Letters From Soldier Boys from 1917 1918 era
Cadet Lester B Cowgill writes from U S Air Service in the spring of 1918 describing Rome visits, training flights, and solo rules with a plan to finish training in the spring. Frank Collins in San Diego writes of camp life, hammock sleeping, and Navy assignment details amid relocation and training duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Monroe
Chateau
Montana
Rome
California
Berg
St. Peter's Cathedral
St. Paul's Cathedral
Coliseum
Caraballas Baths
Appian Way
Lester B. Cowgill
U. S. Air Service
Sth Aviation
Idestruction Department
Red Cross Seeks White Comfort Pillows and Posters
The Red Cross urges chapters to send white pillow covers to the bureau of supplies and keep service posters in windows through 1918. A campaign promotes Red Cross buttons and posters to boost wartime morale. Reports show steady activity in sewing and gauze work with volunteers including Mrs. Chas. Odenwald and Mrs. Haugen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Supplies
Red Cross
Food Administration
Chas. Odenwald
Bynum
Farmington
Kalma
John Ward
Frank Salmond
Win
Cowgill
E. J. Hirshberg
E. J. Liptak
Dr. Rhoads
Women’s Club Notes and Library Schedule for February
The Women’s Club met at Royal Theater on February 2 at 3 46 PM. Ten dollars was voted to the State Federation Scholarship fund to aid three state college girls. The library reopens February 5 if scarlet fever cases stay low, with hours 3–5 PM Tue and Sat and 7–9 PM Tue and Thu. New war books include My Four Years in Germany and Over the Top plus fiction like Lady of the Lane and The Primal Tune. No adult fiction on children’s cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Theater
State Federation
Germany
Gerard
Lucy Perkins
Guy Empey
Mr. Britling
H. G. Wells
Bartlet
W. .E. Rowe
Frank Spearman
Methodist Notes on National Thrift Sermon
In response to a national government request the pastor will preach next Sunday morning on the subject of National Thrift, outlining how thrift should guide public and private life. The note reiterates the church’s alignment with government directives and the upcoming sermon topic.
Government salaries in general scale decline noted
A report notes salaries in the general scale are eighty percent of prior levels, suggesting it is no longer a favor for a congressman to promise a constituent a job.
Examination Board Reports 102 Men Measured For Service
The examination board met Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, testing 102 men. Of these, 59 passed for general service, 19 for limited service, and 24 were disqualified. Names of those qualified and disqualified appear, with notes on personnel mobilization to Fort Leavenworth and Washington.
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Physical ‘Examination Board
Anderson
John Carl
Badgley
Leslie B. Bauman
Fred. Boehme
Chas. T. Bammel
Edmond Mathew
Embody
David Strate
Dean
Thomas James
Hardisty
Leland
Hemstad
Birger
Macaluce
Guiseppe
Nigg
William Frederick
Parmelee
Edward J. Perkins
Everett Dean
Reinke
Albert Emil
Rideout
Manza R. Robb
Clay C. Shaw
William Roland
Smith
Verne E. Stering
Walter Edwin
Langen
Ingvald
Wagner
John P. Watts
Archie B
Hadden
James
Hart
Louis Lawrence
Guttorm
Torgerson
Joseph Howard
Brown
John L. Bruycker
Achiel Henri
Carmody
Edward Michael
Dennison
George
Hines
Lester Winn
Horge
Lars
Hubbard
Leo Floyd
Meier
Ben Franklin
Stallmann
Charlie
Treviand
Haakon
Walter
Lewis
L. Mn
Bennett
Elbridge I. Blair
Samuel Howard
Blanchard
Fred. Cook
Omer C. Eichelberger
Charles A. Ferris
John Clark
Fischer
Paul A. Fraser
Duncan
Frydenlund
John Anderson
Graham
Angus
Hainas
Gumas
Hammond
Fred Gail
Hanks
Edwin Harold
Hanson
Samuel Allen
Henderson
Kooyman
Cornelius
LaRocque
Alphonse
Lasell
Stanley W. Lindenmulder
Adrian H. Martin
John William
Mancoronal
Marius Octave
Miller
Clifton
Milton
Elijah
B. Monson
Andrew
Murphy
William Wilford
Parker
Edwin Hickman
Peterson
Harry H. Rachac
Max Joseph
Ransier
Wayne A. Robertson
Percy
Rowlee
L. G. Schmidt
Barre
Suseland
John
Tenold
Gullick A. Thompson
Otto O. Trescott
Chester Case
Wilcomb
Leon Albert
Beardsley
Carl
A. Bokma
Alfred
Angelevi
Cosema
Bentley
Henry
C. Bienz
Lehr
Dalbey
Allan
K. Dupuis
Sylva John
Golder
Clyde Berton
McDougal
Joe
Narveson
Oscar
Pardee
Alva
Ray
James M. Roll
Seth Royer
Washington, D. C
20Th ,Engineers
Elbridge
I.bennett
Thomas J. Dean
Ingvald Langen
Fort Leavenworth
Field Division Signal Corps
Alien Enemies Register Registration Rules and Penalties
The local post office will be open until 8 00 p m from February 4 to 9 for registering German aliens. Males 14 and over who are within the United States and not naturalized must register. Penalties include restraint imprisonment or removal. registration card mandatory for those within US territories or possessions. continued on page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United" ‘States
Continental
Insular
United States
U. S. Rev
Montana Proclaims Wheat and Meatless Days for War Time
Federal Food Administrator Atkinson of Montana issues a proclamation banning wheat flour sales without a three to one substitution ratio. Monday and Wednesday are wheatless days, Tuesday meatless, and Saturday porkless. No graham or rye flour counted as substitutes. Noon meals to be wheatless. one meatless meal daily. State rules follow President Wilson’s proclamation with regional proportion guidance.
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Bozenman
Mont
Atkinson
Montana
Federal
United States
Wilson
Northwest
Teton High basketball game advertised against Great Falls
Friday night admission is fifty cents with a one dollar rate for non attenders. The team recently returned from a trip winning 2 games 47 to 7 at Cut Bank and 38 to 19 at Shelby. Junior carnival after the game invites all. War Savings stamps high participation at eighty eight and a half percent with tickets earning five cents toward stamps.
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Chateau
Dutton
Cut Bank
Shelby
Lawrence Jackson
Wallace Frost
War Savings Stamp Club
Proclamation Sets Food Profit Limits and Substitutes Control
The president's proclamation bans excess profit taking and fixes profit rates for merchants. Food Administration and Atkinson have acted to prevent Montana dealers from manipulating substitutes and controlling supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atkinson
Montana
Marriage licenses issued in Browning and Heart Butte
The county clerk reports licenses issued in the past week to Peter Old Rock and Catherine Bear shoe Ironeater of Heart Butte, and to John L. Wank and Marie Bergström of Browning, with officials Paul Jacobson James Spotted Eagle and Cecile Calf Tail listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Jacobson
James Spotted Eagle
Cecile Calf Tail
Browning
Peter Old Rock
Catherine Bearshoe Ironeater
Heart Butte
John L. Wank
Marie Berg‘strom
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Lester Cowgill
Frank Collins
San Diego
Cal
Frisco
Elmer Cardell
Goat Island
P. O
D. 1
Red
Methodist Notes
Boorman
Harley G. Brolsma
Calhoun
Millard Clifton
Cobb
Percy Everett
Depner
Gustav
Gillan
Charles Henry
Green
Harrison
Guily
Perry Green
Holmberg
Albert Levine
Martinson
Poska
Egnac
van Wyk
Warberg
Lewis Anderson
Ces
Adelphia
Vandi Hall
Merrill Luther
Miss Smith
Dloyd*Hanson
Eva Hill
Mayvid Lestrud
Myrle Trescott
Esther Olson
Mayo
Firet National Bank
Citizens State Bank
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