Butte's Dry Law Enforcer Melia Nets 42 Raids
John F. Melia, appointed January 1 1919 to enforce prohibition in Butte, has conducted 42 raids in and around the city and Walkerville. He has confiscated more than $30,000 worth of liquor, with much of it from former saloon sites, and his team has seized stores and fixtures across the county.
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Big Copper Camp
Butte
John F. Melia
Melia
Silver Bow County
Walkerville
Court House
Belleau Wood A Roosevelt Memorial Plan at Belleau Wood
Colonel William Boyce Thompson heads a Roosevelt Permanent Memorial National Committee proposing Belleau Wood in France be acquired and made an American National Cemetery for Theodore Roosevelt with bodies of the fallen Marines. Notables like Taft Hughes Peary Wood and Gibbons back the plan. Quentin Roosevelt’s grave near Belleau Wood would be included.
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William Boyce Thompson
Madison County
Montana
Roosevelt Permanent Memorial National Committee
Taft
Charles E. Hughes
Admiral Peary
Leonard Wood
Cardinal Gibbons
John Burroughs
France
Quentin Roosevelt
Belleau Wood
National Cemetery
Roosevelt
Lawrence F. Abbott
Richard Washburn Child
Arthur F. Cosby
John C. Greenway
John Mitchell
Samuel Parsons
W. F. Purdy
Cushing Stetson
Roosevelt Permanent Memorial Committee
American Field of Honor Association
Bruce Kremer Named Vice Chairman of National Democratic Committee
J Bruce Kremer a prominent Butte attorney has been elevated to vice chairman of the National Democratic Committee following a recent Washington reorganization. He has long served as a national committeeman and acted as secretary during the St Louis 1916 convention aiding the Wilson campaign in western states.
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J. Bruce Kremer
Butte
National Democratic Committee
Washington
Kremer
National Democratic Organization
St. Louis
Wilson
Walsh
Chicago
Kremen
William Boyce Thompson a Leading American Financier and Patriot
Col William Boyce Thompson rises from Virginia City boyhood to dominance in American business as a Federal Reserve Bank of New York director and head of Inspiration Copper. He financed the American Red Cross mission to Russia and aided Hoover in Belgian relief, with close ties to Roosevelt. Now in his fiftieth year, he is seen as a forthcoming national figure.
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Olonel
William Boyce Thompson
Virginia City
Word
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Inspiration Copper Company
Knox Hat Company
Curtiss Aeroplane Company
New York City
Washington
Montana
American Red Cross
Russia
Herbert C. Hoover
Roosevelt
United States
Penwell Pioneer of Montana Wheat Growers
Merritt W. Penwell, 78, Gallatin county representative and oldest member of Montana's legislature, was among the first to grow wheat and barley commercially in Montana. The feature recalls his 1864 settlement, the early Gallatin valley grain experiments, threshing innovations, and the rise of the state's flour milling industry, with Penwell's farm near Belgrade and his family's lasting agricultural legacy.
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Penwell
Montana
House of Representatives
Helena
Merritt W. Penwell
Gallatin County
Gallatin, Valley
M. W. Penwell
O. E. Penwell
Lewis Penwell
War Industries Board
Washington
Shelby County
Bannack
Aldergulch
Gallatin Valley
Three Forks
Missouri River
Great Falls
Gallatin River
John Thomas
Utah
Henry Davis
Thomas
O. E. Pennell
Davis
Pernells
Salt Lake
Snake River
Penwells
Ohio
Missouri
Fort Benton
Ben Besil
Bozeman
Darge
Springhill
John F. Roll
McAdow
Belgrade
Manhattan
Montana’s Men From Overseas
2600 soldiers of the 163d regiment, formerly the Second Montana National Guard, return home from France after fourteen months overseas. They assemble at Liberty theater for a New York company performance and speeches by Col. Landon Chaplain Pippy and Col. White, signaling rapid demobilization. The address honors those who fought from Toul to the Argonne, acknowledging their loyalty and contribution to World War I.
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163D Regiment
United States Infantry
Montana National Guard
France
Liberty Theater
New York
Thomas L.lanson
William Pippy
Frank White
Hugh L. Scott
Landon
Montana
Toul
First Army Corps
Chateau-Thierry
St. Mihiel
Argonne Forest
Golden West
Old Basin camp to resume silver lead production with Comet mine revival
New York interests begin construction on a 150 ton per day Pilot mill at Basin near Helena to process Comet mine ore. Final sampling shows 200000 tons of milling ore with about 15 ounces of silver per ton plus lead zinc and copper.
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Basin
Jefferson County
Great Northern
Butte
Helena
E. P. J. Burgess
New York
Comet
Burgess
Alta
Clarke, Dodge & Co
Wall Street
Montana
Camp of
Neihart
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Simeon Fess
Roosevelt Memorial
Roosevelt Memorial Committee
Bruce Kremer
Watson Boyle
New York Capital
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