Pioneer of 1862 Celebrates His Eighty-Second Birthday
John F. Work, a Montana pioneer who arrived in 1862, marks his 82nd birthday with an automobile trip from Bozeman to White Sulphur Springs to visit a sheep ranch he and his son Lester own. The piece traces his long frontier life from cattle drives in Missouri to gold rush journeys, combat with Indians, guiding expeditions, and eventual settlement in Bozeman in 1892.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Work
Montana
Bozeman
White Sulphur Springs
Lester P. Work
Mr. Work
Adams County
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg Battlefield
Missouri
Scotland County
Dif
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Pike’s Peak
Colorado
California
Stillwater
Wyoming
Salmon River
Work
Elk City
Helena
John J. Healy
Sun River
Malcolm Clark
Prickly Pear Valley
Ben Stickland
Yellowstone
Park County
Yellowstone Park
Fort Laramie
Fort Hallock
Pass Creek
Nelson Story, Sr
Byron Story
Charles Rich
Cinnabar
Nez Perces
Yellowstone Valley
Married men and the angel wife remark
If you told some married men that your wife is an angel they would take it for granted that you were a widower.
Nuxated Iron praised by city and state doctors
Public endorsements from Dr. Howard James and Dr. A J Newman along with former Chicago Health Commissioner Kerr highlight Nuxated Iron. Letter extracts describe improved strength, red blood cell production, and broader health benefits based on private practice use. The piece notes casual claims of dramatic vitality and urges readers to test personal endurance after two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard James
Manhattan State Hospital
New York
A. J. Newman
City of
Chicago
Schuyler C. Jaques
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
N. Y
Wm. R. Kerr
Kerr
Ublic
Jeffersonark Hospital
Earth
Keer
de Schuyler Cabanet
A . Jaques
St. Elisabeth's
Brooklyn State Hospital
Fer
Boston
Ferdin
America
Europe
Art
Montana Women Working in Politics and Professions
A Montana columnist surveys changing roles as women hold state offices, run newspapers, and farm. Jeanette Rankin serves in Congress, women run homesteads and farms, drive stagecar routes, manage papers like the Havre Daily Promoter and Absarokee Enterprise, and even enter professional ranks as lawyers and doctors. The piece notes women in public service, education, and business, with anecdotes of female initiative and shifting gender norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Jeannette Rankin
Congress
State House
Ella Knowles Haskell
Hiram Knowles
Bozeman
Mary E. McKay
White Sulphur Springs
Montan a town notes and county updates across tribes
A compiled list from several Montana towns reports new formations, council actions, road and rail work, labor issues, public health, and crime notes. Notable items include Carlisle forming a farm loan association, Laredo and Winnifred celebrations, Billings pasteurization rules, and Helena mail to soldiers in France policy. Community progress spans Missoula to Great Falls with school bonds and road improvements highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Laredo
Laredo Tribune
Culbertson
Polson
Big Blackfoot Company
Deer Lodge
Powell County
Billings
Rudyard
Buttery-Swift Mercantile Company
Helena
Montana Y. M. C. A. War Fund
Winnifred
Kingston
Park County
Walkerville
Deer
Milwaukee Road
Missoula
Lewistown
Fergus County Defense Council
Great Falls
Neihart
Monarch
Harry Allen
Montana
Spokane
Livingston
Vergo Wauvrin
Yellowstone River
Butte
Maloney
Marysville
Brantley
State Board of Osteopathy
Minnie Dibbs
Women of
Woodcraft
Ww. H. Barney
Snowy Mountains
Frank Wisdom
Moore
Butte Evening Post
Charles Simacek
Kolin
E. R. Logan
Danvers
O. Johnson
Fare
Interstate Railway Commission
State
Red Cross
Rhule
Conrad
Forrest Cobb
Company H
Monson
Teton County
Gertrude Nichols
Khartan
Nichols
Hinsdale
Great Northern
Here
Drew
Leo Sidden
Crescent
Oklahoma
Glasgow
France
Washington
Soldier’s letter reaches troops abroad in care of force
A government assurance states letters will reach soldiers overseas. The note mentions the American Expeditionary Force and promises delivery regardless of the soldier’s location in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Lawyer Fails to Register Gets 100 Days Jail
Thomas R. Robinson of Highwood, under conscription age, refused registration and was jailed in Lewis and Clark County for 100 days after pleading guilty in federal court. He later registered. At the same hearing about 40 Finns, claiming ignorance of the law, were registered and released with one day in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. Robinson
Highwood
Great Falls
Helena
Robinson
Lewis and Clark County
Slav Societies Warn Montana Over German Agents
Slavonian societies in East Helena Butte Anaconda and Great Falls broadcast a warning to MT residents urging loyalty to the United States. They caution against paid German agents and propaganda in German aimed at fooling the public and compromising national security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
East Helena
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
William R. Kerr
A. 3. Newman
Fefferson Park Roapital
Manhattan State Weswtent
No York
Ferdinand King
Maud Pierson
Havre
Symons
O. Huseth
Mont
Photos
Gibson
Cor
Ave. N
Carter Sanitarium
Hot Springs
Thermopolis
Vangundy-Napton Phriliburg, Mont
Boulder Hot Springs
Ask Railroad Reynolds
Packers OF
Haddy
Great Falls, Mont
AEI
National Association of Master Cleaners
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