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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1912
Page
19
The State Editors argue farming will require scientific knowledge as land limits push education. Cornell agricultural students nearly triple in four years and ag colleges rise nationwide from 45 to 75 in enrollment. J J Hill warned 30 years ago of shortages, but government support and student interest will expand scientific farming nationwide.
The Red Lodge Picket salutes the school staff as days of toil end for summer. It praises the teachers effort and devotion, noting the ma'am’s role as mother sister tutor and guardian to many students. It urges recognition of their contributions beyond political boasts and welcomes the return of this beloved prot.
Charles W Morse and Mrs Morse return from Europe to New York after Morse's presidential commutation sentence. He cites improved health and mobility, plans to avoid business, and hints at possible future involvement depending on his condition. He walks without a cane, but with a limp, and declines immediate public welcome in Bath Me. An attempt to serve him in a civil case fails.
Charles W Morse the ex ice king paid Felder Anderson Roundtree Wil son $100000 for securing his release from the Atlanta federal prison after being freed by President Taft on representations he was near death. The Atlanta firm earned the largest fee ever paid to a local legal group as Morse settled soon after his release.
Lewistown notes report details for next Sunday’s corner stone ceremony at the new Presbyterian church. The program starts at 4 p m with Rev George Edwards and Rev Albert Pfaus giving addresses, W A Hedges and T T Taylor speaking for local bodies, Mrs R Von Tobel for Home Workers, and Rev BE White of the Methodist church addressing other city churches. Rev E W Wright will conduct the laying, and the Presbyterian choir and Sunday school chorus will provide music. Socialists nominate Bart Nobel for sheriff and John McGinn for clerk, contingent on a county referendum. John T Mordy leaves for Pine Grove to fill summer pulpit duties.
From the Great Falls Leader an aging Ben Butler advocate urges young men to invest in land. He cites his 40 year Lowell route and contrasts real estate gains with Boston investors, arguing land ownership builds wealth and resilience in downturns. Moral: buy land even if indebts.
The Libby News argues Lincoln county must prioritize road building to serve timbered and mountainous areas. With limited annual funds, the editorial urges using taxes or bonding to invest heavily in highways, predicting long term returns to taxpayers.
From the Glendive Independent: Dawson county will add over two hundred thousand acres of breaking this season, mainly for wheat, barley, oats and flax. Combined with existing cultivated ground, this will make old Daw one of the banner grain counties of the state.
A Lewistown Democrat note suggests a lexicographer planning a new dictionary of obscene words could glean ample material from the six weeks of speeches by the two Republican presidential nominees.
The Columbus News suggests that increased land under plow will lead to more rainfall, forecast in a few years a disappearance of arid and semi arid lands in Montana. It argues homesteaders deserve benefits for these changes.
An Iowa correspondent comments that dandelions are plentiful in Kalispell, noting expansive patches throughout yards and vacant lots. The piece attributes the weed’s common presence to local climate and soil conditions, suggesting residents observe its persistence each spring.
From the Billings Journal, there is little talk of dry farming this season in Montana. Rainfall has not been heavy enough to cause damage, and the state appears to have found a favorable middle ground.
The Valerian notes a traveling suit peddler was in town Tuesday and includes his card reading Main tailoring shops Chicago headquarters Conrad, signaling a humorous local reference.
From Paris Missouri's Mercury comes a lyrical meditation on bullfrogs. The piece extols their esthetic value as nature’s lullaby guiding listeners to sleep, contrasting it with men who seek only physical pleasure from frog legs and lacking the deeper spiritual refreshment.
Lee A. Baldwin of Warren Illinois was found dead a short distance north of North Yakima on May 23 after a visit to a brother Edward H. Baldwin. Officials say Baldwin died by his own hand after taking poison and had disappeared from his brother's home the day before.
Classified items show rental listings for furnished dining and kitchen spaces with steam heat at Gaylord and Calenasts, Butte. Also announcements seeking tailings or a gold mine, a butcher shop with living rooms, a placer mine for sale, a confectionery store for sale, and two circle notices for readings or circles at 739 Colorado and 132 W Park, Butte. Ind. phone 7611.
Branch agencies of the Standard will receive as much care and attention as the main office in Butte or in Anaconda. This ensures readers in distant locales get equal service and access to ads and notices.
The notice lists several employment offices in Butte and Spokane offering training for trades. It highlights a Moler System of Colleges program in Spokane promising eight week courses, weekly wages during learning, free tools, and placement in over 100 positions in 1911 with graduates earning $15 to $25 weekly.
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