Salmon River Mystery and a Hanging in Montana's Boom Town
SAYE recounts a Seventies Montana tale from Salmon River near Helena. An old mountaineer recalls two partners in a new-mines rush, a brutal mob assembled for a lynching of Nason, and a dramatic rescue by a distraught daughter whose plea shifts the crowd’s fate.
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Tapent
Small’s Bar
Montana
Helena
Territory
Anaconda Standard
California
Saskatchewan
Vivera
Jerry
San Francisco
Salmon River
Blade
New York State
Boston
Masnavns
Nason
Jackson
Nasen
Nash
Jong
San Bernardino County
Cal
Doane and Other News from Butte and Beyond
A montage of late 19th century items reports on Captain Gustavus Doane’s notable military career and death, medical notices promoting electric bitters and hair tonics, a suicide in Butte, and local hotel thefts. Also cited are booster notes on Washington relics and Hawaii’s commissioner, with ads for remedies and beauty products.
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Gustavus
Doane
Bozeman
Northwest
California
Second
Mississippi Cavalry
Mississippi
Fort Ellis
Second Cavalry
Columbia
Arizona
New Mexico
Yellowstone National Park
Holgate
North Pole
Snake River
Custer’s
Marry Hunter
Dr. Hunter
Hunter's Hot Springs
Captain Doane
Emphysema and social hints in late 19th century notes
The passage notes Emperor William's alleged emphysema of the lungs as a humorous misattribution and comments on large student bodies at the University of Michigan, while contrasting urban growth near New York with colonial population counts and a Married Woman's critique of rich society wives burden.
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William
New York Industries and German Noble Marriages
A survey notes New Yorks dominant industries including clothing beer and printing and cites daily newspaper consumption. It also discusses Dr D Hayes Agnew a Russian influenza victim and Bar oness von Wedels Cosmopolitan essay on American women wed German nobles and the economics of dowry marriages.
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New York City
Jersey City
Dundreary
New York
Union
Hell Gate Brewery
D. Hayes Agnew
Philadelphia
Garfield
Alerica
Agnew
University of Pennsylvania
Yie
Lhissinter
Also Mentioned on This Page
N. M. White
John C. Bensemer
Great Falls
Boston and Montana Company
Jesus Christ
Snday
Ada E. Hard
Groton
Hall
Erick Jones
Sothern
Butte
Jones
Sweeden
J. C. Ayer
Ayer
P. H. Yoole
Montana Central
South Butte
Bessie H. Bedloe
Burlington, Vt
L. A. Thurston
Hawaii
Claus Spreckles
Bureklen
Arnica
City Drug Store
Virginia Exposition Board
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Washington
F. J. Cheney and Co
Toledo
Ohio
FP. J. Cheney Co
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Thirteen Colonies
Baroness von Wedel
Cosmopolitan
Mme. von Wedel
Wadivon
Royal Army
Royal Civil Service
Graham Shorthand
Rice & Een
Owsley Building
Lady Efilled
Dillon, Montana
Anderson Bros
Weightman & Anderson
Jebs
Marlow's Old Stand
Jillon, Montana
VAL Blatz
Milwaukee Beer
Wontana
Dillion
Poindeater & Orr
Daisy Roller Yills
Sheridan, Montana
Richard H. Herhold, Prop
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