Thanks for the funds to the scouts from Butte unit
A letter dated May 28 describes a generous sum sent to relief efforts for Butte scouts. Draft No. 424,473 for 890 francs received July 13 is acknowledged. The money was divided among quarters and the supply company to provide green vegetables, cake, and other items for the boys. The writer notes improved morale, meals, and the soldiers’ gratitude for American support and hospitality.
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Bergt
Aiph Larters Company
Batte
Quarters Company
Sup
Butte Boys
Butte
Jont
Ace
Mone
Heavy rain and snow sweep Butte region
A heavy precipitation moved through Butte and surrounding areas Tuesday night, alternating between rain and snow. Weather gauges were faulty leading to uncertain totals, but residents described it as one of the heaviest downpours in years as winter up on the continental divide began to show its first white cloak.
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Tutte
High
Continental Divide
Horoscope for Thursday August 22 1918 overview
The forecast notes strong Mars and Jupiter influence and a Sun detriment for Thursday predicting heat in the American army and a brilliant effort. It foresees progress in military matters next month and possible disruptions, labor attention, and debates about women in business. Travel, changes, and portrayals of children born today as active and generous recur amid period war conditions.
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Mars
Jupiter
St. Jixtremes
Ines
McClure
British Recruiting Mission Closed in Butte
The Serbian recruiting unit in Butte is the only active group left as orders close the local British Recruiting Mission. Lieutenant Donaldson in Treat Falls, in charge, detaches Sergt H W Fry and Sergeant Major Falconer to Vancouver and Spokane respectively. Fry, a South African War veteran, plans to return with Pry to Vancouver, while Falconer reports to Spokane. The closure hints at broader national changes with British officers possibly joining American recruiting efforts.
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Butte
Spokane Western District
Fry ST
Fey
Pry
Thutte
Vancouver
City and County to Send 68 Men to Camp Lewis
Sixty eight city and county men depart September 3 to train for the war at Camp Lewis. The call, received from Adjutant General Greenan, reduces local man drain as reclassifications reduce the original 196. City contributes 43, county 25, with many already reclassified or 1918 registrants.
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Lewis
Greenan
Col George H Emerson With Czecho Slovaks Near Irkutsk
Telegram from Col George H Emerson reports he and his party aiding Czecho-Slovaks repairing bridges near Irkutsk in Manchuria. Czecho-Slovaks control railway from Lake Baikal to the Ural. 10,000 are en route to Manchuria. Japanese moving from Vladivostok to Ussuri front replacing Czecho-Slovak forces.
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Harbin
Manchuria
George H. Emerson
Irkutsk
Emerson
Lake Baikal
Ural Mountains
Manchurian
Vladivostok
Ussurt
Great Northern Railway
Siberia
Transsiberian Railway
Anaconda
Medical Student's Gift to Humanity
Frederick D. Pridhamn, after four years on bone diseases, claims double nitro oxide salt heals diseased marrow from inside out, reports 82 cases cured in three weeks to seven months. A sanitarium and hospital founded here, method donated to U. S. Army.
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Baltimore
Frederick D. Pridhamn
United States Army
Rain Interferes With Picnic Day
Rain plagued the town picnic at Gregson and surrounding grounds but crowds still gathered for the nine thirty start and later the one o clock train brought hundreds to the plains. Despite the downpour, the Montana State band aided the festivities and dancing and sports proceeded as spectators arrived by Automobiles.
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Gregson
Greg
Plense
Geemean
Hutte
Aptea
Waveield
Prisoners proposed for North Sea mine labor plan
A fragmented report notes the wartime proposal to use prisoners for labor under federal and state government agreements. It mentions a mining incident in the North Sea and references an advisory board urging Congress to endorse the plan as necessary war work.
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Congress
Th War Labor
Pollelex Board
Defeat of Vardaman forecast in Mississippi primary
Jackson Mississippi August 21 reports show Senator James K Vardaman is likely to lose the Democratic nomination for U S Senator to Congressman Pat Harrison. Harrison leads by 5 691 votes with 14 of 82 counties counted.
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United
W. Norris
States Senate
Jackson
Miss
James K. Vardaman
Unitedator
Mississippi
Pat Harrison
Harrison
Vare ‘Daman
Salvaged crop from German advance in French regions
Paris Aug 21 One result of the allied advance is the robbing of German harvest in reconquered areas. Germans planned to harvest and ship wheat to Germany but allied forces halted them. About 600 acres in Aisne and Somme, totaling nearly 1,800,000 bushels, are being harvested by French. The piece also notes Jewish descent amid Columbia's progressive elements.
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M. F. Murphy
Paris
Germany
Aisne
Oise
Somme
Sand for School in Korea Uses Shallow Sand Boxes
Schoolchildren in Korea use shallow boxes of sand instead of slates to write characters with a sharp stick. When the box is shuffled, it becomes ready again for the next character.
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Korea
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