Blackfeet Indians and white relations spark early Montana tragedy
The 1806 Lewis and Clark hostage incident on the Marias river ignited a vendetta between the Blackfeet and Piegan allies and white traders. The ensuing long conflict helped topple the Missouri Fur Company, influenced frontier trade, and seeded enduring mutual suspicion among white and indigenous communities across decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Meriweather Lewis
Lewis and Clark
St. Louis
Missouri Fur Company
Lisa
Astor
Lewis
Marias River
Clark
Marins
New Republic
Piegan
Marias
Great Falls
Missouri
Oregon
Washington
Three Forks
Jefferson River
Gallatin Valley
Major Henry
Henry
The Fewer Creditors A Man Has Easier It Is
A concise aphorism notes that having fewer creditors lowers the burden of debt and makes it easier for a man to face life. The statement implies financial and moral comfort from reduced obligations.
Bargain Hunting Keys Woman’s Hope for Future
A woman, facing an uncertain future, remains confident she will discover her path among the bargains. The line suggests optimism and resilience as she evaluates options and opportunities in the present.
Montana News Digest of Towns and People
A sweep of local items reports shifts in schools, industry, agriculture, and travel. Resignations, new organizations, oil drilling resumes, water projects, and loans shape county activity. Notable deaths include Marvin Haskin, with multiple retail, farming, and civic notes across Lewistown, Medicine Lake, Helena, Plentywood, Missoula, and Billings.
Young Wife To England As Husband Faces Court Martial
An 18 year old Montana bride, married seven months, must travel from Butte to England as her Canadian deserting husband faces court martial in Canada. The wife, his mother, and her mother accompany her to New York, with deportation transport arranged by steamship lines and immigration officials seeking to have them travel together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Thompson
Butte
England
Canada
Thompson
Eighty-Ninth Batallion Base
Engineers’ Corps
Ennerdale Road
Clealer
Cumberland
Eng
America
Montana
Steamboat Company
Stuck
New York
Steamship Company
United Kingdom
New 200 candlepower lantern to readers free
A Chicago offer describes a 200 candlepower lantern used by the army at the border that lights like 20 lamps, burns 15 hours per fill, and costs a quarter cent per night. The Acorn Brass Mfg. Co. invites interested readers to write to their factory in Chicago, Illinois to receive one free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acorn Brass Mfg. Co
Chicago
Dear Montana dedicated by Montanan composer to pioneers
Reeves Music House in Helena announces the Montanan composer Westendorf's last piece Dear Montana dedicated to Montana pioneers. The waltz, written with words by Effie Hardin Longmuir, is praised for melody and harmony. Copies cost 25 cents and include other sheet music from Reeves Music House at 19 South Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Westendorf
Montana
International
Photography Firms Prominent in Great Falls Advertised
In Great Falls Montana two photography and auditing firms are listed. Harley Clark and Co specialists in ts and mill auditing occupy 74 Tod block, and Douglas Wilson and Co Inc operate from 408 Ford building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley-Clark & CO
Tod Block
Great Falls
Montana
Douglas Wilson & Co., Inc
Ford Building
FARM LAND AD OFFERS NEAR GREAT NORTHERN LINE
Classified notices promote 760 acres near station on Great Northern railway at 27 50 per acre with easy terms. Other listings include 840 acres in Madison valley near Logan 25 000 price with 5 000 down, and multiple ranches or farms across Montana Idaho and Washington with varied terms and irrigation potential. Listings include Pratt Heath Co Collins Realty Co Shafer Investment Co McDonald Realty Co and Hege Watkins Co among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern Railway
W. O. Downing & Co
Lewistown
Montana
Madison Valley
Logan
Collins ‘Realty. Co
Helena
Fairfield
McDonald Realty Co
Great Falls
Grass Range
John A. Coleman
Box
J. W. Hefferlin
Livingston, Mont
Judith Basin
Een Te Land Co
Mont
Saeberene
Givens Co
Washington
Idaho
Spokane
Hege & Watkins Co
Paulson Bidg
Wash
Washington and Oregon Farmers Are Buying Millions of Dollars
Washington and Oregon farmers are urged to view a new land opportunity described as an empire of destiny. The ad touts Montana settlement, promising profits to those who homestead and develop land, with offices in Hingham Havre Cut Bank and claims of vast land riches. It also advertises seafood direct from packers and Montana soldiers photos for sale in Helena.
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Washington
Oregon
Kremlin
Joplin
N. G
Hingham
Havre
Cut Bank
Montana
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Kelley-How-Thomson Co
Duluth, Minnesota
Studebaker
E. L. Vineyard Irrigation, Power and Farm Machinery
Wolf ‘Point
Sidney
John Mumm
Pendleton
Ore
Warr- Beebe
Medicine Lake
Sheridan County
Geraldine
Missoula
Adelore Lafrinire
Potomac
Blackfoot
Emma Groll
Gladys
Elgin
Ill
W. J. Swindlehurst
Plentywood
Kalitan
Here
C. M. Ransoner
Coeur d’Alene
Ida
John Mayberry
Montana Gas Traction Company
State
Hunters Hot Springs
Watertown
Robert Melved
G. M. Miles
Miles City
E. C. Day
E. O. Sissons
State University At
Ed O'Neill
Kalispell
Union Ditch Company
Etna Ditch Company
Webfoot Ditch Company
Bitter
Chamber of Commerce
Hoover
Billings
J. F. Logan
Great Western Sugar Company
Big Timber
Crazy Mountains
G. C. Cress
Baptist Missions
Carnegie Hero Commission
Pittsburgh
Spring Creek
G. T. Peterson
Idaho Falls
Idaho-Montana
R. A. Andreen
Big Sandy
C. B. Olson
Jack Milburn
Theity
State College
Bozeman
Austin
Tex
Egypt
Engineer's Corps
M. N. A—Wk
Pioneers
Brainerd
Havre, Mont
Accountants and Auditors
Deis Ignnioh
Lew Rasy
Frary & Burlingame
Nat'l Bank
Canadian Pacific Railway
Alberta
J. I. Eakin
Dunn Block
Shafer Investment Company
Central Avenue
Pratt & Heath Co
Wheatland, Hill and Toole Counties
Central Montana Branches Co
Norway Fish Company
Pike Place
Seattle
Photos
Jansrud
Hurses and
Liv Ahtuuk
Yellowstone Mag Land and Irrigation Ont. Co
Livingston
Overland
Prentice Automobile Company
Franklin, Rew
Dodge Brothers
Auto Clearing House
Front Streets
Wilds-Thurrston Motor CO
1St Ave. N
Packard, Hudson, Liberty, Saxon, Agents
Eer City Conservatory
Greatalls
Ontana
Paset
McCutchen
Fagen, McCutcheon & Price
Toost
Fagen, McCutcheon & and
Focal Farm Home
McClave
P. A. Rovighe
First Avenue South
Ash
National Cash Register
Thomas Whalen
East Broadway
B. Nelson
SA Babcock Cylinder Press
International Gasoline
Mostazaano Co
Butte, Mont
G. W. Janda
Mandan
N. D
O. B. Nelson
A. A. Berry Seed Co
Clavinda
Iowa
Seattle Engineering School
Butte College Telegaphy
Utte
Frill Chas. EB. Morris Co., Inc
Great ‘Alls
Architacts
Jesse M. Warren
Daly Bank
ABO
H. Shanlbey
Firse National Bank
Sam's
Henry Haas
First Nat. Bank
Auto School
Sayste Montana Automobile School
Beath Main
Mana Fur Company
Mon
Beckman Bros
Employment Agendias
Mula
Nero
Wyoming
Tana Public Oil Exchange
Casper
Western Hide & Fur Co
Fair
Price
Certified Accountants
WM. B. Finlay
First’ National Bank
Basia
His Loan and Realty Co
Bennett & Terrell
Rie Oenck
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