Potash King of America Emerges from Prison Stint
Frank L. Hulen, once jailed in Colorado for bigamy, proclaims wealth as potash magnate. After leaving Oklahoma in 1910 he prospected in Wyoming and Montana, later building an Antioch Nebraska plant and gaining 85 percent US output while aiding former inmates. He married the sheriff’s daughter during waiting periods and stays in touch with his old jailer.
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Frank L. Hulen
Carbon County
Mik Basin
Wyoming Line
Montana
Hulen
Colorado
America
Denver
Tom Tynan
Colorado Penitentiary
Hullen
Tynan
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Bertha Fennell Hulen
Charlotte Richards Hulen
Jefferson County
Golden
Canon City
Colorado School of Mines
Nebraska
Miss Dennis
Uncle Sam
Husen
United States
Antioch
Neb
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Graves Registration Service to bury Montana soldiers in France
A new graves registration service will oversee proper burials for American soldiers in France. An organized corps of 50 per division, officers and men, will mark graves with crosses and iron markers and send photos and death details to relatives.
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ARMY
France
Montana
Graves Registration Service
Europe
Pocket Book Quip Sparks Long Faces Ahead
A brief wry note hints that a small pocketbook joke can sour a mood, suggesting humor and thrift shape attitudes in everyday life. The remark underscores how tiny items or habits influence broader sentiment.
United States Guard to Assist Home Front in War Effort
Montana prepares to form home guard units under President Wilson with 25 000 volunteers. Men aged 31 to 45 will serve near their homes in 40 battalions to relieve regular troops. They will wear blue uniforms, carry Krag rifles, and may enlist or be drafted for limited service.
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Montana
Wilson
United States Guard
National Guard
Europe
Sugar Supply Controls Hit Northeastern Confectioners
To prevent a sugar shortage until the 1917 crop arrives, the United States food administration limits confectioners to zero percent of their normal requirements through January 1, 1918. The same cap applies to makers of syrups ice cream gum and cordials.
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United States Food Administration
Registered Men Responsible Under Crowder Draft Rulings
Montana reprints General Crowder’s warning that all registrants and those claiming exemptions face legal penalties if they fail to comply. Exemptions issued before noon December 15 1917 are revoked and past certificates lose validity, with failures punishable by up to one year imprisonment.
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Montana
General Crowder
Selective Service
Crowder
Sugar limit set at 36 pounds per person nationwide
The national food administration in Washington urges households to limit sugar use to 36 pounds per person annually after a misimpression led Montana dealers and consumers to expect normal supplies. The error prompted a reminder that acute shortages persist and robbers are being warned to curb distribution.
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National Food Administration
Washington
Federal Administration
Montana
The
Food Administration
Fergus County Pioneer Leaves 250000 Estate
Alvin Lincoln a Montana pioneer of Fergus county died leaving an estate estimated at 250000 His Deerfield ranch near White Sulphur Springs is among the state finest The will filed for probate provides the widow Annie Lincoln 25000 the ranch 160 acres to Leonie Hufine and children 5 each and the residue to son George Lincoln with a five year managed life estate by trustees Pack and Belden Prospects of further five year extension and line of inheritance if George dies unmarried and has issue
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Alvin Lincoln
Montana
Fergus County
Deerfield
Annie Lincoln
White Sulphur Springs
Leonie Hufine
George Lincoln
Charles W. Pack
O. W. Belden
Ask No Quarter and Give None Cruelty at Front Sparks U.S. Resentment
Dr. Phillip G. Cole reports American troops in France refuse to take prisoners due to German cruelty. A Boche mistook No Man's Land for his trench and was bayoneted. first American wounded arrive at a field hospital. Cole asks for letters and Camel cigarettes from Helena friends.
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France
Lay
George E. Neill
Helena
Phillip G. Cole
Europe
No Man’s Land
Dr. Cole
Field Hopital
Cole
Montana Club
P. G. Cole
A. EB. F
Henry Saunders Defrauded Many in Post Office Scam
Henry Patten Saunders, former British army officer, is jailed in Helena on a Scobey post office robbery charge. After a Leavenworth sentence for an intricate fraud, Saunders mailed letters to dead officers and relatives seeking five pounds or $25 to cross into Canada and enlist. He allegedly profited from at least 1000 letters and confessed before trial.
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Henry Patten Saunders
Helena
Scobey
St. Paul
Montana
Leavenworth
Saunders
Planders
Canada
Britain
France
England
Montana News Roundup From Many Towns
Reports from Billings Plentywood Havre Roundup Bozeman and other towns cover labor, farming, health, mining, and accidents. Gopher extermination funds, smallpox vaccination orders, a steer sold for 261 dollars, a county tax roll rise, and a fatal shooting at a coal mine are noted along with military enlistments, open rivers, and a Christmas banquet for Fergus soldiers. Notable deaths and legal actions appear with various local officials and residents named.
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Billings
Plentywood
Federal Farm Loan Association
Havre
Hill County
Bozeman
Board of Health
Alex Woolfolk
Chicago
Theodore Reike
Estate to Montana for Lincoln ranch orphan home
A legal note states the entire estate will go to the state of Montana to fund a state home for orphans at the Lincoln ranch. The provision directs use of the property for child welfare purposes under state administration.
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Montana
Lincoln Ranch
Ranch quarrel ends in fatal shooting at Parker ranch
Parker was killed after a quarrel with Shellito who, despite four bullet wounds, rode 70 miles to the county seat for help. In a separate incident Mrs. Kahlman accused her husband of spying and mine plans, but he was cleared after seven days in jail and she admitted the charges were unfounded.
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Shellito
Parker
Butte
George Kahliman
Kahliman
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