Fort Shaw’s Palmy Days A Fort Shaw Social Center History
The article recalls Fort Shaw as a vibrant frontier social hub with officers and locals hosting dinners dances luncheons and card games for officers and target practice drills for privates. It details private theatricals by army families a 20 piece post orchestra and visits by actors Barrs Parepa Rosa and Karl Rosa. It also covers royal visitor lore the Marquis of Lorne and Mounties reception culminating in a vivid portrait of the fort’s once lively entertainments.
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Fort Shaw
Major Pierce
Mrs. Elsmer
Sutler’s
Montana
Jay
Dobbin
Katie Putnam
Misouri
Fort Benton
Helena
Helena Opera
Europe
Parepa Rosa
Karl Rosa
America
Republic
Albert Edward
Wales
Atlantic
Pacific
Marquis of
Germany
England
Dutch Elm Disease Threatens England’s Elms
The Forestry Commission reports thousands of elms killed or damaged by Dutch Elm disease risking widespread loss of England’s stately trees if untreated.
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England
Forestry Commission
Demonstration Of Synthetic Rubber At 1939 California Fair
A live demonstration of synthetic rubber production will be shown at the 1939 California world's fair, highlighting advances in polymer science and industrial chemistry. The exhibit aims to showcase process steps, materials, and potential applications to visitors and industry professionals.
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Treasure Island
San Francisco Bay
Theater of the Sky
California
Montana Briefs and Local Updates Across Cities
Fort Peck Legion backs Glasgow for 1940 department convention. Missoula elects Robert Pantzer as ASMSU president for 1939-40. Anaconda considers enlarging police force. population 13 000 with five cops. Plentywood reports 300 dozen eggs sold in a day. Kalispell airport hangar for flying school sought. Conrad welcomes P C Tompkins to Ben Franklin store leadership. Welena reports 130 in vocational rehab training. Sweet Grass house fire caused by lightning. loss not specified. Libby crash injures Marilyn Stickney. others unhurt. Plentywood Secbey hospital care after tractor accident. Marlowton notes 200 000 fish fry planted in Wheatland streams. Kalispell business deals include Montana hotel sale. Lewistown invites Gov Ayers to Rural Letter Carriers convention. Kalispell amateur photo contest announced. Helena snow depth lower than year ago. Sidney fair opens Aug 23 with new thrill day. Missoula Stella Baggenstoss named supreme rep to Woman's Benefit convention. Malta fridge motor fire damages McLeod Mercantile in Dodson. Lewistown Abel family obituary. John Abel dies at 63. Welena audit finds no irregularities in beaver tag and permit ship.
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Kalispell
Conrad
P. C. Tompkins
Cut Bank
Ben Franklin
Max Kenny
Welena
State Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation
Leif Fredericks
Sweet Grass
Arthur Giliers
Hills
Montana Extension Service Marks 25 Years Of Service
The Montana extension service observes a 25 year milestone since its Smith-Lever act founding in 1924 and notes continuity from the Farmers Institutes begun in 1907. Director J C Taylor, serving since 1925, is the longest tenured, with service dating to 1914 in Dawson County. Currently 46 counties have agents and 13 counties have home demonstration agents.
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Montana Extension Service
Montana
Farmers’ Institutes
IF. S. Cooley
Cooley
Extension Service
J. C. Taylor
Taylor
Dawson County
M. L. Wilson
Agriculture
Carl H. Peterson
The
AAA
Home Mortgages Recorded in Montana Cities in March
Home mortgages numbered 528 with a value of 1 446 000 dollars were recorded in Montana cities in March as reported by the Federal Home Loan Bank.
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Montana
Federal Home Loan Bank
Helena Jubilee looks at early day styles and whiskers
Helena organizers study 1860s dress for a July Diamond Jubilee. Chairman John G. Brown notes beard as key accessory while 10 gallon hats are deemed out of place. 1864 era hats had straight brims and low rounded crowns.
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Helena
Capitol
John G. Brown
John Riteh
W. C. Bardon
L. L. Callaway
C. B. Power
Ar. Brown
Bishop Tuttle
Old California Joe
Idaho
Plane lands on highway to refuel from cautious gas trucker
Al Gillis, pilot of a small plane bound for Great Falls, ran out of fuel near Grass Range and landed on the highway near Novary. Howard Anderson of Salt Creek Co. lent emergency fuel after Gillis asked for help and refueled the plane before continuing to Lewistown.
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Howard Anderson
Salt Creek Co
Grass Range
Anderson
Novary
al Gillis
Great Falls
Head of Great Falls Business College Dies
Hiram J. Johnson, 52, president of the Great Falls Commercial College, died suddenly at his home of a heart attack. Born July 16, 1887, in Deer Lodge, he moved to Great Falls in 1914 to run the college and had earlier owned Helena Commercial College with J. Lee Rice for three years. He previously taught at the Butte Business College.
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Great Falls
Historical Costume References From 19th Century Attire
Mr Brown notes varied dress in old pictures with long coats and black edged vests for formal wear. He cites hats, white shirts with no winged collars, black ties, and blue or checkered work shirts. He mentions guides and books including Kurz's Smithsonian diary and Catlin for Indian costumes as authentic references.
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Mr. Brown
Wilson and
Compton
Hangman's Tree
the Historical Society
United States
MacLure
Rockies
Barney Hughes
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Mighty World’s Fair Court
Wilken
Harry E. Wilken
Treasure State News
Fort Peck
American Legion
Department
Missoula
Robert Pantzer
Livingston
Montana State University
Libby
Eureka
A. L. Brown
Plentywood
Fred Sxanning
Marlowton
Warren Louis Miller
Wheatland County
Lebo Creek
North Fork
Musselshell River
Swimming Woman Creek
Upper Musselshell
Loch Leven
Jack McCarthy
John Broadwater
Ernest George
Armory
Lewistown
Roy E. Ayers
Montana Rural Letter Carriers Association
John L. Beam
Harry H. Campbell
Chamber of Commerce
Hmelena
A. H. Tuttle
U. S. Geological Survey
Sidney
Stella Baggenstoss
Woman's Benefit Association
New York
Elizabeth Buchanan
Malta
McLeod Mercantile Co
Dodson
John F. Abel
Abel
Abel Bros. Meat Co
State Fish and Game Department
Office
W. A. Brown
Game Department
Tower of Sun
Calvert
Calvert Reserve
Gtek SP
Calvert’s
Calvert's
Calvert Distillers Corp
N.Y. C
Zalveris
Russell Prints
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Falls, Montana
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