The Lumbering Boom in Western Montana and its Railroads
Western Montana hosts large lumber companies at Bonner Hamilton and Missoula with the Big Blackfoot Milling Co as the largest. The Big Blackfoot river mill near Missoula was built in 1885 by A B Hammond and has logged 25 to 50 million feet yearly, shifting to a logging railroad eight years ago as log supply use grew scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charibdis
Montana
St. Paul
Coast
Bonner
Hamilton
Missoula
Big Blackfoot Milling Company
Blackfoot Valley
Big Blackfoot River
Rocky Mountains
Hell Gate River
A. B. Hammond
San Francisco
Blackfoot Valley Rail Line Transforms Regional Industry
The Blackfoot river canyon required costly rail construction, so teams hauled equipment for a 12 mile route. By 1910 the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway built a branch through the valley, shifting from river transport to a millpond unload system and boosting hay and grain output alongside timber. In 1912 the valley yielded large wheat, oats, hay, rye and barley crops, signaling a shift from timber to agricultural prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Russell
Blackfoot Valley
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Itinerary of Daily News Recap of Oddities and Discoveries
A digest of miscellaneous items notes Dr. Friedman plans to test a tuberculosis cure in the United States while Stefansson sights Arctic goals for 1916. California insect shipments total 36 million lady bugs to guard vineyards. a Chicago woman loses 1200 in lime, later recovered. A pearl necklace worth 15000 returns to Mrs. Sprague after a Pullman mystery. Frank James is said to be dying in Idaho. Northwestern pitcher D Hale injuries briefly then recovers, eyeing spring play. Chicago anthropologist Professor Starr predicts future losses of hair teeth and toes as food and gear evolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Sprague
Chicago
Marshall Field
Boston
Frederick Starr
Department of Anthropology
University of Chicago
The Editor Will Live On Despite Progress
An editorial passage from Life in New York discusses the editor's role as progress accelerates. It argues editors endure, guide truth, and shape literature, while acknowledging shifts toward advertising power and the changing ethic of journalism. Despite forecasts, many fearless editors in small towns sustain American press traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotham
Life
New York
United States
Hobble skirts draw fire from Methodist preacher
In Duluth a Methodist church lecture by Rev. Herbert L. Trenchman derides this winter’s hobble skirt as immodest. He cites a Duluth man’s wife admiring a new hobble skirt and asks if it will go out, while the husband asserts its staying power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert L. Trenchman
Duluth
St. Paul Dispatch
If every young man could see the girl he loves at dinner
Quotations on romance reflect on bachelors and love observed at home. The remark notes how discreet dining habits could reveal true feelings and influence marriage prospects among men.
His Choice in a Tele Phone Booth Stay
A hotel manager taunts a man sleeping in a phone booth offering a billiard table, but the man prefers the cozy, small booth room over moving to a larger space. The scene reads as a quirky, informal exchange in a summer hotel setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
Foreign humor on a pharmacist proprietor and gum drops
A customer questions a first class pharmacist proprietor about his business knowledge. He replies confidently that his expertise goes back to the foundation. The exchange ends with the request for two cents worth of gum drops as a humorous aside from Le Rire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Telegraph
le Rire
Engagements Counted Do Not Define a Woman's Hope
A journal note suggests that a girl who has been engaged multiple times may appear as hopeless as a married woman, reflecting social attitudes toward marriage and betrothal in the era.
Stearns Electric Paste Exterminates Vermin Overnight
An old time ad promotes Stearns Electric Rat and Roach Paste as a single night killer for rats mice and cockroaches. It claims powderless ready use with money back guarantee if it fails and notes retail by druggists and stores or via express for 25 cents or 1.00 from Stearns Electric Paste Co Chicago NL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stearns
Express
Stearns’ Electric Paste Co
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Big Blackfoot Lumber Company
Dr. Peel
Frederick F. Friedman
Friedman
Arctic
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
Ile
North Pole
California State Insectory
California
Frank James
Jesse James
Idaho
the Law
D. Hale
Baseball
Northwestern University
Northwestern Nine
Ife
Winton Motor Car Co
Winton
Stoddard Dayton Mitchell
Velie Chalmers Lozier
Buick—E
M. F. Stearns Reo
Everett
Cadillac
Tinton Motor ¥ Y ¥ Car CO
Pike Street
Seattle
Granville ST
Vancouver
B. C
Tacoma Ave
Tacoma
Wash
Washington
Portland
Ore
Second Ave
Spokane
Second ST
Walla Walla
Brtis
Meir
Puget Sound
Henry Bldg
Little Wonder
Pacific Coast Patent Sales Agency
Morrison St
Oregon
Chapin-Herlow Mig. & Trust CO
Portland, Oregon
Delmar Rexton
ACMA
Delmar
GEO. P. Ide & Co., ‘Makers
Troy, N.Y
Fourth Street
Optimo
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