Death of Dillon Doctor Dr Charles R Blake
After nearly two weeks of illness Dr Charles R Blake a respected Dillon physician died just after midnight Sunday from influenza that developed into pneumonia. Born in Iowa and educated at Northwestern University he practiced in Butte before moving to Dillon in 1914 with his wife Elizabeth Grobe Blake. He is survived by two children, Elizabeth and Robert, and by three brothers and a sister in Iowa. The city mourned his loss as inquiries about his progress grew daily and the funeral was held in Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Blake
Dillon
Butte
E. J. Groeneveld
Blake
Humphrey
Iowa
Northwestern University of Chicago
Rugh ‘Medical
Murray Hospital
Elizabeth Grobe
Cameo Dillon
Bedhieg
Elizatthy
Robert
Allio
Geechomes
Wiley con artist Churchill nabbed in Reno bank fraud scheme
Roy Churchill alias John Lucas was arrested in Reno on charges of defrauding the Silver Bow National Bank of about $1000. Officials say he posed as a cattle buyer, forged drafts, and fled after obtaining credit and depositing drafts for collection. Churchill, meeting stockmen in a hotel lobby, presented a $7500 draft at the bank and then fled. The rival draft proved spurious when traced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Butta
MacGinniles
Lucas
Mille Not to Close Mills in Montana War Effort
F. D. Becker and E. H. Polleys report from Washington that the War Industries Board will not close Montana lumber mills. The board says Montana mills provide a high percentage of essential war materials and closing them would hurt community morale as well as war effort.
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Mille
Kalispell
War Industries Board
Lumber Mills
Montana
F. D. ‘Becker
Montana Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Washington
E. H. Polleys
State Board Warns Teachers On Breaching Contracts
The state board of education at a special meeting endorses enforcing contract obligations. It urges school officials to emphasize contract adherence to teachers and threatens certificate revocation for those who break contracts. Section 806 allows six month certificate suspensions for leaving early. state certificates or life diplomas may face one year suspensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
State Department of Education
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Largest Call Under New Draft For Montana
Adjutant General Greenan announces Montana faces the largest provisional call to date, 5,359 men to be drawn from the September 12 registration, with Beaverhead County allotted $8 men. The cantonment site and entrainment date depend on influenza conditions and camp space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenan
Montana
Washington
Soldiers Votes Arrive From Absent Soldiers
First votes arrive from absent soldiers including Frank from Jacksonville Florida and Sergeant Thomas Edward Gilbert Des Moines Iowa along with Hugh Johnson Anderson Fort Russell Wyoming and David Warner Metlen Seattle Washington Race tallies await confirmation from listed electors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Éaing
Thid
Frank
Nelson
Jacksonville
Fla
Thomas Edward
Gilbert
Des. Moines
Iowa
Hugh Johnson Anderson
Fort Russell
Charles Sharkey Dies of Pneumonia at 41
Charles F Sharkey assistant post master at Jackson died Wednesday afternoon of acute pneumonia after a 24 hour illness. He was born in Woodstock New Brunswick 41 years ago and survived by his father a brother and two sisters. Funeral services were private at Brundage parlors with interment in Mountain View Catholic cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Sharkey
Jackson
Neil Sharkey
Mr. Sharkey
Ned Burke
Tony Gelhaus
Jos. Hermann
B. W. Emerick
E. L. Poindexter
Walter Vance
Charles Francis Sharkey
Woodstock
New Brunswick
Montana
Glendale
Frank
Anaconda
Duke Gist
Dillon
Fred Conger
Washington
Earnest
Mrs. E A Adams Dies of Influenza in Dillon
Mrs Edwin A Adams wife of the local barber died at Curtis Hospital after a brief influenza attack. She had returned recently from Rochester Minnesota in poor health and was 41. The private funeral was held Tuesday at Brundage parlors with Rev H G Humphrey officiating. Interment at Mountain View cemetery. The husband survives with many friends expressing sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin A. Adams
Dillon Barber
Curtis Hospital
Brundage Undertaking
H.G. Humphrey
Methodist Church
Mountain View Cemetery
KE. G. Farnsworth
J. W. Carney
F. C. McFadden
Walter Vance
Robert Quackenbush
Cesar Dunn
Land for Returned Soldiers Advocated at Dry Land Congress
Bozeman reports F B Linfield participated in a Kansas City congress with 19 western states to shape a policy for soldier land reclamation. The conference urged state boards to cooperate with the federal government, fund agricultural education where needed, and use amortized payments by settlers for reclamation work financed by the government at low interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
F. B. Linfield
Dry Land Congress
Kansas City
Elwood ‘Mead
Lane
Mr. Davis
the Reclamation Service
Influenza Wrecks Cheyenne Indians on Tongue River
Reports say Cheyenne Indians on the Tongue river lower area are dying rapidly from influenza with pneumonia, with 53 deaths recently. Both white settlers and Indians in the region about Kirby and Busby Montana are affected as the disease spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Tongue River
Artil Kirby
Busby
Montana
Mia Merle Erwin Confined to Bed
A fragmented note states Mia Merle Erwin is confined to her bed, with unclear surrounding details within the clipping. The readable text centers on her illness or immobility and neglects broader context or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
Merle’ Erwin
Itt
Claude Phillips Dies After Weeklong Illness
Claude Phillips third son of James Phillips died yesterday at Curtis hospital after a week of influenza pneumonia illness. He worked with a thrashing crew in Beaverhead valley when stricken. Funeral services were held at 3 o clock this afternoon at the Brun dagé parlors Rev H G Humphrey officiating, interment in Mountain View cemetery. Born May 10 1885 at the Druising ranch Dillon he grew up here and was a farmer and secretary of Phillips Live Stock Co. Survived by his father two brothers John and Ervie and two sisters Mrs Vern Stanfield of Dillon and Mrs Roy Webster of Argenta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Phillips
James Phillips
Curtis Hospital
Beaverhead Valley
Snd
Frodythe
Brundagé
H. G. Humphrey
Mountain View
Phillips
Dillon
Phillips Live Stock Company
John
Ervie
Vern,Stanfield
Roy. Webster
Argenta
Boys and Girls Club Members to Be Rewarded
Bozeman October 29. State leader M. J. Abbey has arranged bronze achievement pins for clubs sending a complete record of their past season. Pins, nickel sized with back clasp, read Achievement in Club Work 1918 and Montana insignia. Milwau kee produced. funds from club supporters. About 200 reports arrive daily. every registered member should submit final report to receive a pin.
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Bozeman
M. J. Abbey
Montana
Milwaukee
Abbey
Red Cross Rooms Call for Volunteers in Face Mask Work
Urgent appeal asks all workers to attend as often as possible to assist with sewing and other tasks at the Red Cross rooms. Face mask production is in high demand and many hands are needed in that branch. Rooms are open at the usual hours. come and help.
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Red Cross
Halloween spirits low this year due to quarantining
Halloween activities drew a brief crowd last night as celebrants roamed the streets in small numbers, a drop from prior years caused by quarantine restrictions and health concerns.
Influenza Situation In Dillon And County
The spread of Spanish influenza grows in Dillon but milder. Early quarantines reduced town cases though several deaths occur in Wisdom Centennial valley and Jackson. Armstead cases severe with three in Dillon hospital. A Horse Prairie threshing crew fell ill and cases appear on east bench and Stone Creek. Precautions should not be relaxed during the epidemic.
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Dillon
Wisdom
Centennial Valley
Jackson
Armstead
Horse Prairie
Stone Creek
Working Reserve Boys Entitled to Thanks
King Albert of Belgium thanks U S Food Administration and the United States Boys Working Reserve for their summer farm work that increased food production and saved Belgians from starvation on the fourth anniversary of relief efforts. The cablegram to Herbert Hoover expresses gratitude in the name of all Belgians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Belgium
U.S. Food Administration
United States
King Albert
Herbert Hoover
Commission For the Relief of
Death of Mexican Woman in Poor Household Near Creamery
Polito Mendez Leon, 23, wife of a Mexican section hand, died last night presumably from influenza. She leaves a husband and three young children. The family, living in a log cabin near the creamery, faces poverty with no known medical care. Neighbors are offering what aid they can.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polito
Mendez Leon
Virgil Bostwick Dies in Missoula Pneumonia Case
Virgil Bostwick eldest son of Mr and Mrs H J Bostwick of Dillon died in a Missoula hospital October 27 from pneumonia after illness following influenza. He was 17, educated at Dillon schools and the State university training school. funeral held privately with military escort and interment in Mountain View cemetery.
Bannack Pioneer Thomas Thompson Sr Dies at Home
Thomas Thompson Sr a Bannack pioneer and longtime Bannack resident died Friday October 25 at his Kentucky avenue home after a paralysis attack. Born in New Diggings Wisconsin 64 years ago he moved to Montana as a boy and married Martha Ashworth forty five years ago. He leaves eleven children and many grandchildren. Funeral services were held at his residence with limited attendance due to illness. burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery.
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Thomas Thompson
Montana
Kentucky Avenue
Thompson
Dillon
Bannack
New Diggings
Wis
Martha Ashworth
Thomas
Edmund
Louis
Charles
Fred Thompson
Oscar Vandergrift
J. W. Burrell
Edwy
Underwoad
Harry Underwood
Blanchard
Finley
Eee
Henry Gray
Carl GC
Pive
Gad Williant ‘Ashworth
Ae Gontray
Mountain View Cemetery
One Year’s Work of Y W C A War Effort Highlighted
A year’s report from the Y W C A war work council notes 251 centers and 661 workers including 41 colored. Hostess houses at training camps, 19 centers in France, nine in France for French women, three in Russia, 15 foreign community centers, 114 girls club centers, 45 lecturers, 1293 lectures with 184 398 attendees, and a Patriotic League of 661 units and 400 000 members. Generous public contributions support ongoing work, with no solicitation until next month’s united drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. W. C. A. War Work Council
France
Russia
The
Patriotic League
Untold Death Report Sparks Early Inquest
An incomplete note suggests an unnamed undertaker Bray Brundage prepared a body this noon after a death from influenza. Details and ages remain unknown.
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Dr. Blake
Jackoon
Charles Sharkey
Uncle Sam
Chicago Evening Post
E. A. Adams
Hallowe'en
Virgil Bostwick
Pneumonia
Missoula
Virgil
H. J. Bostwick
George M. Melton
Thomson Avenue
Rev. H. G. Humphrey
Mountain
State University
Thomas Thompson, SR
Women’s Christian. Assn
Brundage
Yi Lima
Zeilréad
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