Meagher Died Penniless as Montana Acting Governor
A letter written by Thomas F. Meagher hours before his drowning at Fort Benton reveals he was practically without funds while serving as acting governor of Montana. The note sought immediate payment of back salary due under Bannack statute and federal adjustments later.
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Thomas Francis Meagher
Montana
Missouri
Fort Benton
Meagher
Washington
John H. Ming
Territorial
Helena
State Historical Library
Ming
Benton City
M. T
I. G. Baker
Territory of
Sidney Edgerton
Legislative Assembly
Territory
Bannack
United States
Virginia City
Edgerton
Territorial Legislature
Congress
Federal Congress
Col. W. F. Sanders
Legislative Assembly of the
Deer Lodge
Robert Newland Hawkins
State Board of Examiners
Pony
Madison
Examae
Sam V. Stewart
Farm Equipment Program Details For 1942 Supplies
A broad program to supply farm equipment materials for the 1942 food program was announced by Donald M. Nelson. It sets an A-3 preference for domestic needs and aims to restrain new machinery materials to about 83 percent of 1940 usage while allowing 150 percent for repair parts. The plan targets higher output for pork lard milk and eggs, with wheat machinery curtailed due to 84 percent wheat acreage.
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Department of Agriculture
Donald M. Nelson
Denver
Office of Emergency Management
Mountain States
Making Your Own Steamer for Pudding Recipes
How to improvise a steamer using wire racks, cups, and other items. Steps cover spacing above water, greasing molds, filling halfway, and proper steaming technique. Includes directions for individual fruit puddings in custard cups and a berry sauce to serve with hot pudding.
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T-Granddaughter
Grandmother
Civil Service Exam For Floriculturists And Plant Pathologists
Civil service openings in the bureau of plant industry of the department of agriculture pay 4600 a year. Floriculturists clericulturists and plant pathologists are eligible. A written test is not used. rating is based on education and experience. Applications must reach the U S Civil Service Commission in Washington DC by January 3.
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Civil Service
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Wyoming Claims First National Park and Monument
Wyoming asserts Yellowstone as the first national park and Devil's Tower as the first national monument, highlighting the state's pivotal role in early U.S. protected areas.
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Wyoming
Yellowstone
Devil’s Tower
Treasure State News Briefs Roundup From Great Falls and Elsewhere
A digest of Montana news items including bank clearings for 1941 at 55 million and topics from Anaconda Kiwanis to Livingston school superintendents. Obituaries note deaths in Butte, Whitehall and Helena while state officials discuss tax work, defense bonds and postwar plans.
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Great Falls
Helena
J. S. McFarland
Montana
Teton County
Clothes of Serious Color Forecast for Wartime Fashion
Americans aim for a sober wardrobe to keep the army well dressed. In 1942 the wool industry will cut color range by about 60 percent to save chemicals now used for dyeing, shifting to explosives. Double breasted suits may fall from favor as pocket flaps disappear to save material.
Japanese Detained at Fort Missoula Seek Bond Transfer
Japanese detainees at Fort Missoula request permission to move 22823 in frozen funds to U S defense bonds. The immigration bureau in Washington is handling the matter with the treasury department.
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Fort Missoula
United States Defense Bonds
Immigration Bureau
Washington
Treasury Deent
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Thomas Meagher
M.N
Fifth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Supreme Court
Callaway
Diamond R. Co
Nelson
Betty Grocker
Home Service Department
Arthur C. Richie
Charles Semmens
Kiwanis Club
G. T. Boyd
W. H. Bertsche
Herman Lenz
North
Montana State Fair
Missoula
Shephard
Butte
Joseph Somatis
Italy
Walkerville
Whitehall
Wilfred F. Boulware
Jefferson County
Boulware
Lewistown
James B. Brown
Forest Grove
Samuel H. Bradley
Hobson
Frank Z. Wallace
CCC
Marine Corps
LeeRoy MacBurney
Robert J. McGregor
MacBurney
George Lacey
Ireland
Livingston
J. F. O’connor
Tokyo
Lewis Penwell
Internal Revenue
Clarence Keene Blend
Great Northern
Cascade County
Minneapolis
C. R. Anderson
Hawthorne
Broadwater
Livingston Public Schools
B. A. Winans
John Norman MacLean
First Presbyterian Church
Montana, Presbyterian Synod
Hel
Ena
William J. Tonkin
State
Ray S. Conger
State Museum
Montana Department
Grand Army of the Republic
United Spanish War Veterans
Committee On Reorganization and Economy
Billings
James F. O’connor
Japan
Alley
Pipestone Springs
Sam C. Ford
Harry C. Alley
Big Sandy
Charles E. Hood
Elizabeth Ireland
Public Works Reserve
Samuel A. Champerlain
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Chamberlain
Armington
Belt
Frank Panzen
Hagen
Ross Fork
Howard W. Holmes
Vicks VapoRub
Charles M. Russell
The
West
U. S
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Falls, Montana
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