Montana Strikes Rise Through 1920 After Year of Unrest
Montana records show rising industrial unrest with 18 strikes in 1920 so far, including the Butte mine closures by the I W W and multiple labor actions in Great Falls Helena Billings and Missoula. The year’s protests encompass carpenters electricians cooks and barbers with several disputes pending or settled amid wage demands and eight hour day fights.
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Montana
W. J. Swindlehurst
Department of Labor and Industry
Butte Building Trades
Helena
Billings
Miles City
Butte
Great Falls
Milwaukee
Deer Lodge
Federal
Livingston
Nefhart
Misoula
Lewistown
Anaconda
Bergdoll Apprehension Offer Stirs Suspicion
Lawyers for Grover Cleveland Bergdoll offered 2500 dollars for his apprehension and delivery, raising questions about their sincerity and possible misrepresentation in the endeavor.
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Grover Cleveland
Montana and Missoula State University Honor 116 Graduates
The Montana State University at Missoula will confer degrees and diplomas on 62 graduates in 1920. Honors go to nine students including Genevieve Hall and Vera Harris. Commencement events run June 13 to 16 with addresses by Chancellor Elliott and George Irving Christie of Purdue.
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State University At
Missoula At
H. H. Swain
Marie W. Erickson
Missoula
Reynold C. Fuson
Bogota
Ill
Alva C. Baird
Anna May Nobl
Belt
Robert Oslund
Great Falls
Homer M. Parson
Forsyth
John Franklin Patterson
Lelia I. Paxson
Tate W. Peek
George Fef. Peters
Hamburg
Germany
Dorothy Powell
Billings
Anna Reely
Beatrice M. Ruiter
Red Lodge
Henry G. Ruppel
Twin Bridges
Alice C. Schwefel
Butte
T. G. Swearingen
Margaret Barbour
Turner
Helena
Cleve Oscar Westby
Terry
Hazel M. Whitesitt
Corvallis
Lillian G. Woody
Livingston
Plains
BE. W. Malone
Hamilton
Fern E F. Seright
Joliet
Merill M. Thompson
Albert FE. Woebner
Charles Spangler Baldwin
Kalispell
Eva M. Coffee
William Graves Kohner
St. Louis
Montana State College At
Bozeman
Montana State College
Genevieve Hall
Vera Harris
Trena Hollier
Kenneth M. King
Whitehall
Lelia M. Linfield
Ladimir Mashin
Chicago
Russell M. Pickens
Huntley
Mary L. Stone
R. Parker Stone
The
State College
Presbyterian Church
Elliott
College Musical Department
Hamilton Hall
Municipal Opera House
George Irving Christie
Purdue University
Electrical
Carl E. Ladenburh
Columbia Falls
Henry S. Peck
Lawrence Wylie
Jesse C. Flynn
Logan
Forest G. Henry
Townsend
Henry Oberle
Harold J. Reitz
Elmer M. Arneson
Big Timber
Albert J. Botonr
Glasgow
Victor F. Larse
Jack Sweat
Dutton
Earl F. Woolridge
Chinook
Ada Baker
Evelyn G. Seeley
Clifford L. Corking
William J. Mabee
Florence Switzer
Jeffers
A. L. Christensen
Lancaster
Wash
Arthur I. Hoem
Herman L. Dickman
Truly
E. Smith
Jas. S. Dickson
Paul J. Hagen
Glendive
Otto P. Roberts
Hubert M. Rice
Los Angeles
Cal
Alexander P. Stone
Willard H. Tobey
Highwood
Ruth
Clarion
George Jacoby
N. R. Jones
Mazeppa
Minn
John H. Kohnen
Grant B. McConnell
Albert P. Stark
John L. Tyler
Nashville
Rio Grande Augean Stables Clean‑up Planned
A major clean up effort is planned across the Rio Grande region aiming to tackle long standing pollution and degraded sites. Officials say it will take time and coordinated action.
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Rio Grande
Harry Van Duzen Oil King of Montana
Harry W. Van Duzen, central Montana oil pioneer, formed a company that brought in the first well in 1917 and now controls about 15 000 acres of oil leases. Born in Newport Kentucky fifty five years ago he blends New England southern and Montana roots and rose from a Kentucky farm to Cincinnati schooling and oil prominence.
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Yellowstone Valley
Forsyth
van Duren
Montana
Devils Basin
Roundup
Woman’s Pocket
van Duren Oil Company
Il’s
Harry van Duzen
Harry W. van Duzen
Newport
Kentucky
New England
Cuticura Soap Promotes Clear Complexion and Soft Hands
Cuticura Soap daily and Ointment as needed for clear complexion, clean scalp, and soft white hands. Include Cuticura Talcum for a fragrant toilet trio.
Five trainmen injured as locomotives plunge off cliff
In Seattle Washington five trainmen were injured in a wreck on the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound line when two electric locomotives pulling a single caboose plunged over a 300 foot embankment. Two fatalities are likely.
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Seattle
Wash
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound
Quote on thirst in Mexico dismisses fatal risk
A remark asserts that a man would not die of thirst in Mexico, implying resilience or abundance of water elsewhere. The line reflects casual, perhaps dismissive, attitudes toward danger in travel or desert environments.
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Mexico
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Postum Cereal Co
Battle Creek, Mich
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Blue Grass
Cincinnati
Equity Life
W. M. Burlingame
C. W. Cleveland
Sec
Treas
Equity Life Insurance Company
G. W. Massy, Jr
Agents Home Office
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Pinal Oil Co
Lucile Oil Co
Coline Oil Co
John Willemeyer Co
Central Oil Co
Farmers’ Petroleum Co
Home Oil Co
Texas Chief
Fowler Farm Co
Burk Waggoner
Hog Creek Oil Co
Sour Dough Oil Co
Lacelle Oil Co
Texas Oil Co
Roundup Mutual Oil & Gas Company
Cat Creek Anticline
Roundup Mutual Oil & Gas Co
Great Falls, Mont
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