Gallatin as diplomat and scholar praised as nation’s immigrant pioneer
The text extols Albert Gallatin’s long career noting sixteen years as a diplomat and a recall from retirement by John Quincy Adams for delicate service abroad. It credits him as a leading debater financier and parliamentarian and calls him the father of American ethnology alongside Franklin and Jefferson.
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Gallatin
America
Franklin and
Jefferson
District of Columbia
Cost of county printing compared by rival bids
A letter outlines alleged flaws in comparing printing costs under old and new contracts. It argues three 1924 elections inflated costs and mocks claims of savings under present arrangements. The Pioneer is said to publish full figures next week crediting Bryan and commissioners Leasby and Anderson.
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Pioneer
Wilson
Coolidge
Bryan
Leasby
Anderson
Other Barrel Story Highlights Volstead Law and Ownership Liability
The piece reviews the Magelssen moon liquor case and shifts to Harvey Cort, owner of the Cort hotel and related properties, noting his leasehold and building purchases. It argues the Volstead act risks overreach by penalizing lessors for lessee crimes and contends Montana safety in enforcing criminal statutes.
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Chris Magelssen
Prohibition
Moon
Billings
Magelssen
Harvey Cort
Cort
Gem Cafe
Carbon County
Cordingly & Co
Boston
Gort
Europe
Pioneer Office
Frank I.taylor
Maine
Irvines
Los Angeles
Montana
Gallatin's Lands and Legacy in Early US Finances
The article recalls Albert Gallatin of Switzerland as a key early US financier, serving nearly thirteen years as secretary of the treasury and financing the War of 1812. It contrasts his tenure with Hamilton and Wolcott Jr. and notes a proposed site in Washington for a Gallatin statue.
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New York World
Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin
Massachusetts
Albert Gallatin
Switzerland
Gallatin
Franklin
Washington
Walsh
Montana
Treasury
Hamilton
Oliver Wolcott, Jr
Samuel Dexter
Story Of Mrs Beall Told By Enterprise
An Enterprise feature recounts Mrs J W Beall of Bozeman former pioneer society president and first white settler of Bozeman. Born June 29 1835 in New York she crossed the plains with the Townsend wagon train and endured near drownings and Indian threats. She helped found Beall Park and has long served churches and civic groups while aging gracefully.
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Livingston Enterprise
J. W. Beall
Bozeman
John M. Bozeman
Enterprise
Pioneers’ Society
Gallatin County
Society of Montana Pioneers
Bozeman Avenue
Beall
Rosa V. Barker
James Barker
Helena
Lewis County
New York
Big Horn Viles
Church Guild
Father and Son Bond Promoted by Early Father's Day Rhetoric
In Big Timber Father’s Day lapsed without notice last June 20 as locals ignored the holiday. Spokane leaders created the observance in 1910 to stress home sacredness and moral ties, tracing origin to Mrs. John Bruce Dodd. The piece ends with Holmes verse about memory and fatherhood and notes a related Illinois story on risks to young girls.
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Ministerial Association
Spokane
John Bruce Dodd
Spokesman-Review
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Smuggling On North Border To Be Curbed
Ottawa reports sweeping measures to curb smuggling on the Canadian border and to stop cargo ships with liquor from Canada to the United States. The House committee urges immediate police patrols, resignations of some customs staff, and reorganization of the customs service. It faults Jacques Bureau for failing to discharge ministerial responsibility.
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Ottawa
Ont
United States
House of Commons
Customs Service
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Montreal
Que
Rock Island
Windsor
Customs Department
HH. H. Stevens
Vancouver Centre
Canada
Jacques Bureau
Customs
Opening Shot Fired By State Dry Squad
Great Falls Montana delegates to the Anti Souloon league convened to plan the fall dry campaign for the prohibition referendum. Precinct committees are to register dry partisans and form voting clubs to drum up support. State officials Collins Wade and others declare Montana a key battlefield in the nationwide fight. A mass meeting is set for Sunday to launch the campaign.
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Great Falls
Montana
Montana Anti
Drys
FE. Collins
William S. Wade
Anti-Saloon League
Wets
Montana League
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Big Timber
Jerome Williams
Sweet Grass County
Foreign Advertising
the American Press, Association
Pontofice
Mrs. Beall
Iearning
Ilinois
State Dry Squad
Scandinavian
Big Timber, Montana
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Montana Power Company
Livingston District
Livingston
Montana Power Co
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