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Newspaper
Baker Sentinel
Location
Baker, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1925
Page
3
A fragment notes an apron described as a string in a bean and a wire at the neck and waist to keep it in contact with clothing. It mentions a compact fold and promotes Red Crocs Ball Blue laundry product for gleaming linens at grocers.
A brief dialogue features a friend suggesting love always risks hurt while Mr. Peckmoore counters that one cannot always lose. The exchange hints at rival philosophies on affection and resilience without specifying context or outcomes.
Advertorial claim from druggists of direct public contact highlights Kilmer’s Swamp Root as highly successful for kidney ailments. An insurer’s examiner notes kidney trouble is common and often undetected, causing insurance declines. Sample bottle offer: send ten cents to Kilmer & Co. with paper name.
A student recounts a mean trick in exams where one classmate passed easily while another, Ditto-Got, nearly succeeded until the professor tripped him up. The incident highlights rough academic tactics and the danger of unfair testing.
U S Senator T J Walsh in Billings warned that opposition east of Montana could end reclamation funding and close eight of ten land offices. He criticized Sun River project terms and urged Montana legislature to require settler financing before canal expansion, linking politics to western food production fears.
Helena Montana state bonds totaling 76000 were sold by the Montana state board of examiners to the state land board. The 50000 educational bond issue funds will finance construction at the state normal school in Dillon and 25000 was authorized by the nineteenth Montana assembly for treasury improvements.
A mid winter exhibit titled a one meal display used ham bacon eggs potatoes bread and beet sugar syrup to show 8000 Blackfeet that they can raise most of their food. In four years many are near self supporting and last year a second flour mill was erected to aid their grist.
Contract for a three story reinforced concrete and brick courthouse in Stanford for Judith Basin County has been awarded to Lease and Leig of Great Falls for about 805 000. The total project cost is around 80600 with completion expected by October 1 and Frank Bossuot of Havre named as architect.
Broadway's theatrical district earns the nickname The Great White Way due to its many electric signs. Investigators report 1,095,841 bulbs lighting the signs and a 50 man crew patrols nightly to replace burned out lamps.
A parson asked his bishop to visit for a quiet day but the bishop refused saying the parish does not need quiet days but an earthquake. The remark is cited from the Christian Register.
The project allocates 5000 dollars to enhance the Billings tourist park including a community center costing 1850 dollars for evening gatherings, two new lavatories and baths at 2400 dollars, plus sewer work and other improvements.
Montana defeated the Rhode Island state college rifle team 8371 to 3462 at Kingston Rhode Island in marked targets. The result closes the college’s winter schedule of dual rifle shoots with other colleges. Bob Baker of Libby noted hunter sold his dogs Foxey and Jread to Kermit and Theodore Roosevelt for hunting long-haired tigers in the mountains north of India.
Attorney General Foot announces plans to reverse a Montana Supreme Court decision from 1923 that held the state gasoline tax law unconstitutional. The Sunburst Refining Company challenged payments for the first two quarters of 1935, arguing the law discriminated by taxing ion refineries but not gas be.
The state board of education received requests from state institutions for new buildings totaling about $196 000. With $858 000 of educational bonds still unsold the board allocated funds for various projects including a root room and dairy barn remodeling, a cottage for the farmer and family, a primary building, shop and warehouse space, teachers cottage, greenhouse, industrial building and gym for the feeble minded, and a dormitory for adult girls at the Boulder deaf blind and feeble minded school. President H J Menzemer of the Boulder school was authorized to spend 500 for a new fence and, contingent on bond sales, 1000 for a new well 2000 for a root cellar 5000 for walks and recreation grounds 1000 for a telephone system 275 for a vacuum pump and funds for laundry equipment and heating tunnels.
Materials for early resumption of work on Deaconess hospital in Billings are being purchased per a subscriber letter from Rev. Charles D. Crouch. Ted Peterson joins Grinnell College Cyclone staff. Lewis and Clark forest deputy William Rush moves to Absaroka forest with Livingston HQ. George W Swords gifts 57.5 acres near Boot Hill cemetery for park use. Mayor Beers accepts deed. Bert Hammond to Calgary for Canadian polo prep ahead of Midland Empire fair. Hamilton district voters approve pane-mill levy to keep high school open. Fred Parker and J B Vallance elected to school board.
Isaiah Miller founder of Miller's Greenhouse near Helena died at 85 after a paralytic stroke. Henry G. Cohn known as Pop Cohn died in San Francisco hospital aged 73 after leaving Butte for health. Sheridan Soule cofounder of Billings Building & Loan died suddenly at 43 years in Billings. Jonathan Bartlett pioneer carpenter of Anaconda died at 63 in Maine. Fred Hazler machine shop owner in Hobson saw his shop burn to the ground.
Hexam receives a $61,000 contract to perform work on Harrison Avenue. The project is set to begin June 1 and conclude by September, with city government envisioning a major improvement after months of planning and delays.
Japan’s finance department plans 100 percent duties on radio receivers and accessories, up from 20 percent. Officials warn the move could hinder radio broadcasting growth and public access to broadcasts.
The advertisement touts Boschee's Syrup as a trusted remedy for coughs bronchitis and lung irritation. It claims the product soothes the throat and lungs reducing coughing and helping restful nights, noting a fifty eight year worldwide history and availability at medicine shops.
Czechoslovakia shows rapid textile growth with a cotton spinning mill tripling its spindles, another mill doubling output, a silk mill starting, and several existing mills expanding capacity.
A historical overview notes rapid growth in thrift institutions from 1912 to 1924. The number of associations rose from about 6,800 to nearly 11,000, memberships grew from 2.5 million to over 7.2 million, and total assets increased from 31 billion to 3 trillion dollars.
A brief reminiscence quotes a judge and a citizen as a dispute curves through a courtroom chatter. The line shows rough frontier dialogue reflecting legal culture and social tensions of the time.
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