County Seat Battle Secured Bozeman in 1867
In 1867 Bozeman won the Gallatin County seat after a Christmas election that year. Bozeman tallied 281 votes to Farmington 103, with Gallatin City and Farmington as rivals. The Legislature had allowed a special poll and the act later renamed Farmington as Bozeman.
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Gallatin
Bozeman
Gallatin County
Gallatin City
Farmington
W. W. Alderson
Gallatin City First
Three Forks of
Missouri River
Virginia City
C. P. Blakeley
West Gallatin River
Blakeley
J. Chrisman
West Gallatin
R. P. Vivian
T. B. Gray
Frank Dunbar
Reductions in Rail Passenger Service After the War
Railroads in 15 states cut passenger service by 10 657 636 train miles annually, saving 1 175 085 tons of coal 369 locomotives 1 941 workers and 203 889 barrels of oil The nationwide cut across all roads exceeds 26 000 000 train miles per year.
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Germany
United States
German False Reports On Sinking Of US Battleships
German newspapers received in Barcelona report a feared sinking by German submarines of several American battleships with over 11,000 men lost. The piece notes that the German public appears to believe the story as true.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Spain
Race for Power in Lower House
Montana politicians watch the balance of power as Democrats and Republicans hover between control in the U S House. Declines from 214 to 211 Democrats, 212 Republicans at start, with independents and resignations creating shifting 207 209 counts and potential realignments amid deaths and resignations.
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Montana
House of Representatives
New York
Bathrick
Ohio
Ellsworth Bathrick
House
Clark
New York State
Fitzgerald
Bruckner
Bronx
Griffin
Brooklyn
Murray Hurburt
Hylan
New York City
Charles Martin
Chicago
Adamson
Georgia
Montana Soldier and Food Supply
Montana soldiers receive ample food at camps as post offices report overzealous food parcels. Camp Sheridan sees 2000 bags daily during Thanksgiving, with much wasted. Warns against overwrap waste, misaddressed items, and sympathy stories driving unread mail and costly parcels.
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Montana
Chilicothe
Camp Sheridan
Burleson
Chinook Winds Return to Warm Montana Winters
Old Montana residents believed chinooks faded with climate changes after the San Francisco quake, but two warm, dry Chinooks this winter prove the wind still travels from the Rockies. Science explains it as air compressing on descent, warming rapidly and drying the ground.
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Montana
Rockies
San Francisco
Great Northern
Havre
Butte
Helena
Portal
Pacific
Alps
Europe
Sahara
London forecasts intensified naval activity for war remainder
London reports more naval operations ahead as Germany shifts from submarine failures to convoy attacks and plans raider sorties likely soon.
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London
Germany
Army Appropriation Bill Set for February Debut
The army appropriation bill for the next fiscal year is estimated at about 5 billion dollars and will be laid before Congress around February 1.
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Congress
War stamps sales top eighty five thousand in state
Montana reports war stamp sales totaling about 85 000 to date. Several towns note wartime activity from Bozeman to Missoula with school Vaccination issues and local civic efforts amid war economy pressures.
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Helena
Bozeman
Municipal Engineers of
Montana
Poplar
Lucian
Walking Eagle
Little Crow
Prentwood
A. W. Killman
Board of Health
Fort Benton
Chateau County
Billings
F. X. Homberg
Lewiston
David Trepp
Goldfield
Nevada
Hogan
Scobey
Wolf Point
Henry Cusker
Missouri
Mary McCabe
Sacred Heart Hospital
Spokane
Missoula
Stewart
Butte
Davis Daly
State Board of Health
A. C. Johnson
American National Bank
Lewistown
James Parker
Union National Insurance Company of Pittsburgh
Plentywood
Musselshell
Wallace
Katherin Fratt
David Fratt
Last Chance Gulch
Percy G. Kinney
Washington
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E. L. Houston
Historian
Society of Montana Pioneers
Honoreile We
MayorShoes
Mayor
Milwaukee
Carly Action
PlanEarly-BuyFarly
Fargo
North Dakota
Amnautha
North Dakota Experimental Station
North Dakotas
Speltz
United State Food Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
NORTH
Beinig Coffee Mills
U.S. A
Samuel
Oklahoma
Gregg
Kinney
Philipsburg
Phillipsburg Mining Company
Brazil
Phillipsburg
Harold Crary
Anaconda
Officers
Army
Sloan
Dr. New Discovery
Dr. King
Butte Floral CO
Aborre
Amy
Hotel
Dakota
Central Ave
Great Falls
Mont
Alhambra Kot Springs Hotel
Tomebike
M. J. Sullivan
White Sulphur Springs
Frank Clemmer
Central Avenue
P.O. Bor
H. McCole
Falla Montaas
Huseth
Optometrist
Optician
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