Mangets Barnes Pleads Guilty in Child Assault Case
Alfred Barnes pleaded guilty in Missoula district court to criminal assault on Goldie Majors a 4 girl of 7 years old. Judge Webster sentenced him to one year in the state prison at hard labor for the April 12 crime. The girl and two other youths testified that Barnes approached them along the river bank and carried the child under Bitter Root railroad bridge before being scared off by a passing man as rocks were thrown in defense.
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Missoula
Alfred Barnes
Goldie Majors
Webster
Phillips
Bitter Root
Barnes
Chronic Constipation Cured with Foley's Urino Laxative
An advertisement claims Foley's Urino Laxative cures chronic constipation and aids digestion. It asserts the remedy stimulates the liver and bowels and restores natural organ function without nausea or griping. The ad urges starting today and warns against substitutes.
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Foley
Three Go To Prison For Willow Creek Burglary
Ernest Brewer received one year in the penitentiary for burglary of a Willow Creek house. H. Scott drew eighteen months for the same offense. Charles C. Glenn was sentenced to fourteen years, the term fixed by the jury for the same burglary.
Gordon Pleades Tomorrow and Arraignment Set
Patrick Gordon, alleged to have attempted to wreck a Short Line train near Silver Bow on February 10, appeared before Judge Donlan for arraignment. Attorney Mackel was appointed to defend him. Gordon will plead Saturday.
Foley's Kidney Remedy Promises Quick Kidney Health
An advertisement from City Drug Store promotes Foley's Kidney Remedy as a solution to cleanse the kidneys and remove waste from the blood. It claims instant relief and health restoration after taking the remedy.
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Foley
Hayden Pleads Guilty in Wife Shooting Case
Missoula May 12 George M Hayden pleaded guilty to shooting his wife. Judge Webster sentenced him to five years in the penitentiary. The bullet pierced her cheek but she survived the assault.
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Missoula
George M. Hayden
Webster
Hayden
Supreme Court Denies Supervisory Control in Webb Case
Helena May 11 Chief Justice Brantly delivered an opinion denying the writ of supervisory control sought by John Webb. Webb was sentenced to five days in jail and a $200 fine for wilfully interfering with court proceedings by approaching jurors.
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Helena
Supreme Court
Brantly
Bourquin
John Webb
Local Kidney Remedy Ad Urges Immediate Action
A personal notice advises parents that if a child shows signs of illness they should promptly use Foley's Kidney Remedy to prevent Bright's disease or diabetes. Delays are warned to allow the disease to gain a foothold. City Drug Store carries the product.
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Foley
Bright
M City Druc Store
Sugar beet culture expands in Park county with talks of factory
Park After Factory Livingston May 13 The sugar beet culture has begun in earnest in Park county. Ranchers in the Yellowstone and Shields river valleys have engaged in beet production this season and a good crop is expected. Contracts with the sugar beet company at Billings are in place and a factory may be built at Livingston next year if the land proves suitable.
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Livingston
Park County
Yellowstone
Shields River
Billings
Conrad Names Manager For Campaign In Helena
Helena May 12 a Montana dispatch says banker and mine owner W G Conrad an avowed Democratic vice presidential candidate has opened campaign headquarters in Helena. Warner G Stensel of New York has been engaged to manage the effort.
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Conrad
Helena
Great Falls
Mont
W. G. Conrad
Warner G. Stensel
New York
Californian’s Luck With Arnica Salve Cited
Charles F. Budahn of Tracy California credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with ending years of itching piles after two 25 cent boxes. He notes the product cured his condition where other treatments failed and mentions it is sold under a guarantee at Pott’s drug store.
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Bucklen
Charles F. Budahn
Tracy
California
Pott's Drug
To Make Granite Brick
Arrangements completed to establish a granite brick plant in Helena using limestone and sand. The process, patented 20 years ago by a German, has expired. Several plants operate in the U S, with the nearest in Denver. Boston and local capitalists form a company with 100000 dollars capitalization.
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Helena
Montana
Denver
Boston
Man Charged in Burlington Express Dynamite Case
Louis Ferris, accused of dynamiting the Burlington express eastbound on May 1, faces formal charges of attempting to wreck the train. A recent statute sets the death penalty for conviction of this offense.
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Butte
Louis Ferris
Legislative Assembly
Colds That Hang On Prompt Spring Remedies
Colds that linger in spring weaken the system, exhaust nerves, and invite illness. Foley's Honey and Tar stops the cough and expels the cold and is safe and certain in results at City Drug Store.
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Foley
Havre Reports 50 to 60 Smallpox Cases
May 11 Great Falls. Dr M E Knowles reports between fifty and sixty smallpox cases at Havre. The figure surfaced as the state Board of Health ordered an investigation into the outbreak and conditions there.
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Great Falls
M. E. Knowles
Havre
State Board of Health
Largest Fee Ever Deposited for Montana Land Survey
The Northern Pacific Railway company deposited $101,300 with Surveyor General Cone for surveying 3,000,000 acres of land in Eastern Montana. It is the largest fee ever deposited in the United States. The surveyed land lies along the railroad grant from Billings toward the North Dakota line and will be offered to actual settlers once surveyed.
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Helena
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Cone
Montana
United States
Billings
North Dakota Line
Cough Remedies Visibly Marketed By City Cruc Store
Advertised remedy Foley's Honey and Tar claims to cure stubborn coughs and colds and prevent serious illnesses like pneumonia, urging consumers to refuse substitutes at the City Cruc Store.
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Foley
City Cruc
Not the Right Color Fined for Pin Wearing in Helena
William Holland, a colored man, was fined $100 by Justice of the Peace Langhorne in Helena today for wearing a B. P. O. E. pin. If the fine remains unpaid he faces 50 days in the county jail.
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Helena
William Holland
Justice of the Peace Langhorne
Holland
Deaths Outpaced by Births in March Bulletin
Helena on May 12 reports state health secretary Thomas D. Tuttle released the March bulletin. The department records 433 births and 359 deaths, an excess of births by 96.
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Helena
Thomas D. Tuttle
State Board of Health
Department of Public Health
The World's Best Climate Promised Relief From Ills
The article notes fever on high elevations and malaria on lower levels, suggesting Electric Bitters as the effective remedy for lassitude biliousness jaundice fever and debility. Sold under guarantee at Pott's drug store for 50c.
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Pott’s
Butte Men Win Prison Contractor Bid
Helena May 9 The state board of prison contractors accepted Henderson and Wyman of Butte for prisoner care at the state institution at 89 cents per day. They must deposit 20000 in cash and furnish a 30000 bond for materials for the present contractors.
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Helena
State Board of Prison Contractors
Henderson & Wyman of
Butte
It Reached the Spot Dr King’s New Discovery Story
Omega Ohio store owner Mr E Humphrey president of Adams County Telephone and Home Telephone of Pike County endorses Dr King’s New Discovery saying it saved his life by reaching the seat of his cough. The ad notes it heals throat lungs and chest and is sold under guarantee at Potts drug store with 50 cent and one dollar sizes and a free trial bottle.
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E. Humphrey
Omega, O
Adams County Telephone
Home Telephone
Pike County
Dr. King
Pott's
Peculiar Character Dead in Helena
Edward J. Whyte a Helena restaurant keeper aged 57 who lived on Cutler street for 18 years died today. He followed a strict daily routine never visiting Broadwater Fort Harrison the state capitol or the union depot, and his day was mapped out with exact regularity.
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Helena
Edward J. Whyte
Upper Main Street
Broadwater
Fort Harrison
State Capitol
Union Depot
Cutler Street
Rock Is Sentenced to Hang for Jail Guard Slaying
George Rock was sentenced by Judge Winston in Deer Lodge to be hanged on June 15 for the murder of John A. Robinson deputy warder at the state penitentiary. Rock pleaded guilty and claimed self defense saying he was protecting himself.
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Deer Lodge
George Rock
Winston
John A. Robinson
Rock
M. E. Knowles
Early Methodist minister Rev George Comfort dies
Bozeman reports the death of Rev George Comfort a pioneer preacher in Montana who visited many churches in the state. He retired to a ranch on Middle Creek and later returned to Pennsylvania where a Union Pacific wreck ended his life. He leaves a second wife Marian G Comfort and an adopted son in Helena. funeral and burial will be in Lanesboro Pennsylvania.
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George Comfort
Dillon
Butte
Bozeman
E. H. Fisher
Lanesboro
Comfort
Middlecreek
Pennsylvania
Montana
Union Pacific
Marian G. Comfort
Helena
Where Does It All Go Butte May
In Butte on May 14 the city consumes daily vast amounts of packaging waste. The article notes 5000 paper bags 200 miles of twine and 12000 sheets of wrapping paper used each day. It describes potential visual impacts from discarded materials and the profits possible for a bag filler.
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Butte
Dr. King's New Life Pills Sold With Gold Worth Claim
Cedar View Mississippi merchant B G Stewart says customers get the worth of gold in weight when buying a box of Dr King’s New Life Pills to treat constipation malaria or biliousness. Sold under guarantee at Pott's drug store for 25 cents.
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G. Stewart
Cedar View
Miss
Dr. King
Pott’s
Excursions East at Reduced Rates to Major Cities
Greatly reduced excursion rates offered via Oregon Short Line to Omaha Kansas City Chicago St Louis and other points. Travel on specified June dates and July 10 with limit September 30 See Oregon Short Line agents for details.
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Omaha
Kansas City
Chicago
St. Louis
Oregon Short Line
Quick Exchange on Donations Cited as Cautionary Note
A Pittsburg Post quotation contrasts giving quickly with delaying for a second contribution. The exchange emphasizes timing of support and reluctance to be asked again later.
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Pittsburg
His Opportunity and Dinner Plan
A fragment shows a character vowing to bring Jolt home for dinner while another protests. The dialogue implies a plan to handle a cook's duties and a debt owed, with tension about completing the meal at home.
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Jolt
Mercy
Artist Dr Scott Evans Seeks Jamaica Clarification
The essay describes Dr Scott Evans an artist who painted Jamaica scenes after a trip to Jamaica. A visitor mistakes the New York street scene for Jamaica, leading to a humorous exchange about places named Jamaica. The tale ends with the realization there is a Jamaica in New York as well.
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Scott Evans
Jamaica
New York
Ma. Evans
Jamatca
Jamatea
Mr. Evans
N. Y
Captain Maybury on Artist Colony Cooperation
In a neighborly quarrel a captain criticizes a group of artists living with his wife, saying they lack gumption and common sense. He recalls a discussion about chasing the elusive “sunset light” and jokes that if two cannot catch it, eight should work together like a fence painters crew. The neighbor agrees they are simple.
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Captain Maybury
Tye
Almanac Faith and Weather Tests Across Generations
A farmer recalls his father's reliance on almanacs for predicting weather and holidays. The tale contrasts old and new farming ways and ends with a sea voyage joke about testing weather guidance aboard a ship.
Dickens and His Beard in a Frith Portrait
The sketch recounts Charles Dickens growing a beard and a tale about meeting Sir Edwin Landseer. Landseer, after Italy, remarks the beard hides much of Dickens’s face, calling it a great improvement in a grave tone.
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Dickens
Frith
Charles
Edwin Landseer
Charles Landseer
Edwin
Italy
Lanny
Landseer
Eminent Surgeon Persuades Cardinal of France
An eminent surgeon recalls being summoned by Cardinal Du Bois to perform a serious operation. The cardinal warns against rough treatment, but the surgeon replies that every patient, even the Cardinal’s, is a prime minister in his eyes.
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Cardinal du Bois
France
Hotel Dieu
Success Magazine
Mermaid Scavenges Sunken Ship For Vanity Mirror
The mermaid searches a sunken vessel for a hand mirror, noting vanity exists beyond dry land. The remark, voiced in a Chicago Tribune style, playfully contemplates vanity as a universal trait.
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Chicago Tribune
Crowding Ser Remarks on Wealth and Labor Tension
A brief London Opinion excerpt notes beauty and wealth provoke envy and mischief. It alleges a millionaire's wife amuses herself by stealing while commenting on workers displacing men from jobs.
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London
Fragmentary OCR Note Highlights Unclear Phrases
A damaged OCR fragment presents scattered words and symbols with missing context. The readable bits mention strength feats and a name fragment, but no coherent event, date, or source organization is identifiable.
A Cane In Defense, Old Detective Advises Walking Sticks
An Columbus Dispatch quote recounts an old detective’s warning to observers about carrying a cane. He claims crooks fear a cane more than a revolver because of unpredictable jabs to the face or eyes and the ease of using a cane. He argues most revolvers are misused and walking sticks require little skill to threaten a holdup.
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Columbus Dispatch
Statue of Liberty fascinates arriving mariners in New York harbor
A船 skipper from East India remarking on the Statue of Liberty notes its optical fusion for first time port visitors. He recalls seeing it before the Narrows, near quarantine, then abeam of the Kill von Klumpke, as the statue appeared to recede with its great height.
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New York Harbor
Narrows
Iinally
New York Post
Special Rates for Montana and Oregon Short Line Meet
Montana State Sunday School Association in Butte May 11 13 1908 and Inter scholastic Meet at Missoula May 13 16 1908. Oregon Short Line offers one and a third fares for round trip conditional upon attendance of 100 or more paying full fare. See S S Cannatuses Agent for particulars.
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Montana State Sunday School Association
Butte
Missoula
Oregon Short Line
S. S. Cannatuses
Pacific Coast Excursions and Seatenet 1bth Plan
A brief note outlines an excursion schedule from the Pacific Coast to Seatenet during June 1st and mentions Derphier and Sees Agents Ore Line in connection with the travel plan.
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Seatenet
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Montana State News
City Druc Store
Gordon
Supreme Court Opinion
Robinson
Guard Robinson
Los Angeles Times
Merry Widow
A. L. Anderson
Feed & Sale
Sherman’s Piano House
W. Park Street
RUTTB
Hovt Chemical CO
Portland, Ore
George R. Metlen
Rveyor
Montana and
Idaho
Magrice
Walker
Weabington St
Fibres St
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