British Army recruiting tour seeks Montana enlistments
A British recruiting party led by Lieutenant J. M. Donaldson and Sergeant Gilligham tours eastern Montana offering enlistment in all branches. Eligible British or Canadian subjects 21 to 45 may enlist, with married men gaining assigned pay for families. Recruits go to Canadian camps or Halifax for specific regiments, and post offices serve as recruiting offices during the tour.
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Montana
Canada
J. M. Donaldson
Gilligham
Great Falls
Williston
N. C
Glendive
Miles City
Forsyth
Billings
Big Timber
Livingston
Boorman
Butte
Halifax
Infantry
Royal Flying Corps
Inland Water Service
Royal Navy
United States
Henry Plummer the Bandit Leader of the Early Idaho Mines
Henry Plummer emerges as the cosmopolitan gambler and vigilante boss who ruled Lewiston Idaho in 1861 62. He headed a vast outlaw ring with two main hideouts facilitating robberies and killings while maintaining respectability in town until his capture and execution at Bannack in 1863.
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Quave
Debonair
Henry Pulmmer
California
Idaho
Montana
Bannack
Jessi
James
Connecticut
Lewiston
Snake River
Columbia
Elk City
Oro Fino
Florence
Warner Creek
Plummer
City
Henry Plummer
Plummers
Idaho Territory
Virginia City
Cherokee Bob
Walla Walla
Jack Cleveland
Lutwiston
Cleveland
Bill Brunton
Lewstown
Shebang
Alpwai
Pataha
Lewiston-Walla Walla
Craig Mountain
Nez Perce
Hildebrandt
Hildebrant
Ford
Ridgley
Reeves
Deer Lodge
Fort Benton
Benton
Sun
Vail
Eliza Bryan
Diiza Bryan
Middle States
Dimsdale
Slaughter Proposed for Montana Range Horses to Aid Allies
A Food Admin proposal backed by the Montana state defence council urges slaughter of about 250,000 range cayuses declared past usefulness to convert into cured horse meat for allied armies. The plan cites wartime French appetite for horse flesh and past attempts to curb wild Montana ranges by slaughter.
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Montana
National Food Commission
State Council of Defence
Hoover
Steader
Food Committee
United States
Paris
France
Second Montana Now on High Seas with Fighting First Traditions
The Second Montana National Guard regiment, now the 163rd United States Infantry, sails for France as a robust unit of over 2,000 men. It preserves the legacy of the old First Montana, with veterans and diverse kinship from cowboys to miners, ready to serve in the great war alongside allied nations.
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Second
Montana
High Seas
Fighting First Regiment
Montana National Guard
United States Infantry
France
First Montana
Philippine Islands
Aguinaldo
Sam
National Guard
McKinley
Spain
Harry Kessler
Butte
Bruce Wallace
William Wallace
United States
Wallace
West Point
Caloocan
First
San Francisco
Oakland Mole
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Postal Department
Hermitage
Canadian Highland Regiment
Seth
State Council OF Defense
England
Caloocon
Market Street
Banking Corporation
Helena
the Banking Corporation Helena
Petty and Petty
State
Mgr’s
Lewistown
Arey
Roy
Gao
Safety First
First National
First National Bank
Daly
Ros
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