Montana Items Highlight Flood Losss and Local News
Montana notes report Johnstown flood death toll uncertain with physicians estimating up to ten thousand. Chicago murder case financing and civic honor discussed. Missoula hosts fourth annual Innocents prayer meeting. Spokane horse bred near Dillon links to local oats famous as Spokane vats. Governor White faces pardons. Montana Penitentiary holds inmates from murder to theft. Australian voting law rejected by several states. Beaverhead mines show continuing value. Wyoming Territory Supreme Court allows fence around railway land. Dakota liquor license law sets high fees to curb drunkenness.
Free Government land open to citizens and families nationwide
The article explains that US citizens or declaration of intention holders, including heads of families and unmarried women, may take free government land. It recounts a Town Supreme Court case where Nancy Miller sued her husband for annual support, and the court voided the contract as against public policy.
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Gold Supply Critique from East Goldbugs On Silver Value
Editorial argues that silver as circulating money is inadequate and that gold supply is insufficient. Cites US gold production and heavy shipments to Europe, noting annual per capita availability below eight dollars for new entrants. Warns that clinging to a single gold standard risks world impoverishment and price mismeasurement.
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Montana Capital Location Debate Amid Holiday Hopes
The piece weighs capital sites for the new state, with Bozeman favored but Dillon and Helena also contenders. It calls for Anaconda hosting the Insane Asylum, Deer Lodge the University, Great Falls the Penitentiary, Butte the School of Mines, and Helena the State Poor House as the capital moves.
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Montana school land grabbers and Dakota mining slang
The Montana school land grabbers are mocked as inexperienced compared to Dakotans. A Rapid City informant reports on a drill at Ginford showing rock candy, beef tea, and a molasses well as prospecting humor amid frontier style notes.
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