Hay Prices Rise as Deer Lodge Valley Hay Heats Up
Haying finishes in Powell county and winter wheat harvest begins. Deer Lodge and Nevada valleys yield similar tonnage to past years with improved quality as hay cures and stacks without rain. Bale price ranges from 15 to 25 dollars per ton depending on location. Livestock sales surge due to high hay prices with one Deer Lodge flockmaster selling sheep to be delivered in September.
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Deer Lodge
Powell County
Nevada
Jeer Lodge
Fifteen Cent Bread Sparks Missoula Price Shift
Missoula plans to raise bread price to 15 cents despite wheat at 2.20 per bushel and flour costs rising. Bread had sold for 10 cents all summer due to bakers storing flour last fall as prices climbed.
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Missoula
Sheep Perish in Fire Near Rock Creek
A forest fire in the mountains at Rock creek killed about half of a 2,000 head flock before the herder escaped with the remaining animals. The sheep owned by Mills Wright of Burley Idaho were valued at $10,000. The report came to the U S forest service headquarters last night.
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Missoula
Rock Creek
United States Forest Service
Mills Wright
Burley
Idaho
Exemptions Sought for Farmers to Save Crops
The Lewistown chamber of commerce wired the district exemption board at Great Falls urging temporary exemptions for actual farmers to save this year's crop. Some farmers with grain in fields were refused exemption, prompting the telegram.
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Lewistown
Montana earns extra medal for officer training camp reach
Butte reports Montana among eight states in the western department leading in applications to the San Francisco officers' training camp. The western division received 7,099 applications for 1,088 slots, a ratio of about six and a half applicants per opening.
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Butte
Montana
San Francisco
Government coal price control hurts consumers say miners
Montana coal operators and breakers claim government action fixing a maximum price on coal was a snap judgment without proper investigation. They contend slack coal 가격 is unrealistically high for consumers while marketable coal price is too low to keep mines profitable. John W. McClure of Nelson Coal Co predicts only mine run grade may be viable.
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Great Falls
John W. McClure
The
Nelson Coal Company
Seven men seek draft exemptions over same dependent child
Butte reports that seven men claimed exemption citing a dependent child, using one baby as the excuse to dodge military service. Two men allegedly claimed exemption due to dependent wives, who were not married to them. Federal officers are investigating with potential arrests of all involved if proven.
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Butte
Draft Board
Crazy Austrian Roundup Fire Case
A drunken Austrian rancher Urben of the Flatwiliow bench set his home ablaze and tried to kill his wife by tying her to a bed in the burning house. Ranchers brought Urben to Roundup where he was jailed. He later denied setting the fire and appeared rational, with reports alleging weeks of heavy drinking and temporary mental instability.
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Urben
Flatwiliow
Gerard warns about choosing American loyalty in tense address
Former ambassador James W. Gerard told about 2,000 listeners that everyone must decide now whether to be American or traitor. He threatened that those who refuse would be loaded on a ship and sent back.
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Hamilton
James W. Gerard
Germany
New Hotel Planned in Billings on Montana Ave
Plans are completed and bids will be opened soon for a modern three story brick hotel with 52 rooms to be erected at Montana avenue and Twenty fourth street on property owned by the Billings Brewing company. The cost is believed to exceed 50 thousand dollars.
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Billings
Montana Avenue
Twenty-fourth Street
Billings Brewing Company
Hingham Incorporation Vote Narrowly Passes
The town of Hingham voted thirty to three to incorporate at a special election. Many residents failed to register and were unable to vote. A follow up election will soon choose officials, with a push to mobilize more citizens to register and participate.
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Hingham
Svendson Brothers Thrive With 2000 Bushels Marquis Wheat
Harlem report notes Chris and Alfred Svendson near Silver Bow threshing 2000 bushels of Marquis wheat. The crop yielded 13 bushels per acre with all wheat graded No 1 and weighing 61 pounds per bushel.
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Harlem
Svendson Brothers
Chris
Alfred
Silver Bow
Soldiers in Brawl at Livingston Stir City
Considerable comment followed a brawl in Livingston in which Private A. T. Schumann of M company, Second Montana regiment, beat civilian Donald McDonald severely. The guardsman and soldiers with him were charged with intoxication during the incident.
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Livingston
A. T. Schumann
M Company
Second
Montana Regiment
Donald McDonald
Horse Inspection at Miles City Sale Yards
Government schedules inspection for September 6 at Miles City sale yards. Aims to procure 2000 head of horses and mules for cavalry and artillery. yards provided by the horse sales company for convenience.
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Miles City
Horse Sales Company
How to Give Good Advice and Remedy Endorsement
A concise note promotes giving good advice by example. It claims rapid cold recovery using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, with a long standing reputation and availability at City Drug Store.
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City Drug Store
New Mining Industry Superior in Saltese District
Saltese may become a center of a great mining industry as manganese deposits of large, valuable kind exist locally. Bethlehem Steel of Pittsburgh has recently invested heavily, with other eastern steel companies following.
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Saltese
Bethlehem Steel Corporation of
Pittsburg
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
A vintage advertisement promotes Chamberlain's remedy for colic cholera and diarrhoea as a rapid relief medicine. It urges prompt treatment and notes availability at City Drug Store. The ad highlights the product's reputation and urges families to keep it on hand.
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Chamberlain
City Drug Store
Eat it or Lose it. Missoula conservation warning
W C Barnes assistant forester of the United States grazing department warns in Missoula that failure to eat lamb and veal in line with the food conservation campaign will doom many lambs and calves during his annual visit to government forests.
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Missoula
W. C. Barnes
United States Grazing Department
Canadian man beatty found dead by chloral hydrate
Physicians testified at the coroner inquest that George F Beatty, who arrived from Canada and was found dead at the Arvon rooming house in Great Falls, was killed by knockout drops. An analysis of his stomach disclosed chloral hydrate.
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Great Falls
George F. Beatty
Canada
Arvon
Conductor Louis Bruck Hauser Stops Gang on Train 3
Kalispell reports conductor Louis Bruck Hauser and a deputy sheriff confronted an I W W gang on train No 3. Outnumbered 21 to 1, he defended his post and laid out five assailants before the fight ended.
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Kalispell
Louis Bruckhauser
Power firm surveys new hydro site on West Rosebud
Columbus Montana Power Company deploys surveyors at the West Rosebud River foot of the falls for eastern Montana s first hydroelectric project.
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Columbus
Montana Power Company
West Rosebud
Montana
Death of Corbin-A Finnlanter sparks manhunt near Wickes
Sheriff deputies search for a suspect described as a one eyed fellow countryman after a fatal Saturday night stabbing 200 yards outside town between this place and Wickes. The victim identified as Corbin-A Finnlanter, the incident occurred late Saturday. The town hunts the alleged assailant.
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Corbin
Wickes
Billings Secures Yellowstone Catfish Shipment
After five years of effort Roland Potter pressed government officials to supply fish and yesterday the Yellowstone river received 5 000 catfish for local sport fishing and propagation.
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Billings
Yellowstone River
Roland Potter
Road to coal field opens in Park County area
Livingston reports the Coal Pit creek road under construction will link the main road at Coal Pit creek to Pine creek coal lines, opening a new coal field in Park county.
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Livingston
Park County
Treil ‘Creek
Pine Creek
New Machinery At Liberty Mines In Baker District
Installation of new machinery at the Liberty group of mines in the Baker district is under way. The work is expected to increase the force of men significantly, according to Captain H. H. Roberts, manager.
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Great Falls
Liberty Group of Mines
Baker District
H. H. Roberts
Wheat yield of thirty bushels per acre reported
Thompson Falls reports W. W. Stohr finished threshing a wheat field. The turkey red variety yielded thirty bushels per acre with uniform kernels that are well filled and as hard as crystal.
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Thompson Falls
W. W. Stohr
Enterprise Sold in Livingston Transition
The Livingston Enterprise reports the paper has been sold by former owner Jerome G. Locke to J. F. O'Connor and T. M. Swinhurst, both of this city. The announcement notes the change in ownership.
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Livingston
Livingston Enterprise
Jeromre G. Locke
J. F. O'Connor
T. M. Swindlehurst
City
Exemption Board Certifies False Affidits Cases
Great Falls district No. 2 exemption board refers cases to the District Attorney where individuals made false affidavits to gain military service exemption.
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Great Falls
Exemption Board of District No. 2
Whee'er
Get Your Dies Plows and Harrows Sharpened at Dijon Works
Notice to farmers to sharpen tools at Dijon Carriage Works using a Giant Wonder Disc sharp ener for high quality work at a reasonable price.
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Dijon
Look Younger by Care of Liver and Bowels
Advice promoting Chamberlain's Tablets to ease constipation and biliousness. Claims regular bowels and healthy liver make you look and feel younger. Mentions City Drug Store as the seller. Advertisement copy from a historical newspaper.
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City Drug Store
Wilmington man seeks denial of son's exemption claim
A Delaware man brands his son a slacker for claiming exemption and writes to the district appeal board, via Stephen Kelly of the county exemption board, urging denial of his son’s claims.
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Butte
A. Wilmington
Del
District Appeal Board
Stephen Kelly
Chamberlain's Tablets Promote Regular Bowels
An advertising brief urges using Chamberlain's Tablets to relieve constipation, improve appetite, and strengthen digestion. Sold at City Drug Store, Ady. 1m
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City Drug Store
Ady
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W. A. Graeter
Cashier
Finn
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Lawrence& Co
Chicago
Ill
Dillon
H. C. Burfiend
Kupfer Drug Co
Bank of
Bank OF Personal Service Directors
C. C. Thornton
Pearl I. Smith
Marshall Field
Nels Nelson
R. H. Ryburn
G. E. Jewell
Aks Us
Dillon Furniture Co
General Furniture Distributors
E. H. Brundage, Undertaker
Dillon, Montana
the Crystal Laundry
H. H. Sato
Sebree and
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