Home distilling in Sweden and Montana prospects
The article compares Sweden’s widespread home distillation under strict liquor rules with Montana’s upcoming statewide prohibition. It notes how Swedes discuss fermentation, the ubiquity of home stills, and police focus on licensed illicit sales, while distillation incentives rise due to grain sugar beet potato shortages and limited beer. It mentions a Swedish passbook system called mot-bok allowing rights to buy spirits and notes high black market values for whisky.
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Montana
Sweden
Pioneer Priest Dies in Belgium Mystery in Deer Lodge Estate Filed for Administration
A petition for letters of administration was filed in Deer Lodge District Court for Remegius De Ryckere the Pioneer priest who built the town andLibrary once, died in Emerghem Belgium on May 5 1916 while Belgium was overrun by Germans. The Deer Lodge estate comprises several city lots and mining interests in Garnet and Upper Rock Creek near Moose Lake.
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District Court of
Deer Lodge
S. P. Wilson
Remegius de Ryckere
Belgium
Father de Ryckere
Hmelghem
West Flanders
John G. Moroney
John Lalor
Emerghem
State Department
Garnet
Upper Rock Creek
Moose Lake
New Income Tax Rates Under the New Law
The new income tax law sets 5 percent on incomes 4000 and under with 2000 exemption for married men plus 200 per dependent and 1000 exemption for single men. Normal tax on over 4000 is 10 percent with 3 percent surtax on 5000 to 7500, 10 percent on 10000 to 15000, 15 percent on 15000 to 20000 and 20 percent on 20000 to 30000, surtax rising with income.
Washington Governor Orders Women Put to Work
Governor Lister urges all waiters and hotel restaurant workers in the state to assign women to other duties so men may focus on essential labor. The appeal targets equalize roles in the hospitality industry.
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State of Washington
Lister
Breitenstein Brothers Link Historic Battle to Army Careers
Lieutenant Bill Breitenstein, a former Missoula student and Montana newspaper man, serves in the machine gun corps at Camp Hancock Georgia. His father J B Breitenstein, a 76 year old survivor of the Monitor Merrimac battle, shares memories of the Confederate ironclad and its crew. Bill’s brother A J Breitenstein runs the Rainbow Hotel at Great Falls and is a former state fair secretary. The elder Breitenstein recounts ironclad tactics, the Cumberland and Congress engagements, and the Monitor’s debut. The piece notes the Breitensteins’ prominence in Montana and Bill’s eagerness to deploy overseas.
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Bill” _Breitenstein
State’ University At
Missoula
Montana
Lion Wire
Great ‘Machine Gun
Army
Camp Hancock
Georgia
A. J. Breitenstein
Mer
Rainbow
Great Falls
Bill” Breitenstein
J. B. Breitenstein
Chesapeake Bay
Breitenstein
White
New York
Marmaduke
Washington, D. C
William Poulson
Chicago
Gole
Monitor
Charles Burr
Meridan
Conn
Merrimac
Farragut Naval Veterans’ Association of
Virginia
Cranny Island
Hampton Roads
Congress
Franklin Buchanan
McKeon Buchanan
Cumberland
Buchanan
Radcliff
Minnesota
Simms
Worden
Point Comfort
Ericson
United States
Bill’ Breitenstein
Huns
Neihart Montana Gains Noted War Effort And Mining Revival
Neihart a thriving Montana mining camp with a several hundred population boasts no misdemeanors in five years, over subscribed Liberty Loans, active Red Cross, and strong war relief. The town sits 65 miles from Great Falls and eyes future copper potential along with existing silver and lead mines.
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Third Liberty
Neihart
Little Belt Mountains
Montana
Great Falls
Red Cross
Butte
McLure
Philipsburg
Moulton
Nelbart
Boston
Yellowstone Park
Glacier Park
Great Northern Railway
J. L. Neihart
S. R. Hartley
J. C. Brien
Queen of the Hills
W. G.conrad
Montana Game Warden Outlines Dip Matching Limits for Waterfowl
Jake L. DeHart, state game warden, explains conflict between state and federal migratory laws. Hunters may start Sept 15, but must stop by Nov 30. daily duck limit is 20 against federal 25. No power boats or airplanes for hunting. only rowboats or skiffs allowed. 10-gauge max. guns must be shouldered to fire.
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Jake L. DeHart
Uncle Sam
Montana
Montana Historians and the Quest for a Complete State Story
The article surveys the history of Montana scholarship from Lewis and Clark to later writers. It notes that earlier histories were flawed or fragmentary, praises Helen Fitzgerald Sanders for a substantial but incomplete 1913 work, and calls for a comprehensive future history that does justice to the state’s national role and pioneer era.
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Montana
Union
Commonwealth
United States
Lewis and Clark
Missouri
Europe
Northwest
Mississippi
Pacific
Alder Gulch
California
Helen Fitzgerald Sanders
Sanders
England’s potato harvest tops world supply hopes
England raises 906 million bushels of potatoes this year and reports no oversupply complaints. The figure dwarfs U.S. output per capita, being about three times the quantity for roughly one third of America’s population. The note suggests plenty of room to expand potato growing in the United States.
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England
United States
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J. L. DeHart
Chance
Grasshopper Creek
Catlin
Missouri River
Thomas Dimsdale
N. P. Langford
Washington
Idaho
Hubert Howe Bancroft
Bancroft
Pioneers of the West
California Pioneers’ Association
Helena
Robert Leeson
Miller
Byron
Mark Twain
Joaquin Miller
Koes
Sierras
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