State reform school praised but needs new barn and dormitory
After inspecting Miles Citys state reform school Dr W W Van Orndel commends current leadership and students but calls for immediate land expansion a larger cattle area a new barn and a separate dormitory for girls to provide proper recreation and facilities under unified management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Miles City
W. W. van Orndel
Brother van
Methodist Conference
State Board of Charities and Sections
van Orde
St-Aoor
Fiie
Trail Association Plans To Secure Summer Travel
Jan Boroman reports the Yellowstone trail association seeks a second annual meeting with prominent water and travel figures. They discuss autos versus southern routes, water supply, and the value of auto trips for Montana’s coast-to-coast summer travel, hoping for a strong delegation to advance state travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trail Association
Boroman
Yellowstone ‘Trail Association
Montana
Bozeman Notes Include Health Move and Local Visits
Bozeman reports Bert Hapner plans to leave for Eureka Springs Arkansas next Monday for health reasons and may stay indefinitely. Rev A I Chapman returns from Seattle after attending a church convention and preaches at the Christian church. Mrs Bille Wood and daughter from Butte visit Mrs C W Farr on the Fort Belknap reservation. Dorothy Gatton hosts SN L club girls with Ruth Owen and honored guests Alice Chisholm and Katherine Story. Agnes Blake receives five months leave to teach at Manhattan. Mrs Mouse and sister Miss Bake plan to return to Manhattan. Jim Leone Duncan, former Sanders county superintendent now in Helena, visits Bozeman with sister Mrs Matthews. leaves Monday for home with mother. Misses Carrie and Nan Wright, teachers from Payette, Mo, depart soon for home. Maude Cooke, visiting Baleville, heads back to Valley View. visits from Miss Grier noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim’ Leone Duncan
Sanders County
Helena
Bozeman
Tom ‘Matthews
Matthews
Miss Duncan
Lewis and Clark County
Carrie
Nan Wright
Payette
Hieter
Miss Wright
Maude Cooke
Baleville
Valley View
Miss Cooke
Miss Grier
Three Forks News Briefs Include Departures and Gatherings
Three Forks news item notes Lockridge leaving to ranch near Townsend after running a city array line for years. W W Niven shipped hay to Beattie at year end. Mr. and Mrs. Con Lane hosted New Year’s visitors and Lane family reunion held. Genevieve Porter hosted New Year’s tea. Methodist society met at church parlors with Norrie Hunkerford and others. Alexander traveled to Bozeman for New Year’s, stayed for visits. Gardner couple may relocate to Eugene. J P Butler party returned from coast trip. Fabrick family informed of Bro Peter Fabrick’s mother’s death in Hohan. Mrs Fabrick visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three Forks
Cal Lockridge
Townsend
W. W. Niven
Beattie
Con Lane
Kew
Inner
Lane
Genevieve Porter
Norrie
Hunkerford
Rue Smith
Vern le Roy
Mine McPherson
Mise Margaret Young
Marie Musaier
Anna
Alexander
Bozeman
Alexnder
L. Gardner
Eugene
Ore
J.P. Butler
Kammet
Lewiston
Idaho
Isk Pabrick
Peter Fabrick
Hohan
Fabrick Hat
Lire
Livingston Woman's Club Elects Officers and Sets Departments
The Livingston Woman's club elected officers including First Vice President Mrs. 8. C. N. C. Brady and President Mrs. A. P. Stark. Committees named for programs, social events, education, and relief. Three departments arts, home economics, and legislative and social service chosen. meetings set monthly. Women vote against endorsing an 18 law allowing rest at their names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston, Jan
Livingston Woman’s Ehub
Firat
Mra
C. N.C
A. Mayne
Frank Arnold
C. W Postlewaite
Charles Garnier Jr
T.m. Miller
FP. Turner
George Lamson
Wil Club
Deer Lodge News Briefs Tied to Milwaukee Riders and Visits
Deer Lodge residents and Milwaukee officials figure in a sprawling roundup. Carl Snyder returns from Tacoma. Jacob Newell visits from Red Lodge. Mike Swassing resigns to join Three Forks Electric. Milwaukee supervisors and staff make rounds through Deer Lodge. Several locals host visitors from Seattle Tacoma and Whitehall, while others take trips to Marmarth and Spokane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas McCormick
Mas Anna
Katherine Cotter
Helmville
Simon P. Wilson
Seattle
DIES OF EXPOSURE AS FRIEND SEEKS AID
William Rogers aged 49 dies five miles east of Drummond after exposure while returning from Drummond with William Davis to the Davis ranch. Davis left to seek aid at Duff ranch. Erickson’s freighting wagon picked up the body too late. Rogers was an electrotyper by trade with unknown marital status. relatives in Racine Wisconsin expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drummond
William Rogers
Here
William Davis
Davis Ranch
Rogers
Davis
Duff Ranch
Erickson
Racine
Wis
Speculation on Ruffner successor as Gallatin treasurer
Oxeman Jan 2 There is much speculation over who will replace the late Charles S Ruffner Gallatin county treasurer after his death in Battle Creek Jan 1 He had just been re elected for another two year term Possible candidates include Mrs Ruffner deputy treasurer Water Davis and several others The old county commissioners meet Monday for their final session to noon and adjourn The new Republican dominated board will organize Monday afternoon with two Democrats remaining in the body
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxeman
Charles S. Ruffner
Gallatin County
Battle Creek
Ruffner
Charles Waterman
Nelson Story Jr
Dillon News notes opening of schools after break
Dillon schools the normal college Beaverhead county high school and the normal training school reopen tomorrow after a week’s vacation. Teachers from across the state return rested for hard work. Dan W Mahoney of Wallace Idaho visited the sheep market and shipped mutton to Wallace. Mrs. Charles Perry hospitalized in Butte for illness. Archdeacon S D Hooker from Helena preached at St James Episcopal. Miss May Price teaches Whitefish. Katherine Mears Belgrade. Idanah Baker Ismay. Josephine Erwin Lewistown. Cora Owsley Helen. Lucile Paul Missoula. Coyote pelts abound. 41 pelts yielded $132 bounty. Sheriff’s office reports pelts in first 10 days of month.
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Dion
Jan
Normal College
Beaverhead
Beaverhead County
May Price
Whitefish
Butte
Katherine Mears
Belgrade
Idanah Baker
Ismay
Josephine ‘Erwin
Lewistown
Cora Owsley
Helen
Lucile Paul
Missoula
Sheriff's Office
White Sulphur News highlights and notices
White Sulphur Springs Jan 3. Frank A Wight of Billings returned home after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Wight Doty Sister Mom Heh Tabcock also returned to Billings New Year's ball at the F hall hosted by the city orchestra with music and dancing George McKethon hosted a Sheep creek dancing party with many friends and refreshments Reinhart Zehenther longtime resident died at 2 pm First Thursday Funeral services held Zehenther came from Switzerland to Diamond City with brothers Cael and Jake and later settled in Smith River Valley Survived by wife and children JA Lovelace of Livingston spent several days in town this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisk Marshall
Omee
Missoula
Deer Lodge
Pat Sheridan
Seattle
Milwaukee
Spokane
Mr. Fiebelkorn
James St. Vrain
Tacoma
Terwilliger
Portland
Ore
Deer Lodie
Hugo Koch
Lafayette
Inn
John Leibhardt
Carl Dietrich
Tomah
Wis
H.W. Penny
Arthur
Elanore Huchen
Low
Mont ‘Mra
N. T
Mayo
Harry G. Smith
Blacksmiths’ Union
T ‘Steel
Trvine Lake
Fide
Barrett
B. Becawls
Mr. Buck
Rocky Mountain
Die Vision
S. Koehler
St. Resin
L. J. MacGorm
Laurence Deporter
Jersey City
White Sulphur Springs
Frank A. Wight
Billings
Wight
Doty
Mom
Heh Tabcock
Frank Carrier
Mike Mason
Baby
Hutte
Visi
F. Hall
George McKethon
Sheep Creek
Reinhart Zehenther
Smith River Valley
Zehenther
Montana
Switzerland
Diamond City
Cael
Jake Zehenther
Zeheater
JA. Lovelace of
Livingston
Sealer Conerns About Montana Weights and Measures
Wiegand, deputy inspector for Gallatin Madison and Jefferson counties, reports on the Montana weights and measures inspection. Of 2 148 weights and measures examined 68 were condemned mostly false scales 187 221 packages checked for accuracy and 46 548 items found under or over weight or labeled short. Two carloads of flour condemned and few retailers seen as cheating while weather affects scales left in open air.
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Wiegand
Coal to reach poor at no cost in Great Falls
Following a donation of 290 tons of coal by Anaconda Copper Mining to the city charity fund, the Great Northen Railway will transport the coal from Sand Coulee to Great Falls at no charge. Local coal dealers offer free coal cuts and transfer firms pledge free delivery to the needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Great Northton Railway Company
Sand Couce
Belgrade bid farewell parties mark community ties
A roundup of farewell gatherings and visits in Belgrade as families Rett McKinley and Elmer Towner depart for Whitehall homesteads, Helena teacher Jeate Morgan returns to the capital, and Inez Powers and Charles Carter's Presbyterian workers are honored. George Moss hosts a New Year watch party with guests from Bozeman and Manhattan. Mary Taylor and peers receive praise for schoolwork in Foster Creek, with a weekend trip to Bozeman including Civic League concert and campus excursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Rett McKinley
Elmer Towner
Reese Creek
Whitehall
Mins
Jeate Morgan
Helena
Cant City
J. J. Gee
Central Park
George Moss
George
Bozeman
Manhattan
Inez N. Powers
Charles
Foster Creek
Gallatin County
Mary. Taylor
Helen Duncan
Althea
Verna Miller
Ruth Gordon
Gordon
Civic League
Lewistown News reports weddings and local political changes
Lewistown notes several marriages, including Army Collins and Miss Helen Logan, daughter of C. L. Logan, wed by Rev. C. M. Donald. County commissioners reorganize discussions name ED. Barney to board and Frank A. Wright as county attorney with Ray Dockery as assistant. Carl W. Ridick replaces Michael Garmett as assessor. Lela Baker becomes school superintendent with Florence Tubbs as assistant. Knight Sugar Co of Alberta seeks new factory site, in correspondence with Secretary LD Blodgett. Stavely Hamilton and Mythe Bish wed and plan a wedding trip, to reside in the city. Rev. George Mecklenburg finishes proper meetings at Methodist church. George Wright and Myrtle Wright travel to Kalispell after sister Miss Wright’s critical illness and a niece’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED. Barney
Denton
J Parent
Frank A. Wright
Charles Marshall
Ray Dockery
Carl W Rkldick
Michael Garmett
A. Pfaus
Lela Baker
Knight Sugar Company
Aleberta
Canada
LD. Blodett
Chamber of Commerce
Raymond
Stavely" Hamilton
B.S.” Hamilton
MisesMythe Bish
Forrest’ Fish
Chicago
George Mecklenburg
Billings
M. Donaldson
Methodist
George. Wright
Myrtle Wright
Garfield School
Miss Wright
Kalispell
Episcopalians Plan a Big Parish House
The Rev Charles F Chapman and St Johns Episcopal Church plan a parish house with a gymnasium and spaces for entertainments and club activities. Site chosen near Broadway and Dakota. Fundraising target around 25000 dollars with total costs higher for equipment. Work hoped to start in spring to create a social center for youth and members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's Episcopal Church
Charles F. Chapman
Broadway and
Dakota Streets
Conhood
Democratic Women to Seek Wilson Aid for Suffrage
A group of Democratic women plan to press President Wilson for support of the suffrage amendment after opposition from the White House earlier. The delegation led by George A. Armes of the Wilson and Marshall league will include members of Congress and representatives from New York, Tennessee, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. A separate incident reports a pigeon entering an optometrist shop in New Bedford through an open transom and pecking at customers until the proprietor stopped it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
House
George A. Armes
District of Columbia
Wilson and Marshall League
Congress and
News
New York
Tennessee
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Miss Lucy Dahlgren Enters Convent of Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
Miss Lucy Dahlgren, once a noted debutante of 1912, will enter the Convent of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament at Cornwall, Pennsylvania on January 28. The order, founded by Katherine Drexel, has long been recognized for missionary work among Indians and African Americans, supported by nearly a million dollars from its founder. The Dahlgren and Drexel families hold prominence in social and financial circles, and Miss Dahlgren’s grandfather was a famed admiral in the Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Dahlgren
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
Cornwells
Katherine Drexel
Miss Dahlgren
Dahlgrens
Drexels
Lucy Dalgren
Record for Prisoners Handled by Sheriff Berkin in Silver Bow
A 1814 report by Deputy Sheriff Fink shows Sheriff Berkin and deputies handled about 2200 prisoners from Oct 1 to Dec 31, with 48 offenses recorded. It lists types of offenses, numbers in custody, and notes 119 theft related arrests. Berkin retires, Henderson to assume control with no transfer formalities.
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John Barkin
Bow County
Sherif
Tim Driscoll
Ott
Sherif Berkin
Cook Ofce
Dee. M
Fink
Butte
Ture
Berkin
Charles Henderson
SpARRIER Died in Salt Lake City Trances and Survivors
Obscure garbled obituary notes the death of a person named SpARRIER in Salt Lake City. The fragmentary text mentions survivors including Alice and Betty and references various unscannable names and places, with hints of family ties and a hospital or marine connection.
Million Dollar Loss From Two Lumber Yard Fires
Two fires in Philadelphia and Camden caused more than a million dollars in damage. The blazes disrupted Pennsylvania railroad traffic and damaged lumber yards including B. Coles and Johns Dialogue shipbuilding plant. Four Camden firefighters were hurt, with many overcome by heat and smoke. Funeral notices and grain prices follow in the final columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphi
Philadelphia
Camden
New York Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Charles Fate Company
Inwood Avenue
Philadelphia & Reding
Camden' N. J
B. Coles
Johns Dialogue Ships
Este
Surviving Mexican War veterans named in Maine records
The two remaining Mexican War veterans in Maine are Andrew Baker, 88, of Limington, and Captain David Webber, 91, of Boothbay Harbor. The text notes limited street paving in most Japanese cities, contrasting with Maine’s era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Andrew Baker
Limington
David Webber
Boothbay’ Harbor
Japan
Dry faiths and prohibition clash in Rev. Martins sermon
The evening sermon at St Mark s Lutheran church argued that the eighth commandment and prohibition are misinterpreted by dry fans. The speaker disputed that the Bible teaches prohibition and refuted claims Christ was an abstainer. He criticized the notion that prohibition will curb crime and poverty, citing a Topeka dispatch noting arrests for drunkenness and Taft s stance on enforcement. An inventor in Egypt fears Sahara coverage for power, while undertakers are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Christ
Associated Press
Taft Donal
Larry Duggan Undertaker and Embalmer Listed
Larry Duggan is listed as an undertaker and embalmer located at 822 North Main Street with contact numbers 770 and a phone line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Main Street
Funeral notices for Lowney and McCormick
The funeral for Mia Lowney is set for tomorrow morning at the home of sister Mrs Julia Poley, then to St Patrick's Church for high mass at 3, with interment in Calore Cemetery. Andrew McCormick’s remains lie at Walsh's Undertaking Parlors. funeral arrangements follow.
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Lowney
Mia Lowney
Bondy
Mra
Julia “Poley
St Patrick’s Church
Camotie
M'Cormick
Andrew McCormick
Nat Walsh
Funeral service for Isaac Johnsong Kutelia announced
The funeral of the late Isaac Johnsong Kutelia will be held at Sherman Reed funeral chapel on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev Mt Hudde officiating. Interment will follow at Mount Morlah cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Waters
Garden Avenue
Fidelity’ Hall
LO. C.F
West Broadway
Groeneveld
White
Funeral Notice From Sherman & Reed Given In Butte
The obituary fragment lists Sherman & Reed Undertakers of 11 East Broadway Butte and references John H. Glanotte with an implied funeral service. The damaged text hints at a scheduled funeral date and a public notice from the local undertaker indicating arrangements for a deceased individual.
Joseph Richards Residence on Montana Street
Joseph Richards of 15 19 S Montana Street, Butte Montana, is mentioned in a brief local record. No further details or context provided in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Richards
Montana Street
Butte, Mont
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Bozeman News
Samuel Justion
Tuntic
Mary Blessinger
Gold Creek
Ralph. Stetson
Marmarth
Fred Rutter
W. B. Toster
Fo i. Wilard
Mireouls
Pugens McGiuire
Mra. Marytags
B. Brown
Mr. van Antwerp
Alberton
Dillon News
White Sulphur News
Belgrade News
Lewistown News
Lme
Wilson
Dove
Tric
United States
Meron
HE. Sparrier
Salt Lake Gity
Atenry
Spark
de Mrattnad Copper
Asia Coren Ik
Eialday
Ons
Amana
Ton
Eesti
Rans
Anacen Sas
Bass
Lancer
Nate Gusahe
Ters
Alice
Betty
Trance
Kons Fdas Rasta Ad
Jeane
Searciaas
Anette
Marine Freteney
Minneapolis
acCaull-Dinsmore Co
Northern
Bsa
Norern
Agi
Duluth
McCaul-Dinamore Co
Egypt
Sahara
Undertakers
Larry Duggan
M. J. Walsh
East Park
Sherman & Reed
East Broadway, Butte
Glanville
John H. Glanotte
Berl Net
Rede Taney & Gana
Alamer
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