Students Stock Judging Contest Returns at Montana State Fair
The successful last year's event will reprise at the Montana State Fair from September 28 to October 3. All Montana youths under 25 are eligible and the prize is a silver loving cup. Judging livestock remains a highlight drawing enthusiasm from ranching families and boosting the fair as an educational institution. Older stockmen have benefited by watching the students compete in recent years.
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Chicago
Montana
City awards cement walks contract and names dog catcher
The city council approved Ben Hager for cement sidewalk work with a $2,000 bond for five years, and Peter Orem’s sewer contract bond was set at $2,000. Union Electric bid for city lighting was rejected and sent to the street and alley committee. Will Lovell was appointed dog catcher with license collections assigned to him.
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Will Lovell
Ben Hager
Miracles
Helena
Eph Stoller
F. P. Birrer
Hager
Peter Orem
Butte
Union Electric Co
Fernie Fire Wipes Town From Map Leaves Death Toll Rising
Fernie British Columbia burns as Elk River fires rage from Michel to Fernie. Over 150 dead and 6 000 homeless with $5 000 000 in losses reported as villagers flee, and Hosmer Olssen Sparwood cut off. Fire origin traced to Cedar Valley Lumber slashings.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Fernie
B. C
Michel
Elk River District
Cedar Valley Lumber Company
Senator Williard Boyd Allison Dies in Dubuque
The obituary notes Senator Allison died at his Locust street home at 1 33 PM. Funeral arrangements were set by friends in Dubuque with no surviving relatives. He is described as a lifelong public servant revered by neighbors, friends, and the wider Iowa political community.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Williard Boyd Allison
Locust Street
Senator Allison
Washington
Lost horse seeks information in Dillon Montana
Lost dark bay horse weight branded 11 with bar across top on thigh and white facial strip. Reward offering $10 for information leading to recovery. Contact Joan Kent Dillon Montana.
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Joan Kent
Dillon
Montana
Railroad Fined for Unequal Negro Passenger Accommodations
Baton Rouge August 1 District Judge Bruno imposed a 5000 dollar fine on the St Louis Iron Mountain Southern railway for failing to provide negro passengers with accommodations as good as those for white patrons.
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Baton Rouge
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway
Bruno
Coffee grocer sells poor coffee refund policy quoted
A notice warns customers that the grocer must sell low quality coffee and offers refunds if not satisfied. The ad asserts that the grocer returns money and mentions a scheme to pay him for hiked Schilling's Best.
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Schilling
Beaverhead County Fair Prospects Highlight Basin Tour
Prof L R Foote returned from a countywide trip reporting strong interest in the Beaverhead county high school and a bright outlook for the next year. He covered over 300 miles noting Big Hole basin prosperity, abundant hay and grain harvests, and local families planning to attend the fair despite long distances for cattle displays.
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L. R. Foote
Beaverhead County
Foote
Big Hole
C. H. Strawbridge
Beaverhead County Fair
Dillon man pleads guilty in burglary case
Frank Nolan, arrested two weeks ago on a Dillon burglary charge, changed his plea from not guilty to guilty before Judge Callaway. He received a one year penitentiary sentence after a preliminary trial and trial date adjustments.
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Frank Nolan
Dillon
Justice of the Peace
Hirschman
Callaway
Pay Scales for Army Officers and Cadet Benefits
The Detroit News Tribune notes cadet pay of 609.50 yearly and post graduation pay scales for officers from second lieutenant to colonel. Rises occur in five year intervals, with salaries reaching up to 1960 to 2100 after twenty years. The article compares officer pay favorably to professors and civil servants and mentions allowances and commissary benefits.
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Detroit News- Tribune
Pigeons of St Mark's Rome to Venice Easter Legend
The article recounts a Venetian Palm Sunday custom linked to St Mark's pigeons. Doge crowds released pigeons weighted with notes, some captured for Easter meals, others fled to St Mark's domes, where they gained sacred protection and ongoing feeding rituals every Easter. The tale, attributed to the New York Herald, explains lasting pigeons care in Venice.
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Venice
Piazza San Marco
St. Mark
St. Mark’s
New York Herald
Tragedy on Niagara Rock A Man Survives 36 Hours
An unnamed man sat on a ten by ten inch rock ten feet above the American Falls for 36 hours. Residents signaled for rescue while trains and rafts crowded the gorge. He attempted to reach safety but was swept over the falls.
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Niagara
American Falls
Buffalo
Dwellings Found in Egyptian Tombs Surprise Tourists
Egyptian families inhabit excavated tombs used as homes in Luxor. Drago men note these tombs, with multiple rock rooms, are cool in summer and warm in winter, making them desirable. Children play with mummies and purchase mummified limbs in the tourist area.
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Luxor
Leslie’s Weekly
Strangest sight in Rome Easter ascent on the holy stairs
A visitor recalls a Palm Sunday Easter in Rome describing a vast kneeling crowd on La Scala Santa with elegant ladies and a queen in foot proximity to commoners. She notes the stairway as the Christ drag scene and mentions St Helena bringers of both the cross and stairs. The piece also cites Oregon's first settlement at Fort Clatsop on March 23 1811 by Astor fur traders aboard the Tonquin.
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la Scala Santa
Pilate
Jerusalem
St. Helena
Oregon
Fort Clatsop
Columbia River
Pacific Coast
John Jacob Astor
New York
Quotable quips from peers spark light humor
A Yonkers Statesman cartoon exchange jokes about winning a lottery with Mollie and Cholly. The Philadelphia Ledger notes a quip about policemen riding street cars to avoid losing a nickel to coppers.
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Mollie
Cholly
Yonkers Statesman
Philadelphia Ledger
Four Negroes Lynched Near Russellville Ky After Farmer’s Murder
In Russellville Kentucky four Black men Virgil Jones Tom Jones Robert Jones and Joe Riley were seized from jail and hanged on a tree along the Nashville Pike. A note warned Black residents to avoid violence as mobs formed from about fifty men after a white farmer James Cunningham was killed by his Black tenant Rufus Browder.
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Russellville
Virgil
Tom
Robert Jones
Joe Riley
Nashville Pike
Hugh Rogers
James Cunningham
Rufus Browder
Dean's Kidney Pills Promise Back Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for backache and kidney ills including diabetes. George Powrie of Butte Montana testifies the remedy ended his backache after three weeks, urging others with weakened kidneys to use the product sold for 50 cents by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
George Powrie
Big Blackfoot Lumber Co
Cor
Oklahoma
Mercury Sts
East Broadway
Butte
Mont
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
United States
Eeas
Manitoba to Release Prisoners for Wheat Harvest
Manitoba plans to free 30 000 inmates from jails for the wheat harvest in western Canada and asks jail governors to release those jailed for vagrancy and minor offenses early next month on the condition they work in the fields. PINULES for the Kidneys 30 days trial $1.00 guaranteed. PINULES act directly on the Kidneys and bring relief in the first dose to backache. They purify the blood and invigorate the entire system. Sold by Potts' drug store June3m.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
Potts’ Drug Store
Excursions to Seattle for Eagles' Convention
Travel notice offering excursions to Seattle on August 8 and September 7 via O S L with rates and details available from agents for the Eagles' convention.
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Seattle
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