Fairview Montana Grows From Flax Field to Rail Center
Fairview Montana has transformed from a flax field to a town of 1,500 with electricity and planned water works. The Great Northern declares Fairview a freight and passenger division point for the Rockford Tantothum line, with two Yellowstone river bridges and a Soo Line tie-in. Coal deposits, sugar beet prospects, stock feeding gains, and a building boom push growth toward 2,500 residents by 1918.
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Great Northern
Rockford- Lewistown
Fairview
Yellowstone Valley
Montana
Commercial Club
North Dakota
Dakota
Great Northern Railroad Company
Rockford
Soo Line
Hardy Brothers
John Thorson
Power of Montana Trade Pioneer Marks Fifty Years
Thomas C. Power began with a log cabin store at Fort Benton and built a state spanning network. From steamboats to bull teams and later rail, his enterprises grew to merge dozens of stores under Power interests across Montana, led by Power and his son Charles B. Power.
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Thomas C. Power
Fort Benton
Great Northwest
Missouri
Little
Power
House of Power
Old
Dubuque
Iowa
Michael Power
Ireland
Catherine McLeer
Hagerstown
Maryland
America
Miss McLeer
Peru
Mr. Power
J. W
John M. Sweeney
T. C. Power &Co
Main Street
Sixth Avenue
Helena
Virginia City
Benton
Canada
Lethbridge
Calgary
Northern Pacific
T. C. Power
Power Mercantile Company
Lewistown
T. C. Power & Bro
Benton Hardware Company
Power-Morgan Company
Bogy Mercantile Company
Cascade Mercantile Company
Power-Wilson Company
Belgrade Company, Ltd
Townsend Hardware & Implement Company
T. C. Power Company
Montana
Charles B. Power
Billings
Yellowstone County
Silence Sown by a Cautious Reply
A terse warning about sharing knowledge stresses discretion. The speaker implies that those who reveal what they know invite trouble, while the prudent keep silent.
German fined for treasonous utterances salutes flag
A German farmer near Malta pays a $100 fine and costs for treasonous talk. Afterward townspeople force him to kneel and salute the U.S. flag at a band stand. Hundreds witnessed the event. A patriotic meeting followed and a telegram was sent to President Wilson pledging Malta and Phillips County solidarity.
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Kyiend
Wilson
Malta
Sam
Henry Cossner
Frank B. Linderman
Helena
C. H. Stevens
Schenefelt
George T. Chambers
Phillips County
Havre Women Try Sneak Vote For School Board
In Havre two women sought to influence the school board election by a prearranged ballot. James Holland Sr and Warren Smith faced little competition as nominations were few. Women voters arrived late and cast ballots for Mrs Frank Nelson and Mrs O Whitlock, coming within 13 and 15 votes of overtaking the opposite ticket.
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Board of Education
Havre
James Holland, Sr
Warren Smith
Frank Nelson
O. Whitlock
Claim of Women's Leg Growth Cited by Self-Styled Authority
A self-proclaimed authority asserts that women's legs are becoming larger and more muscular. He argues the change is not due to clothing weight.
Gopher Poison Advises Montana Farmers to Fight Pests
A wartime style editorial urges Montana farmers to combat gophers seen as enemy sympathizers. It promotes buying gopher poison and claims a cent per acre cost with guidance that even boys can help.
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Montana
Leo Shapiro & Co. Inc
Life Positions for Postmasters in Montana Expanded
President Wilson approved an executive order making 129 Montana presidential postmasters permanent for life subject to removal for cause. Postmasters gain civil service status and will not face exams when terms end. Transfers between cities may occur, and some legislators oppose patronage loss. The piece also notes Montana’s congressional figures and Spokane’s loan bank outcome.
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Montana
Wilson
Butte
Columbus
Spokane
Wash
Congress
Vacancies in First Montana Are Filled
Promotions to fill vacancies in the Second Montana official staff were announced by Adjutant General Greenan after Governor Stewart authorized the appointments. Four first lieutenants became captains, four second lieutenants became first lieutenants, and five sergeants were promoted to second lieutenants. The promoted officers include William O. Whipps Orville L Anderson John R Sternhager James Gleason Henry N. Johnson Alexander G. Swaney Henry Lester John E. McCarthy Charles Thompson William J. Masten Chester Rude Orsino F Newkirk William M. Swartout.
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Montana
Greenan
Stewart
William O. Whipps
Orville L. Anderson
John R. Sternhager
James Gleason
Henry N. Johnson
Alexander G. Swaney
Henry Lester
John E. McCarthy
Charles Thompson
William J. Masten
Chester Rude
Orsino
F. Newkirk
William M. Swartout
Montana Names Hogan Land Appraiser in Federal District
State Senator Thomas S. Hogan of Yellowstone county is named as one of two land appraisers for the federal land district covering Montana. The second appraiser is J. M. Anderson of Medford Oregon. Hogan is noted as a former Butte miner and longtime state figure.
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Montana
Federal Land Loan Bank
Spokane
Senator O'Shea
Red Lodge
Senator Hogan
Billings
O'Shea
Hogan
Butte
Thomas S. Hogan
Yellowstone County
J. M. Anderson
Medford
Oregon
State
Boy's Ostrich Egg Note Sparks Curious Feat
A youth once kept bantam hens and devised a plan. His father found an ostrich egg tied to a beam with a card reading Keep your eye on this and do your best. The scene is described as a quirky New York Times moment about ingenuity and poultry.
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New York Times
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Cc. E. Hicks
Placer Hotel
A. P. Curtin
Grand
Breckenridge
Gallatin Valley
Bozeman
Belgrade
Man
Hattan
Willow Creek
Sissinawa Mound College
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Plains
Banking Corporation
Kaiser
Gophers
United States
Thomas Hogan
OANS
Great Falls
First National
First National Bank
Montana Equity Mutual Hail & Fire Insurance Company
Tom Brock
Lal
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