Plainsman and Dillon News Roundup 1900
Local notices report Dillon caucus at courthouse, indictments and legal notices, and regional politics. Rudyard Kipling in South Alaska for a new novel, Transvaal tensions with Kruger and Steyn, and Ireland's day in Britain. Calder executed in Lewistown for murders. Red Lodge fire with loss and no water works. Governor Steunenberg testifies in Coeur d Alene, Kentucky unrest with troops and trials. Mon ten a political scandal ends mid sentence.
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Dillon
Red Lodge
Kentucky
Beckham
Frankfort
State Committee Meets in Helena Sets Delegate Plan
The Republican state central committee in Helena met to decide an early convention to nominate delegates to Philadelphia and a subsequent state ticket at Helena. Delegates are apportioned by 50 votes for Judge Marshall in 1898 with five at large per county, totaling 417. Beaverhead gets 14 and Madison 13. James Y. Sanders voted Beaverhead’s proxy. Oregon Short Line plans to move Lima buildings near the stock yards due to ground-site issues.
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Republican State Central Committee
Helena
Philadelphia
Butte
State Central Committee
Thomas O. Marshall
Congress
Marshall
Beaverhead County
Madison County
James Y. Sanders
Oregon Short Line Company
Lima
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purification
An 19th century promotional item touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as spring blood purifier curing eruptions scrofula and tired feeling. Testimonials from Mrs Peable Grirby Miss Marion Unger C Bowley and Mrs Harvey Dickerson claim improved health after use.
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Hood
Peable Grirby
Baldwin, Mich
Harvey Dickerson
Townly Ave
Cortland N.Y
Death and Consolation Poem for Browne Family
A funeral poem by Horace F. Brown offers heartfelt sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Joe A. Browne. It speaks of death as a gateway to life immortal, comfort through faith, and a hopeful afterlife with a loved one singing beyond the tomb. Dated March 5, 190.
A Mere Suggestion and Naval News From 1910
A theatre critique debates reversing act order while a Kaiser plan forecasts forty battleships in 1910 plus twenty cruisers gunboats and 114 torpedo boats. St Paul struggles to secure ice for a water festival due to weather. Oregon prune production climbs with 500 carloads shipped annually.
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Germany
St. Paul
Job Applicant Demonstrates Pharmacy Knowledge
A druggist quizzes a young applicant who presents a diploma and past clerkship. The exchange reveals the applicant can distinguish sulphate of magnesia from epsom salts, impressing the proprietor who bids him farewell with encouragement.
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Jiver
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Job Offer Ad Notice
Frank J. Cheney firm promises one hundred dollars for each uncured catarrah case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized 1886 entry. Also an honest travel job ad offering $65 monthly salary plus expenses with potential advancement. Apply at 330 Osxton Bldg Chicago.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Osxton Bldg
Chicago
Dated Observations and Bargain Notices From Dillon
An obituary note recalls Doc Tabor of Beaverhead who died at the Ruby hotel in Sheridan last week. A bankrupt clothing sale offers boys waists 40 to 65 cents in sizes 4 to 14. J W Lusher advertises. Chamberlain s Pain Balm is recommended for rheumatism with a one cent trial and money back guarantee. It soothes sprains and bruises quickly and is sold at Williams Drug Store with 25 and 50 cent bottles.
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Tabor
Beaverhead
Ruby Hotel
Sheridan
J. W. Lusher
Chamberlain
Williams Drug Store
Wry Aphorisms on Love and Life from the Chicago Daily News
A collection of pointed quips and maxims on love marriage and ambition. Witty observations suggest that envy memory and cunning shape relationships and social fate. Shared jabs at romance and responsibility note humor in human foibles.
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Chicago Daily News
Cassareta Candy Cathartio Miracle Cure Ad
An old advertisement touts Cascareta Candy Cathartio as a perpetual cure for constipation. It offers a 10¢ or 25¢ price, refunds if C C O fails, and mentions a notarial seal with tarnished branding by the Tarmaxe Push Co Dillon Montana.
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Tarmaxe Pus. Co
Dillon, Mont
Soe
Long distance lines to spread across Montana
A series of major developments across the state include extending the telephonic network from Livingston to Big Timber, and plans to string a postal telegraph line from Denver to Butte within the year. News also notes education board changes, a million-dollar lawsuit by Montana Ore Purchasing, multiple local tragedies, strikes, and wrecks shaping the state’s public life.
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Denver
Butte
Death of Woodhauler J W Murphy near Anaconda
J W Murphy a 68 year old woodhauler living seven miles from Anaconda was found dead on his claim Wednesday, death probable from epilepsy, indicating he died two or three days earlier.
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J. W. Murphy
Anaconda
Dillon Montana City Election Notice 1900
Notice declares a general city election in Dillon Beaverhead County Montana on April 2 1900 to elect one alderman from each ward for a two year term. Polling places are H M Melton law office first ward city hall second ward and Arthur Sullivan home third ward with polling hours 8 am to 6 pm.
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Dillon
Beaverhead
Montana
Aaid City
Melton
City Hall
Fifth Judicial District of
Beaverhead County
William McIntosh
Weltha R. McIntosh
Huraday
Court House
Slion
Homans
L. J. Priog
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Comp'y
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Tarpine Pus. Co
Ditton
Rudyard Kipling
Alaska
Rudyard's
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British Isles
South Africa
Great Britain
Transvaal
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Steyn
Plainsman
Plains
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Rhone
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John Allen
Lewistown
James
Lewis
Bozeman Avant Courier
McKinley
Major Drennan
Steunenberg
Idaho
Coeur d’ Alene
Wardner
Covenes
Mrs
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Horace F. Brown
Oregon
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F. J. Cheney
Alwas
Dan
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the Daily Press
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Big Timber
Walter Aiken
Big Timber Express
State Board of Education
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Col
R. B. Wallace
Stull
William Edwarde
Hazel Matter
John Luxon
Marysville
W. B. Stebbins
N. P
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Pageville
J. E. Hendricks
Smith
Rose Perkins
J. H
Cyclone) Davis
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Teton County
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W. W. Dixon
Rocky Turk
Charles A. Stanley
Bruce Wallace
M. V. Shay
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el Paso
John EB. Reece
Reece
Sophia Hrella
Louise Lowney
Great Northern
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Columbus
Charles Beck
Joseph Bogner
Thos. Pooley
Thos. Littlejohn
John Davis
Red Lodge Improvement Co
Red Lodge Picket
Carbon County Democrat
Freeman
Davidson
Bresident
Chapman
M. Meet
Montana Mercantile CO
Burfeind Bros. & CO
Montana Street
Louis McCormick
Highwood
Hurst
Wm. W. Calder
Farquahar McRae
Musselshell
W. W
Jas. Calder
J. E. Fisher
James Calder
Fisher
James Davidson
Dell, Montana
al Young
Desert Land
United States Land Office
Franciska Krohn
Monida
L. J Price
Nepane
Bert H. Pael
Bannack B
Union Meat Market
Deputy Bros
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Sheffield & Harrison
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