Buy Montana Coal Should Be Slogan For State
Helena reports urge Montana residents to adopt Buy Montana Coal as a slogan to support local mines. Commissioner's data show November 1918 to January 1919 output fell to about half of the prior year with miners paid for roughly three days weekly as rail shipments declined. The piece urges buying Montana coal to reduce imports, sustain employment for returning soldiers, and aid war-era mining jobs.
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Helena
Montana
Charles D. Greenfield
Mrs T Kikushima Dies After Acute Influenza
Mrs T Kikushima wife of a Dillon garment cleaning proprietor died early Tuesday from acute influenza after a brief illness. A physician attended at 3 pm finding her lungs rapidly filling. She was about 28 born in Japan and survived by husband and two young children. Remains embalmed and shipped to Seattle then Japan. Fire had recently destroyed their home and business prompting community sympathy.
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T. Kikushima
Dillon Garment ‘Cleaning Establishment
Japan
Dillon
Seattle
Dance at Dell with Tonrey Baxter Jazz Orchestra
A dance at Dell Friday night March 21 features the Tonrey Baxter Jazz Orchestra. Advertised for good fun, attendees are urged to attend for an evening of lively music and social dancing.
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Dell
Tonrey-Baxter
Mies
Visits Return After Short Trip With Dillon Departure
Mrs Rose Hainds returned yesterday from a short visit with friends at Bedrock. She was accompanied to Dillon by her daughter Mrs Camas Nelson of Antelope Idaho.
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Rose Hainds
Yester
Bedrock
Dillon
Camas Nelson
Antelope
Idaho
Boys and Girls Urged to Raise Orphan Lambs for Profit
Mina Ogilvie invites youth to start a Boys and Girls Sheep Club in Bozeman Montana to raise orphan lambs, feed and care for them, and sell at profit. Last year many youths saved thousands of lambs, earning money and producing meat and wool. Members receive bulletins, can compete for county prizes, and may build bank accounts through this rural program.
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Vincent Lowery
Deer Lodge
Montana
Bozeman, Mont
Mina Ogilvie
Scott's Letters From Over There Gondrecourt Visit
A wartime letter from A E R U S A P 708 describes travel from Gondrecourt to Bar Le Duc and Paris, with stops in Nancy and Nice. The writer recalls near promotion, aims for leave, crowded trains, and vivid scenes of Paris amid peace conference bustle. He notes Nice's sunny climate and compares the region to California before detailing a challenging journey by train and saddle bags.
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Gondrecourt
Neuf Chateau
Toul
Nancy
Bar le Duc
California
Mediterranean Sea
Goudrecourt
Fryberg
Dillon
Paris
Henry Ford
Cafe de la Paix
Nice
Brest
Lottie
Old Gondrecourt
Dillon Rod and Gun Club Scores From Sundays Shoot
The Dillon Rod and Gun Club held a regular shoot at Dillmont Park last Sunday with high wind affecting results. Twenty Bird Doubles scores: Fryberg 17 18, Orr 12, Schultz 16 15, Graeter 13, Hartwig 10, Melton 13, Walker 7, Keller 12, Brundage 17 14, Magnus 14, Kaferly 14, Forster 14.
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GUN Club
Dillon Rod and Gun Club
Dillmont Park
Fryberg
Orr
Schultz
Graeter
Hartwig
Melton
Walker
Keller
Brundage
Magnus
Kaferly
Forester
Fred Dart
Rees Tree
Nemick
Thornton
Soldier letter from Camp Upton recalls arrival in America
A World War I letter from Private Daniel of Company D, 367th Infantry, Camp Upton New York, dated March 38 1919 describes safe arrival in the United States after a 14 day sea voyage. He expresses hope for muster out soon and willingness to serve again if needed, sending love to his father and family.
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Co. D
Camp Upton
N. Y
M. D. Brotkman
Apex
Mont
Daniel
Centenary Drive Expands Methodist Church Reach Across Regions
Helena area of the Methodist Church covers North Dakota Montana Idaho and Eastern Oregon with Helena as the area office. Rev George Mecklen burg leads a large organizing effort as three national speakers conventions unfold Billings Boise and Fargo with figures like E C Excell A W Roper and John W Hancher headlining. The Centenary project aims to lift living standards educate and aid the sick and orphans while promoting Christian civilization and a wider church presence through publicity including $100000 worth of advertising space and 14000 poster stands nationwide.
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Phe- Methodist
Helena
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
George Mecklenburg
Billings
Boise
Fargo
E. C. Excell
A. W. Roper
John W. Hancher
Christian F Reisner
Fred B.wisher
W. E. Doughty
League of Nations
Earth
Methodist Episcopal Church
Minute
Visit of Grand Matron C C Plummer to Mizpah Chapter
Mrs C C Plummer of Stevensville, Grand Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, officially visited Mizpah Chapter Tuesday night. A banquet was served in her honor.
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C. C. Plummer
Stevensville
The
Order of the Eastern Star
Mizpah
Montana Crop Report March 1 1919 Data
Montana shows on farms March 1 1919 wheat about 3 815 000 bushels 15 of 1918 crop oats 9 180 000 bushels 46 percent of 1918 crop and barley 1 914 000 bushels 40 percent of 1918 crop shipped out estimates for flax corn and national 1918 crop on farms also noted.
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U. S. Bureau of Crop Estimates
Montana
Guy Fitzpatrick
Washington
United States
Counties in Ninth District to name ships instead of tanks
Minneapolis March 2 counties in the Ninth Federal Reserve district that won the right to name tanks in the Fourth Liberty Loan will name ships instead after Mrs. Woodrow Wilson waived her right. Montana prize counties Wheatland Deer Lodge Lincoln had named ships and sponsors. details to follow before April Victory Liberty Loan drive.
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Minneapolis
Ninth Federal Reserve District
Liberty Loan
United States
A. R. Rogers
Ninth District War Loan Organization
Woodrow Wilson
Liberty Loan Committee
Ninth District
Washington
Montana
Wheatland
Jaanita Cook
Deer Lodge
Lincoln
Mable Hunter
The Biggest Truck in Town Arrives in Dillon
The Pierce-Arrow truck for Western Wholesale Grocery was unloaded Friday night in Dillon. It is the largest truck owned in Dillon and will deliver goods to Madison county merchants. Mrs. Elmer Gordon of Armstead visited Dillon yesterday.
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Pierce-Arrow
Western Wholesale Grocery Company
Madison County
Dillon
Elmer Gordon of
Armstead
Opposition to Nations League Grows in Congress
Washington March 10 opposition stiffens in both House and Senate to the United States joining the world binding league urged by President Wilson. Republican Simeon D Fess condemns its terms as a surrender of American sovereignty and tariffs while Senator Borah and other leaders press fierce debate over Britain’s fixed voting power and potential loss of fiscal and naval control.
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Snell Smith
Washington
House
Senate
United States
League of Nations
Wilson
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
International Labor Bureau
Executive Council
Fess
Borah
Idaho
Paris
England
Great Britain
Jefferson
Lincoln
Reed
Missouri
Three weeks old baby of Grant area parents dies
The three weeks old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Given near Grant died Saturday night. The funeral was held Monday at Brundage chapel with Rev. J. H. Hamstra of the Baptist church officiating. Interment followed at Mountain View. Sympathy extends to the young parents from many friends.
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Robert Given
Grant
Craver Ranch
Brundage Chapel
J. H. Hamstra
The
Baptist Church
Mountain View
Cattle Sale Rescheduled to March 24
The cattle sale has been postponed to Monday March 24 replacing the original March 29 date. The corrected date will appear on another page of this paper.
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Greenfield
Henry
Scott
Lieut
France
Nations’ League
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