Reynolds and the Butte Cook's Union Campaign
The rise of James M. Reynolds of Boulder Hot Springs from waiter to political boss in Butte is recounted. He built a labor-backed bid to elect mayor William Davey by placing 200 union delegates at the Democratic convention and mobilizing waiters to canvass patrons. Davey won easily and Reynolds became police chief as his union gained city control.
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William Davey
James M. Reynolds
Boulder Hot Springs
Butte
Reynolds
Cooks’ and Waiters’ Union
Place de Luxe
Davey
Billie Wayne
Clarence Gerald
Seattle
William Thomas
Reno
Nevada
Frank Lewis
Edmonton
Lewis
Alberta
Montana tax commission to study state valuation system
Charles R. Leonard outlines a new Montana Fifteenth assembly tax commission to exhaustively investigate property taxation, licenses, and equalization. The panel will work 31 months, consult the state board of equalization, hear witnesses, and report recommendations for the Sixteenth assembly in 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tax Commission
Fifteenth Legislative Assembly
Sixteenth Legislative Assembly
Charles R. Leonard
Butte
Charles MacNamara
Big Sandy
William Lindsay
Glendive
Leonard
State Board of Equalization
Legislative Assembly
Montana
Commission
Nearly Enlisted in Wrong Army at Butte Recruiting
A burly Irishman named James Casey entered the Butte recruiting station and, after a gauntlet of tests, balked at marriage as a condition. The officer directed him to Otis Lee, clerk of the district court, for a marriage license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
James Casey
Casey
Otis Lee
the District Court
Montana Inspired Foss the New England Poet
Montana inspired Foss to write verses during a visit to Helena ten years ago. The poem extols the state as an empire of vastness and beauty, promising future prosperity, new power, and large populations to settle its mountains and plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
New England
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Sam Walter Foss
Foss
Helena
Capitol
Navy League Headed by Eugene Carroll Forms Montana Network
Eugene Carroll of Butte, former naval officer, leads a Montana Navy League campaign to boost enlistment and naval strength. He cites patriotic duty, rapid recruiting, and chapters planned in Helena Great Falls and other towns, with meetings already held in Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Carroll
Butte
Navy
Montana
Navy League of the
United States
Wilson
League
Carroll
Annapolis
Secretary of the Navy
Department
State
Navy League
Helena
Great Falls
Naval League
Naval Service
Rankin at the Capitol First Day in Congress
Jeannette Rankin arrives in Washington as Montana’s congresswoman to a cordial reception and first address to suffragists. She is toasted by Uncle Joe Cannon and Representative Mann while voting against the war declaration with Germany. Insurance and Annapolis entry details follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannette Rankin
House of Representatives
Montana
Washington
American Woman Suffrage Association
Association
Evans
Miss Rankin
Uncle Joe Cannon
Joe
Uncle Joe
Representative Mann
Mann
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION SEEK MEMBERS IN MONTANA
The Montana Society of the Sons of the American Revolution asks individuals with Revolutionary War ancestors to send their name and address to P O Box 626, Butte, Montana, to establish contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Montana Society, Sons of the American Revolution
P. O
Butte, Montana
Equitable Life Insurance Ad in Helena Montana
An advertisement questions a wife about financial security after a husband’s death and promotes Equitable Life Insurance. It cites in force and asset figures and mentions double indemnity for accidental death and lifelong income for total permanent disability. Rickards & Hillis are listed as managers in Helena, Montana.
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Equitable Life
Rickards & Hillis
Helena
Mont
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Billie Wynne
Salt Lake City
State Tax Commission
Will
Charles R, Leonard
Montana Equity Mutual Hail & Fire Insurance Company
Tom Brock
9. Inc
Leo Shapiro
Great Lakes Station
Congress
Germany
Naval Academy At
Sons OF American Revolution
ELK Run Herefords
Elk Run Ranch
W. L. Velie
Moline
Ill
Highwood
Beau Brummel
Don Carlos
Lamplighter
Dale
Beau Donald
Elk Run
Duncan McDonald
Shirley
Ford
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