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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1918
Page
4
The Stars and Stripes, official AEF newspaper from France, inspires Montana families with reports on U S troops. It highlights tobacco rations, clothing logistics for trench wear, and a gas mask game, plus a Pacific rail update and the N Y New Haven Hartford line leadership change.
Work began on the $50,000 Thompson Hickman Memorial library in Virginia City Montana a town once home to 36104 people now about 500. The library funded by Mrs. William B Thompson wife of a New York magnate born in Virginia City houses a famed historic collection from the gold stampede era.
Former Montana G A R department commander Simon Hauswirth notes only 14 local posts and 270 active members remain from a peak of over 1,000. He praises the Montana Soldiers Home near Columbia Falls, cites new service building costs over 30,000 dollars, and emphasizes loyalty to the nation and the flag amid a new war effort.
Eighteen Montana State College soldiers begin an eight week wireless operator course under two instructors. They will learn theory and practice, code, radiograms, and apparatus handling in close simulated service conditions. Classes run seven hours daily with lectures, lab work, and field-set practice.
The Ursuline Academy will start in September a Normal course for training girls to become teachers. A special music department named Academy School of Music, directed by Louise Valverda Kelley, will open with an enlarged staff this scholastic year.
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