Red Cross letter honors son of Grass Range mother
Mrs. Douglas Washburn receives a Red Cross letter about her son Difford Washburn, who died December 23 from typhoid fever after serving with his company. He was buried at Clermont ferrand American cemetery with full military honors on December 30. The Red Cross notes his patient struggle, funeral details, and lasting tribute from Americans and French people.
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Douglas Washburn
Red Cross
Difford
Grass Range
Mont
American Red Cross
Clermont-lerrand
Chaptain
Spoteia
Lusie G. King
Home Communication Service
Wood Urges Universal Training for National Defense
Gen Wood calls for universal training to ready the nation for future wars. He recalls past forecasts of no more wars and warns that war arrives unexpectedly like a pestilence, urging preparedness as the democratic approach to defense. He cites his Topeka Kansas legislature address amid ongoing public debate.
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Pershing
Roosevelt
Leonard Wood
Wood
Kansas
Topeka
Daylight Saving Time Adopted by Congress in 1918
The 1918 law sets clocks forward one hour at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in March and back one hour at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in October. In 1919 daylight saving begins March 20. Experts estimate 1918 saved 1,509,000 tons of coal and about $40,000,000 in gas and electricity, with greater savings expected in the next year.
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United States
Roosevelt Birthplace in New York Becomes Memorial Site
The Theodore Roosevelt birth home at 23 East Twentieth Street New York, a four story brownstone where the first 15 years of his life were lived, has been acquired for a permanent Roosevelt memorial. The Women’s Roosevelt Memorial committee, incorporated in January, leads the project with Mrs. William Curtiss Demorest as chair.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
E. Twentieth Street
Roosevelt
Women’s Roosevelt Memorial Committee
William Curtiss Demorest
General Pershing Rebuffs Vaudeville Proposal
A New York vaudeville manager offered a five figure sum to have General Pershing deliver short daily war talks in vaudeville houses nationwide. Pershing did not reply at first and the manager followed up. Pershing replied with a pun saying the proposition has entertained me.
Ex king offered room in crowded Swiss lodging
In a crowded Swiss lodging scene a landlord notes the crowd and asks if the narrator can share a room with an ex king. The exchange hints at busy canals of travelers and a discreet royal guest amidst common guests.
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Switzerland
Ani Ex King
Becket Montana man seeks three year homestead proof
Department of the Interior notice from Lewistown Montana on March 7 1919 states John T Stanley of Becket Montana filed intention to make three year proof to establish his claim for a listed homestead grant. Witnesses named include Clarence E Bates, George Dean W Shaw, Hern F Finn from Forest Grove Montana. Register H J Kelly set April 17 1919 as the proof date with Grass Range as the location. First publication March 13.
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Lewistown
Montana
John T. Stanley
Becket
M. M
R. Alake
U.S. Com
Grass
Clarence E Bates
Georey
Dean W. Shaw
Necket
Oe Hern F. Finn
Forest Grove
Mont
H. J. Kelly
Register
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Undertaker
Main St
Hedges Real Estate Co
la Valieres
Scheidt Bros. Leading Jewelers
Main Street
Col. W. K. Shepherdson
First National Bank
Grass Range Creamery
Federal Reserve System
First National Bank of
Grass Range, Mont
Gen. Wood
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
Colonel Roosevelt
T. E. Smith
Prop
Republican
Mt. Giliad
Ohio
Morrow County
Chamberlain
Grass Range Milling Co
Paul W. Koetitz, Mer
Dadenir
Wilaan
Cap't Scott Lodge
ALF & AM
Grass Ringe
I. B. Hedge
G. B. Laird
Gillespie’s Pharmacy
F. E. Charters
N. G
Hazel Freed
State Bank Building
A. M. Knight
State’Bank
C. M. Kelly
Lester E. Hix
Law
Lewistown,, Montana
J. F. Sloan
E. K. Cheadle
Bank Electric Building
Lewis Town
E. G. Worden
J. E McKenna
Attorney AT Law
Jack Vrooman
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