American Inventors Dominate Modern Mastery, Says War Era Piece
A patriotic essay argues Americans lead in modern inventions across industry. It credits Edison, McCormick, Morse, the Wright brothers, Ford, Westinghouse, and others for transforming electricity, aviation, agriculture, transport, office machines, and more, contrasting with Europe and Germany.
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America
Germany
Europe
McCormick
Whitney
Luther Burbank
Morse
Alexander Graham Bell
Theodore N. Vail
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Ohio
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Ae Glenn H. Curtiss
Marconi
Italy
John H. Patterson
Globe
Elias Howe
Goodyear
Edwin the Dude Tames Frying Pan in a Range Rodeo
Edwin Hunter Pendleton Arden, later a noted American stage figure, is celebrated for a 1884 Montana incident where he confronted Frying-pan, a Texas long-roping rider. Arden’s quick draw quelled the nuisance, forcing Frying-pan to retreat south. Arden later built a varied career in stock companies, writing plays and acting alongside Maude Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin
St. Louis
Texas
Montana
South
Missouri
Frying-pan
Edwin Hunter Pendleton Arden
New York
Arden
Maude Adams
L’aiglon
Thief
Raglan’s
Roosevelt
Dakota
Sidney Pagett
Montanan One of 185 Saved From Warship
Ed Gerber of Great Falls Montana is home on furlough after surviving 36 hours in the sea when his destroyer struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Irish coast. The ship went down with 135 crewmen, only two saved, including Gerber. He shows no ill effects and will report for further service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin
Frying-pan
Texas
Cheyenne River
Edwin the Dude
Ed Gerber
Montana
Great Falls
Gerber
Uncle Sam
Irish
Eternal vigilance costs rise with price of liberty
A pithy reflection noting that guarding freedom can incur expenses as well as effort, suggesting monetary costs accompany political vigilance.
Colonel Stivers Cited for Croix de Guerre by French
Among Montanans in France making names for themselves is Colonel D Gay Stivers of Butte, recommended for the French croix de guerre for gallantry in action. Colonel Stivers was captain of a company before his transfer.
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O’gay Stivers
Butte
France
D’gay Stivers
Stivers
Wobbly strike hits copper output in Butte smelters
Anaconda Copper Mining Company reports September copper production at 21.8 million pounds, down 3.1 million from August due to a 16 day I W W strike. All copper is allocated to war munitions for government use. About 9,500 men are underground, with ore tonnage below normal but miner efficiency rising and a return to normal output expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte
East Butte
Davis-Daly
Anaconda
State War Council Demands Unconditional Surrender
The Montana state council of defense, via Governor W. Stewart, urges no negotiated peace with Germany and unconditional surrender. It backs mobilization for munition plants, names subcommittees, and authorizes a $50,000 loan for wartime barracks for students' army training corps units.
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Montana State Council of Defense
W. Stewart
Wilson
State Council
Germany
United States Employment Bureau
Europe
M. M. Donoghue
Butte
N. T
Great Fally
Will A. Campbell
Helena
Council
War Defense
Butte, Bozeman
Missoula
Students’ Army Training Corps
Warrenton Poised to Grow as Grain Trade Hub
Warrenton Oregon is projected to become a major grain shipping port as western grain moves west by rail to Pacific ports and then by sea worldwide. Officials note freight salvage benefits to farmers, land is being acquired for terminal elevators, and real estate values are expected to rise as wartime trade shifts.
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Montana
Western States
Pacific Coast
W. G. McAdoo
Panama Canal
Atlantic Seaboard
of Equity
Warrenton
Columbia River
Atlantic
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Edison
Orient
Britain
Cyrus H. McCormick
International Harvester
George Watt
Fulton
Seven Seas
Pullman
George Westinghouse
Commodore Vanderbilt
Westinghouse
Henry Ford
Chicago
United States
Ford
Rough Riders
Cuba
Quartermaster’s Department
John Lindsay
Chris Connolly
Silber Bow County
Connolly
Montanan
Cite
Warrenton, Oregon
West
The
American Society
Great Northern Steamship
Warrenton Dock
E. A. Tyler Realty Company
Todd Block
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