Murals by Italian Master in Montana Church Mission
In the Little Rockies fifty miles from a railway, St Paul’s Mission church and school, started in 1886 by Rev Father Erbischweiler under Jesuit direction, hosts mural bible scenes by a celebrated Italian artist. The campus includes a stone church, sister house, and dormitory for boys, with a 4000 acre valley, irrigation by People’s Creek, and a high school that provides agronomy and horticulture training to about 200 students. The area includes rich mines, remote terrain, and scenic peaks such as Judith and Snowy Mountains.
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Little Rockies
St. Paul’s Mission Church
Father Erbischweiler
St. Paul’s Church
Malta
St. Paul’s Mission
St. Paul’s
Ruby Gulch
Zortman
Lodge Pole
Chinook
Harlem
Judith
Highwood
Little Belt Mountains
Missouri
Canada
Bear Paw Mountains
Ode to Jean Pouilu by Percival J. Cooney
Montana author Percival J. Cooney known as brother to Byron J. Cooney editor of the Butte American writes an ode to Jean Pouilu. The poem pledges American and French solidarity to libera te France and preserve liberty referencing Yorktown Rochambeau and Lafayette. It invokes blood and treasure spent together to right a monstrous wrong and to keep the world safe for liberty.
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Percival J. Cooney
Montana
Byron J. Cooney
Butte American
Jean ‘“Pouilu
Jean
Lafayette
Yorktown
Europe
France
Butte Housewives Embrace Coarser Bread To Save Flour
More than 4,000 Butte housewives join the Butte Women's council plan to bake with non wheat flour and follow new bread making instructions to conserve scarce flour during wartime.
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Butte
Butte Women’s Council
Parr Buys Partner In Northern Produce Move
C. M. Parr, president of Northern Produce Co in Great Falls, has bought the interest in the firm formerly held by Robert L. Lowell.
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C. M. Parr
The
Northern Produce Company of
Great Falls
Robert L. Lowell
Limb or Leg Misuse Sparks Sweet Person Riff
A writer jokes about the one person who calls a leg a limb, noting the playful mix up and local language quirk in a lighthearted quotation.
Conserve Milk by Proper Care in Home Handling
A guide stresses keeping milk clean and cold from producer to consumer. It advises washing bottle necks, covering milk, using refrigerators or ice, and avoiding heat or sun. It warns against serving milk in open vessels and notes disease risk from contaminated milk.
Draft exemptions and camp moves across Montana in 1916
In Hill county forty two registered men failed to respond for draft examination. Lewistown labor council wins a 50 cent raise to four dollars a day for city laborers. Beulah Crawford sues C. V. Crawford over a coffin reference. Several Montana towns report on draft related moves, camps, and legal actions including estate disputes and road to war surgery training.
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Havre
Hill County
Lewistown
Trades and Labor Council
Butte
Beulah Crawford
C. V. Crawford
John P. Breeden
Aetna Fire Insurance Co
San Francisco
Breeden
Montana
Belt
John P. Healey
Neihart Lumber Company
State Bank of Belt
Eureka
A. W. Lindsay
N. J. Ralph
Laurence Jack
Spokane
Glendive
Home Guard
Dr. Baker
A. D. Strouf
Frank Strouf
Great Falls
Glasgow
Billings
Georgetown Lake
Neihart
Park County
Missoula
Milwaukee
Blackfoot
Potomac
Clearwater
Helena
Art Thompson
Thompson
Piper Construction Company
Bozeman
W. E. Shea
Medical Officers’ Reserve Corps
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
New York
Alexis Carrell
America
Here
John T. Murphy, Jr
Supreme Court
John T. Murphy
Young Murphy
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Mountain Fastness
Mattie T. Cramer
Jose
Old Kentucky
Tersow
Ese
Haltox
Humioo
Jean Pouilu
Cuoruse
Rochambeau
Parr
State Board OF Health
Boulder Hot Springs
J. Reynolds
Symons
Symon
White Sulphur Springs
Photos
Mall Us
Gibson Studio
Gtudio
1St Ave
Éth Be
Harry H. McCole
S. C. Huseth
Optometrist
Optician
Houston
Washington
Herman Page
D. C
Jas Henderson
Chicago
Butte Business College
Rice & May
Owsley Block
Montana Motor CO
Haynes Automobiles
Ninth St. N
Haynes
Great Falls Meat Co
Reat Falls
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