The First Labor Strike in Montana Broken by Wives
In 1879 I supervised building at the Blackfeet reservation using Indian and white workers. A strike broke out with Shine-in-the-Sun leading the men for higher pay while Two Stars and Diving-to-the-Shore led women demanding equal wages. I hired guards, resolved the conflict, and the project finished, marking Montana s first recorded strike.
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Montana
Blackfeet
Helena
United States Indian
John Young
Byron Carson
Teton County
Shine-in-the-Sun
Theo
Laughing Dog
Shine-in-the- Sun
Running Eagle
Crow Face
Rich's review of seed situation impacts the plains
Montana's winter wheat acreage is large and conditions ideal according to John H. Rich of the Ninth federal reserve district. He notes Montana and North Dakota convened legislatures in extraordinary sessions to tackle seed shortages and describes distribution challenges for North Dakota while Montana lacks spring seed wheat and faces barley and oats shortfalls. The Agriculture Department has steps underway including 20 carloads of oats and barley, with seeds of oats testing 97 percent and barley 95 percent, to be sold at cost plus handling. The report urges importation of seed wheat from southern Alberta to ease Montana's supply and rail congestion. Prices for barley rye and oats remain high, potentially benefiting farmers more than wheat, underscoring patriotic duty to address urgent seed needs.
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Montana
John H. Rich
Federal Reserve District
Department of Agriculture
Alberta
Montana Housewives Resist Food Rules Boost
Sam D. Goza defends Montana housewives against a newspaper claim that 80 percent neglect wheatless and meatless rules. New federal kitchen cards will aid the campaign, with Mondays and Wednesdays wheatless, Tuesdays meatless, Saturdays porkless. Each day includes one meatless meal and one wheatless meal, with noon chosen for the main meal.
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Federal Food Administration
Montana
Sam D. Goza
Campaign For
Food Conservation
Goza
Food Administration
Butte
Secret Service
Army
Navy
Union
Mr. Goza
Montana Sixth State To Pass The Prohibition Law
Montana becomes the sixth state to ratify the prohibition amendment in a special session, joining Mississippi Virginia Kentucky South Carolina and North Dakota. Citizens may accept the move to avoid clashing with fall elections, though Montana will go dry at year end regardless.
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Montana
Mississippi
Virginia
Kentucky
South Carolina
North Dakota
Congress
Montana towns report war era events and local notes
The state counts gopher battles and land oil prospects. Executions loom for a Billings murder. Smallpox concerns rise in Anaconda while Fort Benton remembers engineer Griffith. Helena aviator Eddie McEvoy blizzards home. Chambers pursue 1000 Lewistown members as Great Falls guards rise. Butte cites food rule adherence and Lewistown thrift stamps set records. Anaconda recovers Tuscania victim Davidson. Livingston Rotary backs Red Cross funding. Hamilton reports wounded private O’Brien. Whitefish notes automatic block on Great Northern. Livingston convict Brown admits guilt for forged checks. Lewistown sues women over seditious remarks. A gasping labourer Hosnedn injury in Hanover plant. Wolf Point farmers push township road work. Billings to start jitney line. Lutherans raise 10000 for soldiers. Draft date unclear. harvest season furloughs debated. State school lands near towns limited to five-acre tracts. Missoula chief escapes in alienation suit.
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Helena
Lewis and Clark County Farm Bureau
Plentywood
J. W. Phillips
Poplar
Billings
Juan Cuellea
Enos Nelson
Anaconda
Fort Benton
Charles G. Griffith
Montana
New York City
Eddie McEvoy
Dayton
Ohio
Lewistown
Chamber of Commerce
Fergus County
Butte
Silver Bow Council of Defense
Chauncey Davidson
Scotland
Livingston
Livingston Rotary Club
Red Cross
Hamilton
Frank M. O’brien
Whitefish
Great Northern
Miles E. Brown
Charles Schneider
Jerry Hosnedn
Hanover
Wolf Point
Richland County
United States
Washington
John M. Evans
War Department
Supreme Court
Square Butte
Alfred H. Davis
Missoula
James F. Callahan
Wallace
Clifford Merritt
Prohibition Fossil Told In Great Falls Court
Federal Judge George M. Bourquin in Great Falls said Montana will soon see prohibition ending the white man’s whiskey trade with Native people. In US v. Brockway the defendant pleaded guilty to feeding cooking whiskey to Minnie Kicking Deer and others at a Harlem party. Brockway faced sixty days in jail and a $100 fine plus costs. the judge predicted prohibition within ten months.
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Montana
George M. Bourquin
United States District Court
United States
Mike Brockway
Great Falls
Brockway
Minnie
Nerve health tip promotes nitro phosphate tablets
Advertising copy urges nitro phosphate as the remedy for weak nerves. It claims fatigue memory trouble insomnia and lack of desire stem from nerve exhaustion and warns against tonics or stimulants. A two week supply is offered with a money back guarantee and druggist availability.
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Charles Aubrey
Rich
Treasure State
Lfalfa Sed Obagnest
Alfalfa
Grimm
Dr. Williams
Erle
Housewives OF Montana Loyal
State Food Administration
Prof
Atkinson
Metal Trades Council
P. Conklin
Fremont
Nebraska
America
Reiming Coffee Mills
Red
Bourquin
Montana Typewriter Co
Butte, Montana
Barkemeyer
Grain and Seed Co
Huseth
Teer Optometrics and Optician
Montara
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