Soldiers in France and United States lauded during holidays
Sheridan notes soldiers in France and at home sending Christmas greetings. Leo Baril’s parents read a French message. Ray Bullerdick earns a lieutenant rank at Fort Worth. Phil Hatfield with Camp Lewis Montana troops. a Tacoma Seattle dinner honors the troops. Mrs Nelson’s death casts gloom. community helps with Christmas and New Year observances.
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Sheridan
France
United States
Frank Baril
Leo
Ross Stine
R. Kleitz
Johnna
Ross
Lewis Bullerdick
Ray
Fort Worth
Texas
J. E. Hatfield
Aus
Tacoma
Wash
Phil
Montana
Camp Lewis
Seattle
Hatfield
Fred Schulz
Chas. Wilson
Hyndmans
Pietch
Alice
Apgstice
Methodist Sunday School
John Tessier
Dillon
Johnnie Nelson
Melrose Notes Attendances and Departures Among Local Residents
Miss Carrie Sappington returns from Salt Lake City to Melrose to spend vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Tom Sappington. John Robbins arrives for medical care from Whitehall and tents to stay through spring. Flint McCauley and wife drive to Dillon. James Dickey returns from Butte after his brother William’s death to visit Melrose friends. William Jones and family depart for Pocatello where he works for the Oregon Short Line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Jones
G. Bighorn
F.C. Moore
Dillon
Milt Gar
Henry Wombacher
Lima
Oregon
Patrick Smith
Clifford Reid
Reichle
Glendale
Melrose
Carrie Sappington
Salt Lake City
Tom Sappington
John Robbins
Dewey and Vicinity
Whitehall
Hecla
Ite
Flint McCauley
James Dickey
William
Butte
William Jones
Pocatello
Mr. Jones
Oregon Short Line
Lone Cabin Ranch Christmas Log and Weather Notes
The Lone Cabin Ranch report from Dec 29 notes daily rain and mild warmth with the winter never reaching zero. Cozad and Tessier fill a logway with logs for a prompt mill start. Santa brings no gifts amid a worn German sock and torn burlap stockings. Herndon brothers of Salmon Idaho report a beautiful summer season with no winter yet. Stock grazes on meadows as the D L ranch company moves cattle and horses to the Big Hole river near Glen station.
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Lone Cabin Ranch
Mercury
Cozad & Tessier
Santa
Herndon Brothers
Salmon
Idaho
D. L. Ranch Company
Big Hole River
Glen Station
Wool shortage myth denied by war trade board statement
The war trade board declares no wool shortage exists globally or in U S stocks despite higher military consumption. It notes a sharp price rise with U S prices up about 200 percent versus prewar levels and England about 55 percent, while U S cloth manufacturers hold large stocks fearing forward delivery and clothing makers overbuy.
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War Trade Board
United States
England
Demand for 20,000 Army Nurses Next Year
With continued war, the army hospital system will need at least 20,000 nurses next year. Of 80,000 graduate nurses in the country only 3,500 have been assigned to duty, including 1,500 in France. An army nurse must be a trained graduate with two years hospital service, assigned at home or abroad, with abroad preference when possible. Nurses may request non abroad duty and such preferences will be respected.
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France
United States
Lamont Harkness
Standard Oil
Harkness
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Great
Morgan Banking House
Julius Rosenwald
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Montanans Plan Fifth Annual Excursion Butte to Los Angeles
The Oregon Short Line Salt Lake Route will run two special trains on January 17 and 25, 1918, to Los Angeles. Trains depart Butte at 8 30 p m arriving next day at 2 00 p m. Superior equipment includes electric lighted pullmans observe dining cars. Contact E A Shewe general agent for reservations.
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Oregon Short Line
Salt Lake
Butte
Los Angeles
California
King Frost
Adv
Liberty Theatres at Army Cantonments Complete
The government Liberty theatres at 16 national army cantonments are completed and staged. The outbuildings span 120 feet by 179 feet, built of pine boards with heavy building paper facings, and feature complete ventilation. Steam heat and small stoves warm the space with five large entrances and 15 exits for a 3000 seat capacity.
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Menin Camps
National Army
War Department Commission
Bread by the Slice Basically Allowed to Help Poor
The food administration eased a rule limiting bakers to selling less than a pound of bread to consumers. The change aims to ease hardship on the poor in New York and other cities, many of whom buy bread by the penny or two penny slice. Weight limits for baking remain unchanged, with rolls restricted to one to three ounces.
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The
Food Administration
New York
Montana Pioneer White Caffee Dies at 77 in Bozeman
White Caffee, a Montana pioneer of 50 years in Gallatin county, dies at 77 from paralysis. Native of Kentucky, Civil War veteran with Arkansas Confederate troops, later sighted Plains migration to Montana in 1865. He farmed near Bozeman and ran a Pony sawmill, later joining Civil War relief efforts. Funeral at the Christian church Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Tom Butte
White Caffee
Montana
Gallatin County
Kentucky
Arkansas
Prairie Grove
Fort Scott
Mussouri
Denver
New Mexico
Plains
Pony
Terry
Custer
Curley
Caffee
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Christian Church
Noted Old-Timer Knits 30 Socks for Red Cross
Melrose January 2. Mrs James Donovan an old-timer of this vicinity finished thirty pairs of socks for the Red Cross in under three months while managing her household duties She crossed the plains in the early sixties with her father and lived in Virginia City during the Vigilantes and road agents era We commend such loyal citizenship and wish for more like her
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Melrose
James Donovan
Red Cross Society
Donovan
Virginia City
Sam
Government War Efforts and Civic Campaigns Highlighted
Report notes non sanction of Godmothering for soldiers and sailors, no postmaster pay rise during war, and U S share of monetary stock rising to over one third. It describes fuel economy drives by the Bureau of Mines with engineers, a push to curb overheated homes, and a roster of speakers for state war conferences led by McAdoo Baker Marshall Wise and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Woman's Committee
Council of National Defense
Porto Rico
The
Fuel Administration
Bureau of Mines
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Union
McAdoo
Baker
Marshall
Henry J. Allen
Stéphen S$. Wise
Charles D. Williamg
Paul Perigord
Frennch Army
Four Minute Men
Voluntere
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Sheridan News
Melrose News
Scott
Soott & Bowne
Bloomfield
N. J
Oak
Montana Auto Supply
C. T. Magnus
the Mutual Life Insurance CO
Phillips Bldg
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