Butte Pioneer William Owsley Dies in Twin Bridges
William Owsley, longtime Butte figure and first skyscraper builder, dies in Twin Bridges. A pioneer from the 1860s, he came with little more than a sack of flour and bacon, built the Owsley block, served as Butte mayor, and helped spark the area’s early mining boom and reclamation efforts in Idaho and Montana.
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William Owsley
Twin
Bridges
Butte
Montana
Territory
Owsley
Placer Diggings
Big Butte
Butte Hill
Clark
Deer Lodge
W. A. Clark
Madison County
United States
Marcus Daly
Daly
Comstock
Virginia City
Walker Brothers
Salt Lake City
First National Bank of Butte
Lfe
Cary
Roberts
Idaho
Twin Bridges
Young Montana Hero Wins D S C for Argonne Valor
George Whitcomb 18, son of mining man Charles Whitcomb, receives the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary bravery at the Argonne. Enlisting in 1917, he fought in France with Company B, Ninth machine gun battalion across Chateau-Thierry, the Marne battles, Jaulgne, Vesle, Saint Mihiel, and Meuse Argonne. He saved his gun at great personal cost, returning with aid to keep fire. He was decorated by General Pershing at Andernach after a 32 mile hike to the medal reveal.
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Montana
George Whitcomb
Charles Whitcomb
Argonne
Young Whitcomb
Second
France
Chateau- Theirry
Marne
Jaulgonne
Vesle River
St. Mihiel
Meuse Argonne
Whitcomb
General Pershing
Andernach
Rhine
Lieutenant Snyder
Malta
Pershing
Primary Election Law Change and New Provisions
Senator Edwin S. Booth reports a Senate Bill 124 proposing state officer selection by state conventions with a September 1919 special election to approve the law. The bill outlines rotating ballot orders, independent candidate limits, and a switch to convention nominations, plus stock subscription notes and grain warehousing reforms under a Montana legislative package.
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Edwin S. Booth
Legislative Assembly
Senate
United States
Montana
Compensation Board
Secretary of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Commission
Wheatland County Girl to Christen U S Warship
Miss Juanita Laura Cook of Wheatland County will christen a U S warship, a honor earned for Wheatland’s top war loan support. Born in Wauconda Illinois and raised in Judith Gap Montana, she worked in a post office, studied at Billings Polytechnic, and became a leading accountant. Her Red Cross service and patriotic work secured unanimous community selection. Details of the launch are being arranged in Washington with Ninth district war loan info to follow. Wheatland ranked second in the Ninth district for Fourth Liberty loan distribution at 56 percent.
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Juanita Laura Cook
Sam
Wheatland County
Montana
Wauconda
Judith Gap
Billings Polytechnic Institute
Juanita Cook
Montana Boy in Germany Sends Home New Paper
Walter Wryn, a Great Falls native now in Montabaur, Germany, mails copies of the Bridgehead Sentinel No 1 of Vol 1 to Montana friends. The issue, issued by the 1st division men in Germany, declares progress follows the American flag wherever planted.
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Walter Wryn
Great Falls
Montabaur
Germany
Montana
Kalispell Farm Loan Association Creates Undivided Profit Fund
The Kalispell Federal Farm Loan Association allocates its Spokane Fed Bank first dividend of 700 dollars. Ten percent goes to reserve while the remainder is used for an undivided profit fund to aid members in temporary financial hardship. Both reserve and profits will be invested in loan banks.
Health board launches infantile paralysis aftercare campaign
The state board of health inaugurated a campaign addressing after effects of infantile paralysis. Marion L. Fox, Harvard specialist and newly appointed board member, will lead the effort from Great Falls and travel to communities via physicians and health officers. Her work focuses on reducing deformities through proper care and medical collaboration. Captain Charles A. Rexroad of Butte, a noted chaplain in the Ninety first division, arrived in New York aboard the Calamares with the Distinguished Service Cross and Croix de Guerre.
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State Board of Health
Marion L. Fox
Harvard
Miss Fox
Great Falls
Montana
Charles A. Rexroad
Butte
New York
Calamares
Butte Friends
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Hercules Macaroni
Hercules-Brand
Macaroni
Great Falls, Mont
Cascade
Cascade Bank of
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Capi AL
B. Roberts
N. T. Lease
Clyde Wilcox
A. M. Shannon
A. E. Gable
A. F. Bartholomew
J. W. McKenzie
Mgr
Farm Loan Department
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