Montana Referendum Vote On County Elections Proposal
A petition from county Republicans seeks a special election to submit a statewide referendum on local district nomination by popular vote. In Butte mining man William Frost was shot and killed by his wife after a history of quarrels. Mrs Frost says she acted in self defense after he threatened her with a razor.
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Hamilton
Board of County Commissioners
Butte
William Frost
West Porphyry
Syrup of Figs Helps Children, Says California Company
The text extols Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for children and claims it is the true remedy made only by the California Fig Syrup Co. It emphasizes that little ones improve more with this preparation and that children enjoy it.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Former Legislator Aaron Conner Killed at Darby Sawmill
Aaron Conner a former Ravallit county legislator and notable Bitter Root valley rancher was killed last Saturday at his Darby area sawmill. He died from a head and stomach injury after a slab struck him.
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Hamilton
Aaron Conner
Ravallit County
Bitter Root Valley
Darby
Cure a Cold in One Day Remedies Ad
An old newspaper ad promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets for quick cold relief with a money back guarantee and E W Groves signature on each box. It also touts BALM BOREHOUND SYRUP for bedtime use at 25 and 50 cents, available from Riley's Drug Store.
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E. W. Grove
Ballard
Riley’s Drug Store
Soldier dies after accidental baseball hit at Fort Harrison
Helena Jesse P. Franklyn of the Twenty fourth United States Infantry at Fort Harrison was accidentally struck by a ball during a Sunday game and died shortly after the incident.
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Helena
Jesse P. Franklyn
Twenty-forth
United States Infantry
Ft. Harrison
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Promotes Nature’s Plan
The advertisement touts Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as aiding nature to relieve colds and coughs. It claims to ease lungs, aid expectoration, open secretions, and prevent pneumonia with thousands of testimonies and pricing at 95 cents or 50 cents for large size, sold by Riley the Druggist.
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Chamberlain
Riley
Beaverhed County High opens with bright prospects for year
The Beaverhed County High School began its fall term last Monday with strong turnout from faculty board members and an unusually large student body. Principal Foote outlined plans to enforce a regular curriculum, highlight a robust commercial course led by Prof My, and enroll adults on a tuition basis. Musical interludes and orderly assemblies accompanied the first days as students settled into classes and routines.
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Beaverhed County
Sanghee
Schoo
Principa
Gray Gracier
Board of Trustees
George R. Featherly
Whem
Robbins
State Normal College
Foote
Ue Uh
Rackal Assembly
Gracier
Ladd
Rockford
Ill
Kati Paxton
Myrtle Erwin
Gene
Yellowstone Pioneer Dies Leaves Billings Valley
Billings remembers John Rixon a longtime Yellowstone valley settler who arrived before Billings town origins. He died Monday night of old age as neighbors recall his early pioneer era and contributions to the region.
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Billings
John Rixon
Yellowstone Valley
Beauty and health claims for Herbine medicine ad
An 1901 advertisement touts Herbine as a cure for constipation and digestive aid with a testimonial from Mrs Wm Stroud of Midlothian Texas. It promises beauty benefits for women and notes a 50 cent price per dose. The quote from R L Riley accompanies the claim.
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Wm. M. Stroud
Midlothian
Texas
R. L. Riley
Healy Compelled to Shut Down
Minnie Healy mine engines broke down at 2 a m Sunday morning forcing a week long mine closure in Butte.
Cure for a Sick Boy with Chamberlain Remedy
Maggie Hickox of Midland Michigan testifies her twelve year old son suffered a severe bowel complaint but was cured by Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The ad claims it can handle even cholera infantum and urges following printed directions for a sure cure with Riley the Druggist selling it.
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Chamberlain
Maggie Hickox
Midland
Mich
Riley
Brick Wall Collapses On Montana Steam Laundry Building
The Montana Steam Laundry building in Butte collapsed Sunday afternoon as an outside wall fell into the street. The walls had been in dangerous condition for some time and men were repairing them when the collapse occurred.
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Butte
Montana Steam Laundry
Electric Bitters praised by Bennettsville couple
S A Brown, Bennettsville South Carolina, says his wife suffered from dyspepsia and torpid liver until Electric Bitters helped at once and made her well. R L Riley, the local druggist, sells them for 50 cents a bottle with guarantee.
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S. A. Brown
Bennettsville
S.C
R. L. Riley
Helena Frank Sterling joins G A R council in Denver
Helena Frank Sterling of this city was made a member of the council of administrators at the grand encampment of the G A R in Denver. The piece notes child health linked to worms and promotes White's Cream Vermifuge at Riley's Drug Store for 25 cents. A California millionaire died after his automobile collided with a milk wagon, described as a near loss of majesty in the country.
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Helena
Frank Sterling
Denver
Riley’s
California
Chamberlain's salve praised for sores and burns
As a dressing for sores bruises and burns Chamberlains salve is all that can be desired. It soothes and heals and relieves burn pain almost instantly. Also advertised as a cure for chapped hands and skin diseases. Price 25 cents. For sale by Riley the druggist.
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Chamberlain
Riley
Late War Veteran Dead Anaconda A R Lindwall
Anaconda veteran A R Lindwall, who served in the Spanish American War with the Michigan regiment in Cuba, died Saturday at St. Ann's hospital from rheumatism of the heart.
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Anaconda
A A. R. Lindwall
Michigan
Cuba
St. Ann’s Hospital
Experience Is the Best Tea with Acker’s Remedy Offer
An advertisement promises Acker's English Remedy for coughs colds and croup with immediate relief or money back. Sold by R. L. Riley in a small retail notice offering 25 and 50 cent sizes.
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Acker
R. L. Riley
Eow
New Incorporation Formed for West of Mississippi Agriculture Association
Articles of incorporation for the National Home Seekers Association filed in the recorder's office outline a 20 year life. The group aims to encourage agriculture and horticulture across states and territories west of the Mississippi by buying selling mortgaging and leasing real estate and personal property.
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Butte
Recorder’s
Mississippi River
Purge Impure Blood with Acker's Elixir Claims
An advertisement asserts dull headaches body pains fever and sores signal impure blood and promotes Acker's Blood Elixir as a universal cure for scrofulous and syphilitic poisons and other blood diseases with a full guarantee of success. R L Riley endorses the remedy.
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Acker
R. L. Riley
Local Sheep Sale Near Dillon Nets Big Prices
Max Lauterbach, a renowned sheepman in the area, completed a sale in Dillon of about 10 carloads of lambs and wethers to Nebraska buyers. He said prices averaged above $2.50 for lambs and $4 for wethers.
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Max Lauterbach
Nebraska
Dillon
Lauterbach
Druggists Will Meet at Montana Association Convention
The Montana State Pharmaceutical Association plans its annual convention in Butte on September 22. Invitations have been extended to all druggists statewide.
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Butte
Montana State Pharmaceutic Association
Liver Tonic Herbine Promises Bile Fluidity Boost
In sluggish liver HERBINE improves biliary tract flow and liver health, banishing drowsiness lethargy and apathy from hepatic disorders. Price 50 cents at Riley's Drug Store.
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Riley’s Drug Store
Lima couple wed at Methodist church in Anaconda Standard item
Emory Kellar and Mrs Aureli Smith of Lima Montana were united in marriage at 64 Spruce Street by Rev Ware of the Methodist Episcopal church. Kellar is a leading Beaverhead County sheepman who earned 27000 this season and his wife is noted as Lima's finest equestrienne. They will attend the Portland fair then return to Lima around October first.
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Emory Kellar
Aureli Smith
Lima
Mont
Spruce Street
Mr. Ware
Methodist Episcopal Church
Kellar
Beaverhead County
Portland
Lamb Roasted White Lamb Wedding in Anaconda
A Tribune correspondent describes the Smith Kellar wedding in Anaconda last Saturday. The bride wore pearl gray taffeta with pink accents and a bouquet of pink roses. Friends toasted the couple with a grand supper highlighted by a whole roasted lamb symbolizing Mr Kellar’s prominence as a Lima sheepman.
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the Tribune
Anaconda
Moki Tea Claimed Cure For Headache And Digestion
Advertisement claims Moki Tea cures headaches permanently and improves digestion and appetite. It describes a pleasant herb drink that aids eating, sleeping, and working, with satisfaction guaranteed or money back. Price listed as 50 cents.
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R.L. Riley
Beaverhead County Sealed Fence Bids Open Oct 7 1905
Beaverhead County Montana invites sealed bids for about 114 miles of barb wire fence. Red fur posts seven feet long with top burned and set two feet deep. sixTEEN feet apart. five Glidden wires with ten inch spacing. top wire five feet above ground. Construction along a new county road from Willow Creek to Browns Bridge to Glen Station. Special session Oct 7 1905 at 10 o'clock a.m. to open bids and award contract. The county reserves right to reject all bids.
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Beaverhead
Montana
Willow Creek
Browns Bridge
Glen Station
Board of County Commissioners
Beaverhead County
Bids For Beaverhead County Construction Contract
Sealed bids for a barn at the poor farm and new yards at the poor house near Dillon Montana are due by 10 am Saturday October 7 1905 at the Beaverhead County Clerk and Recorder office. Each bid requires a 10 percent certified check. the board may reject all bids.
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Beaverhead
Montana
Dillon
Board of County Commissioners
Beaverhead County
Finding Health Like Money: Dr King’s New Discovery Ad
A Virginia man from Sandy Level credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Coughs and Colds with curing a severe chest illness after other remedies failed. The ad touts the medicine as the greatest cough and lung remedy and offers trial bottles at R L Riley’s drug store for 50 cents and 1 dollar with a guarantee.
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W. C. Barber
Sandy Level
R.L. Riley
Triai
New Departure Mine Reports Rich Silver Ore Strike
A new ore strike at the New Departure mine, west of Dillon, yields ore around 200 ounces of silver per ton. Carloads are shipping to East Helena smelter this week. Owners W A Jones O M Best and John Mackey express optimism though vein size and permanence remain uncertain.
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New Departure
Dillon
East Helena
W. A. Jones
O. M. Best
John Mackey
Sheriff Gist Harvests Potatoes In Unusual Patch
Sheriff Duke Gist reports a potato harvest in an odd patch where vines were culled from trees to prevent breaking them. He cites unusually heavy yields and some impossible weights for public belief.
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Duke Gist
Duke
Old Home and Old Friends Visit Urged Across the East
An advisory urges a one way travel to the East to visit the Old Home and Old Friends with minimal expenses, returning afterward to the West. The note emphasizes frugal travel and the value of reconnecting in familiar places.
New Woollen Washing Method Claims No Shrinkage
The Dillon Steam Laundry announces a sanitary washing method that allegedly prevents shrinking of wollens and avoids offensive odors. No reference to Chinese labor or practices is given in readable text.
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Dillon Steam Laundry
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