Debunking the buffalo nickel Indian myth
Elmo Scott Watson explains that the buffalo nickel portrait is not Chief Two Guns White Calf but drew from three other Sioux leaders including Two Moons. Frazer confirms no link to Two Guns, revealing a longstanding press agent yarn and a shift toward Two Moons as the face behind the nickel.
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Ghider National Park
Montana
James Earle Frazer
San Francisco
United States
Treasury Department
Frazer
Office of Indian Affairs
Col
William F. Cody
Pine Ridge Reservation
South Dakota
Ogallala
Iron Tail
Miller Brothers of
Oklahoma
Edward Arlington
Buffalo Hickel
Show Fund
Tait
Glacier Park
Anown
S'razer
Two Moons
Yellowstone
Utah
Powder River Country
the Rosebud
Crazy Horse
Ogallalas
Crook
Mackenizée
Dull Knife
Fort Keogh
Mont
Nelson A. Miles
W. P. Clark
Little Wolf
Andian
Fort Dearborn
Black Tartridge
Stelm
Chief Short Bull
Kicking Bear
Dakotas
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Joseph Kirkland
Carl Rohl-Smith
Rohl-Smith
Fort Sheridan
Vine Ridge
Wounded Knee
Miles
Bear
Hiyttrs
Consideration of Northern Air Route From Seattle to Twin Cities
The department of commerce may urge Congress to study a northern air route linking Seattle with the Twin Cities. An appropriation funds the survey to determine feasible paths and expected air mail volume. Improvements include beacons emergency landing fields and other devices. Montana cities Butte Helena and Great Falls are eyed as through points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Montana
Butte
Helena
Great Falls
Montana Rail Commission Grants Eight Motor Transport Certificates
Reports show eight motor transportation certificates approved by the Montana railroad commission across cities including Helena and Livingston. Items cover convention sites, bank meetings, school rent, a fatal plane crash, highway oiling progress, natural gas projects, state warrants, and Indian relief efforts.
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Helena
Montana Railroad Commission
Livingston
Montana
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Billings
Butte
St. Mary’s Catholic
Wyoming
Columbus
Yellowstone
Carbon
Stillwater
Glacier Park Station
Dillon
Monida
W. J. Rohan
Winston Brothers’ Company
Minneapolis
Winston Brothers
Bechtel & Kaiser
San Francisco
Montana Power Company
State Land Board
Malta
Fort Peck
Fort Belknap
Scott Leavitt
Congress
Leavitt
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Assiniboine
Belknap
Gros Ventres
Blackfeet
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Gros Ventre
Richard Sanderville
World garden offers diverse nut trees on tiny plot
A compact garden under seven acres showcases more varieties of nut trees than any other site. The emphasis is on diversity and unusual species within a small urban footprint.
Training Baby Bowels with Old Family Doctor Remedy
A historical health note endorses daily half a teaspoon of Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin to promote regular bowels in bottle fed or breast fed babies. The claim cites the doctor's forty seven years of practice and over 3500 births with no maternal or infant loss.
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Caldwell
Cupidity Finds a Way in a Curious Courtroom Dialog
In a fragmentary exchange from the Kenuchee Journal a lawyer argues that a widow cannot remarry without triggering her late husband’s will. The widow insists she plans to marry the husband’s cousin Fair Client in defiance of the estate provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenuchee Journal
Kruschen Diet Pill Claim From Norwich Woman
Mrs. Ethel Smith of Norwich Connecticut says she lost 16 pounds with one bottle of Kruschen and now sleeps better on day shifts. She advises taking half a teaspoon in hot water each morning before breakfast, with an 85 cent bottle lasting four weeks, and offers a money back guarantee if not convinced.
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Ethel Smith
Norwich
Conn
America
Alkaline Blood Study Links Cancer Death Pace
A report notes cancer victims show higher blood alkalinity and suggests that greater alkalinity correlates with faster fatal outcomes. The text also briefly comments on youth and social circles, and Uncle Ab remarks on waistline expansion as a sorrowful trend.
No New Dances In Movies If Any Existed
Brief quip notes there are no new dances and that if present they would show up in films. It comments on a man too busy to be happy being pitied, signaling a light commentary on mood and cinema trends.
Fellows' Syrup Health Claim Ad
An advertisement touts Fellows' Syrup as restoring energy and vitality for run down nerves and tired bodies. It claims physicians in 58 countries prescribe it and urges readers to buy at their pharmacist.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Little Ble. Horn
Custer
Seventh Cavalry
Hamlin Garland
Old Mclure's
Garland
Tron
Vance Dillon
Heyennes
Fort Dearborn Massacre
Richard T. Ringling
Alfred T. "Ringling
Falls In
Appar
W. B. Caldwell
Doctors
Te Nigh
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