Great Falls Leads Montana Factory Growth 1914 to 1919
Montana factory data show Great Falls with 54 plants in 1914 rising to 73 in 1919 and capital from 3.293 to 6.083 million. Output climbs from 3.382 to 6.051 million, wages to 1.485 million. Butte expands to 115 plants by 1919 with capital up 68.4 percent and output up 1.4 million dollars. Helena and Anaconda also show large gains in plants, capital, output, and wages across the period.
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Great Falls
Butte
Montana
Anaconda
Helena
Send $1.10 to Great Falls Cook Book for postage paid
A reader is urged to send 1.10 dollars to Great Falls Cook Book Box 1790 Great Falls Montana to receive the book with postage paid. The notice emphasizes prepaid shipping and directs funds to the stated box.
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Great Falls
New Meadow Lark Country Club
Montana
World News Roundup of Political and Economic Events
Reports from Paris London and Geneva show appeals to Greece to delay Asia Minor action and mediation efforts. In Wheeling 2500 workers lose jobs as three Wheeling Steel plants suspend operations amid a regional downturn.
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Paris
Great Britain
France
Italy
Greece
Asia Minor
Wheeling
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Geneva
Free
Danzig
Mexico
Council of
The
League of Nations
Chicago
Charles Widen
Brookfield
Ill
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
United States
Roy Upham
Brooklyn
American Institute of Homeopathy
Herbert Myrick
Harding
Senate
Jennie P. Mosher
Salt Lake City
Utah
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Aden
New Orleans
Louisiana
Aero Club of France
Ex Governor Rickards of Montana Retires From Federal Post
Former Montana governor John E. Rickards, noted for a pivotal ruling during a senatorial deadlock, retires as federal crop statistician for the U S Department of Agriculture in San Francisco after 18 years. Born 1848 in Delaware, he built state institutions, led the 1892 governorship, and endured personal tragedy when his son Homer died after serving in the Spanish American War.
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John E. Rickards
Montana
Territory
Butte
Department of Agriculture
San Francisco
Rickards
Senate
Helenrz
Wilbur F. Sanders
Hon
T. C. Powers
United States
Richards
Thomas B. Reed
House of Representatives
Reed
Legislative Assemblies
Con
Delaware
Philadelphia
Colorado
Silver Bow County
State Senate
Richard
State Normal School
Dillon
State Agricultural College
Bozeman
School of Mines
Deaf and Dumb School
Boulder
Spain
Homer
Govrnor
Widows of Butte and County Cash Explored in Pension Probe
County investigators heard widows discuss finances under the pension and poor funds program. Several admitted owning homes or bank accounts while transferring titles to relatives to maintain eligibility. A notable Austrian widow revealed moving 2000 dollars to the old country, while others testified about property and living arrangements with brothers.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bullock
Silver Bow
Matt Canning
Butte
Fabian
Hailstones as large as eggs injure florist in storm
Billings florist John Partington was found unconscious behind his greenhouse after a 15 minute hailstorm. He suffered severe bruising and was taken to hospital with initial fears of a fractured skull. He regained consciousness but remains confined to bed.
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John Partington
Billings Florist
Partington
Prairie county forms grain growers co operative
In Prairie county a stock growers co operative shipping organization has formed amid ongoing drought conditions with rainfall over six inches since June first. The Montana items include butter prices, grasshopper control, a missing infant case in Missoula gulch, a J udith Basin picnic date, major road work in Libby, and various local investigations and notices.
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Wolf Point
Terry
Prairie County
Great Falls
Polson
Butte
Missoula Gulch
Lewistown
Judith Basin
Moccasin Experiment Station
Cuticura Promises Skin Improvement For Many Ailments
An advertisement extols Cuticura products as a cure for poor complexions dandruff itching and red rough hands. The suggestion is to apply Cuticura Ointment on rising and retiring wash off after five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water and to expect wonderful results.
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Adyv
Ranchman and Wife Struck by Lightning at Miles City Farm
Mr and Mrs Milo C Cowles were in the Tongue river road area five and a half miles south of Miles City when a lightning bolt struck their ranch home. The west siding cracked plaster fell and five window lights broke. Mrs Cowles, at the window moments before, was knocked to the floor and rendered briefly unconscious. Debris from surrounding trees littered the yard and two wagons nearby were hurled roughly 400 feet and wedged together. Mrs Cowles remains recovering from the shock.
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Libby
Jennings
Warrand
Anaconda
James Briggeman
Powell County
Joseph Knopf
Helena
Fall
Department of the Interior
Montana
Billings
Snyder Sheep ,Company
R. D. Miller
Hale Steenerson
Ural
Lincoln County
Kootenai
Barker
M. E. Gray
Rock Creek
Broadus
Powder River
Deer Lodge
Philipsburg
Red Lodge
Boston
National Fire Protection Association of Boston
Butte
Korblan Asid
Te Ranch
Milo C. Cowles
Miles City
Tongue River Road
Cowles
Mint Recoining Silver Dollars To Boost Montana Mining
The U S Mint has resumed coining silver dollars after seven years to replace 270 million silver dollars taken from Treasury vaults for Great Britain during World War I. The program, beginning in 1918 under the Pittman Act, is expected to take years and benefit silver mining in Montana and other states. about 20 million dollars worth have been coined since March, with more planned over the next five years as reserves return to pre-war levels.
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Great Britain
Montana
Mint
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Congress
England
India
Baker
Dean's Kidney Pills Claim Kidney Relief
A Missoula woman reports severe back pain and kidney trouble. After two boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills she says the backache and related ailments vanished and she has suffered no kidney complaint since. Price 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
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Dean
A. Vincent
N. Third St
Missoula
Mont
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Wyoming
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Ontana
Albert Teachers’ Agency
Northwest
Peyton Buiilding
Spokane
Clarkston
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Butte College Telegraphy
Montana Auto School
South Main Street
Budd
Cal
E. Nash
Oakland
California
F. Morrison
W. Holden
Edwards & Bradford Lumber CO
Stevens County
Phoenix Lumber Co
Okanogan Valley Ditch
Tonasket
C. A. Potter
Molson
Jefferson County
Hree Forks
JAY W. Fancy & CO
Rhastors
Empire State
John J. Black
Chippewa Falls
Poultry and Eggs Poultry
Dorsh & Greenfield Co
Aultman & Taylor
Jestrab Bros
Havre
Ike
Bainville
Great Northern
B. Reynolds
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Clayton Rooms
Harrell
City National Bank
Tex
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Dandrex Laboratories
Farmers Union
Mayfield
Kentucky
Ward
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Optician Optometrist
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