Deer Lodge Couple to Celebrate Sixty Years of Marriage
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin W. Trask of Deer Lodge Montana mark sixty years of marriage December 23 1880 wedding at St James Episcopal Church Deer Lodge. They have lived in their home most of their married life built the house together and maintain the family hardware business with sons Warren and Frank. The couple have three children fourteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren and remain active in the Montana Pioneers civic life and community affairs.
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Deer Lodge
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Marvin W. Trask
Montana
United States
Trask
Warren
Frank
Society of Montana Pioneers
Plains
Montana Territory
Frank Trask
G. C. Beery
Columbia
Trasks
Warren couple marks 50th Christmas in Butte tradition
Mr and Mrs Joseph Warren recount decades of Christmas in Butte dating to 1883 84 with Cornwall born Joseph arriving 1888. He recalls carol singing before Christmas and family reunions while Mrs Warren recalls boarding house days and Butte hill housing. They have three children including Joseph Warren Jr in Meaderville. South Africa has chosen as wool queen.
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Mrs
Joseph Warren
Butte
Warren
Cornwall
America
New York
Bakersfield
Calif
Helena
Grand Central
Denver
Gloucester
Glouster
Mountain View
Calumet
Boston & Montana Company
Ernest Hodge
Centerville
Austin Mahan
California
Joseph Warren Jr
Harrison Avenue
Meaderville
Graying Red Cross Nurse Aboard Greek Hospital Train
A gray haired Red Cross nurse aboard a Greek hospital train in Macedonia tends wounded soldiers as the train weaves through snow covered mountains. She speaks of four wars she has served in and her three sons at front lines while choosing duty over visiting her ill son in a hospital station.
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Red Cross
Macedonia
England
Record Wheat Crop Foreseen in Montana for 1941
Fall planting of winter wheat on 1 460 000 acres signals a record Montana harvest in 1941 per the federal agricultural marketing service. Seedings of winter rye will be smaller. Diamond, senior statistician, notes rising wheat acreages accompany a spring seed decline. From 1928 to 1937 winter wheat averaged 263 percent of spring wheat. 1940 reached 443 and 1941 may exceed 50.
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Montana
Federal Agricultural Marketing Service
Diamond
Nashua Royal Neighbors elect officers for 1925 group
Nashua Royal Neighbors elected Dora Dykstra as oracle and Mary Demko as vice oracle. Lena Scholl became chancellor with Lola C. Fisher receiver and Alice Coday marshal. Flora Deane Holmquist was assistant marshal with Alice Keil inner sentinel Della Sevier outer sentinel Gertrude Dishart Rose Brecksmith and Essie Mitchell named marshals.
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Nashua
Dora Dykstra
Oracle
Mary Demko
Lena Scholl
Lola C. Fisher
Alice Coday
Flora Deane Holmquist
Alice Keil
Della Sevier
Gertrude Dishart
Rose Brecksmith
Essie Mitchell
Montana farms post strong 1940 crop value in state report
Montana produced crops worth 61 483 000 in 1940, a post growth high, led by wheat at 33 081 000 and sugar beets at 5 202 000. Hay fell short of 1939 and 10 year averages, while overall acreage rose 8.6 percent to 6 777 000 acres. The nine month farm income reached 74 032 000, with crop sales 29 243 000 and livestock 31 958 000, signaling rising income toward an estimated 105 000 000 to 110 000 000 for 1940.
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Montana
Federal Agricultural Marketing Service
Bitter Root
Flathead
Gallatin
Yellowstone
Carbon
Big Horn
Pondora
Teton
Europe
Peptal
Retired GN Engineer Dies En Route to Christmas Visit
Whitefish resident W. G. Locker, a retired Great Northern locomotive engineer, fell ill on a Seattle to Christmas visit trip and died after being removed from the train at Spokane. He was accompanied by Mrs. Locker.
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Whitefish
W. G. Locker
Great Northern
Seattle
Spokane
Locker
Gratton Joins Silver Shipper as Co Proprietor
Colin Gratton, longtime Daniels county resident from Poplar, moves to assume a joint proprietorship at the Silver Shipper with Albert Waller. He previously mined coal north of town and purchased P. R. Gorham's stake in the tavern.
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Scobey
Daniels County
Colin Gratton
Poplar
Albert Waller
Here
Gratton
P. R. Gorham
Residents Protest Armory Civic Center Plan
About 200 residents near the Athletic park site protest a proposed $120,000 armory and civic center. They argue a large public building in the residential area would be harmful to the neighborhood.
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Billings
Athletic Park
Montana Recodes 53000 Brands to Curb Rustling
Montana begins re recording of about 53 000 brands with the livestock commission under a 1921 law. Owners are warned to re record by December 31 1941 or brands will be struck from records. Paul Raftery heads the marks and brands office with a list of commission members. Zinc mines in Mexico have been hit hard by the war in Europe.
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Montana
State Livestock Commission
Pioneer West
Livestock Commission
Paul Raftery
Commission
Marks and Brands
Raftery
W. H. Donald
Melville
Percy Williamson
Miles City
C. J. McNamara
Big Sandy
C. K. Warren
Deer Lodge
Tom L. Coes
Poplar
Bert Orroson
Mexico
Europe
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Blackfoot
Idaho
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Wash
A. D. Warrena
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Edward
George Edwards
Livingston, Mont
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Bozeman, Mont
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Louie Nuhring
Fort Shaw
Frary & Burlingame, Inc
Great Falls
Fort Peck Dam
Missouri
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Cupid
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Akron
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Charles Russell
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Box 260
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Indian Museum
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Treasure State
MR. and
FOX Studios
Recenorthwestern Photos
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Missoula
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