Americans Lead in Modern Inventions, Says Op-Ed
The piece claims Americans produced the majority of great modern inventions, surpassing Europe. It extols Edison, McCormick, Wright brothers, Morse, Bell, Ford, and Westinghouse, detailing their impact in electricity, aviation, communication, transportation, and office devices, asserting U.S. primacy in industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Germany
Europe
McCormick
Whitney
Luther Burbank
Morse
Alexander Graham Bell
Theodore N. Vail
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Ohio
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Glenn H. Curtiss
Marconi
Italy
John H. Patterson
Globe
Elias Howe
Goodyear
Colonel Stivers Nominated For Croix de Guerre
Montanan Colonel D Gay Stivers of Butte is recommended for the French Croix de Guerre for gallantry in action. A former Cuban Rough Rider captain, he served as a major in the quartermaster department and now directs supplies for a full division in France. Judge John Lindsay of Butte received a letter from Chris Connolly recounting Stivers inviting him to the front, but authorities barred visitors.
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France
D’gay Stivers
Butte
Stivers
Rough Riders
Cuba
America
Germany
Quartermaster’s Department
John Lindsay
Chris Connolly
Silber Bow County
Connolly
Edwin the Dude Tames Frying Pan in Montana Tale
The 1884 story centers on Edwin the Dude, a stylish range rider famed for skill and nerves. He defends a cookfolk insult by disarming Frying-pan with a pistol, banishing him from the camp. Edwin Hunter Pendleton Arden later rose as a playwright and actor after leaving ranch work. Arden, born in St Louis, became a noted stage figure and author, counted among Roosevelt’s circle and early 1880s cattle life peers.
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Edwin
St. Louis
Texas
Montana
Pan
South
Missouri
Frying
Edwin Hunter Pendleton Arden
New York
Arden
Maude Adams
L’aiglon
Thief
Raglan’s
Montana sailor among 135 saved from sinking warship
Ed Gerber of Great Falls Montana is on furlough after surviving a destroyer sinking off the Irish coast. He was in the water 36 hours after the mine or torpedo strike that doomed the vessel, one of only two survivors from a 135 man crew. He shows no ill effects and will report for further service soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Gerber
Montana
Great Falls
Gerber
Uncle Sam
Irish
Eternal vigilance comes with a price in this report
A humorous take notes that constant watchfulness can cost money in a light hearted column, illustrating how vigilance and expenses intertwine in daily life. The piece references money and duty while keeping a playful tone.
Wobbly Strike Drops Copper Output at Anaconda Mines
Copper production at Anaconda smelters fell to 21.8 million pounds in September from 24.9 million in August due to a 16 day I W W strike. Nearly all Butte mines feed the smelters with 9,500 workers underground and ore tonnage lags, but miners efficiency rises and operators expect normal output soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte
East Butte
Davis-Daly
Anaconda
State War Council Demands Surrender in Wartime Policy
The Montana state council of defense, via Governor Stewart, urged President Wilson that there be no negotiated peace with Germany and that unconditional surrender be the only terms. A sub-committee was named to aid in securing workers for munition plants. The council authorized up to 50000 dollars from its defense fund to support building attacks in Butte, Bozeman, and Missoula for the students army training corps units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State Council of Defense
8. W. Stewart
Wilson
State Council
Germany
United States Employment Bureau
Europe
M. M. Donoghue
Butte
N. T
Great Falls
Will A. Campbell
Helena
Council
Butte, Bozeman
Missoula
Students’ Army Training Corps
Warrenton poised to become west coast grain hub
A Warrenton prospectus outlines postwar grain movement from Montana and other western states to Pacific ports, via rail and water routes. It notes expected freight savings for farmers, Warrenton’s harbor advantages, land purchases for terminal elevators, and rapid town growth as ships shift to commerce after the war.
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Montana
Western States
Pacific Coast
W. G. McAdoo
Panama Canal
Atlantic Seaboard
Warrenton
West
The
American Society
of Equity
Columbia River
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Edison
Orient
Britain
Cyrus H. McCormick
International Harvester
George Watt
Fulton
Seven Seas
John Hays Hammond, Jr
United States
Cyrus W. Field
Atlantic
Pullman and
Westinghouse of America
Pullman
George Westinghouse
Commodore Vanderbilt
Westinghouse
Henry Ford
Chicago
Ford
CITE
O’gay Stivers
Edwin the Dude
Frying-pan
Cheyenne River
State War Council
Warrenton, Oregon
Great Northern Steamship
Warrenton Dock
E. A. Tyler Realty Company
Todd Block
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