Montana State Treasury Reports February Finances
E E Esselstyn delivered the department report to Gov Norris for the month ending February. The treasury quarterly report shows February receipts of 146 04 27 and disbursements of 155 368 06. Cash balance on March 1 stands at 753 767 89 with bonds totaling 2 629 751 34, bringing state resources to over 3 500 000 dollars.
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MontAna
Helena
Mar
E. E. Esselstyn
Norris
Treasury Department
Dr King's New Discovery Cures Mrs Soper’s Lung Ailment
Mrs Ida Soper of Big Pond Pennsylvania recounts a severe lung illness lasting years. She credits Dr King’s New Discovery with rapid relief and a lasting cure after other remedies failed and doctors called her incurable. It aids coughs colds and bronchial conditions. Trial bottle free. 50c and 1.00 guaranteed by Potts.
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Ida Soper
Dtath
Potts
February bullion receipts exceed prior year by $32821
Helena March 2 T RB Miller in charge of the United States assay office reports February bullion receipts from Montana counties total 14112030 dollars, up from February 1908 by 3282121. Fergus county leads with 5799678, Chouteau 37329603, and other counties listed with smaller sums.
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Helena
Mar
T. RB. Miller
United States Assay
Fergus County
Chouteau
Broadwater
Deer Lodge
Fergus
Granite
Jefferson
Lewis and Clark
Madison
Missoula
Silver Bow
Settled Grudge With Bullet Near Missoula
Joseph Brown, a ranch hand at Lolo, shot and killed Robert Gilrus in a long standing Bitter Root Valley dispute. The pair were longtime residents. Brown had been jailed seven years earlier for assaulting Mrs. Gilrus and served five years. He was released recently and lived around Lolo.
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Missoula
Joseph Brown
Lolo
Robert Gilrus
Bitter Root
Brown
Gilrus
Reverend Fesperman Records Kidney Remedy Relief
Salisbury pastor Rev Joseph H Fesperman describes years of kidney trouble and a winter attack with severe pain and bed confinement. After taking Foley s Kidney Remedy his pain lessened and urine normalized prompting him to recommend the remedy through City Drug Store.
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Joseph H. Fesperman
Salisbury N.C
Foley
City Drug Store
State Should Buy Prison Helena Mar 2
Senate debates the joint committee report on Conley and McTague property at the state prison. It recommends appointing a five member panel to take testimony and assess value for possible state purchase with a report due to the legislature in two years.
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Helena
Mar
Senate
Conley & McTague
Lurid Glow of Doom: Boy Cured by Electric Bitters
The little son of H M Adame of Henrietta Pa suffered eczema for five years and doctors said the poisoned blood attacked his lungs. His mother writes that seven bottles of Electric Bitters completely cured him. The remedy is promoted for eruptions eczema salt rheum sores and blood disorders. Potts the druggist guarantees the product for 34.
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H. M. Adame
Henrietta
Eczema
Potts
State of Prosperous reveals January to February receipts
Secretary of State A. N. Yoder reports for the quarter ended February 28 a total of revenue from domestic corporations 6087 and foreign corporations 14662 with notarial commissions 931 and certificates and certified copies 230.50 plus railroad ticket related income in the published summary.
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Helena
A. N.yoder
Public ledger item summary
In a debt and license ledger a range of fees are listed including agents licenses 26 dollars official bonds 30 warrants and requisitions 55 trade marks 12 commissioners of deeds 5 and miscellaneous 135 totaling 22 174.20 dollars.
Settlement Reports Strong February Receipts by State Land Office
Helena reports John P Schmidt, register, settled with the state treasurer for February business. Receipts totaled 28,090.51 for February, with 17,404.77 deposited in the last half month. A Wisconsin mother cites Foley's Urino Laxative saving her ill three year old, after two doses.
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Helena
Mar
John P.schimidt
Register of the State Land Office
Foley
A. Wolkush
Casimer
Wis
City Drug Store
Boy Exonerated in Cut Bank Gunshot Inquest
Great Falls Feb 26 The coroner jury found Alfred N Daley died from a gunshot wound inflicted by Murray Richards son of Deputy Sheriff F Richards of Cut Bank while trying to escape jail Richards testified the revolver was defective Daley admitted fault before death and no action will be taken against Richards
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Great’ Falls
Alfred N. Daley
Cut Bank
Daley
Murray Richards
F. Richards
Young Richards
It Saved His Leg Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Cures Eczema
J A Swenson of Watertown Wisconsin credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with curing ten years of eczema after doctors failed. The ad touts it as infallible for eruptions eczema salt rheum boils fever sores burns scalds cuts and piles and lists Potts the druggist as seller for 25 cents.
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J. A. Swenson
Watertown
Wis
Bucklen
Potts
Death of Arthur Carlson in Montana Winter Storm
A Chinook report to The Record says young Arthur Carlson froze to death while his mother survived a storm journey attempting to reach home. They were warned by a neighbor not to travel and were found wandering the next morning.
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Helena
Mar
Chinook
Arthur Carlson
City Council Orders Back Licenses Collected
Missoula officials vote to collect all back licenses at once after a legal decision on the retail merchants' license law, which aimed to end licenses but was struck down by higher courts.
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Missoula, Mar
Missoula
Insurance Department Receipts For Quarter End February 27 1909
State treasurer deposits 38 0 5 receipts to cover fees and taxes of the insurance department for the quarter ending February 27 1909. Includes period from December 1 1908 to that date. Annual report anticipated about April 1909 with a detailed statement of all fees and taxes for the year ending March 31 1909.
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Insurance Department
Forsell v. Pittsburg and Montana Copper reopens after reversal
In Helena March 1 the supreme court reversed and remanded the personal injury suit of Alfred Forsell against Pittsburg and Montana Copper Company. The jury had awarded damages of 15000 to the plaintiff, with the defendant appealing. Also an advertisement promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar as a safe cough remedy.
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Helena
Mar
Alfred Forsell
Pittsburg & Montana Copper Company
Bourquin
Supreme Court
Austrian laborer found murdered near St Paul tunnel
The body of Angelo Stenniff was found in a dark recess near the St Paul tunnel with a fatal head wound. Pete Bradovich, an Austrian, was arrested in Taft Montana while passing checks for 500 to 600 dollars in Stenniff’s name and was turned over to Idaho authorities for murder.
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Missoula
Angelo Stenniff
St. Paul
Pete Bradovich
Taft
Montana
Bradovich
Idaho
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Coughs Quickly
Foley's Honey and Tar claims to cure coughs fast and strengthen lungs while expelling colds. Advertised as genuine in a yellow package at City Drug Store.
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Foley
City Drug
Four Die in Diamond Mine Premature Blast at Butte
Four miners were killed in a Diamond mine shaft in Butte this morning when a premature blast occurred as twenty holes were prepared. The engineer lowered the cage after the signal and detonations followed in the upper holes first. Names listed: John Walden Lewis Moe Edward Spellum Ole Espos. The two married workers leave families.
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Butte
Mar
John Walden
Lewis Moe
Edward Spellum
Ole Espos
Mrs Bayerd Sues for Divorce on Cruelty Grounds
Eva Bayerd filed in district court for a divorce from Walter S. Bayerd alleging cruelty. They married at White Sulphur Springs Montana 21 years ago and have two grown children. She says on February 9 and other times he charged her chastity falsely. Bayerd had recently sued a Butte businessman for 50000 dollars over alleged alienation of affection, but the suit was dropped.
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Butte
Dillon
Eva Bayerd
District Court
Walter S. Bayerd
White ‘Sulphur Springs
Montana
Bayerd
Dr Kings New Life Pills Defeat Appendicitis Threat
A vintage sales pitch describes Dr King s New Life Pills as preventing appendicitis by stimulating the stomach liver and bowels. It claims relief from constipation biliousness malaria headaches and indigestion with a 25 cent price at Potts the druggist.
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Dr. King
Potts
Jury Awards $25,000 in Neary Death Case
After about two hours of deliberation the jury found for Marie Neary in the suit against the Northern Pacific Railway for damages from her husband James S. Neary’s death. The verdict awards $25,000 to the plaintiff. Foley's Kidney Remedy advertised as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles is cited in the notice.
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Billings
Marie Neary
Northern Pacific Railway Company
James S. Neary
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Digestion Relief
A home health ad urges families to keep Pape's Diapepsin for sudden indigestion. It claims digestion of all foods within minutes and relief from heartburn belching and stomach discomfort. The 50 cent case is advertised as sufficient to cure dyspepsia or indigestion.
Taking Hold of Montana Sugar Industry Growth
The Billings sugar factory feeds about 1 000 head of cattle and 10 000 head of sheep with beet pulp and alfalfa. In 1908 the highest price for steers in Chicago was paid for those fattened at the Billings factory. The plant attracts 400 to 600 eastern German families yearly, many staying to acquire land. It consumes 100 coal cars, 25 limerock cars, and 5 coke cars weekly. Half the product stays in Montana, and local merchants could keep all home sugar by expanding to ten factories nationwide.
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Chicago
Billings
Montana
Colorado
Fine Lot of Stallions at Reynolds Ranch South of Dillon
Reynolds Ranch advertises a select group of stallions near Dillon including grade and full blood registered stock. Draft type horses weigh 1800 to 2000 pounds when mature and are acclimated for immediate service. Manager Geo. E. Baker emphasizes health and usefulness from climate exposure since weaning.
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Reynolds
Geo. E. Baker
Mgr
Reynolds Ranch
Actress Vivian LaGrange Dies After Poison Attempt
Butte reports Vivian LaGrange an actress who appeared at the Family Theatre with Patterson's Bronze Artists last November died at General hospital from a self administered poison dose given over a week ago. Despondency over love affairs is indicated as the probable motive.
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Butte
Vivian LaGrange
Family Theatre
Patterson
General Hospital
Simple Remedy for La Grippe
An advertisement promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe cough remedy for La grippe. It claims the product stops coughing and strengthens the lungs to prevent pneumonia, notes it contains no harmful drugs, and warns to refuse substitutes. City Drug Store.
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Foley's
City
City Drug Store
State Auditor Sends Insurance Receipts Report
Helena March 2 H R Cunningham state auditor transmits to Governor Edwin L Norris a letter detailing the insurance department receipts for the recently completed quarter. The letter begins with the honor to advise you.
A Queer Cough Mixture from Eighteenth Century Notes
A letter from January 1758 describes Mrs Delaney proposing a strange cough remedy for Mary. Two or three snails boiled in barley water or tea water would be strained and bottled, then added by spoonful to Mary’s drinks. Freshly prepared every two or three days, the mixture reportedly has little taste and may have been intended as a novel cure.
Scotsman In Smoking Car Dubious About Inferior Company
A Scotsman traveling third class on a north of England line protests to a fishing woman at a small station claiming this is a smoking carriage. She ignores him and, after seating opposite him, lights a large pipe and declares with a puff that no one else could draw a breath.
Knife grinder sharp remark sparks butcher quarrel
The knife grinder spoke sharply and the butcher made a cutting reply, triggering a quarrel in a Kansas City scene reported by the Independent.
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Riges
Roggs
Ixansas City
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