jim Hill
Cascade
Ralph C. Bancroft
Montana
How T McTeague Bought the King's Irish Jaunting Car
Deer Lodge recounts Tom McTeague a Montana figure and former prison contractor who pursued a Dublin made Irish jaunting car for King Lidward VII. He pressed the manager to sell the specific car insisting it was for the king, reflecting his political life and the era's lobbying culture.
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T. McTeague
Deer Lodge
Tom McTeague
Dublin
Lidward VII
Montana
Frank Conley
Tom
Third House
Tom’s Irish jaunting car gift to Deer Lodge Montana
Tom, after amassing a fortune, returns to Ireland and orders a king’s jaunting car. The price climbs to 350 pounds with express shipping, about 1750 dollars, to Deer Lodge, Montana. He funds the vehicle for the Fourth of July parade and keeps it as a prized possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Deer Lodge
Montana
Express
Deer’ Lodge
New Equipage
Ear
Montana pioneer financier Elling shaped Virginia City fortunes
The article profiles Henry Elling, a Montana financier whose career began with a Fort Leavenworth store and a perilous overland trek to Virginia City. He built a banking network, traded gold dust, and funded warrants, cultivating wealth and influence over thirty years while guiding many settlers to fortune.
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Virginia City
Montana
Cornucopia
Henry Elling
J. Pierpont Morgan
National
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Elling
St. Louis
Wild Northwest
United States
Ellring
Busines
Union Bank and Trust Company
Helena
Henry Nippenberg
Hecla
Glendale
Knippenberg
Whiskey Runner to Newspaper Man Campbell in Billings Tale
A Montana reminiscence recounts A. A. Campbell once a Fort Benton whiskey runner who later joined the Billings Gazette. He and a partner smuggled 300 gallons across the border to Macleod while the Mounted Police chief eyed forage, and Campbell misled the officer to sell the liquor before the Canadian force returned. The partner disappeared after selling the whiskey for about 3000 dollars, ending Campbell’s smuggling days.
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Billings
Mont
Fort Benton
Whiskey Gap
Sweetgrass Hills
Alberta
Northwest Territory
Montana
A. A. Campbell
Helena
Anaconda
Old Butte Inter-Mountain
Billings Gazette
Old Fort Benton
Campbell
Fort Macleod
Macleod
Mounted Police
Macleod Country
Canada
Evryone
Wali
Ing
Woman slays eleven rattlers in twenty five minutes
Mae Grady, a young Montana matron, reportedly killed eleven rattlesnakes in twenty five minutes while walking near her Grady ranch. She used a stout club and finished the job after finding a colony of rattlers in the field.
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Vaughn
Mae Grady
Bing
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Health Board
Metropoli
Gallatin Valley
Hughes
Wilson
Lewistown
Minneapolis
Gunneattle
Redwater
Ireland
Emerald Isle
Cork
Edward
London
J. P
Morgan OF
Gold Dust King
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