Montana Women Eye Senate Races with Rankin and Martin
Montana suffragists shift from voting rights to national politics as Annie Martin of Nevada announces a senate bid and Jeannette Rankin remains a potential Montana candidate. State leader Maggie Hathaway stands as a pioneer, shaping laws and buffeting partisan battles.
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Nevada
Senate
Montana
Union
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House of Representatives
United States
Capitol
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Miss Martin
Miss Rankin
Tank Regiment Recruiting in St Paul and Minneapolis
A tank regiment is recruited in St Paul and Minneapolis aiming for 5,000 enlistments. Recruits may be trained on a famous Civil War battlefield, possibly Gettysburg, as part of the program.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Gettysburg
Chilean Ambassador Aldunate Dies in Washington
Ambassador Dios Senor Don Santiago Aldunate, the Chilean envoy to the United States, died in Washington recently prompting tributes from diplomatic circles and remarks on his career.
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Dios Senor Don Santiago Aldunate
United States
Washington
Wild Bill Hickok Border Marshal and Montana Resident
The article recalls Bill Hickok as Hays City Kansas marshal who tamed the rowdy border town with twin six shooters and bold acts. It notes his six foot two frame, auburn hair, and frontier dandy dress, his deadly gunplay in street confrontations, the death of deputy Williams, and his eventual departure to Montana and Wyoming where he was killed by Jack McCall.
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Wild Bill Hickok
Montana
Wild Bill” Hickok
Slade
Kansas
Hickok
Wild Bill
Frontier
Law and Order
Hays
Bill
Hiskok
Marshal Hickok
Sullivan
Alamo
Mike Williams
Phil Coe
Coe
Williams
Ife
Wyoming
Jack McCall
Fat Jack Jones A Legendary Montana Hack Driver Visits Salt Lake
The Salt Lake Tribune recalls Fat Jack Jones a towering former hack driver who carried notable figures like Bryan Roosevelt and Taft over decades. From Butte to Deer Lodge he powered early Montana Central railroad connections, later becoming a chauffeur. He remains famed for top hat style and frontier gambler tales including a tale of losing teeth in a faro game and a long standing debt settled in a gentle streetwise exchange with James A. Murray.
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Salt Lake
Salt Lake Tribune
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Montana Central Railroad
Great Northern
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William Howard Taft
Faro Bank
James A. Murray
North Main Street
Murray
Fare Bank
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Jack
Jim
Supreme Court Faces Backlog with Talk of Commission Aid
The state supreme court is behind in its work and a commission may be appointed to assist. A similar measure was used about ten years ago to ease congestion.
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Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Elk Transferred to Stock Scenic Highwood Mountains
A herd of 25 elk from Gardner station near Yellowstone arrives at Highwood station in Chouteau County to stock the scenic Highwood mountains. The group includes 26 cows and two bulls. one cow died en route and another died after arrival. Bulls were dehorned to prevent antler damage. The plan aims to repopulate the range with native game over the coming years.
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Gardner Station
Yellowstone Park
Highwood Station
Chouteau County
Shirley
Ford
Sam Stephenson
Great Falls
W. L. Welie
Moline, Ir
Highwood Range
Highwood
Stanley Smith Still Flying for Air Service
Stanley Smith of Martinsdale continues to pursue a spot in the army flying corps. He warns he will buy a first class fighting plane with a trained aviator if not accepted, and may offer the setup to Uncle Sam for service in France. Smith, a leading Montana sheep grower, has flown a private Curtiss biplane in California and Chile and plans a June trip from California to his Montana ranch with stops at Salt Lake City and Boulder Hot Springs.
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Martinsdale
Army Flying Corps
Sam
Smith
Montana
Santa Monica
Curtiss
California
Old Mother Earth
Salt Lake
Mormon Temple
Boulder Hot Springs
Jim Reynolds
Uncle Sam
France
Montana bakers urged to raise use of flour substitutes
The Montana State Food Administrator reports bakers increased flour substitutes from 20 to 25 percent last week and will raise toward 50 percent. Rye flour is no longer a substitute in baking, though households may continue to use it.
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Montana
Atkinson
Germany to spend 100 dollars per dead weight ton for four years
The Hansa magazine notes Germany will incur a cost of 100 dollars per dead weight ton to construct ships for four years after the war, a reduction from the current 135 dollars.
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Hansa
Germany
City to shut down 28 ice plants for ammonia conservation
Reventgen orders the closure of 28 artificial ice plants in New York City from April 15 to June 1 or later to conserve ammonia under state ice controller authority.
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New York City
Army to Aid Montana Harvest as Soldiers to Be Paid Wage Rate
Government plans call for mobilizing soldiers to harvest grain in Montana and other states. Farmers must hire the troops at the going harvest wage, feed them well, and expect quick work. Soldiers in camps are trained for hard labor and balanced rations to boost strength for field duties. The aim is to finish harvesting and threshing before continental shipments arrive, keeping wheat flowing to markets.
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Montana
United States
Europe
Secretary Lane on Water Power Potential and Manganese Ore Trade
Secretary of the interior Franklyn K. Lane argues in a letter that U S democracy lacks foresight on unused water power. He cites 150 000 horsepower in New York fire canal and about a million on the Niagara River, plus a Missouri river plant of 150 000 horsepower. The plan would power ferro manganese production at Great Falls using Butte district ore to employ thousands of miners and free ships to transport supplies from Brazil to Europe.
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Franklyn K. Lane
Interior
United States
Europe
Montana
New York
Niagara River
John D. Ryan
Missouri River
Brazil
Atlantic
Lane
Great Falls
Butte District
Turpentine From Montana Larch Trees Feasible
Government chemists report Montana forests could yield turpentine from larch resin. Resin tested at the federal laboratory in Madison Wisconsin supports the possibility of a commercial industry developing from the trees.
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Montana
Federal Laboratory
Madison
Wisconsin
Men Called to Serve in the Regular Army
Montana will supply 354 men to fill gaps in the regular army. Adjutant General Greenan announced nationwide calls, with county allotments listed for Beaverhead to Yellowstone and Butte City. Some readers comment on a man with red whiskers as a curiosity.
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Gallatin
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Jefferson
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Madison
Meagher
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Park
Phillips
Powell
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Richland
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Toole
Valley
Wibaux
Yellowstone
Carter
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Butte City
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Gotzian Shoe Co
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