Bond sale opens in Ninth District with $125 million allotment
Ninth Federal Reserve district begins Third Liberty loan drive with a $3 billion total and a $125 million district allotment set by A R Rogers. Bonds yield 4 1 2 percent, dated May 9 1918 and maturing September 15 1928. Payments staged: 5 20 35 40 percent. selling starts Monday with goal to subscribe full allotment by Wednesday. Bond tax exemptions similar to the Second Liberty loan. Local committees and auxiliaries organized across counties and precincts to support the sale.
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Ninth Federal Reserve District
A. R. Rogers
Washington
Hazelbaker
J. H. Gilbert
A. L. Stone
C. C. Thornton
C. W. ‘Hudson
Dillon
R. W. Boone
Jean F. Bishop
W. B. Hartwig
Bert Orr
F. H. Bimrose
Geo. R. Featherly, Sr
Russel Fryberg
D. Hirschman
W. T. Scully
L. K. Adams
Roscoe Cornell
B. N. Stevenson
Thomas Scott
Norman Holden
Jos. C. Smith
Arthur L. Badcon
Hugh McCaleb
Rife
G. F. Dart
Ed. Patrick
H. B. Duff
S. Carruthers
M. A. Walker
Duke Gist
C. W. Robison
Fred Critz
Terry Browning
John Banks
E. J. Callaway
George Lovell
E. 0. Selway
F. M. Poindexter
Barrett
E. Doyle
J. H. Bray
B. L. Forsyth
R. T. Boatman
Polaris
Wm. H. Tash
Ira Sanders
John H. Judge
Dewey and Wise River
W. C. Jones
Yo. P. Lossl
Armstead
Alpheus’ Decker
Bedrock
E. B. Roe
Bannack
F. L. Graves
Guy E. Gray
H. R. Paddock
Children Year Save the Babies War effort in 1917 Montana
The 1917 war year pledge promotes a nationwide children’s safety drive led by the Children’s Bureau and the Woman’s Committee. Montana reports 1,369 child deaths under five, 24 percent of all deaths, with 684 from preventable causes. Local committees urged to save every community’s babies through coordinated state and federal support.
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Children’s Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Child Welfare Department
Woman's Committee
The
Council of National Defense
United States
Europe
Montana
Beaverhead County
Woman’s Committee
Normal Summer School at Montana State Normal College Opens June 4
The regular session for three months begins June 4 at Montana State Normal College. It focuses on teacher methods with regular studies also offered. A teachers' examination at term end awards certificates to teach statewide. A model school and a kindergarten will be conducted. Attendance is expected to be large.
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Montana State Normal College
Liberty Bond Drive Halts County Business Next Monday
Liberty Bond Committee designates next Monday afternoon a county wide half holiday. All businesses to close at 1 pm and remain closed for the afternoon. Only Liberty Bond sales allowed. Public urged all ages to participate and “Go Over the Top.”
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Liberty Bond Committee
Public Library Receives Tested Recipe Substitutes
The library's new recipe index offers tested substitutes and combinations provided by local housewives including Mrs Lorenzo Cushing Mrs Thomas Luebben Mrs Jessie Poindexter and Miss Parr dietician at the Normal college dormitories. The collection, typed by Mr Lemon head of the commercial department, invites more contributors to expand the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo Cushing
Thomas “Luebben
Jessie Poindexter
School Election Names Jean Bishop and A L Badcon
Last Saturday's school election resulted in the unopposed victories of Miss Jean Bishop and A L Badcon as voters produced a light turnout.
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Jean Bishop
A. L. Badcon
Liberty Loan Parade Forming At City Hall Monday
A Dillon parade is scheduled for 1 30 forming at city hall with the Dillon band school children Liberty Loan workers Red Cross workers fire department and automobile units. Cars are to be decorated in national colors and the procession will conclude at the band stand with patriotic talks.
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Dillon Band
Liberty Loan
Red Cross
Fire Department
One Hundred and One German Lies Nailed
Washington officials warn of false German propaganda issued by the Kaiserite in America pamphlet. The pamphlet lists common lies about German prisoners Red Cross funds and food waste with refutations compiled by the committee on public information and the St. Louis Republic.
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Washington, D.C
United States
America
Committee On Public Information
Jackson Place
Red Cross
St. Louis Republic
Memorial for Mrs. Lauterbach Laid To Rest in Dillon
Mrs. Marie Nelson Lauterbach of Denmark born 1862 died in Los Angeles on April 8 after pneumonia. The Dillon husband Michael and son Adolph survive with siblings in Dillon Canada and Denmark. Funeral at Episcopal church and burial at Mountain View cemetery with many floral tributes. Pallbearers named. Also notes on military guns air personnel and school installations.
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Michael Lauterbach
Dillon
Los Angeles
Max Lauterbach
Episcopal Church
R. J. Jensen
Mountain View Cemetery
Duke Gist
E. J. Callaway
L. K. Adams
W. B. Hartwig
A. L. Badcon
Fred Huber
Marie Nelson Lauterbach
Denmark
America
Adolph
Jasper Nelson
Charles Nelson
Canada
Larson
Lauterbach
Lutheran Aid Society
California
Butte
We Will Fly the Weve Done Our Duty Flags
The Ninth district Liberty Loan headquarters holds many village county and state Weve Done Our Duty flags. Flags will fly from village halls county courthouses and state capitols that exceed Liberty bond allotments during the April 16 to 17 campaign. The flags promote communal responsibility rather than individual bonds and reflect district distribution plans.
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Liberty Loan
Red Cross
Ninth District
Liberty Loan Executive Committee
Government Crop Report Boosts Montana Farmers
The U S Bureau of Crop Estimates reports April 1 conditions for winter wheat and rye in Montana are high across key areas. Prospects look for bumper crops in these cereals while national wheat output is expected to rise. Stock losses remain light and overall stock condition is strong nationwide.
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U. S. Bureau of Crop Estimates
Montana
Red Cross Notes Dillon Chapter Shipments
Wisdom auxiliary to the A R C shipped to the Dillon chapter this week 108 bed shirts 50 pairs of bed socks 19 sweaters and a number of socks and wristlets. Gauze workers are doing a marvelous job in the two weekly meetings and are urged to attend the afternoon session in large numbers to complete the monthly allotment on time.
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Wisdom
Dillon
Rebekah Lodge Sells Thrift Stamps for $934.65 Total
The Rebekah lodge ran Thrift Stamp booths last Friday and Tuesday. Friday sales were $326.95 and Tuesday sales $607.80, totaling $934.65. The effort was praised as a splendid showing though the club members noted hard work.
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Rebekah Lodge
the Hodge
Also Mentioned on This Page
George Clemon
J. HE. Shaw
O. B. Canfield
Herman Mussigbrod
J. P. Lossl
Reichle
Veronica Tartwig
State Department of Health
Public Library
Federal Food Administration
Union
Alfred Atkinson
U.S
Liberty Loan Parade
Red
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