Rail safety urged after Montana railroad toll report
The Montana railroad commission report to Acting Governor Allen records 71 killed and 528 injured on state railroads in the year ending September 30, 1911. It cites fast running as a cause and notes strong opposition to high speed on passenger trains while detailing casualties across rail lines and the commission’s call for safer, slower service.
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Montana
Montana Railroad Commission
Goveror
W. R. Allen
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Chicago
Milwaukee
Puget Sound
Butte
Anaconda
Oregon Short Line
Burlington & Quincy
Gilmore & Pittsburgh
Montana, Wyoming & Southern
Doan's Kidney Pills Proclaimed Cure for Lumbago
A 1907 testimonial from Mrs. Jennie Simmond of Butte Montana promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as a preventive against backache and urinary troubles. She cites relief from lumbago after two years of use and confirms the claim in 1909. Sold by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents USA Remember the name Dean's.
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Dean
Jennie Simmond
Delaware Ave
Butte
Mont
Doan
Coen
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Twain’s Barber Recounts and Retorts in Anecdote
A brisk quip from Mark Twain as a chatty barber trims and strops his razor. The barber offers to repeat stories, Twain declines, claiming he can recall every word, in a light magazine vignette collected by Everybody’s Magazine.
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Mark Twain
Mark
Everybody’s. Magazine
Foleys Honey and Tar Compound Cited to Stop Coughs
An advertisement touts Foleys Honey and Tar Compound as a cure for coughs and colds without opiates or harmful drugs. It urges consumers to avoid substitutes and buy from all druggists.
Norman Mack Without His Mustache Causes Committee Confusion
The New York state party committee encountered Norman Mack appearing without his signature straw colored mustache. A member whispered that the man before them was not the one voted for, but as Mack spoke the crowd grew convinced it was indeed him. Mack chairs the Democratic national committee and owns a Buffalo newspaper and magazine.
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State Committee of
New York
Mack
Democratic National Committee
New York State
Buffalo
Norman BB. Mack
Democratic
Secretary of State receipts total under fifty thousand
The report shows Secretary of State T. M. Swindlehurst collected 49 425 33 for the year ending November 30, with domestic corporations providing the largest portion and foreign corporations next. Quarterly receipts to November 30 totaled 8 372 28, and sums come from notarial commissions certificates and certified copies railroad licenses official bonds and other items.
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T. M. Swindlehurst
Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound Ends Wife’s Cough
Verdict by R. J. Howell of Tracy Ohio states the medicine cured his wife after she suffered a severe lung infection. He reports her cough and hoarseness disappeared after using Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound, with complete recovery after less than three bottles. Sold by all druggists.
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R. J. Howell
Tracy, O
Foley
German Visitor at Niagara Falls Sparks Silent Inquiry
A German guest in New York visits Niagara Falls with an American friend. The German remains emotionless as the cascade roars. At last he asks what is to hinder the water's plunge, prompting a wry reaction from his astonished companion.
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Germany
New York
Niagara Falls
New Railway to Bitter Root Extends Westward
The Western News reports plans to extend the Butte Anaconda & Pacific railway 22 miles from Georgetown toward the Bitter Root valley. Survey parties of 12 men with 4 wagons have been seen in the Nez Perce pass and Chicken Creek pass as work continues toward Lewistown and a shortened main line may control Bitter Root and Clearwater tonnage.
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Hamilton
Western News
Butte, Anadcona & Pacific Railway
Georgetown
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
Bitter Root
Nez Perce Pass
Darby
Chicken Creek Pass
Alta
Clearwater
Dows
Lewiston
Idaho
Butte, Anaconda Pacific
Skalkaho Pass
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway
Lewistown
Progressive group predicts La Follette delegates dominate states
Columbus Ohio March 1 Walter L Houser chairman of the National Progressive league campaign committee predicts Senator Robert M La Follette will win a majority of delegates from every state staying with the republicans in the last election He cites concrete local organizations already formed in Pennsylvania Indiana Michigan Massachusetts Illinois North and South Dakota Iowa Colorado Arizona New Mexico Washington Oregon California Idaho Montana Wyoming and Utah.
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Columbus
Robert M. LaFollette
Walter L. Houser
National Progressive League
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Michigan
Massachussett
Illinois
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Washington
Oregon
California
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Doctor Notes Patient Breath Trouble
Physician asks about yokany aches as patient reports pain while breathing and states the main trouble is with breath. The exchange records a medical consultation focusing on breathing discomfort.
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Dillon Bakery
Anderson Bros
Feed & Sale
Dillon : Furniture . CO
Edison Phonographs
Tattersall
Tribune
Dillon
American Press Association
Norman E. Mack
Secretary OF State
Butte, Anaconda
Bright
Aton Crane &Pike CO
Crane’s Linen
Tribune Book Store
the Metlen European Hotel
THE
Dillon Hotel CO
Kolman
Mtom & Carr Z, Progers and ‘Cleaners
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