Butte Vigilantes Form as Copper Strikes Prompt War Time Guards
A Butte Montana labor crisis widens as 15,000 miners idle amid I W W and German influence fears. Vigilante oath taken by business leaders, Home Guard battalion organized under Dynamite Dan Donahue to shield mines, with copper output threatened across Cananea to Alaska.
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Dan” Donahue
Cananea
Mexico
Alaska
Nacozari
Greene Cananea
Jerome
Arizona
Morenci Camp
United States
Butte
Virginia City
Home Guards
Montana
West
I. W
Canada
New Metal Workers’ Union
New Labor
Germany
Granite Mountain
North Butte Mining Company
Dan
Donahue
Morony and Lalor ties linked to bank rise and marriage
The article recalls John C. Lalor guiding Morony into Great Falls Bank via the Daly estate, launching Morony’s banking career. It notes Lalor’s role as Daly estate manager and Morony’s later marriage to Lalor’s widow, Mary Morony, in France, amid war relief work.
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Daly Estate
Lalor
Morony
Great Falls Bank
John C. Lalor
Montana
New York
Mary EB. Morony
Great Falls
John G. Morony
France
Daly
Marcus Daly
John Morony
Deer Lodge
Old Deer Lodge
State
First National Bank of
John D. Ryan
Daly Bank
A. J. Campbell
When Springtime Comes A Lammin Along
Poem praising spring's arrival with rustic imagery of green fields, birds, and prairie life. It urges kindness to preserve the season's cheer and likens spring to a divine wedge in the year, describing lively landscapes and renewal.
Poland of Fergus Named State Auditor
Governor Stewart appointed Rufus G. Poland of Lewistown as state auditor to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William eKating. Poland, born in Butte forty years ago and a Rutger’s College graduate, is Fergus county’s two term treasurer and the first native Montanan in the post.
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Hamilton
America
Europe
Tammany
Montana
Ogden
Hamburg
Ravalli
Bitter Root
Stevensville
Daly
Mr. Daly
Sam Dinsmore
W. S. Moody
Chicago
Golden Northwest
Stewart
Rufus G. Poland
Lewistown
William eKating
Poland
Butte
Fergus County
Rutger’s College
New Jersey
Grandmother and granddaughter wed in double ceremony at Great Falls
In Great Falls a 60 year old Mrs. Julia Baker married Jesse Orri son 17 years younger, and Hazel Wade 17 daughter of Baker’s late child married Emil Johnson 23. Both unions were led by Rev A Lunde at the Norwegian Lutheran church in a rare dual wedding with Wade living with her grandmother.
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Great Falls
Julia Baker
Jesse Orrison
Hazel Wade
Wheat price plan sparks farmer profit hopes
A proposal to fix the fall wheat price at two dollars per bushel promises strong farmer profits. The article notes unprecedented grain demand to feed both domestic and allied European needs and urges maximizing production. The Banking Corporation of Montana offers financial help to farmers needing support.
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Banking Corporation OF Montana
Helena
Montana
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