Smith plans cross state flight in new Curtiss biplane
Montana adventurer J Stanley Smith, known for a New York flock herding boast, returns from Long Beach California to train for a 1000 mile flight from Long Beach to Helena via Salt Lake. He predicts about 24 hours of flying time with favorable winds to reach Helena, aiming to thrill Montanans at the state fair.
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Stanley Smith
MontAna
Jimmy Reynolds
Boulder Springs
J. Stanley
Long Beach
Califf
Mr. Smith
All America
Helena
Salt Lake
Rocky Mountains
J. Stanley Smith
New York
Rocky Mountain Club
Smith
Great Falls
Employers’ Association
Stevensville
J. F. S. Marshall
Committee selects expert to survey feeble minded
Governor Stewart's committee picks Miss Helen F. Hill of Philadelphia to lead a state census of feeble minded residents. Hill, now in South Carolina, could begin in Montana around April 1 for a three to six month survey. Dietrich predicts later home care legislation and reduced state costs.
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Stewart
Helen F. Hill
Philadelphia
John Dietrich
Mr. Dietrich
Montana Notables Across Towns Post War Era Plans
Montana columns list new postmasters in Inverness and Box Elder, water works bonds for Scobey, a beaver licensing opinion in Helena, a $60,000 sale of Gid Tupper ranch, and war effort drives. Includes hospitalizations, farm loans, railroad moves, and civic improvements across Helena Missoula Roundup Billings Great Falls and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scobey
Inverness
Robert B. McNeil
Box Elder
Elmer C. Sprague
Box Eler
Hinsdale
Hinsdale Farm Loan Association
Helena
Montana
Roundup
Red Cross Fund
Harlem
G. N. Wight
Lewistown
Fergus County
Missoula
Harrison Danforth
Farmers’ Society of Equity
Columbus
Stillwater
Yellowstone
Anaconda
Healen
Galata
John Sailor
Marias River
Billings
State Railway Commission
Mountain States Telephone Company
Delphia
Adam Ring
Butte
Tony Marsh
Walkerville
Victor Frank
John Griss
Plentywood
Sheridan
Y M. GC. A
Merrill Riddick
Carl Riddick
Memphis
Miles City
W. B. Thomas
Miles
State Council of Defense
Ford
Wiggenhorn Brothers
Billings Cigar Company
Billings Wholesale Drug Company
Grace Blodgett
Senator Kenyon Calls for Rapid War Mobilization
Senator Kenyon urged the senate to reject German peace offers and warned Germany is exhausted. He based his warning on his war front observations and urged quick action to deploy 1,000,000 men to the western front with a reserve of one million. He urged cutting red tape and pursuing the war on business-like principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenyon
Senate
Germany
Western Front
Auto theft gang busted in Minneapolis arrest spree
Six men were arrested in Minneapolis revealing a gang operation that led to the recovery of 184 stolen automobiles last week. Police disclosed the arrests and the gang’s activities.
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Minneapolis
Growing Old and the Closing of a Life Journey
Poem reflects aging as a gradual easing of desires and a rise in charity and love. It envisions nearing the end, leaving behind bonds of gold, embracing unseen realities, and finding purpose in living through others' memories. The speaker envisions a final passage and gratitude for a life lived.
Hard Luck Adage Echoes on Shifting Fortunes
A terse aphorism cautions that misfortune is unpredictable and may worsen suddenly, underscoring the fragility of luck and the risk of optimism turning to adversity.
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Rocky Mountain Fire Insurance Co
Great Falls, Mont
U. S. Liberty Bonds
Insurance Department
Paris Gibson
W. A. Brown
J. B. Taylor
W. G. Dye
John E. Dawson
Geo. H. Shanley
Alfred Malmberg
Leo P. McMeel
See
Y Treas
A. H. Gray
C. H. Williams
Owen P. McElmeel
Business In Force
California
Aviator
South Carolina
Dietrich
Selway-Gardner Sheep Company
Ihs
EH. O. Selway
H. C. Gardner
Dillon
E. J. Bowman
Jorney
Friends of Youth
Daily News
Sloan
Sioan’s Liniment Sce
Dr. King
New Life
1St National Bank
Hotel
Dakota
Central Ave
Butte Floral CO
Munt
Alhambra Hot Springs Hotel
Ul. J. Sullivan
White Sulphur Springs Mineral Water CO
White Sulphur Springs
Ray H. McCole
Huseth
Fs and
Optician
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