Attorney General Opinion on Gambling Liability in Montana
In Helena, Attorney General Poin dexter notes the Wakley court ruling and revised statutes. An ordinary banker led game with one banker is not illegal for the individual, but a group playing for money makes all participants liable. The section then shifts to financial notes: counties reduced warrants last year, 18 cut obligations while six rose. Outstanding warrants were $1,257,888.85 on Dec 1, 1914 and $1,078,536.30 on Dec 1, 1915, a net decrease of $149,526.
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Helena
Poindexter
Atttorney
Frank Arnold
Park
Supreme Court
Wakley
Sloan's Liniment Claims Quick Pain Relief for Rheumatism
An 1915 San Francisco reader testifies that applying Sloan's Liniment eases chronic rheumatic neck pain in days. The ad touts immediate relief from pain, noting its availability for 25 cents at all druggists.
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Sloan
S. F
H. B. Smith
San Francisco
Cal
Supreme Court rules plan No 3 covers all Montana employes
The Montana Supreme Court holds that all city workers fall under Plan No 3 of the compensation act and have been amenable since last July. In Hugh Smith v. Butte, the court says the act is loosely drawn and leads to absurd results. Plan No 3 is compulsory for municipalities and public contractors, though private firms may choose.
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Supreme Court
Helena
Montana
Hugh Smith
Butte
Court of Last Resort at the Cross Roads Grocery
The cross roads grocery is hailed as the real court of last resort where Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has faced countless local verdicts and always won. The ad claims the remedy is valued where customers seek full value for their money and is obtainable everywhere.
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Cross Roads
Chamberlain
Millions for Good Roads Helena Montana Counties
Montana counties spent 3 645 603 93 on roads and bridges last year in figures by G R Metlen secretary of the state highway commission. The total shows a rise of over 1 000 000 from the prior year and about 2 000 000 above 1913 levels. One of the most satisfactory times is.
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Helena
Montana
G. R. Metlen
State Highway Commission
Tomorrow a Better Day Told By a Drugstore Ad
An advertising note urges readers to take Foley Cathartic Tablet to relieve indigestion headache biliousness and bloating caused by delayed bowel action. The copy promises a painless effect and credits Potts the druggist with the ad.
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Potts
Flood recedes after Chinook high water threat
Chinook's north side properties suffered damage as floodwaters surrounded the town. Cooler weather lowered crests and the dike held back water from the south side, narrowly averting generator room flooding. The eastern valley remained flooded and hay stacks sustained damage.
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Chinook
Here
Specific Against Colds Advised By Youths Companion
The Youths Companion recommends a sleeping porch or open bedroom as a true against cold. A cold sponge bath in the morning follows. When illness occurs, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is suggested to help recover, advertised as obtainable everywhere.
Roundup Milling Company Incorporation Plans Unveiled
Roundup Milling Company prepares for incorporation with capital stock of 10 000 dollars and a 25 barrel flour mill to start within two weeks. Builders Thomas L. Hayden and H. J. Sparks from Owensboro Kentucky, will install modern machinery and the plant can be expanded to 75 barrels.
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Roundup Milling Company
Thomas L. Hayden
H. J. Sparks
Owensboro
Dr Hobson’s Eczema Ointment Advertises Cure
A wartime era style advertisement promotes Dr Hobson’s Eczema Ointment for babies skin eruptions pimples and eczema claiming it removes all traces of ailment restores softness and purity and guarantees no cure no pay priced at 50 cents at the druggist.
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Dr. Hobson
One Poor Lone Man Roundup in City Election
A partial clipping notes a roundup of city election judges with one exception among those selected to preside over polling places. The fragment hints at a contested or limited appointment process.
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Elec
City to Hold Roundup and Boost Lighting District
In an April 3 Roundup meeting 83 women and one man were appointed to act as election clerks. Wards will gain better polling places offered freely by property owners. The council created a $10,000 lighting district to install 112 three cluster lights in the business section.
How to Cure Colds Advertisement Claims
A health ad promotes Dr. King's New Discovery for colds suggesting avoidance of exposure and drafts plus a right diet. It claims the remedy is made from pine tar balsams and laxatives and has cured germ infections for 45 years.
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Dr. King
Killed by Accidental Rifle Discharge Near Haugan
Mrs Ray E Hall wife of a railroad man in Missoula was instantly killed Monday at Haugan Milwaukee station when her sister in law J A Cody accidentally discharged a rifle upstairs the bullet pierced the ceiling and struck her Cody was handling the gun in a room beneath where the two women were visiting.
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Missoula
Ray E. Hall
Haugan
Milwaukee
Here
J. A. Cody
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money
An old advertisement urges readers to mail 5 cents to Foley & Co. in Chicago for a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Potts the druggist endorses the offer.
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Foley & Co
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Potts
Advim
Association Officers Elected for Montana Fairs
At a Montana Fairs association meeting P. B. Snelson was elected president. First, second, and third vice presidents are W. B. Harlan, A. J. Breitenstein, and A. C. Rocher of Bozeman Great Falls and Como towns. W. G. Ferguson of Missoula was re elected secretary treasurer. Dates and welfare of county fairs were discussed, no dates announced yet.
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Butte
Montana Fairs Association
P. B. Snelson
Montana
W. B. Harlan
Como
A. J. Breitenstein
Great Falls
A. C. Rocher
Bozeman
W. G. Ferguson
Missoula
Dr Kings New Life Pills Promise Liver Relief
An old local ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills to ease a sluggish liver and related symptoms. It claims benefits for dizziness constipation headaches and digestion while purifying blood and improving complexion at a price of 25 cents at the druggist.
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Dr. King
Ady. B
Montana corn output tops two million bushels
The state’s experiment station bulletin reports Montana produced more than 2,000,000 bushels of corn in the last year. It notes some regions exceed the sunshine of Minnesota’s corn belt, challenging beliefs that Montana lacks sun for crop growth.
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Bozeman
Montana
Minnesota
Montana Man Honored at National Education Meet
Helena note John Dietrich of the city was elected second vice president at the National Education Association meeting in Detroit last week. The 1917 meeting will be in Kansas City Missouri.
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Helena
National Education Association
Detroit
John Dietrich
Kansas City
Six Glasses of Water Daily Promoted by Houston Drug Giant
An Houston drug dealer touts a health claim urging six glasses of water daily to cure muddy complexion and dull eyes, saying Rexall Orderlies at night are the best laxative and suitable for men women and children.
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Houston
Texas
Rexall
Nevada counts coyotes trapped and infected with rabies
The report notes that over 5,000 coyotes were trapped shot or poisoned in Nevada within six months with many infected by rabies. Other items cover incidents from Round Mountain Wyoming and Tonopah to Grants Pass Oregon and Ely Nevada involving accidents crimes and legal actions.
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Nevada
William Graber
Round Mountain
Orson Bennion
Red Desert
Wyoming
Rowland
Katherine Marie Starkey
J. W. Starkey
Fishlake
Tonopah
Averill
Mike Moran
Kemmerer
Charles Place
Kenneth McEwing
Ely
Nev
Carson City
J. R. Brown
Payette
Idaho
Spokane
Oregon Agricultural College
Montana Exhibit Showcases Miner Safety Efforts in D.C.
First honors were awarded to the Montana exhibit at the first convention in Washington under government auspices. Former Gov. E. A. Spriggs and State Mine Inspector W. B. Orem run the Montana display highlighting safety measures for miners railroad workers and other high risk occupations.
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Montana
Washington,d. Cc
E. A. Spriggs
W. B. Orem
Foley Kidney Pills Ad Promises Kidney Relief
When you awaken stiff back and sore muscles or rheumatic twinges you may falter in work. If you feel tired languid or suspect kidney trouble act promptly Foley Kidney Pills help the kidneys remove poisonous waste and restore energy. Potts the druggist Adv. Im
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Foley
Potts
Hospital Expansion Planned at Galen Montana
Announcement states work on a hospital addition at Galen will start around April 1 after a $20 000 legislative appropriation. The project adds a dining room kitchen and hospital pavilion increasing capacity by 30 patients.
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Helena
Galen, Mont
Eight Children Use Foley’s Honey and Tar for Croup
Mrs P Redkamp of 2004 Herman Street Covington Kentucky says she has used Foley's Honey and Tar for nearly two years for all eight of her children. She reports they were subject to croup from babies and that the medicine is safe and reliable.
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P. Redkamp
Herman Street
Covington
Foley
To Serve Long Term in Bozeman Penitentiary
Judge sentences defendant in Bozeman. The term ranges from forty to fifty years in the state penitentiary, reflecting a lengthy criminal case ending.
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Bozeman
Law Against Reiser Upheld in Second Degree Murder Verdict
A jury returned a second degree murder verdict against B B Law for the killing of his lifelong friend Joe Fink in an isolated cabin near Salesville.
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B. B. Law
Joe Reiser
Joe Fink
Salesville
Denver businessman Tom Finch visits Dillon
Commercial man from Denver named Tom Finch spent last week in Dillon attending to his company’s affairs while visiting town lifelike and professionally engaged.
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Tom Finch
Denver
Dillon
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A. E. Kiesling
Nick Coleff
Ruth
Ney
Casper
Wyo
Mike Mahoney
Mahoney
S. T. McNeill
McNeil
Oregon-Utah Sugar Company
Grants Pass
Ore
Cheyenne Land Office
Henry L. Myers
Senate Public Lands Committee
Congress
Louis D. Bercu
Douglas
United States
Union Pacific Railroad Company
French
Jackson Hole
Natrona County
Eugene McCarty
Jere Sullivan
John Beaton
Salt Lake
Rock Springs
Arthur Palmer
Frank Harris
Tidewater
John
Drugeista
B. Lawrence & Co
H.C. Burfeind and Kupfer Drug Co
First National Bank of Dillon
Burroughs Bookkeeping Machine
First National Bank
E. G. Farnsworth
M. W. Bucy
General Real Estate and Land Office
Farm Loans and Insurance
Clarke
Arke- Wood Co
A. Potts
L.S. Kimmel
Annstead
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