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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1917
Page
3
Fergus county residents gathered in Lewistown on Thursday and Friday to honor the boys leaving for Camp Lewis. Families from across the county were represented in a display of patriotism despite some apathy from remote areas. The article anticipates a year of heightened interest as American troops endure trenches and casualties.
The week began with heavy rain delaying threshing but machines are active again. Some grain remains uncropped in foothill areas though acreage appears limited. Poor roads hindered elevators. next week should bring strong activity. Rain improved fall plowing conditions and potato crops, boosting outlook for Eastern Fergus. Wheat growers plan to expand acreage, anticipating a better year ahead and avoiding two dry years in a row.
Residents acknowledge improved Lewistown road work in the foothills. The project features a nearly new highway, lowered hills, sand mitigation, and newly bridged creeks. Auto drivers praise the refinished sections and repairs extend to other parts of the road.
Col Roosevelt scorches Senator Lafollette in a Kansas City address Monday night declaring him a dirty demagogue and rear traitor. He accuses Lafollette of justifying Lusitania destruction and insists such stance makes him un-American and a skunk.
Wisconsin is described as a good state and noted as the home of Lafollette in a concise statement reflecting pride and regional identity.
Washington on September 23 Food Administrator Hoover urged Americans to reduce sweets to free sugar for France facing two months without it. He noted France seeks to export 100000 tons next month and that U S stock cannot meet both nations needs without a one third cut in candy and non fruit preserving sugar.
A $25 reward offers payment for the apprehension and conviction of the thief who stole carpenter tools from the Bowen school house or anyone concealing them. N. E. Gibson of Grass Range Montana provides the notice. Also a stray notice: one old black cow with horns and a white belly, plus a black and white calf, on a ranch near Ford Creek, 17 miles northeast of Grass Range, listed by John Shliman.
Mrs W H Williams of Stanley reports her father was cured after using Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. The ad notes two automobile cranks found and offers more from Pioneer Garage for pickup.
A sourced excerpt describes the Kaiser’s 1892 Potsdam pamphlet envisioning a pan German empire from Hamburg to the Persian Gulf with an immediate target of 250 million and ultimate goal of global German domination. It cites his idols and compares past rulers’ world empires to his own dream of conquest aided by a map showing Berlin as capital and plans for Petrograd London and Paris as counties.
Provinces of Germany and Washington and Ottawa were to follow with the word Germania stamped on the United States and Canada.
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Farm ad listing a Case 12 25 tractor with plows and disc in good condition. Contact F. L. Boyd at Pioneer Garage in Grass Range Montana for details or to arrange viewing.
Department of the Interior notice in Lewistown Montana dated Sept 12 1917 states Joseph Hanneuse of Teigen Montana will prove up final three year claim on land described in homestead entries Nos 016934 and 029049 with witnesses Raffall Martino Spencer Reed John Bachuman and Jay McLean all of Teigen Montana. Final hearing before U S Commissioner R W Blake Grass Range on Oct 30 1917. First publication Sept 27.
Jane E Light of Grass Range Mont files notice of intent to make final three year proof to establish a claim to the land described Sec 1 to Sec 8 Tp 13 N R 8 E M M before R W Blake U S Commissioner Grass Range Mont on Oct 29 1917. Witnesses Walter H Gooch Emma M E George L Smith Edward Bott all of Grass Range Mont. First pub Sept 27 1917.
Henry Neumann of Grass Range Mont filed notice of intention to make final three year proof to establish his homestead claim on land described as no se 9 ne and wi ae tee Tp A R 23 E M M. The hearing before R W Blake U S Commissioner Grass Range Montana is set for October 29 1917. Present listed witnesses Edward Neumann David Harris Jacob Caraway John Kuhp all reside Grass Range Montana.
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