Germany Expects Two Years of War Says Visitor
J A Cords of Butte returning from a visit to Germany reports the population believes war will last at least two years and that while disapproval of Hitler is not voiced, he has restored order and provided work. Food rationing is viewed as necessary, not harsh, and mobilization was orderly. He notes calm public reaction as families face loss of luxuries and potential U S involvement.
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J. A. Cords
Butte
Cords
Hitler
Germany
Poland
United States
American Arrested in Oslo Sparks Harbor Photo Incident
An American tourist from Wisconsin was arrested in Oslo for taking photographs of the harbor during a visit tied to relatives near Hamburg. The man, visiting Norway for the first time since 1928, praised Germany as a place of opportunity but faced local police action over the camera incident.
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Oslo
Norway
Cords
Wisconsin
Hamburg
Germany
Europe
United States
Iowa
Butte
Huge Fur Trade Profits in Early Days Revealed
A historical look at the fur trade notes vast profits earned by fur companies and traders before buffalo decline. It describes barter over money, trading post layouts with guarded gates and cannons, and the sequence of goods from whiskey to firearms that attracted Indigenous buyers and shaped exchange.
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Henry Inman
Buffalo Bill
Santa Fe Trail
Washington Irving
New York
Connecticut
National Guardsmen To Have Field Work
Twenty one Montana national guard units will attend seven day field work courses in December under a war department emergency order. Companies from Poplar Malta Wolf Point Bainville and Glasgow began training at Fort Peck on December 2 housed in workers barracks. First battalion headquarters company trains at a CCC camp near Whitehall with others at home stations.
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Montana National Guard
War Department
Adj
John W. Mahan
Poplar
Malta
Wolf Point
Bainville
Glasgow
Fort Peck
CCC
Whitehall
Trade and deception in early Indian relations and the rise of money culture
The account describes traders manipulating prices in barter with Indigenous peoples, noting low initial offers and the impact of alcohol. It recalls violence in lodges, the role of the first robe in setting daily prices, and soldiers introducing copper and paper money to young traders. Colonel Inman cites early U.S. trade plans from 1786 to aid Indigenous needs without profit.
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Inman
Colonel Inman
United States
Congress
The Indian Fur Trade and Government Stance in the West
The piece tracks early 19th century trade in the trans-M Missouri region, noting superintendent led stations from Prairie du Chien to Chicago and Green Bay. Congress abolished the system in 1822 as fur companies rose, leaving Indians to plainsmen and traders while government aimed to curb white expansion.
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Fort Edward
Fort Osage
Chicago
Green Bay
Arkansas
Red River
Congress
American Fur Co
Missouri Fur Co
trans-Missouri
Permanen
Redman
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