State Gives More Than Loan of '76
Montana readers are told that the second Liberty Loan of 1917 will exceed the 1776 Continental Congress loan in scale. The piece traces early American finance from 1775 through Civil War costs, wartime borrowing, and notable fund-raising campaigns led by Jay Cooke, noting vast debt, currency depreciation, and the rapid growth of national finances.
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Montana
Continental Congress
United States
Alexander Hamilton
Albert Gallatin
Treasury
England
Salmon P. Chase
Congress
States
Republic
War Department
Seventy Year Old Man Has Best Draft Docket
Charles Berg clerk and recorder of Park county claims the distinction of Montana’s oldest draft board official. He has a perfect docket of proceedings in district No. 1, with 483 men called for examination for the national army. Berg, 70, devised a detailed record linking county, district, and adjutant general records, and served 17 years as postmaster before his current role.
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Charles Berg
Park County
Montana
T.e
Berg
National Army
District Board
Adjutant General’s Department
Montana Grayling Fish for National Museum
Samples of Montana grayling are being collected by W T Thompson superintendent of the Bozeman federal fish hatchery for display in the National Museum Washington D C He was asked to compile the collection after two hatchery shipments to the San Francisco exposition drew wide interest from U S visitors and from the Washington bureau of Fisheries officials including the San Francisco aquarium Henry O Malley chief of the fish culture division met Thompson during official visits to Glacier National Park last summer and urged the collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
W. T. Thompson
Federal Fish Hatchery
Bozema
National Museum
Washington, D. C
San Francisco Exposition
Unite States
Bureau of Fisheries
San Francisco
Henry O’malley
Mr. Thompson
Glacier National Park
Helena
W. J. Swindlehurst
P. J. Brophy
Butte
W. A. Selvidge
Billings
Frank C. Murray
Great Falls
John Sanderson
Havre
J. C. Koerner
Great Northern Hero
Russia
Whitefish
United States
B. K. Wheeler
Simms
D. F. Hardman
Camp Lewis
National Army
Liberty
Alberton
Mineral County
United States Forest Service
Conrad
Farmers State Bank of
C. B. Roberts
Lincoln County
Associates
Roberts
Livingston
Herbert Ross
Happy” Felsch
White Sox
Ed. L. Shields
L L. A. Drakey
W. W. Trafton
Kalispell
W. Victor
R. R. Schule
George Anderson
Glasgow
J. C. Benson
Great Northern
Corp of Railroad Engineers
Nuxated Iron Promises New Energy For All
Doctors and laymen tout Nuxated Iron as a trusted iron supplement raise vigor in men and rosy cheeked women. Noted physicians from New York and Chicago endorse its strength benefits and claim rapid vitality gains with two five grain tablets daily after meals. A guarantee promises 100 percent strength increase in four weeks or money back if no organic illness exists.
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New York
N. Y
Ferdinand King
America
Wm. R. Kerr
City of
Chicago
E. Saner
Boston
Organictron
Schuyler C. Jaques
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Howard James
Manhattan State Hospital of
Brooklyn State Hospital
Europe
Montana State Teachers Association Meet in Helena
The twenty-ninth annual Montana State Teachers association session will run November 26 27 and 28 in Helena with speeches by M P Shawkey Miss Helen M Bennett Jasper L McBrien and Dr Edward O Sisson among others. Department meetings feature leaders in education and a banquet series with clubs and alumni events.
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Helena
Montana State Teachers’ Association
M. P. Shawkey
West Virginia
Helen M. Bennett
Chicago Bureau of Occupations
Jasper L. McBrien
United States Bureau of Education
Edward O. Sisson
State University
Missoula
Association On “the Schools
the New World Order
May Trumper
James Rae
Great Falls
J. A. Burger
Miles City
Jane Toomey
J. A. Baltzell
Worden
Country Life
Frances Hoch
Livingston
H. A. Sikes
Commercial
Charlotte M. Ford
Bozeman
Lilla M. Harkins
State Council of Defense
W. M. Cobleigh
State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
State Association of School Trustees
Montana Council of Teachers of English
Montana Society of Botanists
State Normal School
Dillon
Diverse Montana Local Notices Gather for Year Ahead
Reports from Helena Harlem Havre Plentywood Hinsdale Haven Billings Butte Malta Anaconda Forsyth Roundup show civic planning, new facilities, military moves, and wildlife efforts. Municipal buildings, night schools, paving totals, guards relieff, library openings, aviation careers, and quail restocking feature among items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Feder Farm Loan Association
Harlem
Havre
Rhoades
Plentywood
Hinsdale
Federal Farm Loan Association
Great Falls
Annabell James
Chestnut Valley
Camp Sherman
Ohio
Billings
Butte
Montana
Anacon
Anti Saloon League
Hysham
Missouri
Flatwillow
Tom Birkan
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Cooke
Chase
Jay Cooke
Philadelphia
Mr. Cooke
Treasury Department
Grayling
Schuyler O. Jaques
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
New York City
Manhattan State Hospital
City of Chicago
American Society of Equity
Insurance Department
American Society
Stanton Bank
Mont
Sloan
Sloan's SReAm /orw teas
Liniment
Butte Floral CO
Butte Mont
A. A. White
Pioneer Building
St. Paul, Minn
Hotel
Missoula, Mont
Conrad Block
Kalispell, Mont
Adv
Boulder Hot Springs
Riilroad
J. M. Reynolds
White Sulphur Springc Mineral Water CO
White Sulphur Springs
Momtans
Frank Lemmer
Central Avenue
P. O
Photos
Reasonable Priesa
Bimdie
1St Ave. N
Éth
Harry H. McCole
S. C. Huseth
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