Passing of the Montana Pioneer Thomas Hornig
Thomas Hornig a pioneer of the Carlton area died at his home at 8 30 p m February 13 from a paralytic stroke suffered days earlier. He lies in Carlton cemetery. Known as The Senator for his resemblance to Carter he was over 70 and active until the stroke. He had many friends in the Bitter Root country and Missoula.
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Thomas Hornig
Carlton
Hornig
Bitter Root
Carter
Missoula
Pioneer Helena Miner Anders Holm Dies at 67
Anders H Holm a Last Chance region miner and Helena resident since 1866 died at 420 West Main after a four month cancer illness. Survived by wife and five children, he was born in Denmark and known as a reliable frontiersman and lifelong miner. He lived in Helena many years and valued family man with a rugged frontier life.
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Helena
Anders H. Holm
Last Chance
Mr. Holm
West Main Street
Denmark
Oro Fine
David Lager
Frank Fowler
Salt Lake
Andrew N. Holm
Butte
Henry M. and
Fred Holm
Virginia City Pioneer Abram B Thurgood Dies After Illness
Abram B Thurgood a Madison county pioneer died Saturday after a 48 hour pneumonia illness. He lived in Virginia City since 1898 operated the Brewery saloon and served as Madison county sessor. born 1846 in Chelmsford England he immigrated 1862 and married Annie Frisch in 1878. He was active in local government and Masonry. Fred Hiller died and others were partially asphyxiated by gas in a 50 foot Portland well.
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Abram B. Thurgood
Virginia City
Madison County
Albert Olson
Butte
Chelmsford
H.S. Gilbert
Annie Frisch
Thurgood
Portland
Ore
Fred Hiller
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets Promises Relief for Indigestion
Advertisement urges those with dyspepsia to visit the store for Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets. It claims Bis muth Subnitrate and Pepsia ease irritation, strengthen digestion, relieve nausea, and improve nutrition. Offers money back if not satisfied with trial. Three sizes priced 25 cents, 50 cents, and 1 dollar.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla A Reliable Tonic and Liver Pill
The advertisement touts Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a steady tonic not a stimulant with no alcohol. It claims gradual health gains and advises consulting a doctor. It promotes J C Ayer Company of Lowell Massachusetts as the maker with over sixty years of experience and urges asking a doctor first.
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Ayer
J.C. Ayer Company
Lowell, Mass
J.C Ayer CO
Dairying Pays for George Wilcomb in 1911 Montana
Twin Bridges correspondent notes George Wilcomb’s 25 cows earned 2750 dollars in 1911, about 100 per cow. Cream shipped to a Butte confectionery. skim milk fed to calves and pigs produced fat pork and veal. He plans to expand his herd while many locals also ship cream to creameries.
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Geo. Wilcomb
Twin Bridges
Butte
George Wilcomb
Montana
Wilcomb
The Best Way to Get Along Says Shearings
The Baltimore Sun quotes a famous guidance on living life by treating others as you wish to be treated and strives to reflect universal harmony in daily interactions.
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Baltimore Sun
And Tries To Himself. The average man knows many schemes
The Detroit Free Press quotes a maxim about how the average man believes others can make money through clever schemes. The remark reflects a skeptical view of self serving ideas and common tricks.
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Detroit Free Press
Floating population defined by sailors in Christian Intelligencer
In a brief dialogue, a teacher asks about the floating population and a child answers that it refers to sailors, as noted in The Christian Intelligencer.
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Tommy
Thomas
Mum
The
Christian Intelligencer
Daughter excels in vocal lessons says Detroit Free Press
A Detroit Free Press item notes a daughter thriving in vocal training. She can say I cant sing without music with notable charm. The quote highlights encouragement from family and local press praise.
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Detroit Free Press
Hope and Ink Fountain Pen Poem Rise
A Washington Herald brief notes a poet's persistence as hope returns with each attempt and a fountain pen inspires renewed effort in writing. The piece emphasizes resilience and creative drive.
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Washington Herald
Roses Return Compliment Sparks Witty Exchange
In a brief London exchange, Gertie notes the roses sent are lovely with dew, while George replies with a playful promise to pay it off soon, reflecting a lighthearted social quip from the London Opinion.
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Gertie
George
London
A Matter of Record Provokes Time Themed Reflections
A quotation from the Portland Oregonian notes that watchmakers never mend clocks on promise because their work breeds familiarity with time and a contempt for it. The remark frames time as a responsive force shaping professional habits.
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Portland Oregonian
European traveler issues a garbled inn registration
A Europe bound traveler asks his servant to enter his name at an Austrian inn in line with police rules. The servant claims to have copied the name from the gentleman's portmanteau but produces a misheard and jumbled register that reads as grotesque syllables.
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Europe
Austria
Washington group to honor emigrant trail with Cascade monument
The Washington State Historical Society plans a monument commemorating the first emigrant party that crossed the Cascade Mountains via Naches Pass in 1853. Other notes report a 5500 pound silver shipment to China and diverse local notices from health to labor events.
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Washington State Historical Society
Cascade Mountains
Naches Pass
Japan
China
Republic of China
Realism in a Play Not Yet Starting Housework
The Louisville Courier Journal notes the play’s natural look and asks how realism is achieved after six months with the housemaid not performing any housework. The remark highlights the audience’s perception of authentic staging.
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Louisville Courier Journal
Hypocrite Criticized Over Religious Pretense
A brief exchange denounces a man for using religion as a cloak and calls his faith flimsy and likely to catch cold, labeling him a hypocrite and foolish for exploiting piety.
English Lady Recounts American Painter Claimings
A humorous exchange contrasts English birth and American painters in harmony with a food joke about a hungry figure. The dialogue references Sargent Abbey Mrs Merritt and McClure Hamilton and playfully anticipates Whistler.
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Hingland
America
Sargent
Abbey
Two Million Miles of Roads in United States
Logan Waller Page reports 2,199,645 miles of public roads as of 1909, up from 2,151,379 in 1904. He notes rising road improvements and shifts in road classifications, with stone and other improved roads expanding while gravel road mileage declines due to reclassification.
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United States
Logan Waller Page
Office of Public Roads
Page
Montana State College to Host Record High School Tournament
Bozeman reports the Montana State college will host a March 7 9 basketball tournament featuring a record high school turnout with 26 schools sending teams and speakers. Over 100 high school students from across the state are expected, with boys on basketball squads and both boys and girls as extemporaneous speakers.
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Bozeman
Montana State College
Beaverhead
Dillon
Jefferson
Boulder
Missoula
Granite
Philipsburg
Flathead
Kalispell
Teton
Chateau
Dawson
Glendive
Custer
Miles City
Sweetgrass
Big Timber
Park
Livingston
Gallatin
Broadwater
Townsend
Fergus
Lewiston
Carbon
Red Lodge
Powell
Deer Lodge
Anaconda
Butte
Helena
Great Falls
Havre
Belt
Billings
Forsyth
Columbus
Chinook
Fort Benton
Send It In Old Time Missouri Rhymer plea to editor
Poem urging readers to send news jokes stories and photographs to the country editor. The verse invites reports of everyday life crops neighbors achievements fishing and pastimes with a note of community storytelling and a February National Magazine attribution to Charley Collins Boland.
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Missouri
Charley Collins Boland
National Magazine
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