West's Bad Repute in Early Republic Days
In stirring war times Montana and western states send their men to fight for democracy while Congress debated opening the west. Early senators doubted development beyond the Rockies, with McDuffie and Webster opposing westward expansion and Benton and Dickerson offering bleak forecasts of the region’s suitability for settlement and cultivation.
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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 Road Control Shifts To National Plan for 1919
Montana counties and cities must submit any planned road, street, or bridge work to the state highway commission for approval before federal review. The United States Highway Council will decide on material and funding, prioritizing military value, national economic importance, and unfinished contracts, with emphasis on maintaining existing highways. All county and municipal authorities should prepare their 1919 road improvement programs immediately.
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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 at Connor ranch
Miss Roma Connor and Lawrence Connor of Gilman district devised a fundraising plan for the Red Cross by renting boats to fishermen at their stocked trout lake. They nearly reached $100 in season earnings before Mr. Connor, Sr. topped up the amount and a draft was sent to the Lewis and Clark Red Cross chapter in Helena. Lawrence heads to Great Falls for school while Roma plans to study at 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
Montana Delegates Attend Spokane Gold Conference
The Mortana delegates to the Gold Conference in Spokane Washington appointed by Governor Stewart were L B Ropes R A McCray and William Muth of Helena Mr Muth said the meeting on September 5 and 6 was attended by many delegates from Montana Oregon Washington Idaho and British Columbia The conference aimed to devise ways to stimulate gold production.
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Mortana
Spokane
Wash
Stewart
German Mutinies Reported. Railway Chief Cuts Dining Car Meals
Reports describe multiple mutinies by German troops. Director General of Railroads Mc Adoo mandates dining car meals reduced to one dollar to curb costs amid unrest.
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McAdoo
Canadian War Hero Frost to Tour Montana States
Sergeant T A P Frost, a noted Canadian soldier orator, has been released by the Canadian government for a speaking tour of the United States. He will visit Montana towns in the coming weeks to spread messages of good will and fraternity rooted in his war service.
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France
Montana
T. A. P. Frost
Canada
United States
Calgary civic leader and war effort speaker to address afterwar problems
The piece notes a Calgary alderman and juvenile court judge who will lecture on after the war problems and how Canada will support returning soldiers. Sergeant Frost, a veteran of two years in France, outlines recruiting work and Calgary’s mobilization. It cites Calgary’s 75,000 population and over 16,000 enlisted, and mentions Sir Arthur Conan Doyle praising a Calgary battalion’s role at St Julien during the April gas attack.
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Calgary
Canada
Germany
Frost
France
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
St. Julien
Soldier Poet Atherton Hero of Franco Canadian Mission
The 1915 story recalls Captain William Atherton and Sergeant Atherton as leaders of a border mission to ease US Canada tensions. Captain Atherton earned the Croix de Paris and the Military Cross for valiant actions at Vimy Ridge before his death about ten days ago. Sergeant J. J. Atherton and Sergeant Frost accompanied him, while the group is praised for boosting Franco American goodwill and expected to receive warm welcomes.
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Calais
Frost
J. J. Atherton
Western Canada
William Atherton
Atherton
Vimy Ridge
United States
Canada
Mrs Tyler B Thompson Goes to Washington for Suffrage
Mrs. Tyler B. Thompson a Montana Council of Defense member and prominent Montanan traveled from Helena to Washington D C last week. She went at the request of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt president of the National Suffrage Association seeking support for suffrage efforts.
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Tyler B. Thompson
Montana Council of Defense
Montana
Helena
Washington, D. C
Carrie Chapman Catt
National Suffrage Association
German U-boat commander who sank Lusitania captured
The German submarine ace who commanded the vessel that torpedoed the Lusitania has been captured, marking a notable turn in the war and ending his pursuit by Allied forces.
First Homestead Entries in Montana History
Early Montana homestead records show David D. Carpenter as the first entry on August 1, 1868 for the northwest quarter of section 18, Meagher county, with Margaret Maccumber the first woman to file in 1870 for parts of section 24 in Gallatin county. The piece notes other early filers, including Reuben Rader in Meagher county and Fannie Campbell, Catharine Canady, and Catherine Canady as among the first women to obtain homestead titles, and mentions the district’s organizational shift from Helena to Bozeman 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
Training in Schools Vital for Reconstruction Era
Governor Stewart appeals to Montanans to keep schools at peak efficiency and to expand education for the postwar period. He urges continuing study for all youths and calls on colleges and common schools to prepare teachers, artisans, and professionals to meet the reconstruction needs after the war.
World War Era Dispatches From Many Cities
A collage of brief notes: U S breweries to close by December 1 under dry laws. British air raids on Constantinople. German HQ moves to Bonn. IWW arrests in Spokane. U S shipbuilding records. first aerial mail NYC to Chicago. American airpower gains in France. draft board notes on poets and essential workers. altitude record by Lt. Kellher. arrivals of Baker Ryan and Gorgas in France. Dora Kaplen executed in Amsterdam. Bolshevik threats to Lenine. German anti-American press in Denmark. shell shock treatment advances. Yankees capture German lace bandages. Mount Vernon torpedoed but returns. Stars and Stripes on all-star team. welfare fund drive totals and allocations. Hindenburg condemns enemy propaganda.
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London
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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 Archives Record of Governor Stewart Seal
A historical document notes the governor S V Stewart signing and affixing the Great Seal at Helena on August 31, 1918, with formal witness language and the state seal. The text references victory symbolism and the governor's official act in the capital city.
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Helena
S. V. Stewart
Persian mail service under Cyrus in the sixth century BC
Historians note that the Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great operated a mail network in the sixth century before Christ. The system linked provincial centers, facilitated royal communications, and influenced later imperial mail concepts in antiquity.
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Cyrus
Christ
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