Sheridan's Montana Visit From Corinne By Overland Coach
Nearly fifty years after the Civil War hero General Phil Sheridan toured Montana in 1870. He traveled from Corinne Utah by the Overland stage to Helena, staying three days of revelry at the International Hotel before moving down the Missouri to Fort Benton and then by boat. A quicksand incident forced a land route, and an Indian scare near Fort Stevenson prompted a cautious advance to Fort Totten before continuing by rail to Abercrombie and S J Cloud.
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Phil Sheridan
Montana
France
Utah
Corinne
Sheridan
Helena
International
Fort Benton
Fort Buford
General Sheridan
Fort Stevenson
Fort Totten
Abercrombie
S J. Cloud
No New Montana Counties To Be Created In Legislation
Legislative review notes Montana may bond $15 million for highways with federal matching funds to total $30 million while auto license revenue expands toward $5 million annually. The piece questions direct primary reform, anti-saloon laws, and a proposed county-division bill, reporting a senate resolution blocking new county divisions and detailing lawmakers pushing or opposing various measures.
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Montana
Nccess
Uncle Sam
Ford
Canada
Stewart
McCone
Board of Commissioners
Senate
Goose
Prohibition Action Also Targets Hair Tonics With Alcohol
Drug stores and barbers risk seizure of goods for selling hair tonics with more than 2 percent alcohol. Barbers feared penalties after authorities advised that such products are illegal under the prohibition act. Also listed is a dental claim of $50 for replacing teeth from an incident at Mount Fleecer Timber company work near Butte.
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Attorney General’s Office
State Accident Board
D. J. Donovan
Butte
Mount Fleecer Timber Company
Stalin
Butte Aliens Carrying Guns
Several thousand sympathizers in Silver Bow county are said to be arming themselves under secret orders. County Attorney Jackson and deputies arrest foreigners carrying arms, to be prosecuted under 1915 law. Sheriff O Rourke and Chief Murphy back the effort amid fears of alien arming and I W W influence with George Vandeveer linked to the issue.
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Edwin S. Booth
Fallon County
Booth, Healey and Lowe
Senate
Higgins, Sinclair and Muth
House
Booth
Butte
Silver Bow
Jackson
O’rourke
Murphy
George F. Vandeveer
Seattle
Vandeveer
Montana Unit Praised for World War I Heroism
Governor Sam V. Stewart receives glowing acknowledgments for the 91st Division from French corps commanders and the American commander. Montana regiments, including Wild West troops, fought in France and Belgium, earning high praise as reliable fighting units. The St Mihiel, Argonne, Audenarde, Meuse actions marked a proud page in Montana history.
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Montana
91St
France
Belgium
Sam V. Stewart
Wild West Division
St. Mihiel
Argonne Forest
Audenarde
Meuse River
Yellowstone
Missouri
Investment Bankers Open Montana Office in Great Falls
Irving Whitehouse Company, investors bankers with Spokane and Seattle offices, opens a Montana branch in the First National Bank Building at Great Falls. The firm specializes in high grade bonds including U S government and state issues and runs a Liberty Bond department.
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Irving Whitehouse Company
Spokane
Washington
Seattle
Montana
First National Bank
Great Falls
United States
New York
Boston
San Francisco
Whitehouse
Montana House
Montana Bankers’ Association
Investment Bankers Association of Washington
Washington Bankers’ Association
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Legislative Bureau of the
Montana Newspaper Association
Oregon
Edwin 8. Booth
Edwards
Donlan
Burlingame
Larsen and Kinney
Fallon
Capitol
Gudmansen
Canton
Stillwater
William M. Black
Toole
Native Black
North Dakota
Pembina
University of Wisconsin
Val Indiana
Alfred Atkinson
A. O. Gullidge
Prairie County
Terry
Valparaiso
Indiana
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