Home Paper for Soldiers Aims to Reach 10000 From Westchester
William Boyce Thompson of New York launches a program to send home papers to all Westchester County soldiers. He has subscribed 3500 copies and lists the county papers for selection. Enlisted men simply fill a coupon and mail to Thompson at No 1 Madison Avenue New York for immediate delivery. Thompson notes Russia visit inspired this effort and expects wide adoption nationwide to keep troops connected to home life.
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Westchester County
New York County
William Boyce Thompson
New York City
Butte
Thompson Park
Thompson
New York
Mr. Thompson
Russia
New York Commercial
America
Kerensky
Master Builder in Montana Leads Shipyard Drive
Charles M. Schwab, director general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, toured Montana on the way to the Pacific coast and said the west leads in shipbuilding. He noted May pennants and a large crowd at the Butte depot, praising bonuses that boosted yard productivity and ship launches.
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Charles M. Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Montana
Pacific Coast
Butte
Western Shipyards
Schwab
Hog Island
Bristol
Dentists at Butte Convention Link Teeth Health to Mental Malady
Dr Beal told a Butte dentists convention that two per cent of state asylum charges arise from neglected teeth and mental illness. He argued correcting tooth troubles often cures the mental maladies.
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Beal
Butte
Montana Loyalty League forms to aid war effort
In Helena a new Montana Loyalty League organizes to support war movements and aid the Next of Kin of the 35 000 Montana soldiers. Co V Peck is elected president and a goal of 100 000 members within two months is set as headquarters plan in Helena unfolds.
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Montana
HIN
Montana Loyalty League
Helena
State Council of Defense
Co. V. Peck
Danvers
Fergus County
Joseph Smith II
Deer Lodge
County Councils of Defense
Loyalty League
Campbell
France
General Pershing
Peck
League
Butte Farmer to Cultivate 200000 Acres for Syndicate
Dan J. Hanley of Butte plans to farm 200000 acres of Indian reservation lands in Montana next year for an eastern syndicate. The move involves a large-scale agricultural expansion under a new partnership agreement.
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Dan J. Hanley
Butte
Montana
Eastern
Farmers Paid For War By The Value Of Their Produce
The secretary of agriculture says U S farmers paid for all of our first year’s war participation through the value of the goods they produced. He notes that normal times see farmers contribute up to 13.5 billion dollars to national strength, and that 1917 output was about 21 billion dollars, matching Congress war appropriations. this year’s value is likely higher.
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Dan McKay
Montana
Gallatin
Chouteau
Big Horn
Fort Benton
Dawson
Dawson County
Andrew Dawson
American Fur Company
Territory of
Idaho
Missoula
Deer Lodge
Beaverhead
Madison
Jefferson
Sidney Edgerton
Edgerton
Big Horn County
Choteau
Green’ Clay Smith
Edgerton County
St. Paul
Valley County
Hill County
Chouteau County
Havre
Blaine County
Chinook
Blaine
Toole County
Hill and Teton
Chotteau
Sweet Grass Hills
Dakota Line
Sheridan County
Valley
Plentywood
Richland County
Richland
Custer
Phillips County
Stillwater
Mineral, Prairie
Wibaux
Fallon, Carter, Wheatland
Broadwater
United States
Houston
Montana Leads U S in Public School Spending
Montana tops the nation in per pupil spending for 1915-16, expending 86.86 dollars per pupil. The figures from the National School Supply Association, via James Flaherty of Great Falls, show total state education spending at 6.94 million dollars and rank Montana twenty fourth overall, with high pay for teachers and quality equipment cited.
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Montana
States
The
Union
James J. Mlaherty
General School Supply Company of
Great Falls
National School Supply Association
Flaherty
Former Consul Kunhardt Arrested in Espionage Charge
Former Consul Kunhardt who represented Germany in Boston is under arrest on a charge of espionage.
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Kunhardt
Germany
Boston
Wheat crop in Kansas estimated at 102 million bushels
The Kansas wheat crop is estimated at 102,000,000 bushels reflecting crop conditions and yield expectations for the season.
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Kansas
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William B. Thompson
Unique Undertaking
Meagher
Smith
Legislative Assembly
Lewis and Clark
Fergus
Cascade County
Silver Bow
Missouri River
Flathead
Teton
Ravalli
Granite
Sweet Grass County
Park
Yellowstone
Carbon County
Powell and Rosebud
Sanders
Lincoln
Musselshell
Kercheval City
Vivian County
Smithton
Leighton
Jefferson County
Gallatin County
Farmington
Bozeman City
Custer County
Silverbow
Deer Lodge County
Chouteau, Dawson and
Yellowstone County
Key To
Toole
Hill
Phillips
Sheridan
Cascade
Lewis & Clark
Powell
Mineral
Wheatland
Rosebud
Glasgow
Pacific Coast Yards
Charles
Milwaukee Stoge
Wilson
Bethlehem Steel Company
Sidney Logan
Kalispell
Samuel Lansburn
Bloomfield
J. E. McNamee
J. A. Gillaly
Lewistown
Will A. Campbell
U. S
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
Montan
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