Roosevelt led vigilantes in Little Missouri meeting, 1884
Manuscript found in Montana reveals Theodore Roosevelt chaired the first meeting of the Little Missouri Stockmen's Association on December 19, 1884 in Medora. The group formed a law and order committee to curb cattle thieves and set by laws, with Roosevelt drafting them. The document, soon public, contains resolutions on voting, roundups, and coordination with Eastern Montana groups.
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Little Missouri River Stockmen’s Association
Roosevelt
Little Farm
Montana
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt Memorial Association
New York
Joseph A. Ferris
Terry, Mont
Medora
N. Lt
Badlands
Little Missouri River Stockmen's Association
Dakotas
Eastern Montana Live Stock Association
Memorial Association
Colonel Roosevelt
Herman Hagedorn
Association
Bureau of Research
Roosevelt Country
Uils
Hagedorn
Harding
Bil’ Sewall
Canadian
Gulf of Mexico
Little Missouri
Oak
SoHo Cattle Company
Badger Company
Custer Trail Company
LeMoyne Company
Maltese Cross Company
Elkhorn Company
Thompson Company
L. D. & P. Rumsey
H. R. Wadsworth & Co
N. P. Refrigerator Car Company
BE. W. Casey & Co
Knickerbocker Press
Debt Paid After 31 Years Of Remarkable Recall
Walter F. Templin of Kekome, once in Greentown mercantile trade, receives $30.10 to settle an $8.85 note from 1800. A boy leaving town signed the promissory note. The note is paid with interest after more than a century, with a magazine article linking the signer to business in Cincinnati.
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Walter F. Templin
Kekome
Greentown
Demplin
Hidebtae
Cincinnati
Gold In Hen S Craw Sparks Cottage Grove Mystery
Co. H Willard of Cottage Grove Oregon doubts a hidden gold mine or a hen that transformed silver quills into golden nuggets. Two nuggets were found in the chicken’s craw as it prepared for a noon meal. The hen rarely left the Willard property near the west side within the city limits.
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Co. H. Willard
Cottage Grove
Ove
Willard Place
Willard
Monster Rattlesnake Killed in Pine Flat Alabama
A huge rattlesnake was killed on Joe Corry's Pine Flat place in Alabama last summer. It measured nearly six feet, weighed about forty pounds and had eighteen rattles. Eyewitnesses called it a monster after witnessing its long life of eighteen years.
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Joe Corry
Pine Flat
Ala
Priest opens dance hall to boost midweek church attendance
In Nottingham England Rev J M Lester of St Cath erines Church installs a dance hall linked to the church. Admission after services requires a card proving attendance, issued by ushers at benediction.
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J. M. Lester
St. Catherine’s
Nottingham
England
Mouse Nest Found in Dundee Tram Seat
A Dundee street tramcar, waiting to enter a depot at Lochee, revealed a mouse nest under a seat. Six young mice were found in the nest made of car tickets, suggesting the brood was born while the tram was in service.
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Dundee
Scotland
Lachee
Iowa Over-Borrowed Says That Prosperity Led to Debt
The Des Moines Register notes Iowa faced heavy indebtedness after a decade of prosperity. Farm mortgages rose from 205 million in 1910 to 490 million in 1920, aided by high prices and land loans. Banks also increased borrowings, peaking at 98 million at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago by end of 1920 as prices fell and deflation risk grew.
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Iowa
Federal
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Reserve Bank
Des Moines
New York City
Federal Reserve Board
Eastern Reserve
Des Moines Register
Swan Lament: Buckingham Palace’s Old Royal Swan Dies
A royal swan named Moglaned near Buckingham Palace in London died at seventy years old. The well known bird lived a long life at the royal water and attracted attention from visitors and officials alike.
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Buckingham Palace
London
Moglaned
Sportsmen to Meet in Des Moines for Iowa Convention
Fish and game officials and delegates from 38 units in 36 counties gather for the fourth annual Iowa Fish and Game Association convention in Des Moines on January 31. About 42 000 members discuss drainage stocking streams and lakes with fish and game propagation, and better game laws. Delegates from Minnesota Wisconsin North and South Dakota Kansas Nebraska Missouri and Illinois may attend. Vernon R Seeberger of Des Moines is president.
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Des Moines
Fish and Game
Iowa Fish and Game Association
S. O. Carter
Fish and Game Commissions and Associations
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Ilinois
Vernon R. Seeberger
Iowa Association
Iowa license superstition drives odd numbering in Des Moines
In Des Moines and across Iowa clerks report widespread superstition among auto license applicants. People refuse numbers tied to 13 or 23 and seek digits forming poker hands or palindromes. Des Moines officials note dozens of delinquents and a wave of unusual requests as 14,000 have incurred a dollar penalties in early January.
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Des Moines
Iowa
E. R. Bennett
Polk County
World’s Greatest Tonic Tanlac fuels public demand nationwide
Public interest rises as Tanlac gains immense, lasting popularity across the United States and Canada. Reports cite relief from stomach liver and kidney issues and improved strength and health after six years of use. Advertising supports merit but cannot explain demand, with shoppers eager to share success stories and drive sales through local druggists and Sherman Bros. in Washington.
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United States
Canada
American
Washington
Sherman Bros
T. Pioneer Drug Store
Uggists
Advt
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Vigilantes
Association Ae
Chatr
Discovery
Mother Mouse
Grorgeh &, Honkirs
National City Bank, of
Swan
Golder
Ness
State Fish and Game Association
Russell Nicholson
H. M. Wagner
BB. Dewey
America
Remington Guns
Winchester
Winchester Rifles
Harrington & Richardson
Smith & Wesson and Colts
Fred L. Stewart
F. & M. Bank
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