Liberty Loan Rally Marks Big Day in Helena
Helena reports show registration on day one of the Liberty loan drive drew at least 75,000 enrollees, exceeding conservative estimates. An exemption attempt by a youth drew a written card note. officials deemed him fit for service. Governor Stewart, Justice Lanner, Mayor Purcell, and J R Canning spoke urging bond purchases as a patriotic parade and open addresses followed by local dignitaries and mothers urged to send sons to war effort.
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Helena
Stewart
For Toole
Lanner
Purcell
Hart
J. R. Canning
Sal
Montana
Justice Ner
RL. Ward
L. ‘Sherlock
Moth
Sale of State Lands in Deer Lodge County Montana
The Register of State Lands, Helena, gives notice of sale by public auction June 13 1917 at 1 PM at Anaconda County Court House. Lands in Deer Lodge to be sold in quarter sections with appraised prices. payment options include cash or 15 percent cash then 20 yearly installments at 5 percent interest. leases survive sale. Possession Jan 1 1918, subject to lease terms. rights reserved for coal gas and rights of way. bids subject to State Board approval.
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Office of Register State Lands
Helena
Montana
Register of State Lands
State of
Anaconda
Monana
Deer Lodge
Purc
Janary
Lessee
Puruser
State Board of Land
Bozeman Parades Honors Patriot Registrations With Celebration
Bozeman held a large patriotic demonstration for registrants with a parade of about 1,000 stretching over a mile from city hall to the college campus. A flag raising and dancing followed with a Chamber of Commerce band playing. Red Cross tag day raised about 1,009 in Bozeman while Fergus county awaits full registration totals. In Miles City a successful Liberty bond meeting occurred amid rain, and 1,300 is the Miles City count. An arrest for failure to register was reported in Fergus county.
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Bozeman
Chamber of Commerce
Gallatin
Arthur ‘Briggs
Red Cross
Gallatin Red Cross
Ferg
Lewistown
Fergus County
Miles Cry
Miles
Fred Schmalse
Registration Day in Powell County Quiet and Patriotism
In Deer Lodge Powell County on June 6 registration day saw calm activity with strong patriotic sentiment and loyalty to the flag. Officials estimate about 800 registrants in Powell county, including around 40 for the city.
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Powell County
Deer Lodge
Roundup Roundup Celebrates and announces Camas Hot Springs lease bids
Roundup observes registration day at Republic Coal camp six miles from Roundup with a Miners' Union Hall flag unfurling and music by schoolchildren and the Miners' band. Notices invite bids for a Camas Hot Springs hotel and bath house lease for up to 25 years, due June 18, 1917, with $500 certified check. Cato Sells, Commission.
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Miners’ Union
Klein
The
Republic Coal Company
Peter Henrietts
Department of the Interior
Office of Indian Affairs
Camas Hot Springs
Flathead
Big Timber Observes Holiday With Parade And Quiet Registration
In Big Timber on June 5 registration was quiet as all business places closed for the holiday. A large parade featured patriotic and fraternal societies, women's groups, and school children. A registration dance at Masonic Hall drew a large crowd in the evening.
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Jon Alexander
Imber
Masonic Hall
Appointments Made to the Naval Academy
Representative Jeannette Rankin named Joseph T. Smith of Missoula the first appointment to the Naval Academy. Senator Walsh filled two vacancies with Principal Robert B. Rathbun of East Helena as first appointee and Principal Harry B. Redpath of Helena as second, with alternates Wallis P. Lee Glendive Harold Logan Helena Donald James Manly Butte Philip R. Barbour Helena James L. White Butte and Robert Earl Dawes Bozeman as further alternates.
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Standard
Washington
Jeannette Rankin
Antolis Naval Academy
Joseph T. Smith
Missoula
Montana
Senator Walsh
Naval Academy
Robert B. Rathbun
East Helena
Wallis P. Lee
Glendive
Harold Logan
Helena
Sheridan News notes local ties and events in June
Dr Dyer trips to Butte with Fairchild for arm operation. James E Williss wed Miss Ethel Garner of Yes. School term ends and Friday graduation honors five seniors Corrine Perrault Mary Funk Odile Baril Ruth Shafer Leo Brail. D W Thompson pioneer dies near Sheridan. Red Cross omit and first box sent. Forest Clerk Hook trips to Pony upcoming. Oscar Lemon and Mrs Glasser wed on Decoration Day. Remy Baril finalizes transfer papers for ranch to Sam McCrea.
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Mary Funk
Odile Baril
Ruth Shafer
Leo Brail
D. W. Thompson
Sheridan
Red Cross Society
Hook
Oscar Lemon
Glasser
Virginia City
Remy Baril
Bowlder
Sam McCrea
Death of Grandma Carson Noted in Three Forks Area
Word arrives of the death of Grandma Carson, mother of Mrs. Carson, aged over 90, long associated with Willow Creek and Three Forks. The piece also notes a Valley View 14 to 7 victory over Turkey Reds in a local baseball game and trains running on Milwaukee tracks enabling eastbound passengers to transfer for further east connections.
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Three Forks
Valley View
Milwaukee
Man killed by lightning near Great Falls plant
Calvin Hunter was instantly killed when lightning struck near the Great Falls Brick and Tile company plant on the Missouri River. Charles Klein and Tom Huggins were knocked down. Hunter had come from Texas and lived in Great Falls about three years. Mrs. Mary Morony, widow of John Morony, banker and financier, has subscribed 100000 dollars to Liberty loan bonds, announced by Sam Stephenson president of First National Bank in which she is a principal stock holder.
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Great Falls
Calvin Hunter
Charles Klein
Tom Huggins
Great Falls Brick and Tile Company
Missouri Tver
Hunter
Texas
Morony
Mary Morony
John @. Morony
Montana Power Company
Sam Stephenson
First National Bank
Boy dies after shotgun discharge in roundup woods
Roundup June 5 report says 9-year-old Charley Hosner Tost was handling a shotgun with Henry and Jess Early when it discharged. He was bleeding heavily and died soon after reaching Roundup hospital. Son of a miner at camp No 3, officials believe he kicked the muzzle and pulled the hammer by contact with the ground.
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Charley Hosner Tost
Big Wall Country
Henry
Jess
Camp No. 3
Pioneer Wakefield Dies in Livingston Age 48
Montana pioneer George W. Wakefield dies in Livingston after a life spanning gold rush ventures from California to Aldergulch, later running hotels in Bozeman and aiding a Yellow stone park stage line. Funeral held at Masonic temple. daughter Mrs S. F. Way cared for him. Also notes marriage of Charles A. Wakefield to Maud C. Morrison and a draft fraud case involving Albert Thomas. NP railroad hiring of women brakemen. Park County High School graduates many to service. two more enlistees named.
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Livingston
Montana
Charles A
Maud C. Morrison
Albert Thomas
A. 8. Robertson
Pendleton
Ore
Thomas
Mountain States ‘Telephone Company
Northern Pacific
Park County High School
United States
Army
Navy
Montana graduates depart for Helena as Second Montana regiment
Thomas Ray and Thomas Clark left this morning for Helena to join the Second Montana regiment. Each graduate received his diploma before departure. The school year ends June 14. Judge Charles Crum of Forsyth tries cases in district court for Judge A. P. Stark, who left for Plentywood. The Park jurist will preside in the Plentywood versus Medicine Lake county seat fight.
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Thomas Ray
Thomas Clark
Helena
Montana
Charles Crum
Forsyth
A. P. Stark
Plentywood
Park
Medicine Lake
Lewistown News notes shooting event and local changes
The Moore Rod and Gun club held its first annual registered shoot with missed high averages due to poor conditions. Schmock Forsyth led amateurs with 144 of 150, Prather Billings 141 and 47 on Brownlee medal, while Razee topped the pros with 146 and Flannigan 142. The Windham co op store sale. A. A. McDermid president, Edward Hersey manager. Lewistown printers vote to abandon mulligan for Liberty bonds. Purnett president, Royce vice president, Brag secretary. Beatrice Roberts wed Charles Roberts at Garnett ranch.
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Lewistown
Moore Rod and Gun Club
Moore
Schmock
Forsyth
Prather
Billings
Robbins
Weatherhead
Rush Razee
Flannig
Bowen
D' Autrement
Windham
A. A. McDermid
Edward Hersey
W. E. Purnett
Clyde Royce
C._R. Bebb
T. N. Pettit
F. J. Brag
Trades and Labor Council
E. H. Baxter
Beatrice Roberts
Charles Roberts
Garnett
Local Notes From Philipsburg June News
Philipsburg residents report several travels and family events. Margaret Doe returns from Bozeman to agricultural college study, Thomas Brogan visits for junior prom, Herman Hauck returns from Missoula for summer, and Ryan Wickberg travels from Stone for the prom. Mrs Fanny W Curtis wedding in San Francisco to Hunter is noted along with Mrs Allen McDonald visiting Anaconda. The county high school principal S R Hackett and Ruth Wight wed at Alexander Wight’s home. reception at Welsag home followed by departure to California. The junior class hosts prom with a small orchestra and refreshments served at midnight.
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Philipsburg
Margaret Doe
Bozeman
Agricultural College
P.O. Person of Stone
Thomas . Brogan
Hall
Herman Hauck
Missoula
Ryan Wickberg
Stone
Fanny W. Curtis
Long Beach
Cal
Hunter
San Francisco
Allen McDonald
Anaconda
Hannah Nasslin
R. Hackett
County High School
Ruth Wight
Alexander Wight
Calvert
Wels Ag
California
Hackett
John Cole
John
Elizabeth
Florence
Fan
Catherine
Philpure
Influx of visitors crowds Gallatin jail and county
Mise Lilla Bogert offers 8500 for tract with first use as a camping group for automobile tourists. Gallatin county jail overcrowded due to influx of strangers from Logan and lower valley. Robert Fivey and F J Hoy held for trial on di sranding an innkeeper. accused as authorized agents for Automobile Blue Book ads. They left board bills unpaid in several towns and were arrested in Bozeman. George Cress charged with disturbance of the peace at Logan. released Feb 26 after 30 days for petit larceny. Four men charged with larceny and theft of bedclothes and small articles from Logan held for trial. David McIndoe, itinerant, arrested for cruelty to animals after driving a horse to death near Belgrave. Manhattan sent two transient boarders to jail for 20 days on vagrancy charges.
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Mise Lilla Bogert
Gallatin County
Logan
Robert Fivey
F. J. Hoy
Three Forks
Manhattan
Belgrade
Bozeman
George Cress
W. H. Axtell
James Murphy
James Doyle
L. W. Starkey
Paul Bordman
David McIndoe
Belgrave
Justice Axtell
Th County
John Butler
Jerry Hogan
Bozeman Registers 200 Men for Military Service
Bozeman on June 5 saw about 200 men from all county sections register with the clerk and recorder by 5 pm as eligible for military service. The city has completed purchasing a wooded tract off the Lindley Place known as Bogert's Grove named after J W Bogert, a longtime community leader, in a sale conducted by the authorities.
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Bozeman
Lindley Place
Bogert
President Woodrow Wilson Ancestry Summary
The text traces President Wilson’s lineage to his father Joseph R. Wilson a Presbyterian preacher of Scotch Irish descent and his mother Janet Woodrow née Saneta Janet. It notes the maternal grandfather Rev Thomas Woodrow born in Scotland who preached in Carlisle England Canada and Ohio and mentions Janet’s birth in Carlisle England and the couple’s marriage on June 7, 1849.
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Hns
Joseph R. Wilson
Janet Woodrow
Italians in U S to be Recruited for War Effort
General Guglielmotti, Italian military attache, will stay in the United States after the mission to oversee a plan. Italy aims to recruit un naturalized Italians here while avoiding sending regiments to front. U S officials note the move avoids labor shortages and aligns with conscription limits, focusing on agricultural and allied economic needs.
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Washington
Guglielmott
Italy
Gugielmotti
United States
lToly
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Conoco
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