Montana legislature notes and war memories linger
Ralph Scott, son of Rep W J Scott, visited the session and recalled WWI action near Forest of St Gobain and Quentin Roosevelt’s grave while wounded. The Goose and Cone bill would allow alcohol in medicines and extracts if signed. Bridge petitioning laws, railroad builders Felton and Wilson, Dr Rhoads in public health, Havre seeking college funds, Missouri River control debate, and named Montana press staff covering the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Scott
W. J. Scott
Big Horn County
Young Scott
Forest of
St. Gobain
Paris
Quentin Roosevelt
Lowe
Nyquist
Sheridan County
Roosevelt County
Congress
Missouri River
Montana
Fort Benton
Thin People of Montana Bitro Phosphate Claim
A vintage ad promises Bitro Phosphate will steadily increase firm flesh and support brain and nerve activity. It claims to replace nerve waste and create new strength and energy, sold by druggists with a money back guarantee of results.
Colds Interfere With Business of Dr Kings New
A brief note reports that illnesses hinder operations at Dr. Kings New, affecting routine work and customer flow. Local officials urge precaution as staff shortages strain services and appointments.
Lieutenant Weirick Returns to New York Hospital
Lieutenant Arthur Weirick, shot down behind German lines on October 31, landed in New York from France last Monday and hopes to be sent to a hospital in the west. Telegrams confirm his shoulder injury is improving and that he was held as a prisoner in Germany before escape. Reared in Butte, he studied at Wharton and worked at the First National Bank of Lewistown before joining the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhoads
Chateau
Medical
University of Kansas
Teton County
State Board of Health
Arthur Weirick
New York
France
T. M. Lowry
Weirick
Los Angeles
Germany
Butte
Wharton School of Finance
University of Pennsylvania
First National Bank of
Lewistown
Supreme Court ruling broadens prohibition to near beer
The Montana Supreme Court upholds a lower ruling declaring near beer illegal under state prohibition law. It defines intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing two percent alcohol or more or any liquid capable of being used as a beverage, extending ban to medicines and toilet products, while exempting denatured alcohol and sacramental wine. The decision emphasizes enforcement over supervision and rejects shifting definitions for expediency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
Centennial Brewing Company
Butte
Montana
Labor head links strikes to revolutionary movement
The labor leader says Seattle Butte and Lawrence strikes were organized by bolsheviks and the I W W to force a national industrial revolution in the United States. He claims the department of labor foresaw such a development and would have faced it if crushed. Also notes a Monoline Oil recommendation for kerosene engines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Butte
Lawrence
Mass
Industrial Workers of the World
United States
William B
Department of Labor
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Legislative Bureau of the
Montana Newspaper Association
Helena
Board of County Commissioners
Senate
Connolly
Wilson
Fergus County
Felton
Chouteau County
Great Falls
Billings and Northern
Burlington and
Great Northern
Havre
Northern
Montana Agricultural College
Fort Assinniboine
Warren W. Moses
The
Great Falls Tribune
Larry Dobell
Butte Miner
Frank Lovell
Miner
Charles D. Greenfield, Jr
R. B. Linebarger
Record-Herald
A. M. Alderson
Anaconda Standard
Lorin Greenfield
Guy Lafollette
Helena Independent
Leon Shaw
Billings Gazette
James M. Burlingame
Cascade
Burlingame
Thin People
Martha Washington Comfort Shoes
Dr. King
King
Sans Et Allerie
New York Hospital
Theut
Yellowstone National Park
Monaco
Supreme Court ON Prohibition
Iquor
International Harvester Corporation
Montana Oil Company
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