Vocational School for Girls Planned Near Helena
The Montana state vocational school for girls will be built on the Herbert ranch in the Helena valley, seven miles from Helena. Miss Edith Kassing, experienced in Minnesota and Pennsylvania, is chosen as superintendent to open the school with 26 Miles City girls aided by Superintendent Dorr. Governor Stewart set up a board including Mrs. Edmunds Roche Cordua later replaced by Mrs. Ives. only half the $25,000 appropriation is available, but steps begin to establish the institution for incorrigible girls.
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Herbert Ranch
Helena Valley
Helena
Edith Kassing
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Federation
Legislative Assembly
Stewart
L. O. Edmunds
Columbus
J. F. Roche
Butte
O. Brasier Cordua
Miles City
Dorr
Kassing
Hebert
Hard Job As Trans Siberian Struggles With Reforms
Former Great Northern official John F. Stevens now administers the Trans Siberian railway and, with an interallied committee, faces entrenched Russian resistance to modern methods. Car distribution, embargo power, and lavish use by delegations inflate prices and throttle efficiency, while hundreds of passenger and box cars sit idle awaiting clearance.
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John F. Stevens
Great Northern Railway
Montana
Trans-Siberian Railway
Trans-Siberian
America
Siberia
Stevens
Banking and contracting firms in Italy employ many women
Banking and contracting firms in Italy employ more than 100000 women. The note highlights the large share of female workers in the Italian financial and contracting sectors across the economy.
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Italy
Prince of Wales Returns to England Gifted Russell Painting
Prince Albert Edward sailed home from New York with a Charles M Russell painting presented by High River Alberta citizens. Russell met the prince at Calgary Stampede and Saskatoon, praising Western history and the Royal Northwest Mounted Police works in the collection. The prince valued the gift as a memorable souvenir and planned to read Western romance and history.
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Prince OF Wales
England
Russell
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
New York
London
America
Charles M. Russell
High River
Alberta
Charlie Russell
Calgary
Saskatoon
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Collec
George Lane
Canada
Lane
Duke of Connaught
Royal Northwest
Mounted Police of
Pioneer William Roe sparked Bannack’s survival in famine
The article recalls William Roe as an early Bannack settler who led a 500 mile Salt Lake wagon train to fetch provisions during a brutal famine. He helped found Bannack, built wealth through mining and commerce, and later joined Montana’s vigilante actions before his death in Dillon.
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Beaverhead
Madison County
Montana
William Roce
Bannack
Roe
Salt Lake
Fortune
William Roe
Beaverhead County
Salt Lake City
United States
England
Poweshiek
Iowa
Colorado
Jefferson Territory
Deer Lodge
Plummer
Henry Plummer
Buck Stimpson
Ned Ray
Great Falls Navy Recruiting Station Leads District Enlistments
The Great Falls sub station of the western district for navy recruiting topped district totals last week with 202 recruits. Of these 64 joined naval aviation and 40 were re-enlistments, while naval service appears more popular than the military.
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Great Falls
Navy
Naval Aviation
Naval Branch
Industry labor in Antwerp before war to 1919 decline
In Antwerp before the war the number of persons working in 14 groups of industry ranged from 20 700 to 21 700, but in March 1919 this number had dwindled to 2 300.
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Antwerp
Montana Soldier Albert Sanderson Aces War Feats
A Roundup Montanan, Albert Sanderson, serves as private turned lieutenant and fights at Soissons Meuse and St Mihiel. He retrieves an American flag from Bolshevik radicals, survives a 12000 foot plane crash near Paris, and later returns to Montana fully recovered. He was discharged October 30 after hospital work in France.
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Albert Sanderson
Soissons
Meuse
St. Mihiel
Sanderson
Brest
Paris
Vienna
France
Terra Firma
New York
Hoe
Montana
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Vocational Board
G. N
Central City
Salmon River
Denver
Salmon City
Dillon
Naval
Belgium
Nevada
Postum Cereal Company
Battle Creek
Michigan
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