Montana Women Tackle Ranching Profits In Big Timber
Montana women gain prominence in farming with Virginia Parks and Sedie Bailey managing a 320 acre relinquishment named Tipperary in Sweet Grass county. They report 1 600 bushels of wheat sold at 1 64 to 1 71, flax at 2 38, oats at 1 50 per hundred, and employ modern ranch methods to boost profits.
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General Utility
Montana
Virginia Parks
Sedie Bailey
J. W. Bailey
Big Timber
Baker City
Oregon
Sweet Grass County
Tipperary
Woman on Montana board probes jails and asylums
Mrs. E. B. Weirick, first woman on the Montana board of charities and reform, has conducted extensive on site investigations of Deer Lodge penitentiary Warm Springs asylum Twin Bridges orphan's home and other facilities. She aims to publish a biennial report urging larger appropriations and improvements.
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Board of Charities and Reform
Montana
E. B. Weirick
Board of Charities and Corrections
Columbia Falls
Miles City
Boulder
Galen
Deer Lodge
Weirick
State Board of Charities and Reform
Children’s Home Funding Society
State Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
Homer Club
Butte
State Board of Charities
Notable Career of Suffragette Inez Milholland Boissevain
The late Inez Milholland Boissevain, famed as a beautiful suffragette and lawyer, writer, and speaker, rose from Vassar to New York law, led campaigns with Emmeline Pankhurst, clashed with Italy over pacifism, and amid a romance with Hugen Boissevain married in secrecy. Her life featured athletic feats at Vassar, courtroom wins for the oppressed, and bold public advocacy for suffrage and socialism.
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Inez Milholland Boissevain
Los Angeles
Montana
New York
Emmeline Pankhurst
England
Italy
Vassar
Vassar College
United States
Germany
Poughkeepsie
Milholland
Romeo
New York University
Osborne, Lamb and Garvan
Mercer Street
Hugen Boissevain
Pater
Charity Through Old Clothes Gifting Examined
A brief look at those who label themselves charitable for giving away used garments. The piece questions motives and explores whether generosity is genuine or self-serving.
Interscholastic Debate Meet Chooses State Champion
Fifteen high schools compete in Montana under the Montana High School Debating League. District contests run through February with finals at the University of Montana in May. Tom Brockway of Butte holds the title awaiting judges at the spring finals.
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Montana
George R. Coffman
Missoula
Columbia Falls
Bure Fas Kalispell
Libby
Polson
Whitefish
Deer Lodge
Hamilton
Victor
Manhattan
Bozeman
University of Montana
J. S. Snoddy
Carbon County
Columbus High School
Greece
Rome
Missoula County
Forsyth
Jefferson
Gallatin County
Flathead
Butte
Tom Brockway
Joseph M. Dixon
Marriage automatic on birth of child
Women voters push to end illegitimacy stigma by making marriage automatic for children born outside wedlock. In 12 suffrage states, bills would allow the child to bear the father's name and claim paternal support from birth. National Council of Women Voters launched the effort at Cheyenne.
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United States
National Council of Women Voters
Cheyenne
Wyo
Montana News Roundup of Prices, Rail, and Progress
Montana reports varied price shifts and development from libraries to railroads. Milk prices rise in Butte, irrigation and water works planned in Troy, ore cars sent from Mesabi district, and depots and passenger service expanding toward Richie. Fire destroys Power Wilson store. tax and public works funding updates appear across towns.
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Butté
Sidney
Great Northern
Richie
Dawson County
Fairfield
Milwaukee
Great Falls
Butte
Helena
Anaconda
Lewistown
Mesaba
Eureka
Eureka Lumber Company
Troy
Cal Hubbard
Chester Hartman
Hartman
Sam Hill
Stewart
State Pardon Board
Philipsburg
Granite County
Northern Pacific
Salvation Army
Conrad
Power-Wilson Company
Conrad Mercantile Company
Whitehall
Dick Flaherty
North
Boulder
Chamber of Commerce
Missoula
State University
Montana Lakes
Red Rock
East Side
Sher Bahadur Kahn
Turkey
Bert Henderson
Peter Trudel
Trudel
Kalispell
Montana Teachers’ Association
H. A. Davee
J. A. Burger
Isles City
Minnie Spurgin
W. D. Swetland
J. P. Rowe
the State University
J. H. Holst
the State College
Ladies Dress and Cape Patterns From 1883 to 1900
A catalog of dress patterns with sizes and fabric requirements for ladies shirts waist capes corset covers aprons and dresses. Items include convertible collars capes combination corset covers and drawers and children’s dresses priced at 10 cents each with yardage details for various sizes and materials.
Catalogue Notice for Fall and Winter Patterns 1916 17
Advertisement from Montana Newspaper Association Great Falls Montana offering a 1916 1917 catalogue with over 400 ladies Misses and children pattern designs plus embroidery designs and a home dressmaking guide. Include 10 cents payment per order with coupon and pattern number and size, sign full name and address.
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Montana Newspaper Association
Great Falls
Montana
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