Montana Pioneer Francis Goss Dies After Long Service
Francis Goss longtime Montana trail blazer dies at Conrad hospital four months shy of age 80 following an operation. He helped develop the state from Fort Benton to Brown ing and raised a large family with Maggie Zizer. He was born October 29 1837 in Savanna Illinois and lived a life of mining and farming across Gold Creek Bannack Trinity Gulch and Sun River. The funeral was held at the Presbyterian church and was well attended.
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Browning
Francis
Goss
Montana
Conrad Hospital
Presbyterian Church
Savanna
Ill
Galena
Fort Benton
Gold Creek
Bannack
Trinity Gulch
Sun River
Augusta
Maggie Zizer
Wm. Zizer
Buffalo Bill
Lumber Camps Tie Up In Western Montana Strike
Western Montana lumber camps are tied up by a strike with no overtures from either side. Mill officials report no official wage or condition demands. Workers with I W W affiliation demand higher wages better camp living and an eight hour day.
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Missoula
Montana
I. W. W. Organization
Elks Plan Ambu lance to France as Gift of Lodges
Lewistown members arrange funds to send an ambulance to the battlefields of France as a charitable gift from the 16th district lodge of Elks.
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Lewistown
France
Lodge of Elks
Cody Entrance Open at Yellowstone July 9
Horace M. Albright announced the Cody entrance road will open July 9 for passengers entering via the regular transportation company and for private travel. Snow hindered earlier opening and tourists appreciate the unusual drift passage at Yellowstone National Park.
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Cody
Livingston
Horace M. Albright
National Parks
Albright
Yellowstone National Park
Billings Bishop to preside over Montana Methodist Conference
Pittsburg clergyman Franklin Hamilton will lead the Montana annual Methodist conference in Billings on August 22. Noted speakers and church work specialists will attend. About two hundred delegates are expected.
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Billings
Franklin Hamilton
Pittsburg
Montana
The
Methodist Church
Community Singing At State University Summer School
Community singings under Professor Peter W. Dykema from Wisconsin will be featured at the state university summer school. Men women and children assemble to sing old and new songs along with patriotic numbers.
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Missoula
The
State University
Peter W. Dykema
University of Wisconsin
Memorial service for unidentified dead at Mountain View cemetery
A public memorial service was held Sunday at Mountain View cemetery in Butte for 63 unidentified bodies buried there from the Speculator and Price Mountain mines. Names of the missing hint at the dead's identities, observed by Silver Bow Ministerial Association. Brig. Gen. W A White and staff are in the U S recruiting British subjects for the army.
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Butte
Mountain View Cemetery
Silver Bow Ministerial Association
Speculator
Pnce
W. A. White
United States
Taking Big Chances With Travel Health Warning
The notice warns travelers to carry Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhea remedy, as it cannot be bought on trains or steamships. It emphasizes sudden severe bowel complaints and urges preparedness for all ages. Sold at City Drug Store.
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City Drug Store
Decrease in Copper Output in Butte Mines
The labor troubles in Butte reduce Anaconda company May copper output to 20,400,000 pounds. June production falls to 8,000,000 pounds, down from May. Officials say the strike kept May from exceeding 30,000,000 pounds and that the 30,000,000 target was near.
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Butte
Anaconda Company
Chamberlain's Tablets Prove Best for Constipation
Eugene Knight of Wilmington North Carolina and his wife report relief from indigestion using Chamberlain's Tablets. The advertising note touts mild gentle action and an agreeable laxative effect. City Drug Store offers the product.
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Chamberlain
Eugene
Knight
Wilmington
N. C
City Drug Store
Fourth of July marked by fewest deaths in years
Brief notes report fewer fatalities in Independence Day celebrations and a decline in submarine sinkings. The weekly roundup lists deportations of 67 industrial workers from Jerome Arizona and other war related items including German air raids, ship losses, and political actions.
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Diolland
Miller contest over homestead entry for disloyal statements
Lewistown reports the county attorney has filed a contest against Josef L. Miller s final proof on his homestead entry alleging disloyal and seditious statements and forfeiture of his rights as an American citizen and claim to U S public land.
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Lewistown
Josef L. Miller
United States
War Crop Could Fail on Reservation Without Rain
Officials fear the emergency war crop planted on the reservation will fail as heat scorches thousands of acres with no rain since mid June.
Sleeping Car Service Between Great Falls and Glacier Park Debuts
Great Northern introduces a sleeping car between Great Falls and Glacier Park, placing the new service into operation to ease travel to the park for passengers and tourists.
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Great Falls
Glacier Park
Great Northern
Miss Emme Verbryke Praises Cure for Stomach Trouble
Miss Emme Verbryke of Lima Ohio describes two years of frequent stomach trouble and billiousness. She credits Chamberlains Tablets with rapid improvement after trying them, and notes the medicine is sold by City Drug Store.
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Emme Verbryke
Lima
Ohio
Chamberlain
City Drug _ Store
Canada Moves Toward Compulsory Military Service
The Canadian house of commons adopted Premier Borden’s resolution and moved the bill for compulsory military service to a second reading, signaling a formal push toward conscription.
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Canada
House of Commons
Borden
Senate Backs Bone Dry Prohibition For Whiskey
Washington July 8 The senate today formally supports a bone dry policy on whiskey and other distilled beverages as part of wartime measures.
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Senate
Washington
German booze sold in sealed bid auction by federal agents
Thousands of bottles of rare German wines seized with German steamships Vaterland Hamburg Lincoln and President Grant were auctioned off in New York through sealed bids for the federal government after war was declared.
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New York
Vaterland
Hamburg
Lincoln
President Grant
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