Barrett: Meagher's Understudy Who Delivered His Speech
Judge Anthony H. Barrett served as Meagher's secretary in the Montana territory and delivered the governor's keynote speech at a banquet when Meagher was indisposed. Barrett helped write the speech and read it as the governor's representative, stunning the audience with a flawless delivery.
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Meagher
Anthony H. Barrett
Montana
Barrett
Mercher
Martial
Jie
Young Barrett
Capitol
Governor Meagher
Pra
Thos. Francis Meagher
Anthony
Jocko
Missoula
Territorial Assembly
Jefferson County
Helena
Hammond
Florida
Kansas
Judge Barrett
Montana Masonic Fraternity
Montana Blue Lodges
Knights Templar
Butte
Algeria
Temple of Shriners
Miles City Industrial School reforming incorrigible youth
The Miles City Industrial School redefines wayward boys and girls through individualized supervision under President A C Dorr. The program uses merit earned incentives and a three-department structure to teach self reliance, with graduation requiring 3000 merits and opportunities for paroled graduates. The campus includes farming, crafts, printing, and sports facilities supporting disciplined, constructive training.
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Miles City Industrial School
Reformatory
A.C. Dorr
Dorr
Tie
Miles City
Montana
Montana Grain Ship West Plan Seeks $6 Million Benefit
Delegates from Montana and coast commercial clubs plan to push a project moving Montana grains to the west coast and via the Panama Canal to the Atlantic. They argue it would relieve East rail congestion, boost farmer profits by about 12 cents a bushel, and require Secretary McAdoo’s approval.
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Montana
West Coast
Panama Canal
Atlantic Seaboard
Great Falls
Washington
McAdoo
Burlingame
American Society of Equiry
Jack Hall
Hast
St. Paul
Dakotas
New York
Montana Society of Equity
Senate Eyes Heavy War Profits Tax Bill
A Washington special reports leaders expect a tax on war profits near 75 percent or more. Senator Borah urges a levy totaling at least 70 percent of all tax yielded by the measure, while the current plan taxes excess profits at about 20 percent of total yield.
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Washington
Senate
Borah
Married Life Recalled As Opera After Baby Arrives
A Boston Transcript quip contrasts a couple's marriage with an opera paced by the arrival of their baby. The exchange highlights comic tension between romance and domestic reality framed in a playful public dialogue.
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Nixon
Newpop
Boston Transcript
Carpenter shop trains youths in fine wood work and shoe making
A carpenter shop showcases skilled youths learning wood work and leather shoe making. The facility features a $10 000 barn as a testament to training, a well equipped library, and an auditorium for entertainments where students showcase their progress.
State Meeting of Epworth League in Livingston
Epworth League members including former president Carl E. Boorman and state treasurer James H. Harris will miss the Montana convention in Livingston June 19 as many serve in U S armed forces. The meeting runs through June 23 with programs on war work, reports, lectures, and a patriotic demonstration at the opera house.
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Leaguers
Boorman
Epworth League
Carl E. Boorman
Livingston
United States
Boor- Man
France
James H. Harris
Butte
Camp Lewis
Hunter’s Hot Springs
Livingston Commercial Club
Opera House
OWS
Montana
Mark Freeman
Tacoma
Wash
China
Africa
State Junior League
Victor W. Thrall
Evanston
Thrall
Central Office
Eastern Institute
Hunters Hot Springs
City Opera House
R. J. Cook
W. W. Thrall
Ward torpedo boat destroyer launches at Mare Island
A new record in American warship construction was set Saturday as the torpedo boat destroyer Ward was launched at Mare Island navy yard in San Francisco, 174 days after the keel was laid.
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Ward
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Live Stock Laboratory Planned on Helena Capitol Grounds
A two story laboratory building for the state live stock commission is to be erected on the capitol grounds in Helena. The structure will support the operations and research activities of the commission.
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Capitol
Helena
State Live Stock Commission
Birds for U S A Inspire Three Forks Story
A Three Forks report recalls a magpie stealing a knitting bag marked with a red cross and using it as a nest site. Weeks later the bag served as a bird hospital housing grouse teal ducks and a crow with Red Cross nurse birds nearby, seen as a patriotic embarrassment and morale boost.
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Madison River
Hay for Sale From C B Nelson Great Falls
Notice advertises hay for sale by C B Nelson at 105 Central Avenue Great Falls. Request to provide needs to save money.
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C. B. Nelson
Central Avenue
Great Falls
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W. 8. Ingram
A. C. Dorr
the Site Industrial School
W. M.burlingame
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American Society of Equity
League
Pig
Three Forks
1St National Bank
Crimmins & Peirce CO
Summer Street
Boston, Mass
First National Bank Building
Mont
C. E. Martin
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