General Edwards To Be Promoted In Senate Action
Senatorial panel backs Brigadier General Clarence R Edwards for promotion amid Democratic objections. The committee vote split with three Democrats opposing and three supporting. Edwards may not become chief of staff, as War Department records are reviewed. Secretaries Weeks and the War Department dispute Pershing Toward’s stance in France. The session hinted at tensions between Pershing and Toward over the Twenty sixth Division command.
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Texas
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Florida
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France
War
Sinn Fein Enforces Belfast Boycott Across Ireland
Dublin reports say Sinn Fein orders a boycott of Belfast with IRA backing. Traders refuse to trade with Belfast, while some goods are destroyed at stations and in remote towns. Dublin and nationalists view the move as pressuring Belfast trade, but impact remains unclear.
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Harlowton Plans First Rest Room For Women and Children
Harlowton will establish a women and children’s rest room in a vacant Masonic room offered at half rent by the Chamber of Commerce. The project aims to provide a comfortable waiting space for visitors, especially those with small children, as towns across the state have long lacked such facilities. The executive board will report to the Woman’s club meeting.
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Masonic Order
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Woman’s Club
Good for All Tirmie Wears Notice
Fragmentary fashion note describes a dress design with a soft black sheath and a cream organza surplice collar. The text mentions a girl with wide eyes and a warning to slim-faced girls, detailing a taffeta frock with triple-tiered skirts in a sparse, stylized ad style.
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Dua Dewerth
Wild tale of suffering sent from Chicago by a Red Cross worker
A Chicago paper reports dire claims about eastern Montana and North Dakota showing children without clothes, undernourished and near starvation. Miss Margaret Houck, once with Red Cross in Minneapolis, describes a devastated region more lurid than European war reports. Roundup Commercial Club and other groups will dispute the statements and present the truth. Ten million tons of coal were consumed in the Portland cement industry over the years.
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Nontana
Chicago
Red Cross
State
Margaret Houck
Red Cross Division
Minneapolis
North Dakota
Roundup Commercial Club
Camp Fire Activities and Winged Hike Report
Nyda Cam and Camp Fire groups held knotting first aid and hike events in Girardigu and Unionville. A Friday night dance at St Helena’s Hall, with orchestra, aims to raise funds for canning costs, admission ten cents, refreshments five cents. committee led by Helen Walsh, Violet Sinors, and Mrs. Fredricks.
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Helen Walsh
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Hele Fredricks
Helen Maton
Marie Nickolai
Marie Deplazer
Florence Kuntz
Margaret Heatley
Gertrude. Harrington
Telwana
East Helena News Office of The Independent in t Helens
East Helena reports on local figures and events including district representatives for a July meeting in Great Falls, with names such as Elizabeth Olson Isabella Gough Jennie Prete Esther Travis Anna Gough Inga Roys and Margaret Subiday. Maude Brazier named Special representative from his district. Community updates touch on travel, Easter vacations and local union activities.
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Delogerca
Great Paris
Juiy
Erizabeth Olson
Isabella Gough
Jennie Prete
Esther ‘Travis
Anna Gough
Inga ‘Roys
Margaret Subiday
Maude Brazier
Mire Chak McAfeu
St. Joan’s Hoanitat
M.A. Wilson
Butte
CC. Willameen
Hamiltoun
Crites
Mr. Heers
Montana Fariers’ Union
Jobs Cut as G N-Ghange Consolidates Offices at Great Falls
Great Falls Anvit reports Thirty Men lose jobs due to the consolidation of the Favre and Weir Point offices by the Great Northern company. R Smith district superintendent is replaced, about ten more workers to be let go, and remaining staff reassigned to other divisions. Expect shifts in supervision, with Haavee and Wall Point divisions in question. Some projected cost savings cited, with plans to carry operations through next year.
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A. B. Knicht
Waolr Point
Diary Snippets From Helena March Apr Record Local Gossip
A chaotic April diary fragment from Helena recounts odd town life adventures. Notes mention Bud Capper, Frank Richolt, and a charity of social chatter with taxis, moon eclipses, and local flirtations. Various locals including Doc Hen Peek and Moe appear amid humorous asides and street scenes.
Pershing 16 at work on plan for great wartime state
Washington April 23 Organization of the new war staff of the army was discussed at a conference before Secretary Works and General Pershing. The meeting marked Pershing’s assignment to build a general headquarters to direct the nation’s military forces in the field. Also discussed were the interests of future administration of training for the national guard and organized reserves. General Pershing was noted for standardizing reserve training and harmonizing relations with the rest of the force.
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Reitler
Huns Delay War Trials Cited by German Government
Berlin dispatch reports the German government stating technical delays slow the trial of war crimes. Missing evidence from Italy and other lines hinders progress as ambassadors seek clarity on postwar accountability.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Golf purses growing in early season profits
In Lontton on April 23 Profresigny reports golfers believe the $10,000 golf purses are now due. Gleneagles club in Scotland offers a season likely to exceed $3,500. The United States cement industry produced 2928 barrels of Portland cement totaling 106,060,000.
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Ture
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United States
Hair Care Promise For Movie Actresses Revealed
An old column claims actresses owe their beauty to hair care including a home shampoo mix made with canthrax. It describes applying the warm solution to the scalp, claiming rapid drying and disappearance of dandruff oil and dirt, leaving hair fluffy light and soft.
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