Big Sleep Ends Weekend Trip Mystery
A middle aged couple returning home from a weekend away found their house as they left it Friday. Their heavy sleeper son slept on while they wondered if he missed his train, hearing him call out in the bedroom.
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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1913
Page
3
Constantinople Plans Metropolitan Electric Line Idea
Constantinople advances an Ottoman Metropolitan company capitalized at 5 million dollars to build and operate an electric line. Construction aims to reach Pancard in four and a half years from October 1, 1912, with the remainder completed within ten years. A new bridge over the Golden Horn is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Ottoman Metropolitan Company
Pancard
Golden Horn
Orchestra Note Reveals Rack Use for Music Reading
An observation highlights an orchestra placing racks with music stands on stage. The audience occupies seating while musicians lean into racks to hold their sheets, reflecting a utilitarian setup during rehearsal.
Sheep exodus reshapes Montana as 100000 head move out
Great Falls report details a sweeping shift as Montana sheep flocks shrink amid farmer expansion. Six thousand sheep loaded at Armington mark the first wave of a movement expected to reduce state flocks by over 100000. The J B Long Sheep company plans to ship 45000 head for October delivery while I D ODonnell contracts yearling wethers for Billings. Knell Sheep Business notes Fort Peck reservation range closing for such shipments, with further transfers to Chicago and other regions as rail cars indicate a nationwide decline in free-range grazing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Armington
Montana
J. B. Long Sheep Company
I. D. O'Donnell
Billings
Arizon Getty
Knell
Fort Peck
Long
Great Northern
Gilman
Chicago
Fine Iowa King corn proves drought resistant in Fergus county
Loyistown farmer C. L. Findlay husked Iowa King corn in Flatwillow area of Fergus county. Planted mid April, stalks four feet tall on July 10, averaged over nine feet by September. Yield near 75 bushels per acre with ears fully developed and fodder stalks at five tons per acre. Grown at 3000 feet with no rain since June 8, moisture-conserving dry farming kept growth uninterrupted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyistown
C. L. Findlay
Flatwillow
Fergus County
Iowa
Montana
Livingston Pioneer Captain Amos Shaw Dies at Livingston
Captain Amos Shaw a lifelong mariner and entrepreneur in Yellowstone country died in Livingston. Born June 1, 1848 at sea three days from Gibraltar en route to Canada he led Shaw and Powell Camping Co in park ventures and built Yellowstone Lake's first steamboat. He secured a permanent camping permit in the park last winter after years of effort. He moved to Livingston in 1890 from Saginaw Michigan and leaves a wife two sons and three daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Amos Shaw
Gibraltar
Canada
Shaw & Powell Camping Company
Yellowstone Park
Great Lakes
Yellowstone Lake
Camping Company
Park
Lane
Saginaw, Mich
Plowing Soon to Commence in Glendive Area
Rains last week saturated ground across eastern Montana making fields suitable for plowing. Tractors began in many farming districts as weather cleared. In Dawson county west, about nine inches of snow fell on the Divide, lightly damaging unthreshed flax but overall farming benefits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendive
Montanan
Dawson County
Divide
Regular service established on Grass Range extension
Lewistown reports regular service has begun on the Grass Range extension starting Sunday. The Milwaukee line adds freight service on the Lewistown Great Falls route to Warwick, twenty five miles west of Lewistown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Grass Range
Milwaukee
Great Falls
Warwick
Hunter Fires Forest by Careless Match Toss
A hunter in the Basin district started a forest fire by throwing away a lit match after lighting his pipe. The blaze burned through dense timber for about a mile square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basin District
Indiana Man Gets Land Prize Draw in Great Falls Event
Cold damp morning ushers a packed Orpheum theater drawing for 40 299 envelopes from four Montana and nearby points. Judge James W. Witten and assistants shuffle the mass as Zita Friedl and Hazel Hurd select envelopes, listing the first fifteen land prize winners including Sammond IndianaThomas J
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Mont
United States
James W. Witten
Orpheum Theater
Witten
Great Falls
Havre
Miles City
Judge Witten
Zita Friedl
Mayor Friedl
Hazel Hurd
Lass
Unidentified Body Found Near Big Timber Island
The body of an unidentified man was found on an island at the H. C. Hanly ranch two miles above Big Timber. It appears to have floated down from Livingston after the June raise. An Ingersoll watch and two pocket books were found with the body. This is the second body found recently in the Yellowstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
H. C. Hanly Ranch
Big Timber
Ingersoll
Yallowstone
Col Cruse Opens Rich Vein at Franklin Mine
Colonel Thomas Cruse of Helena reports a new 7 foot vein at the Franklin mine in Scratch Gravel, six miles from Helena. The vein was struck at the 200 foot level with 4.5 feet in shipping ore and 35 inches yielding $600 to $700 in silver per ton. Indications point to a permanent vein rivaling the old Lexington deposit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Cruse
Helena
Thomas Cruse
Franklin
Colonel Cruse
Lexington
Female Makes The Trouble
A newspaper piece mocks a new mosquito variety blamed on females of the Culex species. It notes females bite indoors through screens as males stay outside, sing, and do not bite. The essay blends humor with commentary on summer mosquitoes and household impact.
Child heals from head sores using Cuticura
Mrs A B Wolters of Greenville describes two and a half year old boy injuring his head and developing itchy ulcers that spread from the neck to the scalp. After nightly and morning use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment the itching stopped the sores healed in two weeks with no scar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. O
Greenville
Cal
A. B. Wolters
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Eye Alone Detects Icebergs in Transatlantic Route Study
Captain C E Johnson and A S Gamble of the cutters Seneca and Miami patrol the transatlantic route from April to May. They found no reliable method to detect icebergs by temperature changes or ship echo, noting only murres indicate icebergs and many echoes fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C E. Johnson
A.S. Gamble
Seneca
Miami
Johnson
Johnston
Man who robbed house questioned at police station
A husband at the station asks to see the robber who entered his home the night before. The sergeant agrees and the husband expresses a desire to talk to the suspect to learn how the break in occurred without waking his wife, a matter he has pursued for twenty years.
Lands Sold in Lewistown School Land Auction
In Lewistown the recent school land sale disposed of 13,750 acres for 224,750 dollars, averaging 16.35 dollars per acre. The lower average reflects land mostly outside the Judith basin and of rough, hilly character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Judith Basin
Henpeck Laughs Through Breakfast Joke
A man named James recounts a morning prank in which he finds no breakfast and uses a loud wake up call with a frying pan. He then discovers his wife Bertha asleep and, after a quiet approach, Bertha wakes and realizes the ruse, prompting shared laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henpeck
Bertha
James
Cancer Contagion Claim Traced to Geneva Street Clusters
Authorities insist cancer is not contagious but Doctor Odler of a Geneva Switzerland cancer institute reports finding a dozen houses with recurrent cases in a principal street. He argues contagion as a theory and urges disinfection of every house that housed a cancer patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odler
Geneva
Switzerland
Ready for Him
A conductor trips over a small boy’s foot and faces the mother with a quip about awkward children. The mother fires back that she was thinking the conductor’s mother had one.
The Bald Facts Split by Lawyers
A witty exchange on lawyers noting their skill at splitting hairs over bald facts. The dialogue frames lawyers as great men yet scrutinizes their precision in trivial details.
Bolivia Provides Germany with Most Tin Ore
Germany receives by far the largest portion of its tin ore from Bolivia, highlighting Bolivia as a key supplier in the global tin market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Bolivia
Snow In Paradise Valley Delays Harvest Yet Improves Ground
In Paradise Valley, seven to eight inches of snow fell last week. The snowfall slowed threshing but left fields in good shape for fall wheat planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paradise Valley
Livingston
They Say Unions Raise Labor Prices Prompting Pay Demands
The cartoon quips that unions push up wages as bosses face sudden requests for higher pay after two clerks married last week. A quick jab contrasts union rhetoric with a personal salary demand.
Lucky for Him Soldier Returns From Mexican Action
An amateur adventurer recounts his first engagement in Mexico where he fought with revolutionists. He was wounded with a bullet under the heart but survives, joking that his heart was in his mouth at the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Inquisitive Question About Character Power
A witty exchange frames a joke about whether curiosity defines a person. The boob asks if an inquisitive man is a question able character and the wise guy invites the query.
One Kind Woods Quote Exchange Over Dogwood Bark
A brief pair of lines contrasts a love of woods noises with a quip about liking the bark of the dogwood. The exchange frames nature as a source of simple pleasures and humor.
Stock Shipments Heavy Glendive
Shipments of stock from this part of the state to eastern markets have been exceptionally heavy. The article notes brisk activity and strong demand affecting rail and shipping routes through Glendive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendive
Paradoxical Status Comments on Standing Army
A fragment quotes Dr. J. H. Rindlaub of Fargo speaking on military readiness. The piece then advertises Dean’s Mentholated Cough Drops for bronchial weakness and throat trouble, dismissing a character as unsavable by enamel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Two Sets of Suffragettes in Butte Feud
Butte reports a split suffrage movement after a meeting where two women speakers clashed. A bolt sparked by the dispute led insurgents to form a separate group vowing hostility to the parent organization. Both sides seek votes, and leadership for victory is contested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mrs Winslow Teething Syrup Ad Claims Soothing Relief
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething. It promises gum softening pain relief and reduced inflammation with a cure for wind colic and related issues.
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