Lieutenant Vidal in Tank Corps reunites with father on battlefield
Lieutenant Vidal of the Tank Corps, a Great Falls National Bank employee a year and a half ago, has fought in France since joining the American army. His father, Captain C B K Vidal, a Montana physician in the medical corps, met him at a front line dressing station for a joyful reunion on the battlefield.
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Vidal
Second
Montana
Mexican
Tank
France
St. Mihiel Salient
Salient
Cc. B. K. Vidal
Great Falls
Medical Corps of
Army
Geographical mix up spots Mount Murphy near Missoula
Forestry survey in Rattlesnake valley north of Missoula reveals the mountain dubbed Mount Murphy by the USGS is not the real peak. The authentic Mount Murphy lies 14 miles north of Missoula on the Flathead Indian reservation line, while the imposter sits up the valley northeast of Missoula past the Hogsback.
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Rattlesnake Valley
Missoula
Mount Murphy
United States Geological Survey
Flathead Indian Reservation
Schley
Northern Pacific
Murphy
Hogsback
The Old Timer Devine’s Steamboat Route to Fort Benton
The Montana tale recalls William Devine, Liverpool sailor turned Montana pioneer, who rode from New Orleans to St. Louis, then up the Missouri by steamboat to Fort Benton in 1876. He settled Sun River, met notorious figures like “Big Nose” George, and befriended fellow veterans Sam Hughes and John Largent while recounting Sun River’s rough frontier era and the Frozen Hill massacre.
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Montana
William Devine
Sun River Crossing
Fort Benton
Devine
Liverpool
California
United States
Rocky Mountains
New York
America
Missouri River
St. Louis
Mississippi
Rocky Mountain Country
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Paddy Wynne
Commonwealth
Western
Coulson Packet Company
Wynne
Missouri
Little Big Horn
Terry
Gibbons
Miles
Wild Bill
Yankton
Wild Bill’ Hickok
Deadwood
Black Hills
Helena
Concord
Sun River
Fort Berton
Fort Shaw
General Gibbons
Custer
Big Nose” George
Charles M. Russell
George
Big Nose
Wyoming
Fort McGinnis
John Largent
American Fur Company
Sun
Sam Hughes
Ulma
Hughes
Last Chance Gulch
Frozen Hill
Jack Frost
Fort Benton-Helena
Vaughn
Benton
Robert Vaughn
Couch Estate
Old Fort Shaw
England
Gen Greenan Calls 3 359 Men for Army
Adjutant General Phil Greenan issues a call for 3 359 September registrants aged 19 to 36 for military service. No entrainment date set. County allotments listed include Butte City 607 and Silver Bow 227 among others across Montana.
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Phil Greenan
Beaverhead
Big Horn
Blaine
Broadwater
Butte City
Carbon
Carter
Cascade
Chouteau
Custer
Dawson
Deer Lodge
Fallon
Fergus
Flathead
Gallatin
Granite
Hill
Jefferson
Lewis and Clark
Lincoln
Madison
Meagher
Mineral
Missoula
Musselshell
Park
Phillips
Powell
Prairie
Ravalli
Richland
Rosebud
Sanders
Sheridan
Silver Bow
Stillwater
Sweet Grass
Teton
Toole
Valley
Wheatland
Wibaux
Yellowstone
North Dakota Allows Liquor Shipments Amid Flu Treatment Claim
Minnesota Attorney General William Langer announces that North Dakota may ship liquor to any point as physicians advise its use to treat influenza. The move follows Justice Robinson’s note that North Dakota’s bone dry law in 1917 was staged.
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North Dakota
Twin City Express
William Langer
Minnesota
Justice Robinson
Montana Women Working Abroad War Helpers
Mrs Young directs an English canteen hospital in England and resumes duties in France. Ruth Clarke, university graduate, serves as a telephone operator in overseas service. The daughters of R. W. Clark of Yellowstone county joined the war effort, with rigorous selection and officer ranks for the operators and supervisors.
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Christian Yegen
Billings
Young
England
Ruth Clark
France
Miss Clark
R. W. Clark
Yellowstone County
Stratton-Audley Hall
Des Dames Angliases
Ruth Clarke
Europe
Mrs. Young
London
America
Portland
Ore
The
Oregonian
Miss Clarke
Hello
University of California
War Vessels Sink Submarine A Montana Red Cross Worker Describes Paris Life
Jewel B Bell, a former Great Falls mill worker now in Red Cross service in Paris, recounts a convoy fight that sank a German submarine near Italy. She details travels from Genoa to Paris, fuel shortages, scarce butter and desserts, limited mail, and daily wartime sacrifices, praising Paris as the most beautiful city she has seen despite ruins and air raids.
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Paris
The
Red Cross
Montana
Jewel B. Bell
Royal Milling Co
Great Falls
Miss Bell
Mediterranean
Genoa
Gibraltar
Italy
Europe
Bell
America
Turn Down Enemy Made Toys by Women’s Groups
Elizabeth Marbury, president of the Women's National Committee of the American Defense society, issued a call to American women to boycott goods made in Germany including unmarked items. The appeal follows a New York City Federation of Women's Clubs protest against a large importation of German toys and china.
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America
Germany
China
Elizabeth Marbury
Women’s National Committee
The
American Defense Society
New York City
Federation of Women’s Clubs
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Anaconda
Boulder
Alhambra
Materia Medica
Anaconda- Butte
Tabu
Tank Corps
Lieut, Vidal
How Devine
American Fur Co
Greenan
J. B. Bell
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
1St National Bank
Liberty
Irving Whitehouse Company Department
Spokane
Washington
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