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Newspaper
Baker Sentinel
Location
Baker, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1917
Page
3
Long Baker notes recount birthdays and visits from Minnesota to North Dakota. farm leases change hands. new staff arrives at stores and depots. Epworth League planning. local soldiers called to war strength. civic events include parties, church gatherings, and a Masonic social. Multiple residents travel, marry, or open businesses as community roars with activity.
Opportunity notice lists 320 acre tracts under homestead entries and several deeded improved farms in Baker with affordable prices. A three room house and lot are $450 and a two room house and lot $350 near the high school. Montana Land Co. 42-21. B F Bassett, Manager.
A speaker in a recruiting office laments declining native born American enlistment. He contrasts immigrant families volunteering as devotion to the flag with native born youths perceived as pursuing leisure and socialism. He argues prosperity has killed patriotism and urges a compulsory military service law to restore a true measure of manhood.
Mr Seeley celebrated his birthday with teachers and many high school staff in the lunch room. Beth Conser visited Pleyna last Sunday while Miss Heaton plans a Shakespeare scene for the literary society next Friday. The society debates between Dodging an Heiress and the Kingdom of Heart’s Content for an upcoming play. Watch Owl for more news as the editor seeks fresh items for senior class coverage.
Services are listed for Sunday at the Masonic Hall over Baker State Bank. Sunday School 10 A.M. Morning Worship 11 A.M. Epworth League 7 P.M. Evening Worship 8 P.M. Strangers in the city will be made to feel at home in all of these services. Come and get acquainted.
City election Monday. T. F. and Dick Thomas bought the pool hall from John Hazelton. Miss Elizabeth Theodorson visits her sister in Plevna. R. R. Ferris returns from Minneapolis. Ed King new hotel night clerk at Hotel Damon. W. B. Pierce moves restaurant to the new hotel. Richard Clark from Bisher this week. Sergeant A. W. Crawford recruiting Co. I at Marmarth. Shreve boys and Will Moscrip hold horses and cattle sale on April 7. Ole Fossum returns from Canada to farm. C. H. Ideker from 101 country reports snow. John Dabb visits Le Mars for a few days. Jim Creel dislocates shoulder in wrestling with Vint Mick. Second son born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Beckman. Henry seeks farm help. Geo. Gutch travels to Helena to talk Montana Life Ins. Co. W. F. Dussell visits from Montevideo. L. F. E. Baker new Hotel Baker furniture coming. F. J. Kempter from Waubay notes past farming here. Denzel Young receives commission as second lieutenant. E. S. Booth aids Carter county case in Helena then Marmarth. Chauncy M. Warner brought to Baker hospital with pneumonia. Warner previously examined for sanity. H. F. Albers of Montana Petroleum Co. in Baker. gas plant funding and June 1 start anticipated. larger mains to be laid as ground thaws.
A letter to the Ismay Journal questions the handling of a smallpox scare in Ismay Montana. The writer accuses local health officials and town authorities of inadequate action and suggests the disease spread from two men quarantined in the calaboose with possible exposure at the Brackets hotel.
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