Red Cross Feasts Troops at Montana Train Stops
Red Cross volunteers under A R Rogers and Coler Campbell plan canteen service for troop trains across Montana North Dakota South Dakota and Minnesota with hot coffee sandwiches and entertainment. The war council allocates 708600 to set up and maintain canteens near depots and near firing lines with French and American troops for about three months.
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Uncle Sam
Red Cross
A. R. Rogers
Minneapolis
Northwest
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Coler Campbell
War Department
France
American War Council of the Red Cross
War Council
Kid Fredericks Still Has Stiff Punch in Both Mitts
Charles M. Russell, Great Falls artist and new sporting writer, recounts a near Lake McDonald scrap between Kid Fredericks and a lumber crew man. The tale recalls Fredericks’s bold lightweight days and ends with a blunt description of the knockout moment and the antagonist fading from sight toward Whitefish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kid Fredericks
Charles M. Russell
Great Falls
Lake McDonald
Russell
Great
Montana
Kid
Glacier Park
Bill Rance
Bill
Here
Whitefish
Montana Guards Soon to Sail for France
A Washington dispatch reports the Second Montana National Guard regiment will join regiments from Wyoming Washington and Idaho to form the Forty-first division under Major General Hunter Liggett. One guard division is already in France, another prepares to embark, and the Montana contingent will sail shortly after arriving at Camp Green North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Montana Regiment
National Guard
Wyoming
Idaho
Third Guard
France
Hunter Liggett
Montana Boys
Camp Green
North Carolina
Marriage proves jealousy can vex as much as indifference
The saying asserts that a jealous woman can be as exasperating as a man who shows no care. It reflects a gendered view of marital friction and envy as a common source of strife in relationships.
Nuxated Iron Promises New Age of Vitality for All
An advertising feature cites Dr. Schuyler C. Jaques Dr. Howard James and Wm. R. Kerr praising Nuxated Iron as an iron supplement that restores vigor in women and men. It claims widespread use, explains iron deficiency causes pallor and weakness, and urges readers to test strength after two weeks of five grain tablets three times daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schuyler C. Jaques
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
New York City
Howard James
Manhattan State Hospital
New York
Brooklyn State Hospital
Wm. R. Kerr
City of Chicago
N. Y
Ferdinand King
America
Wm. Kerr
City of
Chicago
E. Sauer
Boston
Reepie Pond
Newark City
York
Montana News in Brief From Many Towns
A long list of local developments across Montana shows new constructions and projects. A cheese factory at Stevensville, a street lighting plan in Conrad, a $10,000 motel in Geraldine, and a $31,500 water plant bond vote in Stevensville are reported. Other items note fires controlled in Kootenai forest, a $20,000 apartment in Glasgow, a fatal crossing accident near Galata, and factory plans in Baker and Billings. Federal revenue figures reveal large Montana gains in 1917, with dramatic rises in corporate and individual income taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Hilma McKithm
France
Stevensville
Bassspur
Virginia City
George Tash
Bannack
Poplar
C. H. Kelley
Kalispell
Lewistown
Tom Stout
Washington
Montana
Chicago
Plentywood
William D. Frawley
Omega
Weyburn-Lethbridge
Saskatchewan
Ford
Snowden
Fred Pierson
Great Northern
Missoula
Helena
State Board of Equalization
Butte
State College Laboratory
Crow Reservation
Northwest
Dooley
Southland
Laurel
Northern Pacific
Rapelje
Great Falls
James W. Sherwood
Montana and
Wyoming
United States Food Administration
Minneapolis
Stanford
James Bily
Bily
Internal Revenue Office
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Solons May Stick at Usual Trades in Montana
Montana Governor Stewart says no special legislative session is needed unless conditions deteriorate. Officials discuss filling vacancies from the National Guard departures, noting limited funds and dependence on police, with a constabulary as a popular alternative to guard mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solons
Montana
Stewart
National Guard
Govenor
Board of Examiners
Sawdust Evangelists Stir Debates on Home Guard Authority
The discussion notes that certain bodies lack armed status and authority, cannot be armed by the federal government, and that the home guard idea is under study by U S military authorities with no near-term announcements. It ends with a jab at religious zeal and national character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Guard
United States
Fairy Tale Shopper Seeks Comfortable Shoes
A woman enters a shoe store and asks for any pair that offers comfort. The store clerk offers options, but she emphasizes comfort as the key requirement, illustrating a simple wish for practical footwear.
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Europe
South Main ST
White Sulphur Springs
Minera) Water CO
Photos
Gibson Studio
Cor. Ist
Ave
S. C. Huseth
Re Optometrist and
Optician
Boulder Hot Springs
J. M. Reynolds
Houston
Spokane
H Derman Page
Glen
Jas Henderson
Saittey Zasmaielleze
Butte Business
Carters
Orthwest
Inrmal
Butte Business College
RICE
May
Props
Owsley
Jacquemin Jewelry CO
Hawkes Cot
J. BE. Lorenz
North Main Street
Montana Motor CO
Haynes Automobiles
Ninth St. N
Haynes
Great Falls Meat CO. Packers OF
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