J J Hill Opposes A Sew Line Across Montana
Helena residents report J J Hill president of the Great Northern is stirring trouble over the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul route planned east of Miles City The spread says Hill bought lands to block the Milwaukee while denying opposition later He claims he would not oppose expansion though control of eastern lands and traffic volumes show otherwise.
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Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Harlowton
Miles City
J. J. Hill
Great Northern
Milwaukee
Helena Independent
Helena
Hill
Jim Hill
Terrible Earthquake in Chili at Valparaiso
An Aug 19 earthquake at 7:52 PM devastates Valparaiso Chile with 82 aftershocks. City burned or damaged, rails destroyed, vast losses estimated at 250 million dollars and about two thousand deaths. Nearby towns Quirihu Viena del Mar Santa Limache Quillota destroyed. population fleeing to hills amid cold rain and food shortages.
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Valparaiso
Chili
Viena del Mar
Quirihu
Santa Limache
Quillota
San Francisco
Longtime stage line owner sells Redrock and Salmon River routes
F W Vogler of Redrock Montana today sold his entire stake in the Redrock and Salmon River Stage company to H B Eastman Boise. The deal includes 100 head of horses 16 Concord coaches stations at Salmon City and Bedrock and 1000 shares with Vogler holding 990 and his wife 10. Vogler plans rest year then tours southern California in a new Peerless touring car and next year will manage a 16 motor car stage line in Nevada mining camps between Tonopah Bullfrog Goldfield and others.
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Gale
Ninth Street
Boise
Ohio
Territorial Board
Caldwell
Marm
F. W. Vogler
Redrock
Mont
Salmon River
Northwest
H. B. Eastman
Nevada
Tonopah
Bullfrog
Goldfield
Idaho Statesman
Republican push for Roosevelt campaign book fund
James S. Seanman urges Republicans to unite with the Republican National Congressional Committee for a victory driven by the administration record and Theodore Roosevelt’s achievements. Subscriptions of one dollar will fund the campaign and include the committee’s texts and documents.
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Republican National Congressional Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
James S. Seanman
P O. Box
New York
Improvements at Dillon Electric Plant Modernize Water Flow
The Dillon Electric Light and Power company replaces a wooden 150 foot long flume with a straight concrete and steel setup to the power wheel. The new 150 foot flume, 10 feet wide and 5 feet deep, will carry about 400 inches of water with a 14 foot high retaining wall and stepped spillway. Total cost exceeds $1,000 as the Graeter Electric Light and Power company also adds efficiency upgrades including a 300 horsepower reaction turbine.
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Dillon Electric Light and Power Company
Dillon
Graeter Electric Light and Power Company
Ernest Stackpole Convicted of Murder in Los Angeles
Ernest G. Stackpole, a Madison county figure known in Butte and elsewhere, is convicted of murder in the first degree in Los Angeles and sentenced to life imprisonment. The jury deliberated 28 hours before returning the verdict, amid initial balking and a late switch by the eleventh and twelfth jurors. Teresa Scheck, Stackpole’s confessed accomplice, will be tried next.
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Ernest G. Stackpole
Madison County
Butte
Los Angeles
Cal
Anaconda Standard
Joel Scheck
Teresa Scheck
Stackpole
Early Risers and Laxative Cough Syrup Advertisements Mix With Policy News
A collage of notices and ads covers patent pills and tonics from Riley's Drug Store, a land withdrawal for a San Miguel forest reserve, a Washington alimony ruling, and a busy slice of 1907 political and business happenings including bank AC fraud, irrigation congress prep, and insurance deposits.
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DeWitt
Riley’s
Secretary of the Interior
Washington, D. C
Colorado
San Miguel Forest Reserve
Washington
Kennedy
Riley's Drug Store
Uncalled Letters Listed for Dillon Post Office
Dillon Montana August 17 1906 list shows letters remaining uncalled for will be sent to the dead letter office if not collected within 30 days includes Alf Brown Domingen Jose Espinoza Wm Gerrard Albert Jondson Mrs L MacMurphy Nellie McKnight Mrs I Nichelson L Perry Thos A Scanlon John Sam Sabulsky Harvey Stephens P J Walters Clarence Wiggins A W Dillon Montana August 23 1906 plus additional names. The San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad advertises an excursion to Los Angeles for one fare round trip sales September 4 to 14 inviting Montana Idaho residents to visit California at a nominal figure.
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Dillon
Mont
Brown
Alf Domingen
Jose Espinoza
Juan Gerrard
Wm. Jondson
Albert MacMurphy
L McKnight
Nellie McQuary
I. Nichelson
L. L. Perry
Thos. A. Scanlon
John Sabuls
San Pedro
Los Angeles
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Dillon Lumber
Laramie
Portland
Salt Lake
Carey
G. W. Dart Hardware CO
Dillon, Montana
S. S. Patterson
Wholesale Liquors & Cigars
E. H. Brundage
Undertaker
E Railroad
Rocky Mountains
Denver & Rio Grande
Ogden
Denver
Hunt
Montana
Mostana Ming
Dillon, Mont
Madison
Beaverhead Counties
Johnson & Smith
Fred Waler
Hign
Prouty Commission Co
St. Paul
Ming
Dillon Electric Companies
Ernest Stackpole
Acker
Salt Lake City
Hardy Downing
Dallas
Texas
State Supreme Court of
Pierce County
Wash
Alice E
Henry Mahncke
R. L. Riley
Women’s Relief Corps
Minneapolis
Southern Memorial Fund
R.L. Riley
Hollister
Ida May Morse
St Louis
Roosevelt
Congress
St. Louis
South
New Orleans
Peter Manale
Jones
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank of Chicago
Stensland
Charles B. Irwin
Big Cowboy
West
Wyoming
Frontier
Cheyenne
Wyo
First National Bank
Chelsea
Mass
Riley
Chamberlain
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
el Paso
Santa Fe
Ther Secretary of the Interior
Newman & Hoy
Lower Yellowstone
North Dakota
R.l.riley
National Irrigation Congress
Idaho
Executive Committee
Prof. Tyler
Amherst College
Thomas P. W. Cleaves
James C. Courts
Senate
House
Post Office Department
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