William Wallace gets a high post in U S government
William Wallace Jr a leading Montana attorney with a New York practice has been named assistant attorney general and will oversee the port of New York to administer registration of enemy aliens and detention measures The new unit will coordinate with other agencies and focus on dock safety barred zones and swift internment while stressing patriotism and minimal court involvement.
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United States
William Wallace, Jr
Montana
New York City
Wilson
New York
Wallace
Department of Justice
New Jersey
Customs
Police
Navy
Army
Tral
Fortune and fortunes in early Butte mining tales
Fifty years ago William Owsley lost a seven up game that cost him ten lots and a cash stake. Later those lots anchored a half million property in Butte as the town grew from a creek camp to a mining hub. The piece recalls initial prospecting by Parker Allison Esler and Leary, early quartz trials, and the rise of Clark Daly and the Anaconda era shaping Butte's fortunes.
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William Owsley
Owsley
Silver Bow Creek
Butter
Butte
Silver Bow
Park and
Main Streets
Bud Parker
P. Allison
Joseph
James Esler
Allison
Humpheries
Dr. Warnick
Virginia City
Dennis Leary
Leary
W. A. Clark
Marcus Daly
Town Gulch
Dublin Gulch
Ireland
George Newkirk
Porter Brothers
Green Weathers
Josie Ramsdale
James Talbot
Moag
Christopher Weibold
Dr. Ford
Park Street
Ford
Burgo Channel
Montana Street
John Noyés
David Upton
Joseph Ramsdale
Ramedale
Harvey Aoe Jr
Charles Hendrie
Deonis Leary
John Noyes
Noyes
William L. Farlin
Deer Lodge
Farlin
Dexter
Clark
Walker Brothers
Salt Lake City
Alice
Daly
Nevada
Boulder Thompson of Montana Builds Virginia City Library
Colonel William B. Thompson, a Montana native known as Boulder, plans a $20,000 public library in Virginia City on the site of his old home, with a museum room to honor the town’s past. He rose from a Butte real estate firm to major copper wealth, funded Belgian relief and Red Cross work, and later financed Bolshevik propaganda abroad before returning to Montana as a prominent benefactor and friend of local trout fishing circles.
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William B. Thompson
Montana
Virginia City
Thompson
New York
Russia
Lew L. Callaway
Leroy Southmayd
Colonel Thompson
Butte
Gunn
George Gunn
East Helena
Young Thompson
Ely
Nevada
West
Fortune
Red Cross
Herbert Hoover
Rocky Mountain Club
Hoover
Bolshiviki
Petrograd
Kerensky
Lenine
Tréseky
Trosky
Germany
Europe
Boulder
Madison Valley
Atood
Ben Calkins
W. D. Thornton
Toasted cigarettes used for Red Cross boys in France
The Red Cross nurses in Europe are delivering toasted cigarettes to American troops in France. The American Tobacco Company produces millions of toasted cigarettes bought through tobacco funds run by newspapers and forwarded by the Red Cross Society. The toasted process improves flavor and preserves freshness.
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RED Cross Nurses
Europe
American Tobacco Company
Red Cross Society
France
Bind Butte Woman and Rob Phoenix Apartment
Mrs. Dave Watt, a prominent Butte resident, was bound by a man and woman burglar in her Phoenix building apartment. The pair robbed her of $100 cash and a $200 diamond ring, hid diamonds worth $3,000 under a phonograph, and left her unable to call for help. She lies bedridden with a serious nervous breakdown. an elevator boy recalls a strange man and woman being shown to her floor, but no further clues have emerged.
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Dave Watt
Butte
Phoenix
Watts
Watt
Boulder Thompson Famed for Boulder Creek Fishing Grounds
The narrative recalls Colonel William B. Thompson known as Boulder Thompson for his long fishing expeditions from one end of Montana to the other. He favored Boulder creek near the state line south of Big Timber, a remote spot where trout and other fish abounded.
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Boulder Creek
Big Timber
Thompson
Boulder
Private Columbus of Fourteenth Infantry Guarding Butte Payroll Buildings
Private August Columbus, a 50 year old bugler famed for sounding the charge at San Juan Hill, is stationed in Butte with Company A, Fourteenth Infantry. He remains a private by choice, continues detail duty guarding payroll properties, and recently asserted his authority with a bayonet when a loiterer refused to move outside the Butte post office. The article highlights his long service and enduring Roosevelt era spirit.
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August Columbus
Fourtheenth Infantry
Butte
San Juan Hill
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Montana
Company
Fourteenth Infantry
Brady
Columbus
Roosevelt
San Juan
Pessimist Avoids Disappointment by Lowered Expectations
A pessimist tends to miss better outcomes by never expecting more than what is anticipated, guarding against disappointment but limiting potential gains.
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William
Butte District
Anaconda
San Francisco
Haggin
Hearst
Tevis
Comstock
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
Great Falls
National Bank
Teddy
National Life Insurance Company of
Legal Reserve Company
Daly Bank
Butte, Moot
Farwell, Ozman, Kirk & Co
Farwell O. K
Farwell
Bien
Carly
Colo
Farwell, Ozman
Kirk & Company
Paul
Minnesota
Pati
Anacy
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