Pershing Greets Laclede Homestead Visitors
Warren Pershing aged 10 sits to dinner at the old family home as General John J. Pershing visits Laclede Missouri. A parade of locals, a gold medal ceremony, a silver loving cup, a 2:30 reception, and Aunt Susan Hewitt’s fried dried apple pie mark a historic homecoming that ties Pershing to his birthplace and early Civil War stories.
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Laclede
Warren Pershing
Daddy
Dad
Warren
John J. Pershing
May Pershing
Missouri
Allen
Lacléde
General Pershing
Linn County
Susan Hewitt
Susan
the Laclede
Howdy
John
Brookfield
Linneus
Johnny Pershing
St. Louis
Johnny
Pershing
John Pershing
Jacob Hertt
Demand for New Tax Law Sparks Montana Officials' Outlook
Great Falls officials expect a popular demand for changing Montana's present tax and assessment system. The seven classification scheme has drawn complaints especially from rural districts after taxes rise for farmers while some city properties pay less. A circular and a questionnaire from the Cascade County commissioners and state groups seeks public views on classification, exemptions, and potential reforms including income tax, 5 percent gross receipts tax, mine product assessments, and a budget system.
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Great Falls
Cascade
W. H. Yarnall
Re- Cedars
Municipal League of Montana
State Association of County Officers
Ghosts Sighted in Maine Trample Customs of Summer
An elderly couple from North Edgecomb reports seeing two apparitions in white, flitting above grass and through objects. They fled in fear and crashed into a cucumber patch but were rescued by the spectral pair, described as wearing calico overalls.
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Maine
North Edgecomb
Lewiston le
Textile mills in Lille back to work after destruction
In Lille France on December 24 forty thousand workers are back in textile mills that were looted and razed by Germans. Officials and manufacturers say production will reach half of prewar levels within a year and surpass it within two years.
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Lille
France
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State Bank of
Grass Range
George Creel
Undertaker
W. Main St
Lewistown
Scheidt Bros
Main Street
Hedges Real Estate Co
Montana
Norris Hotel
Crass Range Creamery
J. F. Sloan, Agt
First National Bank OF
Federal Reserve System
Miss May Pershing
J. R. Glover
C. A. Wilson
Propr
Mont
Jonathan
Cap’t Scott
A. Wilsonw. M
G.B. Laird
Grass Range Lodge
Fred
Hedge
Hazel Freed
State’ Bank
DR. Peter
Sheewoan Grass Range
C. M. Keely
Abstracte
J. F. Sloan
E. K. Cheadle
Bank Electric Building
Worden & Grant
Bank Electric
J. E. McKenna
Attorney AT Law
Equity Co-operative
Dakota and
Nebraska
G. W. Breckenridge
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