Northwest Notes and Sudden Death in Montana News
Multiple brief items: renurvey bill in Washington state Senate, Whatcom library plan by P B Cornwall. Wyoming Republican convention site and date. a death by self-strangulation near Harlowton. a man and wife killed while traveling toward Yellowstone Park. Conley the motorman’s helper dies after fall at Anaconda smelter. a deputy shot during arrest in Wallace. Italian workers confronted deputies in Washington. a shingle mill shutdown order in Washington. Great Falls storm causing extensive damage and homeless. gas well explosion near Great Falls. miner Green suffocated in Butte. Spokane residents organize fraternal order Brotherhood of Marcon. drownings on Carson River. shooting in Cullins Montana. various court and jail cases. Wyoming oil springs venture. and a list of scattered local happenings.
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Harlowton
Yellows Park
I. Conley
Anaconda
Conley
Mullan
Talian
Williams
Wallace
Washington
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Cecil Rhodes Tomb in Matoppo Hills Rhodesia Monumental Grave
The article recounts Cecil Rhodes burial in a rock tomb on Matoppo Hills near Bulawayo Rhodesia. It describes his empire visions vast rail projects from Cape Town to Cairo and Beira to Salisbury, fertile lands and mining riches, his nine farms, and the region nicknamed garden of Rhodesia along with memorials surrounding his tomb.
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Matoppo Hills
Matoppo
Rhodesia
South Africa
Bulawayo
Rhodes
Colossus
Africa
Hera
Rhoades
Aries
Cape Town
Cairo
Egypt
Beira
Indian Ocean
Salisbury
Ballsbury Les
Salisbbury
Twill
Les Victoria
Rhodesty
Cecil
Rhodesia’s Rhodes City Notables Mark Empire Roots
A retrospective note on Cecil Rhodes and the rise of Rhodesia and Britain’s South African company. It highlights Rhodes’s 1889 charter, rapid town development, and the transformation of Salisbury and Bulawayo into thriving municipalities within seven years, reflecting bold imperial expansion.
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Cecil Rhodes
Rhodesia
Ho Is
Rhodes
Great Britain
British South African Company
Zamwes Rive
Bulawayo
Matoppo Hills
Kraal
Salisbury
South Africa
Mobile Work for Nothing and the Federal Statutes
A long excerpt alleges eight years of three commissioners drawing pay in Washington to codify federal statutes. It claims a Boston man proposed the scheme and cites a broader narrative about government labor, territorial ambitions, and imperial data as part of a vast, allegorical account.
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Washington
Boston
Tricks of Beggars How Leggage Are Made
A New York World excerpt describes beggars fabricating injuries to gain sympathy and aid. It details a street fakir who instructs assistants to simulate blindness burns and scars, profiting from fake misfortune while avoiding police scrutiny. The piece notes the grim, manipulative trade and the calculating craft behind it.
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New York World
Gorilla Hunter Tales From West Africa Chronicle
An aging hunter recounts a violent encounter with a full grown gorilla in West Africa. The creature’s strength and ferocity are described with vivid detail including a corkscrew roar and brutal chest and arm measurements. The observer recalls killing the animal after fearing another charge and notes the gorilla’s size and menace.
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Oder
The Value of Sleep and its Practical Power
The article argues that sleep preserves strength for leaders like Napoleon and Grant, noting how rest aided strategic decisions. It contrasts prudent sleep with fruitless late-night worry, citing a Minneapolis lawyer who lost sleep over cases and arguing that sleep outvalues nocturnal rumination, even amid ambitious plans.
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Napoleon
Gem
Grant
Accuriing to the annal report of for Maroh and the pallons
The article details a muddled 17th century account involving aleukel and wine measures, beer quantities, and malt cures, noting a proposed national effort tied to women’s companionship and a company formation in New York. It references fees for strangers and various social orders and ends with fragmented names and locales.
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Maroh
Aleukel
Why can t the young folk read it the typewriter era
A long handwritten text argues that typewritten letters threaten literacy among youth. It cites fear that typing and manuscript formats endanger the reading of ordinary handwriting. The piece features a narrator lambasting modern writing while praising traditional penmanship and laments societal decline.
Senator Frye Catches a Duck While Fig-Fishing
In a tale recounted by Senator Blackburn, Senator Frye attempts fig-fishing from a moving canoe. The line goes wild and a five-pound fish escapes skyward as a duck takes the minnow, prompting laughter aboard the fishing schooner. The senator directs a return to the club house to continue the outing with Uncle Joe Cannon and Dave Henderson.
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Congressional Fishing Club
Coat Rooma
Senator Wackburn
Frye
Dreast
Joe Cannon
Dave Henderson
Ladies Can Wear Foot Base Helps Tight Shoes Fit
A vintage advertisement claims Allen's Foot base powder makes tight or new shoes easy to wear. It promises relief from swollen hot feet sweating ingrown nails corns and bunions. Trial package offered free by mail to readers at the listed address.
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Allen
Ofsted
LeRoy, N
Monopolist Pig Scolded by Mother for Grasping Trough
A young pig reaches swill by its snout and then climbs wholly into the trough. The mother pig shoves it aside, calling it selfish and comparing it to human beings in a sharp rebuke.
Dundonald to command Dominion troops in Canada
A New York paper recalls historical notes about the Earl of Dundonald coming to Canada to lead Dominion forces and his prior distinction as a South Africa veteran with notable gun invention contributions. It also mentions Winnifred owning Gwryeb castle near Abergele and a weekly wage claim. The piece then shifts to assorted product ads and stray commentary on royal lineage, with city profiles of Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and references to transport and commerce.
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Devdonald
Ao Lowent
Earl of Dundonald
Canada
South Africa
Dundonald
Miss Winnifred
Gwyreb Castle
Abergele
Chicago
United States
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Comblard
America
Ite
Wodike
Downra
Salt Lab City
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Brotherhood of Marcon
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Tomen With Love
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Fi Windell
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