Joy Riding on French Roads from Lorraine to Germany
A soldier writes from Longayon Lorraine about moving toward the Rhine on patrol duty. He describes travel from Colombey Les Belle near Nancy to Verdun, Paris, and Luxem bourg, recounting shell fire, front-line observations, and a poignant moment helping a French woman who valued bread after four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
Tam
Third Army
Army of Occupation
Rhine
Languyon
Lorraine
Verdun
France
Colombey Les Belle
Ias
Nancy Wand
Tour
Liverpool
England
Southhampton
la Havre
St. John
Halifax
Colombey
Paris
Howit Tau
Chateau Thiery
St. Miciel- Drive
Soisssons
Marne
Germany
Luxembourg
Western Front
Nancy
Toul
Dutie
Butte
Anaconda
Neu Chateau
Chamont
Suers
Dillon
Bower
Jimmy
Dodge
Lignyenborrois
Ralph Tattersall
Longue
Dewey Cashmore
Gondrex Court
Tattersall
Eber
Badcon
Boone
Director wires of increased effort call to aid Europe famine
William E. B. Hall, national director of the United States Boys' Working Reserve, forwarded telegrams urging national field organizers to mobilize high school boys to send deep drafts of patriotism and energy to save Europe from famine and avert anarchy amid a looming hunger crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William EB. Hall
United States
Hoover
Europe
Miss Catherine Staudaher Dies in Idaho Influenza Case
Miss Catherine Staudaher daughter of Mr and Mrs Geo J Staudaher died at Salmon City Idaho from influenza. Her brother Will died about a week earlier and other family members were ill. She was 22 and born in Dillon. Burial was arranged in Boise City by her uncle B H Brundage of Dillon. District friends mourn her loss.
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Dillon
Catherine Staudaher
Geo. J. Staudaher
Salmon City
Idaho
Will
Staudaker
Boise City
B. H. Brundage
Listening Post for Republicans in California
Herald reports Hays creates a California listening post as the first step toward a national decentralized party organization. Ray Benjamin to head San Francisco headquarters to liaise with GOP sentiment in California and neighboring states while Indiana methods expand outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H Street
N. W
Washington
D. C
Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
California
Charles E. Hughes
East
Indiana
Hays
San Francisco
Ray Benjamin
Benjamin
Arizona
Nevada
Oregon
Tdato
Mr. Hays
Bian ‘Johnson
Cabhoitie
Severe cold grips city as snow sweeps in
A light snow and high wind moved through Sunday evening with temperatures plunging to 16 to 20 degrees below zero for several nights. S.O. S. calls for plumbers were numerous as residents faced the icy spell. Reprint from the New York Herald dated December 12, 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Farmers to Keep Finances With Free Account Journals
More than 20 000 Montana farmers received free farm account journals as Christmas gifts. Organized by Prof. E L Currier of Montana State College Farm Management, the journals promise a year of daily five minute entries to track earnings profits overhead depreciation and labor value with tables of weights and measuring systems. Banks distributed the books at cost after the Farm Management office prepared them and the project reflects recent Currier surveys on farm management and labor conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Montana
E. L. Currier
Montana State College
Farmers Ag
Prof. Currier
Beaverhead Red Cross Roll Call Shows Fewer Enrollees
Christmas roll call for Beaverhead chapter of the American Red Cross drew only about 800 members, far short of last year’s 2,600. Large membership and substantial donations last year contrasted with this year’s small gifts and dwindling enrollments amid postwar influenza and war ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
American Red Cross
Letter from Clayton Short Describes Front Experiences in World War I
Clayton Short writes from Toul France near the mouth of Hell recalling ships crossing from England to France, battles and air raids in France, a 1917 departure from Hoboken, shipboard voyage on the Waterland and Archangel, and plans to detail further experiences after returning home.
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Toul
France
Hell
States
Liverpool
England
Winchester
Southhampton
English Channel
Hoboken
N. J
Waterland
London
Havre
Soldier land script proposed to aid western settlement
Lieutenant Governor W. W. McDowell of Montana proposes issuing negotiable land script to all honorably discharged soldiers. The plan would place 40 acre tracts on the tax rolls, allow immediate entry to public lands, and enable veterans to acquire land while pursuing other work. It aims to spur western development and supplement Interior Department plans.
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W. W. McDowell
Montana
Butte
Washington
McDowell
Lane
Senate
House
Congress
Wilson
Department of the Interior
United States
Alaska
Leutenant
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Joe Murray
Longayon
Boys’ Working Reserve
Nat
E. I. Harkness
Graeter
Red Cross
Normal College
Redmen
Board of
Russel Fryburg
Andrus Hotel
Clark Yoe
Camp Meade
Joe Irving
Jake Willard
Hotal Andrus
Hartwig Theater
Isabel Christman
Justin Brundage
Pttion
Wm. G. Reed
Twin Falls
Anderson
Amede Bessette
Bannack
Will Simpson
Spokane
Dan Reed
Dillmont Park
Frank Yiee
Beaverhead Sitting & Elevator ‘Company Incorporated
Joseph Poindexter
Honolulu
Beaverhead-Alberta Co
Stevenson
Dode Stephens
Third Liberty Can
Joseph Poince
St. James Episcopal
Red’ Cross
Tampal Gh
Enact ‘Lauterbach
Beaver
Camp Lewis
Omaha
Fred Plant
L. Stone
Jake Neldt
Tor
James Purdy
Eph Stoller
C. Scholomittti
Fort McDowell
Lucy Kluge
John Walterson
San Diego
Ed Kennison
Albert Anderson
Pageant of All Allied Nations
John Peterson
Nay & Jacobs
Horse Prairie
Hazel McDonald
Harvey Martin
Beaverhead County
Albert Brooks
Captain Hobson
Harrison B. Brown
Long Beach Calif
Clarence Ditty
Jume
Lee Rel
Mary Haselton
Townsend
John T. Orr
Iva Benedict
Plains
Dillmont
J. E. Shaw
Big Hole Basin
Soldier Boys
Camp Lewise
George Roberts
Diltmos
AD Sherwood - Willet
State College
Clayton Short
Carl Mast
IV Corps
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