Wild rabbits linked to spotted fever study in Montana
Dr R R Parker of the state entomology board urges Montana residents to send live wild rabbits for study. He posits rabbits host all life stages for wood ticks that carry spotted fever germ. He notes fever spikes after rabbit abundance years and plans to forward some specimens to Harvard for testing.
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R. R. Parker
Rabbit
State Board of Entomology
Montana
Idaho
California
Parker
Harvard University
New Discovery Tefst Relieves Cold Irritation Quickly
A consumer health note touts a product called New Discovery for fast relief of cold irritation. It claims to ease misery, soothe throat irritation, and provide quicker relief, enabling a quicker return to activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rec
New Life Pills Promise Relief from Torpid Diet Effects
A vintage health claim touts New Life Pills as a regulation aiding remedy. The ad presents the pills as bowel “trainers” that cleanse the system surely and comfortably, implying relief from digestive sluggishness.
Liniment Brings Quick Relief For Aches And Pains
A brief consumer note promotes a liniment promising fast relief from strained muscles cramps and back pains. It advises applying without rubbing and claims soothing effects soon follow. The ad mentions easy availability from druggists and emphasizes natural penetration.
Billings-Yellowstone county officials clash over licenses
A Montana scene reports sheriffs arrest of Yellowstone county sheriff after he refused to issue city and state auto licenses. Missoula approves streetcar tariffs. Billings and other towns discuss elections, law and order, and local incidents including a former saloonkeeper’s beer seizures and a buffalo in Miles City.
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Billings
Yellowstone County
Missoula
State Railway and Public Service Commission
Polson
Milwaukee Road
Butte
Miles City
Western Creamery Company
Lewistown
Brooks
Montana
L. O
Texas
Goodnight
Trousseau
Charles Askenas
Agnes Richardson
Laurel
Miss Richardson
Shaving Ad Promotes Skin Health With Cuticura Soap
An advertisement claims Cuticura Soap doubles razor efficiency while promoting skin purity comfort and health. It promises no mugor slimy soap no germs no waste and no irritation even with twice daily shaves. One soap for shaving bathing and shampooing.
Wolf Creek Greek Heiress Deed May Forfeit 300
The estate of Gust Kekiris faces a $300 claim by Alex Angelos after Kekiris failed to carry out a marriage pact made on October 9, 1918 at Wolf Creek. The agreement, in which Angelos would accompany Kekiris to Greece for a religious bond and marriage to Kekiris’s sister, included a $150 advance and a 4 percent interest, with a potential $300 forfeiture if Angelos refused to follow Kekiris.
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Gust Kekiris
Alex Angelos
Greece
Angelos
Kekiris
Wolf Creek
John Kekiris
United States
Real Dutch Gold Medal Haartem Capsules Ad
A period ad warns kidneys weaken with slow progression and urges action. It claims the Netherlands chartered its preparation, promoting Real Dutch Haartem Capsules as restoring strength and health, urging readers to look for the boxed name and reject other products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netherlands
Holland
January Warm Spell Confounds Montana Mosquitoes
In Billings and Great Falls during a milder January 1919, residents report insects and plants behaving like mid spring. Weather prophets, ducks, larks, and local workers note unseasonable warmth, with laborers joking about vacations and easy plumbing due to the thaw.
Deportation of Radicals Seen Backed by Wilson Act
A government official says up to 100000 Bolshevists and radical followers will be sent to Europe after peace articles are signed. The act approved by President Wilson on October 16 excludes aliens active in anti American propaganda and authorizes deportation. Justice officials note many radicals are foreign born and urge removal to protect American institutions.
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Europe
Wilson
Lenine and
Trotzky
America
Military Intelligence Service
Department of Justice
E. W. Byrn
Byrn
United States
Charles F. Amidon
North Dakota
Reds
Secretary of Labor
Early Montana minister told off fee after wedding
In the 1868 69 Gallatin valley wedding tale Montana territory’s first M E B church elder Rev L B Stateler officiated for a well to do ranchman who asked how much he owed. Stateler declined a charge but hinted at a future favor. The frontiersman misunderstood and volunteered a generous response saying he would repay in kind someday.
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Montana
E. J. Stanley
Whitehall
M. EB. Church South
L. B. Stateler
Stateler
Mr. Stanley
Mr. Stateler
Gallatin Valley
Ases
World News Briefs Summarize Postwar Economic Items
A digest of global trade and industry notes covers Canada lumber spending for reconstruction, oil production in Tampico rising since 1913, Pillsbury flour mills closing as government flour purchases fall, 3500 jobs in Watertown from a railroad gun mount, Clyde line passenger service cut, NE telephone workers' strike threat, life insurers paying millions for influenza claims, and remarks on German subs, Italian aircraft, and postwar military logistics. It also notes maple syrup flow, prohibition opposition funding, Packard biplanes, Armour profits, and British air force expansion from 1914 to 1918.
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Toronto
Great Britain
Canada
Tampico
Pillsbury
Watertown
N. Y
Watertown Arsenal
Sphia
Clyde
Norfolk
Philadelphia
New York
New England
Washington
Pershing
Foch
Florence
Chicago
Packard Motor Corporation
Packard
London
J. Ogden Armour
Armour & Co
Rome
Brussels
Coblenz
Turkey
France
United States
Wash
Ordnance Department
U.S. Army
Railroad Administration
State Asylum Inmate Count Grows in Montana
The State asylum at Warm Springs houses 1,212 inmates as of December 1, up about five percent from the prior year. Dr J M Scantland cites heredity as the major insanity cause with 990 cases, and notes costs at about 80 cents per day per patient, aiming for 70 cents as prices fall.
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Warm Springs
Montana
J. M. Scanland
R Mountain
Silver Bow County
Lewis and Clark
Toole
Wheatland
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King
Sloan
Sloan's Vetes Cir
Equator
Yellowstone Valley
Great Falls
Cascade County
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Weather Bureau
Birds
RED
Republic
FEE
THE
Hinestes
Royal Air Force
Ford Motor Co
Eagle
State Asylum
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