Hundreds of Montana Marines Pride of U S Forces
Hundreds of Montana youths serve as the first to fight Marines, lauded by British French and American commanders. The article highlights their role in Chateau Thierry, Cantigny, and a ten mile front from Chateau Thierry to Minly, noting the decisive gains and the Devil Dogs nickname.
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Montana
United States
Europe
Chateau Thierry
Pershing
Cantigny
Chateau Thiery
Minly
Torcy
United States Marine Corps
Clignon
Marne
Paris
Gallieni
James Stuart Pioneer of Montana's Early Days
James Stuart arrived in Montana about 61 years ago with his brother Granville. He helped found American Fork and aided in gold discovery at Gold Creek, becoming Montana’s first sheriff and the first territorial military officer. He served in the first legislative assembly, led expeditions into the Yellowstone, and acted as post trader at Fort Browning before his death in 1873.
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James Stuart
Montana
Granville Stuart
American Fork
Granville
Gold Creek
West
Legislative Assembly
Stuart
Virginia
California
Modoc
Stuart Brothers
Malad
Idaho
Mormon Country
Deer Lodge
Red River
Philipsburg
James
Johnson
Salt Lake City
Placer Mine
Fort Benton
Walla Walla
J. M. Bozeman
Bozeman
Yellowstone
Salmon River
T. Hanser
Missouri
Salmon
Missoula County
Washington Territory
Kurlburt
Big Prickley Pear Creek
Stuart Ranch
William Arnett
C. W. Spillman
A. F. Jernagin
Arnett
Fox
Bull
Stuarts
Spillman
Monte
Jernagin
Bannack
Yellowstone Valley
Cyrus D. Watkins
John Vanderbilt
James N. York
Richard McCafferty
James Vauxhurst
D. Underwood
S. T. Hauser
H. A. Bell
William Roach
A. S. Blake
George H. Smith
H. T. Geery
Wi. Bostwick
George Ives
Louis Simmons
William Fairweather
George Orr
Thomas Cover
Barney Hughes
Henry Idgar
Big Horn
Fort Bridger
Bear River
Virginia City
Edgerton
Fort Browning
A Course in Burglary Rather Than German
Governor Stewart criticizes teaching German in state colleges as unhelpful and favors using a burglary course instead. The state board votes seven to two against resuming German as a war measure. The board votes to investigate faculty actions while Superintendent Trumper calls for higher standards in school songs, citing controversial titles.
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Stewart
Ku'tur
State Board of Education
J. Bruce Kramer
Butte
C. H. Wall
Missoula
Leo Faust
Trumper
Elections in Montana 1918 Summary Data
Data from Secretary of State C P Stewart outlines dates for Montana's 1918 elections. Primary August 27 with candidate filings by August 7. campaign book space available July 24 and extra space for early filers. book presses July 27 and mailing window August 7 to August 72. Initiative petitions due July 3 with supporting arguments due June 3 and rebuttals by July 1. signatures require 8 percent of voters in at least two-fifths of counties. One initiative would exempt mortgages from taxation.
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Montana
C. P. Stewart
Side Lights of Billings Flood and Heroine Grace Schliehofer
Yellowstone flood recedes as Billings recovers from main water supply loss. Grace Schliehofer, 17, saves 12-year-old Willie Kaiser from seven feet of swift water on South Twenty-seventh Street. Residents improvise rafts and boats to move goods and people while saloons sell water and Red Lodge supply runs dry.
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Yellowstone
Billings
Yellowstone Valley
Red Lodge
Northern Pacific
Grace Schlichofer
Willie Kaiser
South Twenty-seventh Street
Miss Schliehofer
What the Fire Bug Costs
After war declarations the National Board of Fire Underwriters offers its records and experts to aid the government in fire prevention and war material protection. It cites France and Holland per capita losses, U S fire losses, preventable causes, and warns carelessness threatens national resources with vivid imagery of a street of desolation.
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Germany
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Unio
National Board
Department of National Service
United States War Industries Board
France
England
Austria
Italy
Switzerland
Holland
United States
New York City
London
Maine
West Virginia
North Carolina
North Dakota
South Dakota
Alabama
Louisiana
Montana
Panama Canal
Charles Whiting Baker
New York
Chicago
Prune Growers to Get Over 12 Million in Aid
Prune growers along the Pacific coast are set to receive more than 12 million dollars for their crop. Prices to growers rise 2.14 cents above last year’s record level, while consumer prices stay near last year’s level due to food administration regulation.
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Pacific Coast
Food Administration
Poison bullets alleged in air battles report
Private James A. Donahue reports spies in American uniforms behind German lines. The same dispatch notes aviator deaths within 24 hours after light wounds, raising suspicion that Germans use poison bullets in air battles.
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Vse
James A. Donahue
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Marines
Monetania
Tripoli
United States Marined
United States Marines
Army
Navy
A. 8
Geraidns
von Hindenburg
James G. Harbord
Regular Army
General Pershing
Harbord
Charles A. Doyen
Marine Corps
Doyen
John A. Lejeune
Ilinois
Fourth Infantry
Fritz
Flowerree Sheep & Horse Co
Flowerree
Lowry, Montana
Grace Schleihofer
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