First County Fair Ever Held by Indians Opens
The Fort Peck Indian Reservation hosts its first county fair with a record display of American Indian vegetables grains and other products. Delegations from Boston New York Philadelphia Brooklyn Pittsburg and Washington attend along with railway agents from ten southern and midwestern cities. Chief Spotted Tail comments on the progress in farming as the fair marks preparations for opening the reservation next year which will place 1 800 000 acres on the market and boost national grain output toward Montana.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Glacier National Park
Boston
New York City
Philadelphi
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Washington
Aind Ultimate
South
Middle West
Fort Peck
Spotted Tail
Fort Peck Reservation
Montana
Western star Kinney seeks lieutenant governor seat
J C Kinney of Wibaux Republican nominee for lieutenant governor is described as a conscientious citizen and ardent supporter of Republican principles. The account notes his long Western resume from plains country days to roles as freighter, cowboy, broncho buster, storekeeper, sand-hiller, dry land homesteader, and banker. Born 1872 in Divon, his family moved to Iowa in 1878 and he worked summers and studied winters before journeying to the Black Hills era and driving a team for railroad construction into Dakota from Alliance Nebraska.
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J.C. Kinney
Wibaux
Mr. Kinney
Divon
Aml
Iowa
Kinney's varied career ends as he settles in Dawson county
Montana native Kinney moved to Montana in 1892 after herding cattle from Lusk Wyoming. He worked as a barber for three years, then ran meat and grocery businesses, later general merchandise and banking in Wibaux. Married with three children, his diverse ventures marked a long public life. Electric Bitters are praised for health restoration in unrelated testimonial.
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Montana
Lusk
Wwyo
Dawson County
Kinney
Wibaux
Wise Vermont wife credits King’s New Discovery cure
Mrs. R. J. Flint of Brain Tree Vermont says her husband’s life was saved using Dr King’s New Discovery for a dreadful cough. The testimonial claims the remedy cured severe throat and lung troubles including bronchitis croup and hemorrhages. It is sold for 50 cents and 1 dollar with guarantee by druggists.
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R. J. Flint
Braintree
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