Notable returns and local notices from Montana towns
Reports from Browning Great Falls Dupuyer and surrounding areas note Army veterans arriving home from France including M S Toeckes and Matt Power. Positive business conditions at Steck State Bank agency. Local residents recount wartime experiences and Belgian War Cross recognition for Capt J M Maguire.
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O. Phelps
Stecksantate Bank
Browning
Was
Bank Pioneer Press
M. S. Toeckes
France
Matt
Pete Toeckes
Silas Monroe
Great Falls
Peter Rasmussen
Theodore F. Orr
David B. Walker
Dupuyer
New York
U.S
Sam Sollid
Sam
Conrad
Louis Fuhinger
Dr. Sweat
Fuhinger
Johnston
Belgium
Labor Strike Plan Prompts Protests Across Unions
A proposal to issue ballots to about twenty thousand labor unions for a general strike to liberate Mooney and others is described as a plan by the International Defense Council. The text claims substantial funds raised and predicts three strike dates if approved, while predicting a negative outcome from loyal American labor.
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International Defense Council
Mooney
Mooney Et al
McNamaras
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Revolution Teaders
Seattle
Montana Weather Conditions Unfavorable for Crops
Montana reports from twenty counties show spring seeding underway with ten to eighty five percent completed. Some counties report wind damage and lack of rainfall. winter wheat is in fairly good condition. Showers occur in western counties. labor shortage is widespread. New agricultural commissioner Chas. D. Green and staff compile the weekly conditions for the state.
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Helena
Chas. DB
Green
Auld
Agriculture and Publicity
Methodist Notes Owing to Pastor Absence No Evening Service
Due to the pastor's absence there will be no preaching service next Sunday evening. Morning services and the Sunday School at Teen Hours are set for 10:30 and 11:80 respectively.
War Savings Societies Chartered Across Montana Counties
Washington reports 670 War Savings Societies chartered in Montana by Carter Glass. Musselshell leads with 61 societies, Wheatland 65, Carbon 39, Fer gus 37, Chouteau 36, Rosebud 31, Lewis and Clark 30, Gallatin 28, Valley 27, Sweetgrass 26, Flathead 26, Hill 24, Cascade 20, Mineral 20, Phillips 19, Yellowstone 17, Park 18, Deer Lodge 12, Powell 12, Prairie 12, Teton 11, Dawson 10, Lincoln 10, Wibaux 10, Richland 9, Custer 9, Garfield 8, Broadwater 6, Sheridan 6, Big Horn 5, East Sanders 5, Fallon 5, Treasure 5, Stillwater 4, Pondera 38, Ravalli 3, Beaverhead 2, Glacier 2, Silver Bow 2, West Sanders 2, Blaine, Carter, Madison, Meagher, Missoula, Powder River, Roosevelt, Jefferson, McCone, Granite one each. No war savings society reported from Toole county.
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Butte
Washington Teder. Hy
the. Ffontana
War Savings Organization
Carter ‘Glass
Secretary of the Treasury
Montana
Musselshell County
Fends
Wheatland
Carbon
Fergus
Chouteau
Rosebud
Lewis & Clark
Sheridan
Big Horn
East Sanders
Fallon
Treasure
Stillwater
Pondera
Ravalli
Beaverhead
Glacier
Silver Bow
West Sanders
Blaine
Carter
Madison
Meagher
Missoula
Powder River
Roosevelt
Jefferson
McCone
Granite
War Savings Society
Toole County
New Brand of Democracy and Freedom
Ford's Weekly reprints a eulogy by two North Dakota NonPartisan League congressmen praising the Industrial Commission Act as a path to economic democracy. It contrasts North Dakota state owned plants with tax costs to taxpayers and warns the program echoes Soviet centralized control over industry and life.
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Ford’s Weekly
League
North Dakota
Industrial Commission Act
Bank of
Lenine
Trotsky
Russia
America
Hill Cards Wilson On Senate Neglect Of Treaty Plan
David Jayne Hill, ex ambassador to Germany, condemns President Wilson for acting beyond public opinion and Senate oversight. He rebukes the president for touring Europe with a personal retinue and pushing a world reconstruction plan not shown to Congress as a condition for future aid.
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Washington
David Jayne Hill
Germany
League of Nations
Wilson
United States
Senate
Earthquake Hits San Salvador. US Legation Damaged
The state department reported a severe earthquake in San Salvador at 1 o'clock yesterday causing 40 deaths and many injuries plus property damage. The American legation building in San Salvador was damaged but no Americans were reported injured.
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San Salvador
Washington
State Department
Legation
The Mongol Yoke and Autocracy Shaped Russia
Edward Alsworth Ross argues in Asia Magazine that Russia's history was shaped by three factors. The Mongol yoke for two and a half centuries suppressed legal rights and left czars with unchecked power. Northern confinement limited early development and exposed southern lands to nomad raids. The Romanov autocracy solidified serfdom, delaying social and economic progress.
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England
Italy
Low Countries
Russia
Europe
Peter the Reat
Upper
Ohio
Great Lakes
Indiana
Rocky Mountains
Edward Alsworth Ross
Asia Magazine
Vanity and beach fashion scam in department store
A department store clerk persuades a summer girl to buy a high priced bathing suit by arguing about photo effects. The clerk cites color contrast, urging a purple suit with a white border as more flattering for beach pictures, while a blue and green option is deemphasized.
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Indianapolis News
Real Lady and a Cabby Mock Courtroom Exchange
A cabman faces the Magistrate after violent language toward a claimed lady. The man argues she is no lady, while the judge quips on recognizing a real lady. He recalls a prior incident where a woman refused change and mocked him, ending with a sarcastic remark about a “real tdy.”
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London
Misread Signal Describes Escaped German Prisoner
A German prisoner escaped an internment camp and a description was circulated to aid recapture. The telephonic reception twisted the details into oddities, and a signaler finished with height 5 foot 6 all beard and moustache. The correction read please read small for all.
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Ali
Japanese Airmen to Be Sent to Italy
Japanese military flyers and accompanying mechanics, who have volunteered, are slated for dispatch to Italy after prolonged wartime negotiations. Initial plans called for twenty airmen, but the number is now reduced to fourteen or fifteen per the war office note confirming their deployment.
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Italy
War Office
Roosevelt Memorandum Shaped Enduring GOP Unity
The North American Review and Colonel Harvey publish Theodore Roosevelt's last penciled memorandum. The note urges unity in domestic policy, urges quick action, and signals a new Republican drive to resolve internal issues before wider national challenges. It frames Roosevelt as guiding a reinvigorated party toward coordinated reform.
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Harvey
North American Review
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
United
Republican Party
George Harvey
National
Hays
Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt’s Departing Words To Countrymen At Rally
Col Roosevelt died about 4 o clock on January 6 morning. The previous evening at a patriotic rally in the New York Hippodrome a message from him was read. He said there is room for but one flag, the American flag, and only one loyalty, to the American people.
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Col. Roosevelt
New York Hippodrome
War profiteers in Holland spread across The Hague district
A Dutch observer describes war profiteers or ower as owners of new cars and carriages. The elite occupy mansions near the peace palace in The Hague. He notes scarce petrol, high expenses, and 30 percent tax avoidance on profits since 1915. He cites about 100 million dollars in yields and a larger hidden pool from farmers.
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Profiteer
Isaac
Bo ‘Marcosson Waites
Hoogstraat
Rotterdam
Ower
Holland
Hague
Peace Palace
America
Italy Adopts Scientific Farming Near Rome for Orphans
The Red Cross Civil Affairs Department aids a Salesian Fathers school of agriculture near Porta Furba Rome. An Italian group Comitato per gli Orfani de Constadint Martin Guerra provides support as orphans of peasant soldiers learn modern farming through lectures, classroom work, and field practice under younger priest supervision.
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Italy
Alps
Department of Civil Affairs
American Red Cross
Salesian Fathers
Porta Furba
Rome
Comitato Pegil Orfani
de Constadint
Martin Guerra
Boots from Bulgaria Sparked a Sussex Conversation
H G Wells reportedly wore soft red Bulgarian boots at his Sussex home. Joseph Conrad visited and admired the ornate footwear with gold embroidery and fur trim, joking about Bulgarian atrocities as he commented on discovering the pair.
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H. G. Wells
Balkans
Sussex
Joseph Conrad
Mr. Wells
Mr. Conrad
Wella
Peace
Welle
Bulgaria
Conrad
All He Wanted to Do
Brooklyn man David Jackson faced federal charges for draft registration evasion after resisting officials’ remarks. He declared readiness to fight Germans and to join the army when asked by Judge Garvin during arraignment in U S District Court.
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David‘Jackson
Brooklyn
United States District Court
Judge Garvin
Jackson
Porridge Pot Beats German Attack in Highland Stand
An anecdote from the war era recalls Highlanders repelling a German assault not with weapons but by flinging a pot of porridge. A British officer notes the improbability of such a defense, while soldiers fear the reaction of their hungry comrades upon return.
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V. C
Jock
War economy taints Rio de Janeiro’s carnival era
The United States Naval Institute Proceedings describe Brazil’s push toward war-like economy as inflation and tariffs raise living costs in Rio. Daily life strains include high prices for basics, with examples such as a drill jacket at 10.80 and a tailor-made suit around 50 dollars. The carnival four days before Ash Wednesday contrasts with austere wartime measures.
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Rio de Janeiro
Rio
United States Naval Institute Proceedings
Absentee Registrant Misplaces Registration Card
An unsigned registrant at the city post office accidentally dropped his registration card into a trash bin while mailing it to his local board. A postman retrieved the envelope, but the letter carrier later placed the card in a mailbox, preventing loss of the document. Washington Star reports the incident.
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City Post Office
Washington
Patron Saint for Airmen Invites Catholic Aviators to Guild
The cardinal archbishop of Westminster launches the Guild of St. Michael for Airmen inviting Roman Catholic airmen to join under Michael's protection. A London paper notes the unexpected patronage by Russian airmen in early war days adds to the sudden, altered sense of the phrase prince of the powers of the air.
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Westminster
Letter from U S Tank Forces Member in France
A U S Army tank crewman writes about the emotions of war in France. He recalls fear and hatred and condemns German methods described as burying chaos with bombs.
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United States Tank Forces
France
Fire clay substitute for heat resistant bricks discussed
An article notes a material replacing fire clay in fire bricks. It claims a workable binder has been found, improving heat resistance compared to ordinary coal ash and promising widespread use after extensive tests.
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Methodist Notes
Hill
Bartaric
Caartom ‘Hawes
Tor
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