Missouri Zinc Pride Attracts National Attention
A Dillon reader recalls a Missouri booster on a train who extols the state's varied riches from Hadley to Champ Clark Folk and major industries. He cites Missouri’s zinc strength and a government report showing nearly 19 million dollars worth of zinc and other metals, highlighting the state’s economic profile.
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Nels Nelson
Dillon
California
Dosup
Hadley
Champ Clark
Poland
China
Rockefeller
Underwood
Missouri Leads In Mining Output And Expansion
The article notes Missouri reaching a record level of nearly 16 million in lead for 1912, with copper and silver, and total metal value about five million above previous years. Southeast Missouri contributed significantly, while Joplin district swelled production. It compares Missouri favorably to Montana in climate and prospects, urging American unity over Canadian ties.
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Missouri
Joplin
Montana
Canada
Liberal library rules ease Grand Rapids borrowing
Grand Rapids Michigan adopts four week lending periods and higher checkouts to four books per regular card with at least one fiction title and no more than two juveniles The bulletin notes twenty years of planning behind the change aiming to put books in readers hands and promote use of the library
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Free Trade Myers and Montana’s Senate Seat
Senator Myers publicly supports free wool free beef and the Wilson Underwood tariff, voting as a party compromise rather than constituent interests. He is described as an accidental politician born from a party quarrel, with Montanans misrepresented in the U S senate until the next election.
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Myers
Montana
United States Senate
Senator Myer’s Estimate of a Montana Industry
It is estimated there are 5,000,000 sheep in Montana producing 35,000,000 pounds of wool worth 7,000,000 and likely similar value in mutton. The industry employs at least 10,000 people and influences general business. yet Senator Myres says it amounts to little and urges Montana sheep men to quit for potato raising on ranges if they cannot compete with South Africa wool.
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Myres
Wilson
South Africa
E. A. Willson
Northern Pacific Railroad
Dakotas
Great Northern Road
Willson
North Dakota
Mr. Willson
Great Falls
Free Sugar and Wool Costly to Government
The article argues that free sugar and free wool would drain the treasury by eighty million dollars annually, covered by tariff duties from foreign nations. It criticizes the Wilson Underwood bill proposing to offset this loss with an English style income tax on American incomes, noting the source of such incomes is unclear and implying reduced domestic production incentives.
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United States’ Treasury
Wilson- Underwood
Republicans Split but Not Dead Yet Say Analysts
The Republican party is described as fractured but far from extinction, with observers noting persistent influence and the potential for revival despite internal divisions and public criticism.
Can Labor Costs Be Cut to Meet Free Trade Prices
The article argues that free trade nations with globally sourced goods must lower labor costs to compete. It cites free wool, convict labor, free beef and mutton from Australia and Argentina, and free manufactured goods from Britain, France, Germany, China, and Japan as pressure to reduce wages or lose market share.
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World
Australia
Argentina
Great Britain
France
Germany
China
Japan
Senator Walsh Faces Question Over Tariff Vote
Senator Walsh, urged by Montana commercial clubs, claimed to stand with constituents against party pressure. Yet he voted with his party to defeat the LaFollet resolution and open the Wool and Sugar Schedules for further hearing, challenging his earlier pledges.
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Walsh
Washington
Montana
LaFollet
Farmers weigh Democratic policy on reciprocity with Canada
The article notes farmers once opposed reciprocity with Canada may now assess how the Democrats will affect their interests, urging calm consideration of forthcoming policy moves.
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Canada
Mr Bryan as President Wilson’s Errand Boy Idea
Editorial cartoon questions William Jennings Bryan serving as a messenger for President Wilson. The caption humorously probes Bryan’s willingness to assume such a role and the political implications.
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Mr. Bryan
President Wilson
Montana Fifty Years: Clara Mercier Dies in Montana
Mrs. Clara Mercier, aged about 92, longtime southwestern Montana resident, died May 12 at her son in law Charles Cornforth’s home near Iron Rod. Born in New Brunswick in 1830, she married in 1848 and left six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. She and her two daughters arrived in Montana in 1863.
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Clara Mercier
Charles Cornforth
Iron Rod
Mercier
New Brunswick
Joseph Hagenberger
Constipation Cured by Dr King’s New Life Pills
Local ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as fast relief for constipation and digestive issues. John Supsic of Sanbury Pa. praises the pills as the best he ever used and recommends them for constipation indigestion and liver complaint. Price 25c and recommended by Potts the druggist.
Montana Railroads Reach Over One Thousand Miles Planned
State commissioner J M Kennedy reports Montana rail expansion with Great Northern and Milwaukee contracts totaling 1019 miles to be built this summer. Maps show Lewistown and other routes, plus new lines from Ovanda to Great Falls and Snowden to Newton, opening up new counties and markets.
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J. M. Kennedy
Montana
Kennedy
Bureau of Publicity and Agriculture
Great Northern
Milwaukee
Bureau of Publicity
Lewistown
Grass Range
Great Falls
Agawan
Chateau
Roy
Big Blackfoot Railway
Ovanda
Great Northern Railway
Rockford
Dawson County
Sun River
Chateau-Bynum
Plentywood- Scoby
Newton
Snowden
Newton-Snowden
Musselshell River
Parkington
Northern Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Great Falls Tribune
Beaverhead Leads Montana in Panama-Pacific Exhibit Fund Drive
The Western News reports Beaverhead county became the first in Montana to respond to Governor Stewart’s appeal for funds for a Panama-Pacific exhibit in San Francisco 1913. County commissioners have approved the appropriation and will hand the money to the state treasurer as others follow Beaverhead’s lead to ensure Montana’s representation. Lincoln county is expected to join, with counties urged to contribute rather than the state. The plan aims to fund representation through county appropriations, a move praised as sound both sentimentally and financially.
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Beaverhead
Western News
Libby
Mont
San Francisco
Beaverhead County
Montana
Stewart
Lincoln County
Fair Commissioners
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offers $100 Reward
An old advertisement offers a $100 reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney and Co of Toledo. The notice includes endorsements from the National Bank of Commerce in Toledo and praises the remedy taken internally for blood and mucous membranes. It advertises testimonials free and a 75 cent price per bottle plus Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
National Bank of Commerce
Toledo, Co
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