Helena Area Goes Over Top in Centenary Drive
Dr. George Macklenburg announces Montana oversubscribed its centenary quota by 33 350 with Milk River district led by Brother Van Orsdel raising 83 550. Helena area first nationwide to surpass its goal, as drought impacted crops yet churches exceeded quotas. Continuation plans include evangelistic campaigns with centenary office remaining in Helena and a Columbus Ohio gathering June 20 to July 7.
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George Macklenburg
Montana
Great Falls
Butte
Yellowstone
Brother van
W. W. van Orsdel
Milk River
Helena
North Dakota
Idaho
Oregon
Mecklenburg
Billings Methodist Church
Columbus
Ohio
Railroad Administration
Bailey Block
Wolf Point Grows as Railroad Shops Spur Town Development
Wolf Point, now a booming village, reports 2700 residents up from earlier figures. Since the Great Northern opened its machine shops in 1917, growth has surged with $2,000,000 invested, 120 new acres, new homes, and strong farming trade across Roosevelt county. The town, incorporated in 1915, houses mills, elevators, banks, churches, and hotels amid a thriving local economy.
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Wolf Point
Great Northern Railroad
Reading
Great Northern
Havre
Dakota Boundary
Ten Million Cattle Trail Returns to Texas History
A historical overview of the Texas trail era recounts how from 1867 to 1895 about ten million cattle and a million saddle horses were driven from Texas north to Kansas Wyoming and Nebraska creating the great cattle era. Abilene Kansas emerged as a notorious hub while famed gunslingers Wild Bill Hickok and others tamed lawless towns. The Old Time Trail Drivers Association now preserves these memories with George W. Saunders of San Antonio as president and 600 members.
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Montana
Texas
Kansas
Wyoming
Nebraska
North
Abilene
Dodge
Ellsworth
Cheyenne
Northwest Ranges
Rio Grande
Green River
Smith
Wild Bill” Hickok
Hayes City
Wild Bill
Will Bill
Bill
Bullshead
Phil Cole
Cole
Law and Order
Newton
Tim Shea
Shea
Molly
Texas Trail Association
Trail Drivers’ Association
Trail Drivers’ Organization
George W. Saunders
San Antonio
Montana Prepares Campaign to Curb Disease Epidemic
The Montana State Board of Health orders city and county officers, school teachers, and nurses to report contagious diseases. Heads of households must report to local health officers. prosecutions follow noncompliance. A statewide yearly conference for health agencies is mandatory with costs borne by cities and counties.
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State Board of Health
Montana
Two threatening letters target Great Falls citizens
Prominent Great Falls residents received unsigned letters with crude writing warning them to heed Greek and Austrian interests or face death. Other Montana notes report Eureka recruiter J H Saling earning a dollar salary, Frank Conley overseeing six federal road projects, a six mile Tongue River plan, and historic 163rd infantry flags in state custody. Also Mary O Connor marries John High ending her mail carrier career.
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Great Falls
Revolutionary chain letters alarm Pershing community
Residents about 25 miles north of Wolf Point report anonymous letters calling for a Bolshevik style revolution. The notes urge recipients to mail copies to an acquaintance daily for nine days, promising fortune if followed and misfortune if not.
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Pershing
Wolf Point
Russia
The United States as a land of abundant food
A celebratory note highlights the United States as a vast producer and consumer of diverse foods, underscoring abundance and variety across regions and markets.
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United States
Swords and plowshares cited in German war resource tone
A wartime observation notes Germans still have few swords left despite not yet converting all weapons to peaceful use. The remark casts a view on ammunition and armament scarcity amid ongoing conflict.
Fort Benton Saddler Sullivan Holds Forty Year Shop
Joseph Sullivan of Fort Benton runs the town's famed saddlery at the head of navigation on the Missouri for nearly forty years. His leatherwork has earned a nationwide stamp from Arctic circles to Mexico among cowpunchers and stockmen, preserving Fort Benton saddlemaking prestige since the 1870s.
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Fort Benton
Arctic
Mexico
Montana
Joseph Sullivan
Arctic Circle
Texas
Cheyenne
Miles City
Sullivan
Missouri
Saddle Maker Joe Sullivan Shaped Montana Mounted Police Gear
West Mounted Police crews in western Canada used Fort Benton as a supply base with 200 miles separating HQ at Fort McLeod. Joe Sullivan of Fort Benton built 500 Montana stock saddles, earning praise for long hours and quality. Born 1862 in New York, he moved west in 1880, opening shops in Deer Lodge and Bozeman before settling in Fort Benton. He and his shop were a social hub for mounted policemen and officials, while he oversees a large leather, wagon, and farm equipment business with two outlets.
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West Mounted Police
Canada
Missouri
Fort Benton
Fort McLeod
Alberta
Plains
Montana
Joe Sullivan
Sullivan
Westchester County
New York State
New York City
Fort Keogh
Miles City
Bozeman
Deer Lodge
Colonel McLeod
Major Walsh
First woman to pass Montana bar becomes grandmother
Emily EB Sloan of Missoula, 44, married and a grandmother, is the only woman to pass the Montana state bar exams announced in Helena. She recently completed a two year law course at the state university. Other new lawyers include L V Ketter Wibaux George M Hurd Missoula James W Lynch Great Falls Leonard R Daems Butte C E Hulce Harlem and Charles Studders Butte.
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Emily EB. Sloan
Missoula
Helena
Belle Fourche
S. D
L. V. Ketter
Wibaux
George M.hurd
James W. Lynch
Great Falls
Leonard R. Daems
Butte
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Brother van Orsdel
National Fund
Texas Trail
Ter
Western Saddle Makers
High Lights
J. H. Saling
Eureka
Mr. Salling
Frank Conley
Red Trail
Wibaur
Tongue River
Forsyth Road
Forsyth
Yellowstone Trail
Livingston
Grass Range
Fergus County
163Rd Infantry
Utah
War Department
Mary O’connor
John High
Burleson
Revolutionary Chain Letters
Ieee Craft AR Suers
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