Masonic Council of War Created in Montana
The Masonic National Defense and War Relief council for Montana forms to support the President’s war aims. Governor Stewart acts as adviser. county lodges supervise districts and urge aid from all in their jurisdiction. The group backs thrift stamps, bonds, Red Cross, Y M C A, Salvation Army drives, and enforces sedition and sabotage laws while avoiding political radicalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
McAdoo
Washington
Hoover
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Masonic National Defense and War Relief Council
Montana
Francis D. Jones
Helena
Stewart
Masonic Fraternity
Grand Lodge
National War Savings Committee
Disloyal Shorn of Citizenship Warns of Denaturalization
A Montana communication to postmasters warns that foreign born naturalized citizens guilty of disloyalty may have their citizenship revoked by any federal judge. Papers may be revoked regardless of when naturalization occurred, classifying such individuals as enemy aliens. Local officials are urged to detect disloyal naturalized citizens and pursue loyalty verification. Postal cards for registered mail now require residence details to help locate citizens during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Postal Department
Nerve boosting Bitro-Phosphate marketed for thin nervous people
An old advertisement urges thin nervous individuals to take Bitro-Phosphate tablets with meals to relieve neurasthenia and restore vigor. The claim cites improved sleep, mood, and weight gain, noting Buro-Phosphate as enhancing food assimilation, with cautions about its flesh-building effects.
World War Era Dispatches From Global Fronts
The bulletin lists major wartime items including US bank reserves surpassing $2 billion, a Zeppelin shot down off Jutland, German mistreatment reports, Russian counter-revolution concerns, and draft resistance by Creek Indians in Oklahoma. It also notes train collisions, railroad earnings, steel shortages, Bohemian riots, submarine actions, and new war equipment like armored tractors and gas masks.
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Washington
Copenhagen
Jutland
London
Russia
Henryetta
Okla
Burlington
Central Vermont
Insure Early Against Hail Loss in Montana Crops
A persuasive appeal urges farmers to insure crops against hail with Rocky Mountain policies. It explains payout standards for total or partial damage, options for tenant or landowner coverage, and that policies take effect 24 hours after signing. The ad promotes keeping premium dollars in Montana and directs readers to contact a local agent or the Great Falls office.
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Montana
Rocky Mountain
Great Falls
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Masonic Council OF War
Grand ‘Lodge
Masonic Order
Council
S. W. Langhorne
East Helena
Moses Morris
F. C. Webster
Missoula
J. H. Monteath
E. C. Day
C. W. Pomeroy
Kalispell
Theo. Brantly
George T. Stack
Miles City
H. S. Hepner
Lew L. Callaway
F. D. Jones
BE. M. Hutchinson
Whitefish
W. L. Parmalee
Butte
R. E. Hathaway
U. S. Army
Richard Lockey
Cornelius Hedges, Jr
Ielena
G. T. Paul
Dillon
F. M. Lipp
Hardin
A. P. Lytle
Chinook
Jeff Doggett
Townsend
A. V. Fluhrer
Red Lodge
J. W. Agnew
D. G. Browne
Fort Benton
H. C. Smith
Rudolph Nelstead
Ekalaka
Arthur A
Forsyth
W. A. Barto
Thompson Falls
James Craig
Columbus
H. M. Cosier
Poplar
J. S. Hammond
D. R. Claiborn
Big Timber
E. N. Haugen
Chateau
J. A. Perrine
Cut Bank
T. M. Patten
Glasgow
George W. James
Wibaux
BE. F. McQuitty
Harlowton
P. B. Moss
Billings
Gecat
eXalb Avenue
Brooklyn
N.Y
Eastman Kodaks
Kenyon & Wheeler
Great Falls, Mont
Pioneer Inness College of Montana
ROE & Patenaude
Props
THE
Bohemia
Atlantic
Ordnance Department
Turkey
St. Louis
U. S. Arsenal
Seattle
Socialist Party
Ukraine
Kiev
Oklahoma
Stephens
California
Thomas J. Mooney
Paris
No Man’s Land
Amsterdam
Munich
Reichstag
Mr. Farmer
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