Montana News Assistant Selected for Botany Position
Bozeman executive board elects Dean B. Swingle as assistant professor of botany and assistant botanist at the experiment station. He will arrive to start work about August 10. The note covers additional local items: court pleas on gambling, a dairy plant fire at Billings with insured loss of 2500, Aldergulch mining gains, a smallpox case in Butte, and local delivery service by N S Wood.
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Bozeman
The
Agricultureal College
B. Swingle
Swingle
Billings
Billings Creamery
Butte
Charles Aerson
South Main Street
North Dakota
McCarthy
Wood
Dillon
Normal College
Central Telephone
N.S. Wood
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praised for heals and ulcers
A Virginia farmer credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with curing chronic piles and malignant sores, claiming no trace remains. Also reported a Northern Pacific clerk Livingston-Hiram Cook missing after a Yellowstone fishing trip and believed drowned after being swept away by a swift current.
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A. M. Bruce
Farmville
R. L. Riley
Livingston
Hiram Cook
Civil Engineer’s Office
Northern Pacific
Yellowstone
Electric Bitters touted by 82 year old in Dublin
Mrs. E H Brunson of Dublin Georgia extols Electric Bitters as a gr and tonic that keeps the elderly energetic and the weak strong. The tonic allegedly cures dyspepsia liver and kidney issues and chronic constipation. R L Riley druggist guarantees the product priced at 50 cents. A separate suit in district court has Miss Helen Mabelle Cleveland suing James G Graham Sullivan Machinery and Hercules Powder for 10000 damages over a breach of promise of marriage. Attorney John R Grice represents the plaintiff.
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E. H. Brunson
Dublin
R. L. Riley
Butte
Helen Mabelle Cleveland
California
James G. Graham
Sullivan Machinery Company
Hercules Powder Company
East Broadway
John R. Grice
Blood Elixir Promises Cure for Scrofula and Blood Disease
An advertisement claims Acker's Blood Elixir purifies impure blood causing headaches fevers pimples and appetite loss. It asserts the remedy cures scrofulous or syphilitic poisons and other blood diseases and offers a positive guarantee with every bottle sold by R L Riley.
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Acker
R.L. Riley
Band Serenades Rep Dixon At Home In Missoula
A Missoula band serenaded Representative J. M. Dixon and his family at their East Pine Street residence Friday night in a welcome home. Dixon and his family appeared on the porch, invited the band inside, and expressed warm thanks for the gesture over light refreshments.
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Missoula
J. M. Dixon
East Pine Street
Dr King’s New Life Pills Cure Constipation
An ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as the pleasantest and most effective cure for constipation. It claims they awaken torpid liver and blockaded bowels, prevent appendicitis, and tone up the system. 25c at R L Riley’s drug store.
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Dr. King
R. L. Riley
Whiskey Barrel Explosion Injures Man at Amador Mine
Missoula Christian Goudy about 55 years old was injured at the Amador Mining company site near Amador days ago. His leg was amputated at Sisters' hospital after a red hot iron hole enlargement caused the barrel to explode, a head flying toward him and badly breaking his leg. Doctors expected the break to heal and Goudy to recover.
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Missoula
Christian Goudy
Amador
Sisters’ Hospital
Goudy
Tragic Finish Warns of Neglect and Cold Saved by Cure
A ruined North Sea dyke shows how neglect leads to disaster, while Kenneth McIver of Vanceboro Maine narrowly survives a cold with Dr King's New Discovery after three doctors gave him up. He praises the remedy, claiming a free trial bottle is offered at Riley's drug store for 50 cents or one dollar.
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North Sea
Holland
Kenneth McIver
Vanceboro
Dr. King
Anaconda Man Killed While Camping on Rock Creek
Philipsburg reports the death of Philipsburg resident Philipsburg William Wagner of Anaconda who was killed on Rock creek middle fork while attempting to recapture a runaway horse. Wagner and his brother in law were camping when a sheep herd startled the horse, causing it to drag Wagner to his death.
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Philipsburg
William Wagner
Anaconda
Middle Fork
Rock Creek
Wagner
Widow Kidnaps Son After Husband’s Death near Corvallis
In Great Falls a widow, accompanied by an elderly man claiming to be her husband’s father, hired a car to a ranch 45 miles east, abducted her 13 year old son from George Hay’s home, and returned to the city with plans to stay while awaiting any legal action. The boy insists on remaining with his mother and refuses to return to his uncle.
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Great Falls
John A. Hay
Corvallis
George Hay
George
Assay Office Allows Silver in Gold Deposits at 1 to 10 Ratio
Helena report notes an order to accept silver content in gold deposits up to one part silver to ten parts gold and pay at the Washington fixed rate. Effective August 1, the change ends the prior 1 to 30 ratio causing eastern shipments and month delays. Mining men hail the reform and local receipts are expected to rise.
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Helena
B. H. Tatem
United States Assay Office
Washington
Asleep on the Tracks Ends in Amputation
William McDowell, 78, inmate at the county poor farm, was found asleep on the Northern Pacific track near the station in Missoula. He had his left leg severely crushed after a box car ran over him, was taken to Sisters' hospital, and the leg was amputated above the knee. He is resting easily and improving given his age.
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Missoula
William McDowell
Northern Pacific Railroad
Severley
Sisters’ Hospital
McDowell
Senator Clark Arrives in Butte with Family for Visit
United States Senator W A Clark arrives in Butte from Los Angeles in his private car over the Oregon Short Line. He is accompanied by his daughter Mrs Charles Potter Kling, sister Mrs Elizabeth Abascal, J Ross Clark, and his son Walter. He plans to stay several weeks before traveling to Paris to meet his wife and newborn daughter.
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Senator Clark
Butte
United States
W. A. Clark
Los Angeles
Oregon
Butte Fire Destroys Old Alice Mill in Mine District
The Alice mill the oldest silver reduction plant in the Butte district was destroyed by fire on Friday attributed to an electric light wire. Fifty workers lose jobs and $195000 in property disappeared including a New York Montana Zinc company investment and five year lease.
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Butte
Alice
Montana Zinc Company
New York
C. B. Wisner
Alice Company
Zinc Company
Great Falls and Butte Donors Gift Land for Orphans Home
Great Falls-Mrs. Marcus Daly and John D. Ryan of Butte give four blocks of land along the Boston Heights street car line to the Sisters of Charity of Providence for an orphanage. The site is near Bishop Lenihan’s tract secured last spring. the house will shelter homeless children of all creeds and educate them as God’s poor.
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Great Falls
Marcus Daly
John D. Ryan
Butte
Sisters of Charity of Providence
Boston Heights
Lenihan
Fireman Chauby Killed in Locomotive Collision
Northern Pacific fireman Chauby died Wednesday in a collision as another engine struck his locomotive on the Y line. He was hurled into the fire box and died after his head was burned. Engineer Thurber was burned and bruised but will recover. Chauby, 17, formerly lived in Helena. railroad men call the accident peculiarly strange.
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Billings
L. D
Chauby
Northern Pacific
Thurber
Chauley
Helena
Nick Carter Boys in Court After Yards Robbery
Two Butte youths Billings-Arthur Rollins and Tim Duncan faced the northern Pacific yards robbery in court after spending 36 hours in jail. Police found two 45 caliber revolvers, two large knives, and cartridges on them. They showed little bravado and were placed with their parents after a judge’s lecture. In a separate note, Red Lodge reports miners returning to work at the Rocky Fork coal mines after a long shutdown. 100 miners resumed duties as repairs proceed toward a 2500 ton daily output by September with a new tipple and loaders.
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Billings
Arthur Rollins
Tim Duncan
Butte
Northern Pacific
Red Lodge
Rocky Fork
Claghorn
Tacoma
McDermott
Helena
Butte Opens Free Public Baths to 500 Boys
Butte started free public baths with a Saturday opening that drew 150 swimmers by noon and 500 by night. The city funded the facility, hoping to benefit the younger generation as thousands arrived from nine in the morning onward.
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Butte
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