Return Hoarded Flour and Sugar in Montana
A Montana food administration notice urges households with excess flour and sugar to return supplies to boost wartime trade. It warns penalties of up to $6,000 fine or two years in prison for hoarding and says offenders may be prosecuted if voluntary returns fail. Alfred Atkinson signs as Federal Food Administrator for Montana.
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Federal Food Administrator
Montana
Food Administration
America
Europe
Germany
federal food _administration
Bozeman
Federal Penitentiary
Alfred Atkinson
Car Goes Off Selway Bridge Into Beaverhead River
A Giudici ranch employee Geo Mauritz lost control on the Selway bridge about a mile from town, the car plunged through the railing into eight feet of water. He crawled out, walked to the ranch, his clothes frozen solid. Fred Woodside pulled the car from the river and searched. Mauritz was later found to have reached the ranch unharmed.
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Geo. Mauritz
Giudici Ranch
Selway Bridge
Fred Woodside
Butte
Livestock in Good Shape for Winter
Farmers report livestock in good condition as winter nears. Stockmen note lower feed use than in the previous two winters and express confidence and jubilation for the upcoming spring.
Hank Is Growing Up Letter From Henry Wyatt in France
Henry Wyatt, with the Sam anies in France, writes home that he now weighs 160 pounds and is happy and contented. The brief note reflects a young soldier’s personal progress and morale from the front.
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Hank
Henry Wyatt
Samanies
France
Repole
Domestic Science serves war menus under dollar limit
Over the past two weeks the Domestic Science girls prepared war menus within a dollar for four. Alfred Peterson has left school to return to his father's ranch. The student body celebrates a victory over Butte while Thors Sisson remains ill. The B C H S basketball team travels to Livingston for state. Carter Edinger recovers from an injury and may return next week. Junior Red Cross meets after school on Wednesday and Friday. Dorothy Brundage and Josephine Cush ing lead the Glee clubs and are expected to stay in place.
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Domestic Science Department
Alfred Peterson
Butte
Livingston
Carter Edinger
DAR Meeting Next Tuesday Discusses War Year One
The Daughters of the American Revolution plan a meeting next Tuesday evening March 12 hosted by Miss Nina Nash with Mrs. John Brenner as leader. A general discussion of the first year of the present war is on the agenda.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Nina Nash
John Brenner
Joe Mautz Improves After Injury
Friends of Joe Mautz report his condition has improved after a hay baler accident that crushed his foot. Doctors now believe amputation may not be needed.
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Joe Mautz
American Lumber Jacks in England Rally for War Effort
English forests guarded by generations are being cut by American lumberjacks recruited from New England. Over 300 men from Maine New Hampshire and Vermont work in ten saw mill units along a ten mile river bank aided by Y M C A secretaries. They construct billets bridges trenches and other war needs while baskets ball entertains after hours and Christmas visits to London boost morale.
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England
New England
Boston Committee On Public Safety
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
America
Mars
Old England
Belgium
Lusitania
London
Eagle Hut
Pupils Give Excellent Recital at College Auditorium
An excellent musical recital was presented last Friday night by pupils of Miss Edith Hatch, instructor of music at the college, in the college auditorium.
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Edith Hatch
Red Cross asks letters for homesick soldiers in France
The local Red Cross requests help from relatives and friends to combat homesickness of men in France. Pershing notes morale is key. aim to send regular letters, clippings, and small gifts. Volunteers should locate missing addresses and deliver to Red Cross rooms or Jean Bishop at 413 Idaho Street.
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Red Cross
Bureau of Military Relief
France
Pershing
Jean Bishop
Idaho Street
Why America Must Feed the Allies
Cornell graduate Daniel Reed, a national figure in city development and food programs, toured Europe with the U S Food Administration commission. He will speak on the famine threat and why America must feed the allies, sharing conversations with British and French officials and impressions from army camps.
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Daniel Reed
Cornell
Reed
Dunkirk
New York
American Cities Bureau
Europe
England
France
United States Food Administration
America
Food Ministry
Battle Front
Stock of ammunition found in I. W. W. cabin
After the arrest of two men named Albert Brooks and Frank Healy for distributing I. W. W. literature, officers searched their cabin and uncovered a miniature arsenal. Investigators seized 15 pound cans of Dupont powder, over 4000 priming caps, 600 rounds for an .88 caliber revolver, 400 rounds for a .256 rifle, a Smith and Wesson revolver, and reloading tools. The pair remain in the county jail. federal court action expected.
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Albert Brooks
Frank Healy
Smith and Wesson
Coroner's Jury Finds Herbert Anderson Died by His Own Action
The coroner's jury concluded Herbert Anderson died by his own action after being found dead in his room at the Dixie rooming house last week. No motive was found and the remains were handled by C. A. Anderson of Idaho Falls and shipped to Idaho City.
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Herbert Anderson
Dixie
C. A. Anderson
Idaho Falls
Idaho City
Basil Clark Appointment Canceled in Dillon
A telegram to F A Hazelbaker from Professor Atkin Montana food administrator says Mrs Basil Clark cannot speak in Dillon on March 12. She was to give two school addresses and an evening talk at city hall. Dan Reed will still speak to partially fill the gap.
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F. A. Hazelbaker
Atkinson
Montana
Basil Clark
Dillon
Dan Reed
Clark
Funeral of Amede Bessette Held in Bannack
The funeral of pioneer Bannack miner Amede Bes sette was held in Bannack last Saturday afternoon. Interment followed in Bannack cemetery beside whom he wished to be buried. Friends from across the county attended, with some traveling from Dillon.
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Amede Bessette
Bannack
Dillon
Firearm Registration Boom in Beaverhead County
The sheriff's office reports a busy week registering firearms of all kinds in Beaverhead County. Under Sheriff Gosmisr estimates nearly ee guns will be registered, covering big guns and small arms from cannons to revolvers and rifles, spanning a century of manufacture.
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Beaverhead
Gosmisr
Red CrossNotes Award Winners and Knitting Record
The blue veil goes to Mrs. Chas. Price head of the work room Mrs. Carl Bond head of the sewing department and Miss Lydia Pease head of the knitting department. Mrs. Catherine Schawitz Glendale street earns the first knitting red cross for a sweater in ten hours the record for Beaverhead county and the entire northern division. A large shipment will go to Minneapolis with surgical dressings and hospital garments. Five dozen bed shirts seaters and bed socks arrive from Wisdom. Lima branch sends sweaters and Jackson reports seven new pieces. Monday and Thursday classes continue until done with fair attendance. A play room for children of working mothers is set up in the police station.
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Chas. Price
Carl Bond
Lydia Pease
Catherine Schawitz
Glendale Street
Beaverhead County
Minneapolis
Wisdom
Lima
Jackson
Lyceum Course Closes With Laurant Magic Show
The Lyceum course at the Normal closed last evening featuring Laurant the magician and his troupe. His act impressed both old and young audiences as lady accompanists on piano and cornet received repeated encores.
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Lyceum
Laurant
Children Earn Thrift Stamps Through School Campaign
The Dillon Training School launches a thrift stamp drive with free stamps for children aged six to fifteen who buy one. The program aims for 100 percent pupil participation and teaches real banking concepts through school level involvement with banks and businesses guiding the effort. Total purchases reach $2,656.75 across the pupil body.
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Dillon Training School
Uncle Sam
Boy Scouts
Death of Mrs Will W Simpson Dills Dillon Loss Mourns Family
Telegram from Spokane reports the death of Carrie Oliver Simpson youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Wason M Oliver of Dillon. She died after appendicitis and peritonitis at a Spokane hospital. Funeral held there. She was born near Dillon about 28 and grew up in Dillon and Beaverhead county. She married Will W Simpson in 1909 and later lived in Wallace Idaho and Spokane. Her husband parents and a Dillon brother survive.
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Spokane
Will W. Simpson
Wason M. Oliver
Hillyard
Wash
Dillon
Dillon and
Beaverhead County
Thrift Stamps Teach Saving During War Efforts
A student notes how thrift stamps fund wartime needs for clothing food ammunition and soldiers pay. She explains earning a stamp weekly trading sixteen stamps for a five dollar certificate redeemable after five years, praising thrift over candy and showgoing. Richard Esmond Cosgrove records personal progress in Miss Tattersall’s room.
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Richard Esmond Cosgrove
Miss Tattersall
Thrift Stamps Progress Toward Parade Fund
Mabel Hoerning notes their group has 98 dollars and 50 cents in thrift stamps and aims for 100 dollars. They trail Miss Woolhiser’s room by about 86 dollars and 60 cents, while they currently hold 7 dollars more than Miss Woolhiser.
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Miss Woolhiser
Mabel Hoerning
Miss Liek’s Room Parade and Thrift Stamp Total
A classroom parade event follows Thrift stamp activities. Miss Liek’s room records show a $93.50 amount and includes notes from Clara Lorensen Miss Liek’s room. The piece narrates a child’s journey from forest to paper to stamp, then to Washington and a national distribution, concluding with Phillip Lovell Miss Becker’s room reflection.
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Miss Liek
Miss Woolhiser
Clara Lorensen
Washington
United States
Phillip Lovell
Miss Becker
I Am a Thrift Stamp Story of a Box to Home
The narrator recalls being stored in a box half smothered until lifted out by a man and later freed. A small child licks the stamp, affixes it to a large card, then closes it and carries it home in her muff with care.
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Frankes Dunn
Miss Becker
My Thrift Stamp Money Earned From Work
A note from Edward Jensen says he took money from the bank to buy Thrift stamps and received two stamps for 25 cents. He mentions earning money by carrying coal and wood for his mother, as recorded in Miss Woolhiser's room.
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Edward Jensen
Thrift Stamps and Thrift Way to Success
Thrift stamps encourage saving and hard work. The message highlights earning through delivering packages and selling papers, sweeping sidewalks, and working after school to achieve success.
Fragmentary Money Story From Family Exchange
A garbled reminiscence shows a father giving a dollar and a child noting four thrift stamps. The speaker recalls holding two five dollar bills and seven small notes, while a brother contributes another unclear amount.
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