Vocational School for Girls to Open Near Helena
The Montana state vocational board will establish a girls school at the Herbert ranch in the Helena valley seven miles from Helena. Miss Edith Kassing will serve as superintendent. An appropriation of 25 000 was approved, though only about half is available due to bill defects. Miles City will house an interim group of 26 girls as the move to Helena proceeds.
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Herbert Ranch
Helena Valley
Helena
Edith Kassing
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Federation
Legislative Assembly
Stewart
L. O. Edmunds
Columbus
J. FB. Roche
Butte
O. Brasier Cordua
Corduva
Hal B. Ives
Miles City
Dorr
Kassing
Hebert
Former G N Railway Official Faces Hard Job In Siberia
John F Stevens a former head of the Great Northern and administrator of the Trans Siberian railway struggles with entrenched Russian practices. A committee fails to curb car distribution favoritism and price manipulation causing inflated costs and scarce movement. Passenger traffic suffers as delegations occupy cars. embargo power remains with authorities, hindering efficiency.
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John F. Stevens
Great Northern Railway
Montana
Trans-Siberian Railway
Trans-Siberian
America
Siberia
Stevens
Banking and contracting firms in Italy employ more than 190 000
Banking and contracting firms in Italy employ more than 190 000 women. The data highlight a significant female workforce in these sectors amid ongoing employment trends in Italy.
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Italy
Nevada
Prince of Wales Returns to England with Russell Painting Gift
The Prince of Wales sailed from New York to London carrying a Charles M. Russell painting gifted by High River Alberta, admirer George Lane delivering the donation. Russell’s works, including Royal Northwest Mounted Police scenes, impressed the heir who plans to read western history. a Russell piece titled Where a Left-hand Shake Is Safest was also given to the Duke of Connaught.
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Prince OF Wales
England
Russell
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
New York
London
America
Charles M. Russell
High River
Alberta
Charlie Russell
Calgary
Saskatoon
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Collec
George Lane
Canada
Lane
Duke of Connaught
Royal ‘Northwest Mounted Police of
William Roe of Bannack A Pioneer of Montana’s First Winter
The article recalls William Roe as an early Bannack settler who led a 500 mile Salt Lake provisioning wagon train during Bannack’s first winter. He became a merchant, banker, and key figure in Montana’s growth while resisting political honors. Roe helped found Bannack and later joined vigilante actions against Plummer and others.
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Beaverhead
Madison County
Montana
William Roe
Bannack
Nature
Roe
Salt Lake
Fortune
Beaverhead County
Salt Lake City
United States
England
Poweshiek
Iowa
Colorado
Jefferson Territory
Hims
Deer Lodge
Plummer
Henry Plummer
Buck Stimpson
Ned Ray
Virginia City Vigilante Executive Committee
Navy Recruiting Leads District Enlistments in Great Falls
Great Falls navy recruiting substation led the western district with 202 recruits last week. Among them 54 entered naval aviation, 40 were re-enlistments, and the naval branch appears more popular than the military at present.
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Great Falls
Navy
Naval Aviation
Naval Branch
Belgian ship workers offered 50 cent wage rise
Employers in Belgium propose a fifty cent increase for skilled ship workers. In Antwerp before the war fourteen industry groups employed 20 700 to 21 700 workers, but by March 1919 the total had fallen to 2 300.
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Belgium
Antwerp
Montana Soldier's Adventures Return Home a Roundup Tale
Albert Sanderson of Roundup, Montana, a former private who rose to first lieutenant, served in the Soissons Meuse and St Mihiel offensives. He survived a 12,000 foot crash, rescued an American flag from Bolsheviks in Brest, and escaped death after a Paris area crash. He later worked as a government courier between Paris and Vienna and has recovered from injuries after discharge October 30.
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Albert Sanderson
Soissons
Meuse
St. Mihiel
Sanderson
Brest
Paris
Vienna
France
New York
Montana
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Vocational Board
Central City
Salmon River
Denver
Salmon City
Dillon
Naval
Soldier
Terra Firma
Postum Cereal Company
Battle Creek
Michigan
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