Montana Red Cross Subscriptions Top $618 890 Across State
Montana counties report $618 890.40 in Red Cross subscriptions with $533 266.46 deposited. Silver Bow leads with $163 000 collected of $171 000 pledged, while Cascade $46 576.20 of $70 548.20 and Yellowstone over $20 000 of $32 000. Local chapters will keep 25 percent for relief work.
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Montana
National Red Cross
Ralph O. Kaufman
William G. McAdoo
Treasury
National Red Cross Fund
Silver Bow
Lewis and Clark County
Roundup
Cascade County
Deer Lodge
Jefferson County
Hill County
Yellowstone
Missoula County
Fergus County
Custer County
Flathead County
Teton
Broadwater
Granite
Blaine
Prairie
Wibaux
Kaufman
Y M C A Appeal Seeks 35 Million for Soldiers Welfare
Montana faces a $90,000 share of a $35,000,000 national drive to fund Y M C A work for soldiers in training camps at home and abroad. Charles Poehler directs state efforts with local committees in counties. funds cover recreation, letters, study, and entertainment for the American army amid the war.
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Montana
Charles Poehler
National War Work Council
Western Department
Rocky Mountains
Camp Lewis
New National Army
Billings Disciplines German Sympathizers
In Billings a "Third Degree" committee disciplined three men for pro German utterances. Alderman Herman Schwanz resigned from the city council, and Curtis C. Oehme, an architect and state board member, tendered his resignation to Governor Stewart. Edward J. Kortzeborn kissed the American flag and affirmed allegiance in a hotel lobby. Kortzeborn claimed forty years of loyalty. Oehme, a former German Army captain, marched with a flag to telegraph the resignation. No violence occurred as the committee members revealed their identities.
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Montana
Billings
Herman Schwanz
Curtis C. Oehme
State Architectural Board
Stewart
Edward J. Kortzeborn
United States
Kertzeborn
Oehme
Germany
Third Degree” Committee
Food Conservation Campaign Crowds Pledge Cards in Montana
State reports show over 70000 pledge cards signed by housewives and city leaders, but rural areas lag. Director Sam D. Goza of the federal food administration notes cities have submitted results while rural counties, comprising about half the population, are slow to respond. Further details depend on forthcoming rural reports.
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Montana
Sam D. Goza
Federal Food Administration
Butte Seizes suspected German spy in 1914 case
Frederick August Richard Schutze, a Canada to United States arrival after the 1914 war start, is held in Butte on a presidential warrant for possessing firearms. Secret service views him as an arch spy in the Northwest German espionage network and anticipate sensational disclosures. Authorities seized firearms, German papers, files, and photographs. He refused to identify himself when arrested.
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United States
Canada
Frederick August Richard Schutze
Butte
Secret Service
Schutze
Department of Justice
Leipsic
Germany
Great Falls Girls Cut Out Sugar and Sweets
The Great Falls high school girls have begun a pledge to abstain from candy cake and other sweets to conserve sugar and reduce waste. About 127 students have signed pledges and are organizing to aid food relief for the Allies.
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Great Falls
Classified WHERE TO EAT and Loans in Montana
Short advertisements describe a Club Cafeteria in Great Falls and loan offers from Hilger Loan and Stealty Co. in Lewistown and Bennett & Terrell in Billings. Also listed are photography services from The Brainerd Studio in Havre and fur repair by Richard Poenck in Butte.
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Bennett & Terrell
Billings
Montana
New 300 Candle Power Light Offered Free to Readers
An army on the border uses a 200 candlepower lantern that turns night into day. It shines as bright as 20 lamps and runs 15 hours per fill, costing about one quarter cent per hour. The Acorn Brasa Mfg. Co. offers this lantern free to readers, with factory address in Chicago, Illinois.
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Cleveland
Rollin H. White
Acorn Brasa Mfg. Co
Chicago
FOR SALE 320 ACRES FARM LAND WITH IMPROVEMENTS
Multiple agricultural listings describe farms for sale in Montana and nearby areas. Listings include 320 acre plots 200 acres cultivated 145 acres winter wheat fenced with a shack stable and granary located near Teton river 1114 miles from town and 1.5 miles to a school. Owner Albert EB Davis Carter Mont.
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Teton River
Albert Eb, Davis
Carter, Mont
Montana land ads promise vast wheat country growth
Washington and Oregon farmers urged to buy rich lands in Wheat Land with claims of rapid development. The notice touts Kremlin to Fopt rail access, many elevators per mile, limited land broken, and massed opportunities from Montana’s largest land merchants with offices in Hingham Havre and Cut Bank.
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Noem
Kremlin
Fopt
N. G
Hingham
Havre
Cut Bank
Montana
West
Used cars and funeral flowers advertised in Montana
If you are in need of a second hand automobile let us know, delivery within 200 miles of Butte. Auto Clearing House Montana and Front streets Butte. Wilds Thurston Motor Co Great Falls. Packard Hudson Liberty Bax on. Axents. Plants cut flowers funeral designs. Pieeral City Conservatory Great Falls Montana.
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Overland
Prentice Automobile Company
Franklin, Reo and
Dodger Brothers
Great Falls
Montana
Butte
Auto Clearing House
Front Streets
Butte, Mont
Wilds-Thurston Motor CO
1St Ave. N
Packard, Hudson, Liberty, Baxon
Axents
Pieeral City Conservatory
Ontana
Hay and oat orders sought in Montana notices
8 000 acres near two main railroads with abundant grass and water offered by M Re Wise Lewistown Montana. Beeay Special Notice Now is the time to place your orders for hay and oats Save money by placing orders now Write to day O B Nelson 105 Central Avenues Great Falls Montana.
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M. Re Wise
Lewistown
Mont
O. B. Nelson
Central Avenues
Great Falls
Market notices hail hay and oats price dips in Montana
Farmers in Great Falls Montana see lower hay and oats prices than a week ago. Readers are urged to write for samples and pricing sheets from Robert L Rewell at 123 Central Ave.
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Montana
Robert L
Rewell
Central. Ave
Great “Falls
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Cleveland Tractor Co. Dept. CI
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Cleveland Tractoc
Army Club
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Judith Basin
Hilger Loan and Stealty Co
Brainerd
Havre, Mont
Richard P.oenck
Minneapols
M. N. A—Whk
TY ‘Gor
Hood
McDermand
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Madison Valley
Loan
Altfa
Collins Realty
Helena
Canadian Pacific Railway
Alberta
J. I. Eakin
Dunn Block
Shafer Investment Company
Platt & Heath Co
Fairfield
McDonald Realty Co
Grass Range
John A. Coleman
J. W. Yefferlin
Livingston
Mon
Farmers Land Co
Panesargare Civene, Co
Grea Om
Washington
Idaho
Spokane
Hoge &. Watkins Co
Poulson Bldg
Wash
Wheat Land
Will and Toole Counties
Oregon
Central
Montana Ranches
UL. Johnson
Walter Storm
Vaughn
MM. L. Johnson
Norway Fish Company
Pike Place
Seattle
Photos
Jansrud
Certified Accountants
WM B. Finlay
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Sewer
Bors
Morrow
Company
Heppner
Hedgesville
Powning & Co
Reah
Wyoming
I. C. Hanford
East Moline
P. A
Eauy Pigments
Oaginae
Whalen
East Broadway
Montaceae
Aistabatoree Piano Co
Moant
James Henry
Hettinger
Timothy May
Pacerene Co
Wise Block
Ont
Wire
Vanda
Mandan
ESPED
Mangelsdort d Company
Atchinson, Kana
A. A. Berry
Ed Co
Clayinda
Iowa
Empire
Ful Narane Fulls
HK. Morris Co., Inc
Alla
Architects
Jesse M. Warrben
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Gro
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First National Bank
Great Falla
SAM
Henry Baas
First Nat. Bank
Great Alle
Mont Tel
LHARN
Montana Automobile School
Booth Main
Lhwis & Walker
Assa Chemis
Butte, Mont,” Ae
Tout & McCarthy, Ors
Montana F Company
Beckman Bros
L. J. Johnson
W. Hoyle
Descritio ¢ Brompoy
Gainal
Apteara
Crs
Welder
Automobile
Arate Tor
Sncataloguess
Beattle
Wasles
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