Fort Shaw Theater and Stage Life of 1880 Montana Tale
Stage star Miss Putnam brought seven nights of performances to Fort Shaw on an army post with standing room only crowds. Soldiers rode credit for admission, paid from pay, while outsiders paid cash. Fort Shaw’s wood and kerosene lit theater hosted soldiers as actors and a rare English couple the Barrs as the first pros.
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Atie Putnam
America
Montana
Fort Shaw
Miss Putnam
Ming
Helena
Northwest
Missouri River
Fort Benton
Army
Johnny” Devine
Seventh Infantry
Sun River Crossing
Great Falls
Devine
Gibbon
Lydia Thompson
Fort Shaw Theater
Barr
Prickly Pear Canyon
Prickly Pear
Barrs
Fort
Sawtelle
Ella Viola
Dolly Dutton
East Lynne
Prominent Men to Speak at Wool Growers Meet in Great Falls
The 37th Montana Woolgrowers convention in Great Falls January 17 to 19 will feature speakers from education politics private industry and agriculture. Gov. Roy E Ayers will headline the banquet January 18 with other notable figures including Sen T O Larson A L Strand and Dr W J Butler among Montana State College and national wool industry leaders.
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Great Falls
Montana Woolgrowers’ Association
Kathleen Nielsen
Electric City
Roy E. Ayers
Alm Room
Rainbow Hotel
Larson
Sen
T. O. Larson
Chateau
Montana
H. A. Snyder
Billings
Russell Manger
Meagher
W. J. Butler
Helena
A. L. Strand
Hadleigh Marsh
Clyde McKee
R. T. Clark
Montana State College
Bozeman
C. J. Fawcett
Boston
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Robert W. Dana
Tom Lommasson
Forestry School
Montana State University
Missoula
Medicine Men and Their Cures for Indian Ailments
A historical account describes how medicine men blended priest and doctor roles, using chants and rattles to drive out spirits while employing common sense remedies. It cites snake bite teas, sweat baths, and teas of white sage, noting mixed success and fatal risks for diseases like smallpox and measles.
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General Wheeler
Father Hennepin
Upper
Mississippi
Wheeler
Montana
Kansas Historical Collections
W. M. Boggs
George Bird Grin- Belk
Erewith
William Bent
Bent
White Buffalo
Odds Eight to One Montana Spring Wheat Crop Seen
Jay G. Diamond of the US Bureau of Agricultural Economics forecasts an 8 to 1 odds of Montana farmers harvesting a larger 1938 spring wheat crop than in the past five years. He estimates a 12.7 bushels per acre yield if fall and summer moisture stay near normal, with fall rainfall at 3.17 inches this year.
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Montana
Jay G. Diamond
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Diamond
Treasure State
Darby Declares Itself Free From Debt
The Darby town council announced after a regular meeting that the town has no bonds or warrants outstanding making Darby the only debt free town in Montana. A WPA park project south of the town hall was approved to begin this month. The council also moved its meeting to the second Tuesday to align with bill payments.
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Darby
Montana
Miss Omen Resigns from Montana Extension Service
Miss Mary Omen, clothing specialist with the Montana extension service since last July, resigns effective December 25 to join a New York firm's merchandising department as a stylist. No successor appointed yet.
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Miss Omen
Montana Extension Service
Mary Omen
New York
J. C. Taylor
Fall moisture links to spring wheat yields in early 1900s
The record shows that for 1909 to 193?, 12 of the years with above average total moisture (fall plus growing season) had above average fall precipitation in 9 cases. Conversely, in 17 years with below average total moisture, fall rainfall was above average in 15 cases. Good years with above average yields followed falls with higher precipitation.
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School of Journalism
A. L. Stone
Dean Stone
General Gibbon
General Sherman
Col
Frederick Dent Grant
Gen
Ulysses S. Grant
United States
Sam V. Stewart
Montana Supreme Court
Drouth
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