Annexation talk links Wheatland to Sweet Grass counties
The article discusses proposals for annexing parts of Sweet Grass county to Wheatland to create Kentland county with Harlowton as county seat. Residents show mixed support and officials note potential regional benefits and opposition. It also covers WWI era dispatches on prisoner exchanges mail delivery and Russian events.
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Martinsdale
Wheatland
Monas Young
Sweet Grass
Harlowton
Alland
Laughlin Mourned By Baseball Fans
Francis Laughlin, known as Silk, an American League umpire famed for his long service and distinctive gestures, died in his New York apartment after a short illness. He umpired since the league’s formation and was regarded as a rescue figure in baseball.
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Laughlin
Francis
Jahin
Ague
India
O'Laughlin
I Hoorester
N. Y
Ban Jolin
Vertean
Demobilization Progress Outlook Reported
The report notes daily discharges near 27,000 as mobilization winds down. Officials indicate about 900,000 remaining to be discharged with figures through December 16 showing prisoners of war and honorably discharged personnel.
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Tiy Hasis
Wershing
Cheap Foreign Labor Barred by Officers
Washington announces no new permits for importing Mexican and West Indian labor and voids existing permits after January 15. Temporary war workers will be repatriated gradually. Canada semiskilled labor entry will end, but skilled workers may still be admitted if not available domestically and with consent to departure. Talks ongoing between the US and Canada.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Canada
United States
Attorney Harvey Dies After Callender Street Fight
After a street brawl on Callender Street between Postmaster Joseph Swindlehurst and attorney Oliver M. Harvey, Harvey died at his home. Swindlehurst surrendered to the sheriff and awaits inquest findings. The coroner cited cerebral hemorrhage as probable death cause.
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Livingston Daily Enterprise
Callender Street
Joseph ©. Swindlehurst
Oliver M. Harvey
Harvey
West Callender Street
Alton
Gieschen
Leard
Isom
Second
Livingston
Frances
Swindlehurst
E. P. McIntosh
Devil’s Lake
Park County
Pampel
S. E. Leard
R. D. Alton
Food Order Listed On Eating Houses
Washington reports the food administration rescinded rules limiting bread meat sugar butter and cheese in public eating places effective tomorrow. The move supports a broader call for conserving all foods to aid relief efforts for distressed Europeans. Public venues are urged to stay ready for new measures if needed.
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Washington
Food Administration
United States
Europe
American troops seize Ehrenbreitstein fortress at Coblenz
At Coblenz on December 20 the German fortress Ehrenbreitstein on the Rhine promontory 400 feet high was occupied by American forces under Colonel Robert Bogers. The flag was raised over the central hospital building, the first since occupation, and American river craft began operating under marine command with German crews aiding the effort.
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Coblenz
Ehrenbreitstein
Gibraltar of the Rhine
Robert Bogers
West Point
Central Hospital
Coblens
Smsociaturs
Marine.ieutenants
Amercans
Wilson visits French hospitals after wounded American reception
President Wilson toured the Red Cross hospital at Neuivilly and the Val de Grace, spending over four hours greeting about twelve hundred severely wounded Americans from the Chateau Thierry action. He spoke briefly with many at their bedsides and visited every ward.
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Paris
Associated Press
Wilson
Red Cross
Neuivilly
Val de Grace
German Appeal on Armistice Terms and Food Sent to U S
Washington reports Germany has again asked the United States to modify armistice terms and to secure food. The State Department announced receipt of the note but said it would not be made public. The communication aligns with prior appeals and has not altered the U S decision.
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Switzerland
Holland
Denmark
England
Wershing
Germany
Sweden
United States
France
March
Russia
Archangel
War Department
Murch
Washington
State Department
Ors
United
Membership roll of the American Red Cross at noon
Washington report notes a nationwide Christmas roll call tallying 12,000,688 members by noon today. Headquarters said the total reflected scattered reports from all sections and will close Monday. the figure marks a broad display of public support.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Public Roads Funds Forecast for 1919 Projects
A communication from the Office of Public Roads to the State Highway Commission says over $1,000,000,000 is already available and about $90,000,000 will be made available by July 1, 1919. Only a small portion has been expended to date, with green Den lie improvement cited as a key project.
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Swindiehuret
Harvey
Oliver M. Harvey
Livingston
Park County
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission Fund
Highway Commission
Secretary of Agriculture
Federal Good Roads Fund
Montana
Helena
Office of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Ereen den
Death of Edward Vickery in France linked to pneumonia
Edward A. Vickery, in the Clark Forks community, died in France from pneumonia after six months service. Born August 7, 1890 in Big Timber Montana, he moved with family to Clark Forks in 1893 and grew to manhood there. Survived by a widowed mother, six sisters including Mrs Mary O Shea and Mrs Emma Parker, and four brothers.
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Edward Vickery
Wyoming Herald
Cody
Wyoming
France
Edward A. Vickery
Clark Forks
Big Timber
Mont
Clarks Fork
Camp McArthur
Texas
Mary O’shea
Roberts, Mont
Emma Parker
Clark
Dorothy Buck
Danbury
Ohio
Carol Vickery
Washington, D. C
Elizabeth
Elsie Vickery
Theodore
Frederick
James
Jack
North American Steel Products forms export group
The North American Steel Products corporation unites Bethlehem Steel Brier Hill Lackawanna Lukens Midvale Republic Iron Sharon Hoop Trumbull Whittaker Glessner and Youngstown Sheet to boost foreign trade. B A S Clarke of Lackawanna will lead as president, with plans to begin operations January 2 and expand globally from a New York principal office.
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New York
North American Steel Products Corporation
Bethlehem Steel
Brier Hill Steel
Lackawanna Steel
Lukens Steel
Midvale Steel and Ordnance
Republic Iron and Steel
Sharon Steel Hoop
Trumbull Steel
Whittaker-Glesener Company
Youngston Sheet and
Addiion
Appointment of Major General TeMenoher Succeeds Ryan
Callington dispatch reports Major General Charles TeMenoher was named to succeed John D. Ryan as head of the U S air service or equivalent command. The change was announced today by General March.
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Callington
Charles Te ‘Menoher
Oevier
John D. Ryan
Big Timber Wins Red Cross Medal in State Drive
Big Timber Mont earns a white satin banner for top per capita Red Cross seal sales in the interstate TB drive. Broadview, led by Mrs H Weldhead, also excels, surpassing Hershey Pa to claim per capita honors with 31.51 seals. The Montana effort, aided by Missoula leaders and school groups, raised 321.97 dollars amid 73 gold pins and 1 600 buttons issued to youth.
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City of
Big Timber
Sara E. Morse
Montana Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
Red Cross
Tuberculosis Fund
Mont
Clase
American Red Cross
National Tuberculosis Association
D. Claiborn
Missoula
Claiborn
Cogswell
State Board of Health
Montana
Rocky Mountain State
Liberty
Broadview
H. Weld Hea
United States
Hershey
Montana Power Company
Former Ambassador Page Passes Away
Walter Hines Page died in Pinehurst North Carolina after resigning as ambassador to Great Britain last August due to ill health. He was editor of The World's Work and co founder of Doubleday Page & Co. His 1913 appointment by President Wilson drew praise in Britain as a scholar diplomat and an example of personality over wealth in diplomacy.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Walter Hines Page
Great Britain
the World's Work
Doubleday, Page & Co
Garden City
L. I
Wilson
Page
Itnee
McDowell Returns From Washington with Land Settlement Plan
Lieutenant Governor W W W McDowell returns from Washington after two months advocating a plan to increase settlement of Lesa jande. He says the government would redistribute six sections of public land to support settlers and open millions of acres for homesteading, though some soldiers oppose living on the land.
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Butte
W.W. W. McDowell
City
Washington
Lesa Jande
McDowell
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Baby County
Othtimest
Wheatsas
Harlowton Press
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Northern Pacific Railway
Red Creek
Mrs. Claiborn
Hershey, Pa
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