Congresswoman Rankin Opposes Army Draft for Young Men
Washington dispatch reports Jeannette Rankin seeks to reserve soldiers aged 19 to 25 for the draft to avoid leaving future fathers unpaired. She favors drawing married men of military age to support dependents and preserve a strong future population. Montana navy league asks women to knit socks mittens wristlets caps and scarves for sailors.
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Washington
New York Sun
Congress
Jeannette Rankin
Montana
Randall
California
Miss Rankin
Eugene Carroll
Navy League
Navy
It Won't Be Bill Hohenzollern
The text speculates on Germany's future republic and notes it is too early to name the first president, suggesting uncertainty about leadership after the monarchy. The probable figure is not identified in this fragment.
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Bill Hohenzollern
German Republic
Physicians Explain Why They Prescribe Nuxated Iron So Widely
A nationwide spread of Nuxated Iron use is claimed with over three million users annually. Statements from former Chicago Health Commissioner Kerr and other doctors endorse its health and strength benefits, noting improved blood, nerves, and endurance and urging hospital and physician adoption.
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New York
N. Y
Chicago
Wm. R. Kerr
Kerr Salu
Chienzo
Flour riots of Virginia City show price control in 1865
The piece recalls the Virginia City flour riots of spring 1865 when prices peaked at 1.50 per pound and a citizens committee seized all flour, distributing it at 36 cents per hundred. Rioters guarded shops, escorted flour trains, and aided starving residents as prices fell to 40 dollars per hundred. It also covers the Montana Equity Society warning against state hail insurance as impractical and risky for farmers.
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Virginia City
Montana
Salt Lake City
Snake River Mountains
Snake River Divide
Alder
Leviathan Hall
S. R. Blake
Neil Howie
Vigilance Committee
Neil
Law and Order
W. F. Sanders
Sanders
Colonel Sanders
Virginia
Snake River Tange
Equity Society
Equity
United States
Canada
Equity Legislative Committee
O'Shea
State
Hail Insurance Board
Hail Board
State Hail Insurance Board
Bail Insurance Board
Insurance Board
North Dakota
State Hall
O’shea
Hall Insurance Department
State Hall Insurance Board
Four cuff links hoarded by man per old Mr Huttons rule
Wise old Mr Huttons says a man can afford only two lone collar buttons while four sets of cuff links remain hoarded.
Prairie County Tractor Drive Shows Farming Progress
Prairie county mobilizes 47 tractors to collect crop data across three districts. Volunteers surveyed farms on crops, livestock, and acreage, revealing 93,391 acres in 1916 rising to 133,627 acres this spring with 18,841 more to be planted. Feed shortages and late spring limit farming.
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State Council of Defense
Prairie County Board
Prairie County
Lewiston man to give Wet speeches for club
Frank Moist of Lewiston Pennsylvania will present the Wet talks at the local club meeting.
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Frank Moist
Lewiston, Pa
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Rogers - Templeton Lumber Company
Howard James
Manhattan State Hospital
A. J. Newman
City of
Schuyler C. Jaques
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Jefferson Park Hospital
Kerr
Mohi
Rnere Iees Eeicago
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Manhattan State Hospital of
Brooklyn State Hospital
Li. Sauer
Boston
Iran
Ferdinand King
America
Schuyler GC
Jaques
Europe
William R. Kerr
Manhanttan State Hospital
Brooklyn
Weta
Dr. E. Sauer
Dr. Schuyler C. Jaques
The
American Society of Equity
Symons
Symon
Butte
County Defense
Counci 18
Great Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company
Equity Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Tod Rere Great Fall Ntana
Richard P. Hoenck
A. Rauh
Minneapolis
Falla
Fashion Cleaning and Dyeing Co
Ideal Beauty Parlors
Great Falls
PURS
Beckman Bros
O. Huseth
Mont
Photos
Gibson
Cor
Harry H. McCole
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