Nationwide boycott cuts meat demand spark price drops
A widespread anti meat boycott spreads from Cleveland to Illinois Missouri Wisconsin Iowa Nebraska Michigan and eastern states Pennsylvania Connecticut and Delaware. Hetty Green cuts meat out of meals as prices stay high. Pittsburg and Cleveland report lower hog and cattle prices with meat shortages and large pledges. Local unions and workers signal mass participation with plans to abstain from meat for a month and to spread pledges nationally.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Ohio
Ilinois
Missouri
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
Michigan
Crusaders
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Delaware
Hetty
New York
Hetty Green
Pittsburg
Union Stock Yards
Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Works
Baltimore
Federation of Labor
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Butte
Silver Bow Trades & Labor Assembly
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement Claim
A scanned testimonial extols Dean's Kidney Pills as a lasting cure for kidney and back problems. Mrs. Jane Williams of Butte Montana says two boxes cured her disordered kidneys six years ago with no recurrence. Sold by dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.
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Jane Williams
Mercury St
Butte
Mont
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Treating Tapeworm in Sheep Warns of Losses and Remedies
State Veterinarian M E Knowles warns sheepmen of tapeworm losses across the state and offers remedies. Treatments include linseed oil with turpentine and tarter emetic, purgatives, kamala, and gasoline emulsion. For large flocks, powdered tobacco in ground feed is advised, along with abundant high quality feed such as ground grain and alfalfa hay.
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M. E. Knowles
Knowles
Relief for the Homesteader Extends Montana Residence Deadlines
Senate passage extends the residence period for Montana homestead entries. Entries with deadlines after December 1, 1909 gain until May 15, 1910 to establish residence. The extension does not shorten commutation or actual residence periods. Applies only to prior first entries, not later adverse claims.
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Washington
Senate
House
Homstead
Montana
Governors Back Anti Noise Campaign For Independence Day
Nine governors pledge to join the Safe and Sane Fourth of July crusade. Among those answering affirmatively are Brady of Idaho and Norris of Montana, signaling support from state executives to suppress unnecessary noises on Independence Day.
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Philadelphia
Civic Club
Brady
Idaho
Norris
Montana
Remembering kindnesses in memory and faith
The Catholic Standard and Times reflects on memory and debts of hate, noting that kindnesses to others are not forgotten even as past wrongs are remembered. It calls for maintaining charitable acts as a lasting duty.
Funeral organ pieces and black notes
A joke framed as a father explaining organ music. The punchline notes black keys are used at funerals, attributing the idea to a humorous exchange in a Harvard Lampoon style. The language reflects light satire rather than factual guidance.
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Harvard Lampoon
Woman and Coin Sale Sparked in Local Quip Note
A Kansas City Journal item quips about a woman with a bale of coin and a twenty nine cent sale, implying irony or skepticism in a brief social note.
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Kansas City Journal
Merger Steps Underway for Major Copper Producers
The Anaconda Copper Mining Company announced that its board of directors will convene a special stockholders meeting in Anaconda Montana on March 23. The proposed plan would raise capital from 30 million to 150 million dollars to acquire properties in the Butte district and unite leading copper producers into one large firm.
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Scr
Pid Rupert Real Estate Investment Co., Ltd
Prince Rupert
New York
Wall Street
Anaconda
Butte
San Pedro LA& Salt Lake Rail Out of Transcontinental
Officials said the San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railway will be out of transcontinental service for at least a year after flood damage. Eighty miles of Nevada track were washed out, prompting a search for a new route and potential rebuilding through Nevada or retaining and improving the existing right of way.
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Los Angeles
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railway Company
Nevada
Silver State
Awful Flood Devastates Paris as Seine Rises Further
Paris reports the Seine will rise beyond the 1802 high record with floods spreading across the city. More than 100000 residents are affected as the government requisitions army and navy boats and housing material for relief and rescue efforts.
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Paris
Seine
Elks Lodge Sued Over Red Hot Initiation Chair
George E. Scott sues a Portland lodge of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in circuit court for 2500 dollars. He says he was induced to join the organization and during initiation was forced to sit on a red hot chair causing injuries.
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Portland
George E. Scott
The
Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Scot
Land Restored to Entry in Milk River Project
Secretary Bal linger orders reentry of 675840 acres previously drawn for the Milk river project in Great Falls and Glasgow lands. Land to open for settlement April 18 with entry on May 18, 1910.
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Great Falls
Washington
Ballinger
Milk River
Glasgow
Animals Are Poor Sailors Say French Scientist
A French scientist notes polar bears are the only wild animals to enjoy sea voyages while other animals resist. Tigers suffer most with watery eyes and stomach distress, horses often die at sea, elephants tolerate sea travel with medical treatment involving hot water whisky and quinine.
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B. C
West Broadway
Miner Building
West
Dillon
Ayer
JC. Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
Bad Straits
France
the Royal
L Jan Onl
Tribune Pub. CO
Red Cross
Vin Do Cachona Co
Dea Moines
Metropolitan Chop House
Dillon Bakery
Oscar
Centennial
Dillon, Mont
Sylvain Bros
Buttemont
M. Paumie
Parisian Dye
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