Montana Marines Battle Front Glory Devildogs Drive On
Hundreds of Montana youths serve in the United States Marines praised by British French and American commanders. They fought at Chateau Thierry Cantigny and Torcy advancing a three mile front holding gains along a ten mile line. The Marines earned the title first to fight and hardest to defeat as they repelled German drives toward Paris and continued the assault this week.
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Montana
United States
Europe
Chateau Thierry
Pershing
Cantigny
Chateau Thiery
Minly
Torcy
United States Marine Corps
Clignon
Marne
Paris
Gallieni
Maine
von Hindenburg
James Stuart, Early Montana Pioneer Leader
James Stuart arrived in Montana sixty-one years ago with his brother Granville Stuart. He helped found American Fork and discovered gold on Gold Creek, becoming the territory’s first sheriff and an early military officer. He led expeditions into the Yellowstone, organized volunteers, served in the first legislative assembly, and died in 1873 after shaping Montana’s early development.
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James Stuart
Montana
Granville Stuart
American Fork
Granville
Gold Creek
Stuart
Virginia
California
The
Horn
West
Modoc
Stuart Brothers
Malad
Idaho
Mormon Country
Beaverhead County
the Valley
Stuarts
Deer Lodge
Red River
Benedsee
Philipsburg
James
Johnson
Salt Lake City
Fort Benton
Walla Walla
J. M. Bozeman
Bozeman
Yellowstone
Salmon
S. T. Hauser
Missouri
Missoula County
Washington Territory
Hurlburt
Big Prickley Pear Creek
Montana City
John White
Grasshopper Creek
Stuart Ranch
William Arnett
Co. W. Spillman
Br. S. Jernagin
Arnett
Fox
Bull
Spillman
Monte
Jernagin
Bannack
Yellowstone Valley
Cyrus D. Watkins
John Vanderbilt
James N. York
Richard McCafferty
James Hauxhurst
D. Underwood
H. A. Bell
William Roach
Blake
George H. Smith
H. T. Geery
IX. Bostwick
George Ives
Louis Simmons
William Fairweather
George Orr
Thomas Cover
Barney Hughes
Henry Edgar
Big Horn
Fort Bridger
Bear River
Virginia City
de R Lodge
Legislative Assembly
Edgerton
Fort Brening
A Course in Burglary Over German Language Debate
Governor Stewart opposes teaching German in state colleges and supports a course in burglary. The state board voted seven to two against resuming German instruction as a war measure. J Bruce Kramer and C H Hall criticized faculty activities while Leo Faust urged dismissals. the board ordered an investigation. State Superintendent Trumper criticized rural school songs including Hit the Kaiser on the Bean andI Aint Too Old to Go Without Wheat.
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Stewart
Ku'tur
State Board of Education
J. Bruce Kramer
Butte
C. H. Hall
Missoula
Leo Faust
Trumper
Elections of 1918 Data for Montana Released
Secretary of State C T Stewart releases details on 1918 Montana elections including general election on November 5 and primary August 27. Nomination filings due August 7 with extra campaign-book space for early filers. Initiative petitions due July 30 and related argument deadlines. One constitutional amendment on mortgage tax exemption.
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Montana
C. T. Stewart
Grace Schliehofer Heroine Of Billings Flood Twelve Year Old Saved
Yellowstone flood subsided and Billings residents faced two days without water as the city’s intake and main feed line were washed out. Grace Schliehofer, 17, saved a 12 year old from drowning, others improvised rafts and boats, and volunteers rescued a dozen families as livestock perished and water shortages led to a near famine for laundry and boiler operations.
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Grace Schleihofer
Yellowstone
Billings
Yellowstone Valley
Red Lodge
Northern Pacific
Grace Schliehofer
Willie Kaiser
South Twenty-seventh Street
Miss Schliehofer
Fire waste and prevention push under wartime law
After the war declaration, the National Board of Fire Underwriters offered records and expert staff to the government to curb arson and protect food and war material supplies. The piece compares U S fire losses to Europe, notes preventable fire causes, and urges Americans to act to stop the drain on national resources.
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Germany
National Board of Fire Underwriters
National Board
Department of National Service
United States War Industries Board
France
England
Austria
Italy
Switzerland
Holland
United States
New York City
London
Maine
West Virginia
North Carolina
North Dakota
South Dakota
Alabama
Louisiana
Montana
Panama Canal
Charles Whiting Baker
Pacific Coast Prune Growers To Receive 12 Million
June growers on the Pacific coast will be paid more than 12 million dollars for their prune crop. Prices to growers rise by 214 cents above last year’s record level while consumers pay about last year’s price due to food administration regulation.
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Pacific Coast
Food Administration
Spies in Uniforms Reported Behind German Lines
Private James A. Donahue, who escaped after nine days with the Americans, reports spies in American uniforms behind German lines. The dispatch also notes aviator deaths within 24 hours of slight wounds, raising suspicion that poison bullets are used in air battles.
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James A. Donahue
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Marines
Monezunim
Tripuli
United States Marine
United States Marines
Navy
Ea Hieiven
Iy Unitle Spas Marines
James G. Harbord
General Pershing
Harbord
Charles A. Doyen
Marine Corps
Doyen
John A. Lejeune
Htarbord
Illinois
Fourth Infantry
Fritz
A. S Johnson
Flowerree Sheep & Horse Co
Flowerree Sheen & Horse Go
Lowry, Montana
U. S
LFE
SAIS
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