James Hamilton Mills Montana Post Editor and Pioneer
In territorial days James Hamilton Mills shaped public sentiment as Montana Post's third editor. He joined during pivotal early history, drafting influential editorials despite initial inexperience. His lifelong journalism and ties to mining leaders fueled Montana’s political and economic development.
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Montana
James Hamilton Mills
Montana Post
Dimsdale
Blake
Mills
Virginia City
Pacific
Isthmus
Henry Coyne
The
Republican
Post
United States
George M. Pinney
Alex Beattie
Helena
Pinney
Beattie
Territory
Commonwealth
Meatless Tuesday Across Montana Hotels and Cafes
Montana hotels and restaurants adopt a weekly meatless day to conserve food as part of national efforts. William Love of the Thornton hotel leads the Montana hotel and restaurant men’s committee in eliminating meat from menus one day each week. Rail dining cars pioneered the plan, boosting cornmeal use and war bread on menus statewide.
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Montana
National Food Administration
Montana Hotel and Restaurant Men’s Committee
William Love
Thornton Hotel
Butte
Love
Typhoon Fire Phrase Used in Allied Artillery Strike
Secretary Baker describes the allied artillery assault in Europe as a typhoon fire, noting a new system of bombardment in the Flanders operations. The remark highlights wartime tactics and the ongoing Allied approach to European battles.
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Flanders
Baker
Europe
Col White Promotes Flathead Country Investments
Col A A White of St Paul, who bought Wild Horse Island and villa sites at Flathead Lake, visited Butte and touted Montana’s scenic Flathead region. He invested heavily in real estate and urged eastern readers to recognize the area as ideal for summer homes now that the Dixon to Polson railroad branch opens. His push aims to draw eastern buyers and boost regional awareness.
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A. A. White
St. Paul
Wild Horse Island
Flathead Lake
Butte
Montana
Sfael
Last Vigilante Hanging Echoes in Bannack Legend
Amede Bessette recalls the 1865 execution of Reighly Rawley the last Bannack road agent hanged by vigilantes. New details from Bessette and Dimsdale shed light on Reighly's prior life in Colorado and midwestern towns, the manner of his death, and the lingering impact on Bannack's uneasy peace.
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Bannack
Montana
Virginia City
Plummer
Rawley
Reighly
Raighly
Amede Bessette
Dimsdale
Bessette
F. H. Garver
Department of History
State Normal College
Dillon
Middle West
Colorado
Buck ‘Stinson
Haze Lyons
Piuminier
New Jerusalem
Garver
Samuel McLean
Keighly
E. D. Leavitt
Carter
Amede
Reighley
Ce Mie
t-Reigh
Vigilance Committee
Pannack
Hangman’s Gulch
Horan
A. C. Rawley
Riders at Remount Camp Lewis Subduing Wild Horses
Montana riders gather at Camp Lewis for the Remount unit to break horses for the national army. Boss Bill Richardson leads a crew of famed western riders including Wild Bill Bennett and several noted stockmen, with many from miles city and surrounding cow countries. The operation features a one mile by half mile practice strip and strict aims to gentle horses without harming officers or animals.
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National Army
Uncle Sam
American Lake
Army
Bill Richardson
Custer County
Miles City
Outfit
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Bill” Bennett
Richardson
Powder River
Frank Riggles
Crow Creek
Charles J
Carsey
Crosby
Remount
Carson City
J. W. Jackson
West
Winnipeg
Calgary
Havre
Billings
Sheridan
Missoula
Pendleton
Cheyenne
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