Montana Homestead Women and Women-Driven Dreams
A Chicago woman Maud Miller moves to Montana to file on 320 acres near Highwood. Three years later she proves up and marries her fiancé who joins her West. A Glasgow couple grows wealth then divorce and remarry for a joint estate. Miss Jasper homesteads near Fort Benton and hauls wheat solo to markets.
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Highwood Mountains
Chester
Maud Miller
Maud Muller
Chicago
Highwood
Miss Miller
Montana
Uncle Sam
Glasgow
Jasper
Fort Benton
Montana Musicians of Promise Win State Contest
Miss Helen Tenney and Miss Alice Calvert win Montana state contest of the National Federation of Musical Clubs in Great Falls. Six contestants performed in piano and voice behind a screen for judging. Winners advance to the interstate fifth district contest for national competition.
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Musicians of Promise
Montana
Helen Tenney
Alice Calvert
National Federation of Musical Clubs
Great Fells Re
Elsie MacPherson
Butte
Phyllis Wolfe
Louise Valverda Kelly
Lorraine Laliberte
Ira McClymonds
Philip Marquette
Calvert
Chicago
Bush Conservatory
Miss Tenney
Hill School
O. F.’. Wadsworth
Tenney
Billings Romance Ends in Great Falls Wedding
A Montana romance culminated in a Great Falls wedding after Miss Clara Louise Kadish lost the county clerk race in Sweet Grass. R M Messick and the bride, an eastern girl who moved west, wed at the Presbyterian church in Great Falls then set off on a honeymoon toward Big Timber.
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Billings
Great Falls
Sweet Grass County
Clara Louise Kadish
R. M. Messick
Cupid
Mrs. Messick
Helena
Big Timber
Messick
Last Chance Gulch
Montana
Women Workers Plan Campaign for National Suffrage
A large corps of workers heads to Washington to aid the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage in the push for a federal suffrage amendment this session. Notable participants include Montana figures Congresswoman-elect Jeanette Rankin and Belle Fligelman, Maud Younger of San Francisco, and others who aided prior campaigns in Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Nevada, and California.
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Washington
Congress
Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
Montana
Jeannette Rankin
Wiss Belle Fligelmann
Maud Younger
San Francisco
National Woman’s Party
Wyoming
Utah
Nevada
California
Women in U S hold numerous high level positions
Women fill a sizable share of executive education roles in the United States. Among about 12 000 prominent administrative posts, 2 500 are held by women, including college and university heads, state and county education leaders, and librarians. Women head 24 of 622 colleges, 508 of nearly 3 000 county superintendents, and 15 of 70 institutions for the blind.
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United States
Young Girls Marry Civil War Veterans for Pensions
W. O. Hart a lawyer and Sons of Confederate Veterans leader told Camp Beau regard in New Orleans that 15 and 16 year old girls wed aging Civil War veterans to gain pensions. He claimed U S pensions would extend to 2000 and that officials would not reveal veterans records.
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W. O. Hart
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Camp Beauregard
New Orleans
Washington
Recognition of Montana Woman Miss Lilla Harkins elected to executive committee
Miss Lilla Harkins head of the home science department at Montana State College Bozeman has been elected to the executive committee of the American Home Economics association at a Washington DC meeting. The five member committee has previously drawn members from eastern club women, marking a notable Montana recognition for her work in home science education and club service.
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Montana
Lilla Harkins
Montana State College
Bozeman
Washington, D. C
American Home Economics Association
Montana Educator Miss Hatch Publishes Essential Rudiments
Miss Hatch head of the Dillon state normal school's music department has had Essential Rudiments accepted for publication by Schmidt Music Publishing of Boston and Leipzig. She is the third American woman to have a musical text book accepted by a publishing house. The 12 composition work is attracting attention from educators nationwide.
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Montana
Miss Hatch
State Normal School
Dillon
Schmidt Music Publishing Company
Boston
Massachusetts
Leipzig
Germany
United States
Montana Women Win Authors' League of America Honors
Butte writers Mary Searles Johnson and Helen Fitzgerald Sanders elected to the Authors' League of America. They become the first Montana authors to receive league recognition.
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Mary Searles Johnson
Helen Fitzgerald Sanders
Butte
Authors’ League of America
League
Montana News in Brief Across Cities
A Montana synthesis reports on Montana Chamber of Commerce activity in Whitefish, a mayor backed crackdown on punch boards in Cascade, large bank clearings in Billings, a Christmas celebration plan in Conrad weather permitting, and opposition to a wild west show in Missoula. Other items cover park openings in Great Falls, Rotary club growth in Missoula, Missoula city limits expansion for a new park, a cattle theft conviction in Helena, demurrage rates denial, merit certificates for Hill county students, a milk boycott in Butter, a new Montana market specialist appointment, a Great Falls obituary, state funded university student transport proposal, a dramatic divorce scene, flax fiber investment drive in Havre, and Chilean mining war-order concerns in Butte.
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Whitefish
Cascade
Billings
Conrad
Wather
Missoula
Women’s Club
Great Falls
Rotary Club
Montana
Anaconda
Butte
Lewistown
Chamber of Commerce
Helena
Amelia Kirschbaum
Meagher County
Bozeman
Federal Office of Markets
FE. S. Cooley
State College Exension Department
Peter MacDonald
Fort Benton
Canadian Mounted Police
University of Montana
E. C. Elliott
Butter
Anna Boraticki
Boraticki
Havre
Hill County
H. R. Graham
Braden Mining Company
Rancagna
Chile
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
We Are Always Demanding Justice
A reflective, compact note on pursuit of justice and its broader social impact. It contrasts collective demands with potential effects on vulnerable groups and the ideals behind public accountability.
Vintage sewing pattern catalog from 1882 to 1910 era
A classified listing details multiple ladies garments and a child’s dress, including kimono, apron, girl’s one piece dress, and coats. Each item shows size ranges from bust measurements or age, fabric width, yardage needed, and price of 10 cents. Also notes skirt length and dress measurements for several patterns. Provides historical pattern specifications and sizing patterns across decades.
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Price
Fall and Winter Catalogue Offer with 400 Designs
Catalogue notice requests 10 cents in silver or stamps for the up to date 1916 1917 fall and winter catalogue. It features over 400 patterns for Ladies Misses and Children plus embroidery designs and a comprehensive dressmaking article with home sewing hints.
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Homsteaders
Alhambra Wot Springs Hotel
M. J. Sullivan
Pert Frencis Dry Cleaners
Great Falin
Harry Wi, McCole
Photos
Gibson Studio
1St Ave. N
4Th St
Santa Claus
Mastman Kodak
Orton Music House
Great Falls Mont
Orton Brothers
Persecu
Mont
Jpoor
Johnson, Malone & Wolfe
Postoffice
Sweetgrass
Miss Kadish
THE
STATE
Rr Fout
Ubbing
Montana Light Plant & Motor CO
North 29Th Street
O. Huseth
Symons
Batte
Montana Newspaper Association
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