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Newspaper
Baker Sentinel
Location
Baker, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1917
Page
10
A Baker area community page lists births, trades, and local updates. Notices include a May 11 meeting, the Ismay creamery opening May 1, a lost strawberry roan gelding, and various travel, real estate, and business activities. The Kent Company border play and opera house shows are announced along with garden efforts and new licenses.
Swedish select seed oats of 1915 crop cleaned graded and guaranteed. Webster Montana.
A humorous quip about tough times in farming, offering a two cent grin and lifted chin as small morale boosters for the reader.
The notice lists Arbor Day program items for May 11 with audience seating for 100 and weather contingency for Friday at 3 PM or the following Monday. It documents songs, recitations, and pupils' names, followed by a high school course of study for 1917 1918 with English, history, Latin, math, and public speaking.
The Baker and Ollie Grammar schools plan their Eighth Grade Commencements in Masonic Hall on Friday May 25 with Edwin Booth as speaker. The Senior Class Play Dodging an Heiress is set for Saturday May 26 and Sunday May 27 Rev H L Anderson will preach the Baccalaureate at 10:30 A M with special music. High school commencement on Monday May 28 features Dean O L Stone of the State University School of Journalism as speaker.
Grant beams over his gold watch and chain graduation present while classmates hope for similar luck. Miss Henton slips but the floor holds her as Beth reads part of the Physical Geography to two visiting high school girls. The school cleans the yard and the chauffeur’s elopement plot waits for more.
The week featured dental work in Baker for Miss Irene Bisbee and multiple visits and travel among residents: Bradford Bisbee Dan Morrison and many others visited Jim Harrington and Mr and Mrs Zerbst, Mildred Hiserodt and O Roger Tom Lindley Wm Walker and more. An Arnseth party's car broke down near Plevna on Sunday but they returned home after midnight. Ed O Donnell built a new barn and wedding bells may be heard soon.
John C. Evans pastor announces Sunday worship in the Masonic Hall over Baker State Bank. Sunday School at 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 the exercises. Come and get acquainted.
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