Funeral of Mrs. Hannah Larsen Held in Deer Lodge
The funeral for Mrs. Hannah Larsen, who died Saturday, was conducted at her son Joseph Larsen’s home in Deer Lodge. Born in Sweden in 1889, she journeyed from Denmark to the United States in 1960, visiting Utah and Idaho before settling in Montana. Surviving children include Herman and another son and a daughter, with five grandsons in the U S. military service in France. Pallbearers were M Hansen, R Hansen, Harry MacPherson, C A ding, Frank Albee, and John Astle.
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Utah
Soda Springs
Idaho
Montana
Aldergulch
United States
France
Howard
Wallace Larsen
Jessie Griffith
Roy
Guy Lovel
Deer Lodge News Briefs From Gold Creek and Nearby Areas
Deer Lodge hosts visitors from Gold Creek and nearby ranches including Ruben Stiner Joe Rogers and family. Local events include a Woman's Club literary meeting at 7 30 and a department fee collection at 2 30. Numerous residents from Garrison Pioneer Jens and Big Bend visit for business and social exchanges.
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Deer Lodge
Ruben Stiner
Joe Rogers
William
Gold Creek
Bootman
Lethbridge
Canada
Woman's Club
John Peterson
Garrison
William Miller
Bart
Steven Thrasher
Pioneer
Ralph Elerick
Pioneer Country
John Rogers
Carl Bentsie
A. J. Walker
Apple
Jens
R. C. Ross
Big Bend
J. J. Brigweman
G. W. Vollenweider
Rock Creek
Mullin Creek
Mrs Blood Dead In Bozeman Died At 81
Mrs Sarah A Blood 81 died of paralysis at her daughter Mrs William Daviss home in Bozeman where she had lived 15 years. She is survived by one son Roy Blood in the aviation service in France and three grandchildren. She was active in the Methodist church and the W C T U.
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Bozeman
Sarah A. Blood
William Davis
Roy Blood
France
Davis
Powell County Agriculture Winners Named for 1918
Deer Lodge December 16. Powell county announces 1918 agricultural club winners across Potato Garden Canning Pig Calf Poultry Sheep Bread Garment with Myles Edgehill Doris Edgehill Erma Campbell Harold Moodre Harold Christenson Lawrence Backlund Francis Fierce Amanda Marcille Aneta Wells plus others. Seventy percent completed reports, 11 counties higher, Powell fifteenth in enrollment and twelfth in final reports to Bozeman.
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Deer Lodge
Powell County
Myles Edgehill
Ovando
Doris Edgehill
Garden
Erma Campbell
Thomas Myles
Elliston
Canning
Altan Michaud
Harold Moodre
Avon
Harold Christofferson
Carl Christenson
Gold Creek
Eric Christenson
Gertrude Reynolds
Garrison
Clyda Rogers
Lawrence Backlund
Francis Fierce
Helmville
Amanda Marcille
Aneta Wells
Drummond
Montana
Bozeman
Claude Glenn Chosen to Succeed Lee Dennis
Great Falls Dec 16 Lee Dennis state railroad commissioner elect has filed resignation as county treasurer to take effect Jan 4 his term runs until March. The board appointed Claude Glenn a deputy to fill the unexpired term. Dennis served as deputy assessor auditor and held county clerk and recorder before becoming treasurer.
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Great Falls
Lee Dennis
Claude Glenn
Dennis
Patterson Named Assistant District Attorney in Helena
Helena December 16 United States District Attorney E C Day announced that Attorney General Gregory appointed Walter J Patterson of Helena as assistant district attorney to replace Homer Murphy who resigned in Helena Murphys departure ends lengthy tenure as the cities A D A Patterson will handle prosecutions in the district and takes office immediately with the confirmation of the appointment by the federal office Patersons appointment follows a vacancy created by Murphys resignation and marks a personnel change in the Helena federal prosecution team.
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Helena
United States District
E. C. Day
Gregory
Walter J. Patterson
Homer Murphy
Mrs Hollender Dies of Influenza in Bozeman
Bozeman reports the city’s first influenza death in a week. Mrs. William Hollender, 42, of Church Avenue South, had recently undergone a surgical operation and died following influenza illness.
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Bozeman
William Hollender
Church Avenue South
Montana Labor Warned Against Moving to Washington
Helena reports an official communication from the government labor bureau warning Montana workers to stay away from Washington, D C, as there is no work there. The notice urges seeking employment locally and cautions against pursuing distant jobs during the current downturn.
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Helena
Montana
Washington, D. C
Government Labor Bureau
Prohibition To Begin In Montana At Midnight Dec 30
Attorney General S. C. Ford informed county attorneys that Montana prohibition takes effect at midnight December 30 and urged strict enforcement. He stated the law does not wait until December 31 as some believed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
S. C. Ford
Montana
Liberty Bonds Found Two Men Are Arrested
Great Falls Dec 16 In a mail box in the business district unaddressed envelope were two Liberty bonds valued at 600 and 50 dollars along with other papers including a 3000 dollar demand note stolen from J W Sharp a traveling salesman. The papers were turned to police and identified. Two men are held Fred Bailey who says he stole the grip while drunk and J L Bergeron implicated by Bailey. Return of the missing papers while suspects are in jail complicates the case.
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Great Falls
J. W. Sharp
Change of ownership at State Bank of Lehigh
Lewistown December 16 reports the State Bank of Lehigh gaining control of W L Eckley through allied interests with the Bank of Fergus county. B B Brown, longtime Fergus aide, now oversees the Lehigh bank. Soldiers Warren Jensen and Howard Bierman returned home with notes of rank and service, welcomed by the Elks trumpet corps, fire department, and local friends. Citizens have donated items to Fergus County Soldiers' club, making clubrooms cozy and inviting.
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Lewistown
State Bank of Lehigh
Bank of
Fergus County
W. L. Eckley
B. B. Brown
Bank of Fergus
Lehigh
Warren Jensen
Camp Mills
Howard Bierman
Camp Taylor
Elks’ Trumpet Corps
Fire Department
Alleged Arson Plot In Great Falls Cafeteria
State Fire Marshal Ed Eklund and Spokane chief Lindsay joined Fire Chief A. J. Trodick in investigating a basement fire at Pat R. Burke's Central avenue cafeteria. A first degree arson complaint was filed, Burke was arrested and freed on $1,000 bail. A sworn statement alleges Burke offered $500 to set the fire, later raised to $1,000. Burke denies involvement. Burke carried $8,800 insurance.
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Great Falls
Ed Eklund
Lindsay
Spokane
Pacific Coast Fire Prevention Bureau
A. J. Tredick
Pat R. Burke
Central Avenue
Trodick
Burke
No Action Taken By Health Board On Quarantine
Kelena Dec 16 No action was taken by the city health board to lift influenza quarantine regulations at today's meeting. The board discussed Helena conditions and reflected on Dr. W F Cogswell's remarks after his Chicago trip. He advised local officers to judge locally whether to lift restrictions.
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Kelena
City Health Board
Helena
W. F. Cogswell
Chicago
American Public Health Association
Cogswell
Helena News First Morbidity Break After Ten Weeks
Helena reports no bodies in the morgue today marking five days with no influenza deaths. Mrs Helen A Glover of the firm Grorud and Glover gains admission to practice in the supreme court after two years in Oregon courts. Aleck Hamila 32 and Emer Killpar 28 of Butte are licensed to wed in Helena. Montana Brewers and Whole Sellers association files dissolution in Montana courts.
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Helena
Helen A. Glover
Grorud & Glover
Supreme Court
Oregon
Aleck Hamila
Emer Killpar
Butte
Montana Brewers and Whole Salers’ Association
Dillon turkey shoot draws large crowd at Dillmont park
The Dillon Rod and Gun club held its annual turkey shoot at the club grounds in Dillmont park. Scores were good among scatter-gun artists. The club recently added a new shooting stand railing and spectator benches, with a large crowd attending Sunday’s event.
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Dillon
Dillon Rod and Gun Club
Dillmont Park
Government ownership campaign opens in Great Falls
About 2000 people filled a local theater as Col. John C. Ferris civil war veteran from Collins, Representative-elect W. F. Dunn of Butte, and Alfred Budden of the engineers union spoke. The Black Eagle band led the parade. Speakers argued service, not profit, as the new social concept and denounced private ownership as incompatible. Audience showed marked enthusiasm.
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Great Falls
John Co. Ferris
Collins
W. F. Dunn
Butte
Alfred Budden
The
Engineers Union
Black Eagle Band
Death of John F. Scott in Dillon after flu illness
John F. Scott, a longtime Dillon resident and founder of a drayage line, died at 2 a.m. at his South Dakota street home from influenza complications. He was 62, born in Reedsville, Pennsylvania. Survived by his wife and a son and two daughters in Idaho and the state. Funeral arrangements await arrival of relatives’ details.
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Dillon
John FE. Scott
Dillion
South Dakota
Idaho
Mr. Scott
Reedsville
Trappers Sought in Helena Forests for 1919 Season
Helena December 16. Supervisor C K McHart of the Helena national forests requests applications from professional hunters for trapping work due to increased stock losses from mountain lions bears wolves and coyotes in 1918.
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Helena
C. K. McHart
Helena National Forests
Commissioners Meet in Helena With Highway Board
Helena December 16 executives of the Montana State County Commissioners association confer with the state highway commission on the 1919 program. Matters for the annual Livingston meeting are also being taken up.
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Helena
Montana State County Commissioners’ Association
State Highway Commission
Commissioners’ Association
Livingston
Casualty Amendments from Washington Report Missing Soldiers
Washington December 16 reports update wounded status for Corporal Francis R. Boyd of Great Falls Montana and Private Clarence W. Brayman of Helena Montana previously listed as missing in action Both are now noted as wounded with degree undetermined in the casualty amendments rollout from the war desk.
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Washington
Francis R. Boyd
Great Falls
Mont
Clarence W. Brayman
Helena
Governor Sarraut Shot in Hanoi Fair Ambush
Governor Albert Sarraut of Indo China was shot during a Sunday fair in Hanoi by a former temporary civilian service agent. The bullet struck his right side but his condition was reported as satisfactory the next day.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Havas
Albert Sarraut
Indo- China
Rumanians Report Bratianu Called To Form Government
A wireless dispatch from Jassy informs that King Ferdinand of Romania has asked former premier M Bratianu to form a national ministry. It is reported Bratianu will assemble a coalition cabinet with backing from the Conservative party.
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Saloniki
Havas
Jassy
Rumania
Ferdinand
M. Bratiano
Millions of Pelts Sold at International Fur Exchange
Six million rabbit pelts were auctioned today at the International Fur Exchange in St. Louis for about 500000 dollars. Principal buyers came from New York Philadelphia and Milwaukee with pelts auctioned exclusively and the top bid reaching 2.10 dollars per pound.
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St. Louis
International Fur Exchange
New York
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Horlicks Malted Milk Ad
Nourishing diet requires Horlicks the original Malted Milk. Advert.
Passengers and Express to Travel Through Air
New York Dec 16 Captain Benjamin B Lipsner. former superintendent of the government aerial mail service, announces plans to start the first aerial passenger and express lines in 1919. Six planes at 110 mph will carry 40 passengers or equivalent weight. wireless phones and modern tech included. rates to be affordable. Lipsner hopes to launch May 15 1919 and aims for a first transatlantic flight on June 16 with a sea going airplane under construction.
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New York
Benjamin B. Lipsner
Lipsner
Wounded Westerners Arrive at Camp Lewis
Camp Lewis Washington reports more wounded westerners arriving from overseas with stories of bravery. Corporal James Mack of Seattle recalls Sergeant Pat Thaanum of Los Angeles and Sergeant H C Baker of Spokane. Thaanum aided Baker under fire dragging wounded men to safety and was wounded himself. Baker helped regroup and three others to retake a barn and kill nine enemy soldiers.
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Camp Lewis
Wash
James Mack
Seattle
316Th Engineers
Pat Thaanum
Los Angeles
H. C. Baker
Spokane
Baker
Thaanum
Ninety-First Division
Mack
Rioting at Chicago Italian labor mission meeting
In Chicago a meeting of Italian labor men disrupted by rioters as Alceste de Ambris and eight officials from the Italian mission faced attacks. Authorities say radical socialists and Bolsheviks provoked the disturbance. shots, fights, and improvised weapons occurred before 100 patrolmen stopped the clash. Several hurt, none seriously.
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Chicago
United States
Alceste de Ambris
Women vote in England crowds overshadow men in early polls
London dispatch reports Saturday elections dominated by women voters across England. Long queues formed as many women, including the elderly and infirm, queued despite rain. Some constituencies saw women outnumbering men and even claim their votes influenced husbands' choices. There is talk the new house of commons reflects female influence.
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London
House of Commons
Ford Eagles Reach Naval Base After Long Transit
New London Conn Dec 16 The first three Ford Eagles built for the United States navy arrived at the submarine base here tonight after a long trip via the St Lawrence river the eastern coast and the Cape Cod canal. Three other Eagles from Detroit are icebound in the Great Lakes. Three more Eagles are en route to China under their own power.
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New London
Conn
Ford
United States Navy
St. Lawrence River
Cape Cod Canal
Detroit
Great Lakes
China
Slovaks Occupy Tetschen and Bodenbach in German Bohemia
Slovan troops have seized Tetschen and Bodenbach south of the German border in German Bohemia, raised their flag, and cut telephonic and telegraphic communications, according to reports from Munich. German Bohemians fear the action aims to prevent voting in the upcoming German Austrian elections.
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Associated Press
Munich
Tetschen
Bodenbach
Bohemia
Army Uniformed Men Operate Taxis During Strike
Telegrams to Secretary Baker from R. T. Wood and C. H. Nelson report that men in Army uniforms are driving cars in place of striking motormen and conductors in Kansas City. They request an immediate investigation and action to stop the practice.
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Kansas City
United States Army
Baker
R. T. Wood
State Federation of Labor
Cc. H. Nelson
Central Labor Union
Pergnant plea for Tacna Arica peace at Versailles
Lima report quotes Joaquin Miro Quesada, president of the senate, saying the Ancon treaty demands cannot be met notably a plebiscite as many Peruvian residents in captured provinces have been expelled. He warns no American peace without settling Tacna Arica at the Versailles peace talks.
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Lima
Peru
Joaquin Miro Quesada
Senate
Chile
Versailles
New Music Therapy Course to Start at Columbia in 1919
New York officials announced a new course in music therapy at Columbia University to begin February 3 1919. The program targets practical therapy under medical control for invalided soldiers and patients with nervous diseases as well as the deaf and blind. Miss Margaret Andersen experienced in Canadian military hospitals will direct the instruction and cover co therapy in vocation, reeducation, and occupational therapy with vibratory massage for curative results.
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New York
Columbia University
Margaret Andersen
The Case of Piper Admits Michigan Trip Links
Milo H. Piper confessed visiting several Michigan cities with Miss Frieda Weichman in 1916 while posing as her husband. Prosecutors say a man named John S. Sheldon married Weichman as M. H. Piper in Indiana. Piper fears exposure due to alleged threats and was arrested in Hamilton, Ontario.
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Muskegon, Mich
Milo H. Piper
Frieda Weichman
Chicago
Michigan
Brock
Eggleston Township
Piper
John S. Sheldon
Undertakers Notice from Harmony Lodge in Lawrence Obituary Line
Undertakers notice from Harmony Lodge announces Walter Lawrence funeral at Richards chapel at 2 PM tomorrow with Rev George D Wolfe officiating. Interment Mount Moriah cemetery. Hambly Pettibone Lokovich and Smith funeral notices noted with dates pending and S N P J lodge involvement.
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Harmony Lodge
Fraternal Brotherhood
Lawrence
Walter Lawrence
Harrison Avenue
Richards’ Chapel
George D. Wolfe
Mount Moriah Cemetery
Hambly
John Hambly
South Jackson Street
Charles
William
Butte
Samuel
Vancouver Barracks
England
M. W. of A. and Stationary Engineers
Pettibone
Claude J. Pettibone
West
Granite Street
Albert J
Hester
Jennie
Lizzie Pettibone
Painters and Decorators’ Union
Lokovich
Frank Lokovich
Richards
S. N. P. J. Lodge
Smith
Henry Smith
Harvard Avenue
Joseph Richards Inc Warrington Richards Funeral Directors
Warrington Richards, president and proprietor of Joseph Richards Inc Funeral Directors and Ombalmerie at 15 10 South Montana Street, phone 807, listed in local business directory.
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Warrington Richards
Mer
Montana Street
Weat Park Street
Ekmbaimere
Batten Rites Set For Wilma Jean Batten
Funeral for Wilma Jean Batten daughter of Mr and Mrs William Batten will be held this Tuesday afternoon at Walshs chapel at 3 oclock Interment will follow at Mount Moriah cemetery.
Funeral notices for Schisker and Sullivan families
The funeral of Michael Schisker aged 38 will be held Tuesday at 10 30 AM from 1311 Farrell Street with interment in Holy Cross cemetery. The funeral of Martin Sullivan age 10 will be held Tuesday at 2 PM from 3% Corn Terrace with interment in Holy Cross cemetery.
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Schisker
Michael Schisker
Farrell Street
Holy Cross
Sullivan
Martin
Michael Sullivan
Corn Terrace
St. Philip's
St. Jacob's Society
Brozovich
John Brozovich
Daly-Shea
Poe
Sophie Sutton Poe
Howard Poe
R. G. Williams
Mountain View
Aberdeen
Holy Cross Cemetery
International Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Fagan
John Kagan
Funeral notices for Crichton Clark Floyd at White's parlors
Remains of Alexander Crichton James Clark and Harvey G Floyd are at White's parlors. Funeral announcements to follow.
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Larsen
Mrs. Blood
County OF
Powell
Liberty
Lewistown News
Real
Simon
Health Board
Dillon News
John KE. Scott
Reo Hand Dolchevski
Ford Eagles
Japan
BCK
McCarthy’s
North Main
McCarthy
Musico
Undertakers
Joseph Richards, Inc
M. J. Walsh CO
Larry Duggan
North Main Street
Sherman & Reed
Uembatimere
East Boadway
Daly Shea Company
Park St
Sam R. White
South Main Street
Montana St
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