Infamous Initiative Measure No 17 Draws Farmer Protest
Three thousand five hundred signers sue to withdraw their petitions for initiative bill No. 17. They claim misrepresentation by Dunn aides and oppose a state insurance plan that would burden farms and exclude many workers. The move could derail November submission and label the measure as dangerous radical legislation with hidden benefits for city workers.
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Butte
C. T. Stewart
W. F. Dunn
Bolshevist
Dunn
Radicals Get Scant Consideration At Democratic Convention
The Democratic National convention largely upheld conservative stance with Mr. Bryan not securing a prohibition plank and Gomper’s AFL demands rejected. The platform affirms labor rights, cautions against treating labor as a commodity, and stresses reciprocal obligations between workers and the state while avoiding radical agitator demands. Ireland is mentioned without endorsing an Irish republic.
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Bryan
Sam Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gomper
Ireland
Irish Republic
Support Your Local Creamery Boosts Grass Range Stock
The Grass Range Creamery receives growing cream supplies as dairy stock recovers from winter losses. Farmers should increase patronage to sustain the plant, which is seen as a taxpayer and mortgage lifter despite financial strains. Some patrons ship cream to Lewistown for higher returns, harming local industry and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grass Range
Lewistown
Prohibition Enforcement Sparks Montana Bootslegging Concerns
The text asks why federal and state governments fund prohibition enforcement while Montana and Fergus County officers seem inactive. It notes bootlegging rumors in Grass Range last Monday with multiple people obtaining whiskey described as fighting whiskey, reportedly arriving from Lewistown and Canada.
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Montana
Fergus County
Lewistown
Canada
Cox and Roosevelt Nominated by Democratic Party
James M. Cox of Ohio was nominated for president by the Democrats at San Francisco on the 44th ballot. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York was chosen as running mate by acclamation. The ticket is led by Ohio’s governor seeking a third term and connected distantly to the late Col. Theodore Roosevelt. Ohio becomes the focal point of the presidential contest.
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James M. Cox
Ohio
San Francisco
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Elt
Theodore Roosevelt
Harding
Cox
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G. B. Laird
Frank C. Laird
Laird & Laird
W. S. Smith
Cash Furniture
W. S
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Roosevelt
Fourth and Main, Lewistown, Mont
K. E. Hoddes
A. M. Knight
Dentist State Bank
H. E. Pierce
C. W. Cox
Judith Theatre
Lewistown, Mont
Judith Hardware
Auto and Tractor Supplies
Purdue
Judith Hardware Company
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