Public Health Rules Urge Isolation in Spanish Influenza
State health officials issued emergency rules closing schools theaters and public venues when Spanish influenza appears in a community. The measures require reporting cases isolating patients preventing public gatherings and urging proper disinfection and cleaning of rooms and clothing after illness.
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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 Drama, Woman Demands Records
A grim faced woman asks how much money her husband drew from the bank last week. The teller, in a cag, refuses to reveal the information, claiming she is not the paying teller. The exchange captures a tense, enigmatic moment from a Boston Transcript excerpt.
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Boston Transcript
Fort Benton's Browne Shaped Northern Montana Growth
David G Browne a Belfast born immigrant rose from mule train operator to major Fort Benton freighter banker and politician His contracts for government transport hay to Fort Assinniboine and forts Maginnis Shaw and Custer expanded Montana Wyoming and Nebraska operations He helped organize the Stockman's National Bank and served in multiple civic roles including state democratic committees and constitutional convention participation This broad career anchored northern Montana development and prosperity.
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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 hang feared Montana road agent Seachriest
The Vigilantes executed Jake Silvie alias Jacob Seachriest at Dry Gulch after a midnight sentence for twelve years of robbery and murder. He confessed to killing a man by a stream and provided names of gang members before his death.
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Montana
Jake Silvie
Jacob Seachriest
Seachriest
Pennsylvania
Salt Lake City
Virginia City
Diamond City
Helena
Rockies
Jerome Locke to Get Captain's Commission
Jerome J. Locke former Livingston Daily Enterprise manager and former youngest surveyor general in Montana is going to war. He has passed the examination for a commission in the engineers and been recommended for a captaincy.
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Jerome J. Locke
Livingston Daily Enterprise
Montana
Locke
Engineers
Montana’s War Effort Praised for Manpower and Bond Support
Montana contributed an estimated 40,000 fighting men with about 35,000 via selective conscription and 5,000 through federal recruiting offices. The state oversubscribed all Liberty loan allotments totaling 75 million dollars while investing 70 million in bonds and 5 million in war savings stamps and war relief efforts. Norman Holter of Helena chairs the Liberty loan committee, coordinating about 1,000 volunteers across four bond 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
Training War Workers Through Federal Education Service
The U S Department of Labor forms a training and dilution service to train hundreds of thousands of munition workers by January 1 1919. Charles T Clayton directs the program with H B Miles as chief of training. They will connect with manufacturers on government contracts to supply skilled workers and boost production of shells cannon and depth bombs.
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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
Publicized list names of 150 German submarine commanders
The British government released the names of commanding officers of 150 submarines disposed of to support Lloyd George’s claim that at least 150 ocean posts have been destroyed. Most listed officers are dead, some are POWs, others interned. Notable name Capt Lt Schweiger, who torpedoed the Lusitania, later captained U 80.
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Lloyd George
Schweiger
Unified War Work Campaign Aims at $170.5 Million
Montana details the United War Work Campaign 1918 to run November 11 to 18. Myron T. Herrick and Charles D. Greenfield urge support for seven cooperating agencies including the Y M C A W C A K of O Jewish League Salvation Army and War Camp Community Service. General Pershing requests extra volunteers as the campaign highlights morale, protection of workers, and home life following the flag.
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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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von Re Deas
Confederate Gulch
Missouri River
Jerome Locke
People OF Nation
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
Great Falls
1St National Bank
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