West in bad rep The republics early western views
During wartime reflections the article recalls early senatorial opinions on the western United States. It notes opposition to western expansion before gold discoveries, with quotes from McDuffie Webster Benton and Dickeson arguing the West was inhospitable and unfit for settlement.
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Montana
United States
Rocky Mountains
Republic
Lewis and Clark
Pacific Coast
Congress
California
West
McDuffie
South Carolina
Columbia
Indies
Daniel Webster
Senate
Boston
Eventon
Danie Ebster
Benton
Terminus
Dickeson
New Jersey
Great West
Federal control of Montana road work for 1919
The United States highway council now controls all road building and bridge work in Montana with the state highway commission in charge. Counties and cities must submit plans through the state commission for approval, then to the federal council. New orders favor maintenance of existing roads and prioritize military value, national economic value, unfinished contracts, and locally urgent projects.
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Federal Highways Council
State Highway Commission
Montana
State Commission
United States Highway Council
Federal Council
Novel plan to raise funds for Red Cross
Miss Roma Connor and Lawrence Connor of Gilman district devised a boat rental scheme at the Connor ranch lake to aid the Red Cross. The operation earned enough to nearly reach $100, prompting Mr. Connor Sr. to donate the final amount and a draft was sent to the Lewis and Clark Red Cross chapter in Helena. Lawrence left for Great Falls to attend school while Roma planned a move to the University of California in California.
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Roma Connor
Lawrence Connor
Gilman
Red Cross
Connor
Mr. Connor
Lewis and Clark Red Cross
Helena
Lawrence
Great Falls
Miss Roma
California
University of California
Mortana delegates attend Spokane gold conference
Governor Stewart appointed L. B. Ropes R. A. McCray and William Muth of Helena as Mortana delegates to the gold conference in Spokane Washington held September 5 and 6. Muth reported the gathering was called by the Northwestern Mining association to devise ways to stimulate gold production and was well attended by delegates from Montana Oregon Washington Idaho and British Columbia.
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Mortana
Spokane
Wash
Stewart
Mutiny Reports Rise as German Troops Rally
Reports indicate increasing mutiny within German troops while U S transportation head Mc Adoo orders dining car meals cut to one dollar. The directive aims to curb wartime costs amid growing disruption in rail service and civilian travel.
Tour Through Montana By Canadian Soldier Orator
Sergeant T A P Frost, famed for his wartime speeches in France, has been released by the Canadian government for a speaking tour of the United States. He is touring Montana and plans to visit every town of consequence in the state in the coming weeks.
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T. A. P. Frost
Canada
United States
Montana
Calgary civic life shaped by alderman and judge
The account highlights a Calgary figure active in municipal and juvenile court work. It notes his lectures on postwar problems and a sergeant describing Canada’s plan to support returning soldiers. Frost served in France, then did recruiting work, reflecting Calgary’s wartime mobilization and a Calgary battalion’s role at St Julien during the April poison gas attack.
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Calgary
Canada
Germany
Frost
France
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
St. Julien
Soldier-hero Atherton and comrades praised for gallant cross-border mission
In 1915 accounts, Captain William Atherton led a daring raid into German trenches and seized a French flag, earning the Croix de Paris and the Military Cross. He was killed near the front about ten days ago, while Sergeant Atherton and Sergeant Frost promote goodwill missions between the United States and Canada, anticipated to receive cordial receptions.
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Calais
Frost
J. J. Atherton
Western Canada
William Atherton
Atherton
Vimy Ridge
United States
Canada
Mrs Thompson Leaves Helena for Washington in Suffrage Cause
Mrs. Tyler B. Thompson a prominent Montana figure and member of the State Council of Defense departed Helena last week for Washington D. C. at the request of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt president of the National Suffrage association.
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Tyler B. Thompson
Montana Council of Defense
Montana
Helena
Washington, D. C
Carrie Chapman Catt
National Suffrage Association
U-boat Commander Who Sunk Lusitania Captured
A German submarine leader responsible for the Lusitania sinking has been captured, ending a notable chapter in the maritime conflict. The capture details and the captor remain undisclosed in the report.
First homestead entries in Montana history summarized
The article traces Montana's first homestead filings starting in 1868 with David D. Carpenter's entry in Meagher County and details early female homesteaders like Margaret Maccumber in 1870 and Fannie Campbell in 1871, noting numerous men who filed and the shift of district boundaries with the Bozeman district creation in 1871.
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Reuben Rader
Meagher County
Margaret Maccumber
Gallatin County
Montana
Helena Land Office
David D. Carpenter
Helena
Lewis and Clark County
Gallatin
Catharine Canady
Madison County
Fannie Campbell
Meagher
Jonathan F. Forbis
J. F Forbis
Odd Fellows Home
Joseph Horsky
Deaconess
William Warfield
Carlos Warfield
Territory
Helena Land District
Bozeman District
Urges Training in the Schools for Postwar Reconstruction
Governor I. V. Stewart appeals to Montanans to keep schools at prewar efficiency and to improve them so no youth is denied opportunity after the war. He urges continued study in school or college and calls on institutions to train teachers and professionals for the coming reconstruction era.
World War Era Items From A Split Polish-Language Sheet
A collage of WWI era dispatches reports from Washington London Paris and Amsterdam discuss brewery closures in December air and sea action battlefield reports and rearmament. Topics include German headquarters move to Bonn British bombardment of Constantinople and plant about shell shock treatment.
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Washington
London
Constantinople
Spa
Belgium
Bonn
Germany
Spokane
Chicago
New York
France
Boston
M. B. Kelleher
Grant Park
Wwr
Baker
John D. Ryan
Gorgas
Amsterdam
Dora Kaplen
Lenine
Moscow
America
United States
Denmark
United States Army
Mount Vernon
Paris
Helena Governor Connally seals 1918 victory document
A Helena capital city record shows a gubernatorial signature and great seal attachment on August 31, 1918. Governor S V Stewart witnesses a formal declaration of victory with official seal and date.
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Helena
S. V. Stewart
Persians under Cyrus had mail service in the sixth century BC
Historians state that the Persian Empire organized a mail service under Cyrus the Great in the sixth century before Christ. The claim highlights early imperial communications, suggesting a centralized system for relay and dispatch across vast territories.
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Cyrus
Christ
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