Lieutenant Gunniss Ready for France After Montana Leave
First Lieutenant William H. Gunniss spoke to the Great Falls Rotary about the training of the new Army. He described officers training at the Presidio and Camp Fremont and said the Eighth Division is near departure for the great show in France next month.
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Montana
France
Great Falls
Rotarians
Cup New Army
William H. Gunniss
New
National Army
Civilife
Gunniss
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Presidio
San Francisco
Eighth
Camp Fremont
California
Montana Girls Join U S Army War Service In Chemistry
Two Montana State College graduates, Miss Estelle Milner of Kalispell and Miss Gladys Ritz of Conrad, have joined the U S Army medical department for war service. Milner goes to Camp Cody New Mexico as a laboratory technician and Ritz to Camp Dodge Iowa for the sanitary chemistry laboratory. Milner, a 1917 graduate, was the second MT Federation of Women's Clubs scholarship recipient and has worked as a water analyst for the state health board. Ritz, daughter of Rev Henry Ritz, studied chemistry at MSU and has been employed in the MSU chemistry department.
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Montana State College
United States Army
Estelle Milner
Kalispell
Gladys Ritz
Conrad
Miss Milner
Camp Cody
N. M
Miss Ritz
Camp Dodge
Club
Women of Montana
Montana Federation of Women's Clubs
Flathead County High School
W. M. Cobleigh
State Board of Health
Henry Ritz
Anaconda High School
Deer Lodge
Bozeman
Butte Bandit Brought Down By Beam Of Light
A bandit threatening Matt De Pauli with a gun was startled by a star shell over Columbia Gardens. De Pauli punched Talkari in the jaw, injuring him, and the assailant fled toward Chicago after the nurse helped stabilize the victim. De Pauli may face years in Deer Lodge upon recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Matt de Pauli
Columbia Gardens
Chicago
John Talkari
de Pauli
Talkari
Deer Lodge
Butte Miner Tried for Marine Enlistment Despite Deafness
Walter Carlysle, a hard rock miner from Butte, was rejected by a marine recruiting officer due to partial deafness in one ear and total deafness in the other. He boasted of a hunter’s nose and wore souvenirs from Valdez Alaska and Goldfield, hoping to join a unit “on my own hook” and fight the Hun. He declined enlistment but expressed resolve to be caged with enemies and prove himself.
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Walter Carlysle
Butte
Valdez
Alaska
Fort Keogh
Fort Union
Missouri
Keogh
Terry
Yellowstone Valley
Tongue River
Miles City
Archie McMurray
Bill Hook
Sunday Creek
Yellowstone
Jack Johnson
Custer County
George Johnson
Johnson
McMurray
Hook
Pete Jackson
Miles
Buford
Glendive
Seventh Cavalry
Far West
Risse Els Win the War with Posters to Uncle Sam
A Charles M. Russell painted image for the national food administration is reproduced in color and will be distributed nationwide by thousands. The artwork promotes wartime food efforts and honors the cowboy artist’s contribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Risse Els
Uncle Sam
Charles M. Russell
National Food Administration
Oscar Brackett Pioneer of Southeast Montana Life
Oscar Brackett, longtime Montana resident since 1872, recalls frontier life in southeast Montana. He recounts battles with hostile Indians, gold rush memories near Deadwood and the Black Hills, wolfing on the Yellowstone, and later thriving in cattle and sheep work with Brackett’s butte named after him. He reflects on the transformation of the valleys from buffalo ranges to modern settlements.
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Oscar Brackett
Montana
Black Hills
Ismay
Pine Hills
Ismay Way
Brackett
Henry Dion
Glendive
Dion
Isadore
Henry
Deadwood Creek
Deadwood
Custer
Joseph Penwell
Frank Figge
George McCone
Dawson County
Hart Creek
Northern Pacific
George
A. C. Gifford
Fallon
Lfe
Billings
Yellowstone
Livingston
Border celebration links Sweet Grass and Coutts honored at Fourth
Montana and Alberta share war bonds as Sweet Grass Coutts celebrate a border unity. Officials envision an international monument on neutral ground and note more than 50 000 western volunteers, including many Albertans and Americans, fighting together in the great war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Wilson
Coutts
Our Lady of the Snows
Sweet Grass
Bunker Till
Chateauguay
North America
France
Far West
Alberta
Princess Patricias
Ypres
Montana District Tops Western Recruiting in June
The Montana district leads all western districts in marine recruiting. Sergeant Bert Martin reports from Helena that the district, including Helena Butte Billings Miles City and Lewistown posts, exceeded June quotas with about 225 new recruits.
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Montana
Bert Martin
Helena
Gorkum
Missoula
Butte
Billings
Miles City
Lewistown
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A. C. M. Brick Plant
Wighth
Lieut. W. H. Gunniss
Northern
Penwell
Oscar Ward
Bismarck
Collins
Ward
Nills
Wolfer
Kreidil & Prauser
1St Ave. S
Great Falls, Mont
B. Nelson
Central Avenue
Great Falle
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
Falsa Monta
Gat Naional Bank
Chiang & Peirce ,C
Summer Street
Boston
Mass
First National Bank Building
C. BE. Martin
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