Beaverhead County News Roundup and Local Movements
Regular reports from Beaverhead County cover winter onset, local commerce, and social notes. Glendale butcher Duke Gist bought beef cattle, Emma Barbour departed for Helena and Big Timber, ranchers traveled to Dillon to collect ordered fruit trees from an Iowa nursery, and other week’s doings are tersely recorded.
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Duke Gist
Glendale
Emma Barbour
Helena
Dillon
Iowa
Darsy
Romantic Cuban exile dazzles Washington crowds
A Cuban girl escaped from a Havana prison with a journal correspondent. In Washington she and her deliverer were feted by about 15,000 people at a convention hall. The event feeds sensational journalism and hints at possible war with Spain.
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Hari Kast
New York Journal
Weyler
United States
Recojidas
Havana
Washington
Convention Hall
Hearst
Pulitzer
Corporal Tanner
Spain
Antilles
Conmissioner of Indian Affairs
Special Commission
Montana
Yakima Agency
Department
Indian Office
Jay E. Wilson
Ekalaka
John 8. Tiffany
Contract Let for Twin Bridges Branch Line Construction
The Northern Pacific awarded the contract to Cook Waldron of Helena to build the 35 mile Whitehall to Twin Bridges branch along the Madison side of the Jefferson River. Grading will begin at once with A B Cook guiding work. a spring start for trains from Twin Bridges to Gaylord is expected. Debate follows on Montana being a better state to live in than Iowa.
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Northern Pacific
Ennamcentia Ra EN
Cook Waldron
Helena
Whitehall
A. B. Cook
Gaylord
Montana
Madison
Jefferson River
Montana ‘Southern Railroad
Sam Ward
Sheridan
Virginia City
Twin Bridges
Cook
Dr Kings New Life Pills Offer Trial Sample
Send your address to H E Bucklen Co Chicago for a free sample box of Dr King s New Life Pills. They claim to ease constipation and sick headache and aid malaria and liver troubles. The product is described as vegetable and non tonic, with regular size 25c per box sold by Central Pharmacy Phil Anderege Prop.
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H. E. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
Dr. King
Central Pharmacy
Phil Anderege
Cripple Creek Mines Plan Major Gold Shipment Scheme
Operators in the Cripple Creek district will ship one month’s bullion worth over 1,000,000 dollars in a single consign ment to the Philadelphia United States mint. A special train will transport the gold placed under secure express company custody. The plan replaces current handling of about 1,000,000 dollars monthly output.
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Cripple Creek
Philadelphia
United States Mint
Cure for a Cold Promises Refunds with Laxative
In Boston's early days a large woman named Maria Lee ran a sailors boarding house and earned the nickname Black Maria for aiding police. She often helped carry prisoners and became associated with many arrests as a symbol of the era's enforcement.
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Boston
Maria Lee
Black Maria
Black Maria—Journal of Education
Rich and Poor excerpt shows Bosanquet charity debate
Touce describes an elderly benefactor guiding proteges toward a small steady income while fearing independence. A contrasting voice argues that relying on charity fosters dependence and prefers seekers to ask when in need. The dialogue reflects class charity tensions in a Victorian context.
Travels In West Africa Excerpt Cites Marital Quarrels
A passage from Mary H. Kingsley's Travels In West Africa notes a woman standing in the street while her husband, inside shelter, confronts temper and sometimes strikes wives. The excerpt reflects social violence and domestic tension observed during travels.
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Lembarene Island
London
West Africa
Araw Scotch Lad Joins Volunteers as Family Watches
A Glasgow Herald snippet notes a Scots lad joining volunteers and on parade day his sister and mother watch the regiment. The boy falls out of step during the march past as his family cheer. The report contrasts the event with a broader remark that American whisky worth about $2,000,000 is sent abroad annually, largely from Baltimore.
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Jock
Glasgow Herald. Herald
Baltimore
Traveling on $3 and $5 Bills in Washington Observation
A visiting young man notes Washington’s oddities as he tries to pay fares with large bills. He recalls two instances of merchants unable to change a $3 or $2 bill and imagines exploiting $100 notes for free goods, acknowledging obtaining the bill first is the main hurdle.
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YoungeAtay
Washington
Baltimore
Fourteenth Street
Washington Star
The Native Trader Outsmarts a Buyer in West Virginia
A traveler recalls observing a native haggle over eggs for a calico dress in a mountain store. The native reveals a sly awareness of value while noting the merchant’s education gave him an edge, and he rides off with the dress, leaving the observer to ponder the lesson.
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West Virginia
Atore
Boston Herald
Varieties of soldier beds across European armies
Dr Viry notes distinct bed types in Europe reflecting national charac ters. England offers a hard canvas mattress bed. Spain provides a straw bed with multiple linens and a quilt. Germany Austria use straw beds with light coverings. Russia shifts from camp clothes on a bed to standard beds. France features a wooden or iron bedstead with straw bed wool mattress sheets and a warm coverlet. British Medical Record.
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Viry
England
Spain
Germany
Austria
Russia
Myrrh and Ancient Embalming Traditions Unearthed
An excerpt discusses myrrh’s appearance and its use in embalming in ancient Arabia Abyssinia and Egypt. It cites Herodotus detailing the process including spices and natron for seventy days. It notes mummified animals and sacred cats being treated with care and ritual offerings at memory days.
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Arabia
Abyssinia
Herodotue
Lake
Moeris
London Society
The Sultan in Mrs Muller’s Constantinople Letters
The scene shows a green enameled gilded barouche drawn by two black horses with gilded harness. A small stately man in a fez and simple coat sits inside, his Armenian heritage evident in his hooked nose. Alongside him sits Osman Ghazi, hero of Plevna, as a trusted intimate friend.
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Max Muller
Constantinople
Fez
Osman Ghazi
Plevna
Origin of Mother Goose Tales Comes Under Scrutiny
An 18th century legend links Mother Goose to Boston printer Thomas Fleet and a trove of nursery rhymes. Some critics dispute this origin, noting Perrault’s 1697 Contes de ma Mere lOye as a possible precursor and pointing to French folk tradition for the Mother Goose name.
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Mother Goose
Mrs. Goose
Thomas Fleet
Boston
Fleet
Perrault
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Purchases Surge Nationwide
The United States buys Cas carets Candy Cathartic at two million boxes annually and expects three million before New Year. The ad claims Cascarets are a delightful bowel regulator for all year and promises druggists carry boxes priced at 100, 260, and 500 per box with a cure guaranteed.
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United States
House for Sale Near Normal School Grounds
I offer my dwelling house within three blocks of Normal School grounds for sale cheap. Furniture if desired, GT. Pavn, 86-tt.
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GT. Pavn
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets Ad Slogan
A vintage ad promotes Cascarets candy cathartic with a bold claim of permanent constipation relief and a money back guarantee if it fails. The terse copy sells a medicinal product through confident language and promotional tone.
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