Sweet Grass candidate endorsed for governor nomination
The Pioneer backs Aaron A. Aarestad of Sweet Grass county for the Republican gubernatorial nomination at the August primary. The text questions his qualifications and suggests other candidates including Joe Dixon Dan Slayton Ronald Higgins and Attorney General Ford may contest the ballot, framing the primary law themselves.
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Sweet Grass County
Aaron A. Aarestad
Joe Dixon
Dan Slayton
Ronald Higgins
Ford
Campaign expense probe may derail Wood and Lowden
The investigation led by TJ Johnson signals possible exit from the race for General Wood and Governor Lowden as campaign spending figures loom large. Wood and Lowden face potential delegate challenges, while broader concerns about immorality in theater and literature trigger calls for national reform.
Dandelion Turns From Pest To Wine Source Of Delight
The dandelion, long vilified and attacked as America’s most discussed weed, gains new respect as Virginia reports it can make wine as good as grapes. This shift sparks broad sentiment nationwide, including in Big Timber, as the plant moves from disposal to kitchen and brewing pan. The public now cheers the weed’s rising status and its potential to supplant grapes.
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Forum
Civic League
America
Virginia
United States
Belated Sympathy for Frances War Heroine in Butte
A Butte dispatch reports Annette Markland, a French war heroine who died after injuries and gas exposure from wartime service in France. She sought support from her husband, failed, and died in the county hospital after an operation. A planned burial with military honors drew protests over neglect and charity, urging public sympathy and better care for veterans.
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Butte
Annette Markland
France
The
Murray
Injurious moving pictures draw protest in Montana
The Montana state bureau of child and animal protection secretary denounces criminal influence of film scenes showing train robberies and safe breaking. He claims such pictures corrupt juvenile minds and contribute to delinquency among boys and girls, urging caution over contemporary cinema content.
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Montana Record-Herald
Montana State Bureau of Child and Animal Protection
Prohibition's Backlash Shifts Labor Market in Ranch Areas
The piece argues prohibition changed worker behavior in Sweet Grass county and beyond. It claims laborers now arrive in town in better clothes with money and stay employed longer, while employers lose the old pattern of bringing in tired hands to drink and then sending them back to work.
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Sweet Grass County
Billings Circuit to Meet Here Sunday in Big Timber
The second annual Billings Circuit Young People's League meeting will be at the Lutheran church Big Timber Sunday and Monday June 6 and 7. Programs include a Sunday 10 30 ritual sermon 3 p m model program by Dorcas society 8 p m concerts and speakers and Monday 10 a m committee work business sessions and officer elections with a joint Melville Big Timber congregations meeting after.
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Young People’s League
Lutheran Church
Big Timber
Jesse Thorson
Dorcas Society of the Y. P. L
Big Timber Choir
Miss A. Berg
Anderson Timber Choir
Dean A
Spokane College
Billings Choir
Miss Berg
Seville
United Luthwan Church
Montana
H. Farseth
Spokane
Wash
Melville
Thirteen Years Ago in the Pioneer June 6 1907
The Horse's Home barn project. John Ellingson sold his Bear Creek store interest to his brother Ed and may move to Livingston. E L Patterson sold 4000 acres on Sweet Grass creek to Chas Blocker of Billings for 83.30 per acre. Rev Erickson plans to teach parochial school in summer and opened at Howie, interrupted by illness of his son. Public school hires for next year include Mary R Downs, Mignonia Durnford, Marion Dunlop. Pythian Sisters elected Gertrude Chapdelaine and others. Lizzie Stebblefield and Mina Porente among delegates.
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Bear
Livingston
E. L. Patterson
Sweet Grass Creek
Chas Blocker
Billings
Erickson
Howie
Mary R. Downs
Slater
Iowa
Mignonia Durnford
Dillon
Marion Dunlop
Chapmen
Kan
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