Mob Hangs Suspect After Sheriff Killed in Mondak
In Mondak a lynch mob overpowered officials and hanged Collins at a telephone pole after he killed Sheriff Courtney and Deputy Bursmaster during an attempted arrest. A posse pursued Collins who later died by mob gunfire. Bursmaster died later at Williston hospital.
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Mondak
Courtney
Bursmaster
J. C. Collins
Collins
T Here
Clay Beal
Beal
Patterson
Wilson
Colphins
Williston
N. D
Double flax acreage and new settlers boost eastern Montana crops
Glendive reports show flax acreage will more than double last year across outlying territory. Spring wheat and oats plantings rise as settlers from the Midwest and South arrive and file for available quarter sections. C C Narum notes dry land farming can outpace irrigated land if three good crops are earned in five.
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Middle West
South
Montana
C. C. Narum
Paper Makers Bid for Spruce Timber Sale
A preliminary application to purchase all spruce timber on Flathead county watersheds has been made to the government. The bid comes from eastern paper manufacturers through Flathead and Kootenai national forests supervisors P. S. Bunker and R. P. McLaughlin. The proposal covers about three million feet.
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Kalispell
Flathead County
P. S. Bunker
R. P. McLaughlin
Flathead and Kootenai ‘National Forests
Eastern Paper Manufacturers
Referendum Drive Underway For Boxing Law In Glendive
Petitions to grant voters the referendum on the Kiley boxing law are being signed in Glendive county. About 500 signatures are needed to reach the 15 percent requirement, and indications are that this number will be met.
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Glendive
Tubercular Test Begun on Flathead Valley Cattle
Assistant State Veterinarian Boyd has started tuberculin testing of dairy cattle in Kalispell and the Flathead valley. A high-grade Holstein herd imported from Minnesota by G E Drew is among the first to be tested.
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Kalispell
Boyd
Flathead Valley
G. E
Minnesota
Washout Wrecks Freight near Billings Montana
A freight train of 50 cars was wrecked by a washout on the Milwaukee road between Lamard and Judith Gap. High water and ice from the Little Big Horn River washed out 2000 feet of track in the Crow agency. Burlington trains are tied up with diversions over the Great Northern to Jamestown and to Judith Gap.
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Billings
Mont
Milwaukee Road
Lamard
Judith’ Gap
Burlington
Little Big Horn
Crow Agency
Great Northern
Jamestown
Milwaukee
Judith Gap
Floods Sweep Glendive as Yellowstone Rises High
Alarm spread after a rapid Yellowstone River flood swept through Glendive. A ranch employee reportedly lost cattle in the surge. Residents evacuated to high ground near the hospital and Hungry Joe mill as railroad damage mounted and a 20 foot fill near Big Horn station washed out.
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Glendive
Yellowstone River
Charles’ Krug
Yellowstone
Big Horn Station
Miles City
E. J. Berry
Catte
Ater
Berry
Northern Pacific
Milwaukee
New Montana Office Filled by Governor Stewart
Governor Stewart appoints J Clifford of Anaconda as state traveling parole commissioner. The new office, created by the last legislature, will supervise paroled prisoners welfare and help secure employment. Oliver remains a deputy game warden noted for efficiency. Hoss’s appointment as auditor by the public utilities commission is well received. The railroad commission seeks five to ten qualified appraisers to forward to the Interstate Commerce Commission for a national property valuation.
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Montana
Nelena
Stewart
J. ©. Clifford
Anaconda
Oliver
F. i Hoss
Public Utilities Commission
Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Veteran Soldier Dead on Ranch Forty Miles South
Albert Weller a 61 year old retired regular army man died on a ranch twenty two miles south of the city. He served twenty three years and six months in the regular army including six years in the Philippines. A note found in his satchel mentions presenting his belongings to whoever buries him and wearing only a shirt.
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Sitle
Albert Weller
Germany
Paippines
Murderer Dies by Own Hand in Great Falls Cabin
In a cabin several miles from the sheep camp where Peter Wood was killed, Thomas Roberts was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Sheriff Kommers reported Roberts used the same weapon to kill Wood days earlier. both bodies were brought to the city last night.
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Great Falls
Peter Wood
Thomas Roberts
Kommers
Roberts
Wood
Tracks Carried Away Trails Floods Hit Montana Rail Lines
Traffic east of Billings on the Burlington and Northern Pacific railroads has been halted since Sunday after floods caused by melting snow in the Big Horn and Yellowstone rivers washed away tracks. The Burlington line was torn up near the Crow Agency and the Northern Pacific line near Custer.
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Billings
Burlington and Northern Pacific
Big Horn
Yellowstone
Burlington
Crow Agency
Northern Pacific
Custer
Flood Threat Near Glendive After Ice Gorge Collapse
In Glendive and nearby, fear rose as reports said the Yellowstone River backed behind a forty foot ice gorge. A Northern Pacific crew was sent to dynamite the barrier. Cattle losses reached 31000 with a man and horse reported swept away by the flood.
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Glendive
Yellowstone River
Northern Pacific
New King Constantine Returns as Hero of Greece
Once scorned for failures in the 1897 Turkish war Constantine, now king and commander of an revived Greek army, faces renewed mutinous opposition yet enters Athens to thunderous public acclaim. His accession ends royal abdication rumors and follows a history of political and military conflict.
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Constantine
Greece
Athens
Tater
Prince George
Military League
Real Commoner of the Cabinet Billy Wilson Labor Secretary
William B. Wilson, secretary of labor under President Wilson, rose from coal miner to congressman. He began work at eight in a Pennsylvania mine, later earned $2,000 with the United Mine Workers, and lives with his wife and nine children on a small farm in Blossburg, PA.
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Wilson
William B. Wison
Labor
Pennsylvania
Httle
Billy” Wilson
Billy
Vanderbilt model flat costs $250 for a full home
Mrs William Vanderbilt Jr showcases a New York model tenement at 6 Ik 78th Street offering a dining room living room kitchen and two bedrooms with all linens cutlery curtains and furniture for 250. Vanderbilt claims the package avoids debt and installment plans and could spark widespread home making.
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William IX. Vanderbilt, Jr
America
Vanderbilt Model
Ik. 78Th Street
New York
Harlem
Mia
Mr. Vanderbilt
Anderson Welcomed in Tokyo by Emperor Amid Ambassadorship
State department records refute claims that Larz Anderson was barred as United States ambassador to Tokio. He and Mrs. Anderson were warmly received in official capacities by the emperor, conveyed in royal equipages, with a large Japanese escort and formal ceremony.
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State Department
Larz Anderson
United States
Tokio
Anderson
Mrs. Anderson
Imperial‘ Palace
Brussels
Testimonial for Lydia E Pinkham remedy from Adrian Texas
A Adrian Texas reader credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing years of severe menstrual pain cramps and bleeding. She says she gained 30 pounds after seven boxes and two bottles of Sanative Wash and invites others to write for confidential advice.
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Adrian
Texas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Jessin Mars
Women May Look Good Without Being Accused
A concise reflection on perception of beauty noting that appearance should not lead to judgment or blame. It emphasizes that compliments or attractiveness do not justify unwanted scrutiny or accusations.
Castoria Reminder Safely Used For Infants and Children
A vintage public health notice urges caregivers to inspect each Castoria bottle for the correct signature and to trust Fletcher’s Castoria as a safe remedy used for over 30 years as children cry for it.
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Guy Seeteh
Fletcher
Rutgers adviser urges novelist to move to New York
The literary adviser Rutgers Jewett counsels a young novelist to relocate to New York. He insists that publishers and editors readily turn to a writer based there, noting that many people fear opportunities never come their way.
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Rutgers Jewett
New York
Mr. Jewett
Ny 4
Mead
Toasties described as a delicious breakfast option
A description promotes toasted corn crisps as a tasty breakfast when served with cream milk or fruit. The copy emphasizes convenience and versatility of the snack served directly from the package.
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Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Bchenectady
N. YY
Lydia H. Pinkham Medicine Co
Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
FOLEY
Carter
Carters
Ittle Iver
PILLS
Canada
Manitoba
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Alberta
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W.e.black
Scanadas
Clinford Block
Orakd Forks
NO. Dax
Superintendent of Immigration
Ottawa
Fargo
Shotwell Floral Co
Plarta
Phono
Dight- Yargo
N.D
Smedleys Green
RTH Dakota
W. N. U. Fargo
Japan
Lydia E. Pinkkham
Mildred
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