Montana's Resources Spotlight on Eastbound Governor Norris Tour
Governor Norris touts Montana opportunities to eastern audiences with figures claiming six million horsepower waste and eighteen million irrigable acres. He cites 7 million irrigable acres possible, 12 million to 24 million for irrigation, and a need for settlers and capital to develop mines forests ranges and soils into a thriving economy.
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Montana
Coudenbe
Edwin L. Norris
Montana Daily Record
Norris
German Town Ties Shade Trees to Revenue and Road Safety
Consul Thompson notes Linden near Hanover earns 4906 dollars from roadside fruit trees owned by the municipality. A bicycle watch on Sundays guards ripening trees to prevent picking fruit groundward or knocking from branches, with fines up to 100 marks for offenses, reflecting strong public property respect.
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Germany
Consul Thompson
Linden
Hanover
New York Tribune
Foley's Kidney Pills Tonic for Kidney and Bladder Disorders
Advertisement claims Foley's Kidney Pills are a quick tonic that cures kidney and bladder disorders within medicine's reach. Promotes sale by all druggists.
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Foley
Nursery stock imports into Montana reach nearly 845 thousand pieces
Figures show 844 274 pieces of nursery stock shipped into Montana in nine months through Oct 1 1911 by outside firms for private orders. Shade trees lead, followed by straw berries and apples, with 2 708 gooseberries and 35 617 raspberries among the many varieties.
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Montana
State Board of Horticulture
Sentinel
A. J. Breitenstein
Missoula
Dredges Boost Madison County Gold Deposits in November
The Helena assay office report for November shows Madison County with a deposit of $82,566.52, nearly half of all Montana county deposits, with Chateau $22,555.25 and Fergus $20,268.65 following. Other counties and outside deposits bring the total to $178,087.66 for the month.
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Madison County
United States Assay Office
Helena
Madison
Montana
Chateau
Fergus
Broadwater
Deer Lodge
Granite
Jefferson
Lewis and Clark
Missoula
Park
Powell
Ravalli
Silver Bow
Cycle of the Hotel Tours The Eagle House Returns a Century Later
A traveler reenters the old village and finds the Eagle house unchanged after 20 years but notes the hotel has passed through many names. The inn has cycled through Grand Central Grand Union Grand Junction Great Northern Great Southern Imperial Regal Empire Regent and Madison house as it revisits the circuit.
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Eagle House
Grand Central
Grand Union
Grand Junction
Great Northern
Great Southern
Imperial
Regal
Empire
Regent
Madison House
Louisville Courier-Journal
Dr King’s New Life Pills Endorsement Ad
A vintage advertisement urges immediate use of Dr King’s New Life Pills at the first signs of constipation biliousness or inactive bowels to prevent indigestion jaundice or gall stones. It claims the pills regulate liver stomach and bowels and improve health offered for 25 cents at Potts the Druggist.
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Missouri
Yellowstone
Mississippi
Carey
Zens
Tripune Book Store
CSRS
Horticultural Board
Willie
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