Will Wills From Trenches Reveal Soldier Humor At Death
London reports on trench wills written by soldiers in No Man's Land. Wills in rhyme name imagined heirs and odd bequests while courts accept signatures or handwriting evidence. Examples include a sister named Susan, a first comer claim to a tidy sum, and a beer bequest to Tom and Joe later assigned to the father.
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London
War Office
Tommy Atkins
No Man's Land
Susan
England
Tom
Joe
Barbering Again at Blanchard Shop
Shim Niccum fills in at the Blanchard barber shop for a few days during O. L.'s absence.
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Shim Niccum
Blanchard Barber Shop
O. L’s
Dickinson W P Kerr On Brief Dome Oil Trip
To Dickinson W P Kerr, secretary of the Dome Oil Company, is at Dickinson North Dakota for a few days business trip.
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Dickinson
W. P. Kerr
The
Dome Oil Company
Dickinson, N. D
Transcriber T Voorhees Finishes Miles City Record Work
T Voorhees has completed transcribing Carter county records at Miles City under Senat or Oliver and returned. The senator says indexing remains and the total cost will be about 7500 dollars, roughly half Fallon county’s expense.
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Geco
T. Voorhees
Miles City
Carter County
Oliver
Fallon County
Lutheran Ladies Aid Fried Chicken Dinner gains new venue
The Lutheran Ladies Aid will serve fried chicken plates at the building formerly City Bakery and Cabc on Saturday October 13 starting 11 30 a m. Plates cost 25 and 35 cents. An earlier Sentinel notice listed Masonic Hall and Friday and Saturday times, but this has been corrected.
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Lutheran Ladies Aid
City Bakery
Cabc
the Sentinel
Masonic Hall
New Doctor Here In Baker Succeeds Hayes from Miles City
Dr. Brewer arrives today to take up medical work in Baker succeeding Dr. Hayes who departs Sunday for New York to join the army medical corps in France. Also notes on a Lyceum concert, local residents' movements, and health updates.
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Brewer
Hayes
Baker
Miles City
New York
France
New Postmaster Appointed at Calumet
Mrs Edw Rogers selected to fill the vacancy after the resignation of Emma Stoner who has served four years as Calumet postmaster. Stoner will take a vacation likely visiting friends in Michigan, her former home.
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Calumet
Emma Stoner
Edw. Rogers
Miles City Attorney Heading to Ekalaka to Practice Law
A young attorney from Miles City named Ekalaka en route to Ekalaka to practice law. Carter County will then have four practicing attorneys in the county seat.
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Ekalaka
Albert E. Sleets
Miles City
Carter
Taft Bryan and Others to Speak for Liberty Loan
A nationwide drive for the second Liberty Loan begins its second week with Taft, William Jennings Bryan, cabinet members and others in public life. McAdoo, Baker and Burke to speak in Washington and Spokane. Taft to address a Chicago Coliseum mass meeting. Billy Sunday offers to speak in California.
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Washington
Taft
William Jennings Bryan
McAdoo
Spokane
Baker
Burke
Southwest
Chicago
Billy Sunday
Liberty Loan
California
Fire at Panayeff Theater Kills Many in Petrograd
Oct 6 dispatch reports a blaze at the Panayeff theater in Petrograd. Estimates place deaths from 23 to 100, many soldiers and hospital staff trapped or leaping from upper floors as walls collapsed. The Seid post office and hospital building suffered extensive loss, valued around 2.97 million rubles.
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Perograd
Panayeff
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Harris Dray Line
R. EK. Cobb Co
Fanna
Harry Schaller
Mont
Montana
Miles City Horse Sales Co
Miles City Horse Sale CO
Col. C. N. Moore
Guy Crandall
Ces
Taker Light and Power Co
Baker, Montana
Sue Burgess
James Mallough
Custer County
Rochester
John Ainsley
Rochester, Minn
Mr. Ainsley
E.atouf
G. E. Latham
E. W. Kirkpatrick
Barstow
Lathom
Bowen
J. O. Bowen
Bowman
Bryan
Jeffers Brothers
Sentinel Office
Petrograd
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