Commemorate Lewis and Clark in Bronze Shaped by Montana Pioneers
The Society of Montana Pioneers urges heroic bronze statues at Great Falls and Three Forks to honor Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The piece recounts camp life at American Lake for soldiers headed to France and notes state efforts to mark Lewis and Clark sites along rivers and trails.
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Society OF Pioneers OF
Montana
James A. Sanders
Society of Montana Pioneers
Alder Gulch
Lewis and Clark
Great Falls
Three Forks
Missouri River
Missouri
Columbia
Meriweather Lewis
United States Infantry
President Jefferson
William Clark
United States Artillery
Nathaniel Pryor
Charles Floyd
John Ordway
Patrick Gass
George Gibson
Thomas
Sacajawea
York
Clark
John Newman
M. B. Reed
Sol
United States
Louisiana
Napoleon
Cascades
Thomas Jefferson
Lewis and Clerk Park
Falls
Big Muddy
Gallatin
Albert Gallatin
Treasury
Madison
James Madison
Jefferson
Colter
Potts
Lisa
Yellowstone
Big Horn River
Andrew Henry
Missouri Fur Company
Northwest
Lewis
Clarke
Sacajewea
Russell
Hall of Representatives
Capitol
Helena
Continental Divide
Belt Mountains
Billings
Pompey
Wm. Clark
Charles M. Russell
Rocky Mountains
Mayor Maloney Pledges Full Weight Coal Checks
Butte mayor promises every coal buyer will receive full weight and will launch a citywide system to verify coal weights, ensuring accurate measures and preventing shortweight sales.
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Maloney
Butte
Montana Farm Loans In July Totals Over One Million
The federal farm loan board reports Montana loan applications for July at 1 032 925 with approved loans totaling 628 050. This shows substantial activity in farming credit and indicates strong lender engagement in the state during the month.
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Montana
Federal Farm Loan Board
Doctor Claims Nuxated Iron Doubles Delicate Peoples Strength
Boston physician Dr. E Sauer advocates Nuxated Iron as a cure for weakness caused by iron deficiency. He asserts blood iron boosts energy and stamina, promising 100 percent strength gains in ten days with a two week trial and a money back guarantee if strength does not double.
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New York
N. Y
E. Sauer
Boston
Montana Non-Partisan League watches Baer’s congressional bid
Montana members of the Non-Partisan League track John M. Baer, Fargo newspaper cartoonist elected to Congress from North Dakota, as the movement expands to eight states. The piece notes Baer’s rise from farmer to illustrator and politician, his appeal to farmers, engineers, and workers, and mixed reactions in press after his victory. It also references political defense from Senator Norton and a broader view of Baer’s loyalty to North Dakota amid wartime tensions.
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Louisiana
Livingston
France
New Orleans
Floridas
Congress
Mississippi
Washington
Spain
Jefferson
James Monroe
Paris
Montana
League
Fargo
John M. Baer
North Dakota
Baer
National Assembly
Fargo ‘Courier News
Buer
Mr. Baer
Minneapolis
House
Patrick D. Norton
Iowa
Washinton
New York
Montana Woman Guides Hunters in Big Game Derby
Mrs. Wiley Donaldson the wife of a Clearwater country rancher received a state license to guide hunting and fishing parties on the south fork of the Flathead. The license marks her entry into a field once dominated by men as she and her husband have long roamed the mountains together.
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Wiley Donaldson
Clearwater Country
Kit Carson
Jim Bridger
Buffalo Bill
Howard Eaton
South Fork
Flathead
Donaldson
One in five Montana marriages ends in divorce
Montana’s 1916 marriage and divorce statistics show 8,046 marriages and 1,482 divorces with two and a half times as many women seeking divorce as men. County ratios vary from 28 to 1 in Teton to 165 to 1 in Deer Lodge, while Cascade blames its high rate on Cascade residents divorcing there.
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Montana
W. J. Swindlehurst
Commissioner of Labor and Industry
Teton County
Deer Lodge County
Cascade
Silver Bow
Lewis and Clark
Minnesota Blue Laws Highlight Midwest Reform Tendency
Harry Cunningham of Helena reports from his St Paul business trip that the middle west tilts toward reform and notes many blue laws in effect. In the Twin Cities shining shoes for pay on Sunday is an offense.
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Minnesota
Harry Cunningham
Helena
St. Paul
Middle West
Twin Cities
Draft Sends Thousands from Wall Street Banks Hire Women
Wall Street and New York banks face mass drafts with Guaranty Trust listing 160 in service and 700 of 1400 employed subject to draft. 100 expected to be called first. National City Bank reports 150 in service and 453 drafted.
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Wall Street
New York
The
Guaranty Trust Company
National City Bank
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Northern Pacific Railroad
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Ursuline Academy
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Miss Kelly
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