Templeton High in Y War Work in France
Herbert A. Templeton, Rogers Templeton Lumber general manager, leads Y M C A war work for five Allied divisions in France. He oversees more than 100 huts and 600 total Y M C A huts, with secretaries and assistants, and serves on the O S S general staff for war relief. The account details the Y M C A hut system from front lines to Paris offices and notes Templeton's rising responsibilities.
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Herbert A. Templeton
Rogers-Templeton Lumber Company
Montana
France
Templeton
Paris
Association
O. S. General Staff
Red Cross
K. of C
Bob Shores and the First Golf Knickers in Butte
The article profiles Robert J. Shores, Montana born publisher turned New York fiction house head, once famed for wearing golf knickerbockers in Butte. It recounts his career from Butte exposés to a major publishing firm, noting his prankish fame and state legacy.
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Bob Shores
BIG New York Publishing House
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Robert J. Shores Corporation
Shores Corporation
Robert J. Shores
Montana
Butte
Helena
Great Falls
A. J. Shores
Amalgamated Copper Company
Shores
Chadbourne & Shores
Corporation
New York
Will Wallace
Chadbourne, Shores & Wallace
Wallace
Gould
United States
Willie
Mary MacLane
Edgar Allen Poe
Colyum
San Francisco
New York Sun
Bob
The
Sun
Maine
Florida
Frei
Bannack Montana's First Capital Remains Timeless
The old mining town of Bannack, Montana's first capital, sits in a canyon between two mountains. Its weathered streets and ghostly graveyard tell of gold days and road agents, with tours guiding visitors from Dillon 80 miles away toward a future as a tourist site.
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Old Bannack
Montana
Bannack
Moving Picture Company
Hangman’s Gulch
Dillon
Sugar rules ease but sugar shortages spark confusion
The piece describes Montana county official Sam D of Gaza County and others seeking sugar for canning under a government conservation program. The Bozeman office issues a temporary relief allowing affi davits to replace individual permits, while delays persist as the national food administration handles rush demand.
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Sam D
Gaza
Lewis and Clark County
Sam
Helena
Bozeman
Charlie Russell Ponders Bull Durham Shortage and Soldier Needs
Cowboy artist Charlie Russell, longtime Bull Durham smoker, reacts to news that production for Bull Durham may end. He says he would only buy two packs and notes soldiers in France deserve priority, while joking about a puncher’s imagined sack size.
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Charlie Russell
Montana
American Tobacco Company
Durham
Russell
Puncher
McNamara & Marlow
Big Sandy
State Sets Sugar Rule Limiting Per Capita Monthly
Three pounds of sugar per month is the maximum allowed per person under a state food administration edict. Consumers are urged to cut the allowance to two pounds where possible.
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State Food Administration
Ambulances Installed With Hot and Cold Water
The Anaconda Copper Mining company equips Cadillacs with hot and cold running water and electric lighting at its works in Anaconda Great Falls and Butte. Each ambulance costs over 5000 dollars and will be on duty constantly to speed injured workers to hospitals and provide on route first aid. The vehicles include two first aid beds for injured personnel.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Anaconda
Great Falls
Butte
Cadillac
Red Cross Offers Reward for Deserter Capture
Miles City Montana Red Cross chapter to receive 50 dollars for capturing Marshall Serrano a deserter from a New Jersey training camp. Serrano claimed trench service in France produced fake credentials and got 18 dollars from Custer County Red Cross before giving pro German speeches. He was arrested and the money returned to Red Cross plus the 50 dollar deserter reward.
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Red Cross
Miles City
Mont
Marshall Serrano
New Jersey
Serrano
France
Custer County
Dynamiting Roars Through Idaho Home of Railroad Official
Police in Butte chase mystery after two blasts of giant powder rocked the home of H. H. Barrett, assistant superintendent of the Milwaukee railroad, from Mo bridge St. D to Avery Idaho. Windows shattered across the street as authorities investigate motive and suspects.
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Butte
HE. H. Barrett
Milwaukee Railroad
Mobridge
St. D
Avery Idaho
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