Streit outlines Union Now plan for 15 democracies
Clarence Streit, long a League of Nations observer, pitches a world federation led by 15 democracies including the United States, United Kingdom, France, Canada, and others. He argues the group would guarantee peace with a stable union currency, a common defense, and expanded prosperity, inviting other nations later.
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World Federation
Clarence K. Streit
League of Nations
New York Times
Union
Clu
Atte
Streit
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Wales
France
Ireland
Switzerland
Belgium
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Australia
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
People of Nations
Winnin
Pour
New York
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Strange Characters Gathered at the Driving of N P Golden Spike
A Montana milestone of 1883 that tied the Northern Pacific at Independence Gulch in Powell County is recounted with tales of frontier life. Legends about a possible golden spike persist, while a Missoula farmer shares a lighthearted memory with General Grant and a rancher Griffiths survives a train mishap aided by a friendly hobo.
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N. P. Golden Spike
Montana
Northern Pacific
Independence Gulch
Powell County
United States
Grant
Missoula
Gen. A
Missoula County
General Grant Charms Montana Crowd at Crowded Gathering
In a Montana pavilion the crowd faced unequal seating as Henry Villard and William Evarts spoke to a selective section. General Grant, sitting with the rest, won over Montanans after a shy interaction with Deer Lodge girl Maggie McGovern and her father Phil. The scene culminated with Grant addressing the crowd and signaling wartime unity.
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Tion
Montana
Grant
Deer Lodge
Maggie McGovern
Phil McGovern
Papa
Maggie
McGovern
General Grant
Great Falls WPA archive volume on city pioneers now on sale
The Great Falls Yesterday mimeo book compiled by WPA workers is complete and available at the Great Falls Public Library. Supervisor Mrs. A B Maxwell led the project sponsored by the city, costing about $5000 mainly for labor with 2 to 5 workers involved. The volume contains biographies and reminiscences of 143 Great Falls Cascade County and Montana pioneers and their descendants, plus a preface by Mrs. Maxwell explaining the city’s founding.
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Great Falls
WPA
A. B. Maxwell
City of
Cascade County
Montana
Maxwell
State High School Grid Title Game Set for Nov 23
Montana high school football title game scheduled for 1 p.m. November 23 by the Montana High School Association board of control. The championship was previously awarded to Billings and had been set for November 25, with Thanksgiving day previously used in past years.
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Montana
Cr. Werendisy
Montana High School Association
Board of Control
Billings
Seattle firm bids curtain for Great Falls civic center
B F Shearer Co of Seattle, the low bidder at $700,000 for stage equipment for the Great Falls civic center now under construction, proposes to furnish an auditorium curtain. The proposed curtain is to commemorate a significant historical event and is expected to depict Lewis and Clark viewing the Missouri River falls.
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Great Falls
B. F. Shearer Co
Seattle
Civic Center
Lewis and Clark
Big Falls
Missouri
Davies Dies after 60 Years Since Fort Benton Arrival
David D. Davies died in a Great Falls hospital days after his 88th birthday and the 60th anniversary of his arrival by steamboat at Fort Benton. Born July 22, 1851 in Llanfair Wales, he and Mary A. Fletcher married March 15, 1879 and soon sailed to the United States. They traveled up the Missouri by steamboat and reached Fort Benton June 20, 1879, where he began work then homesteaded at Vaughn in 1881 with neighbors Robert Vaughn and John Spencer. He later bought the Davies ranch near Sunriver east of the R. S. Ford ranch. Mrs. Davies died March 11, 1928.
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David D. Davies
Fort Benton
Great Falls
Davies
Llanfair
Wales
Mary A. Fletcher
England
United States
Missouri River
Yankton
Vaughn
Robert Vaughn
John Spencer
R. S. Ford
Montana man posthumously honored with Carnegie Medal
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission awarded a bronze medal posthumously to Chester O Bailey of Montana for risking his life to save 16 year old Carol Rose Colbo from drowning at Elgin Montana on July 10 1938. The medal was sent to John Bailey the father in Willard Montana.
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Montana
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Chester O. Bailey
Carol Rose Colbo
Elgin
John Bailey
Willard
Mont
Winter engine strain and oil brand advice from a Mileage Merchant
The text warns that cold weather drains start performance and stresses long warm-up times. It urges using a proper winter grade oil from a Conoco Continental Oil station, arguing that fast flow oils are inadequate for winter. The message promotes switching to winter grade lubricants for better engine reliability.
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Conoco
Continental Oil Company
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Drummond
Los Angeles
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Drummond Ranch
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California
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Susie
Western Air Express
Burbank
Calif
C.J. Dean
N. E. Cor
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Grand Ave
Portland
Oregon
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