Montana Deaths in Lewistown From Influenza Pneumonia
Albert Oline and George Oline, brothers aged 29 and 32, died unattended at a Lewistown homestead seven miles from Roy after influenza pneumonia illness. A neighbor found them dead. investigators noted late illness and a poorly built house with no fire. The Oline family is known in Topeka Kansas and relatives were notified. Charged With Murder in Livingston Postmaster Swindlehurst accused of killing Oliver M Harvey after a December 23 fist fight. charged December 26 in justice court with first degree murder the complaint states.
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Lewistown
George
Albert Oline
George Oline
Roy
Joseph LaFontain
Creel
Topeka
Kan
Livingston
Joseph E. Swindlehurst
Oliver M. ‘Harvey
EB. M. Niles
Justice Court
Swindlehurst
Oliver. M
Harvey
Forestry meeting to discuss Montana Idaho fire issue
Spokane hosts forestry officials January 9 10 and 11 to assess fire prevention control and staffing. R H Rutledge district forester chairs district No 1 meeting to plan purchasing and operations for western Montana and northern Idaho forests.
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Missoula
Montana
Idaho
Spokane
R. H. Rutledge
Funeral Procession Pauses Livingston Business Day
Business in Livingston halted for an hour last Saturday during the funeral of the late O. M. Harvey and banks closed all day. Merchants gathered at a central point and marched to the Harvey home for the service. The body was shipped to Greenfield Iowa for burial.
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Livingston
O. M. Harvey
Harvey
Greenfield
Iowa
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Praised By Readers
Letters from Mrs. O Cook of Macon Illinois Mrs James A Knott of Chillicothe Missouri and H J Moore of Oval Pennsylvania extol Chamberlains Cough Remedy for rapid relief from coughs and colds and note it was effective on settled chest colds. The product is sold by City Drug Co. Adv-1m.
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Chamberlain
City Drug Co
Bourquin Witnessed German Fleet Surrender
Ensign M. M. Bourquin son of Judge George M. Bourquin of the U S district court was among witnesses to the surrender of the German high sea fleet to the Allied fleet.
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Butte
M. M. Bourquin
George M. Bourquin
United States District Court
Chamberlains Tablets Aid Digestion and Bowels
Advertisement notes Chamberlains Tablets ease indigestion and constipation by strengthening the stomach and promoting gentle bowel movement. Claims relief from constipation and indigestion when used, with sale through City Drug Co.
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City Drug Co
Native Trout Spawn Supplied to Somers Hatchery
Mon tana waters yield a large portion of spawn from native cutthroat trout and grayling for the Somers hatchery this year, according to an announcement by Major Mor Baldwit of the state fish and game commission.
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Somers
Montana
Mor. Baldwitl
State ‘Fish and Game ‘Commission
Beating Suspect in Miles City Jail Assault Case
In Miles City an ex convict jailed for sedition and fined 500 dollars three months ago faces an assault charge after allegedly beating 19 year old Powderville witness Riss C Ayres with a club. Constable Strater tracked Anderson for two days to Bozeman before arrest. Hoover policy tones loom in national food relief talk via Alfred Atkinson.
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Miles City
K. R.anderson
Riss
C. Ayres
Powderville
Anderson
South Dakota
Strater
Cured At Mattoon Fest With 25 Cent Tablets
Mrs Robert Allison of Mattoon Illinois describes severe indigestion constipation headaches dizziness and constant heaviness on chest. She credits one bottle of Chamberlains Tablets with curing her and notes she now feels like a different person. Sold by City Drug Co. Adv 1lm
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Mattoon
Robert Allison
City ‘Drug Co
Military Scholarship Bozeman Offers Free Tuition
Bozeman State College offers military scholarships to young men who have served in national naval and military forces exempting them from fees. Students who were members of the A T C and enrolled in regular college courses also receive free scholarships, per registrar R C Wilson.
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Bozeman
Alga
R. C. Wilson
Aged Indian Woman Dies Near Ronan at 103
Marie Pilone, one of the oldest residents of the Flathead Reservation, died at her daughter’s home north of Ronan at age 103. Burial followed at the Finley place near Spring Creek with Indian ceremonies attended by many relatives and friends. Poisonous waste and kidney health are discussed in a separate note promoting Foley Kidney Pills sold by Potts druggist.
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Ronan
Marrie Pilone
Flathead
Potts
Timber bonds sold by Big Timber for premium
A Denver firm purchased Big Timber's $40,000 water refunding bonds at a premium of $1,665. The rest of the item notes market activity and a local ad for Adler-i-ka bowel remedy praising its instant cleansing effect and claiming to relieve sour stomach gas and constipation. A. Potts, druggist, advertises the product.
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Timber
Big Timber
Tea
Denver
Dilton
Dillon
A. Potts
Municipal Tree Billings Adorn City Hall for Orphans
A Christmas tree at city hall is decorated with 86 colored lights. Each light represents $36.50 donated by residents to support one fatherless French child for one year. The funds fund care through the municipal charity effort.
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Billings
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money Advertisement
Trade card promising money for clipping and mailing an order form to Foley Company in Chicago. Offers a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Sold by Potts the Druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
Potts the Drugelst
Butte Soldier First American into Soissons As War Fades
Private John F Byrne of Butte writes that Company H of the127th Infantry attached to the 23rd division was the first American unit to enter Soissons. The letter describes their arrival and the pride of Butte men in the historic action.
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Butte
Soissons
John F. ‘Byrne
Foley's Honey and Tar Promoted as Best Cough Remedy
J F Harper of San Antonio writes Foley's Honey and Tar is the best cough remedy. He claims quick relief and permanent results after trying it with his own family. Sold by Potts drug store and others in the market.
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J. F.harper
Navarre. Co
San Antonio
Tex
Potts
Montana Made Wire Shipped for Arizona Irrigation Project
A shipment of 100000 pounds of wire produced at the Boston and Montana smelter wire mill has been sent to the Salt River irrigation project in Arizona to tap a major underground reservoir for irrigating a vast tract of land.
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Montana
Great Falls
Boston
Salt River
Ariz
Kidney Pills Help Restless Sleeper in Shorters Alabama
E W Kitt of Shorters Alabama reports insomnia and back and kidney pain improving after using Foley Kidney Pills. He says the pills helped during a restless night and he bought them from Potts, the local druggist.
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E. W. Kitt
Foley
Potts
Mall theft leads to 30 days jail for Meehan
Jim Meehan admitted taking a silk dress and a Christmas present for his wife and selling them for 2.50 to buy whisky. He received a 30 day sentence in county jail in police court.
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Butte
Jim Meehan
Foley Cathartic Tablet Ad Promises Quick Relief
To Ward Off Hiness If you are bloated languid or lazy have the blues headaches palpitation biliousness bad breath Bas constipation or indigestion you will feel better in the morning if you take a Foley Cathartic Tablet tonight This is a wholesome laxative and cleansing physic that acts without inconvenience griping or nausea.
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Potts
Fort Benton Grower Hauls Six Thousand From 14 Irrigated Acres
Joseph McCaun, once a well driller, raised produce on 14 irrigated acres in Chouteau County, earning six thousand dollars this season.
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Fort Benton
Chouteau County
Joseph McCaun
Foley's Honey and Tar Cited By S.A. Customer
Wm Barnes of San Antonio Texas reports strong relief from a persistent cough after using Foley's Honey and Tar. He paid fifty dollars a bottle and says the product helped him recover from influenza and pneumonia. Potts Drug Store sells the remedy by mail order.
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Wm. Barnes
San Antonio
Texas
Foley
Gale
Potts
Gasoline Standardization Push Emerges From State Test
Bozeman report notes a test by the State college on a gasoline sample from Thomas B. Kirk showed it resembled kerosene more than motor fuel. Kirk urges legislature to pass a law standardizing gasoline with stiff fines for noncompliant fuels.
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Bozeman
State College
Thomas 8. Kirk
Mt. Kirk
First Symptom Hoarseness Promptly Treated
Notice urges early use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for hoarseness with City Drug Co selling the product. Ady-1m indicates advertisement date.
Year of 1918 records in Dillon Montana area events
The Dillon Montana calendar lists WWI mobilization calls dozens of men for July and August. Local civic notes report deaths Judge Conger and Bert Liggett, a W. front casualty William Best, and a spicidal injury. Wheat harvest begins, wool proceeds exceed 1.5 million dollars, and public schooling opens with 500 students.
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Dillon
Redrock
Beaverhead
F. M. Poindexter
Camp Grant
A. J. Wedum
Nels Nelson
Alaska
D. L. Stephens
Camp Dodge
J.E. Conger
Honolulu
Theta Club
Red Cross
J. B. Conger
St James Episcopal Church
Hugh A. McMillin
Medical Corps
U. S. Army
Chautauqua
Bert Liggett
Palace Cafe
Norman Gilbert
Mise
Naomi Robison
Kankakee
Ill
Geo. Beerher
Will Lovell
Florence Leason
Butte
William Best
Western Front
the Normal College
ember _Reptem
Jackson
Ralph White
Redlands
Elit
Montana
White
RSI
Beaverhead War Year Events Chronicle
Beaverhead county reports Fourth Liberty Loan drive starting in Beaverhead. Engagements include deaths from flu at Camp Dodge and Camp Fremont, local funerals, and wartime measures. Community notes cover holidays, weather, quotas, and flood of influenza through late 1918.
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Wm. Bernstein
Chicago
Beaverhead
David Evans
Melrose
Beaverhead County
Lloyd & Blair
Jefferson Barracks
Mark O. Bean
Camp Dodge
Raymond Anderson
Camp Fremont
Calif
Ole M. Crogan
Ming
Dorothy Couch
George Hughes
Salt Lake City
Virgil Bostwick
Missoula
Births Deaths and Marriages in Beaverhead County 1918
Official record shows births exceeded deaths by 82 in 1918 amid influenza epidemic in last three months. Of 107 deaths, 69 males and 38 females died, 39 from Spanish influenza pneumonia, 28 male. 6 from accidents, four male. one drowned. Five personal crisis reports. two murders. other deaths from various diseases. Ten months had 70 deaths. November added 30 deaths, 25 from influenza.
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Beaverhead
Births Report December to March in Local Register
Birth notices list numerous parents with newborns by date from January to March including families such as Holliday Scriven Huffaker Melton Sandquist Frizzell Paige and more. Various entries note boys girls twins and names like Dodge Bourassa Gildwell Tanaka Reynolds Moore Churchill Gravelly Keenan Dimick Stevens Knudsen Rash Miller Laden Hand Holzmitter Wenger and Martin.
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W. H. Holliday
B. F. Scriven
al Huffaker
Robert Melton
A. L. Sandquist
C. A. Frizzell
J. R. Paige
Jack Dodge
W. P. Whittaker
Horace Haupt
J. R. Jackson
Fred Bourassa
Ralph Gildwell
Joseph
D. Burke
C. W. Kohl
Haris Nelson
William Knudsen
William Munkden
Rash
Ernest Miller
John Laden
John Hand
John, Holzmitter
John Wenger
Harry Schuler
Martin
Joe Campbell
Orson Dimick
Frank Stevens
T. Q
B. Browning
John W. Lenkerepba
Joseph Coach
Jan Oned
I Knox
Willams
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Llon
Peta Geta
SAU Montues
C. C. Thornton, Pres
Peary I. Smith
R. H. Ryburn
Marshall Field
Charles FF. Sharkey
Captain Poindexter
Lucile Paul
Washington, D. C
Roy Selway
Chas. Reis
France
Hertian Walters
Webb Lyons
Ernest Shawver
Brundage Undertaking
Dorothy Brundage
Anaconda
Elizabeth Smith
Elna Peterson
Brundage
Flora E. Armstrong
Ounty
Ernest Orr
California
Margaret
Poindexter
Long. Peach
Potter Bells
Aahate
Nay. Bros
Acke
Geo. Ditty
Hugh McCaleb
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