Lieutenant Gunniss Ready to Go to France
Lieutenant William I Gunniss of Montana on leave in Great Falls describes the training of the new army. He trained at the Presidio and Camp Fremont and expects the Eighth Division to head for France next month, with war readiness evident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.C. M. Brick
Great Falls
Montana
France
William I. Gunniss
Civil
Hfe
New
National Army
Tle
Civilife
Gunniss
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Presidio
San Francisco
Eighth
Camp Fremont
California
Northern Montana Girls in War Work
Two Montana State College graduates join the U S Army medical unit for war service. Estelle Milner of Wallspell to serve as a laboratory technician at Camp Cody New Mexico and Gladys Ritz of Conrad to work in the sanitary chemistry laboratory at Camp Dodge Iowa. Milner, a 1917 graduate with a background in bacteriological chemistry, has worked as a water analyst and earned a federation scholarship. Ritz, daughter of Rev Henry Witz, finished the chemistry program at the college after time at Anaconda and Deer Lodge colleges.
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Montana State College
United States Army
Estelle Milner
Wallspell
Gladys Ritz
Conrad
Milner
den Cody
N. AL
Rivz Jett
Camp Dodge
Sanitary
Chib
Montana
Montana Federation of Women’s Clubs
Flathead County High School
W. M. Cobleigh
State Board of Health
Miss Ritz
Henry Witz
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Bozeman
Brackett Chroncles a Wild Montana Frontier Life
Oscar Brackett recounts early Montana years from 1872. He describes battles with hostiles in southeast Montana, wolfing on the Yellowstone, buffalo hunts for hides, and a shift to cattle and sheep, ending with reflections on changed times from Glendive to Miles City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Brackett
Montana
Black Hills
Isemay
Pine Hills
Ismay Way
Brackett
Henry Dion
Glendive
Dion
Isadore
Henry
Deadwood Creek
Deadwood
Custer
Joseph Penwell
Frank Figge
George McCone
Dawson County
Mart Creek
Northern Pacific
George
A. C. Gifford
Fallon
Billings
Yellowstone
Livingston
Short Arm to Jaw Ends Butte Bandit Rampage
A bandit threatened Matt De Pauli with a gun in Butte. De Pauli delivered a quick jab to Talkari’s jaw breaking a shell that exploded near Columbia Gardens. Talkari was hospitalized and faces time in Deer Lodge after recovery.
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Butte
Matt de Pauli
Columhia Gardens
Chicago
de Pauli
Talkari
Colmabia Gardens
Alkari
Deer Lodge
Butte Miner Denied Marine Enlistment After Deafness
Walter Carlisle a Butte miner was rejected by a marine recruiting officer due to partial deafness in one ear and total deafness in the other. He boasted of his wartime exploits, including a trip to Valdez Alaska and a Goldfield souvenir thumb, and vowed to enlist despite the setback. He said mining is his trade but fighting is his side line and expressed a wish to join a unit and “show a trained badger” against the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Carlysle
Butte
Valdez
Alaska
Goldfield
Carlisle
Russell Helps Win the War with Posters to Uncle Sam
A color reproduction of a Charles M. Russell poster, painted for the national food administration, will be widely distributed across the country to aid wartime efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Uncle Sam
Charles M. Russell
National Food Administration
Fourth of July Border Celebration Connects Sweet Grass and Coutts
Montana and Alberta share in the war effort with a cross-border Fourth of July plan at Sweet Grass and Coutts. The article notes the border event aims to foster an international monument on neutral ground and highlights the large enlistment from Alberta and Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Wilson
Coutts
Our Lady of the Snows
Sweet Grass
Bunker Dill
Chateauguay
North America
Alberta
France
Far West
Continental Army
Princess Patricias
Ypres
Montana district tops western division in marine recruiting
Montana district leads all western division districts in marine recruiting. Sergeant Bert Martin in Helena says Second Lieutenant Gorkum at Missoula reports the district headquarters results. June recruiting figures total about 225 recruits, with Helena Butte Billings Miles City and Lewistown stations exceeding their quotas.
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Montana
Bert Martin
Helena
Gorkum
Missoula
Tielena
Butte
Billings
Miles City
Lewistown
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Lieut
Lieut. W. H. Gunniss
Northern
Penwell
UN Creek
Oscar Ward
Bismarck
Collins
Ward
Fort Keogh
Toort Union
Missouri
Keogh
Terry
Yellowstone Valley
Tongue River
Archie McMurray
Bill Hook
Sunday Creek
Jack Johnson
Custer County
George Jonson
Jolingon
Rede
Mer- Murray
Pete Jackson
Miles
Buford
Seventh Cavalry
Moantana
Kreidl & Prauser Hibs
1St Ave
Mont
Q. B. Nelson
Centra Avenue
Great Falls Brick & Tile Se
Wrest Fale, Monea
Manufauctorera of
Tiyat
ASD
Dark Face IR
Fire Brick
Hotlow Blocka
FIR
Draen Geile Milee
Summer Street
Boston
Mass
First National Bank
Great Falls, Mont
E. Martin
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