Montana Women Report On State Asylum Conditions
The Butte Good Government club investigated the state asylum for the insane led by Mrs William Kennedy. Findings praised overall cleanliness and courtesy but noted some issues including handling of a violent patient and need for tuberculosis control measures and new treatment institute in Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Asylum For the
Butte Good Government Club
William Kennedy
Dr. Ragsdale
Ragsdale
Miss Peoples
Antituberculosis Society
Club
Buite
Butte
Women of the W. C. T. U. select Havre for next meeting
The W. C. T. U. met in Great Falls October 12 13 choosing Havre as the next gathering site. Officers elected include Mrs Matthew W Alderson Bozeman as president and Mrs Ira D Snell Lewistown as general vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Havre
Matthew W. Alderson
Bozeman
Ira D. Snell
Lewistown
William Rice
Suffolk
W. H. Marshall
Columbus
W. C. Dawes
Mrs Helen King Robinson Visits Eselena Under Wilson Club
Mrs Helen King Robinson the lone female U S senator spoke in Eselena under the Woman's Wilson club. A national figure she toured with Henry Ford on the peace mission to Europe and spoke at neutral country conferences. She touts Jeffersonian party principles and draws wider attention after travels through war torn Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen King Robinson
United States
Eselena
Wilson Club
Reforms Montana Jail by Appointing Woman Matron
Frances Turner appointed matron at Silver Bow county jail in Butte marks a major reform. Officials and public sentiment support female authority in custodial institutions, improving cleanliness order and discipline among women inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Turner
Silver Bow
Butte
Charee
Helena Visitor Advocates National Interests
Mrs. Inez Milholland Boissevain toured Helena last week and spoke on October 15 urging support for national issues. Her appearance drew attention from local residents and highlighted ongoing national concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Milholland Boissevain
Helena
Women's P. E. O. Lodge Organized in Billings
Chapter IE of the Montana P. E. O. has been organized in Billings by Mrs. Olea M. Iddiels representing the supreme chapter. The P. E. O. aims to improve women socially and mentally and is described as the largest women’s secret organization independent of a men’s order. Officers elected include Ina TM ssiter as president and Grace Murpus as corresponding secretary with other officers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Montana
Olea M. Iddiels
Chanter B
Ina TI
Ssiter
Mary Thlarkell
Edith Bray
Grace Murpus
Agnes Soule
Jessie Meombell
Onal J. Lamb
Mande Hays Williston
Great Mystery Solved by Hog Field Feeds
Hugh Phillips and Fat Shook kept hogs in a field north of town feeding them by car. The hogs appeared thin as they ran to death chasing every passing automobile, until Phillips realized the hogs crossed the field each time they heard a car, thinking it brought feed.
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Dutton
Hugh Phillips
Fat Shook
Hugh
The Down Trodden Father
A humorous description of a disproving mother who berates a father for both leaving and staying home, illustrating the old fashioned gender expectations and nagging routine. The piece contrasts parental pressure with the irony of trying to please everyone.
The Days of Road Sport Decline in Town Newsrooms
A note recalls old time rural exchanges with editors, praising the practice of delivering produce and gifts to town editors as a communal tradition, contrasting it with modern changes in local journalism and town life.
Y M C A Workers Meet Next Month in Montana
The Montana Y M C A announces its third annual state convention will be held in Great Falls from November 9 to 12. Delegates from six city associations and eight Indian camps are expected, with speakers from New York and Chicago. The event includes elections, budget discussions, and the introduction of a new state worker to assist boys and students alongside state secretary Charles Poehler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Montana Y. M. C. A.’s
Great Falls
Montana
Helena
Charles Poehler
P. L. Corbin
Louisville
FP. B. Reynolds
E. C. Day
H. M. Allen
G. M. Miles
Miles City
W. E. Harmon
Bozeman
G. BE. Snell
C. I. O’neil
Kalispell
William Lutey
Butte
Bruce B. Johnson
C. B. Pfeidder
J. C. Borgers
Missoula
W. W. Clarke
W. W. Beeman
Flour at 1.42 a pound sparked miners riot recalls 1865
The piece chronicles historical price violence over flour from $145 per hundred pounds in Virginia City in 1865 to later levels, noting Mormon and Western supply routes, the role of combines, and the impact on miners and households amid rising costs and record prices. It ends with a note on an 8 hour day tied to Saving Daylight.
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Virginia
Utah
Fort Benton
Plains
Washington Territory
Virginia City
Snake River
Florence City
Salmon River
Idaho
Bannack
Montana
Mr. Wilson
World in Brief highlights from Washington to New York
Government experts craft bread from potatoes and flour. John H Thompson escapes confinement. Glenn Grist mill destroyed by fire. Paper from western forests proposed. Cheap shoes and rising produce prices amid war. Daisy James sues railroad for damages. Squash and bean prices rise in New York. Snake hunter profits from venom to Chinese medicine. Johns Hopkins probes infantile paralysis with autopsy findings. Wannamaker suggests Philadelphia 150th independence anniversary expo. Daily aeroplane mail between Columbus NM and Colonia Dublan. Fraud order targets fake degree seller in Odessa. Rockefeller disputes St Paul era power versus industry. Cherokee Freedmen seek 30 million in land claim. Chinese contract for massive canal and railroad provoking tensions. Virgil Bogue dies. notes on rail engineering. Liquor seizure uncovers fake officers. Great Northern testifies on regional development and tax issues.
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Washington
Salem
Ore
John H. Thompson
Rowley
Mass
Glenn Grist
United States
Chicago
Petrograd
Trenton
Z. J
Daisy James
New York
Oxnard
Calif
James Benton
Baltimore
John Hopkins University
Philadelphia
John Wannamaker
Columbus
N. M
Colonia Dublan
Mexico
Pershing
Spokane
Henry Clough
Odessa
John D. Rockefeller
St. Paul
Tulsa
Okla
Congress
St. Pat
Siems and Cary
China
Japan
Virgil Gay Bogue
Northern Pacific Railway
Esperanza
Montana Apple Industry Grows From Humble Beginning
Montana's fruit industry expands beyond cereals with 30 000 acres of fruit trees. Early attempts in 1865 near Missoula failed but 1876 saw 8000 fruit trees yield. By 1909 apples produced 567054 bushels and 1915 estimates hit 1 040 0000 bushels, with Bitter Root valley leading orchard development and eastern Montana increasingly cultivated for grapes, cherries, plums, peaches and other produce.
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Montana
San Francisco
Missoula County
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
United States
Blaine County
Missoula
Flathead Basin
Carbon County
Sanders County
Plains
Trout Creek
Lincoln County
Bitter Root
Flathead
Mrs McChesney Appeals for Hat Return and Cleanup
A Green Street resident Mrs McChesney complains about a man who left his hat on her piazza last Sunday morning. She offers to pay him to collect the hat and clean tobacco juice remains on the piazza and inside the house. She directs the message to the Standard office.
Pouting in the Park at the State Fair
A whimsical verse scene features two youths teased by peers at the State Fair. The narrator notes the fair’s success by its power to bring rain, echoing a lighthearted mood and local color from the event.
Montana in Brief Highlights From Fergus to Billings
Fergus county registers 13 779 for fall election up from 6 200, Lewistown gains 477 since primary. Convict labor to build two county roads while Second Montana Infantry musters out after border service. Helena reports postal receipts up 28 percent to 34 807 75 for quarter. Geyser post office robbed by dynamite blast. posse pursues. Fort William Henry Harrison sees a snowstorm as Second Montana infantry rests near camp stores. Sister Camille returns from France with Sister Gerard after hospital work since 1914. Craig suffers a 43 000 loss from fire destroying multiple town buildings. Butte population estimated at 110 000 with many under 21, Virginia City bears bear hunting tale. Billings hosts interdenominational federation planning meeting and announces McDowell stationery store sale to Ruhle and McKee with extensive renovations.
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Lewistown
Fergus County
Museslshell County
Ryegate
Helena
Second
Montana Infantry
Stewart
Billings
Geyse
Coughlin Bros
Second Montana Infantry
Fort William Henry Harrison
Camille
Daughters of Jesus
France
Gerard
Craig
Craig Mercantile Company
Great Northern
Butte
Maddox
Virginia City
John L. Smith
Alder
Alder Gulch
Roy B. Guild
James A. Whitmore
New York
R. L. Ruhle
James H. McKee
Spokane
Samuel and
Percy McDowell
McDowell Stationery
Invisible silk lines used for fishing in water
A report notes that fishing lines fashioned from wild cocoon silk are said to be invisible under water. It mentions Japanese fishermen using these lines to catch game fish.
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Europe
Eugene Boissevain
Ford
T. J. Bisson
Butte, Mont
Women’s Lodge
Pittsburg
Cillige
School OF Quality
Pioneer Business College of Montana
J. Lee Rice
D. P. Patenaude
Bogue
Stampede Pass
Cascades
Peru
South America
Seattle
Don McRae
Snohomish County
Kings County
Mce-Rae
Louis W. Hill
The
Ramsey County
Chicago,Burlington & Quincy
Northwest
Mrs. McChesney
Dudeen
Sloan
Ile
Apain
College
Block Butte, Mont
Symons
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