Montana War Risk Bureau to Educate Public States New Office
James M. Brown special representative says a Montana branch of the federal war risk insurance bureau will open in a major city such as Butte Helena Great Falls or Billings. The mission is public education on the war risk insurance law and how allotments and allowances to soldiers dependents are determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Frank D. Brown
Society of Pioneers
Federal War Risk Insurance Bureau
James M. Brown
Bureau
Butte
Helena
Great Falls
Billings
Brown
Mr. Brown
McAdoo
Army
Navy
The
Red Cross
Reed Point Women Jury Deliberates First in Montana
Reed Point reports the first all female jury in Montana has deliberated a case where Jerome Owens sought wages from Sol Brumfield for cattle care. After three hours the jury ruled for Owens, recommending reasonable costs and attorney fees. Local poet S I DeFrance penned a roundelay celebrating the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Point
Montana
Jerome Owens
Sol Brumfield
S. I. DeFrance
Thin nervous people urged to take phosphate tonic
An article promotes Bitro-Phosphate as a nerve builder to relieve weakness and nervousness. It claims thin, weak individuals can gain weight and vitality by taking a five grain tablet with meals, noting the product is sold by reputable druggists and is inexpensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wea
Highway makers making progress on federal-aid projects
State highway commission engineers report good progress on federal aid projects endorsed by federal engineers. Final location surveys completed in Mether county for North Fork, moved to Madison for Virginia City Ennis surveys, opening stock ranching and mining area. Plans now set for cost estimates and specifications ahead of Washington approval and contract awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
North Fork
Mether County
Madison County
Virginia City-Ennis
Wibaux County
Carbon County
Big Horn County
Dawson County
Glendive
Washington
Secretary of Culture
Spirit of Great Britain Postwar Unity and Duty
The piece argues England shows confidence and concentration with Lloyd George as leader. It notes minimal political drama, strong self-made ministers, and a united war effort with mass manpower and labor standing aside. Prices rise, bread and fish sustain households, and banks support war finances as Britain presses forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Lloyd George
Asquith
Bonar Law
Lord Northcliffe
Lord Pirrie
Lord Rhondda
Lord Cowdray
Albert Stanley
Eric Geddes
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
John
London
Montana Girl in Land of Kultur in Berlin Story
Miss Irene Elliot, after five years in Berlin, describes food scarcity yet regulated distribution, and German belief England and France started the war. She notes press control, public mood under Kaiser militarism, and that Americans were allowed to leave Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Elliot
Berlin
Montana
Germany
England
France
Miss Elliot
Luchnowsky
Billings
Empire
Breakfast Table Recalled Amid Curious Family Metaphors
A quirky passage contrasts a father acting like a bulldog with a pip and a mother as a wildcat in the hive, describing a breakfast table as sunny as a rainy Belgian morning after a German raid.
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WAR Risk Bureau
Government Insurance Bureau
Hades
Mr. Ford
de France
Porter
T. E. Marshall
Marshall
Mister Taylor
Smith
Reno
Eve
Flowerree Sheep & Horse Co
Lowry, Montana
State Commission
Spirit OF
Great Britain
Britain
Herbert N. Casson
Royal Opera
Cassel
Elliot
Brooks
Ational
Western Tire
Mont
Yellowstone Park
Livingston, Montana
P. UdinRy
Pioneer Business College of Montana
Rice & Patenaude
General School Supply Co
Great Falls, Montana
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