Fred Mercer Dies of Typhoid at Twin Bridges
Montana reports prom inent ranchman Fred Mercer dies after a short illness from typhoid fever. He had weeks of malaise, worked in extreme heat, then worsened and died at 3 in the morning. Also from Bozeman, W F McAllister pleads guilty to selling liquor to a man on the chief of police list. fined 25 dollars and license revoked. Advisory on summer diarrhoea cites Chamberlain’s remedy from Little Falls pastor endorsement.
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Fred Mercer
Mr. Mercer
Mercer
Bozeman
W. F. McAllister
Judge Smith
Robertson
McAllister
Frank Riggins
Mystery Solved How To Keep Fit With Dr King’s Pills
John N Pleasant of Magnolia Ind praises Dr Kings New Life Pills for stopping biliousness and constipation. The guaranteed remedy promises satisfaction or money back. Available for 25 cents at R L Riley's drug store.
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Dr. King
John N. Pleasant
Magnolia
Ind
R. L. Riley
Madison County to Exhibit at State Fair
Madison County will be numbered among counties to display exhibits at the state fair this fall. The board of county commissioners has appropriated $300 to secure a first class exhibit of the county’s resources.
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Madison
Madison County
Board of County Commissioners
Butte’s Fake Hospital Exposed As Jail Nuisance
The county built a basement hospital in the courthouse for morphine and opium users, claiming reform aims but it remains a prison ward. Inmates receive no treatment or cure, kept separate from other prisoners to prevent contagion or instruction in drug use.
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Butte
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Proved Quick Healer in Eminence
In Eminence Kentucky editor Major Hamm of the Constitutionalist recounts a severe attack four years ago. He bought Bucklen's Arnica Salve from R L Riley's drug store and was cured in ten days with no trouble since. It is promoted as the quickest healer of burns sores cuts and wounds.
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Major Hamm
The
Constitutionalist
Eminence
Bucklen
R. L. Riley
L-M
Cook's Body Found After River Search Near Livingston
The body of Hiram Cook, a young civil engineer who drowned last week while fishing below Livingston, was found Saturday afternoon about 20 miles below Livingston. His father arrived from Cosmo and led a search before his return home last night. Cook's friends retrieved the body, now on a sand bar in the river, to Livingston.
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Livingston
Hiram Cook
Yellowstone
Cook
Cosmo
Electric Bitters touted as cure for multiple ailments
An old advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a sure remedy for kidney trouble and general debility. It claims to cure stomach liver and kidney complaints, blood diseases, headaches, dizziness and weakness. The testimonial mentions E H Wolfe of Bear Grove crediting the product for recovery. Price 50 cents guaranteed by R L Riley, dr gu.
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E. H. Wolfe
Bear Grove
R. L. Riley
Marvelous Escape at Bonner Mill Accident
Missoula Morton Yaunts superintendent of the Big Blackfoot Milling Co at Bonner escaped death after a severe belt pulley accident Monday morning. His sleeve caught in a set screw of the revolving shaft and he was whirled ten feet to the floor as the shaft ran at 240 revolutions per minute.
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Missoula
Morton Yaunts
Big Blackfoot Milling Co
Bonner
Yaunts
A Necessary Expense Advertises Quick Colic Remedy
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a first aid for sudden colic and diarrhoea. It claims rapid relief before a physician arrives and asserts the remedy never fails in severe cases. Sold by Riley the Druggist.
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M. O. Stockland
M. E
Little Falls
Minn
Riley
N S Wood Again Quick Delivery in Dillon
Notice to the People of Dillon states N S Wood operates a delivery wagon for baggage express and light freight to and from the depot and city areas including the Normal college and dormitory. He specializes in selling stove wood and dry kindling and prompts attention is promised for orders or checks left with Deputy's Meat Market or the messenger at Central telephone office.
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N. S. Wood
Dillon
Normal College
Central Telephone
N.S. Wood
Murdered for Money Near Logan
Coroner's jury returns verdict of murder for money in a Logan area case. A man was found dead about a mile west of Logan beside the railroad track, head crushed by a club, robbed of personal effects though $20 remained in a vest pocket. The killer fled and the body was buried at the scene.
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Bozeman
Logan
Northern Pacific
Acker's Blood Elixir Ad Claims Cure for Blood Diseases
An advertising notice asserts that facial pallor pimples and skin eruptions indicate poor health and promotes Acker's Blood Elixir as a universal cure for blood diseases. It guarantees satisfaction and backs the claim with a positive guarantee from R. L. Riley.
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R. L. Riley
Stomach and Liver Tablets Promise Cure for Constipation
Edwardsville man M. Chas Baldwin credits Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets with nearly curing years of chronic constipation and stomach troubles. The ad urges readers to buy a 25 cent package at Riley Drugstore. 1-m
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M. Chas. Baldwin
Edwardsville
Chamberlain
Riley
Fire in Madison Virginia City Sawmill Burned With Heavy Loss
Mail advices report the Higbee Hawkins sawmill near Meadow creek about 20 miles from Madison burned last Thursday. It destroyed 200000 feet of rough lumber 50000 feet of finished lumber the mill bunkhouse buildings stables and a granary with 10000 pounds of oats. The smith shop was saved after hours of firefighting. Loss estimated at about 100000 with no insurance found.
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Virginia City
Madison Valley
Higbee & Hawkins
Meadow Creek
Sea Wall Brings Safety to Galveston Residents
Waco resident E W Goodloe of Dutton Street credits Dr King s New Discovery for five years of relief from a long cough and says the remedy keeps him well. The advertisement claims it cures chronic coughs la grippe croup whooping cough and prevents pneumonia. Pleasant to take and guaranteed by R L Riley s drug store with 50c and 1 00 sizes and a free trial bottle. 1 m
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E. W. Goodloe
Dutton St
Waco
Texas
Dr. King
R. L. Riley’s
Delegates Named for Prison Reform Meeting
Governor Toole lists Montana delegates including J F Wegner W D Delphy W D Clark John Bonner Peter Scharrenbroich Col Thomas McTague and Frank Conley for the National Prison Reform association gathering in Albany New York starting September 15. The semi official body gathers heads of penal and correctional institutions to exchange views and discuss methods.
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Helena
Toole
National Prison Reform Association
Albany
N. Y
Montana
J. F. Wegner
W. D. Delphy
Great Falls
W. D. Clark
Butte
John Bonner
Missoula
Peter Scharrenbroich
Thomas McTague
Frank Conley
Deer Lodge
Peculiar Returns in Montana County Assessments
Helena reports from the state board of equalization show odd assessment results. Flathead county lists no watches jewelry or plate despite likely holdings. Carbon also shows no such items. Silver Bow values jewelry at 9505 while Lewis and Clark lists 18475.
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Helena
State Board of Equalization
Flathead County
Flathead
Carbon
Silver Bow
Trout Hatchery Hatches 200000 Fry From Yellowstone Eggs
A consignment of 200000 salmon trout fry arrived at the Columbia gardens hatchery from Yellowstone National Park and began hatching immediately. The fry emerge by the thousands daily, puzzling hatchery staff. Eggs came from The Thumb on Yellowstone Lake, and the species is salmon trout.
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Yellowstone Lake
Walsh Guilty In Federal Case Over Public Lands Fencing
William J. Walsh manager of Donahue Cattle Co. was found guilty by a federal court jury in Meagher County of illegally fencing public lands. Co-defendant Michael Donahue, of San Francisco, was found not guilty. Walsh’s lawyers moved to arrest judgment contending indictment counts fail to state an offense.
Opium Den Raided in Chinatown Restaurant
Police raid early Sunday arrested Billings-Henry Clay a descendant of Ham on opium joint charges. Two white men found inside were jailed but released after turning state's evidence. A complete opium layout was seized and destroyed. the operator paid a $50 fine.
Make Hay While the Sun Shines Lesson for Thrifty Farms
A farmer’s thrift teaches preparedness for sudden illness. The piece urges keeping Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand for rapid treatment of dysentery diarrhoea and cholera morbus with Riley the Druggist selling it.
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Chamberlain
Riley
Fatal Injury After Freight Car Accident in Great Falls
Paul Aline, a night car inspector for Montana Central, had both legs severed below the knees when he attempted to leave a moving freight car in Great Falls Tuesday evening. He was rushed to Columbus hospital with injuries reported as fatal. Aline was about 30, married with one child.
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Great Falls
Paul Aline
Montana Central
Columbus Hospital
Fierce Forest Fire Threatens Bear Canyon Timber Near Bozeman
A disastrous blaze has swept through Bear canyon forests since Saturday, threatening Walter Cooper company cuttings. Locals report heavy smoke ten miles from Bozeman as firefighting crews mobilize to halt the flames and protect valuable timber.
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Bozeman
Bear Canyon
Walter Cooper Company
Man Charged With Wife Murder In Helena
County Attorney Leon A. LaCroix filed an information charging Charles D. Schmidt with first degree murder for shooting and killing his wife at Ft Assiniboine. Schmidt attempted suicide and was wounded. his removal to the county jail awaits his recovery. Defense likely to plead involuntary insanity and irresistible impulse based on a soldier’s letter to his wife. Noted lawyers including C. B. Nolan A. P. Heywood and O. W. McConnell are engaged.
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Helena
Leon A. LaCroix
Charles D. Schmidt
Schmidt
Ft.Assinniboine
C. B. Nolan
A. P. Heywood
O. W. McConnell
Montana Land Patents Challenged Over Ruling
The General Land Office ruling that Montana cannot receive patents for lands selected under the enabling act due to the Reclamation Act withdrawal is being tested in court. State land commissioners dispute the legality, noting selections were made before the reclamation act. Patents totaling nearly 4000 acres in Missoula district were issued after a recent Washington visit by land commissioners.
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Helena
General Land Office
Washington
Montana
Missoula
The
Land Commission
Pioneer Ill. Virginia City miner seriously ill
W H Adshead a pioneer of the state is gravely ill at the Masonic hospital with dropsy. For decades he served as reservoir tender for the Alder Consolidated Mining company and mined in Alder gulch for about 40 years. He has long kept ahead of the railroads and has not seen a locomotive in 53 years since he was two.
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Virginia City
W. H. Adshead
Masonic Hospital
Alder Consolidated Mining Company
Alder Gulch
Flying machine to headline Montana fair tour
Helena secretary John W Pace of the Montana State fair plans a trip by August 2 to promote the fair. He travels with fair secretaries from Spokane and Minnesota, visiting Winnipeg Fargo and Minnesota fairs to secure attractions, including what is said to be the first flying machine exhibit in the northwest.
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Helena
John W. Pace
Montana
Spokane
Minnesota
Pace
Winnipeg
Fargo
Northwest
Hay Stacks Burned at England Ranch in Waterloo
Two large stacks of hay were burned at the England ranch near Waterloo, seen by Silver Star residents. Initial reports suggested buildings, but telephonic confirmation from the Davis ranch said only two stacks of freshly stacked hay were destroyed.
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Madison
England Ranch
Waterloo
Silver Star
Davis Ranch
New Depot at Butte Ready for Occupancy
Northern Pacific officials expect the new south Butte station to be ready for occupancy by week’s end. contractors lay concrete platform and finish interior work as quickly as possible.
Rich Ore Strick Helena Mine Produces Record Shipment
Seven thousand pounds of ore yielding $15,000 set a production record for Alfred Ray's mine in the Lowland district near Basin. Ray sent the copper to Butte and the gold to East Helena smelters, expressing gratification at the returns.
Fifth Annual Convention Opens in Buffalo Address Attacks Socialism
Bishop McFaul of Trenton addresses the opening session of the fifth annual convention of the American Federation of Catholic societies in Buffalo New York. He denounces Socialism and divorce arguing national stability rests on the American home and cites Maxim Gorky arriving in America with a scandalous life.
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American Federation of Catholic Societies
Buffalo
N. Y
McFaul
Trenton
N. J
Maxim Gorky
America
Russia
Indiana’s oldest woman Mrs Ferdinand Rees dies at 112
Mrs Ferdinand Rees regarded as Indiana’s oldest woman and possibly in the United States died in LaPorte Indiana this week at age 112 Born in 1794 in Volgravitz Poland she married twice there and came to the United States in 1870 settling in Buffalo New York where she wed Ferdinand Reese The couple later moved to LaPorte where her husband died two years ago
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Ferdinand Rees
Indiana
United States
LaPorte
Ind
Volgravitz
Poland
Buffalo
N. Y
Ferdinand Reese
Reese
Kingston Mother Delivers Six Healthy Newborns
In Kingston Tennessee last Saturday a Black mother gave birth to six children all alive and in good health. The event drew attention as a rare multiple birth with a set of healthy infants reported by local doctors.
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Kingston, Tenn
Carey cites irrigation congress as pivotal in arid West growth
Former Senator J M Carey of Wyoming lauds the National Irrigation Congress. He says it educates policymakers and practitioners, anticipates huge public and private projects, and could transform the West by the next generation with irrigation works costing hundreds of millions of dollars. Boise hosts the event.
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Boise
J. M. Carey
Wyoming
Gwinn
The
Irrigation Congress
Congress
National Irrigation Congress
United States
Congresses
Idaho
Miners Die in Falls at Gagnon and Pittsburg Montana
From Fall of Ground. Butte two miners lost their lives Friday Evan Evans in the Gagnon and John Holt in the Pittsburg Montana death in each case being due to a fall of ground.
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Butte
Evan Evans
Gagnon
John Holt
Pittsburg
Montana
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Butte’s Fake Hospital
Galveston's Sea Wall
TangleFoot
Pioneer Ill
Carey
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