Public Health Rules Fight Spanish Flu Outbreak
Montana officials enact emergency measures closing schools theaters and public venues as Spanish influenza spreads. Health officers must report cases weekly. isolation, disinfection, and patient screening are required. Public guidance describes symptoms, spread, and precautions for households and caregivers.
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Montana
W. F. Cogswell
State Board of Health
Stewart
Ford
State Health Department
Public Health Service
Not His Function In Bank Questioning
A grim faced woman asks how much money her husband withdrew last week. The teller says he cannot provide the information and explains he is not the paying teller. The exchange appears in the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
Fort Benton financier Browne shaped Montana growth
David G Browne born 1859 near Belfast Ireland came to the United States at 17. He led mule freighting in Montana from 1878 and by 1880 headed a major outfit at Fort Benton. He branched into government contracts banking and cattle interests shaping northern Montana economic development.
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David G. Browne
Montana
Mr. Browne
Belfast
Ireland
United States
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Kelton
Utah
Fort Benton
Wetzell & Company
Browne
Fort Assinniboine
Wyoming
Nebraska
Forts
Assinniboine
Maginnis
Shaw
Custer
Bank of Northern
Stockman’s National Bank
Sec
Cleveland
Idaho
McKinley
Bar Eleven Cattle Company
Vigilantes Execute Desperado Seachriest in Montana
The Vigilantes in Montana hanged Jake Silvie alias Jacob Seachriest at Dry Gulch after a tense investigation into his 12 year crime spree. He confessed to road robbery and murder on Snake River and provided names, signs, and signals of his gang before his execution.
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Seachriest
Montana
Jake Silvie
Jacob Seachriest
Pennsylvania
Diamond City
Confederate Gulch
Helena
Missouri River
Salt Lake City
Virginia City
Rockies
Jerome Locke to Get Captain's Commission
Jerome J. Locke former Livingston Daily Enterprise manager and Montana's youngest surveyor general is set for war. He passed the engineers commission examination and has been recommended for a captaincy.
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Jerome J. Locke
Livingston Daily Enterprise
Montana
Locke
Engineers
Montana's War Effort and Bond Drive Record
Montana reports 40 000 fighting men contributed to the war effort through selective service and federal recruiting. The state raised over 75 000 000 in Liberty loans with all four issues oversubscribed, third state to complete fourth loan, and county by county over quota. Norman Holter chairs the Liberty loan committee guiding about 1 000 volunteers in the drives.
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Montana
Phil Greenan
Army
Navy
Adjutant General’s Office
State Military Department
McAdoo
Alee
Liberty Loans
Iowa
Oregon
Red Cross
Knights of Columbus
Norman Holter
Helena
Liberty Loan Committee
Federal Reserve Bank
Holter
Train Men for War Work Expansion Under Labor Dept
The United States must train hundreds of thousands of munition workers before January 1, 1919. A new service division of the federal Labor Department will supervise training, with Charles T. Clayton as director and H. B. Miles as chief of training. The division will coordinate with manufacturers on government contracts to expand skilled labor for shells, cannon, and depth bombs, prioritizing worker welfare and production.
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Federal
Department of Labor
United States
Service Division
Federal Department of Labor
Charles T. Clayton
Clayton
H. B. Miles
Council of National Defense
Army
Miles
National Association of Manufacturers
British List Names 150 Submarine Commanders Declared Destroyed
The British government released names of commanding officers of 150 German submarines disposed of to back Prime Minister Lloyd George’s claim that at least 150 ocean posts were destroyed. Most listed officers are dead, some are POWs, others interned. among them Capt Lt Schweiger who torpedoed the Lusitania and later led U 80, lost with all hands in 1917.
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Lloyd George
Schweiger
One Campaign for War Work Unite for United War Work effort
The United War Work Campaign will run November 11 18 led by Rural Division chair Myron T Herrick and Commissioner Charles D Greenfield. Seven organizations YMCA YWCA Knights of Columbus Jewish Welfare Board Salvation Army War Camp Community Service Library Association unite under a single fund target of 170.5 million dollars to support soldiers sailors and war workers.
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K. of O
Jewish League
Salvation Army
War Camp Community Service
Library Association
Montana
United War Work
Myron T. Herrick
Charles D. Greenfield
Wilson
Herrick
General Pershing
Navy
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Northwest
von Re Deas
Jerome Locke
People OF Nation
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
Great Falls
1St National Bank
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