Y G Bee Line Convention to Boost Choteau Visit
The second annual Y G Bee Line association meeting will be held in Choteau on August 21 and 22. Delegates from Montana and beyond will tour the Chateau hospitality brand as committees arrange housing and events including a sumptuous dinner. The program features morning and afternoon sessions, social diversions, and a overnight stay before travel to Browning and Glacier Park.
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Montana
Ana
Chotéau
Choteau
Eas
Browning
F. C. Campbell
Ito
Ross Notes Mention Junior Work Exhibit and Bee Line
The memo cites the first of September for a junior work exhibit and urges all juniors to file in socks. It notes gauze worker quotas, lists August assignments, and includes Miss Thomson's letter approving sock measures and washing coarse yarn. It promotes the Y G Bee Line project’s rural development and local economic benefits.
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Agnes B. Cowen
Gauze
Mesdames Beatty
Mace
H. Robison
W. R. Smith
Chapman
Miss Hodgskiss
Camp Fremont departure of ten men with banquet and speeches
Ten men entrained for Camp Fremont after a Monday evening gathering at the Commercial hotel. A banquet decorated by local young ladies featured speeches by J J Greene E J Hirshberg Rev Haley and others. The contingent then danced to an orchestra into the night.
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Rat
Chateau
Afor
Cap
Mont
California
William Herman Gloor
Williams
James W. Stack
Cat
Bank
Bertie Ernest Dent
George M. Warner
Robert J. Kelly
Conrad
Anna Frank Petch
O Frank
E, Strecker
John ‘Cornelius
Picnic by Choteau Knights and Ladies of Security
The Knights and Ladies of Security held a large patriotic picnic at Great Northern park last Thursday evening with about 150 attendees. A dinner was served at 7 pm and remarks by R. J. Bonin and Phil S. Cole urged patriotic duty and support for soldiers at the front.
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Choteau Knights
Ladies OF Security
Knights & Ladies of Security
Great ‘Northern Park
R. J. Bonin
Phil S. Cole
Mr. Cole
Choteau Chautauqua Opens With Season Ticket Push
The Choteau chautauqua begins next Sunday afternoon as local committees finalize plans. Miss Beatrice Thurston from Ellison-White arrived to aid ticket sales, but the season ticket sale is weak and guarantors may cover shortfall. The event offers a full week of entertainment for 2.50 plus 0.26 tax, a value residents should support.
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Beatrice Thurston
Choteau
Draft Gets Fiddlin Husband Letter to Vote
A damaged wartime notice references a letter to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance and Provost Marshal General Crowder. The writer appeals for support for her husband, citing family needs and the seven children to feed with his 78 years of marriage noted in a fragmentary text.
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Bureau of War Risk Insurance
General Crowder
U. S
Ahisen
Itis
High Production of Arms and War Bond Support
The message highlights large arms output and bond drive. In June about 27 million cartridges were produced in U S plants. The week ending June 29 saw an average of 10 142 rifles daily of Enfield Springfield type. Ordnance reports total cartridges 2 014 815 584, rifles 1 886 769 and machine guns 82 540 since entering the War. Daily cartridge output is about 15 million.
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United States
United States Army
Ordnance Department
Notice of Partnership Dissolution Between We Swedancky and Schroder
Notice reports the dissolution of the partnership between We Swedancky and R. J. Schroder with Schroder retiring. Swedancky will handle all payments and accounts due to him. The obscure text references the New York State Brewers Association and a named Sam S28.
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Swedancky
R. J. Schroder
Mr. Schroder
New York
State Brewera
Asebciation
Sam
Entasaad
Nurse recruitment drive urged as Army shortage grows
General Gorgas calls on young women ages 19 to 35 to join the United States Student Nurse Reserve to fill civil and military nursing needs. He emphasizes full training, enlisting at local recruitment stations, and the goal of adding about 12,000 nurses to reach a 25,000 quota before January. The notice lists Montana training schools and contacts for recruitment offices across the state.
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Woman's Committee
Council of National Defense
United States Student Nurse Reserve
Army Nursing School
Germany
Soldier Letter from France on Fourth of July Front Lines
A World War I correspondence piece dated July 4 1918 from Jesse Gleason in France describes moving from front lines to rest camps under shell fire. He notes Y M C A support and rations including peaches condensed milk cigarettes and tobacco. He mentions map work scouting and a bath by the river with fellow soldiers and a sense of camaraderie among Americans and officers. He references Jobin the inspector Mr Davis and the Y M C A presence with tanks and water tests.
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Jesse Gleason
France
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