Descendants of Famous Figures Told in Montana News
A Montana article profiles residents claiming kinship to historic figures including Sir Walter Raleigh, Peter Stuyvesant, Ignatius Donnelly, Alexander Hamilton, and Theodore Roosevelt. It weaves family lines through Butte, Great Falls, Glasgow, and Cascade County, noting notable ancestors and local connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Walter Raleigh
Butte
Ignatius Donnelly
Montana
Teddy
Roosevelt
Cascade County
A. C. Raleigh
Raleigh
Florence van de Putte
Park Hotel
Great Falls
Peter Stuyvesant
New York
Governor Stuyvesant
Minnesota
Shalke-speare
Lew L. Calloway
Virginia City
Supreme Court
Alexander Hamilton
Charles J. Coperharve
Anaconda Standard
Peter Copenharve
Java
Netherlands
Mr. Copenharve
Ohio
Hocking
Malcolm Clark
Horace Clark
Glacier
Thomas Flavin
Ferdinand C. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
J. K. Toole
Toole
Hubbard
New England
London
Asia Minor
America
Building airplanes becomes latest state industry in Montana
The Rus sell Aeroplane company in Great Falls plans to manufacture war planes for the fight against Germany. President KE Russell, a former balloonist, pitches a safer stabilizer aided tri plane with end wing attachments to self right and allow safer landings. Design uses an 80 horsepower engine, soon to upgrade to 150 and over 100 mph speeds. early tests showed short flights at low altitude. Andre Houpert, a French trained aviator, joins to teach aviation alongside production efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
American Fur Company
Hugh Glass
Plains
Pennsylvania
Ashley and Henry
Yellowstone River
Glass
Major Henry
Grand River
Shebear Ag
Henry
Fort Kiowa
Missouri River
Mandan
Tilton’s
Russell Aeroplane Company
Great Falls
KE. L. Russell
Middle West
Russell
Curtis
Russell Company
Andre Houpert
Bleriot
France
Houpert
Montana youth wins fame for poem Up With the Flag
Stanley J. Quinn of Butte won third prize in Life humor weekly for his patriotic poem Up With the Flag. He is son of editor John M. Quinn, who helped win the Montana capital for Helena by arguing Daly’s supposed payoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Quinn
LIVR
John M. Quinn
Butte Daily Miner
Helena
Stanley J. Quinn
Butte
Butte Miner
Life
Young Quinn
Marcus Daly
Anaconda
Quinn
Tammany Hall
New York
New York City
Tammany
Kings County
Stanley
One Motor Car For Every Eighteen People In Montana
Montana statistics from the office of public roads show one motor car for every eighteen residents. 1916 motor vehicle licenses yielded $49,603 in road funds, with an expected 50 percent increase for the current year as motor sales surge. The report mentions thefts and suggests perpetual license numbers to deter car thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Office of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Bureau
Fake farmer robs saloon, arrested for selling liquor out of hours
A man posing as a farm owner pulled a flea bitten team to Paul Sherick's saloon and duped the proprietor into selling whiskey after hours. The supposed farmer fled with a quart bottle, but Officer Wocasek of the Butte police arrested the saloonman for illegal liquor sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Sahara
Paul Sherick
Sherick
Paul
Jefferson Valley
Ray Rhule
Ray
Wocasek
Flatland farmer fears crop bust in Wisconsin tale
Lewistown man Alex Lehman meets an old French farmer near Hilger who fears his crop will fail this year. The exchange turns on pride and understatement as the farmer laments his looming trouble with humor and a heavy accent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Lehman
Lewistown
Hilger
John
Lehman
Alex
Gar
The Wise Fool and Sage Debate Conscience Money
The Sage notes that reported conscience money returned to the government is not half of what it used to be. The Fool adds that this indicates less stealing, while the Sage counters that it may reflect less conscience.
Bless Her Heart Smarter Than a Man in this Story
A witty exchange shows a woman outsmarting a man and packing more in a handbag than a man can in a trunk. Jones comments on Smith being unreasonable and the humor lands as they discuss fishing and cleverness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Jones
Perpetual license plates proposed for Montana cars
A proposal favors a perpetual plate system where one number stays with a car for its life, changing only if a plate is lost and ownership proven. A yearly color tag could show year and state when pay license fee, while the number remains fixed. Motor touring reaches peak in Montana with many transcontinental travelers passing through and visits to Glacier and Yellowstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glacier
Yellowstone
Montana
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Treasure State
Glass Saiy
Arkaras
Tilton
Big Horn River
Big Horn
Fort Atkinson
Henry’s Fort
Powder River
The
Platte
Missouri
Ward
Fort Union
Glass’ Bluffs
Prince Maximilian of Wied
Fort Cass
Monana
Farmer
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