People's Power league Seeks Montana Ballot Measures
The People's Power league filed eleven petitions from eleven counties seeking four measures for Montana voters. Petitions fall short of required eight percent state and county thresholds, with signatures totaling 1,872 so far and no filings from Silver Bow, Lewis and Clark, or Cascade counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Secretary of State
People’s Power League
Silver Bow
Lewis and Clark
Cascade
Broadwater
Custer
Dawson
Deer Lodge
Fergus
Jefferson
Missoula
Powell
Rayalli
Sanders
Yellowstone
Helena
Shocking Sounds Warn of Earthquakes and Kidney Woes
A historical ad-style note urges readers to heed nature’s warnings of earthquakes and kidney trouble. It claims dull backaches signal kidney issues and promotes Electric Bitters as a remedy, citing a testimonial from Peter Bondy of South Rockford Michigan. The ad touts the medicine as a “great kidney medicine” available for 60 cents at Pott’s drugstore.
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Bright
Peter Bondy
South Rockford
Mich
Pott
Discoveries of New Minerals and Industrial Potentials
The article explains how mineral discoveries and redefinitions by geochemists and mineralogists continually occur, noting most minerals are scientifically interesting with little industry impact. It cites tungsten’s lamp filament breakthrough and vanadium’s rising industrial value as examples of how curiosity can become revolutionary, altering material use and demand.
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United States Geological Survey
Wisconsin honors oldest co ed in United States
Milwaukee Journal notes Mrs. Amy Davis Winship, age 80, attending the University of Wisconsin at Madison for a third college year. She praises college life and hopes to continue studying to age 90, challenging notions that higher education is youth exclusive.
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Wisconsin
United States
Amy Davis Winship
Ohio State University
Tennyson
Ulysses
Comptroller Murray to enforce bank loan limit laws
Washington. Comptroller Murray vows strict enforcement of laws holding bank directors responsible for losses from loans exceeding legal limits. Examiners will require boards to name responsible directors and commit to covering the excess losses.
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Washington
Murray
National Banks
National Bank
Board of Directors
Doan's Kidney Pills Featured In Endorsement Ad
A testimonial from William Murphy of Butte Montana promotes Doan's Kidney Pills claiming lasting relief from back pain urinary disorders and kidney trouble. The ad urges readers to buy at 50 cents from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and warns to remember the name Doan's and take no other.
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William Murphy
Wyoming Street
Butte
Mont
Dean
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Washington Freemasonry and Historic Alexandria Portrait
In Alexandria Virginia visitors explore Washington’s ties to Freemasonry at Christ Church and the lodge room where he performed rites. The piece notes his initiation in 1752 at age twenty, a Pennsylvania grand lodge sesquicentennial celebration with President Roosevelt, and a Washington letter to the grand lodge expressing brotherly affection and prayers for unity in the eternal temple built by the great Architect. The letter dates three years before his death.
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Washington
Virginia
National Capital
Mount Vernon
Alexandria
George
Christchurch
Lee
Ile Wass
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Washingtoniana
Order
Epochal Events of 1911 Highlight Edison List
Thomas A. Edison lists pivotal 1911 achievements including a push for a Chinese republic, Erlich’s Salvarsan cure, rapid Panama Canal work, aerial navigation advances, Rockefeller Institute surgical finds, typhoid vaccine proof, and Diesel engine progress. Adolphus Busch funded Diesel development, with a St. Louis plant planned and global interest sparked at the World’s Fair.
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Thomas A. Edison
Erlich
Salvarsan
Panama Canal
Rockefeller Institute
Adophus Busch
St. Louis
Dr. Diesel
Mr. Bush
Busch
Alps
To Fight for Silver At Spokane Mining Congress
Telegrams indicate Butte will push the silver dollar rehabilitation as a main issue at next weeks Spokane mining congress. Three Butte delegates J H Lynch Fear Harry Gallwey and S V Kemper will lead the discussion, described as all important.
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Spokane
Butte
Business Men's Association
J. H. Lynch
Fear Harry
Gallwey
S. V. Kemper
Business Men's Association Backs White Metal Drive
The Anaconda Standard reports the business men's association has gone on record in favor of championing the white metal with delegates instructed on the stance.
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Business Men's Association
Growing Older by Helena Record
Poem reflecting aging and mortality. The speaker notes fading energy and anger, growing compassion, and a quiet retreat toward memory and faith. It honors the departed and contemplates life’s final journey.
Lost His Life and Cough Remedy Adverts
Mason Michigan man recounts exposure to a merciless storm causing a severe chest cold. A neighbor gave Dr King’s New Discovery which relieved pain and prevented pneumonia. Doctor advised continued use. two bottles cured him. Price 50c and 1.00, trial bottle free, Potts druggist 1th.
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A. Stid
Mason,Mich
Dr. King
Potts
Reflections on Washington and the Hudson Campaign
The narrator recalls General Washington as a strategic planner who valued the Hudson as the campaign key. He notes Burgoyne’s near success, Arnold’s treason, and Andre’s capture as turning points that safeguarded the river. From West Point and Constitution Island to Newburgh, the era’s perils shaped the harbor of liberty and the nation’s fate.
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Hudson
Washington
Hudson River
Hkewise
Burgoyne
Canada
United States of America
New England
Arnold
Great River
Howe
Andre
Constitution Island
Albany
West Point
Benedict Arnold
Highlands
Cornwallis
Rhode Island
Newburg
New York
Republic
Tappan Bay
Irvington
Croton Point
Tarrytown
Sleepy Hollow
Irving
Earth
Tappanzee
Haverstraw Bay
Constitution
The Highlands of the Hudson and West Point History
A reflective piece tracing the Hudson Highlands from Bear Mountain to West Point, noting key peaks Mount Taurus Crow’s Nest and Storm King, and recalling Washington’s strategic choice of West Point to defend the Hudson River. It recalls Stony Point, Fort Montgomery, Andre, and the Gibraltar of the Hudson.
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Nold
Washington
Highlands
Hudson
West Point
Anthony
Taurus
Rockies
Tidewater
Burgoyne
Stony Point
Wayne
Fort Montgomery
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Bulletin
Bulletin of the Mineralogical Notes
U. S. Geological Survey
The
Grand Lodge of
Pennsylvania
Friends of Youth
By. J. A. Edgerton
Americas Preas Association
Storm King
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