Potash King Was State Resident and Adventurer
Frank L. Hulen, once jailed in Colorado for bigamy, rose to become the potash king of America. After release he wooed the sheriff’s daughter in Golden, Colorado, married her, and built a vast potash empire with an 85 percent US output stake centered at Antioch, Nebraska.
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Golden
Hulen
Canon City
Colorado School of Mines
Nebraska
Miss Dennis
Uncle Sam
United States
Antioch
Neb
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Tynan
Montana Dead To Remain Overseas
Reports detail a new Army burial service in France under the chief quartermaster. A unit of officers and men will oversee proper burials and cemetery care for American dead, with marked graves, photos for relatives, and ongoing inspections of cemeteries set aside by French authorities.
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Montana
France
Army
Europe
Registered Men Urged to Meet Duty Under Crowder Regulations
Montana registrants face legal penalties for noncompliance with the Selective Service rules. General Crowder warns that ignorance or failure to report duties can lead to imprisonment and loss of rights. All exemptions and deferred classifications are revoked as of December 15, 1917.
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Montana
General Crowder
Selective Service
Crowder
Sloan
Pocket Book Makes A Long Face Short
A small pocket book inspires a grim reaction as its contents or appearance provoke a wary, unhappy expression among readers. The item prompts reflection on how compact formats influence mood and perception.
Home Guard to Be Formed to Protect War Needs
President Wilson authorizes up to 25 000 men for a United States Guard to defend war supplies bridges and tunnels. Montana plans quick organization with forty battalions to relieve regular troops and assign volunteers aged 31 to 45 or masked draftees, all wearing blue uniforms and armed with Krag Jorgensen rifles.
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Montana
Wilson
United States Guard
National Guard
Europe
Sugar Rationing Aims to Bridge 1917 Sugar Shortage
To avert a temporary sugar shortage in northeastern states until the 1917 crop reaches market the United States Food Administration limits confectioners to 59 percent of normal requirements through January 1, 1918. The restriction covers makers of syrups ice cream gum and cordials.
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United States Food Administration
Sugar limit set at 36 pounds per person
The national food administration in Washington warns of a continuing sugar shortage and reiterates a 36 pound per year per person limit, correcting a prior erroneous notice that suggested abundant supply. Dealers and consumers in Montana were misinformed about normal quantities, and the administration urges careful consumption with about eleven ounces weekly per person.
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National Food Administration
Washington
Federal Administration
Montana
The
Food Administration
Fergus County Pioneer Leaves a 250000 Estate
Alvin Lincoln longtime Montana pioneer of Fergus county has died leaving an estate estimated at $250000 His Deerfield ranch near White Sulphur Springs is among the state’s finest His will filed for probate leaves the widow $25000 the ranch to her and 160 acres Leonie Hufine and her children each receive $5 while the residue goes to son George Lincoln with a five year trusteeship by Charles Pack and O W Belden If he mismanages the property the trusteeship extends five more years
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Alvin Lincoln
Montana
Fergus County
Deerfield
Annie Lincoln
White Sulphur Springs
Leonie Hufine
George Lincoln
Charles W. Pack
O. W. Belden
Billings
Gladys Ballard
Canada
Rosebud
Townsend
Ben Kember
Broadwater
Winston
Butte
Harry Gallway
Red Cross
Silver Bow
Wallis Huidekoper
Aviation Corps
Lewistown
Tacoma
Fort Benton
Missouri
Brockton
E. H. Dabney
Lin-Dal Fiber Company
Spokane
Warren Alexander
Pershing
France
Hinsdale
Henry McGregor
Bozeman
R. D. Sloan
State Agricultural College
Milwaukee Railroad
Butte Grocers
California
Los Angeles
Walter Gordon
Ryegate
Malta
A. P. Shellito
George Parker
Park
Ask No Quarter And Give None Cruelty Stirs War Troops
Dr. Phillip G. Cole in France reports American troops refuse to take German prisoners amid brutal treatment of captives by German soldiers. A Boche near No Man's Land was bayoneted by Americans, who then used him as a pin cushion. Cole's letter, postmarked November 21, describes early American wounded arriving at a field hospital and asks for letters and Camel cigarettes for his unit.
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France
George E. Neill
Helena
Phillip G. Cole
Europe
No Man’s Land
Dr.Cole
Field Hopital
Henry Saunders Defrauded Many in Post Office Scam
Henry Patten Saunders, former British Army officer now jailed in Helena, is charged with robbing the Scobey post office after fleeing to St Paul. He previously served 18 months at Leavenworth for a large fraud involving letters to dead officers seeking five pounds or $25 to enlist in Canada. He capitalized on casualty lists, siphoning thousands from England while letters were intercepted and traced back to him.
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Henry Patten Saunders
Helena
Scobey
St. Paul
Montana
Leavenworth
Saunders
Flanders
Canada
Britain
France
England
Estate To Be Devoted To Montana State Home For Orphans
The entire estate is to pass to the state of Montana for use in founding the Lincoln ranch state home for orphans, ensuring a public charitable endowment.
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Montana
Lincoln Ranch
State Home For
Montana town dispatches note hard winter and local events
Montana towns report diverse news from Billings to Malta. Labour surplus and farm loan setups appear in Plentywood and Roundup while Hill county funds 2655 for gopher extermination. A series of accidents arrests and appointments fill the week.
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Colorado
Frank L. Hulen
Elk Basin
Wyoming Line
America
Denver
Tom Tynan
Colorado Penitentiary
Hullen
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Bertha Fennell Hulen
Charlotte Richards Hulen
Jefferson County
Courts
Division OF Army
Rey
Eae
the Home Guard
Henry Saunders
Moncey
Plentywood
Federal Farm ‘Loan Association
Havre
Hill County
Board of Health
Alex Woolfolk
Chicago
Evans
Mackie McDonald
Frank Parker
Carpenter Creek
Big Sandy
Theodore Reike
Shellito
Parker
George Kapliman
Kahliman
Butte Floral CO
Mont
U.s.health Bureau
Taleds
Z & AD Eel
Grippe
Dr. King
Elk Run
Herefords
West
Thomas Melvin
Elk Run Ranch
Highwood
Dakota Family
Central Ave
Great Falla
Alhambra Hot Springs Hotel
M. J. Sullivan
Frank Lemmer
Central Avenue
P. O
Great Falls
Harry H. McCole
S. O. Huseth
Optician
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