Senator Carter’s staged holdup to trap a robber
The late Senator Thomas H. Carter recounts a Marysville stagecoach robbery plan in the eighties. He joined a trap with detectives and a bandit, directing unarmed guards and replacing bullion with lead to prevent bloodshed. The lead thief was captured. a partner aided by warnings remained free briefly before prison.
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Senator Carter
Thomas H. Carter
Marysville
Wells- Fargo Express Company
Helena, S
Helena
Wally
Wells-Fargo
Germans Near End Of Tether In War Struggle
Paris dispatch reports growing belief that Germany is closer to collapse than public guess. Disclosures show heavy wastage at Aisne Marne and Somme, with interior depots tapped and thousands of 1920 class youths drafted for production work. German reserves on the Somme have been heavily used, and continued resistance may falter soon, making retreat costly due to delay.
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Paris
New York Times
Aisne-Marne
Somme
Government Threshing Inspectors Arrive in Montana Idaho
Federal threshing inspectors arrive in Montana and Idaho to supervise grain threshing operations and prevent wheat waste as part of the grain corporation program. The move aims to ensure efficiency and accountability in post harvest handling.
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The
Grain Corporation
Montana
Idaho
Villa Veteran Joins Great Northern as Operator
Jay H. Damascus, a veteran of Villa's forces now in Montana, accepts employment with the Great Northern as an operator. He had come from Mexico where he worked as a wireless operator in Villa's army and stated he would fight with any army opposing the Hung in the event of enlistment. Damascus notes Villa is friendly to the allies and anti German, and claims Villa is in Mexico City with a truce with Carranza awaiting fall election results.
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Villa
Montana
Jay H. Damascus
Great Northern
Damascus
Mexico
Mexico City
Carranza
Pulp Mill Project Aimed at Flathead Lake Region
R P McLaughlin of the forest service says a Flathead lake pulp mill is feasible after the war with Minneapolis interest backing it. Timber near Big Fork supports pulp and paper manufacture while disposal of toxic refuse remains to be resolved as current laws may ban lake dumping.
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Flathead Lake
Minneapolis
R. P. McLaughlin
Forest Service
Missoula
Rutledge
E. E. Carter
Washington
McLaughlin
Lakes
Flathead
Big Fork
Men for Industries Montana Raised War Work Quota
Men for Industries Montana is called upon to furnish 5 980 men in war industries raising the quota from 3 060. Official instruction to Chas D Greenfield secretary of the state council of defense from the federal employment service. Many will be employed within the state but a large percentage will be sent elsewhere. No workers from farms mines or railroads. Both unskilled and skilled labor are needed. The government pays.
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Montana
Chas. D. Greenfield
State Council of Defense
Federal Employment Service
Popular West Pointer Von dem Busche rises through ranks
Colonel Carl Von dem Busche, once a Montana first lieutenant in 1915, passed the Montana state bar and rose rapidly in World War I training. Now a lieutenant colonel at Camp Sevier, he commands a machine gun regiment and is famed for universal popularity among enlisted men.
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West Pointer
Montana
Helena
Carl von Dem Busche
Fort Missoula
Camp Sevier
North Carolina
Camp Hancock
Busche
Treasure State
Fort Sheridan
Illinois
Camp Custer
Mich
Brave Montanan to Be Decorated for Rescue Work
Captain J. J. Snell formerly of Company H Kalispell is slated to receive the French cross de guerre for bravery. He was wounded while rescuing women and children from a burning ammunition train near refugees fleeing German shellfire and is now in a hospital. A French officer pinned the award to his blouse and pledged to report to his general.
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J. J. Snell
Company H
Kalispell
Montana
Snell
Governor Sam V Stewart backs Montana Americanization drive
Governor Sam V Stewart and state officials show keen interest in the Americanization program by the bureau of education. With about 90 000 alien born residents in the state and 14 000 unable to speak read or write English Montana aims to take a prominent part in the national effort.
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Sam V. Stewart
Bureau of Education
Department of the Interior
Montana
Beardless Fall Wheat Buffum No. 17 Recommended
Iowa inquiry favors Buffum’s No. 17 beardless fall wheat for dry non irrigated high altitude lands. Developed by Professor Buffum, a durable Turkey red sport tested for over ten years, drought resistant and stable. price about five dollars per hundred pounds.
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J. Hocking
Iowa
Buffum
Emmer
Alberta Wheat Crop Estimated At Ten Million Bushels
The Alberta wheat crop is estimated at 10,000,000 bushels, about one third of normal. This early projection signals a weaker harvest, with impact on supply and farm incomes across the province.
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Alberta
Montana Man Leads Camp Hancock Band Under South Sun
Julius Wuerthner a Great Falls musician and attorney leads the Camp Hancock official band in Augusta Georgia. His rapid Army promotion followed a notice in Army and Navy Journal. He has held posts as Algeria Shrine musical director Helena Consistory organist First Methodist Great Falls and Michigan cadet bandleader. Camp Hancock hosts many notable Montanans and the ordnance training school.
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Montana
Camp Hancock
Georgia
Julius Wuerthner
Great Falls
Sunny South
Soldier City
Wuerthner
Army and Navy Journal
Augusta
Murch and Wuerthner
Algeria Shrine
Helena
First Methodist
Michigan
University of Michigan
United States
Butte Firefighters Form Local Union 96 in AFL Ties
Butte's unionized firemen established Local No. 96 of the International Association of Firefighters. The group affiliated with the AFL and pledged support to the war effort. Officers were elected and sworn in by M. M. Donoghue, president of the Montana Federation of Labor.
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Butte
Butte Firemen
Organized Labor
International Association of Firefighters
American Federation of Labor
M. M. Donoghue
Montana Federation of Labor
New Federal Licenses Tax Plan Outlined in Revenue Bill
The draft 8 billion revenue bill includes a $10 annual federal license for most businesses and professionals with few exceptions. Heads of wholesale concerns with $200 000 or more in yearly business face a $25 fee, while farmers mechanics ministers and teachers are exempt.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Perpetuate G A R by admitting all U S veterans
The national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic may vote to extend membership beyond Civil War veterans. A proposal from J I McPherson post of Kalispell and supported by Montana posts urges admitting veterans from any United States wars to keep the organization alive beyond its expected end.
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Grand Army of the Republic
J. I. McPherson
Kalispell
Montana
United States
Help for Soldiers' Wives Opened in Great Falls Schools
The Great Falls public schools suspend the rule against employing married women as teachers. The order follows a recommendation from the teachers and salaries committee and includes a clause to hire wives of absent soldiers. The measure lasts for the wartime period.
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Great Falls
Teachers and Salaries Committee
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Ulusigle
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Mount Vernon
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Pierce-Arrow
Silver Bow Automobile Company
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Broadway
Butte, Montana
Flathead Country
Regular Army
Nini
Algeria
Masonic Fraternity
Gombaul
Kelley - How - Thomson Company
Thresher
Kelley-How-Thomson Co. PO
Butte College of Telegraphy
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