Passing of the Montana Pioneer W W McCrackin
W W McCrackin president of the Ravalli County Bank died suddenly May 31 in Hamilton. Born in Pennsylvania 71 years ago he served as a telegrapher and bank worker before moving to Montana. Survived by widow and three children, he led banks in Butte and Hamilton and served as Hamilton mayor for three terms.
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W.W. W. McCrackin
Hamilton
W . W. McCrackin
Ravalli County Bank
William Wallace McCrackin
Pennsylvania
Iowa Cavalry
Mississippi River
McCrackin
First National Bank
Butte
Judge Davis
Silver Bow National Bank
Hamilton’ Bank
Murder on a Butte Street Prompts Arrest in Fatal Crash
Mrs. Rose A. Lewis was struck and killed by a car driven by Ralph Steele in Butte as she approached a street car. Steele and three girls were in the auto. he claims he slowed to 17 mph. He was arrested on a $5,000 bond posted by his father. Mrs. Lewis was a longtime charitable worker and Christian Science leader. The article also notes Illinois geology history and coal resources in Murphysboro and Herrin quadrangles with references to a discovered prehistoric lake beds and drift from a northern glacier.
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Rose A. Lewis
Butte
Ralph Steele
Steele
Lewis
Main
Abram G
Helen
Clark
Christian Science Society
Illinois
Murphysboro
Herrin
United States Geological Survey
Herrin Quadrangles
Johnson, Perry, Franklin
Williams Counties
Nothern
United States
Canada
Thirty-Eighth Parallel
Ilinois
Kentucky
Last Argonaut.of Lemhi County Dies at 13 in Idaho
David McNutt, who arrived in Montana in the early sixties, died last week in Lemhi county Idaho. A native of Scotland he came to America in 1850 then hunted cattle to Idaho City and sold them in 1862. He also pioneered in Oregon and spent about 20 years in Salmon.
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Montana
David McNutt
Lemhi County
Idaho
Scotland
America
California
New York
Fort Benton
Idaho City
Oregon
Guaranteed Eczema Remedy Promises Cure
A Bath Illinois resident claims twenty five years of eczema cure with Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment. The Philadelphia Pfeiffer Chemical Co offers the formula by mail or at druggists for 50 cents.
Dillon Volunteer Fire Department Meeting Schedule
Dillon Volunteer Fire Department holds meetings on the first and second Thursday evenings each month. An on call meeting of three taps three times will be announced.
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Dillon Volunteer Fire Department
The Brilliant Stars of June and Foley’s Star Medicine
The note promotes June morning star planets Mars Venus Saturn and Jupiter, naming Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a perpetual “Star” remedy for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. It warns a June cold may lead to bronchitis or pneumonia without Foley's product. Potts, the Druggist advertises this claim.
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Mars
Venus
Saturn
Jupiter
Foley
Potts
Adv
Seals Agree on Land Sealing Terms and Prospects
George Archibald Clark reports that in a 1911 treaty Britain and Japan abandon pelagic sealing while the United States and Russia share land catches. The agreement sets fifteen percent to each side, with fur seal policy shaping North Pacific sealing for years.
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Great Britain
Japan
United States
Russia
Congress
Canada
George Archibald Clark
North American Review
A Better Offer on a Country Road
In a brief vignette a couple on a motor ride stop as a man asks to kiss her hand. She removes her veil and declines, saying she has her gloves on. The exchange reflects playful social codes in a dated vignette from Lippincott's.
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Lippincott’s
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Miller Brewing Co
Jie
Egypt
Beaverhead Brewing Company
Dillon, Montana
van Tilburg
Pries
van Tilburg Oi Co
Minneapolis
Europe
Asia
Africa
South America
Mexico
China
B. F. White
J. H. Gilbert
Tribune Book Store
PF. Pease
Pease & Stephenson
Attorneys-At-Law
Johnson & Boone
Dillon Mon
F. E. Smith
Martin
Soda Springs
Dillon Coal & Transfer
Geo. Mast
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