One Year of Prohibition in Georgia
The WCTU column cites a Georgia year of prohibition with fewer arrests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct in Atlanta and Savannah, higher city income, and favorable building activity. It notes no opium joints, fewer vagrancy and minors arrests, and no white murders, urging continued ban on liquor. The piece lauds public sentiment education and calls for extermination of the liquor traffic.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Hayes
Recorders Court of Atlanta
Savannah
Dodder and English Plantain Threaten Alfalfa Seed
A Kansas agricultural bulletin warns alfalfa growers about two major weed seeds. Dodder parasitizes alfalfa, wrapping its reddish stems and siphoning nutrients, ruining crops. buckhorn or English plantain contaminates up to a third of seed samples, with distinct dark brown oblong seeds and ribbed leaves. Eradication relies on deep plowing in infested fields. Don E. Fisu.
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Kansas
Don E. Fisu
Irish humor on punishment in old tales
Pat reports a joke about Ireland where they cannot hang a man with a wooden leg so they instead hang him with rope. E T questions the method and Pat explains the punchline in a wry exchange from Current Literature.
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Pat
E. T
Shure
Ireland
Teach
District Court Actions Include Foreclosure and Trials
Doings of the District Court show Emerson Hill et al vs Henry Thompson et al continued to May term. Judgment awarded to George W and 3 H French against Monroe Mann and Mary Mann for 6206.10 plus costs. Several demurrers withdrawn or sustained and cases set for May hearings. Four Lima arrests for gambling enter not guilty pleas with trial slated May 24. Montana v Mike Sweitch set for May 20.
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Joseph C. Smith
Emerson Hill
Henry Thompson
George W
3. H. French
Monroe Mann
Mary’ ‘E. Mann
Gilmore X Cne Hone Company
H. B. Selway
Barbour
Hawley J. Selway
Bert Selway
George Selway
Eliza Selway
H. J. Selway
William Marler
H. Schrieber
Albert M. Edwards
Stephen Cook
Lima
State of
Montana
Mike Sweitch
Five petit thieves to plead on burglary charges tomorrow
The five petit larceny suspects, indicted last week, were brought before Judge Lew Callaway to plead to burglary. George McCall and James O Neal, earlier convicted of robbing a slaughter house and given 30 days, pled not guilty with trials set for May 21. Three chicken house burglars Willett Dobbins Burdick pleaded guilty earlier and now face burglary pleas with new defense appointments. all were granted time to plead by tomorrow at 9 30.
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Melton
Lew. L. Callaway
George McCall
James O'Neal
Tash
Lenkersdorfer
W. Robison
Joseph Willett
David Dobbins
J. E. Burdick
Burdick
Dobbins
Joseph C. Smith
W. S. Barbour
Willett
Doan's Kidney Pills Credited By Dillon Citizen
A Dillon resident, QO. P. Wilhoit, describes kidney relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He reports backache and urinary issues eased after purchasing at Riley's Drug Store and taking the pills as directed. Doan's is advertised by Foster Milburn Co. as U S sole agents.
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Dillon
QO. P. Wilhoit
Idaho St
Dillon, Mont
Doaki
Riley’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United
Sheet anchor meaning in weather bound sailors lore
The term sheet anchor or shote anchor is explained as the sailors chief refuge during storms. The sheet anchor means the anchor thrown out in foul weather and was often treated as sacred, with Greeks and Romans referring to it as their sacred anchor dedicated to a god.
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Werther
Diapepsin Claim Promises Quick Indigestion Cure
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin in a 50 cent case to stop food fermentation and relieve sour stomach within five minutes. It lists digestive ills from gas and heartburn to nausea and headaches and urges readers to prove relief after a meal. It also adds a short humorous note about a Frenchman tallying kisses over twenty years of marriage.
Annulment of Ralph Brothers and Nellie Mooney Marriage
Last Saturday Judge Lew L Callaway annulled the marriage of Ralph Brothers and Nellie Mooney of Beaverhead canyon. They eloped from Lima last October and wed in Ogden Utah. The girl, 13, would turn 14 on April 5, 1909. The couple lived together briefly before the court annulled and the girl was sent to the House of the Good Shepherd at Helena.
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Lew. L. Callaway
Ralph Brothers
Nellie Mooney
Edward Mooney
Beaverhead Canyon
Lima
Ogden
Utah
House of the Good Shepherd
Helena
Marie de Medici Adorns Self with Royal Jewels
The text details Marie de Medici wife of Henry IV of France assembling an opulent set of jewels. It notes a Venetian paint collar collection, gold bracelets with seventy two diamonds bought for 1 050 livres, earrings by Jean Subtil, a 2 100 livre gold oval watch, and a 9 600 livre enameled diamond rosary kept for mass, concluding with her fragrant display.
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Marie de’ Medici
Eleury IV
France
M. Batlffol
Francois le Prestre
Paris
Jean Subtil
Freedom of the Press in 18th Century Britain
The text traces the fight for a free press from 1764 to 1771, noting Wilkes's prosecution, a royal proclamation banning debate publication, and the clash with printers summoned to the bar. Five complied, one resisted. the lord mayor faced imprisonment, then freedom returned as the last attempt to silence the press failed.
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Wilkes
Bute
Commons
House of Commons
New York
Napoleon scorches trousers after cannon misfire
A humorous historic vignette recalls Napoleon accidentally sitting on a smoking cannon and scorching his white trousers. He warns an aide TV cannot turn back, lamenting the damage to his britches and prompting later writers to misquote the moment.
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Napoleon
The Supreme Test
A doctor reassures a patient after a regutation examination declaring no heart disease and charges fifteen dollars. The patient remarks fear at the suggestion of heart trouble, joking about surviving a frightening moment.
Speed and pleasure in skipping past slow things
A Boston Advertiser tone piece muses that speed is more enjoyable when it overtakes still or slower objects, noting a balloon traveling seven and a half miles per hour lacks thrill if the view is unobstructed by telegraph poles or passing constables.
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Boston Advertiser
Nominations for Dillon 1909 city election list candidates
The document records candidates nominated for Dillon Montana city offices for the April 5 1909 election. Mayorship lists Benjamin F White and Thomas D Olmsted. City Treasurer Charles W Scott and Frank C McFadden. Aldermen First Ward William C Orr and Joseph E Monroe. Second Ward William G Phillips and William T Scully. Third Ward William M Knapp and Joseph Hainds. Police Judge A A Elliott and several petition nominees Charles Hirschman L P Phillips Josephus Rich. City Clerk J B Poindexter certifies March 31 1909.
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State of
Montana
Beaverhead
Dillon
Ss. I
B. Poindexter
Benjamin F. White
Citizen's Party
Thomas D. Olmsted
Republican Party
William C. Orr
Joseph E. Monroe
William G. Phillips
Citizen’s Party
William T. Scully
William M. Knapp
Joseph Hainds
A. A. Elliott
Charles Hirschman
L. P. Phillips
Josephus Rich
A. D
J. B. Pornpexter
The Divorce Riddle and the Mourning Manners
A genealogist ponders how closely related ties are in marriage as Billy Bowen reacts to the deaths of his first wife's second husband and his present wife's first husband. The joke hinges on remarriage and mourning norms amid a possible divorce.
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Billy Bowen
Billy
Ahi
New York Press
Court order to sell real estate of deceased Browne
In the Beaverhead District Court at Dillon, an order is sought for Joseph A Browne to sell all real estate of the deceased. A copy of the order must be published at least four successive weeks in the Dillon Tribune. Judge Lew L Callaway presiding.
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Dillon
County of Beaverhead
Joseph A. Browne
Dillon Tribune
Dillon man files to prove desert land claim in Montana
Department of the Interior notices William A. Jones of Dillon Montana filed no final proof for Desert Land Entry No 8441 in Nis SW Sec 4 T11N R5W Montana Meridian. He will appear before Clerk F A Hazelbaker at Dillon on April 30 1909 with witnesses Aaron Lindley Ernest O Selway George Baker and Hurley Leach all of Dillon. Frank D Mirace registers.
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Helena
Montana
William A. Jones
Dillon
Rane
Meridian
F. A. Hazelbaker
District Court
Aaron Lindley
Ernest O. Selway
George Baker
Hurley Leach
Frank D. Mirrace
Commodore D Foster Files Final Proof for Montana Homestead
Department of the Interior notice states Commodore D Foster of Dillon Montana filed intent for final five year proof to establish a homestead claim for lands in sections 31 and 34 township 7 south range 8 west Montana meridian. He will be sworn in before A S Johnson U S Commissioner at Dillon on April 14 1909 with witnesses Lanes Charley Wilson Silas Aldridge Norman E Holden all of Dillon. Frank D Morroin Register.
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Department of the Interior
U. S
Helena
Montana
Commodore D. Foster
Dillon
Township
Range
Meridian
A. S. Johnson
Chomout Semes
Iy Lanes
Charley Wilson
Silas Aldridge
Ad Norman E. Holden
United States Lands Office
Dewey
Horace H. Hand
Nsw
N. R
M. M
U. S. Land Office
Millie J. Crowell
Millie’ J. Coffin
Dell
Neeswhi
Lewis D. Tibbetts
Argenta
James Kirkpatrick
Berg Christensen
Niels Christensen
Dillén
Frank D, Miracus
Register
John B. Trueman
Johnson
U.S
Sidena
Mont
Seth Halbert
John A. Lawrence
John Davis
Albert F. Cline
Frank D. Miracle
Car Jensen
Grant
A.S. Johnson
John Thoma
Frank Esterwold
Joseph F. Shirts
John Waldemar
Melona
John A Porter
Bedrock
Sec
Nemsen
John D. Hill
Henry Miller
Ollie B. Porter
Harvey McKnight
Frank D. Minacre
United States Land Office
Ross A. John
Spain
United States
Grorceo
Freeman
Legal notices and probate and land filing in Beaverhead
In Montana notices state Lyman B. Duckworth of Dell files intent for final proof on Desert Land Entry No. 8518 covering 820 unsurveyed acres in Sheep Creek basin, with hearings set in Dillon on April 17 1909. Also estate matters in Fifth Judicial District seek contract reform for property incorrectly described in favor of F M Staley, with a hearing April 17 1909. City of Dillon election registry opens March 16 1909 with March 20 closing and April 3 correction date. voters must register.
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Selena
Montana
Lyman B. Duckworth
Dell
Maggie E. Andrus
Sheep Creek Basin
Range
Beaverhead County
A. S. Johnson
U.S. Commission of
Dillon
Apa
Harry EE
Andris We Loum
Magpie E
Andrus
Henry Cos Revaall
Hues L. McCares
Order to Show Cause Why Sale of Real Estate Should Not Be Made
The District Court of Beaverhead County Montana orders all interested parties to appear on Saturday April 17 1909 at ten in the forenoon to show cause why an order for sale of all real estate of Joseph A Browne deceased should not be issued.
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District Court
Fifth Judicial District of
Montana
Beaverhead
Owen F. Ellis
James E. Hollingsworth
F. M. Staley
Ellis
Wisdom
James I. Hollingsworth
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Lewis W. Ellis
TF. A. Haze.Baker
Fifth Judicial District
State of
Joseph A. Browne
Terms fixed for Fifth Judicial District Montana 1909
Order fixes regular district court terms in Beaverhead Jefferson Madison counties for 1909. Terms begin February May August November in Beaverhead, January April July October in Jefferson, March June August December in Madison. Court opens at ten o'clock a m with dates listed. Signed by Judge Lew L. Cartaway at Virginia City on December 7, 1908.
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Fifth Judicial District
Montana
State of
Beaverhead County
Jefferson County
Madison County
Virginia City
Lew L. Cartaway
Ely’s Cream Balm Promises Remedy for Catarrh
Drying preparations worsen catarrh by drying secretions and irritating the membrane. Ely’s Cream Balm soothes heals and eases symptoms without pain or irritation. Sold by druggists in 50 cent size from Ely Brothers New York, no cocaine or harmful drugs.
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Ely’s
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
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the District Court
Naning
Freedom of the Press
Charles W. Scott
Frank C. McFadden
W. S. Barnour
Frank D. Mrracrin
Frank D, Minack
C. W. Concer
W. S. Barfour
MacDonald House
Sebree
Montana Streets
City Hall
Emerick House
Bannack Street
J. B. Pompeter
Hughes & McCaleb’s
Consolidated
Maggie Hand
Fred W. Dickie
Robert Beattie
Joseph Young
Brave D. Mrgicie
Frank D. Mrracrez
Jno. S. Baker County
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