Montana to host statewide corn contest for youth
Professor F Cooley announces James J Hill funded Montana corn growing contest for boys and girls under 18. $100 top prize for best ten ears statewide, 28 county premiums, four altitude classes, expert judge to survey across Montana and transfer entries to county fairs for national and international grain shows.
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Bozeman
Cooley
Montana Farmers’ Institutes
State College
James J. Hill
Montana
Hill
State Teachers’ Association
Deed Found Valuing Mining Property After Death
In Butte County Mrs. Sarah Holmes died poor and alone in an unfurnished cabin. Auditor Prendergast found a mining property deed worth 10,000 dollars among her effects, which she had previously rejected as too small a bid. A four-diamond ring and a gold watch and chain were also discovered.
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Butte
Sarah Holmes
Thomas Prendergast
Prendergast
Governor Urged to End Butte Switchmen Strike
The governor, railroad commission, and interstate commerce commission are urged to use their best efforts to settle the switchmen's strike. Mayor Nevin and aldermen Riley Murphy O Connor White and Schatzlein, acting for the city council, adopted resolutions detailing the case at a meeting called by the Montana Federation of Labor and the Silver Bow Trades and Labor assemblies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nevin
Riley
Murphy
O’connor
White
Schatzlein
Montana Federation of Labor
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assemblies
Trains Lost In Snow Near Grey Cliff
A storm on the Northern Pacific left two passenger trains a snowplow and a loose engine missing near Grey Cliff between Big Timber and Columbus. Rail men say the block ade is effectual though snow is packed hard like ice.
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Columbus
Northern Pacific
Grey Cliff
Big Timber
Montana Teachers Adjourne Bozeman
The state teachers convention met in Bozeman with record out of town attendance and paid enrollment. Billings will host the next meeting. President Swain of the state normal college was elected. Industrial education was the chief feature of today’s sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Bozeman
State Teachers’ Convention
Billings
Swain
State Normal College
Montana rancher, veteran stockman dies by self infliction
Seventy five year old rancher and stockman of northern Montana shoots himself at his ranch on the Teton River near Fort Benton after forty four years in the business. The wealthy man was well known in regional cattle circles.
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Jhimeelf
Butte
Montana
Teton River
Fort Benton
onsTeton
Fare Not Fair Encounter With Conductor
A brief dialogue captures a division superintendent challenging a conductor over passenger counts on a fast trip. The conductor questions fair or fare and hints at judging by complexion rather than numbers.
Trains at Risk as Theft Suspects Surface in Quip
In a witty exchange Miss Cayenne jokes that Tom fears Dalby may feed an enemy to steal trains, while the other confirms the caper as petty larceny. The lighthearted banter frames a mock accusation over transport items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalby
Miss Cayenne
Mixed Consumer Ads and Slogans from a Fragment
A collage of old advertisements and quips appears, promoting Castoria for infants, a warning about self harm, a cough chest remedy, fashioning lines about flattery and love, a fur dealer, a note on education costs, a painkiller claim, and various misspellings and promotional taglines.
Parrot incident cited in damages suit rhetoric
A lawyer defending a damages case argues against direct accusations while referencing a quip about a parrot and a toppled collar. The remarks illustrate how insinuations about a client’s reputation can be challenged without direct charges.
Deafness Cure Claim Promises 100 Dollar Reward
An old advertisement asserts deafness stems from an inflamed Eustachian tube and offers one hundred dollars for any case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It claims catarrh causes most deafness and promotes the product and related pills with circulars from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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James Crooks
First St
N. W
American Fork
Utah
Dean
Crooks
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Truth Gallantry and a Georgian Fatherly Advice
A fragment cites a satirical line about southerners and a Georgian father telling his son not to chase women or streetcars. The ad copy promotes Dr Pierce’s Pellets as sugar-coated pills claimed to regulate stomach liver and bowels and cure constipation.
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Everybody’s Magazine
Dr. Pierce
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