Sensation in Girls Charge in Miles City Case
In Miles City on August 27 C M Houghland was arrested on abduction charges concerning 17 year old Jeannette Moore. The complaint states he forced her from Custer county to Billings and married her in defiance of age, with threats and a revolver. Prosecution considers further assault charges possible in Rosebud and Yellowstone counties.
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Miles City
C. M. Houghand
Jeannette Moore
Custer County
Rosebud County
Yellowstone County
Houghland
Forsyth
Billings
Miss Moore
Northern
the Grand
Park Hotel
Ww C T U Convention Planned in Bozeman
Gallatin and Park counties will hold their annual Woman s Christian Temperance Union convention in Bozeman on Friday August 31 The program directed by Mrs Pr E Ratsch of Belgrade includes sessions in the city park with a picnic lunch on the lawn A parade of representatives is expected from Belgrade Salesville Manhattan Three Forks Livingston Clyde Park Wilsall Willow Creek and Bozeman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Gallatin County
Park County
Pr. E. Ratsch
Belgrade
Salesville
Manhattan
Three Forks
Livingston
Clyde Park
Wilsall
Willow Creek
Booze Scores Again in Helena Suicide Tragedy
Maurice Cummings, a Helena shoemaker known to drink here lately, was found dead in the back room of John Rhodes shoemaking shop. An examination revealed he fell down stairs and died, indicating suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Maurice Cummings
John Rhodes
Dillon News Highlights From Weekend Travel and Court
Mrs Clara Chapman travels to Butte for a week with friends and relatives. Architect Jesse Warren visits from Butte for hotel work on the Andrus project. Mine layoffs draw workers to Dillon with harvest and haying. Frank Landon hosts Mrs Fred Carter on a coast to coast motor trip. Missing Beaverhead man Frank Bobinac faces draft examination. Judge Kennison sentences Joe Hoganney after guilty plea for assault to 80 days. Funeral held for pioneer rancher Joseph T Cozad at 72. Local officers report two robbers, Elmer Johnson and Arthur Depeu, with forthcoming pleas. Apex resident Albert Baffer dies of miners’ consumption, interred in Butte.
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Clara Chapman
Butte
Jesse Warren
Andrus
William Armitage
Bristow
Francis Tonney
Charles McGrath
Boulder Hot Springs
Fred Carter
Seattle
Great Falls
Frank Bobinac
Beaverhead
Kennison
Joe Hoganney
E. S. Edmondson
Hoganney
Silver Bow
Joseph T. Cozad
Taylor Creek
Cozad
Josi Arcega
Lima
Albert Baffer
Beaverhead Ranch Company
Apex
French scientists use electromagnets to sustain piano wire vibrations
Using electromagnets, French scientists devised a method to sustain piano wire vibrations. The system aims to increase the sonorousness and tonal sustain of pianos by maintaining vibration with magnetic influence.
RAILROADS IN PROTEST AGAINST THE INCREASES
Helena August 27 Protests against railroad assessment increases by the state board of equalization were raised by the Great Northern and Northern Pacific. Attorney General Ford urged higher assessments and criticized county assessors. State Treasurer Haet supported raises but said it's too late as levies are made. A reduction to $12,500 a mile was approved on the Bainville branch. Ford abstained. Lieutenant Governor McDowell opposed raising taxes on branch roads, pleading for more lines. The board debated whether to recall assessors and raise assessments after levies.
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Helena
State Board of Equalization
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Roads
Ford
Bainville
Haet
McDowell
Warrant Sworn For A D Stilman Forest Fire Case
Kalispell August 27 A warrant for the arrest of A D Stilman on charges of starting a forest fire was sworn out by A E Boorman of the Northern Montana Forestry Association. The fire began in a meadow on Stilman Pleasant Valley ranch and spread, threatening timber land. Doll and Old Merryfield ranches crews aided forestry workers in containment. Prosecution will occur under state law. Stilman was linked to the Society of Equity and was active in the state farm loan act fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalispell
A. D. Stillman
A E. Boorman
Northern Montana Forestry Association
Stillman
Pleasant Valley
Doll
Old Merryfield
Forestry Association
Society of Equity
State Farm Loan Act
Wheat yields vary countywide with 30 percent figure noted
Roundup Aug 27 reports thrashing widespread with yields from five to 25 bushels per acre. County average may not exceed 106 bushels. Winter wheat slightly better than spring. corn and fodder good but some crops may not mature. Hay and alfalfa strong. dry land potatoes and oats below normal. irrigation full crop. County Defense seeks seed wheat. 1918 acreage expected to grow over 30 percent. Winter wheat and rye planted from better winter seedling results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Defense Committee
Big Timber Rancher Dies In Hunter's Springs Pool
Billings Aug 27 A Big Timber rancher named Mousness drowned at the Hunter's Hot Springs pool after diving from a springboard. His body was recovered 20 minutes later. Authorities believe a head injury or heart failure caused unconsciousness. He was unmarried.
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Hunter's Springs
Billings
Hunter's Hot Springs
Mousness
Billings Livestock Exchange Organized In Billings
Billings Aug 27 the new packing house is finished and yards secured as the Billings livestock exchange is formed. Twenty five Montana Wyoming stock and commission men sign as charter members. P B Merrill elected president.
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Billings
Billings Livestock Exchange
Montana
Wyoming
Exchange
P. B. Merrill
Lafollette Named Greenfield's Assistant in Helena
Helena Aug 27 Commissioner C D Greenfield of the state publicity and agricultural bureau appointed G E Lafollette as his assistant to replace Seth Maxwell who resigned Lafollette resigns as managing editor of the Helena Independent to take the post He is a well known newspaper man and was secretary of the state democratic central committee last campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
C. D. Greenfield
State Publicity and Agricultural Bureau Today
Seth Maxwell
G. E. Lafollette
Lafollette
Helena Independent
State Democratic Central Committee
Michigan Copper Output in 1916 Falls in Value
The United States Geological Survey reports Michigan produced 273,622,625 pounds of copper in 1916, valued at 67,328,361 dollars. The average 1916 price was 24.6 cents per pound, up from 17.5 cents in 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
United States Geological Survey Department of the Interior
Bozeman to tear down first city hall landmark
Bozeman officials begin demolition of the two story frame corner building at Main and Bozeman avenues once Bozeman’s first city hall and later home to Willson Rich’s firm. The 1867 structure hosted early Masonic events and first Bozeman apartments.
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Bozeman
Main Street
Bozeman Avenue
Willson & Rich
Willson Company
Historical Society
W. J. Beall
Main
Scout Outing Plans Cabin Build In Gallatin Forest Reserve
Thirteen Bozeman Boy Scouts from troop No 1 led by Scout master C L Corkins embarked on a week long outing to Middle Creek canyon. They secured a site in the Gallatin Forest Reserve to build a log cabin for winter use for eight boys. Separately L W Orvis of Salesville has made a creditor assignment. The Bozeman Wholesale Grocery and the Salesville Savings have filed attachments. Mrs I V Petrie jailed on grand larceny charges was released on 5000 bond. husband and C C Skidmore remain in jail. They face trial at the next court term for stealing two automobiles from the circus grounds in Bozeman on July 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Boy Scouts of America
Middle Creek Canyon
C. L. Corkins
Gallatin Forest Reserve
Herbert Aitken
Willie Watts
Fred Brown
Olaf Anderson
Edgar MacLeod
C. C. Skidmore
Cement Plant at Hanover Near Lewistown Rushes to Finish
The Three Forks Portland Cement company undertakes the million dollar Hanover plant nine miles west of Lewistown and is speeding construction to finish before cold weather so interior work can proceed during winter.
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Lewistown
Three Forks Portland Cement Company
Hanover
Robert Bruce Born at Farnberry Castle on Ayr Coast
Robert Bruce was born at Farnberry Castle along the Ayr shire coast in Scotland.
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Robert Bruce Was
Farnberry Castle
Ayrshire
Scotland
Death of Ajax Noyes After Bull Attack in Dillon
A. J. Ajax Noyes dies after being gored by an enraged bull near Harlem Montana. He endured three days after the Wednesday accident, leaving a wife two sons Roy and Raymond and two married daughters Edna and Edith. Funeral services set for the Methodist church in Dillon tomorrow at 2 30 PM.
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Mr. Noyes
Ajax
St. Anthony
Minn
Grasshopper Diggings
Bannack
Montana
Big Hole Basin
Butte
Nez Perce
Gibbons Battlefield
Ajax Noyes
Pioneers of
Roy
Raymond
Edna
Edith
Methodist
More surveying done here than in other states
Helena August 27 United States is doing more surveying of public lands in Montana than in any other state and has a larger number of surveyors in the field, according to Charles Dubois chief of the surveyors division of the general land office. He said within two surveying seasons with same appropriations all agricultural surveys in Montana will be completed, with unsurveyed lands left only in forest reserves and Indian reservations.
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Helena
United States
Montana
Charles Dubois
Surveyors’ Division
General Land Office
Washington
Dubois
Gerhart
Exemption Decline in Lewistown Draft Call Noted
Lewistown notes a sharp drop in exemptions filed by about 250 men drafted for physical exams. About 240 more men will be examined tomorrow to offset shortages, with an expected surplus of at least 800 who will not be needed this round. Dancing to highlight the county fair September 11 to 14, in a large tent near the business district, supervised nightly. Decorating work awarded to Missoula firm already handling state fair decor. A second natural gas discovery was made on the Dengel ranch near Grass Range during well sinking, the pipe capped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Missoula
Grass Range
Bathers in San Diego Flee as 60 Foot Whale Strikes
Bathers at a San Diego harbor beach ran from the water after a swamp of fear when a 60 foot whale buried a motorboat and charged the sandbar. The giant whale, seen by many, forced back into deeper water and vanished toward the channel. This whale was the largest sighted in San Diego harbor.
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San Diego
Cal
San Diego Harbor
Under Right Flag Archangel Voyage Quick Return
An American ship formerly under the Austrian flag seized at the port after the United States entered the war has returned from Archangel. The vessel completed the voyage in 58 days, one of the fastest trips to and from the Russian port noted by shipping men.
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Atlantic
United States
Archangel
Hot on the Wing and In-Flight Food Service Idea
The Scientific American notes aircrew on long patrols crave hot meals and drinks. It suggests aircraft designers add built in pockets for vacuum bottles to carry preheated food safely during flight.
Window screen roll up shade meets delayed demand trend
A new window screen roll up shade gains traction despite lack of immediate demand. The compact design offers easy storage and quick deployment, appealing to homeowners seeking simple sun and insect protection.
Reichstag Working With Chancellor Aims at Parliamentarism
Berlin reports on August discussions as Chancellor Michaelis outlines a seven to seven council including reichstag and bundesrat members. Coalition backs government on the papal peace note while conservatives warn of threats to liberal parliamentary reform. The new body seeks to ease transitions, with deputies named from Social Democrats, Centrists, Progressives, and National Liberals.
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Berlin
London
Michaelis
Reichstas
Bundesrat
Coalition
Reichstar
Federal Council
Reichstag
Mathias Eroberger
Western railroad adds shower baths to cooling pigs in transit
Pigs die from overheating in transit. a western railroad company provides shower bath attachments in cars to cool pigs at regular intervals.
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Western Railroad
Cuticura Healed Rash on Arms and Face
Miss Edna Moore of Portland describes weeks of itching rash and blisters on arms and face. After trying treatments, she was cured using Cuticura Soap and Ointment with one box of Ointment. The advertisement touts Cuticura as mild and ideal for complexions and offers free samples by return mail.
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Edna Moore
Clatsop Ave
Portland
Ore
Cuticura
Dept. H
Boston
Estate of James F Spelman executrix notice
The executrix of James F Spelman deceased requests creditors and all with claims against the estate present them within 10 months after first publication. Address is Room 4 Daly Bank and Trust Company building Anaconda Deer Lodge Montana. Dated August 6 1917.
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James F. Spelman
Saia
Daly Bank and Trust Company
Anaconda
Main Street
Park Avenue
Anagonda
Deer Lodge
Montana
Isabel Spelman
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A. J. Noyes
Pioneer
Lewistown News
Ed Baird
Credit Association
Kansas
Reichstagg
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Northern Pacific
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H. A. Jackson
Market Street
Smith Drug Co
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