Equipment for New Army Becomes Scientifically Armed
The war department reorganizes U S infantry for trench warfare with trench knives and 416 machine guns per division. Infantry platoons are fixed at 58 men under a lieutenant with four light machine guns per 60 men and specialized bombers rifle grenadiers and automatic riflemen. The regimental HQ includes 1 pounder guns and a trench telephone detachment plus engineers sappers and pioneers. The infantry division grows to 27 152 men with four regiments two brigades an artillery brigade and added heavy machine gun battalions to total 14 gun companies.
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Montana
Europe
War Department
National Army
Chemist Solves Gas Shortage with New Process Plant
San Francisco chemist Frederick A. Kornmann announces a method to boost gasoline output dramatically by treating crude oil waste products. The U.S. government accepts the plan and will build a plant to produce fuel under wartime terms, granting free use of the process during the war.
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San Francisco
Frederick A. Kornmann
United States
Kornmann
Gays
Franklin K. Lane
Wilson
Senate
Load All Cars Heavily to Aid War Traffic
Montana shippers urged to fill cars to capacity as freight car shortages loom. Government demand for rolling stock to transport provisions to the national army and encampments rises to about 2,500 cars daily, with allied needs for export shipments nearly doubling. Railroads face only a 3 percent equipment increase over last year to meet the surge.
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Montana
National Army
National Board
Iron Tonic Promises Strength Gain in Ten Days
Doctors tout Nuxated Iron as a cure for nervous weakness and general fatigue caused by iron deficiency. A Boston physician cites blood tests showing many illnesses stem from lack of iron and claims two five grain tablets three times daily can restore strength within two weeks, with further promises of doubling strength in ten days under trial terms.
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New York
N. Y
W. Sauer
Boston
State records and local notices from Montana
Scobey Eastern Star organized Prairie chapter. In Conrad street light posts planned for business district. Helena Mary Daly dies at 56, sister of Hugh Daly. Melstone hay meadow fire scorches 200 acres from Milwaukee engine. Livingston vaccination order for schools due to smallpox. Havre Great Northern boilermaker wage increase to 65.5 cents. Lewistown Great Northern extension work resumes east of town. Harlem Eastern Star instituted with Mrs. Ward presiding. Lewistown George Kennedy dies in auto crash near Hilger. Melstone Dr Hugh Heaton named to Red Cross welfare detachment for France. Wolf Point charter issued for Citizens National Bank. Two Dot boy swallows bolt during play. bolt removed. Miles City city clerk accidentally shoots three fingers. Livingston city rejects sale of water system for 400000. to build own plant. Helena Senator Jones marries Florence Baxter. Lewistown Mrs. Frank Stephens dies in Sheridan. buried here. Helena Montana Funeral Directors elect officers. Billings Maria Sanford elected honorary president of Minnesota Conference. Billings Private Mussack shot at guard duty. wound slight. Helena Supreme Court upholds Murphy will validity. Billings O’Brien and Nevins escape jail. Nevins captured, O’Brien atop coach. Helena Crop survey to be conducted October 17 by federal, extension, county staff.
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Scobey
Order of Eastern Star
Prairie
Conrad
Helena
Mary Daly
Montana
Hugh Daly
Melstone
Milwaukee
Frank Hamilton
Livingston
State Board of Health
Havre
Great Northern
Lewistown
Harlem
Ward
George Kennedy
Woodlawn
Hilger
Hugh Heaton
France
American Red Cross
Wolf Point
Citizens’ National Bank
H. B. Tice
Attix
Miles City
Paul Allmayer
Monidair Trust Company
William QB. Jones
Meagher County
Wheatland County
Florence M. Baxter
C. Baxter
Harlowtown
Minnesota
East Rosebud
Minnesota Conference of Charities and Corrections
Billings
Walter Mussack
Company M
Yellowstone
State Supreme Court
John T. Murphy
John T. Murphy, Jr
High Court
Frank O’brien
William Nevins
Nevins
O’brien
Federal Bureau of Statistics
Extension Department
The
State College
Defense Councils
Col White backs Flathead lake real estate push
Col A A White of St Paul bought Wild Horse Island and villa sites on Flathead Lake two years ago and now promotes Montana’s lakeshore. With the Dixon to Polson Northern Pacific branch opening, more Montanans will discover the region, ideal for summer homes and outdoor recreation.
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A. A. White
St. Paul
Wild Horse Island
Flat
Montana
Flathead
Commonwealth
Anaconda Standard
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