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Newspaper
Baker Sentinel
Location
Baker, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1917
Page
1
Alfred Atkinson outlines a wartime food conservation effort urging church cooperation in reporting meatless and wheatless days. The plan aims to measure home adherence and inform policy, with fifty percent participation as a fair baseline. The piece quotes Hoover on Food Administration powers and praises cooperative governance.
The article contrasts East and West views on Liberty Loan loyalty and patriotism. It reports localMontana notices from Webster and Baker area on Red Cross talks, hotel decoration, and the security bridge business. A coal mine cave-in near Plevna injures Clem Steffes, saved by his son’s quick actions.
The High School will host weekly talks by Baker’s notable figures starting with Hon. P. C. Cornish who spoke on The present war its causes and its relation to today’s student. The school also announces arrival of new laboratory equipment for General Science and Physics and invites public visitation.
President L Price of the Fallon county Red Cross chapter has appointed committee heads for the campaign. Finance J L Barstow. Surgical Dressing and Supplies Mrs E V Trout. Extension Work Mrs E J Potterton. Junior Red Cross Mrs P C Cornish. Publicity G R Moshier. Entertainment L Vine Donovan. Membership L C Burns. Printing W W Brant. Music E F Lentz. Civic Relief T F Burns.
London report says Kerensky reaches Petrograd with troops after defeating the Bolsheviks. Russian legation at Stockholm via Exchange Telegraph confirms the event.
The Fallon county Red Cross chapter was formed in the county court room with over a hundred attendees. Mayor Barstow chaired the meeting. L Price became temporary chair and Esther Phillips secretary. A skeleton by law set was adopted and permanent officers including Denzil Young and L C Price were named. an executive committee selected ten members. President Price urged united cooperation for the chapter’s success.
The 1917 proclamation designates November 29 as Thanksgiving Day in Montana. Gov S V Stewart urges reverent observance and prayers for food, healing, and victory in World War I while acknowledging the war's gravity and the nation’s Godly cause. Helena is noted as the capital, with C T Stewart as Secretary of State.
Nov 14 reports describe the third American battalions occupying the first line in France and the second detachment returning to billets after a brilliant starry-night relief. The returning company bore the brunt of a recent trench raid and stood mud soaked in a village near the front. The officer praised the “scrappiest” soldiers who vow revenge on the Germans as they await rest and new training before further action.
The Fraudulent Advertising Committee of the Investment Bankers Association of America has studied six months of misleading financial advertising. A new working guide urges elimination of misrepresentation and outlines bad practices to avoid. The group offers cooperation to publishers, agencies, and authorities and invites information to build a file on suspicious promotions.
For several seasons Dorothy Cole and Janet Rea have been a music company. They shift from seven to three to two members, performing with fire and pace. Cole is a reader with a rich contralto and piano skill, Rea has a brilliant pure voice and piano talent. They promise versatile, engaging acts at the Opera House Baker Street on Friday November 23.
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