Sam D Goza and the Little Ones at Gilman and Pocatello
A lighthearted hometown profile of Sam D Goza, famed for loving children. At a Gilman hotel and a Red Cross rodeo, mothers and onlookers report two brief encounters as a child calls him daddy. Neighbors tease that his nickname Pa pa now sticks.
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Pocatello Kiddie
Daddy
Gilman
Sam D. Goza
Sam
Manly
Pocatello
Red Cross
Tractors and Workers Headed to Montana Farm Project
Fifty young men and high school boys from Minneapolis will operate tractors and farm machinery on a 300000 acre Montana wheat farm cultivated by the Montana Farming corporation. Thomas D Campbell of Grand Forks ND, a director, announced the plan. Ten carloads of tractors departed Minneapolis recently for Montana to join the venture.
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Minneapolis
Montana
Montana Farming Corporation
Thomas D. Campbell
Grand Forks
N.D
Buy Your Coal Now Or Be Cold Next Winter
A stark warning of a coal shortage for next winter prompts urgent orders. Montana dealers struggle to obtain certain supplies while eastern cities report delays. Large New York apartment owners awaiting coal after ordering over a month ago face possible shortages.
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Montana
New York
Kind Old Lady and the Tramp Conclude Trials
A fragment shows a conversation where a kind old lady remarks on trials, and a tramp replies that he has endured two convictions. The exchange hints at hardship and judgment without detailing events or outcomes.
Milligan and Clark: Two Pioneers in Gregory to Bannack
Wallace Milligan recalls his youth in Colorado and Montana with W A Clark, from Gregory mine to Bannack. He describes early mining life, the Bobtail bunkmates, perilous trips, and later fortunes and misfortunes, including Clark becoming wealthy while Milligan remained content with simple farming and family life.
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Rocky Mountains
Gregory
Colorado
Bobtail
Wallace Milligan
Helena
W. A. Clark
United States
Mr. Milligan
Shining Mountains
Clark
Bobtail Mine
Montana
Milligan
New York State
Green County
Sparta
Wisconsin
Pike’s Peak
Omaha
Platte River
Denver
Thomas
William
Salmon River
Bannack
Alder
Nerve food Bitro-Phosphate promises strength gain
An old ad claims thin nervous people can restore health by Bitro-Phosphate a five grain tablet with meals and Buro-Phosphate aiding digestion. It touts rapid weight gain and improved sleep though warns against use by those not wanting to gain flesh.
W W Methods in Western Montana
Montana I W W activity described in Chicago trial of Wobblies leaders. Letter by Charles Knight to James Rowan outlined I W W tactics in Libby lumber camps, including spies and sabotaged equipment to disrupt work and induce resignations. Testimony also recounted plans to burn crops and poison livestock, with government agents intercepting chemicals in Milbank and arrests in Aberdeen. several convicted on conspiracy charges. Another witness described industrial saboteur acts in grain fields, wrecking heading machines to force worker rest, at farmer expense.
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Montana
Chicago
Charles Knight
James Rowan
Libby
Milbank
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Only Montana Civil War doctor living in Somers
Dr. C. B. Miller of Somers Flathead County, the sole Civil War Union veteran doctor in Montana, has donated a 139 year old London surgery book to the state historical library. He served at Prentiss Hospital in Vicksburg, later settled in Montana, and now spends his declining years there. The volume aids Civil War era surgical care and bears archaic type, the 's' resembling an 'f'.
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Somers
Flathead Lake
State Historical Library
Montana
C. B. Miller
Flathead County
Tony
Fort Sumter
Lincoln
Miller
Vicksburg
Miss
Prentiss Hospital
Lee
West
London
State Library
Poker-Playing Preacher and Abe Lincoln in Montana
An 85 year old Yellowstone County pioneer recounts his 1864 trek to Montana with Abe Lincoln era ties. He recalls a school preacher who taught during the week and played poker at night, his Civil War service in Illinois cavalry, and a life-long stance as a personal liberty advocate in Helena.
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Gulch
Virginia City
Destiny
Milligan
Clark
Bannack
Alder Gulch
Buffalo Gulch
Henry Plummer
Plummer
Kelly
Montana
John Brown
Yellowstone County
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Mr. Brown
Helena
Crow Indian Reservation
Carter
Abe Lincoln
President Lincoln
Tenth
Illinois Cavalry
Mississippi River
Kit Carson
Brown
England Speeds Up Munitions Output in Early 1918
Output in England for January and February rose over 1917 across weaponry. Light guns up 30 percent, medium 57, heavy 38, machine guns 96, shells 83, tanks 39, airplanes 223, aero engines 245. Average weekly airplane production matched two months in 1915. one week of machine guns equaled five months in 1915.
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England
London
Poker Tells More About a Man Than Church
A saying notes that a ten hour poker session reveals character better than ten years in church, suggesting behavior under pressure exposes truth.
Montana Road Work Requres Highway Commission Review
Due to rising military demand for petroleum products, Montana mandates that all highway projects using road materials such as asphalt binders oils tar dressings or related products must be reviewed by the late highway commission before proceeding.
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Montana
Highway Commission
Senate passes bill to allot Blackfeet mineral land in Montana
A bill by Senator Myers of Montana to authorize the interior secretary to allot mineral land in the Blackfeet reservation and repeal disposal prohibitions has passed the Senate and is sent to the House.
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Myers
Montana
Secretary of the Interior
Blackfeet Reservation
Senate
House
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