Patriot group forms to care for fallen soldiers bodies
Montana readers learn of the American Purple Cross association organized to serve the U S Army by embalming and returning soldiers slain abroad. The plan, backed by Drs Eckels and Mowbray, seeks War Department approval and would operate under quartermaster general guidance with full funding and trained embalmers and vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
American Purple Cross Association
Europe
United States
Vera Cruz
Howard S. Eckels
J. H. Mowbray
Philadelphia
District of Columbia
Quartermaster-General’s Department
Red Cross
Army Medical Department
Henry G. Sharp
United States Army
Baker
Purple Cross
France
War Department
Paris Captain Guynemer Pioneers Aerial Photo Gun
French flying ace Guynemer attaches a camera to his aircraft machine gun. firing the gun trips the camera to capture war pictures. The tactic gains traction as the American aviation squadron adopts the same camera linked to their own guns.
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Paris
Guynemer
Army medical officers reserve corps ranks revealed
New York reports 24,000 trained medical officers needed by the army, with 12,000 in sight. Among those in the medical officers' reserve corps there are 360 majors, 1,367 captains and 7,158 first lieutenants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Army
Overwork babes to dodge army in Montana draft cases
Rumors reach draft board members in Silver Bow and Butte of seven married couples using one child to claim dependent status for husbands. Investigations target wives and men. one woman allegedly married to two men and not married to either. Federal investigators pursue arrests when quota begins.
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Draft Board
Butte
Silver Bow
Iowa City
Montana
Agriculture department notes surge in canning across states
The department of agriculture reports that in 33 states this year three times as much canned and dried foods have been put up as last year, indicating a strong rise in home preservation and food storage efforts.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
St Mary Milk River irrigation project completed and funded
The St Mary Milk River scheme, costing about 4.7 million dollars, diverts St Mary into a 28 mile canal to feed the Milk River valley. An international treaty apportions the combined flow for irrigation of 220000 acres across Montana and Canada, benefiting towns along the Great Northern line and public lands open for entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milk River Valley
St. Mary River
Milk River
Montana
Reclamation Service
Hudson Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Glacier National Park
Canada
St. Mary
Missouri
Plains
Dominion Territory
Nashua
Mont
Great Northern Railways
Chinook
Harlem
Dodson
Malta
Saco
Hinsdale
Glasgow
Montana's wartime patriotism and sacrifices praised
The article lauds Montana for its strong wartime support. It notes full Army recruitment without drafts, leading volunteer contributions among states. Montana pledged over 15 million to liberty bonds and 400 thousand to the Red Cross, illustrating practical patriotism beyond mere declarations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Samuel
Union
War Department
United States
McAdoo
Red Cross
Fully Equipped 160 Acre Montana Ranch for Quick Sale
Classified listing details a 160 acre irrigated ranch with ditch irrigation near Helena and Bowden and Junod, includes 18 acres of wheat 8 acres oats 100 tons hay 40 head cattle 12 horses and a $5 000 irrigation plant. asks $40 per acre with one fourth cash and balance on terms. Also lists Fergus county farm lands and various Montana properties with terms and contact names such as C E K Vidal John A Coleman and Henry C Gorham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowden
Junod
Helena
Mont
Churchill Home Ranch
Missouri River
Lippard Siding
C. E. K. Vidal
Great Falls
Montana
Fergus County
John A. Coleman
Box
Lewistown
Henry C. Gorham
Fifth Ave
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American Purple Cross
NEW Patriotic Society
Silver Bow County
Wpgake Myers Tobacco
ST. Mary's River
Atlantic
J. W. Hefferlin
Livingston, Mont
Judith Basin
Farmers Land Co
Hantebureer Givens Co
Ont
Farm Land Loans
Bennett &Terrell
Billings
Hilger Loan and Healty Co
Escallier Sheep Company
Cascade
California
Wscallier Sheep Co
Cascade, Mont
B. Power
Evans
Todd Block
Great 2 Falls
N. Y. State
Walter Storm
Vaughn
McGivern CO
Lee Forest Garage
Oldsmobile
O. A. Tronrod
Lamby-Thurston Motor CO
1St Ave. N
Packard, Hudson, Liberty, Saxon, Agents
Hye Town
J. J. O'Leary
Talbot Ave
Butte, Mont
Montana Plano Co
Penn Studio
Mall Us
Empire Studio
Diamond Block
Lewistown, Mont
Accountants and Auditors
ST. John
Douglas Wilson & Co., Inc
Ford Building
Carlsbad
Eagle Drug Co
California Council of Defense
Great Falls Reality Co
Alberta
Bakin
J. I. Hakin
Dunnblock
W. Hoyle
State St. Helena
Canfield Mfg. Co
Sigel Street
Chicago
S. Freeman
Dillon
Collies
Highwood
C. L. Harris
Robert H H. Lindsay, Jr
U. S
First Nat. Bank Bldg
Architeccts
Curtis C
Stapleton Block
Western Hide
A. J. Mohr
Hix ‘Agency, Inc
Mmrcantila Service CO
Awdry
Daly Bank
Anaconda
AUTO
Automobile College
West
Montana Automobile School
South Matin
Roy Franklin Heath
Tout & McCarthy
Cermlata
Nen
Butte, Ont
Lewis & Walker
Wyoming
Furriers
Beckman Bros
Butte College Telegraphy
Great Falls Labor Agency
State Street
Wyoming Oil
Wyoming Mon- Ene Public Oil Exchange
Casper
Richard P. Hoenck
A. Rauh
Minneapolis
Bekters
Wood-Safford Machine Works
Fair
Ness-Thhishen Construction CO
Certified Accountants
WM. B. Finlay
C. P. A. First Nations B
Finlay
First National Weenk Building
M. N. A—Wk
Bynum
Teton County
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