Superintendent's Sun Missing And Claim For Mayor
Butte area report notes state superintendent W W Welch seeks word on his son Oscar T Welch who vanished October 10 after leaving Montana for California. Other items include Red Lodge mayoral bid by Dan Davis, temperance society snap, and a breach of promise suit by Elizabeth Utley against state Senator Dan Tewey settled out of court. Also health note on children and a drug advert for White's Dream Vermifuge and Chamberlains Cough Remedy.
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Butte
Oscar T. Welch
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
W. W. Welch
Montana
California
Red Lodge
Dan Davis
The
Finn Temperance Society
Davis
Dan Tewey
Elizabeth Utley
Tewey
Elisabeth Utley
Experience Teaches: Acker's Remedy and Wolf Scalp Bounty
The notice touts Acker's English remedy for coughs colds or croup with money back guarantee and mentions Riley's Drug Store. It reports a bounty on wolf scalps by the Upper Stillwater stockmen association, claiming success in arousing many chasers.
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Acker
Riley's Drug Store
Stillwater
Syrup of Figs Proves Gentle Laxative Choice for Children
The ad touts Syrup of Figs as a superior gentle laxative for children, claiming nicer taste leads to better acceptance and improved relief. It notes the true remedy is manufactured by the Organic Fig Syrup Co.
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Ou Ornia Fig Syrup Co
Fort Shaw Indians to Perform Vaudeville in Auditorium
Butte and Fort Shaw Indiana will stage a vaudeville show next Thursday in the Auditorium. The group has already presented dances recitations and singing in Helena where they received merited praise.
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Butte
Fort Shaw
Indiana
Helena
Dr Bosanko Pile Remedy Offered by Philadelphia Doctor
Itching piles cause moisture and itching and come in forms including Blind Bleeding and Protracting Piles. Dr Bo sanko's Pile Remedy cures itching and bleeding, absorbs tumors and sells for 500 a jar. Available at City Drug Store or by mail from Dr. Bosanko Philadelphia. Treatise free.
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Bo Sanko
Bosanko
Philadelphia
Penn
City Drug Store
Soldier fatally wounds fellow veteran at Fort Assiniboine
Havre Montana Monday quartermaster sergeant Moants shot and fatally wounded Thomas EK Lewis a discharged soldier. Both men were colored. Moants has been arrested for the crime.
Ballard’s Horehound Syrup Proves Cough Remedy
Mrs. B W Evans of Charwater Kansas says her husband recovered from a six month illness diagnosed as quick consumption after using Ballard’s Horehound Syrup. She reports continued use for colds and recommends Riley the druggist as the seller.
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B. W. Evans
Charwater
Kan
Ballard
Riley
Missoula Womans Husband Murderer Converts Before Execution
Missoula report states Louis H. Mott, condemned for wife killing, entered the Catholic faith prior to his hanging in the county jail yard. He grew more cordial with guards and the prosecutor during his final hours.
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Missoula
Louis H. Mott
Mokites Herb Drink Promises Full Cure
An advertisement claims absolute and lasting cure with Mokites a pleasant herb drink. It asserts relief from constipation and indigestion, improved appetite and sleep, increased energy and happiness with satisfaction guaranteed or money back.
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Riley’s Drug Store
Helena Wilburn Dies at Seventy Near City Home
Helena J. Wilburn longtime county resident died at his home about thirty miles from the city on Saturday. The obituary notes his residence and passing in a rural area, with no further details available in the readable text.
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Helena J. Wilburn
Ballard's Snow Liniment Praised by Sufferer in Illinois
A user reports relief from rheumatism after using Ballard's Snow Liniment. The ad notes prices of 25c 50c and 1.00 and credits John O Degnan of Kinsman Illinois with a testimonial. Sold by Riley the druggist.
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Ballard
John O. Degnan
Kinsman
Riley the
Billings Trucker Sheep Herder Dies in Jail
Billings man Billings John White known as a crazy sheep herder who killed W. D. Schwink and Marie Burns in Billings on March 3 died in the county jail early Sunday. He died from a head wound with self inflicted resistance to food and drink for a week.
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Billings
John White
W. D. Schwink
Marie Burns
County
Health and vigor boosted by Herbine claims
Mrs Belle H Shirel of Middlesborough Illinois writes that Herbine restores blood color and vigor. She says it renews strength and reduces languor, reporting better health from liver trouble and poor blood and vows she cannot be without it.
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Belle H.' Shirel
Middlesborough, Tils
Death of Butte resident Weerich in epileptic fit
Butte resident Butte-Joseph Weerich died in his room on the second floor of the Owsley brook early Tuesday morning. Death resulted from suffocation due to an epileptic fit, according to initial reports.
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Butte
Joseph Weerich
Owsley Brook
John Blount Recovers From Rheumatism Attack
Friends report John Blount fully recovered after rheumatic pain, Chamberlain's Pain Balm praised for prompt relief by local doctors. Chouteau Knute Thompson, near here, died when thrown from a buggy as the team ran away. two others injured. Ex Probate Judge S. L. Apple endorses Ballard's Horehound Syrup for coughs. Sold by Riley the druggist.
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John Blount
Chamberlain
Monon
Riley
Chouteau
Knute Thompson
Thompson
L. Apple
Ottawa Co
Kansas
Ballard
Pioneer Columbia Falle-John J Kennedy Dies at Home
Columbia Falle-John J. Kennedy a well known western pioneer died Tuesday at his home near this place. He was born in Ohio and came west in 1869.
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Columbia Falle
John J. Kennedy
West
Ohio
Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets Promise Quick Relief
Ad copy notes immediate relief or money back for dyspepsia with one tablet. Sold in attractive tin boxes at 25 pts through Riley's Drug Store. Also mentions St Patrick's Day court delays and a failed casting attempt for John L Sullivan in Carrie Nation theater production.
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Acker
Riley
Rare 1902 Virginia tale of a curing remedy
In a small Virginia town in winter 1902 Mrs John E Harmon of Melfa station recounts her baby’s severe cold and potential pneumonia. After a neighbor’s tip she used Chamberlain’s Dough Remedy and claims swift recovery. She praises the manufacturers and urges others to try it, sold by Riley the druggist.
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Chamberlain
Riley
Virginia
John E. Harmon
Melfa Station
Pandemonium in House Over Post Office Probe
The House, in a party line 144 to 125 vote, orders a seven member special committee to investigate postal affairs as they relate to House members and to examine the Bristow report. William Alden Smith denounces executive departments and Urges Speaker Cannon for president while pandemonium erupts and gavel fights follow.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Bristow
William Alden Smith
Mich
Cannon
United States
Smith
Department
McCall
Mass
Lind
Dem. Minn
Gillespie
Dem
Tex
Senate Debates Wood Nomination to Major General
Senate spends almost the full day in executive session debating General Leonard Wood's nomination to major general. Senators Scott and Blackburn are the sole opponents from the military affairs committee, delivering two speeches against confirmation.
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Senate
Wood Case
Washington
Leonard Wood
Wood
Scott
Blackburn
Committee On
Smoot Hearing Probes Mormon Church Influence in Politics
In Washington on March 12 the lone witness, E. B. Critchlow, outlined church leaders' power over members and excommunication for noncompliance during the Smoot case hearings. Senator Beveridge pressed to limit evidence as cross‑examining livened the session while a National League of Women Organizations urged clergy to ask men to write to senators to oppose Reed Smoot. In New York, the Hudson River tunnel linking Jersey City and Manhattan was completed after decades of work, with McAdoo and contractors touring the full length.
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Washington
Senator Smoot
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
E. B. Critchlow
United States
Utah
Beveridge
National League of Women's Organizations of America
Reed Smoot
Senate
Hudson River
New York
Fourteenth Street
Jersey City
Morton Street
New York City
McAdoo
New York and Jersey Railroad
Saloon Killing in St Louis Leaves James Nolan Dead
In St Louis on March 14 James Nolan twenty three was shot and killed by an unknown person after an altercation. Nolan had a varied police record despite his young age.
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St. Louis
James Nolan
Nolan
Winter Snow Storm Impacts Missouri and Kansas Wheat
A western Missouri and eastern Kansas snow storm persisted with melting trends. Officials say the thaw will benefit winter wheat as conditions improve across the region.
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Kansas
City
Gevere
Missouri
Four Die In Burning Boxcar at Branch Intersecti
Four unidentified Pennsylvania Railroad workers were burned to death when a boxcar carrying gasoline and lighting materials ignited at Branch Intersection, ten miles east of Harrisburg. Two others survived with severe burns as an attempt to escape failed amid the blaze. The incident occurred during night work on railroad improvements at Enola.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Branch
George Klinger
Willam C. Lyter
Lewiston
Enola
Millersburg
James Jerns
Maziotta
Union Urges Miners to Accept Wage Cut Referendum
Indiana Ohio western Pennsylvania Illinois Maryland central Pennsylvania Michigan Kentucky West Virginia and Iowa locals to vote Tuesday on accepting a 6.55 percent wage reduction or closing soft coal mines on April 1. Ballots arrive with a circular from President Mitchell Vice President Lewis and Secretary Treasurer Wilson urging acceptance and citing downward industry trend and reduced chances of gain in a falling market.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Maryland
Michigan
Kentucky
West Virginia
Iowa
National Convention
Mitchell
Lewis
Wilson
Trade Review Highlights Weather Boosts Business Activity
R G Dun weekly review notes more seasonable weather lifts overall trade with normal conditions returning at many points. Cotton conditions improve and building material markets rise along with real estate transfers while floods caused damage. Manufacturing improves for steel and footwear though textiles lag and cotton spinning may tighten. Traffic congestion remains at some points though rail earnings in February fall 0.7 percent.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Martial law ends in Telluride and Cripple Creek districts
Telluride and Cripple Creek districts see the lifting of martial law as Governor Peabody withdraws troops. Troops were deployed over six months ago, with state military costs exceeding $600,000. The action followed clashes between the Western Federation of Miners and the Colorado Mine Owners' Association during major strikes in Cripple Creek Telluride and Colorado City.
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Telluride
Colo
Denver
Peabody
Colorado
Cripple Creek
Tis
Colorado City
Western Federation of Miners
Colorado Mine Owners’ Association
Wild Storm Rages Across Pacific Coast to Utah
Salt Lake City Utah March 12 The hurricane that has raged from San Diego to British Columbia has moderated but telegraph lines are still crippled San Francisco is cut off from communication The storm sweeps Nevada and Utah with a mix of snow rain and blizzard like wind
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Salt Lake
Utah
Pacific
San Diego
Cal
British Columbia
San Francisco
Sea
Nevada
Snowslide Fatalities at Queen of the West Mine in Oregon
Two men were killed and six injured in a snowslide at the Queen of the West mine in the Cornucopia district. The dead are H. W. Holland and A. Cox. Injured are G W Esta, Thomas Smith, J H Mills, John Hunt, Frank Lammer, and Nels Ludstrom. none of the injured are fatally hurt. The slide destroyed the shaft building and bunk houses, sweeping occupants hundreds of feet down the canyon.
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Baker City
Ore
Queen of the West
Cornucopia
H. W. Holland
A. Cox
G W. Esta
Thomas Smith
J. H. Mills
John Hunt
Frank Larimer
Nels Ludstrom
Susquehanna River Falls Raise City Flood Threats
Water in the Susquehanna River has fallen to twenty two feet but gorges at Plymouth Pittston and Nanticoke threaten Wilkes Barre and smaller towns along the river as of March 14 in Pennsylvania.
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Susquehanna
Wilkesbarre
Susquehanna River
Plymouth
Pittstow
Nanticoke
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Eeperience
John Kennedy
St. Patrick's Day
Clancy
St. Patrick’s Day
John L. Sullivan
Carrie Nation Theatrical Company
John
Trade Review
Tribune
Siike As
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Kansas City
Chigaco
Galveston
EL Paso
City OF Mexico
New Mexico
Arizona
F. Warren
Dooley Block
Salt Lake City
Liberty Paint
Eureka Paint & Equipment Company
Liberty, Indiana
Tribune Pub. CO
Dillon
Mont
Chicago
Union Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Williams
Milwaukee & St. Paul
South St
Bon Ton Restaurant
Jim
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