Women in Politics and the Montana Senate Bid
A Montana focus on women in national politics notes the drive to elect the first woman to the U S Senate. Annie Martin of Nevada pursues the seat as a woman candidate with socialist leanings, while Miss Rankin’s potential bid remains unannounced. Montana's Maggie Hathaway, a Ravalli county representative, is highlighted for advancing women’s interests in the legislature and the suffrage movement.
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Montana
Union
United States Senate
Jeannette Rankin
House of Representatives
Senate
United States
Capitol
Annie Martin
Nevada
Miss Martin
Miss Rankin
Maggie Hathaway
Ravalli County
Hathaway
Regiment seeks 5000 recruits in St Paul Minneapolis
A tank regiment is recruiting in St Paul and Minneapolis with a target of 5,000 enlistments. There is a plan to train the men on a famous Civil War battlefield, possibly Gettysburg.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Gettysburg
Chilean Ambassador to U.S. Dies in Washington
Ambassador Dios Senor Don Santiago Aldunate, Chilean envoy to the United States, has died in Washington after a recent illness. The death occurred in the capital where officials have not released further details.
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Dios Senor Don Santiago Aldunate
United States
Washington
Wild Bill Hickok Border Marshal of the West
The article recounts how James Butler Hickok, known as Wild Bill, lived as a border marshal in Hays Kansas and later wandered to Montana and Wyoming. It details his daring gunplay, clashes with gamblers and saloonmen, the deaths he caused in self defense, and his eventual resignation and murder by Jack McCall in Wyoming.
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Wild Bill Hickok
Montana
Wild Bill” Hickok
Slade
Kansas
Beau Brummel
Western Gunmen
Wyoming
Hickok
Hays City
Hays
Wild Bill
Frontier
Ae and Order
Marshal Hickok
Sullivan
Bill
Alamo
Mike Williams
Phil Coe
Coe
Williams
Jack McCall
Fat Jack Visits Mormon Capital in Salt Lake
Fat Jack Jones, famed Montana hack driver turned chauffeur, visits Salt Lake City. He recalls carrying national figures like Bryan Roosevelt and Taft, the old Butte mining era, and his top hat as his signature. The 72 year old recalls gambling days, a note from James A. Murray that settled a fare debt, and his lasting reputation.
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Montana
Fat Jack’ Jones
Salt Lake
Salt Lake Tribune
Fat Jack
Butte
Deer Lodge
Montana Central Railroad
Great Northern
Rat Jack
William J. Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Faro Bank
James A. Murray
North Main Street
Murray
Jim
Court Congestion Sparks Talk of Commission Aid
The state supreme court is behind in its work and there is talk of appointing a commission to assist in its labors. A similar expedient was used about ten years ago.
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State Supreme Court
Elk Reintroduction Brought 25 From Gardner to Highwood Range
A band of 25 elk shipped from Gardner station to Highwood station in Chouteau county is grazing in the Highwood mountains for the first time in 25 years. Led by Shir ley S. Ford Sam Stephenson and W L Welie, the group aims to restock the range with native game after Montana recently designated the Highwood range a state game preserve. The shipment included 25 cows and two bulls. two animals died during transit and after arrival, but the rest acclimated well. They were driven in wagons five per load to a distant mountainous area and released. The herd appears at home and thriving in their new habitat.
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Highwood Mountains
Gardner Station
Yellowstone Park
Highwood Station
Chouteau County
Shirley S. Ford
Sam Stephenson
Great Falls
W. L. Welie
Moline
Highwood Range
Highwood
Stanley Smith Seeks Army Flying Service Or Plans Own Plane
Stanley Smith of Martinsdale aims to join the army flying corps or else buy and equip a first class fighter to present to the government with a trained aviator. A prominent Montana sheep grower, he has flown a private Curtiss biplane in California and Nevada and plans a June trip from California to his Montana ranch via Salt Lake and Boulder. He has offered a battle plane and crew to Uncle Sam for service in France and is willing to accompany as a sub-battler if accepted.
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Stanley Smith
Martinsdale
Army Flying Corps
Sam
Smith
Montana
Santa Monica
Curtiss
California
Old Mother Earth
Salt Lake
Boulder Aes Springs
Jim Reynolds
State Fair
Jim
Stanley
France
Montana bakers to raise use of flour substitutes
Montana bakers increased substitute flour usage from 20 percent to 25 percent last week. State Food Administrator Atkinson said the proportion will be raised gradually toward 50 percent. Rye flour is no longer a substitute and its use in this manner is prohibited, though rye may still be used as a substitute in other contexts.
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Bakers
Montana
Atkinson
Ship Building Costs Soar for Germany After War
Hansa, the German ship building magazine, reports that building ships for four years after the war will cost Germany 100 dollars per dead weight ton, up from the current 135 dollars per dead weight ton.
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Hansa
Germany
NYC Ice Plants to Close for Ammonia Conservation
Seventeen of New York City's twenty three artificial ice plants will shut from April 15 to June 1 or later under an order from the state ice controller. The closure aims to conserve ammonia and reduce waste during the period.
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New York City
Army to mobilize soldiers for harvest work in Montana
Government plans to draft soldiers for harvest labor in Montana states that farmers must hire at the going wage rate and provide feed. Troops in camps are trained for hard work and balanced rations, promising rapid harvest and threshing of wheat before shipments from other states begin.
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Montana
United States
Europe
Secretary Lane on Water Power Advances Manganese Ore Trade
Secretary Lane argues democracy lacks foresight and that tens of millions of horsepower remain unused in U S water power. He cites the Erie Canal and Niagara River capacities and notes plans to convert Missouri river plant capacity to manganese ore reduction, boosting Atlantic supply and mining employment.
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Republic
Franklyn K. Lane
Interior
United States
Europe
Montana
New York
Erie Canal
Niagara River
John D. Ryan
Missouri River
Brazil
Atlantic
Lane
Great Falls
Butte District
Turpentine from Montana Larch Crews Discussed
Government chemists say turpentine could be produced from Montana larch forests with resin tested in a Madison federal lab. They believe a commercial industry may be built up from the process.
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Montana
Federal Laboratory
Madison
Wisconsin
Men Called to Serve in the Regular Army
Montana will supply 354 men to the regular army under a nationwide call reinforced by Adjutant General Greenan. After training at U.S. posts, volunteers may be sent to other states and overseas. County allotments include Beaverhead five, Big Horn three, Cascade twenty four, Gallatin eight, Missoula eleven, Yellowstone fifteen, and Butte City thirty five among others.
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Montana
Greenan
Beaverhead
Big Horn
Blaine
Broadwater
Carbon
Cascade
Chouteau
Custer
Dawson
Deer Lodge
Fallon
Fergus
Flathead
Gallatin
Granite
Hill
Jefferson
Lewis and Clark
Lincoln
Madison
Meagher
Mineral
Missoula
Musselshell
Park
Phillips
Powell
Prairie
Ravalli
Richland
Rosebud
Sanders
Sheridan
Silver Bow
Stillwater
Sweet Grass
Teton
Toole
Valley
Wibaux
Yellowstone
Carter
Wheatland
Butte City
Courage and Red Whiskers Admired by Some, Pitiable to Others
A terse observation notes that some admire a man for wearing red whiskers while others pity him, reflecting varied perceptions of his bold appearance and personality.
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1St National Bank
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Velie
Thomas Elvin
Elk Run Ranch, Highwood, Mont
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Gotzian Shoe Co
Saint Paul, Minn
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