Hugh Glass Quest for Revenge Through Wilderness
Montana pioneer Hugh Glass recovers from wounds after being betrayed by companions and pursued by Arkaras. He travels 38 days to Henrys fort, then leads a dispatch to Fort Atkinson with four men. They encounter Arkaras along the Powder and Platte rivers as Glass seeks vengeance.
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Hugh Glass
Montana
Glass
Tilton
Henry’s
Big Horn River
Big Horn
Fort Atkinson
Henry’s Fort
Powder River
The
Platte
Prince Maximilian of Wied
Fort Union
Fort Cass
Yellowstone
Kinship Tales Highlight Prominent Montana Figures
A long list of Montanans claim descent from famous figures such as Sir Walter Raleigh Peter Stuyvesant Ignatius Donnelly and Alexander Hamilton Among them A C Raleigh of Butte a descendant of Raleigh owns a letter from his ancestor urging a law against chewing tobacco Florence Van de Putte of Great Falls descends from Stuyvesant and preserves a family portrait etc
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Montana
A. C. Raleigh
Butte
Sir Walter Raleigh
Raleigh
Florence van de Putte
Park Hotel
Great Falls
Peter Stuyvesant
New York
Governor Stuyvesant
Ignatius Donnelly
Minnesota
Skirts Rise Across Fashion as Corsets Face Shortening
The remark notes that as skirts become shorter the corsets would need to be shortened to avoid showing above the knees, reflecting 19th century fashion concerns about hem and silhouette balance.
Montana firm builds triplane to aid safer air travel
The Rus sell Aeroplane Company of Great Falls plans a small scale start building triplanes to fight the Germans and hopes to expand to a factory soon. President E. L. Russell, longtime balloonist, says the design includes end-wing stabilizers to self right during faults, with speeds 60 to 70 mph now and over 100 mph with a new 150 horsepower engine. Andre Houpert, a Bleriot graduate, joins to assist in aviation instruction alongside manufacturing.
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Montana
Russell Aeroplane Company
Great Falls
E. L. Russell
Middle West
Russell
Curtis
Russell Company
Andre Houpert
Bleriot
France
Houpert
Montana youth wins fame for patriotic poem and capital fight
Stanley J. Quinn of Butte wins third prize in Life magazine patriotic song contest with Up with the Flag. John M. Quinn, editor of the Butte Daily Miner, helped win permanent capital for Helena by exposing a hoax about bribes. the piece recalls his earlier prominence and Tammany Hall ties.
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Stanley Quinn
John M. Quinn
Butte Daily Miner
Helena
Stanley J. Quinn
Butte
Butte Miner
Life
Young Quinn
One Motor Car for Every Eighteen People in Montana
A public roads office release shows one car per 18 residents in Montana in 1916 with 24,000 cars statewide and $49,603 in license revenue. Officials expect a ~50 percent rise in 1917 as motor sales surge, plus proposals to make license numbers permanent to deter theft.
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Montana
Office of Public Roads
The
den of Agriculture
Notable New Yorker rises as Kings County state senator
The subject, a two year New York City resident, became the Tammany candidate for state senator in Kings County and won election. He qualified as a lawyer and built a lucrative practice. His son Stanley shines in literature, with his latest work signaling a bright future.
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New York City
Kings County
Stanley
Butte
Flea-Bitten Farmer Floats Saloon Scam Ends With Arrest
A counterfeit farmer shopfront scheme unfolds when a man posing as a farmer roams Paul Sherick's Butter saloon and asks for whisky. He persuades Sherick to sell liquor out of hours, then flees but is nabbed by Officer Wocasek of the Butte police force. the victim aided by the saloon's owner succors the arrest.
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Butte
Sahara
Paul Sherick
Sherick
Paul
Jefferson Valley
Ray Rhule
Ray
Hayseed
Wocasek
Not bragging French farmer fears crop bust
Lewistown resident Alex Lehman meets an old friend, a French farmer near Hilger. The farmer speaks quietly of his crop’s dire outlook, confessing after twenty years that he does not brag, yet fears his yield will bust him this year.
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Alex Lehman
Lewistown
Hilger
John
Lehman
Alex
Gar
Sage and fool clash over conscience money return
The Sage notes that the amount of conscience money returned to the government is not half what it once was, implying less theft. The fool adds that people are now much less conscience.
Whimsical Debate on Smarter Women and Fishermen
A playful exchange compares women’s savvy to men’s, noting a woman can pack more in a handbag than a man in a trunk. Jones teases Smith as an unreasonable cuss, then agrees he should have said “was” and jokes about him insisting on fishing when he goes fishing.
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Smith
Jones
Perpetual license plates proposed to stay with cars
The article discusses making license plates perpetual with a single number per car for life. A duplicate would require proof of loss. A yearly tag could show year and state, while the main number remains unchanged. Motoring in Montana peaks as transcontinental travel rises past national parks Glacier and Yellowstone.
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Glacier
Yellowstone
Montana
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