Fire Prevention and the High Cost of Living
A state fire safety notice urges grain elevator and warehouse owners to boost prevention as food conservation becomes a national priority. It warns that fires from dust explosions threaten vast quantities of corn oats and other stocks, and calls readers to act with cleanliness safe storage and safeguards against sparks. A. E. Eklund State Fire Marshal urges cooperation to protect food supplies.
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Illinois
United States
Owl
State Fire Marshal
A. E. Eklund
Forest Service Head in France For War Timber Work
Henry S. Graves, chief of the U S forest service, arrived in Paris to plan forest operations for American lumbermen supporting Allied military campaigns. He holds a reserve commission as major and will study conditions, equipment needs, and personnel to aid a to-be-raised forestry regiment. The regiment will perform industrial wood duties behind the front lines, not combat.
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Henry S. Graves
U. S. Forest Service
Paris
Department of Agriculture
Graves
France
Forest Service
Reserve Engineer Corps
Barrington Moore
Women of Dillon Organize Patriotic Association Work
The Dillon women form a patriotic association to aid war efforts by making bandages and raising funds. Meetings at city hall teach bandage making, with visits to Butte for guidance, and events like a food sale and guild hall party to buy gauze. Other county groups plan cooperation to sustain wartime work.
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Dillon
Patriotic Association
City Hall
Helen Curtis
Curtis Hospital
Isaac Edinger Ade
Butte
the Patriotic Association
Hugh MacMillan
E.S. Duff
Guild Hall
Lion Association
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Co. C. Thornton
Peart I. Smith
Marshall Field
Nels Nelson
R. H. Ryburn
Montana
Montaville
Ontaville Flowers
Chautauqua
Golden Gate
America
Flowers
Forestry Regiment
Normandie
Boston Light Opera Company
al Mwas
Nenkastyen
Chueus Anu Uiliitoliaa
Musical Arts Quartet
Tokyo
Davenny
Bohemian Girl
Chicago Grand 1 Opéinees
Ruth Ray
Robert Yale Smith
Campbell Bros
New Orleans Minstrels
Grand Street
The
Campbell Show Horses
Women's Patriotic Association
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