Frontier friend of Roosevelt found dead near Gardiner
The body of William Jones, longtime friend of Theodore Roosevelt, was discovered on Eagle Creek between Gardiner and Jardine. Jones had disappeared after leaving Gardiner last November during a snowstorm. Picnickers located the remains under brush near the creek. Roosevelt once spoke of Jones when visiting Yellowstone at Gardiner.
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Roosevelt
Livingston
William Jones
Theodore Roosevelt
Eagle Creek
Gardiner
Jardine
Jones
North Dakota
Yellowstone Park
Town
Bill Jones
Drowns in Missouri River Near Glasgow Ferry
W. E. Mouston drowned Friday morning while riding the front of the McCune ferry near Glasgow. He fell into the Missouri River when a board gave way as he handled a sounding line.
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Glasgow
W. E
Mouston
Missouri River
Lismas
McCune Ferry
Robbers Steal Horses and Harness in Havre Calm
Thieves took a team of horses and a buggy from Bruce Clyde a local liveryman then seized a new set of harness at P H Brader stable. They are believed headed toward Canada according to reports from Havre.
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Havre
Bruce Clyde
P. H. Brader
Canada
Land deal transfers Shields valley acreage to Chicago firm
Livingston County Commissioner Edgar Gibson sells 5,000 acres in the Shields valley to City Real Estate and Loan Company of Chicago for 56000. The land will be subdivided into small tracts and colonized.
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Livingston
Edgar Gibson
Shields Valley
The
City Real Estate and Loan Company
Chicago
Parson's Poem Praises Dr King's New Life Pills
A short poem by Rev. H Stubenwoll of Allison Iowa extols Dr King's New Life Pills as a health necessity. The piece urges use of Dr King's to regain health and notes availability at Potts druggists for 25 cents.
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Parson
H. Stubenwoll
Allison
Dr King
Dr. King’s
Potts
Eccentric Pioneer Found Dead Near Miles City
Fred Schmidt, a solitary ranchman and hunchback, was found dead at the bottom of a reservoir near his Miles City home. He recently sold his ranch for 17000 dollars and paid 2750 to cancel the deed, with doctors noting Bright's disease and a short life expectancy. Authorities suspect suicide after grief over his old home. he had nieces in Michigan and sisters in Germany, and came from Carrington, North Carolina to work as a hired man before settling in 1884.
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Miles City
Fred Schmidt
Schmidt
Michigan
Germany
Carrington
N. C
Bright
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Carried by Manilla Carpenter
E. S. Loder of Manilla New York always carries Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and says it heals every cut wound bruise or sore. Described as the greatest healer for burns boils scalds chapped hands and lips fever sores skin eruptions eczema corns and piles. 25 cents at Potts the druggist.
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Bucklen
Loder
Manilla
N. Y
Potts
Lin
Vigilante Captain From Virginal City Returns for Fourth
A. B. Davis, captain of the vigilantes who supervised the hangings of George Ives and his followers, visited Virginia City from Heleon Masonic Home to celebrate the forty-fifth Fourth of July with old friends. He plans to prove up on his Upper Ruby valley homestead by July 20 before returning to the home.
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Virginal City
A. B. Davis
George Ives
Heleon
Virginia City
Ruby Valley
Happiest Girl in Lincoln Endorses Stomach and Liver Tablets
A Lincoln Nebraska girl reports chronic constipation and stomach trouble improved within three days after using Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. She says she is the proudest girl in Lincoln to find such a good medicine and notes it is for sale by all dealers.
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Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb
Manslaughter Verdict in Montana Barrie Case
The jury acquits Frank Laverdure of murder in the death of his brother in law Peter Well near Grass Range. Laverdure and Well were intoxicated when in a quarrel on the road Laverdure allegedly struck Wells with a rock fracturing his skull.
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Lewistown
Frank Laverdure
Peter Well
Grass Range
Laverdure
Wells
Helena man commits suicide by carbolic acid act
Solomon Scott a colored former soldier in the Twenty fourth Infantry and recent janitor at the Independent office, died Saturday afternoon by taking carbolic acid. No motive is known. He leaves relatives in Maryland.
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Helena
Solomon Scott
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Independent
Maryland
Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound Ad
A vintage ad promises Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound to relieve coughs and colds for children and adults. It emphasizes no opiates or harmful drugs and directs readers to buy from all druggists in the yellow package with a note to refuse substitutes.
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Foley
Trains Strike Two Italians Near Gold Creek
Oreste Gianetti was killed and Joseph Bonacci seriously injured when Northern Pacific passenger train 195 struck Gianetti on a curve near Gold Creek. Gianetti stepped in front to avoid a freight train. his body hurled against Bonacci below a steep embankment. Both men were Northern Pacific employees.
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Missoula
Oreste Gianetti
Joseph Bonacci
Northern Pacific
Gianetti
Gold Creek
Bonacci
Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
In the height of the busy season you may suffer diarrhoea and lose days. Have Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on hand and take a dose at the first signs. For sale by all dealers. 1lm
Sheriff Captures Alleged Murderer in a Montana Case
Helena report says White Rannah a Moneneg ran was captured in Boulder valley by Sheriff C B Dogett of Broadwater county and taken to Townsend to answer murder charges for the killing of Frank Jakcovich in a bloody quarrel at Harris boarding house Keating gulch near Radersburg.
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Helena
White Rannah
Boulder Valley
C. B. Dogett
Broadwater County
Townsend
Frank Jakcovich
Harris
Keating Gulch
Radersburg
Liniment for Sprains Sold by Dealers
Advertisement for Chamberlains Liniment promising relief for sprains and soreness. Claims quick restoration of health and urges quiet application, noting availability from all dealers in one measure.
Fire Devours Two Stables Killing 42 Horses in Billings
A major blaze in Billings destroyed two livery stables early Monday, causing an estimated 30,000 dollars in damage and incinerating forty two horses. Fire crews battled the flames through the night as local authorities investigated the cause.
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Billings
Rancher’s Wife Charged With First Degree Assault
Red Lodge Montana Mrs Dull a rancher's wife shot a youth in the leg over fishing in a creek on the Dull ranch. The wounded boy is in serious condition and she faces a first degree assault charge.
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Red Lodge
Evans Elected Mayor in Missoula Montana's First Commission Term
John M. Evans was elected mayor of Missoula defeating Reid by 821 to 579, becoming Montana's first commission form government mayor. T. A. Price and Cuthbert Peat won commission seats, beating J. W. Reely and R. W. Angevine.
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Missoula
John M. Evans
Montana
Reid
T. A. Price
Cuthbert Peat
J. W. Reely
R. W. Angevine
State Board Seeks Site for TB Hospital
Helena acting under a recent law the state board of examiners seeks a site for a tuberculosis hospital. A site in Butte has been examined and several others will be visited.
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Helena
State Board of Examiners
Butte
Foley Kidney Pills Advertisement Notice
A vintage advertisement promotes Foley Kidney Pills for kidney and bladder ailments and irregularities, claiming quick and permanent relief plus tonic strengthening effects. For sale by all druggists.
Exchange State Bank of Glendive Opens With Raised Capital
Becomes State Bank. Glendive The Exchange bank of this city which has been maintained for the past 10 years as a private bank Aug 1 will change to a state bank and will be known as the Exchange State Bank of Glendive. Its capital stock has been raised to 75000.
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Glendive
Exchange Bank of
Exchange State Bank of
Boy Found At Norman Ranch With Head Missing
Seventeen year old Dick Noble of a prominent Lewistown family was found dead on a Norman ranch near Kendall Monday with the top of his head blown off. Police speculate whether the death was accidental or self-inflicted.
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Lewistown
Dick Noble
Norman Ranch
Kendall Monday
Saloon Bandit Shot At Missoula Robbery Standoff
In Missoula a bartender, Mike Picca, was wounded in the left wrist during a gunfight with a lone bandit at a Railroad Avenue saloon. The robber fled empty handed as an adjacent saloon earlier reported a $32 theft.
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Missoula
Mike Picca
Railroad Avenue
Young dynamiter pleads guilty in Clark's Fork case
Frank Snyder, 17, pleaded guilty in district court to dynamiting fish in Clark's Fork river on the Fourth of July. He received a six month county jail sentence. Charles Pollock, also accused, will stand trial.
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Red Lodge
Frank Snyder
Bear Creek
Charles Pollock
Clark’s Fork
Pollock
Wreck Claims 12 Lives in Bridgeport Rail Disaster
The New York New Haven Hartford crash near Bridgeport Conn left 12 dead and 44 injured with a 20 foot embankment pile of junk at the site. Four victims remain unidentified as the coroner's office fields calls from across the country.
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Bridgeport
Conn
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Federal Express
Kidney Remedy Proves Effective In Kidney Disease Claim
Mr. Perry A Pitman of Dale Texas says he suffered four months with kidney bladder and gall stone trouble before Foley's Kidney Remedy cured him. The ad urges asking for the remedy and states it is sold by all druggists.
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Perry
Pitman
Dale
Tex
Foley
L-M
Rural carriers to get salary boost under parcels plan
Postmaster General Hitchcock approved a $4 million raise for about 40,000 rural free delivery carriers, boosting pay by 100 a year on standard routes. The move accompanies intent to support rural service amid proposed parcels post expansion and aims to keep the program self supporting as it grows from 83 carriers 15 years ago to over 41,500 today.
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Washington
United States
Hitchcock
Congress
Helena Land Office Receipts Rise in Year
The Helena land office report shows total receipts for the year ending June 30 at $102,058.68, up from $89,890.43 last year. Fees and commissions earned $16,891.37, down from $19,361.74, while land sales produced $85,066.81, up from $70,528.69.
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Land Office
Helena
Helena Land Office
Joseph Chamberlain Celebrates 75th Birthday at Highbury
Birmingham figures mark Joseph Chamberlain's seventy fifth birthday at Highbury with worldwide congratulations. The statesman's health is described as fairly good.
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Birmingham
England
Joseph Chamberlain
Highbury
Real Estate Transfers And Deeds In Dillon Area
A batch of warranty and quit claim deeds records transfers in Dillon area parcels. Transfers include multiple lots in Poindexter Orr additions to Dillon. Beaverhead river parcels near Dillon. Big Sheep Creek basin acreage. and a Santa Fe Pacific railroad company conveyance. Considerations range from 1 to 10 000 dollars, with water rights noted for Salefsky creek.
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Alice A. Selway
Martin Barrett
Poindexter & Orr
Dillon
Levi Shambow
Roy R. Hughes
Centennial Valley
Lakeview
John B. Smith
William A. Lovell
Beaverhead River
Hannah J. Smith
Matthew Orr
M. E. French
John W. Moran
Lewis W
John D
Ted
Ellis
Wisdom
Thomas B. Patterson
Mitchell J. Martinell
Big Sheep Creek
Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company
George W
Anthony H. French
Rattlesnake Creek
Marie C. Fretscher
Salefsky Creek
Big Fish Overturns Boat at Tupper Lake
Utica New York residents W E Ledgerwood and Miss Shallock both of New York drowned when a fishing boat overturned during a big fish attempt on Tupper Lake. The piece notes the queen dowager Maria Pia of Portugal died and was buried in Turin with 200000 attendees.
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Utica
N.Y
W. E. Ledgerwood
Miss Shallock
New York
Tupper Lake
Turin
Italy
Portugal
Maria Pia
Maine Blown From Within Say U S Engineer
General William H. Bixby chief of engineers U S A returning from inspecting the Maine lifting believes the ship exploded from within not from an external blast. He noted the deck over the magazines blown upward and the bow wrecked and buried in mud supporting internal cause.
Golden Wedding of Pioneers in Hays Kansas
Two hundred guests attended the golden wedding of J. R. Frears and his wife in Hays Kansas. The couple are among the oldest settlers in the area having located in 1867.
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Hays
Kan
J. R. Frears
Kansas
First new wheat from Sullivan county sold at 90 cents
In Bristol Tennessee the season's first wheat from Sullivan county sold for 90 cents a bushel. The county's yield is lighter than some years but the wheat quality is reported as the best ever seen.
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Bristol
Tenn
Sullivan County
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Alifornia
AFE
Philadelphia Velvet
Frank Wikidal
Walton
Dillon, Mont
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Co
W. J. Forster
Magr
State Bank
Lone Bandit
Pearl I. Smith
Maine
Bixby
Beaverhead Brewing Company
Eph Stoller
Harid
Dillon, Montana
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