Montana plans statewide promotional drive to attract settlers
A statewide advertising campaign to boost Montana resources is launching with 1,000,000 letter inserts and backing from the Northern Pacific Great Northern and Burlington railways. A state committee led by Harry Cunningham will coordinate proclamations rural meetings in schools theaters moving pictures radio talks and Montana displays in stores. Publicity efforts include the Montana Press association Montana Retail Merchants association and Montana Development association coordinating mailings tourist greetings and educational programs across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montand
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Burlington Railways
Harry Cunningham
Montana Life Insurance Company
Montana
Montana State College of Agriculture
Montana Moving Pictures
State Chambers of Commerce
Montana Press Association
Montana Retail Merchants Association
State Committee On Publicity
Montana University
United States
Chambers of Commerce
Montana Development Association
Rotary
Kiwanis
Montana Press Associa
Butte Driver Plunges Into Freight Train Asleep at Crossing
John Lungrean a dairy truck driver from Butte drove into the side of a Northern Pacific freight train at a street crossing Saturday before dawn. He was killed instantly when the truck struck the 26th car broadside, the impact wrecking the auto. The 28 car freight was moving and the accident remains under investigation.
Billings Chinese Heiress Fights Wedding Ban
Evelyn Kendall May, called a Chinese nativity in Billings, faces a court over a marriage license denial by Rev. Raymond Walker. The affair reveals a white heritage, a $30,000 fund from her real family, and a long, international custody tale involving Dr Moy Hing and Mrs Moy in Ontario and Toronto.
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Billings
Evelyn Kendall May
Chinatown
Raymond Walker
Henry E. Hinckley
Miles City
Montana
Moy Hing
Evelyn
Toronto
Canada
Gun Drops To Floor Kills Credit Manager In Montana
Butte Montana December 2 Robert Peoples 31 assistant credit manager of the Hennessey Mercantile company was fatally wounded when a revolver fell from a desk to the floor as a ledger binding post caught the gun Death occurred about 30 minutes later at a hospital Leonard Haggerty cashier was present as Peoples reached for the book and the bullet narrowly missed him Peoples 15 years with the firm is survived by his mother and a sister.
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Butte
Mont
Robert Peoples
Hennessey Mercantile Company
Mr. Peoples
Hennessey Company
Noted Montana jurist to be buried in Bozeman today
Judge Francis K. Armstrong longtime Bozeman resident and first Ninth circuit judge dies at home. Funeral at his residence Thursday. he practiced law in Montana since 1879, held multiple public roles, organized Gallatin Valley Bank, and leaves a family including two daughters and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Bozeman
Francis K. Armstrong
Ninth Judicial Circuit
Joseph K. Toole
Territorial
Armstrong
Highland University
Highland
Kan
Law School
University of Missouri At Columbia
Phi Beta Kappa
St. Joseph
Doniphan County
Kansas
Webb
Ira Pierce
L. A. Luce
Charles S. Hartman
Judge Armstrong
National Bank of
Gallatin Valley
Lora Lamme
Dr. A
Elizabeth Lamme
Tragic Death At Stark Lumber Camp Claims Louis Strand
Louis Strand 36 from Moi Norway was killed Tuesday by a falling tree at No 5 of Anaconda Copper Mining Co. camp near Stark, Montana. He served in World War I in France before returning to Montana. His remains were sent to Missoula for burial.
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Louis Strand
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Stark
Missoula
Moi
Norway
Marbache
St. Mihiel and Meuse Argonne
Teachers' meeting schedule for Thursday and Friday
The program lists sessions for Thursday December 11 1924 from 9:00 to 4:00 with demonstrations by Mr Skarda Miss Duboc and Mrs Deegan among others. Friday December 12 1924 runs 9:00 to 4:00 featuring music by the Public School Orchestra standards in composition tests spelling and time management in class.
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Mr. Skarda
Floyd Bailey
Miss Duboc
Mr. Martz
Miss Sparrow
Stanford
Rural school club meetings scheduled across eight districts
M. M. Oliphant of the High School Agricultural department will explain boys and girls club work at rural schools. Age范围 10 to 20, with parents urged to attend for cooperative success. Schedule lists Dec 8 Loasby, Dec 9 Strand, Dec 10 Upper Coulee, Dec 15 Kent, Dec 16 Crystal Springs, Dec 17 Crum, Dec 18 Medley at 3 p.m. pending road conditions from Big Timber.
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M. M. Oliphant
High School Agricultural Department
Loasby
McLeod
Second Grain Prize Awarded To Montana
Deason, a Hereford steer from Ken-Caryl ranch, Littleton, Colorado, crowned king at the 25th International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. Sparky the Angus from Java State College Farms took second. J C Mitchell of Cahinda Saskatchewan won the world wheat crown with hard red spring. Canada notches its 13th grand championship in 14 years.
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Chicago
Deason
Deacon
Ken-Caryl Ranch
Littleton
Colo
John C. Shaffer
Denver
Indianapolis
Spark Plug
Java
International Hay and Grain Division
J. C. Mitchell
Cahinda
Saskatchewan
United States
Canada
C. E
Edson Smith
Corvallis
Mont
John Howell
Montrose
Cole
Mitchell
Supreme Court Hears About Grossman Case
The Supreme Court debated the president's pardoning power in the Grossman case a habeas corpus appeal from Chicago. The district court ordered contempt sentence despite a presidential pardon, prompting arguments over executive vs judicial authority and historical practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Grossman
Washington
Philip Grossman
Stone
Dry majority seen in coming Congress by temperance group
In the 69th Congress estimates show 319 dry votes and 111 wet in the House, with 5 uncertain, and 74 dry votes 21 wet in the Senate, plus one vacancy. The Methodist board endorsed the Cranton and Stalker bills, urged stronger enforcement and penalties for prohibition, condemned prize fighting and lynching, and backed stricter DC 18th Amendment enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Deets Pickett
Wm. F. McDowell
Clarence True Wilson
Cramton
Stalker
Prohibition Enforcement Bureau
Prohibition
District of Columbia
Secretary of the Treasury
Lish
Indiana
Victory at Manchester Spare Field Brings Farming Plan
Mitchell, noting his win, plans to take up farming in England. He cites his wife saving the crop from rain after it had been shocked in the field as the most interesting feature of the victory.
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Manchester
England
President Coolidge Returns Message to Congress
President Coolidge sent his annual message to Congress by messenger as the session opened. Leaders expect few laws before March 4, with emphasis on taxation agriculture and Muscle Shoals. The reading drew large crowds but no Senate applause, while the House applauded his stance on income tax returns and war debt cancellations. The president urged strict economy to enable tax relief next fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Curtis
Kansas
Pepper
Pennsylvania
Senate
House
Interior, Department
Senator Brookhart Weighs Contest Tactics in Senate Battle
Senator Smith W. Brookhart moves to preserve ballots and records for a possible recount as he files injunctions in about twenty Iowa counties. He seeks special masters to open voting machines and safeguard ballots, alleging judges of elections failed to provide true returns.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Smith W. Brookhart
United States
Senate
Daniel F. Steck
Brookhart
Montana Month Meal Set for December Dinner
A Women’s club meeting chose a committee with members including Mrs. Harvey Coit and Mrs. G A Loasby to organize the Montana Month dinner at Masonic Hall. The event is planned for Friday December 12 with a 50 cent plate price and country residents invited. The Montana Day is December 19.
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Womans Club
Commercial Club
Montana
Masonic Hall
Harvey Coit
G. A. Loasby
B. I. Henry
Myrtle Kuhns
O. Nordstrom
F. R. Hickman
J. E. Cameron
Harry Cross
R. E. Shaver
G. H. Howard
Montana Month Prompts Rail Aid to State Economy
Alfred Atkinson president of the Montana Land Settlement board writes from Bozeman to Louis Campbell secretary. He notes railroad officials support Montana Month and urges active promotion to attract settlers and users of the state's resources. He cites conference with A B Smith Northern Pacific agent and calls for clear communication of Montana’s offerings.
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Helena
Alfred Atkinson
Montana Land Settlement Board
Bozeman
Washington, D. C
Louis A. Campbell
Montana
A. B. Smith
Northern Pacific Railway
Mr. Atkinson
Smith
Newlyweds Get Royal Treatment by Gibson Friends
Mr. and Mrs. Donald McKenzie wed at Livingston last Wednesday. They returned to Big Timber the same day amid light mishaps, with Thanksgiving dinner at the McKenzie home and a second reception at the Boddy home in Gibson. The couple, hailed by neighbors and relatives, stand at the start of a prosperous future. Donald, a Park County high school alumnus, and his bride, a Gibson resident and Sweet Grass County graduate, are well regarded by the community.
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Donald McKenzie
Livingston
Thomas Huxley
The
Baptist Church
Pioneer
H. M. Fanning
Charles F. Willson
David F. Zeigler
Haugstad
Grandma Moffett
Ed Moffett
Linder
Fred Boddy
Park County
Clark
McKenzie
Montana
Gibson
Sweet Grass County
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Stark, Mont
Drys
Gibson Country
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