Mary Stewart Suffering Nervous Breakdown in California Sanatorium
Mary Stewart former Dean of Women at the University of Montana and a prominent suffrage advocate is now a patient in a California sanitarium. The article notes her long service as an educator and her active role in reform groups. It adds she recently aided her husband on a dry land farm and commutes daily with Mr. Skillman commissioner of the public land office at Big Timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Stewart
University of Montana
California
Montana
Mr. Skillman
Public Land Office
Big Timber
State Federation of Women's Clubs District Four Meet in Red Lodge
The State Federation of Women's Clubs splits into six districts to aid work and sociability. District Four, led by Mrs. Seidletz of Bozeman, will hold a district meeting in Red Lodge in October with Mrs. S. M. Souders of Red Lodge arranging. Columns welcome reports of district meetings this year.
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State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Seidletz
Bozeman
Red Lodge
S. M. Souders
Mrs. Julia Prescott Leads Big Timber Pioneer During Absence
Mrs. Julia Prescott of Big Timber, a club woman and active local figure, took charge of the Big Timber Pioneer for weeks while editor Jerry Williams was away on vacation. Mrs. Skillman has been continuing the work during the interim.
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Julia Prescott
Big Timber
Big Timber Pioneer
Jerry Williams
Skillman
You Might Try When Making Jam
A tablespoonful of glycerine added to every pint of jam will prevent its crystallizing.
When cream is too thin to whip and the unbeaten white
A brief note on kitchen mishaps as cream fails to whip and eggs remain unbeat. The line evokes a quiet domestic moment with no clear person or event.
Paper repair technique with acetic acid bonding
The instruction describes moistening rough edges with glacial acetic acid and pressing them together until the acid dries, creating a bond as the solvent evaporates.
Removing Iodine Stains with Water and Ammonia
Instructs to immerse stained articles immediately in a gallon of water with about two teaspoons of plain household ammonia to remove iodine stains. The remedy emphasizes prompt action and dilute ammonia for stain treatment.
Broken Crockery Repair Technique Described
White lead is one of the few cements that resists heat and water. Apply thinly to broken edges, press pieces together and set aside to dry.
To Remove Scorch Stains From Fabrics
Instructions say to remove scorch marks by dampening with peroxide then pressing and drying in the sun.
Varied Activities of Women Across Lands
A survey notes London hosts over 100000 girl clerks while women in England wear trousers increasingly and take over roles such as sergeant Flora Sanders in the Serbian army. British women drivers and traveling saleswives’ wives assume rounds, Porto Rico cannery workers earn as little as 2 1 2 cents per hour, and American women in England contribute to a war fund of 500 million dollars a year. The czarina’s dress is described as unostentatious, and postwar honors are planned for women who showed bravery. Russia’s Duma may appoint women as factory inspectors.
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London
England
Flora Sanders
Great Britain
Porto Rico
Charles E. Hughess
Russia
Duma
Governor appoints commission on child labor standardization
Governor Stewart creates a commission to work with a national committee on standardizing child labor laws across states. The group is headed by Senator Walsh with Helena members Miss Belle Fligelman Mrs. Lester Noble E D Phelan and Dr Maria Dean plus Mrs Margaret Rozza of Butte Mrs T B Story of Bozeman Mrs S M Saunders of Red Lodge and Mrs C L Edmunds of Absarokee.
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Stewart
Senator Walsh
Belle Fligelman
Lester Noble
E. D. Phelan
Maria Dean
Helena
Margaret Rozza
Butte
T. B. Story
Bozeman
S. M. Saunders
Red Lodge
C. L. Edmunds
Absarokee
First School Nurse Slated for Bozeman Schools
Miss Mary A. Rust a graduate of Washington State Normal School will join Bozeman city schools as the school nurse on the payroll. A former teacher in Tacoma and Boise she studied nursing in Chicago this summer to prepare for public health work overseeing medical inspection follow up and parental cooperation for treatment and home conditions.
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Mary A. Rust
Washington State Normal School
Bozeman
Miss Rust
Tacoma
Washington
Boise
Idaho
Chicago
Helena Independent
Fashion Trends Delineate Post Thanksgiving Style
The report anticipates U S fashion shifting after Thanksgiving with high waisted black belted coats and cameo fasteners. Velvet to dominate fabrics and sweaters highlighted as favored items in the upcoming season.
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United States
Episcopal Canon May Bar Divorced Marriages
Reverend C F Chapman of Butte believes the general Episcopal convention meeting in St Louis in October will adopt a canon prohibiting ministers from performing marriage ceremonies for divorced persons. The canon has been favorably recommended by a commission of bishops and laymen.
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Butte
C.F. Chapman
General Episcopalian Convention
St. Louis
Wooed, Wed and Deserted in the Hours
Mrs Edwin Brandan formerly Esther Court 18 says she was courted and married Monday night then deserted between 6 and 9 pm. She seeks the bridegroom’s home address after his departure on a brief honeymoon alone. She lists carfare damage to her hat and lost dreams as losses from the affair.
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St. Louis
Edwin Brandan
Princess Fights as Man Found Wounded in Hospital
Petrograd reports Princess Volonsky 22, whose husband, father and brother were killed early in the war, cut her hair and wore men’s clothes to enlist as a private on the southern front. Discovered, she was sent to Kiev to be discharged but escaped guards and returned to battle. She is now wounded in a Kharkov hospital.
Speed Copettes sworn in to catch fast drivers
Berkeley police welcome volunteers Miss Flavel Woods and Miss Hallie Mannin as speed copettes. Chief August Vollmer grants them authority to arrest speeders, joining the police in efforts to curb speeding in the city.
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Speed Copettes
Berkeley
August Vollmer
Flavel Woods
Hallie Mannin
Beauty squad of policewomen formed to lure and arrest mashers
Gee has instituted a beauty squad of policewomen intended to entice mashers and arrest them. The move signals a public safety effort paired with marketing the department's image.
Country newspapers as nation’s national policeman and power
Arthur Brisbane extols weekly country newspapers as essential to democracy and advertising power. The country editor is the public’s trusted teacher and a highly effective salesman, shaping opinion, guarding public interest, and guiding business through local news coverage.
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Arthur Brisbane
New York Journal
United States
Brisbane
National Policeman
Hearst
Intelligent Advertiser
Hearst Newspapers
Congress
Montana landlubbers seasick yet elated on civic cruise
Six Great Falls youths joined a government civilian naval training cruise along the Pacific coast. They sailed from Seattle with 69 aboard, faced seasickness, but enjoyed three meals daily and shared deck duties. In Frisco they joined the armored South Dakota for gunnery and rifle practice. nineteen earned rifle club records, with Collins and Conrad leading. Cost about 30 dollars each.
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Great Falls
Pacific Coast
N. P. Collins
Seattle
Oregon
Albany
New Orleans
San Francisco
Frisco
South Dakota
Tornado Islands
Montana
National Rifle Club
Clarence Conrad
Collins
Conrad
John Coneland
Paul Wideman
Kenneth Nelson
J. A. Pyle
Second Montana Infantry Praised On Mexican Border Post
Jesse B. Roote writes to Captain Beckett praising the Second Montana Infantry as the best National Guard unit on the Mexican border. He notes good quarters, abundant food, hot showers, solid medical care, and intense training with little complaint. He asks for more recruits and reports one company always on outpost duty.
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Montana
Rio Grande
Jesse B. Roote
2Nd
Montana Infantry
Ambrose E. Beckett
National Guard
Great Falls
Captain Beckett
Segond Montana Infantry
Butte Sheriff Reunites With Long Lost Father in Holiday Meeting
Charles Henderson, Sil ver Bow county sheriff and Republican candidate for governor, and his father C H Henderson, who wandered for 35 years seeking them, were reunited in Butte Montana after a long separation. The elder Henderson had found his sons listed in a telephone directory in Salmon City Idaho, leading to a joyous meeting.
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Butte
Mont
Charles §. Henderson
Silver Bow
C.H. Henderson
Charles Henderson
Longmont
Ohio
Freddie
West
California
Big West
Uncle Sam
Charles
Hendersons
Virginia City
Henderson
Salmon City
Idaho
Charles 8. Henderson
Frederick G. Henderson
Scenic Montana film shown with Northern Pacific lecture
Scenic Montana scenes along the Northern Pacific line will be shown in connection with a lecture. The event pairs film of dramatic wonder spots with an informational talk, highlighting travel and regional beauty.
Seven Billings Boys Nabbed for Watermelon Patch Raid
In Billings Montana seven boys under twelve raided a nearby watermelon patch stealing about 400 melons. The fruit was used as bombs to shell two cows and a horse at a hillside. One youth confessed after third degree questioning. the others were captured by a sheriff's posse. The county attorney weighs further action.
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Billings
Mont
Montana
Dupont
Farmer Dupont
Montana printer plans pulp mill to fuel paper industry
Spokane and Butte master printer James McKee proposes organizing a Montana based pulp mill using spruce resources west of the Rockies. He notes ample water routes and a $200,000 Spokane plant as a model, arguing the venture is feasible and profitable with expert support.
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Spokane
Wash
James McKee
Butte
Rocky Mountains
Montana
McKee
Northwest
West
Montana June freight totals by commodity from railroad report
Montana stations moved 32 237 carloads of commodities in June 1916 led by ore at 10 573 carloads. Other top items included lumber 1 910 logs 1 390 stone 23 concentrates 1 699 and barley? the item list shows beer 41 coal 5 484 farm implements 12 fruit and vegetables 17 hay 329 limerock 1 495 potatoes 86 stucco plaster and cement 444 copper 394 brick and clay products 224 hogs 226 livestock 733 sugar 55 wood cord and slab 136 slag and tailings 1 517 and miscellaneous 2 284.
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Montana
Helena
Two Montana Soldiers Missing Below Border
Officers and men of the Second Montana Infantry conduct a search for Sergeant Rogers and Private Frank E. Mackey who have been missing after leaving camp in civilian clothes with a Mexican to visit a placer mine near Ranchita, south of the border.
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Douglas, Ariz
Second Montana Infantry
Rogers
Frak E. Mackey
Ranchita
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Jesse E. T. Moorehead
United States District Court
Jesse B.roote
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