Council Adopts Water Contract After Heated Debate
The council approved a water contract 12 to 2 despite objections from Aldermen Wreti Geneteln and Tavis over a 10 year term and council authority. The new rate promises hydrant savings of about $5,000 yearly versus prior costs. Corry, the efficiency engineer, urged further cuts and proposed closing Caledonia fire station, but his reforms were not adopted and his resignation was deferred amid reconsideration attempts.
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Wreti
Geneteln
Tavis
Water Company
Maloney
Anne
Fletcher
Corry
Tee
Caledonia Sire
Military Training 70 to be given at Bozeman unit
President Charles H. Clapp announced that the government has sanctioned a military training unit at the School of Mines. One commissioned officer per 100 students will be stationed at Bozeman. over 100 enrollments expected for fall term. Ten hours of training weekly required. students may select branches and may join officers or technical camps if eligible.
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Charles H. Clapp
School of Mines
Bozeman State Colece
Ditice
Dutte
Clapp
Kemmel Hill Battle Report From British Control
Fragmentary OCR notes recount Kemmel Hill where British forces held ground. Mentions German withdrawals and distances described in unclear figures, with references to time and proximity suggesting ongoing combat or consolidation.
Australians Break Through At Mont St Quentin In France
Allied dispatch reports heavy fighting as Australian units seize Mont St Quentin and push Germans back near Clery and AiCamp. hundreds of prisoners taken and British guns advance on the Somme sector. American forces on the Vesle Front also press German lines with strong bombardment and renewed gains.
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Associated Press
France
Mont Quentin
Peranne
Clery
Aillancourt
Artilery
Mont St. Quentin
Aurprine
Mont St. Quentin Aan
Areminder
Vartoise Pointe
Kemmel
Bethune
Dueck
French Drive North of Soissons in Canal Fight
Paris reports heavy fighting north of Soissons and along the Canal Guord as French forces overcome resistance. They seize Campage on the canal's east bank, capture Chevilly village, and push their line northeast of Soissons.
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Paris
Soissons
Chevilly
Soiston
Americans in France Faced with German Resistance Near Soisong
War dispatches describe stubborn German defense north of Boissons as General Mangin’s army pushes toward the Chemin-des-Dames plateau. German journals debate American strength, with editorials across Colnische Zeitung doubting large troop arrivals while praising American endurance and potential impact on naval transport.
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Boissons
Mangin
Chemin-des-Dames
Aisne
Hun
France
America
Lowic
Colnische Zeitung
Germany
Wilson
United Se Neas
England
Spain
Etary Powe
Gi Fine
Lieutenant Chamberlain Aces Heroic Marine Action
An American lieutenant, Edmund G. Chamberlain, earns praise for heroism in a rescue and assault during heavy fighting. He aided two English comrades, disabled multiple enemy machine guns, forced a German patrol to surrender, and carried a wounded French officer back to British lines despite intense fire. He was born in San Antonio in 1891 and became a marine second lieutenant in 1910.
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Chamberlain
Hie
Ion
Amed
Lieutenant Chamberlain
Germany
Pare
Cammy
Edmund G. Chamberlain
San Antonio
Texas
Rio Grande
Marine Corps
Washington
Nation War Registration Proclamation Calls All Men 18 To 45
The proclamation outlines registration of men 18 to 45, with enforcement steps, class assignments, and a capitol drawing to order registrants. It notes regional estimates of registrants and stresses duty, duty to country, and mass mobilization as the supreme call of the day.
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Ace Tury
Aus
Arn
Ind. v
Americans Advance on Vesle Front Amid Skirmishes
Allied forces on the Vesle Front push slightly east of Bazoches as German forces fail to learn of the maneuver until nearly overtaken. The advancing Americans press the line in a brief action described by the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Vesle
Bazoches
Call to Duty in a Common Revolution and Purpose
A stark declaration urging universal unity in a shared revolutionary cause. It extols duty for every true man to respond with pride, asserting personal vindication through concerted action and collective resolve.
Nations still neutral and wartime notes cross global scene
The article surveys neutral nations Norway Denmark Sweden and others and notes a world largely at war with rising female employment and new business ventures. It mentions French electricity harnessing Alpine waterfalls, Sweden's wood cellulose cattle feed experiments, opera ventures in Tokyo, and the Geneva treaty basis for the Red Cross.
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United States
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Holland
Pain
Chile
Argentina
Mexico
Aine
Pyrenees
Sie Ie
Australia
Agricultura Society
Lioner Rost
Tokio
Signor Host
Japa
Deep Ro Ot
Ind
Ted Cross
Geneva
Switzerland
Venezuela
Bossin
Peru
Greece
Spain
Itily
Humber
Quincy
Moe Lid
Moe Lid Repeated Calle From Members of Hhe
Sroston Globe
Sherman Olams Ford of Michigan confronts packer profits
Washington reports Senator Sherman accused meat packers and Henry Ford in a Senate address of profiteering under wartime contracts. He cited Ford’s pledge to return war profits to the treasury and questioned associates’ legal troubles, pressing why Ford should win a Senate seat.
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Washington
Henry Ward
Sherman
Herman
Hman
Bord
United St
Ford
Thomas
Colorado
Senate
Renate
Treasury
Haywood
Back to the Land for the Soldiers
Minneapolis August 91 Preliminary steps toward aiding Northwest soldiers returning from the front in a homeward land settlement movement were outlined at a meeting of representative land improvement organizations. The nine federal reserve district organized a North land settlement association with branches planned in Minnesota Wisconsin North and South Dakota Upper Michigan and Montana.
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Minneapolis
Federal Reserve District
Min
Wisconsin
Thuota
Upper Michigan
Montana
Panorama of France Front Sees Intense Fighting Amid War News
The American Army in France faces dense resources and continued effort as the new war measures unfold. Between the Ailette and the Aisne and along the Vesle the front remains a furnace of fire with Germans offering their strongest resistance yet. A test face shield for automobile dust protection is described.
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France
Pire
Reuters
Allette
Aisne
Vesle
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