War Risk Bureau to Open in Montana Education Campaign Under Way
James M. Brown special representative of the War Risk Insurance Bureau visits Montana to select a city for a new office likely in Butte Helena Great Falls or Billings. He will educate Montanans on war risk provisions and explain allotment and allowance procedures for service families and dependents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Frank D. Brown
Society of Pioneers
Federal War Risk Insurance Bureau
James M. Brown
Bureau
Butte
Thelena
Great Falls
Billings
Brown
Mr. Brown
McAdoo
Army
Navy
The
Red Cross
Flowerree Sheep & Horse Co
Berlin
England
Ely
Reed Point Women Jury Deliberates First in Montana History
Reed Point, Montana reports the first all female jury since equal rights laws took effect. Jerome Owens sued Sol Brumfield for wages over cattle care. the jury of women deliberated three hours and ruled for Owens, urging reasonable costs and attorney fees. Poet S. I. DeFrance composed a roundelay celebrating the event, noting shifts in gender roles and politics, with verses describing men attempting domestic tasks and the jury’s historic decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Point
Montana
Jerome Owens
Sol Brumfield
S. I. DeFrance
Nerve nourishment pills promise health for thin nervous people
Advert reads Bitro-Phosphate an organic nerve food claimed to rebuild nerves and improve weight, sleep, and mood. It touts Euro-Phosphate as a less effective alternative, and warns the drug is for those seeking flesh gains, sold by local druggists.
Highway Makers Progress On Federal Aid Projects
State highway commission engineers report good progress on federal aid projects approved by federal engineers. Final surveys finished in Meagher Madison and other counties prepare cost estimates and final plans. Plans go to Washington for agriculture secretary approval before contracts are awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
North Fork
Meagher County
Madison County
Virginia City-Ennis
Wibaux County
Carbon County
Big Horn County
Dawson County
Glendive
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
The Spirit of Great Britain and Lloyd George’s Lead
Britain rests on confidence and concentration as proportional representation fades from Parliament. Lloyd George solidifies leadership amid self-made ministers and a unified wartime effort with 5,000,000 men and 5,000,000 women mobilized. Prices rise, but food remains abundant and queues vanish as banks support the war chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Lloyd George
Asquith
Bonar Law
Lord Northcliffe
Lord Pirrie
Lord Rhondda
Lord Cowdray
Albert Stanley
Eric Geddes
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
John
London
Montana girl reports Berlin food, press control and war myths
Miss Irene Elliot, after five years in Berlin, describes scarce food yet regulated distribution, German masses backing the war, and English French blame. She notes paper clothing, rationed goods, and strict press controls under the Kaiser regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Elliot
Berlin
Montana
Germany
England
France
Miss Elliot
Luchnowsky
Billings
Empire
Royal Opera
Cassel
Sunny Breakfast Table Described With Grim Metaphors
The passage paints a bleak scene of a breakfast table where a father is compared to a bulldog with the pip and a mother to a wildcat with hives. The mood is gloomy, likened to a rainy Belgian morning after a German raid.
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WAR Risk Bureau
Government Insurance Bureau
Hades
Mr. Ford
de France
Porter
T. E. Marshall
Marshall
Mister Taylor
Smith
Reno
Eve
Flowerree
Lowry, Montana
State Commission
Spirit OF
Great Britain
IIGHT
Britain
Herbert N. Casson
Elliot
Western Tire
Mont
Yellowstone Park
Livingston, Montana
Tremens
Helena
Pioneer Business College of Montana
Rice & Patenauch
Props
General School Supply Co
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