Bozeman Chamber Pleas For Home Trade Faces Inconsistency
A Montana editorial criticizes the Bozeman Chamber of Commerce for urging state newspapers to publish free ads for a local milling company while personally sourcing printing needs from out of state firms. The piece argues many merchants tout home products yet use nonlocal suppliers, calling for consistency in supporting local business.
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Bozeman Chamber of Commerce
Treasure State
Montana
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Chamber of Commerce
Gallatin Valley
Portland
St. Paul
Level Heads
Postal Telegraph Cable Firm Fights Montana Child Labor Law
Helena dispatch reports the Postal Telegraph Cable company plans to challenge Montana's ban on employing boys under sixteen as messengers. The claim labels the law as class legislation, arguing it unfairly singles out the company while permitting similar work in stores. The piece questions whether company officials would allow their own sons into risky, demoralizing workplaces.
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Helena
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Montana
Telegraph Company
Postal Company
Postal Telegraph Company
Postal Wage Policy Sparks Moral Debate Over Boy Welfare
The passage argues that allowing youths into workplaces and offering jobs at starvation wages harms their welfare. It warns postal workers against undermining a law crafted for the mental and moral welfare of boys, urging adherence to protections despite pressure to bypass standards.
Oregon primary election bill described by Missoula rep
Representative O Hearn of Missoula explains in the Sentinel that the Oregon style open registration system would require declaring party preference. He contrasts it with the closed system where voters receive a combined primary sheet and choose a party ticket at the booth.
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Oregon
Gover Norris
Montana
O’hern
Missoula
the Sentinel
Sunlight Changes Hands in Whitehall Montana
The Montana Sunlight at Whitehall passes to new management led by Wm. M. Jones. Jones says readers and supporters were disgusted by years of careless and indolent reporting and promises improvement.
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Montana Sunlight
Whitehall
Wm. M. Jones
the Sunlight
Brother Jones
Yeods
Bro. Jones
Take Another Shot at Reelecting Bourne in Oregon Showdown
Missoula Sentinel critiques Bourne's self effort for re election saying he will run without speeches or funds. It contrasts Illinois and Oregon tactics and accuses big interests of manipulating politics. The piece rails at reform, hints at disbanding hobos and banning dandelions in Livingston.
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Jonathan Bourne
Oregon
Lorimer
Bourne
Illinois
Hades
Heaven
Missoula
Sentinel
Dillon Plans 27 Cement Sidewalks This Summer
City advances sidewalk project with twenty seven blocks of cement concrete to refresh the streets this season. A bandit threat continues with sightings across a dozen sites and a new report claims he has disguised as an insurgent and traveled to Washington.
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Dillon
Washington
England Will Not Permit Another Coronation Says Carnegie
The remark attributed to Andy Carnegie claims England will forever ban future coronations while noting Americans plan to spend most wealth in Paris in the future, reflecting transatlantic expectations and attitudes.
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Andy” Carnegie
England
Paris
City Council on the Job Says Current Board Pressed
A reader notes the present city council remains intensely active with no critical administration points left unposted, praising the board for constant oversight and diligence in city government matters.
Mouse and String Controversy on City Street Scene
A small mouse with several yards of string tied to its tail was seen in a city street, the end held by a man. The incident prompts concern as a cat enjoys the chase, but observers question any amusement in torturing a dumb animal.
Cottonless Missouri Crops Spark Prayer for Rain and Tone of Local Wit
In a survey of rural woes and oddities a Missouri note laments crops burning and prayers for rain while quips about Montana price tickets and famed butte misfortunes follow. A death by unrequited love in Butte is recalled as a grim example. A promise of a post season hunt rewards the biggest fish presented at the office. Moving pictures get a heads up. A girl using gin and acid over a bottle mishap becomes a cautionary tale. Murky humor about fashionably altered women and a Georgia remark closes with a Nutley joke about a bear cub and a bulldog.
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Missouri
Montana
Bozeman Milling Seeks County Paper Publicity
Bozeman Milling announces it will advertise its products through county paper columns rather than subsidizing the Chamber of Commerce. The company argues that informing the public is essential to sales.
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Bozeman Chamber of Commerce
Bozeman Milling Company
Parodied Quotations Scatter Across Montana Papers
Readers note a string of humorous and pointed quotes from various papers about politics weather and society. The aggregation highlights critiques of Congress pension votes tariff debates court power and even a joke on a lettuce diet for juries.
Front of the defiant democracy shows a fractured stance
The comment notes the distant democratic front appears broken and suggests the seaman's strike might have altered Americans abroad if it had continued. It cites Big Timber Pioneer and Butte Inter Mountain as sources.
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Mountain
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