Sweet Grass High Wins Easy Victory
Sweet Grass County High School tops Laurel 41 to 9 at Junction City gym in 1937-18 season opener. Big Timber outplays, outfights Laurel with balanced attack led by Jack Colvin and Foster Colvin while Laurel struggles on defense and offense.
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Sweet Grass County
Junction City
Laurel
Big Timber
Sweet Grass
Timberites
Foster Colvin
Sandsness
Foster
Lamp
Kenyon
Jack Colvin
McDonnell
Sandeness
Railroaders
A L Thomas Buys Big Chicago Apartment
Alfred L. Thomas a Stillwater county banker, listed among the area’s wealthy, purchased a Chicago apartment house for about 400000. The Grand Boulevard property spans the west frontage between Town Avenue and 42nd Street, covering 255 by 165 feet with a four story building of 110 apartments. Montana land was included in the deal.
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Columbus
Chicago
Alfred L. Thomas
Stillwater County
Montana
Under Sheriff's Brother Has Interesting Letter
Private W. H. Whitsel Jr of the 20th Engineers Fort George Wright Washington writes home of Northwest wartime support. He notes volunteers from Montana are eager to go to war, praises patriotism and readiness, and mentions rumors about soldiers’ care at the camp.
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U. S. Army
U. S
Montana
W. P. Whitsel Jr
Engrs
Port George Wright
Washington
W. H. Whitsel, Jr
20Th Engineers
Fort George Wright
Whitsel
Missouri
Northwest
Spo
Measles Run Riot Around Camp Lewis
Camp Lewis near Tacoma reports two more companies quarantined as measles spread among several thousand soldiers. Authorities withhold exact figures but note widespread isolation and hospital confinement, with measles listed as the primary trouble.
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Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Sweet Grass Case Involving Missing Girl And Suspect
Montana records report Gladyce Zierman, 16, located in Detroit after weeks of searching. Her family and police dispute her account of abduction by a wealthy cattleman and say Gust Myrstol, jailed in Big Timber for sheep theft, received $200 and $150 checks related to the girl but authorities find no link to her disappearance.
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Livingston
The
Montana Record-Herald
Gladyce Zierman
Adolph Zierman
Park County
Detroit
Mich
Big Timber
Gust ‘Myrstol
Charles Voges
Myrstol
Zierman
Forty-Four Recruits Leave for Billings
Forty four recruits departed here for Billings over two days with several exempt due to medical or prior conditions. Names of those remaining at the early stage include Gust Haug Christopher Boe Lynn Sanders John Spannering Fred Hausserman Henry Hausserman Carl Kiarma William Bryan Alvin Gibson and others.
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Uncle Sam
Billings
Mjelde
Harry Nelson
Phil Smith
Time
Gust Haug
Christopher Boe
Lynn T. Sanders
John H. Spannering
Fred S. Hausserman
Henry J. Hausserman
Carl O. Kia
Jacob Carlson
George B. Warsworth
Arthur L. Sisman
Laurence Hawkins
Stanley Hanson
L. D. King
Tom Hogan
S. D. Dillingham
John M. Schuyler
George W. Smith
William Ellison
Dave Lamb
Alexander Watson
President Wilson Defines War Aims and Peace Basis
President Wilson delivers a wartime address to Congress urging immediate declaration of war on Austria Hungary and clarifying peace terms based on justice and reparation. He rejects premature peace and calls for a global alliance, with sacred emphasis on freedom, Belgian restitution, and evacuation of German conquests.
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Wilson
Congress
Austria-Hungary
Washington
America
United States
Austria Hungary
Germany
Turkey
Bulgaria
Belgium
Austria
Balkan States
France
Teutonic
House
Senate
Italy
Sweet Grass Stockgrowers Association Calls For Support
Stockmen are urged to join the Sweet Grass Stockgrowers Association to strengthen its work. The 1918 annual meeting is set for January 8 in Big Timber, with a $2 dues and a $75 yearly pledge to the American Livestock Association.
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Sweet Grass Stockgrowers Association
American Livestock Association
American National Livestock Association
Big Timber
Senator Walsh Seeks California Rest After Illness
Senator T. J. Walsh, confined to a Helena hospital weeks due to a severe cold, will travel to California to recuperate before returning to Washington. He will be accompanied by his daughter Mrs. Emmet C. Gudger, spouse of a naval lieutenant in France, who faces passport denial under new State Department rulings.
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Helena
Mont
T. J. Walsh
California
Washington
Emmet C. Gudger
France
Strate Department
Federal court rules against Livingston in waterworks case
Federal Judge Bourquin announced two rulings in the Monidah Trust Company versus city of Livingston waterworks franchise litigation. The first ruling overruled Livingston's motion to dismiss the suit for want of jurisdiction and proceeded with the case.
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Livingston
James E. Murray
Monidair Trust Company
Butte
Bourquin
Monidah Trust Company
City of
City of Livingston
Eleven Billion Will Help Pay the Expense
Washington reports a war budget exceeding 11 billion dollars for the 1919 fiscal year to fund army and navy costs. The estimate covers an army of 1.5 million, fortifications, and naval outlays, with the army’s main item at over 6.6 billion and fortifications at about 3.33 billion. The navy is set at about 1.04 billion, while future ship plans may adjust totals.
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Washington
Congress
Mrs Blanca de Saulles Freed of Murder Charge
A New York jury found Mrs Blanca de Saulles not guilty of murdering her ex husband John L de Saulles a Yale football star at his Long Island home. The verdict came after a two week trial with a verdict of temporary loss of accountability rather than insanity.
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Mineola
N. Y
Supreme Court
Blanca de Saulles
John L. de Saulles
Yale
Westbury
Long Island
Big Remonstrance Wins City Council Meeting
The first monthly city council meeting accepted minutes and officer reports. A remonstrance signed by 82 property owners opposed a spur from Northern Pacific lines to Sawyer yards, citing residential value and safety concerns. The sewer system was accepted pending bond conditions after engineer Will S. Hartman’s inspection. Bills were approved for payment.
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O.K
J. M. Sawyer Co
Northern Pacific
Sawyer People
Thompson Yard Inc
Will S. Hartman
Livingston
O. K
Sweet Grass Trouble Taken to Livingston
Julius A. Gugler files a district court suit in Livingston seeking 10 500 against brother G W Gugler for causing marital strife and alienation of his wife s affections. He claims the wife left their Big Timber home for Sparta Wisconsin for two months and only returned after Julius traveled east to persuade her back.
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Livingston Enterprise
Julius A. Gugler
G. W. Gugler
District Court
Gugler
Big Timber
Sparta
Wis
Knight of the Burning Pestle at Sweet Grass High
The Dramatic Club of Sweet Grass County High School presents The Knight of the Burning Pestle by Beaumont and Fletcher in the high school auditorium on December 20 1917 at 8 16. Admission is 25 cents for children and 35 cents for adults. The Modern Woodmen lodge presented Percy G Webb, former secretary, who recently enlisted, with a gold watch.
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Dramatic Club
Sweet Grass County High School
Beaumont and Fletcher
Shakespeare
Percy G. Webb
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Sweet Grass High
A. L. Thomas
Sweet Grass Man
World OF America
Senator Walsh
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