Pay Scales for Enlisted Soldiers by Grade and Service
The article lists wartime enlisted pay from June 1 1917 across grades from private first class to master sergeant major, detailing monthly rates from $30 to $81. It notes that active service personnel have minimal personal expenses beyond barber and laundry, with uniforms and subsistence provided by the government and incidental items available at post exchanges at cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Infantry
Field Artillery
Coast Artillery
Cavalry
Engineers
Ordnance
Signal Corps
Quartermaster Corps
Medical Department
Medical
Post Exchange
Interesting War Items
A 1917 wartime survey notes women employed in munition factories rising from 3 500 in 1910 to over 100 000 in 1917 and 1 266 000 in industrial work aiding the war. Swiss butter rationing and Red Cross Italy aid totals are cited along with shipping capacity needs and food clothing ammo flows for soldiers. US dye trade shifts and large insurance applications from soldiers and sailors are also reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National League of Women’s Service
Red Cross
Italy
United States
Bureau of War Risks Insurance
America
Omaha Mayor Dahlman Becomes Prohibition Convert
Omaha Mayor Dahlman, once a harsh anti prohibition voice, now says prohibition has aided Omaha by boosting business and ensuring timely payments. He notes residents buy groceries with saved liquor costs, fewer unemployed, and families shopping together. He cites past forecasts of ruin as unfounded per his city’s experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dahlman
Omaha
Bryan
Public land auction notice for Montana tract sale
Isolated tract notice from the Interior Land Office Lewistown Montana dated January 2 1918 announces a public sale of land to the highest bidder at not less than three dollars per acre at 10 oclock A M February 19 1918 The tract located in sections 14 and 13 township 13 north range 24 east M M is mountainous and not suitable for cultivation Bids must be paid immediately by the high bidder Adverse claimants should file claims or objections by sale time H J Kelly Register First Publication January 17
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dot of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Lewistown
Montana
General Office
R. S
J. Roy Chittick
Grass Range
N. R
E. M
H. J. Kelly
Register
Department of the Interior
Commissioner of the General and Office
Fank F. Miles
Mont
Sieig
Peare
John M. Johnson
Grassee
Montane
Mately
A. Spommissioner
General Land Office
U. S
Veda Shaw
Notice for Public Sale of Land in Montana
Department of the Interior announces a public sale of land under the Timber and Stone Act to Carl M. Steuart of Tyler Montana Serial No 089325 at not less than 3 per acre. Sale date not stated, sale location Lewistown Land Office. Public notice urges filing claims or objections by the noted date.
Notice of Public Land Sale in Montana
Department of the Interior announces a public sale of a land tract in sesch Sec 11 Twp 14N R 22 E M M at 10:00 A M March 1 1918. Bid minimum three dollars fifty cents per acre. Prospective claimants must file claims or objections by sale time. First publication January 24.
Land Office Sale Notice for Karl A Harms Land Lot 4 Sec 1
Land Office at Lewistown Montana issues public sale notice under Sec 2455 to Karl A Harms Grass Range for Lot 4 Sec 1 Township 13 N Range 23 E Mount M M at 10 AM February 1918. The tract is mountainous and not suited to cultivation. highest bidder pays. Adverse claimants must file claims or objections by sale time. First publication January 10.
War Savings Stamps Drive Prompts Citizens to Invest
Prompt urges citizens to buy War Savings and Thrift Stamps and lend money to the government. It highlights typewriter supplies and urges immediate action to support wartime financing. The message promotes patriotic savings and civic duty through stamp purchases.
Public sale of timber land near Lewistown Montana
Department of the Interior notice sets a public auction for Alfred B. Thomas’s land in Aberdeen? area of Montana. The tract 14, Twp 15 is to be sold at not less than $3.00 per acre, 10 a.m. February 19, 1918, at the Lewistown office. Some portions are mountainous or rough. bidding closes when the high bid is reached. Adverse claimants must file by sale date. First Publication Jan 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
Lewistown
Lensions
Aeed
R. S
Alfred B. Thomas
Akeslee
Montana
War Savines and Thrift Stamnes Draft Message
A compact public notice urges readers to support War Savines and Thrift Stamnes through a community campaign. The call emphasizes grassroots assistance and local involvement in promoting their initiatives.
Land Office Seeks Bids On Mountainous Montana Tract
Department of the Interior announces a land sale under Sec 2455 in Grass Range Montana with John M Johnson as claimant. Bid minimum set above two dollars and bidding opens February at the land office. tract described as mountainous and unsuitable for cultivation. adjourned as required.
Notice for Public Sale of Homestead Land
Notice from the Lewistown Montana land office states under Sec 2455 U S G L O that Veda Shaw of Grass Range Montana has an entry labeled serial No 37427 for sw1 sec1 twp14n rang22e M M at 10 a m February 27 1918 a sale to be conducted at the land is ordered into market for cultivation and the high bid will be required to close immediately adverse claimants must appear H J Kelly Register
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Lewistown
Montana
Anna M. Sloan
Grass Range
Mont
Meridian
John M. Johnson
Charles Anthony Orwick
Carl Johnson
All of Range
H. J. Kelly
Register
Firat
Strayed Bull Reward Offered Near Foreman Ranch
A white faced two year old bull with split ears, no brand, wandered from a place just south of the Dave Foreman ranch on McDonald creek. A ten dollar reward is offered for the return of the animal to the owner's place. Contact W. O. Woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Foreman
McDonald Creek
W. 0
Woods
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Grogan- Robinson
Equity Co-operative Association
Farmers Elevator
Mon
Carl M. Steuart
Tyler
Pidhragh M
Karl A. Harms
Grain Growers Elevator
Becket
J. K. Raugstad
Wright Land & Investment Co
Edmund Wright
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Chiren
Kahn Bro
T. E. Smith
Orerea
Grass Range Creamery
James Vinson
Jack. Vrooman
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