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Published 2026-09-18 · Montana territory & statehood, 1880–1910 · 20 stories
Fergus County Argus · August 29, 1905
A sardonic reprinted item from the Great Falls Leader mocks a scandal in which two officers testified they hadn't struck a woman named Mrs. Taggart at drunken gatherings, leaving her bruises unexplained.
Fergus County Argus · August 29, 1905
The Fergus County Argus commends the county commissioners for offering a $1,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of whoever murdered Samuel Studzinski, expressing hope it will spur renewed efforts to catch the killer.
Fergus County Argus · September 12, 1905
A dispatch from the mining camp of Gilt Edge, Montana, mixing news of a new placer claim venture with small-town happenings, including a sudden death, a barbed-wire accident, and a farewell party.
Fergus County Argus · September 12, 1905
Preparations race ahead for the 1905 Fergus County Fair, including a cowboys' relay race drawing entries from local riders — a snapshot of small-town frontier civic pride and rodeo culture.
Daily Inter Mountain · April 11, 1901
A routine listing of federal appointments made by the president, including consuls, army officers, and surgeons, as the machinery of imperial administration expanded following the war with Spain.
Daily Inter Mountain · April 11, 1901
A short item on a chartered British steamer bound for Manila that returned to port with disabled machinery.
Daily Inter Mountain · April 11, 1901
Fighting breaks out between striking railroad graders and Yaqui Indian strikebreakers along the Nacosari railway line in Arizona, leaving several dead and wounded, prompting the deployment of Mexican troops.
Daily Inter Mountain · April 11, 1901
A New York jury ordered a broker to make good on gambling IOUs he'd tried to void as illegal debts, in what was billed as a legal first — a wry footnote on honor among gamblers versus the letter of the law.
Fergus County Argus · August 29, 1905
A bizarre kidnapping-and-extortion case in which a Catholic priest claimed he was lured to a woman's home, held prisoner for a day, and coerced into signing large financial notes — a strange episode largely lost to history.
