Rifle Ball Strikes Butte Lad In Hip
Claude Stears, 15, was accidentally shot in the hip near Butte when a .22 rifle dropped. He was rabbit hunting with a companion near the Rocky Mountain rifle range. The gun discharged as it slipped, sending the bullet into his hip and he was rushed to St. James Hospital. Doctors reported the wound not serious and Stears remained under care. The boy lives with his mother at 22 Jay Street.
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Claude Stears
Butte
Rocky Mountain
Stears
Young Stears
St. James’ Hospital
Cla
Anna Stears
Jay Street
Horoscope predicts war pressures and cautious optimism for 1918
The column notes unfavorable celestial alignments for January 28 1918 foretelling stern realities in war work, with despondency warned against. It predicts turmoil and heroism, retrenchment in motion pictures, a rise in innovative government leadership, possible peace overtures in spring, and a mix of storms and national disclosures affecting public sentiment.
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Uranus
Venus
Mars
Weader
Congress
McClure
Wood wounded in France during observation tour
Secretary Baker reported Major General Wood was slightly wounded in the arm by an accidental explosion in France. Five French soldiers were killed and two American officers were injured, including Lieut. Col. Charles E. Bibborne and Maj. Kenyon Joyce. Details were sparse. General Wood’s tour plan remained unclear.
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Washington
Jan
Leonard Wood
France
Baker
Wood
Charles E. Bibourne
Kenyon Joyce
America
Half Million Books Sent to Army Camps
More than 500000 books have been sent by the American Library Association to soldiers and sailors in training at camps, concentration centers, and barracks. Librarians supervise large camps while church and youth groups manage smaller ones. transports to France will receive volumes on military matters.
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France
American Library Association
America
Gertrude Nicholbrarian
Butte Public Library
Young Christian Association
Knights of Columbus
Tans
Association
Heremy
Butte
Miss Nichols
Carnegie Corporation
Lbraries
Knights of Commune
Cox Houses
PAR Work Council Sees Strong War Effort Across State
The War Work Council of the YWCA projects swift progress as districts in Dilton Missoula Bozeman and Billings meet or exceed apportionments. Helen Barnes national secretary tours Butte addressing committees from the Woman's Patriotic Association and Red Cross pledging support. A Brazilian navy aid mission heads to Baal with Carl Z Vogelgesang leading American naval instructors to support Brazil's war effort.
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War Work Council
Young Women's Christian Association
Dilton
Missoula
Bozeman
Billings
Butte Alive
Mise Helen Barnes
Butte
Woman's Patriotic Association
The
Red Cross
Washington
Jan
Carl Z. Vogelgesang
Daniels
Baal
Naval Cadets
United States
Brazil
Railroad agents push sale of thrift stamps citywide
Merriman presides as railroad general agents of Butte organize to promote sale of war savings certificates and thrift stamps to railroad employees and local businesses. Le B Woods elected vice president with plan to expand next Sunday meeting. H W Turner and Ben H Calkins outline campaign duties in Silver Bow County as agents from multiple railroad companies attend in Merriman's office.
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Railroad General Agents
Butte
W. H. Merriman
Northern Pacifierway
le B. Woods
Will Bee
Harry W. Turner
War” Savings
Aign
Ben H. Calkins
Silver Bow County
Mr. Merriman
W. I. Merriman
Northern Pacific
A. Shewe
Union
LB. Woods
Northern
H. A. Galiwey
Chicago
Great Western
Bradt
Burlington & Quincy
Miilwaukee
St. Paul
Italian Front activity reported near Piave river
The Italian war office said artillery activity occurred along the Northeastern Italian front. Last night enemy forces tried to approach Italian lines at Caposile near the Piave mouth but were repulsed. Bombs dropped on Treviso and Mestre killed six women and damaged three Mestre hospitals.
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Arstllpry
Italy
Italian War Office
Caposile
Piave
Teutonic
Treviso
Mestre
Campana 1809 Fancy Produce Prices
Food ad lists prices for canned goods and fresh fruits and vegetables. Items include Del Monte tomatoes large cans at 2.00, Wood Cross peas and string beans, large cans of pumpkin and hominy, Winesap apples, Sunripe navy beans, Fancy head rice, peaches, and Flag brand peas corn and beans. Oysters and assorted items appear in the fragmented listing.
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del Monte
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