American Aviators Turn Tide at Picardy Battle
Willis Haviland, a Butte boy serving with a French escadrille, recounts how American aviators dropped shells and grenades on German troops during the Picardy battle. The air fleets slowed the German offensive, blocked supply trains, and caused mass panic among German forces while British and French forces closed gaps and advanced.
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Willis Haviland
Butte
Picardy
Haviland
War Baker
Fifth Army
Buffalo Bill and Grand Duke Alexis Hunt Buffalo
After the Civil War Grand Duke Alexis of Russia toured the American West to study Indians and plains life General Sheridan enlisted Buffalo Bill to arrange a Cheyenne led buffalo hunt for the Grand Duke A chief pierced a cow with an arrow a feat Buffalo Bill had observed The incident is captured in a painting by Charles M Russell commissioned by Thomas F Cole and others of Duluth copper prominence.
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Grand Duke Alexis
Russia
America
West
Pacific
Phil Sheridan
United States
Grand Duke
Sheridan
Buffalo Bill
Plains
Montana
Charles M. Russell
Russell
Thomas F. Cole
Duluth
Montana War Speech Urges Unity to Win the War
Governor Stewarts address circulated nationwide urges Americans to suspend domestic disputes and focus on victory. A Montana farmer’s remarks illustrate national resolve as Montanans subscribe heavily to Liberty bonds, aid the Red Cross and Y M C A, and send 15 000 men to service. The piece notes widespread patriotism among farmers, miners, and professionals while warning against treason and German propaganda.
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Stewart
Committee On Public Information
Washington, D. C
United States
Montana
Germany
Liberty
Red Cross
Union
Army
Navy
Regular Army
National Army
National Guard
Marines
Trotzky Active in London Conspiring Against Germany
Berlin Tageblatt reports SS Stockholm correspondent says Trotzky lines up revolutionary leaders Miliukoff Widerevsky with French British and Italian ambassadors to topple the regime and defend Russia against Germany.
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Trotzky
London
SS Stockhold
Berlin Tageblatt
Miliukoff
Admiral Widerevsky
Russia
Germany
Government Seizes Wheat as Owners May Hand Over
Officials from the department of agriculture warn that wheat remaining from last year may be seized by the government if owners do not voluntarily offer holdings. They express hope for a crop of 900 million bushels or more, the largest forecast yet by the government.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Prayer by a British colonel in France 1917 obituary prayer
Prayer found in the pocket of a British colonel killed in action in France on October 11, 1917. It pleads for guidance for leaders, protection for seamen and soldiers, relief for the wounded, and a humane end to war, invoking Christ and asking peace through Jesus Christ.
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France
Paradise
Christ
Jesus Christ
Captain Arthur Babbitt back in army service
Captain Arthur Babbitt, former Pollard hotel manager at Red Lodge and former Livingston host, has returned to military duty in the quartermaster corps. A Spanish–American War veteran, he joined the Rainbow division in France, where his hotel experience aided sustenance logistics. Montana figure known for his service. Smile when you pay your income tax.
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Arthur Babbitt
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
Red Lodge
Livingston
United States
War Department
Spain
Army
Quartermaster’s Department
France
Rainbow
Montana
Sun River canal irrigation project nears completion
The Sun River irrigation plan aims to irrigate about 75 000 acres in Cascade and Teton counties with water slated to flow into the canal next spring. The project, started five years ago, will cost about 8 500 000 dollars and is led by project manager A. H. Ayers with around 100 workers, expanding to 275 later this summer.
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Sun River
Cascade
Teton
A. H. Ayers
Sun River District
Fort Shaw
Willow Creek
Northwest
Mill Coulee
Upper Sum
Lewis and Clark County
National Forest Reserve
Greenfield
Montana Power Company
Great Falls
Kenneth Ross Accepted for Federal Aircraft Board Service
Kenneth Ross of Missoula general manager of the lumber interests of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company has been asked by John OD Ryan to place his ability and wide experience in federal aircraft board service He has accepted His aviation role may relate to spruce production given his lumber background
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Kenneth Ross
Missoula
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
John OD. Ryan
Federal Aircraft Board
Ross
Ryan
School of Mines appoints acting president in Bowman leave
Heads of the Montana State School of Mines and Chancellor Edward C. Elliott chose Dr. C. H. Clapp as acting president to succeed President C. Bowman, who receives a year’s leave of absence. Dr. Clapp, a geology professor at the school, steps into the post.
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School of Mines
Edward C. Elliott
Montana State School of Mines
C. H. Clapp
C. H. Bowman
Dr. Clapp
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Young Haviland
Pree
Rainbow Hams and Bacon
Great Falls Meat CO. Packers
Alexis
Sun River Canal
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
Let National Bank
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