Creel Cousin of Lewistown Man Heads World War Publicity
George Creel, appointed chairman of the national committee on public information by President Wilson, organized the distribution of the president's war address. He used telegraph, cable, wireless, and trains to reach global hubs from New York to London, Shanghai, and beyond, with translations and guarded delivery. Colly, Ramsey, Miller, Riffo named for Annapolis Naval Academy appointments. Norris, Enberg, Dillon, McCarthy alternates.
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George Creel
National Committee On Public Information
Wilson
Germany
United States
George R. Creel
Lewistown
Fergus County
Judith Basin
Creel
Pete Snelson
Helena
Montana
Colorado
Kansas City
Denver
New York
San Francisco
Orient
Colon
Panama Canal Zone
Central
South America
Caribbean
Washington
Shanghai
Tokio
Peking
Atlantic
London
Panama
South American
Paris
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Christinia
the Hague
Petrograd
Algiers
Lisbon
Madrid
Rome
Berne
Rio de Janeiro
Chile
Bogota
Valparaiso
Quito
Lima
la Paz
Santiago
Buenos Aires
Central America
Sin
Annapolis
Senator Walsh
Annapolis Naval Academy
Noel G. Colly
Kalispell
Theodore L. Ramsey
Lyman G. Miller
Butte
Marvin B. Riffo
Robert E. Norris
Great Falls
E. Arnold Enberg
John B. Dillon
Whitefish
John J. McCarthy
Fort Missoula
Government to Seek 1919 Budget Record War Costs
Congress will be asked to authorize a 1919 budget totaling 13.5 billion dollars for government and war efforts. Eleven billion is earmarked for the war, with the remainder to support civilian needs. Revenue will come from taxes and largely from Liberty bond sales.
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Uncle Sam
Congress
United States
Movies for Farm Hands Boost Rural Labor Appeal
In Montana's Teton county discussions between Be. E. Leech and State Senator Tom Larson centered on solving farm labor shortages. They proposed bringing city amenities to the country, including a theater and vaudeville or carnival acts to attract workers, hoping cinema could lure workers from towns to farms.
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Teton County
Montana
BE. E. Leech
Dupuyer
Tom Larson
Choteau
Rainbow
Great Falls
Leech
Tom
Helena
Sam Stewart
W. W. McDowell
Montana State Senate
New Book Issue Cut Down by War
The article notes a wartime decline in new titles across Montana book stores with 1916 showing 2276 fewer publications. Fiction share dropped to 8.91 percent while science and medicine grew. geography and travel shrank as migration slowed. Economics and sociology rose, philosophy and theology stayed steady amid shifting literary output.
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Montana
Interesting Tales by B C White for The Equity News
Montana farmer organizer B C White will author a series on Early Days in Montana to be published exclusively in The Equity News. He plans pieces on Farm Co operation Farmers and Politics and Abuses of Special Privilege. Send $1 for a one year subscription.
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B.C. White
Montana
Montana Equity News
B. C. White
Great Falls
Mont
Buffalo
Reading Brings Rest and Broadens the Mind
Six, about ten thousand five hundred new books were produced including thirteen hundred reprints. Reading diversifies interest, relaxes the mind, and strengthens working efficiency when one studies fiction and broad fields like education science sociology medicine economics philosophy and history.
Aviation Service Popular in Montana Youths
Montana youths join the army aviation service training for overseas duty in the great war. More than 50 upper class Boerman agricultural college men and many others enlist, forming the elite corps whose heroes will fight for the country.
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Montana
United States
Boerman Agricultural College
Vast Western Ranches and Farms for Sale Across States
Classified listings describe a 1280 acre stock and grain ranch near Heppner Oregon with seven room bungalow and irrigation, 1000 acre stock farm near Lewistown Montana with cattle and hay, and multiple Judith Basin and Alberta Canadian Pacific lands for sale or exchange. Includes prices, financing options, and agents W C Downing & Co and Farmers Land Co with locations in Lewistown Missoula Great Falls.
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Heppner
Oregon
Marrow County
Morrow Land Co
Ore
Missoula Valley
F. J. Mahoney
Missoula
Montana
Canadian Pacific Railway
Alberta
Dunn Gock
Great Falls
Judith Basin
St. Farmers Land Co
Lewistown
Mont
Florence Louisiana Company Farm Prospectus Aims at Reclaiming Lands
A promotional text touts a Florence Louisiana Company project offering 80 000 acres for farming and home investment. It claims fertile land from century river deposits, favorable climate and health, low-cost livestock, and diverse crops. Prices range from 50 to 100 dollars per acre with one third down and the rest on time. Corrie and investgate. Talk with our farmers to form conclusions.
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Louisiana
Corrie and
Ibvestigate
Florence Louisiana Company
Gueydan
Washington
Oregon
Kremlin
Japlr
Auto tops and cushions repair in Great Falls Montana
Various ads offer auto tops cushions repairs and servicing in Great Falls Montana. Listings include Victor Ario, Chas EK Morris Co Inc dealers, and Western Hide and Fur Co. promoting repairs loans and purchases across multiple Montana towns.
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Victor Ario's
Great Falls
Chas. EK Morris Co., Inc
Dept
Mont
860 Acres Fine Wheat Land For Sale In Montana
For sale in Great Falls Montana Shafer and Huntsberger list 860 acres with 400 acres winter wheat 750 acres tillable three springs and wells good buildings fenced and cross fenced. One fifth cash with balance crop payments. Also notices on hay oats potatoes and building materials from The Robert L. Rowell Co. and P A Boing Seattle.
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Shafer & Huntsberger
Great Falls
Mont
Robert L. Rowell CO
Central Avenue
Montana
Uveur Great Copper Suilter
Theo
Glbgon
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