Montana readers note new American Purple Cross offer
Montana citizens show interest in the American Purple Cross association formed to care for bodies of soldiers and marines killed in Europe. The group seeks War Department direction, offering embalming teams and ambulances, to be integrated with the army medical framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
War Department
American Purple Cross Association
Europe
United States
Vera Cruz
Howard S.eckels
J. H. Mowbray
Philadelphia
District of Columbia
Quartermaster-General’s Department
Red Cross
Army Medical Department
Henry G. Sharp
United States Army
Baker
Purple Cross
France
Army
French Ace Guynemer Uses Gun Mounted Camera for War Photos
Paris captain Guynemer, famed French flyer, fires a German airman and a camera fires simultaneously. The gun trigger also activates the camera, a system now planned for every American squadron machine to secure war pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Guynemer
Army medical officer reserves reach near halfway goal
The army aims for 24 000 trained medical officers and has 12 000 in sight. Of those in the Medical Officers Reserve Corps 360 majors 1 367 captains and 7 158 first lieutenants are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Army
Draft board rumors of crooked exemptions in Montana
In Silver Bow County draft officials hear rumors of seven couples using one child to claim exemption for husbands. A woman allegedly posed as wife to two men while neither is married. Federal investigators gather evidence in Butte and other Montana cities as arrests may follow when first quota is set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow County
Draft Board
Butte
Silver Bow
Iowa City
Montana
Agriculture dept says canning up in 33 states this year
The department reports that canned and dried foods have been put up in 33 states this year at about triple the amount of last year. Officials note higher production and stronger demand across the food industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Irrigation Project Turns Milk River Into Cross-Border Canal
The St Mary and Milk River project, backed by a Canada United States treaty, redirects the St Mary into a 28 mile canal feeding the Milk River system to irrigate 220000 acres in the Milk River valley. Net government investment reaches about 4700000 dollars through June 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milk River Valley
St. Mary River
Milk River
Montana
Reclamation Service
Hudson Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Glacier National Park
Canada
St. Mary
Missouri
Plains
Dominion Territory
Nashua
Mont
Great Northern Railways
Chinook
Harlem
Dodson
Malta
Saco
Hillsdale
Glasgow
Montana Patriotism Surges in War Effort Credit
Montana tops volunteers for the regular army with full quota met without a draft. State boosts liberty bonds to 15 million dollars and Red Cross gifts to 400 thousand, surpassing other states in proportion to population. Postscript notes social trends as women push fashion limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Samuel
Nature
Union
War Department
Inu
Liberty
McAdoo
National Red ‘Cross Fund
Uund
Farms for sale and livestock from Montana listings
Multiple Montana properties and livestock offered for sale or exchange. Includes 51 acres near Tippard siding with irrigation at $40 per acre, several farm listings in Judith Basin and Lewistown, and Escallier Sheep Co selling 2,500 head of breeding ewes with Merino Delaine type wool. Demand for terms and prompt closings emphasized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill Home
Missouri River
Tippard Siding
Vidal
Great Falls
Montana
Fergus County
John A. Coleman
Box
Lewistown
Judith “Basin
Farmers Land Co
Mont
Escallier Shep Company
Cascade
California
Escallier Sheep Co
C.B
Power
Helena
Investment pitch for barge ventures and used cars ad
A mixed classified page item set touts an investment in barge ventures with promises of steady returns, vows, and conservative management plus bank references. It includes used car bargains and various local business listings from Great Falls and surrounding areas in Montana. It lists soliciting leases, sales, and services with several named firms and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilvane
Todd Block
Great Balla
Potatoes to Rise as Demand Looms
The California council of defense predicts higher potato prices this winter and urges farmers to plant more tubers to meet immense U.S. food demands this fall. The note adds that households should avoid extravagance amid the high cost of living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Council of Defense
United States
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American Purple Cross
NEW Patriotic Society
Sbuess Cx
Me i . Abbe
ST. Mary's River
Atlantic
KOR’ Sale
Bowden
Junod
J. W. Hefferlin
Livingston, Mont
Hunteburger-Givens Co
Ont
Farm Land Loans
Bennett & Terrell
Billings
Hilger Lonin and Realty Co
Lewintown
Storin
Vaughn
Ee McGivern CO
Morest
Great Alla, Mont
ONIC
Oldsmobile
O. A. Tronrud
Lamby-Thurston Motor CO
1St Ave. N
Great Fails
Packard, Hudson, Liberty
Saxon
Agents
Tive Town
Greatalls
J. J. O'Leary
Talbot Ave
Butte, Mont
Montana Piano Co
Fern _ Studio
Empire Studio
Diamond Block
Bont
Accountants and Auditors
Joan Howley
Ford Building
Harley-Clark & CO
Tod Block
Douglas Wilson & Co., Inc
Carlsbad
Eagle Drug Co
Somings
Canfield Mfg. Co
Rigel Atréet
Chicago
Freeman
Dillon, Mont
Collies
Highwood
C. L. Harris
Robert H. Lindsay
U. S
First Nat. Bank Bidg
Curtis C. Orhmb
Stapleton Block
Geo, H. Shanley
Architeil First National Bank
Bidg
Bam’s Hinry Haas
First Nat. Bank
Great Falie
Western
Hide, Pelt & Fur Co
A. J. Mohr
Hix Agency, Inc
Montac
Auto School
College
West
Ican Farall, Ao
Be Main
Botte,Montana
Roy Franklin Heath
Tout & McCarthy
Ae Lhawis & Walkedr
Wyoming
Furriers
Beckman Bros
Butts College Telegraphy
W. Hoyle
State’ Street
Wyoming Oil
Monee Public Oil Exchange
Per
EU Jrs
Richard P. Hoenck
A. Rauh
Minneapolis
Walls Dye House
Sines Ie Manore
Onres
BI Finlay
Firat
T¢ Bank
Great
Falls
Bynum
Teton “County
RCAF
Femead
Great- Falls
Great ‘Falls
Alberta
Srd
J. I. Eakin
Dunn Block
State St
Henry C. Gorham
Fifth Ave
Bruce A. Cumming
Ontana
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