Livestock Men Meet in Denver for 22nd Convention
Denver, Dec. 5 A call issued by T W Tomlinson secretary summons the American National Live Stock association to meet January 21 for its twenty second annual convention Three days of sessions will consider post war readjustments affecting the industry including railroad ownership trade conditions and plans arising from the peace conference The work of the areas of markets in regulating stockyards and commissions as well as price regulation of hides and wool by the war industries board will be discussed Also on the agenda are precautions against future outbreaks of foot and mouth disease and influenza among horses and railroads.
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Denver
Colo
T. W. Tomlinson
American National Live Stock Association
Federal Food Administration
War Industries Board
Reports of influenza in the state last week
Helena reports indicate influenza activity across several towns with 250 new cases in Butte and smaller counts in Livingston 54 Philipsburg 68. The state health board's figures show traces of the epidemic in other communities and emphasize ongoing monitoring.
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Helena
Butte
Livingston
Philipsburg
State Health Board
Beaverhead Plans Soldiers Return
Beaverhead and neighboring communities prepare to welcome returning soldiers over the next weeks. Merchants pledge to restore former positions for re-enlisting workers and efforts may include a local monument for county men who died or were wounded in France or in cantonments, with location and design yet to be decided.
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Heaverhead
France
Dillon Man Dies On Field Of Battle
Dillon, Dec. Word was received in this city of the death of William Ernest Hahn, a member of the Second draft contingent bound for Camp Lewis. Hahn, a popular young man formerly with Selway Sheep, leaves behind Ernest Hahn his brother serving in the same war. Stanly Sisterson and W Lundy are listed as wounded. both ranchers near Dillon have relatives here.
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W. “Lundy
Sisterson
Lundy
Seely
Dillon
Epidemic in Dillon declines as officials warn brief outbreak may recur
District reports show Spanish influenza in Rivenza waning with few new cases during the week. Local authorities promise to close any single business if the epidemic returns. Joy returns to stockmen as milder weather aids winter preparations. Wolves, coyotes, and other wildlife damage stock in Grasshopper Valley, with hunters bringing in hides and noting bounties.
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Des Walker
Considerabis
Vento
Valle Tve Weck
Philipsburg News Item Highlights Local Changes and Illness
Miss Alic Sharkey assists in the post office during busy season. TR McLeod moves his family to Maxville for future residence. Judge George B Winston opens December term but no jury due to influenza. Rancher Rule dies in a Butte hospital from pneumonia. Both Elisha and his father contract the same illness at their ranch and are treated in a Butte hospital.
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Philipsburg
Alic Sharkey
TR. McLeod
Maxville
George B. Winston
Butte
Elisha
Local News From Hall And Nearby Areas
A hospital patient remains in critical condition after an Arcaded Arseane incident. Funeral services were held at Hall for Mrs Alfred Johnson of Philipsburg. Fifteen carloads of cattle were shipped to Chicago by local ranchers. James Williams, once ill, is improving. Fred Andrist was hospitalized in Hochester Minnesota this week. James English escaped from the county poor farm and was later found dead. Mrs. Daserial passed away after a bout with influenza, leaving a husband and two children. Her husband also suffers from the same illness.
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Alfred Johnson
Philipsburg
Chicago
Vanes
James Williams
Western Ore
Agin
Fred Andrist
Hochester
Minn
James English
Weies
Lanterden
J.J. Carmichael
Murdoch
Daserial
Drummond
Father of Dr Lanstrum Dead at Advanced Age
Helena reports Christian F. Lanstrum aged 86 died in Seattle after emigrating from Sweden 70 years ago. Civil War veteran and former captain, he is survived by seven sons and a daughter. Dr M Lanstrum and George W Lanstrum plan to travel to Seattle.
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DR. Lanstrum
Helena
M. Lanstrum
George W. Lanstrum
Seattle
Wash
Christian FE. Lastrum
Sweden
America
Towa
Dances Prohibited as Health Boards Act and Local Notices
Lewistown Fergus county boards of health ban dances until further notice while schools and theaters operate under conditions. Schools must teach influenza and pneumonia safety, daily pupil health surveys required, and theaters must ventilate and air daily with public education slides. Leo Spring dies at 31 of pneumonia, funeral under Rebekahe aid committee. Local effort to establish a Fergus County soldier benefit includes a large base of commerce, library, and reading rooms with public fundraising. A carload of Fergus native corn shipped, price $2.75 per hundred. first certified shipment in years. No soldiers ballots received from secretary of state, canvassers adjourn.
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Lewistown
City
County Boards of Health
Leo Spring
Rebekahe
War Relief Association
Fergus Cor
Fergus
Ables
Clark
J.B, Hitch
Carl Riddick Yomery
Brooks
Fergus County
Secretary of State
Missoula News Briefs From Dec 5 Descriptions
Missoula news reports Arend Forges of Thompson Falls drowned after crossing thin ice on a Clark Fork backwater. The body is not recovered. Ralph Bushnell, ex Cabinet forest supervisor, is dead at Twin Bridges. Missoula public schools remain closed due to influenza, with expectant reopenings pushed to Dec 30. influenza fatalities show slight variation. BE Adams of Helena visits due to his daughter’s illness. Western Lumber Milltown resumed full operations after a month’s closure for repairs. Former students writing from the army say they will return to college after discharge. forest
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Missoula
Arend Forges
Thompson’ Falls
Clark's Fork
Ralph” Bushnell
Cabinet Forest
Heis
Twin Bridges
Plains ,Missoula
Health Board
BE. J. Adams
Helena
Northern Pacific Railroad
George T. Morris
Western’ Lumbercom
Star University
Forest
Physician Dead In Camp Grove Era Death Notice
Dr B R Ackley a former practicing physician died recently at Camp Grove Eto word received here He lived in this community about six years and practiced medicine during that time Friends in the area will mourn his passing The report mentions no cause of death and notes his wife also resided here Pastel Diteerta Washington notes a land entry change in the Gust er national forest in Southeast Montana with coal underlay raising surface entry questions The article references grazing value and future access details
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Villon
B. R. Ackley
Gre Ovel
Ackley
Teteenna
Washington
Dee
Guster National Forest
Wontana
Dan
Fyvie Knight Grand Champion Fetches Top Price
Fyvie Knight the grand champion Yearling steer at the International Livestock exposition sold for 3350 dollars, about 2.50 a pound, to an unnamed buyer. The Angus born February 20 1917 will be shipped with space already arranged to Paris for December. The record surpasses last year when Merry Monarch fetched 210 a pound.
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Chicago
Fyvie Knight
Stee
Due University
Purch
Poincare
France
Wilson
Peace Delecates
Conferen
Paris
Merry Monarch
Angus
Private Christofferson and local war news in Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge notes detail Private Christofferson’s muster out at Camp Logan Utah and returns from the Pacific coast. Reports cover local visitors from Pioneer Jens Gold Creek and Butte, influenza easing in the East, timber sale activity, Knights of Pythias meeting, frost gone, plowing plans, travels of C L Benton and Harry Cole, a Powell county land contest, Father Scullen visiting and a resumption of the Order of the Star meeting after eight weeks.
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Deer Lodge
Christofferson
Camp Logan
Utah
Joe Curtis
Pacific Coast
Martin Whalers
Gus “Wisner
Paul Bissonette
Pioneer
William Wallace
Indieana
Montana
Antwine Thrasher
Nellie Hogan
Gold Creek
Schiffman
National Forest
Jens
Butte
Alexander Erickson
Beattle
Knights of Pythias
Main
C. L. Benton
Gregson
Sprin
Powell County
James Perkins
Dempsey
Creek
France
Perkins
Viclley
Farma
William J. Doney
William Price
Father Scullen
Helmville
T. F. Landy
Order A Star
Montana boys and girls helped to win the war
Bozeman Montana December 5 Montanans aided U S Food Administration this past summer with crops and food production valued at about 178 000 The Abbey state home and girls club director Abbey's report shows 251 acres of potatoes 54042 crop value 520 041 garden produce 54 815 00 941 members grew 10 acres of corn 18 0510 714 members raised 17 802 chickens valued 13 120 40 210 members raised 244 calves 10 002 81 278 members fostered 300 pigs valued 8 012 20 86 orphan lambs 2 990 639 members canned 36438 quarts valued 8 828 01 703 members baked 18 4200 loaves of bread 2699 pies and 3358 cakes using conservation recipes Adm Atkinson praised the Montanans for their wonderful work in food production and conservation.
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Bozeman
Montana
United States Food Administration
Atkinson
Abbey
State Hove
Bish
Abs Bes
Helena gains senior examiner in federal service
Promoted promoter Helena appoints a former Butter newspaper man to senior examiner in the federal employment service. Helena will remain his headquarters as he serves in the Helena district.
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Helena
Foster
Federal Employment Service
Wireless keeps Wilson in touch on voyage
The text describes how messages are sent from Annapolis to Washington and Paris, with multiple relay stations in Maine New Jersey and aboard ships. Special naval radio receiving stations listen continuously ensuring the president remains informed via Arlington nightly naval news reports and state department supplements during the voyage.
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Naval
Maine
New Jersey
Navy Building
Washington
Pennsylvania
Director of Naval Communications
Navy
Antrope
Navy Department
England
France
Pach
Paris
London
George Washington
Annapolis
Europe
Wilson
Ie World
Arlington
Abroa
Associated Press
State Department
President Wilson participates in ship abandon drill aboard George Washington
President Wilson faced the fleet drill on the George Washington as life preservers were donned and lifeboats prepared. He guided Mrs Wilson to a lifeboat while the crew followed orders as destroyers escorting the ship pressed on despite rough seas with seven of twelve escort vessels turning back.
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U. S
George Washington
Wilson
France
McCaulley
Wilson Emingly
Bozeman reports another influenza death amid epidemic
Bozeman records another influenza and pneumonia death, Mrs Lena Willett Schlecten, wife of Alfred S Schlecten, aged 30, leaving two sons. County health boards plan strict quarantine, saloon curfews, and school closure until the epidemic abates. Christmas Red Cross packages and membership drive noted in Helena.
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Bozeman
Lena Willett Schlecten
Alfred S Shlecten
Cou
War Labor Board Refuses Omaha Firemen Organizing Bid
The War Labor Board today refused to recognize a right of municipal firemen in Omaha Nebraska to organize and bargain collectively. It held that the board’s authority over the right to organize does not extend to municipal employees in industrial plants or to include such city workers in higher wage disputes.
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Washington
National War War Board
Ity
Omaha
Neb
Oahu Hit By Worst Tropical Hurricane In History
Honolulu reports the island and nearby isles recovering from the worst tropical hurricane to visit the Hawaiian group. Sugar cane crops on Oahu suffered damage conservatively estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Honolulu
Oahu
Turks ruin Turkey claims from London dispatch
London reports four years of Turks acting under the committee of union and progress have ruined Turkey and massacred about three million, with another million starving. After the armistice Germans and Austrians crowded Istanbul, many deported, Count von Bernstorff departed, and Christian cemeteries faced desecration.
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London
Committee of Union and Progress
Turkey
Marantine
Morning Post
Anothe Milllion
Ottoman Empire
von Bernstorff
Washington
Constantinople
Gullly Centry
Geddes Praises British Navy at Sea Power Exhibition
Sir Eric Geddes, first Lord of the Admiralty, lauded naval efforts during the War. He highlighted the navy’s silent grip over fleets, enabling the British expeditionary force to France with 16 million men conveyed and under 5,000 total losses. He noted the Tenth cruiser squadron guarded 600 miles from Orkneys to Ireland, intercepting 15,000 ships, with less than 4 percent passing the blockade.
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London
Eric Geddes
Admiralty
France
Sir Eric
Orkneys
Ireland
Citizenship grants for Hawaiian island soldiers praised
Seattle reports that more than 1,000 alien soldiers serving in the United States Army will be given American citizenship in gratitude for their patriotism. The announcement states these men, stationed in the Hawaiian Islands, are to receive citizenship soon.
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Seattle
United States Army
Hawaiian Islands
Von Hindenburg Promises Settlement Effort for War-Torn Germany
Berlin reports von Hindenburg issued a proclamation promising a large scale settlement plan. He states steps will proceed as coal and building material shortages permit, with homes for workers and officials built on cheap land financed by public loans. Returning soldiers to receive thanks after years of war. He urges patience, discipline, and national effort to rebuild and secure a future.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
Progess
Quake and tidal wave strike northern Chile
Buenos Aires reports a severe earthquake in northern Chile causing heavy material damage and railway destruction. Hundreds of homes destroyed with many in ruins. A tidal wave at Caldera damaged harbor facilities and the Atacama and Antofagasta provinces suffer serious impact. Seismograph readings at Las Plata continued aftershocks overnight.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Chile
Eac
Prope
Telos
Atacama
Antofagasta
Caldera
Las Plata
Navy to discharge up to forty percent wartime personnel
Washington reports a plan to discharge a large portion of wartime navy personnel. About 40 percent or more of the wartime force may be released gradually to fit service needs. Private yachts and motorboats taken for war use are being returned to owners as quickly as possible.
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Washington
Antte
Wwlekly
Navy
Britain’s Navy Must Be Supreme
London reports that Winston Churchill announced Ireland’s naval authorities will not demand Helgoland’s return to Britain from Germany. He declared railways would be nationalized and affirmed no imposition of fettering restrictions to Britain’s naval defense, pledging the navy’s well‑tried supremacy.
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London
Helgoland
Greatritain
Germany
Winston Spencer Churchill
Dun= dee
Churchill
Military decoration for three members of Overseas Troops
President Wilson awarded the Medal of Honor to three Americans for valor in World War I. Capt George G McMurley, Lt Col Charles W Whittlesey, and Private Netbauer were recognized for actions with the Lost Battalion and Rainbow Division at Chatillon ridge. McMurley and Whittlesey led their units under heavy fire, while Netbauer carried ammunition under wounds to secure the ridge.
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Washington
Ocean
Wilson
United States
Germany
Charles W. Whittlesey
George G. McMurley
Rawate
Thomas c
Strikers urged to return to work amid wage talks
The article reports government or board guidance urging striking workers to resume work while wage discussions continue. It cites telegrams and signatures from authorities or union leaders, noting the dispute over contracts and the good faith of negotiators. The piece reflects mounting pressure to end the strike as talks proceed.
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Beaverhead
Dillon News
Philipsburg News
Lewistown News
Wireless
Arlington Nation
Piers
The
Lewis and Clark Red Cross
WAR Labor Board
Geddes
Wnounge
Britain
War Labor Workers
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