Dillon Readies Y W C A War Fund Drive
The Dillon community prepares to launch a YWCA war relief drive starting Monday January 21 with a goal of four million dollars nationwide and seven hundred dollars allocated to Dillon. Local organizers include President Mrs Jessie Poindexter Secretary Ruth Covington and a committee across four wards plus the high school Normal college and training school representatives. The drive supports nurse rest centers non English speaking women and munition workers in France and pays tribute to domestic and foreign women aiding the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
War Department
Foreign Language Service Bureau
Montana
Dillon
Butte
Normal College
A. L. Christie
Jessie Poindexter
Ruth Covington
C. W. Hudson
Laura Kress
Freight Shipments Show Big Increase in 1917
A Dillon report by S S Carruthers shows a large rise in freight activity in 1917 versus 1916. Total freight received reached 1307 cars, with merchandise and various goods up or down by small margins across categories such as brick cement lumber stone canned goods coal perishable fruit and autos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. Carruthers
Dillon
Dilon
Spreading the Gospel of Thrift Calls Montanans to Buy War Savings Stamps
State Director Harry W. Turner urges Montana travelers and citizens to promote war savings as a patriotic duty. The drive targets a $9,459,740 quota with plans to have merchants, bankers, and professionals participate. County director W. E. Holt notes a scheme to fund stamp sales through monthly subscriptions via banks. Also reported: 1917 fuel and beverage transport figures and a student athlete’s hip injury affecting exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Turner
Montana
War Savings Committee
W. E. Holt
Miles City
Garfield closes factories and orders nationwide fuel restrictions
Washington reports Fuel Administrator Garfield signed a broad order closing manufacturing plants east of the Mississippi for five days and enforcing Monday shutdowns for ten weeks. The measure, backed by President Wilson, targets fuel distribution for railroads and essential uses, triggering protests and Senate scrutiny while outlining strict penalties for noncompliance.
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Mississippi River
Washington
Garfield
Wilson
Senate
Congress
The
Fuel Administration
United States Fuel Administration
Washington, D.C
United States
Army
Knitters Urged for Red Cross Sweaters and Socks
The note urges women to knit oversized sweaters for the growing army Greek. The guide specifies widths from 16 to 22 inches and a 25 inch length, with four and a half inch feet and eleven inch legs, to be joined to fit husky soldiers. Two hundred big sweaters are under production across Beaverhead county with Dillon, Lima, Wisdom, Armstead, Monida, Polaris, Argenta, Dell, Apex and Reichle contributing.
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War Department
Dillon
Camp‘Lewis
Red Cross
Beaverhead County
Lima
Wisdom
Armstead
Miss Meer’s Beach School
Monida
Polaris
Argenta
Dell
Apex
Reichle
Civil Service Exams For Stenographer Typewriter
The United States Civil Service Commission announces exams for stenographer and typewriter in the Eleventh district on January 19 February 1 and February 16. Thousands of appointments are pending from the stenographer and typewriter registers with entrance salaries from 1000 to 1200 dollars yearly. Qualified applicants should contact Hubert F Ward secretary Eleventh Civil Service district 303 Post Office building Seattle Wash for blanks and information.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Eleventh
Hubert F. Ward
Eleventh Civil Service District
Post Office
Seattle
Wash
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Ble
W. H. Keller
Washington Street
Gilbert
H. L. McCaleb
W. B. Carter
F. A. Hazelbaker
Third Ward
J. W. Baxter
A. S. Rife
Ira Sanders
Fourth Ward
A. L. Anderson
O. M. Best
Mathew Orr
R. R. Rathbone
Marian Hunter
Ford McBain
Mary. Innes
Hostess House of
Y. W.C.A
Camp Lewis
American Lake
Turner
Lester Schulz
United States Food Administrator
Louisiana
Minnesota
H. A. Garfield
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