Grand Theater Night Show and Local Road News
Paid in Advance plays at the Grand Theater on Monday night. S. R. returns from Minnesota after a minor Mayo Brothers operation. J. H. Charters oversees a lumber camp near Becket producing high quality native lumber. Grandpa Mier attended a pine grove picnic on the N-Bar road. Mac McIsanes works in Danvers after county work. engineers planned summer in Grass Range. L. A. Cowan may move to Lewistown for state work. Bridge pile drivers set near the Charters residence. County road to Becket nearly finished with a new speedway from Main street to the hotel. Mrs. Alice Wight buys the Norris Hotel and returns to town. Farmers south of the highway face wheat hauling concerns as road conditions worsen from Brass ranch to Flatwillow. The Brasses and others expect trouble over road quality. A new southern road into Grass Range is completed by O Neil and McIsaacs for the state highway. W. H. Carnicke inspected and approved the road. Treasure State Construction Co. projects twenty miles by October.
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S .R
Minn
Mayo Brothers
J. H. Charters
Becket
Grandpa Mier
Pine Grove
N-Bar Road
N. M. McIsanes
Mac
Danvers
L. A.cowan
Lewistown
Roy
Charters
Here
Alice Wight
Norris
Rashaw
Wight
O’neil and
McIsaacs
State Highway Commission
W.H. Carnicke
Federal Inspector of State Roads
O'Neil & McIisaacs
Treasure State Construction Co
Notice for Publication Desert Land Filtered Claim
Anna Kuhn of Lewiston Idaho filed Desert Land claim on Feb 3 1914 in Lewistown Montana under the Desert Land Act. Final proof required before U S Commissioner R Blak e Mont for John Kuhn of Grass Range Montana and H J Kelly Register. First publication July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior
U. S
Lewistown
Montana
Tate
Anna Kuhn
Lewiston
Idaho
Desert
Wit
R Blaké
U. S. Com
Range
Mont
John Co. Kuhn
H. J. Kelly
Lewis Development Association Seizes Montana Consolidated Interests
The E. G. Lewis Oil Development Ass'n of California takes over Montana Consolidated Oil Co's stakes in Button Butte and Yellow Water wells near Grass Range and the Tri-City well in Devil's Basin. Drilling resumes across Pole Creek Fish Creek and Dead Man's Basin as Ernest Behr leads Roundup operations for the New Jersey firm with California capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Lewis Oil Development Ass'n
California
Montana Consolidated Oil Company
Button Butte
Yellow Water
Grass Range
Tri-City
Devil’s Basin
Pole Creek
Fish Creek
Dead Man’s Basin
Montana Consolidated
Roundup
Schrump
Ernest Behr
New Jersey
Democrats Milling in San Francisco Nomination Delay
Reports from the Democratic convention in San Francisco indicate no nominations have been made. The debate centers on the league of nations and draft policy, with Bryan and Walsh opposing the administration’s stance while prohibition and the Irish question complicate matters. McAdoo leads for first place, with a Clark coalition supported by Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Resolution Committee
League of Nations
W. J. Bryan
Walsh
Wm. G. McAdoo
Champ Clark
Col. Bryan
Picnic on the village green Monday evening
The women will host a picnic supper on the green across from French Bros. garage Monday from six to eight. Country folk are asked to bring sandwiches cakes and pickles while P T A ladies serve coffee and a bonfire will light up the town.
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French Bros. Garage
Veteran Coast Guard Captain Takes First Day Off in 44 Years
Capt Herbert M Knowles longtime Third District superintendent retires on pension after 44 years with the coast guard. He joined in 1876 and steered numerous rescue efforts including 1806 Christmas Eve action off Point Judith. A memorial service followed at Wakefield.
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Life Saving Service
United States Coast Guard
Herbert M. Knowles
Third District
Wakefield
R. L
Coast Guard
Knowles
Point Judith
Long Island
Gage
Omaha
Life Saving appHanc
Block
Bint
Celebration at Blakes Lee Draws Crowds on July 5
A large gathering marked a festive event at Blakes Lee on Monday July 5. The Bank Grocery Store advertised green vegetables as always on hand to attract shoppers.
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Blakeslee
Bank
Birch Pipes Rise In War Time Substitutes
American birch, renamed after a Latin American process, becomes a notable pipe substitute as briar imports fell during the war. The material’s hardness was achieved by a method applied to soft birch, meeting the needs of pipe makers when briar supply was cut off and prices surged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Sun
America
Electric detection of crude oil in Texas fields shown
Electricity is used to locate oil deposits by measuring resistance differences. In Corsicana and Burkburnett tests a battery setup with a land wire detects petroleum in shallow fields, noting higher resistance of oil-bearing formations and reduced deflection in a sensitive instrument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corsicana
Texas
Burkburnett
Easter riding in Bohemia and Czecho Slovak lands
In Bohemia and across the new Czecho- Slovak republic a curious Easter custom persists. On Faster day at four in the morning riders in black with crosses and emblems ride from Schonwald to Kulm for service. A benediction follows and hosts hospitality at nearby castles as they return escorted by a crowd. The origin of the custom is lost to history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohemia
Czecho- Slovak Republic
Schonwald
Kulm
Prompt Mail Order Ads From Central Drug Store Lewistown
Mail orders invited for any item in the line with guaranteed prompt service and satisfactory treatment. Central Drug Store Hodges proprietor Lewistown Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Drug Store
K. BE. Hodges
Prop
Lewistown, Mont
See Us for Hail Insurance Written in Old Line Companes
FIRST NATIONAL BANK advertises hail insurance options from established old line companies urging customers to inquire at the bank.
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National Bank
Cameron family heads to Mouse River Park Chautauqua
A. T. Cameron returns from Lewistown to escort his family to Mouse River Park Chautauqua in North Dakota for most of the summer. W. C. Weber and wife move to Little Falls Minnesota with the family staying mostly in Minnesota. The Grand Theater shows Pay Me starring Dorothy Phillips on Saturday and Paid in Advance on Monday. The audience for Common Property last Tuesday was small, possibly capping weekly shows.
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T. A. Cameron
Lewistown
Mouse River Park
Chautauqua
North Dakota
W. C. Weber
Little Falls
Mion
W. C
Minnesota
Dorothy Phillips
Grand Theater
Red Cross Drive Seeks Donated Clothes at Blake Office
The Red Cross asks for old clothing and related items to be brought Monday and left at R. W. Blake's office for collection.
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The
Red Cross
R. W. Blake
For Sale Harness and Cultivator Offer
For sale one set single harness and one horse cultivator, almost new. See George Clickner.
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George Clickner
Clay Eaters of Lake Titicaca Describe Food Practices
The Aymara Indians living by Lake Titicaca endure high altitude farming and cooking. They rely on quinoa and potatoes with a frost prep to store foods and a paste called huno for soup. They also eat clay mixed with quinoa, a whitish gritty substance with no organic matter.
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Lake Titicaca
Andes
Rabbit skin market and wartime trade shifts noted
The article cites Britain and Ireland producing about 80 million rabbit skins annually, mainly sold by weight for felting and by dozen for clothing. War disrupted European and Australian imports, boosting prices. American breeders now raise rabbits yielding premium cony fur for shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Ireland
Europe
Australia
Silent Chicago man leaves fortune to girl in rural guardianship
Francis Paul Gallo, a days long warehouse worker in Chicago, left several thousand dollars for Grace Fisher then sixteen, to fund her education. The will, approved after litigation, designates Mrs Rose La Riviere of 4554 South Western Avenue as guardian trustee if no contest arises.
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Chicago
Francis Paul Gallo
Gallo
Shermerville
Gus Fisher
Fisher
Galle
Grace Fisher
Francis H. Hayes
Rose la Riviere
South Western Avenue
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Lewis Development Association
Ment
Royal Bowker
Royal
Moline Line
Pioneer Implement & Auto Co
Grass Range, Montana
Boarder
Fortune
Litte
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