Montana Women Lead State School Superintendents
EWISTOWN claims the best public school system in Montana and the United States for towns under ten thousand, led by A A Franzke in Lewistown who describes high teacher salaries, strict standards, and extensive manual training. The piece lists the 41 county superintendents, highlights Lewis and Clark as close, and details school nurse programs, health checks, and outlying rural schools built by students.
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Ewistown
Montana
United States
Lewistown
Queen City
The
Judith
A. A. Franzke
Franzke
Wisconsin
Ellis & White
Mr. Franzke
Gary
Indiana
Prohibition Campaign Costs Reported in State
Sworn statements list Montana groups and officials spending to influence the wet dry battle. The Montana Commercial and Labor League led expenditures at 68739.69 to keep the state wet, with Anti-Saloon League near 20000 and Women’s Christian Temperance Union 5941 plus Dry Montana Fergus county 2234. Other notable totals include Governor 501.07 and Lt Governor 85, plus various Democratic and Republican officeholders’ costs.
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Montana Commercial and La‘or League
Anti-Saloon League
Montana
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Montana League
Fergus County
Fortune for Twin Bridges orphans after Montana case
Two Montana orphans at Twin Bridges face a possible $40,000 estate fortune after their mother Caroline Reid died in Warm Springs asylum. Protracted transfers by their aunt Charlotte Hanly and Chicago links raise questions of rightful ownership and a battle with C. W. Wilson who claims an innocent purchase with 60 lots in Prince Rupert and $2,500 given for the property.
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Twin Bridges
Leslie
Alex Reid
Caroline Reid
Warm Springs
Reid
Chicago
Mrs. Hanly
Montana Grain Firms Plan Expanded W heat Production and Mills
Montana Elevator Company targets 60 million bushels of wheat in 1917 while Montana Flour Mills aims to buy 5 million bushels for milling at Great Falls Harlowton Lewistown and Great Falls. New facilities at Great Falls push total capacity to 2 500 barrels daily with potential 500 600 more at Harlowton.
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Montana Elevator Company
Lewistown
Austin Warr
C. BR. McClare
Montana Flour Mills Company
Harlowton
Great Falls
Montana
McClare
W. N. Smith
Signs of the Manitou Foretell a Mild Montana Winter
The article notes light corn husks and scarce buffalo berries signaling a mild winter, with thin fur coats and loose bark. It says the Manitou’s message to Indigenous people predicts a late open winter for Montana, contrasting with last fall’s forecast of a hard one. The piece ends by humorously blaming the coal man.
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Manitou
Montana
Freak Wagers May Inconvenience the Losers
Charles E. Hughes congratulated President Wilson and a pair of freak wagers emerge. Bill Shrimp of Plentywood must walk to Seattle and back, walking backward with a pocket mirror for guidance. George Davis of Deer Lodge county must swim around Anaconda’s city fountain before Christmas and cheer for Wilson while he swims.
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Charles E. Hughes
Wilson
Bill Shrimp
Plentywood
Seattle
George Davis
Deer Lodge County
Anaconda
Epitaph Reflects Debt Owed to Will Row
An epitaph notes Will Row as the deceased debtor who owed money. The speaker recalls Will directing where to go to collect the debt and asserts Will never lied. The fragment preserves a personal, blunt memorial tone.
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Will Row
Will
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