Montana Soldier Praises Allied War Resolve From France Letter
Maj. Jesse B. Roote of the Second Montana to District Attorney E. C. Day writes from France praising American morale and French bravery. He foresees victory, Liberty and justice for all, and urges Montanans at home to keep sacrifices high as German resolve weakens.
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Montana
Huw
France
Helena
Jesse B. Roote
E. C. Day
Mr. Day
Montana Army Lodge No. 1
Grand Lodge
Montana Army Lodge
Philadelphia
South Bend
Delaware River
Sun Shipbuilding Company
Washington
Tours
Lieut
Puryear
Germany
London
New York
Buffalo
Fort Porter
United States
Presbyterian National Headquarters
Paris
Montanans Lead Milwaukee Railroad Executives
H E Byram and Macy Nicholson, former Montana railroad men, and R M Calkins rise to top Milwaukee positions. Calkins, 35 years with Milwaukee, becomes president. Byram serves as federal manager. Nicholson becomes general manager after negotiating with the government.
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H. E. Byram
Milwaukee
Macy Nicholson
System
G. N. Butte
R. M. Calkins
Milwaukee Railroad Company
Chicago
Montana
Puget Sound
Donald M. McGeen
Milwaukee Road
Butte
Calkins
America
Monticello
Iowa
Sigourney
Seattle
Road
Federal
Montana Railroad
Great Northern
Havre
Montana Central
Byram
Burlington
Great Falls
Washington
Milwaukee System
Louis W. Hill
Nicholson, Byram and
Women and Trapping in Wartime Labor
The article details wartime labor shifts as women fill fur trapping roles left by men. It extols trapping as healthy, profitable work for women, describes learning ease, and encourages women to become trapperettes to meet demand and replace departing trappers.
Montana union leader urges granite war memorial on Big Butte
M M Donoghue president of the Montana Federation of Labor proposes a granite monument to Butte men who died in the war for liberty to be placed on the Big Butte west of the city. He envisions a winding road to the monument and a future park surrounding it. He argues the memorial will keep alive the sacrifice in citizens’ memories.
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M. M. Donoghue
Montana Federation of Labor
Butte
Big Butte
Donoghue
Montana
United States
World War Era News Digest Across Fronts
A wide sweep of World War I items reports Berlin banking runs and Italian advances, aviators missing, U S editor crews attacked at sea, and troop buildups. Observations cover labor wage gains for coal miners, famine and flu efforts, and war production expansions.
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Prussia
Montanans
C. M
ST. P
THE
Berlin
Hun
Switzerland
Spokane
National Park Highway
Garfield
Rome
332Nd
Federal Food Board
Frank Luke
Phoenix
Ariz
Salt Lake City
Harriet J. Phillips
U. S
Krasnoff
Don
Roger Nash Baldwin
National Civic Liberty Bureau
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Harbor
California
Amsterdam
War Department
United War Work Campaign
United War Work
Wyman, Partridge & Co
Northwest
Minneapolis
Wyman-Partridge
Department XY
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