World War Era News Briefs Span War Fronts and Homefront
A compilation from multiple cities reports wartime actions and conditions. Highlights include New York deliveries of 20 Liberty motors daily, 600 shipped. 475,000 French munition workers. Britain halting exports to Russia. U.S. immigrant admissions in a year at 400,000 versus 1.4 million prior. a massive cannon completed at Wilmington. Pope Hayes named to lead the American army in France. over 400,000 U.S. troops enlisted since April 2, 1917. Amiens as a strategic focal point. Gavrilo Princip’s death. Champ Clark’s political maneuvering. export controls on newsprint. Hog Island pile work. a large French freighter launched at Dunkirk. calls for international law rules. 110,000 tons of barbed wire for France and Italy. 3,000,000-man mobilization plan. government seizure of enemy property valued at $280 million. 1915–1918 savings projections. six German super-submarines. Boston’s Coonley joins Emergency Fleet. U.S. divisions in France armed with guns. balloon accident at Fort Omaha. California War Service League on flag salutes. bread-rationing concerns and Ukraine grain prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liberty
Paris
London
England
Russia
United States
Washington
Wilmington
Delaware
Rome
Patrick Hayes
France
St. Louis
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Missouri
William Stone
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Hog Island
Dunkirk
Owen
Oklahoma
Wilson
Chicago
Italy
New York Times
House Committee On Military Affairs
Germany
Boston
Howard Coonley
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Walworth Manufacturing Company
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Charles M. Schwab
Andre Tardieu
United States Army
Omaha
Florence Field
Army Balloon School
Fort Omaha
Oakland
California War Service League
Ukraine
Austria
Wartime Memoir Highlights and Italy's War Readiness
Suppressed memorandum quotes Prince Lichnowsky on Germany's role in provoking war and on Austro Hungarian actions. The piece notes German aviation advances, Italy's significant military capacity, and French orthopedic prosthesis progress alongside battlefield grenade-throwing feats by French and Allied troops.
Montana and Oregon land sales lure buyers with cheap acreage
Classified ads promote 43 000 acres of Montana homestead land for filing May 14 and sale at 5 to 12 per acre. Offers include 5 000 acres of well watered sections near Miles City and a Willamette Valley 20 acre home site in Oregon. Beck Realization Service advertises 1 400 acres of wheat land and trade opportunities in Great Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Shelton Land Co
Great Falls
Rushmore & Wells
Miles City
Woodburn
Oregon
Portland-Salem
Willamette Valley
D. J. Koupal
Eugene
Ore
America
Beck Realization Service
Central Avenue
Mont
Varied Montana Lands and Bargains for Sale or Trade
A compilation of farm and ranch listings across Montana and neighboring states. Offers include stock ranches up to 3,000 acres, grazing land, 4000 acre trade options, irrigated tracts, and timber or lumber stock. Prices range from a few to several dollars per acre with financing terms and land auctions potential. Numerous firms and agents in Great Falls, Billings, Lewistown, Helena, and Spokane feature loans, brokerage, and land offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norby Brothers
Great Falls
Mont
Phoenix Lumber Co
Spokane
Washington
Judith Basin
Mariners Land Co
Lewistown
Salse
Montana
Splendid Shep
Yellowstone Investment Company
Billings
Helena
G. W. Qualls
Losaus
Custer County Bank
Miles City
Hilger Loan and Realty Co
Alberta
Near Falls
J. 1
Eakin
Canadian Pacific’Railway Land Gents
Dunn Block
O. K. Hawley
Baldwin
Wis
BR. R. Tow
Pera Dalke-Boyington
Dge
W. L. Wry
Care Park Hotel
Great Halls
Liberty Oil and Gas Company stock offer promotes Montana boom
A promotional piece warns investors to avoid oil stock schemes and outlines three major risks. It highlights Liberty Oil and Gas Company of Montana, organized by farmers and business men in August, with $20,000 paid in and over a hundred thousand dollars in drilling equipment. The article touts 85 percent treasury stock and four wells partly drilled, urging immediate purchase at 15 cents per share to share in a projected industry upswing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ofl
Liberty Oil and Gas Company of
Montana
Treasury
Comimay
Osl
Liberty Oil and Gas Company
Tdvingston
Forty acre to thousand dollar estate sale of Montana ranch
An estate sale offers a 680 acre Cascade Montana ranch with 365 acres in wheat, 280 in plowable land, 20 in pasture, one four room bungalow, barn, granaries, water, and rail siding. Priced at 40000 including half of this year’s crop, with $7000 cash down and balance over 1 to 5 years, projecting large crop returns. H. W. Brown advertises in Cascade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin
Mont
P. O. Box
Great Falls
Wrary & Burlingame
Third Street
Frery & Burlingame
C. H. Campbell & Son
Helena
H. W. Brown
Cascade, Mont
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THE
Congress
Amiens
Gavrio Prinzip
Ywrancis Verdinand
Austria- Hungary
Prague
Blackfoot Land Development Company
Northwest
Blackfoot Land
Missoula, Mont
RCN
COL Avence
Seattle
Pioneer Business College of Montana
Rice & Patenaude
Props
Insurance Department
American Society Equity
Stanton Bank
Karl Lichnowsky
Great Britain
Asquith
Count Berchtold
Serbia
St. Petersburg
Zeppelin
Teutons
Orlando
Venetia
Hans
Jures Amar
Cyclops
Lebrun
79Th Infantry
Aptel
49Th Infantry Regiment
Gonorbilt School
SADES
Mayer Shoes
F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co
Milwaukee, Wis
Stanton Bank Bldg
USL_CARS
Wilds- Thurston Motor CO
1St Ave
Maxwell Distributors
Robt. L.rowell CO
Contractora Lumber Supply Co
Lumber Exchange
Wash
Huntsberger-Givens Co
Great Falla
DMEPT
American Blociity Equity
Briscoe Car
Western
Mortara
Paterson-8ixs
Briscoe Motor CO
Utah Ave
Butte
Mast
Ditroit
Louis
Carey
Farm Land Loans
Kenniwick
Iimita
Ocean
B. W. White
Fourteenth Infantry
H. E. Jones
View Acres
Hampton
James Rannel
Harlem
Io State
Butte Adjustment CO
Buier
Pente
Bartwood
Bartwood Farm
Hamilton, Mont
Fred
P. A. Rovig Co
Montana Piano Co
McConnon &Co
McConnon
Winona
Minn
Butte College
Gruat Balls
Club
Themvian
Kodak
Brainerd
Havre
Central Studio
Bose
Wood-Bafford Machine Works
Wdlectric City Conservatory
State Nursery & Seed Co
Khpalend
Hocock Fur House
Butte, Mont
A. Rath
Lewistown Hide & Bar Co
W. Grant Loage
Daly Bank
Harley-Clark & CO
Tod Block
Great Alls
Mia
Tout & McCarthy
Lox
Lewis & Walker
Wyoming
Albert_Kastner
South
Tacoma
Holstein
Ford & Hollister Ranch (Inc
Darby, Montana
Great Malla, Montana
Qil Big
Standard
National
Second Street South
H. H. Roberts
Great Palla
Fashion Cleaning and Dyeing CO
Architects
IL Solol
Geo. H. Shanlbey
First National Bank Bidg
Mont. M. N. A
Fires Not's Bank
Third St. Fin Gebat Falls
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