World War I Dispatches and Allied Efforts Across the Globe
News briefs report a torpedoed ship carrying 57 YMCA workers with only three lost, plus wartime finance moves in the United States. China plans 40,000 troops in trenches. submarines reach Havana. German antiwar actions surge in Laibach. British munition advances and rising production cited.
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London
New York
H. J. Dodge
Economic World
War Finance Corporation
Washington
Havana
United States
Amsterdam
Dusseldorf
Paris
China
Ting Chia Chen
France
Westerly
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Land Offers Direct Purchase From Blackfoot Company
Prospectus touts low priced Western Montana agricultural land with fixed values by appraisers. Claims fertile soil, salubrious climate, ample moisture, rapid growing season, mountain scenery, railway and telegraph access, and good schools. Dairying urged on clay loam clover lands. invites address for holdings in the Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackfoot Land Development Company
Montana
Northwest
Apiarist from U S department tours Montana beekeeping areas
Ward H Foster of the U S Department of Agriculture travels Montana visiting apiaries and teaching colony owners better methods. He notes rising honey demand, promotes honey as a sugar substitute, and highlights sweet clover and alfalfa as ideal nectar. He mentions past winter losses and rebuilding efforts.
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Apiarist of
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Montana
Ward H. Foster
Boulder
Colo
Foster
Department of Agriculture
Northwest
Cattle Dipping Underway on Blackfeet Reserve
Work to dip 65 000 head of cattle on the Blackfeet reservation began last week under State Veterinarian W J Butler. Vats reach 100 feet. cattle will swim two minutes in a chemical bath to remove scale. Montana imposes a quarantine on reservation cattle. Indian agent orders strict work enforcement. quitters face agency referral and police court if not for valid reasons.
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Blackfeet
W. J. Butler
Montana
Indian Police Court
Funeral Attendees Find Comfort in Shared Grief
Some people derive solace from funerals, finding meaning in collective mourning and ritual. The remark notes varied responses to bereavement, suggesting attendance offers social support and closure for participants.
Largest Chrome Mine Discovered in Montana
The largest chrome mine in the United States was located in Sweetgrass County Montana. Great Falls interests acquired the property discovered by Charles Blakley and Thomas Rawlins and plan extensive development. Chrome ore, vital for chrome steel used in firearms and high grade steel, has previously come from Japan Caledonia China and New Zealand amid shipment difficulties and a U S government call for chrome ore discovery.
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United States
Montana
Sweetgrass County
Great Ialls
Charles Blakley
Thomas Rawlins
Japan
Caledonia
China
New Zealand
U. S
Old silver mines near Dillon poised to reopen amid rising ore prices
High silver and manganese demand spur rumors that idle Dillon area mines will be worked again. Polaris district to open within a month as roads improve, tying to a once productive silver lead region. Elk horn Argenta and Bannack districts also seen reopening for what could be a busy mining season. Frank Hazelbaker runs a manganese mine on the Hogback with double shifts and promising ore. A quip ends the piece.
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Dillon
Polaris
Elkhorn
Argenta
Bannack
Frank Hazelbaker
Hogback
Belue Mining Company Investment Announcement
Classified notice touts a mining venture claiming a high grade lead and silver ore deposit with an assay value of 142.68 per ton and lead at 6.34 cents per pound. Located twenty five miles northwest of Big Timber on the North Fork of Big Timber Creek, the offer urges investors to request the engineering and geological report from G. K. Webb, secretary and treasurer, Box 607, Billings.
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Belue Mining Company
Big Timber
Big Timber Creek
G. EK. Webb
Billings
Liberty Oil and Gas Company of Montana Promoted
An advertisement urges investment in the Liberty Oil and Gas Company of Montana. It touts a capable staff, strong directors, and stockholders, promising oil prospects and urging readers to mail orders for shares at 15 cents direct to the main office in Livingston, Montana.
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Liberty Oil & Gas Company
Montana
Liberty Oil and Gas Company of Montana
Livingston, Montana
Diverse Real Estate and Farm Listings Across Montana
A fragmented ad page shows numerous Montana property offers and trades. Listings include 1400 acres wheat land for trade in Judith Basin, 80 percent plow land priced at 17.50 per acre near a town with a school, and several ranch, cattle, and farm land opportunities. Also offered are plant sales, furs and hides services, auditing firms, and archite ct services.
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Washington
Idaho
Montana
United States
Middle West
Farm Development Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Spokane
Splendid Sheep Ranch
Yellowstone Investment Company
Billings
Farm for sale in Highwood District with 800 acres
Advertising a rural property eight hundred acres four miles from town in the Highwood District. Four hundred fifty acres tillable with 650 acres under plow and 300 scree BPPne wheat plus eight hundred acres fall wheat and oats. Purchaser to receive one third of the crop. Includes a five room house a large barn other buildings two wells and several reservoirs for stock. Price and terms reasonable.
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Highwood
Great Falls
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