Mosby Captain in Montana A Confederate Veteran Dies
Col W H Chapman 77 of Richmond now revenue official in Montana visits Helena conference with Whaley. Chapman, Mosbys second in command, recalls Civil War raids and Mosbys leadership. Mosby died last December and Chapman, veteran of Mosbys troops, recounts battles and barbered guerilla image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Chapman
Richmond
Virginia
Revenue Service
Montana
Helena
Whaley
Col. Chapman
John Singleton Mosby
Shirley S. Ashby
Chapman
Ashby
Mosby
Grant
Hong Kong
Cleveland
Revenue Department
Chinook Boy Given Commission in Army to Fight in France
Joseph A. Miller, Chinook high school graduate, earns a captain’s commission in the new U S army to serve abroad in France. His father was a Hussar captain in 1870, the family later moved to America. Miller trained at Simpson military school and reports to Fort Snelling as he joins the regular army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Miller
Chinook High School
United States
France
Captain Miller
Hussars
Bismarck
Paris
America
Miller
Chinook
Simpson, In
Germany
Congress
Fort Snelling
Cheer Up Man Who Brings Cheer at Home and Play
A light poem praising a man who avoids grouches at home. He keeps pets happy and thrives on laughter. When hear Play Ball he springs into action and shares good cheer with family and friends.
Farmers Enrolled Under Compensation Act in Montana
Attorney General S. C. Ford advises the Montana Industrial Accident Board that under loss 27 of section 40a any employer and farmer who jointly elect, and have it approved by the board, may adopt Compensation Plan No. 3. This could bring Montana farmers within the workmen's compensation act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
S. C. Ford
State Industrial Accident Board
Industrial Accident Board
Liberty Bonds and Farm Loans Support Urgent War Needs
The Liberty Bond sale will absorb much investment money and may tax national credit while delaying Federal Farm Loan System growth. The Banking Corporation of Montana Helena offers financial aid to Montana farmers needing loans to improve farms and boost crop production for the war effort. Contact them for information or consult your local agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Banking Corporation OF
Montana
Helena
Systematized Killing of Buffalo in Miles City Era
Colonel Sam Gordon describes the organized slaughter of eastern Montana buffalo during the winter of 1880 81. He cites $2 per hide and $10 to $15 for robes, with an estimated 250000 killed, driven by demand for robes and coats and aided by improved rifles and tanning myths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Gordon
Miles City
Montana
Col Gordon
Col. Gordon
Prairies
Michigan
Custer County
55 Million Bushels Wheat Predicted For Montana
B C White of the state council of defense forecasts 55,000,000 bushels of wheat from Montana farmers with good weather, plus a large potato crop. He praises farmer dedication, notes extensive seed use and new tractors, urges Liberty bonds as prizes for agricultural exhibits, and predicts record overall production this year.
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B. C. White
State Council of Defense
Montana
White
Plentywood
Alzeda
Troy
Monida
Bozeman Agricultural College
Silver Bow
Sanders County
Sanders
West
Harlem War scare ends as Greek camp proves peaceful
Chiefs of police and sheriffs prepared for action along the high line when rumor spread that Austrian and Bulgarian railroad laborers aimed to cause trouble at Mata dore. A reconnoiter found 100 Greek workers celebrating a holiday with flags flying, and the tension dissolved as arrests for hunting without a license were resolved with fines paid by officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
Matadore
Wagner
Havre
Zortman
Greece
Sam
United States
Helena Saloon Keeper Made to Kiss the Flag
Buttermilk John Putz owner of a Helena saloon twice kissed the United States flag one day recently. He did it in his saloon and again in the street mud in the presence of 25 Northern Pacific railroad employees and Helena residents. He also retracted remarks about civil war veterans linked to a soldier son. Police could not locate Putz as his saloon closed and he left the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Putz
Helena
United States
Northern Pacific Railroad
Putz
Thomas
United States Army
Morgan
Pitz
Extinct Buffalo Herds Mark End of an Era
The passage notes the buffalo as extinct aside from two or three sickly captive herds under a hundred head. It emphasizes the near total disappearance of the species and the lasting impact on the landscape and past economies.
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Uncle Sam
Mr. Chapman
Meyers
New York
University of Virginia
Baron
Baron Robert von Massow
George Washington
Mrs. Chapman
States of the Union
Salt Lake City
Liberty
Mr. Farmer
Bankers’ Insurance Company of
Charnel House OF
Buffalo
B. C
ELK Run Herefords
ELK Run
Duncan McDonald
Megr
Highwood
Shirley
Ford
Great Falls
Afont
Ereford
King Cattle Company
South St. Paul, Minn
OICE
Angus
B. Power
John Evans
Cascade
N. S. Ranch
River Stock & Land Company
THE
Rocky: Montain Fire Insurance Co
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