Getting Around Anti Booze See Home Distilling Sweden
A historical note examines Sweden where home distilling flourishes under strict liquor limits. It describes common greetings about fermenting liquor, wide practice across social classes, limited police action except for sales, and the impact of grain sugar beet and potato shortages on distilling. It also explains the mat bok passbook system and the high value of selling rights to distilled spirits.
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Montana
Sweden
Pioneer Priest Mystery Ends in Belgian War Horror
A Deer Lodge petition for letters of administration in the estate of Remegius De Ryckere recalls a pioneer priest who helped build the town. Born in Belgium, he served there, returned, and died in Emerghem on May 5, 1916 during the German invasion. His Deer Lodge estate includes city lots and mining interests in Garnet and Upper Rock Creek near Moose Lake.
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District Court of
Deer Lodge
S. P. Wilson
Remegius de Ryckere
Belgium
Father de Ryckere
Emerghem
West Flanders
John G. Moroney
John Lalor
State Department
Little Valine
Garnet
Upper Rock Creek
Moose Lake
New Income Tax Rates Under the New Law
The new income tax law sets 5 percent on 4000 and less, with 2000 exemption for married men, 200 per dependent, and 1000 exemption for single men. Normal tax above 4000 is 10 percent, plus surtax rates rising from 3 percent on 5000 to 7500, 10 percent from 10000 to 15000, 15 percent from 15000 to 20000, and 20 percent from 20000 to 30000, with surtax increasing with income.
State Waiters Ordered to Favor Women in Work
Governor Lister requests all waiters and male staff in Washington hotels and restaurants to assign women to more important tasks so men can focus on other essential duties.
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State of Washington
Lister
Breitenstein Family Ties to Merrimac Legacy Highlighted
Lieutenant Bill Breitenstein of the Machine Gun Corps, a Montana university alum and Camp Hancock officer, is portrayed amid a family saga. His father J. B. Breitenstein, a Merrimac survivor, and his brother A. J. Breitenstein, hotel manager, are notable figures. the piece recounts the famed 1862 Chesapeake Bay battle, the Merrimac versus Monitor, and the elder Breitenstein’s role aboard the Confederate ironclad.
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Bill” Breitenstein
Machine Gun Corps
THE
Merrimac
State University At
Missoula
Montana
Camp Hancock
Georgia
A. J. Breitenstein
Mer
Rainbow
Great Falls
J. B. Breitenstein
Monitor
Chesapeake Bay
Breitenstein
White
New York
Marmaduke
Washington, D. C
William Poulson
Chicago
Charles Burr
Meridan
Conn
Farragut Naval Veterans’ Association of Chicago
Virginia
Cranny Island
Hampton Roads
Cumberland
Buchanan
Radcliff
Congress
Minnesota
Simms
Ericson
United States
Huns
Army
History of Montana Told by Many Writers and Unfinished
A survey of Montana’s historical writing traces pioneers Lewis and Clark to later works by Catlin, Bancroft, Leeson, Miller, and Sanders. It notes uneven accuracy, partisan biases, and gaps, arguing a comprehensive, just history remains to be created to fully reflect Montana’s national role and frontier story.
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Montana
Union
Commonwealth
United States
Lewis and Clark
Missouri
Europe
Northwest
Mississippi
Stars and Stripes
Pac
Catlin
Missouri River
Thomas Dimedale
N. P. Langford
Washington
Idaho
Hubert Howe Bancroft
Bancroft
California Pioneers’ Association
Helena
Robert Leeson
Montana Historical Library
Miller
Sierras
Joaquin Miller
Chicago
England
Byron
Mark Twain
West
California
Helen Fitzgerald Sanders
Sanders
Neihart Montana Loyal Town With Strong War Effort
Neihart a thriving mining camp in the Little Belt range boasts no arrests in five years, over subscribed Liberty Loan quotas, and an active Red Cross chapter. The town, 65 miles from Great Falls, is expanding with silver, lead, and potential copper deposits, rebuilt concentrator, new mining activity, and a developing Park-to-Park scenic route with GN railway service.
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Neihart
Little Belt Mountains
Montana
Great Falls
Red Cross
Butte
McLure
Philipsburg
Moulton
Thisroperty
Boston
Yellowstone Park
Glacier Park
Great Northern Railway
J. L. Neihart
R. Hartley
J.C. Brien
Queen of the Hills
W. G. Conrad
Law Is Explained By Game Warden On Duck Hunting Rules
Montana game warden Jake L. DeHart explains how state and federal migratory laws interact for waterfowl hunting. The 20 duck-per-day limit stands, power boats and airplanes are banned, a 10 gauge gun is required, and hunting may begin Sept 15 under state law with season closing Nov 30.
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Jake L. DeHart
Uncle Sam
Montana
US potatoes far outpace English production
England plans to raise 900 million bushels of potatoes this year with no oversupply complaints. That volume, about three times the per capita output of the United States in a typical year, shows the vast potential for potato growing still ahead for the U.S. farming sector.
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England
United States
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Montania
Chance
Grasshopper Creek
Third Liberty
J.L. DeHart
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
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