Pioneer John Vanderbilt Dies After Brief Illness in Norris
John Vanderbilt 76, a Yellowstone expedition era pioneer and one of Montana’s last Indian fighters, died at St. Peter’s hospital after a fall in Norris. Born in Wayne County June 1838, he traveled west in 1858, labored as a carpenter, and joined mining camps through Idaho and Montana. He served in the 1863 Yellowstone expedition and later mined in Bannack and Virginia City before settling in Norris. Funeral held in Norris under the Society of Montana Pioneers.
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Montana
Commonwealth
Sterling
John Vanderbilt
St. Peter’s Hospital
Florence
Salmon Mountains
Salmon River
Big Hole
Judge M
Lott
John
Fort Owen
Vanderbilt
Bitter Root
Mullan Pass
Bannack
Hauser
James Stewart
Yellowstone
Sanders
Aldergulch
Virginia City
Norwegian Gulch
New York
East
Missouri
Indiana
Norris
Society of Montana Pioneers
The Baseballist Preacher to Conduct Helena Revival
Helena awaits Billy Sunday as Protestants back a Montana revival beginning January or February 1911. The mass meeting in the Auditorium heard Rev Newman Hall Burdick outline Sunday’s terms including union of churches, travel and tabernacle costs, payments to staff, hymn book use, and offerings for Mrs Muirhead and Miss McLean.
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Helena
Billy
Newman Hall Burdick
First Presbyterian Church
Denver
Montana
Missoula
Great Falls
Butte
Billings
Gill
Fischer
Ackley
How Spiders Undress
A vivid account describes a spider shedding its skin. The spider stops eating for days and anchors to a web thread. The process begins with the thorax, then the abdomen, and finally frees its legs in a strenuous, lengthy struggle.
The Quiet Heroism of Pleasantness in Everyday Life
Margaret Deland extols the moral value of cheerfulness amid personal bitterness. A cheerful bearing, silencing own hurts, can inspire kindness to husband, son, and servants, fostering rightousness and humane strength in daily acts.
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Margaret Deland
Lovers Watch the Corpse in New England Customs
The article recalls a colonial belief that lovers must guard a deceased partner through the night. It linked marriage hopes to the vigil and stressed that a dead body should never be left alone. Earlier watchers were elders and officials, later replaced by devoted couples.
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New England
Colonies
Dictionary duels over facts in political clash
A Washington Star quote captures a tense exchange as a friend condemns insults while Senator Sorghum argues it is wiser to hunt for epithets than attack a record with facts. The remark frames political rhetoric as a battle between language and verifiable history.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Foley's Honey and Tar touted as quick cold cure
An advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar mucous remedy quickly cures fall colds without harmful drugs. City Drug Store promotes the product to readers seeking fast relief from throat and lung symptoms.
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Foley
City
F.G. Fritz
Onesonta
N. Y
City Drug Store
Boomerang Night On Broadway Ends In Odd Arrest
An officer detains two well dressed men for a minor disturbance. a friend appeals to spare them, but the policeman instead arrests the trio after the plea. The incident ends with all three being taken to the station.
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Broadway
New York Telegraph
Kitchen Talk Pun Sparks Sugary Pun in Cartoon
A brief humor item from the Baltimore American presents a pun laden exchange between the Lemon and the Nutmeg about pudding flavoring. The Nutmeg jokes relief at not being used, delivering a lighthearted kitchen character quip.
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Baltimore American
Cabbage Leaves Exchange Quips About Cigars
A brief, witty exchange notes Cabbage Leaves and questions about what cigars Closefist smokes. The quip suggests lighting one causes a reflex look for corned beef, reflecting playful slang.
Strictly Business Heiress Deflects Count in Exchange
A privileged heiress tells a friend she was not presented with the count, revealing social expectations and class tension in a crisp Lippincott's moment.
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Lippincott’s
Select the Best Cough Medicine, See Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral
An advertisement urges readers to choose one doctor and stick to their cough remedy. It promotes Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for throat and lung troubles, noting it has no alcohol and has been sold for nearly seventy years by J.C. Ayer Co. of Lowell, Massachusetts.
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Ayer
J.C Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
G P Surveyors Prepare Route Near Grangeville
Gilmore Pittshore engineers led by L C Roberts plan survey work near Grangeville Idaho with two crews totaling about 40 men. Work concentrates on grafting a permanent route from Dixie toward Joe Eakin's area with 12 miles of wagon road from Salmon river to serve the Dixie camp.
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Eakin
Whitebird
Grangville
Bacon
L. C. Roberts
Grangeville
Gilmore & Pittshore
J. B. Brown
Dixie
Dixie Camp
Salmon River
NEVER CLIMBED MT. McKINLEY EXPLORER'S CLAIMS STIR CONTROVERSY
Jacob Suter, a former Alaska miner, says Dr. Cook did not reach Mount McKinley summit and was forced to stop at eight thousand feet due to ice walls. Suter claims to have witnessed Cook’s ascent with feld glasses and asserts Mount Melvin-Jey is insurmountable.
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Bellingham
Wash
Jacob Suter
Alaska
Cook
Mount McKinley
Suter
Mount Melvin- Jey
Jury Case List Heads To Court With Debts And Water Rights
A continued jury docket lists cases including John M. Quirk against Dell Telephone for debt and multiple water right disputes such as Patrick Connor and George Rebich. Several motions for new trials appear, along with numerous debt and condemnation actions involving local banks and companies.
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John M. Quirk
Dell Telephone Company
Martin Barrett
Patrick ‘Conner
A. F. Waldorf
W. G. Phillips
Sam Arndts
John M. Gilman
G. W. Dart Hardware Company
Julia E. Tong
L. J. Price
Nellie Kennison-Wilson
Mary Wilson
Xavier Benois
Staith Cloutier
Monroe Mann
John R. Porter
B.selway
George Rebich
Peter Zunick
Jacob Shendar
Western Land & Water Company
Beaverhead Ranch Company
H. B. Selway
Et. al
Scott & Decker
H. F.hooper
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Iwo
Anderson Bros
Feed & Sale
Mont
Edison Phonographs
Edison
Tattersall’s
COODS
E. H. Brundage
Undertaker
Dillon
George R. Metlen
Civil & Mining
U. S
Idaho
California
Duke
Rabvestrang Agency, Inc
Main St
Geary
Los Angeles
Cal
SAN cIsco
H.S Rodgers
Attorney At Law
Dillon ‘National Bank
de wArzice A Walker
Roos
Mettax Bunowe
Bannock
G.&p. Surveyors
MT. Mckinley
Dr. Cook
George Gleed
John Halligan
H. F. Hooper
F. M. Andrus
State Bank of Dillon
Frank Young
Gilmore & Pittsburg Railway Company
Thomas R. Pierce
Chant Foon
Tash & Lenkersdorfer
John W. Morton
Sigel F. Tobias
Emil Timer
Martin Ro Quigley
Buick Auto CO
M. E. Barry
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