State and local officials listed for Montana
The document lists state officers including Governor John E. Richards Lieutenant Governor Alex Botkin Secretary of State Rotwitt State Auditor Andrew Cook State Treasurer Franklin Wright Attorney General Henri Haskell Superintendent E A Steere Chief Justice W Y Pemberton and other officials. It also details county offices for Dillon with names for senator Geo M Brown representatives Knippenberg and Jones district judge Frank Showers county commissioners T J Murray and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Richards
Alex. C. Botkin
Statuy
Rotwitt
Andrew B. Cook
Franklin W. Wright
Henri J. Haskell
E. A. Steere
W. Y. Pemberton
Geo. M. Brown
Dillon
H. Knippenberg
Glendale
J. Conger
K. Poindexter
I. Cashmore
Jacob Hartwig
Willis
J. Rich
A Mischievous Verse Exchange Among Gentlefolk
A playful rhyme from a Detroit Free Press piece imagines Johnny pursuing music while Sue bores into football, Fanny becomes a lawyer with court ties, and the speaker laments modern aims. An aside quotes a lecturer on genius versus mediocrity and a Chicago Tribune note recalls John Alfred McCracken fainting after the line.
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Methuselah
Virgil
Dante
Shakespeare
Melfore
John Alfred McCracken
Leonidas Horney
Chicago Tribune
Note from Her Prompts Postman to Settle Bill
A playful note from a woman prompts a postman to deliver a bill with a demand to pay or be sued. The recipient reads the warning with ire, then throws it into the fire and bids the bill adieu.
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Postman
New York World
The Best He Could Do And Other Verse Fragments
The piece records Bobby Carhart declining an invitation with a formal notice to Miss Bessie Smith. It presents a youthful, affectionate note tied to a church journal. The Boston Courier line shows a desire to act with a poster name and a bouquet, but reluctance to travel in winter.
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Bobby
Robert Carhart
Bessie Smith
Presbyterian Journal
San Francisco
Boston
Boston Courier
Cruel Decree Delays Bicycle Hope for Young Girl
A Washington Star excerpt describes a girl facing a harsh family rule. Her mother insists she first practice on a sewing machine before attempting to ride a bicycle, as the girl endures with red eyes and hair frizzing.
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Washington Star
Daisy Petals Tell Her He Loves Me Tale
A young woman plucks a daisy in a sunlit scene while a nearby man blushes at her whispered refrain He loves me loves me not. The vignette captures a playful traditional folk moment from the Indianapolis Journal.
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Indianapolis Journal
Sign of Spring in the Menagerie
The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes a manager warning Jim that spring is near and that it will soon be time to fix the cages so a lion or two could get loose. The underling agrees with due deference.
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New York World
Dillon Tribune
Tribune
Tribune Pub. CO
Dittos
Mont
Jim
Cincinnati Enquirer
The New Version and a Clever Life
A playful snippet urge readers to embrace a better version of themselves and avoid shallow judgments. It counsels living fully with a light heart and hints at a grand cookbook as a metaphor for a rich, guided life.
Barber Recounts Hair Restorer Buyback Joke
A barber quips about a memory lapse as a customer asks to recoup the cost of a hair restorer. The barber offers the remaining product or a refund, sparking a humorous exchange.
Round earth and hidden truths spark a stale joke
Hortense recalls Mr Spooner swearing on bended knees while Henrietta notes an upturned tack on the carpet where he knelt. The Yonkers Statesman frame suggests a light, domestic exchange about belief and decorum.
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Hortense
Burton Seeks Legislator Seat To Probe Bribery Claims
Detroit News reports Burton aims to enter congress using a seat that would allow a woman to stand. He says he wants to uncover any truth in bribery stories and to test political integrity in the system.
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Burton
Detroit News
Hidden unions spark a riddle on night clubs
A Detroit Tribune brief notes a couple's odd social rules as one club keeps the husband out at night and another keeps him in, framing a moral puzzle around marriage roles.
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Detroit Tribune
A Forced Measure In Fashion
Comic exchange quotes about women widening options after embracing large sleeves. It notes maids of the present can get what they want in England France or Germany. A doctor named Probe reports three patient deaths this week.
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England
France
Germany
These College Men Are Slow to Graduate by Degrees
A light verse notes that college men linger in study and take their time to finish. It humorously implies graduates complete their degrees at a leisurely pace.
Postal Evolution and Early Methods of a Global Mail
A historical overview traces postal origins from ancient couriers and posts to the Roman road system and medieval mail coaches. It notes rulers and cities that helped found modern networks, including Augustus, Louis XI, and Rowland Hill, and cites early U S routes like Boston to New York in 1762 and Franklin’s 1775 plan shaping today’s system.
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Egypt
Persia
Assyria
Rome
Listher
Job
Jeremiah
Augustus
Europe
Frederick
Rowland Hill
Cromwell
Hill
England
Louis XI
France
Charlesix
South America
Boston
New York
Saybrook
Conn
Benjamin Franklin
Harnden's Express
Extraordinary Billiard Balls From Lightning Strike
A Brant House keeper and a Brant Creek skeptical tale recounts how a Brooklyn party’s poker chips were fused by a lightning bolt into red white and blue billiard balls. The balls appeared after a storm melted the chips and stove them into usable billiard pieces.
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Rufe Eisele
Brant House
Sloop Creek
Ruf
Bart Greenleaf
Asbury
Brooklyn
Hicks
New York Sun
Art Among the Eskimos Noted by Stokes in Century
Frank Wilbert Stokes reports in Century on Inuit hosts during a visit that included storytelling, page turning, and admiration for items like guns and ammunition. They traded clever needlework, ivory carving, and pencil drawing, with As-sey-e-yeh sketching a water-reflected steamer from memory.
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As-sey-e-yeh
Frank Wilbert Stokes
Biscuit Banter and Timeless Wisdom Quoted
A humorous exchange from Buffalo Times features Mrs Wright praising biscuits with playful reincarnation humor and Mr Wright noting her skill while quipping about practice. The page also quotes Rochefoucauld on valuing reality and contemporary genius.
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Claude Wright
Buffalo Times
Princess of Wales’s Pin Money Allowance Stated
The Princess of Wales receives an annual allowance of £10,000 for pin money enabling personal expenses.
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Princess of Wales
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Bozeman
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ST. Mary's Academy, Deer Lodge, Mont
Montana
THE
Butte Miner
Northwest
West
West Broadway
Butte
N. Y. World
Inter Ocean
Toledo Blade
Ladies’ Home Ideal
Ciccionati Enquirer
Heep and Wool
Boston Traveler
San Francisco Chronicle
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Johnny
Sue
Fanny
Blackstone and
Lyttleton Sport
Dad
Detroit Free Press
Atlanta Constitution
New York Herald
Congress
Chicago
Probe
Dashaway
Postal Evolution
Blackwell's
Durham
Staci Eits
Dillon, Montana
ART
Rochefou Cauld
Poindexter & Orr
Lillon
R. I. Scearce
Dillon, Mont
Cambrian Iron Works
David Davies
Iron and
Ely
ELY Brothers
Warren Street
Lesmen
Minnetonka
Florista L. J. MA ¥ & CO
Seedamen
St. Paul
Minn
Washington, D. C
Toe Tripune
Tribune PosuisHine Co
St. Mary's Academy
Salt Lake City
Utah
Sisters OF the Holy Gross
Miles
Tarsunz Posiisarxe Co
Cave Saat
Weddersurn 4 & CO
Attorneva
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