Montana Soldier’s Tribute From France to Helena
Maj Jesse B Roote of the Second Montana writes from France praising American morale and predicting a world birth of liberty through this war. He commends French heroism, urges Montana pride, and vows Montana soldiers will earn a lasting record for liberty and justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Huw
France
Helena
Jesse B. Roote
E. C. Day
Mr. Day
Montana Army Lodge No. 1
Grand Lodge
Montana Army Lodge
Prussia
Women and Trapping Offer Wartime Opportunity
The article urges women to take up trapping as men go to war, highlighting health benefits and potential profits. It notes women filling vacancies across cities and countryside, replacing trappers who join the military, and emphasizes that trapping can be learned quickly, with significant monetary rewards and personal vigor. It portrays trapping as a practical and empowering wartime role for women.
Montanans Head Milwaukee Road Leaders Rise
H E Byram and Macy Nicholson, long-time Montana railroad men, have held top Milwaukee roles. G N Butte Division alumni R M Calkins, now Milwaukee president, rose from telegraphy to chief freight and passenger traffic as the system expanded.
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H. E. Byram
Milwaukee
Macy Nicholson
System
G. N. Butte
R. M. Calkins
Milwaukee Railroad Company
Chicago
Montana
Puget Sound
Donald M. McGeen
Milwaukee Road
Butte
Calkins
America
Monticello
Iowa
Sigourney
Kansas City
Mason City
Des Moines, Northern & Western
Seattle
Road
Great Northern
Havre
Montana Central
Byram
The
Burlington
Great Falls
Washington
Milwaukee System
Louis W. Hill
Nicholson
Monuments for Montana Heroes
M. M. Donoghue of the Montana Federation of Labor proposes a granite monument to Butte’s war dead on the Big Butte West of the city with a winding road to it and a future park. He says the memorial will honor local sacrifices and inspire future generations, reflecting a nationwide trend after the Civil War era.
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M. M. Donoghue
Montana Federation of Labor
Butte
Big Butte
Donoghue
Montana
United States
World War Era News Digest Grabs Global Events
A global roundup reports Germany facing financial panic with bank runs in Berlin, Italy and Allied forces claiming 300000 at the Austrian front, and the Kaiser’s war crimes through orders to destroy property and poison wells. Reports note aviator Miss Frank Luke missing, 25,000 Don region executions, and U.S. aviation escapes from Germany. Civilian life details include wage gains for coal miners, a ship launch on the Delaware, a Los Angeles sardine plant, and boxing sponsorship changes for the United War Work drive.
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London
Germany
Berlin
Washington
Hun
Switzerland
Spokane
National Park Highway
Garfield
Rome
332Nd
New York
Federal Food Board
Frank Luke
Phoenix
Ariz
Salt Lake City
Harriet E. Phillips
U. S
Krasnoff
Don
Philadelphia
South Bend
Delaware River
Sun Shipbuilding Company
Wim
France
Tours
Puryear
Overseas
Buffalo
Fort Porter
United States
Presbyterian
Wwe
Paris
Roger Nash Baldwin
National Civic Liberty Bureau
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Harbor
California
Amsterdam
War Department
United War Work Campaign
United War Work
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Montanans
C. M
ST. P
Wyman, Partridge & Co
Northwest
Minneapolis
Wyman-Partridge
Wyman-P.e
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