Gerard's Four Years in Germany sheds light on wartime policy
The volume by James W. Gerard former ambassador to Germany explains German political and social norms including the Reichstag power structure and Prussia’s dominance. It offers vivid anecdotes from Berlin diplomats to crown princes and officials, and serves as a patriotic, timely history for Americans as peace talks loom.
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James W. Gerard
Germany
Montana
Jimmy” Gerard
Marcus Daly
Bitter Root Vale
Gerard
America
Reichstag
Prussia
Berlin
Saxony
Hungary
State Department
Millions of acres granted to railroads fund free troop rides
The United States government land grants to railroads, led by the Northern Pacific with 31,658,331 acres, enabled a transcontinental system and now allow free troop movement. Railroads across the West and beyond have moved vast numbers of soldiers, with arrangements to pay half the regular charges on free toll lines, and a joint Washington bureau tracking troop traffic.
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United States
Northern Pacific Railway
Montana
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
Northern Pacific
Alue
Iron Horse
Seacoast
Great Western Railroads
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Burlington
Ilinois Central
Dubuque
Chicago
Ohio River
Mobile & Ohio
Mobile
Congress
Stephen A. Douglas
Illinois
National House of Representatives
Iowa
Missouri
Rocby Mountains
Kit Carson
Fremont
Uncle Sam
Wabash River
Lake Erie
Sacramento
Portland
Ore
Missouri Pacific
Rock Island
Arkansas
American Lake
Camp Greene
Washington
San Francisco
England
Germany
Montana Cow Fetches Top Price at Kansas City Show
A Montana cow named Lady Panama owned by A B Cook of Helena sold for 1250 to W T Leahy of Pawhuska Oklahoma at the Hereford sale during the American Royal Live Stock show in Kansas City. The animal bred and raised in Montana ranked among the top cows by value as Cook collected many blue ribbons, with bidders nationwide showing strong interest to expand herds.
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Montana
A. B. Cook
Helena
Townsend
W. T. Leahy
Pawhuska
Okla
Kansas City
Panama
Montana man grows vegetables and flowers in the air
James Swartz of Hot Springs Dam Missour near Wolf Creek Montana develops a vertical frame garden system with eight by twelve feet base and twelve feet high creating stacked troughs for vegetables and flowers. He claims two crops a season, reduced ground needs, easier care and heat retained by upright frames with optional stove for frost protection. Swartz touts improved flavor and appearance over hot houses and has filed patent applications for his plan.
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James Swartz
Montana Power Company
Hotterdam
Missour River
Wolf Creek
Swartz
Montana
Sixteen Montana Girls to Be Red Cross Nurses
Sixteen Montana nurses are ready to depart for Europe on short notice under the Montana Red Cross. Miss Margaret Hughes, state nursing chair, notified the 16 named nurses including Anna Christain Miles City and Clara Ruff Great Falls to prepare for France service following Washington branch instructions. Montana has already sent Red Cross nurses to the war.
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Montana
France
Margaret Hughes
Montana Red Cross
Red Cross
Europe
Washington
Anna Christain
Livingston
Marguerite Blankevort
Helen
Louise Lindberg
Miles City
Margaret McCauly
Alice Becklin
Red Lodge
Lucy Walters
Gasgo
Montana miner memories of Anna Robinson star of stage and court
Anna Robinson a Montana born actress and beauty died in New York at a state hospital after a life spanning Broadway London Paris and European nobility. She married the Earl of Rosslyn in 1905 then divorced two years later. Her fortune waned but she remained a noted fashion and social figure until her death.
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Montana
Castle
Meagher County
Robinson
Minneapolis
Anna
Ana
Anna Robinson
State Hospital For
New York
England
Europe
Earl of Rosslyn
Manhattan State Hospital
Wards Island
Montains
Broadway
France
Belgium
South Africa
Monte Carlo
Earl
Frohman
London
Duke of Manchester
Paris
Leopold
Harry Thaw
Sherry
Thurso Castle
Scotland
Fragmentary quotation on honesty and politics
A snippet discusses words and trust, noting how language shapes views of honesty. It contrasts impressions of individuals with political promises and the unreliability of forecasts, reflecting a skeptical tone about rhetoric.
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Yuma
Ariz
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First
Great Falls
First National
First National Bank
Castle WA
Rosslyn
Insne
Fortune
Courts
National Life Insurance Company of Montana Legal Reserve Company
Daly Bank
Butte, Mont
the Banking Corporation
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