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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
4
Miss Rankin reluctantly agrees to be filmed on the University of Montana campus in Missoula after Dean Jameson arranges a dignified backdrop. The compromise allows 100 feet of film featuring university buildings, the campus, the big white M, and distant mountains.
Miss Anna Wesley of Coffee Creek was among the successful applicants in the recent Fort Assinniboine land drawing, securing a farm.
Miss Rankin addressed students at the University of Montana campus as Dean Jameson arranged the first movie about the congresswoman. The project promises to inspire Montanans and serve as a statewide educational highlight.
Emma Ingalls of Flathead county, widow and Inter Lake founder, won a legislative seat with broad support. She and her late husband built a productive farm with son in law W T Winston, while she pursued humanitarian causes and suffrage work. She praised a clean campaign and pledged to inform herself and vote rightly next session.
Mrs. A. P. Smith widow of A. P. Smith longtime Yellowstone county assessor who died in Butte after an operation has been appointed by county commissioners to succeed him. Mr. Smith held the office 14 years and was re elected in November with the largest plurality in the county.
Will Shirk of Troy Ohio serves as a U S Revenue storekeeper while Will Work of Parkers Prairie Wisconsin is noted for occasionally shirking his duties in the same brief item.
Mrs. M. S. Hathaway, Ravalli county representative and Bitter Root farm owner, is a prominent suffrage figure. She campaigned for temperance and suffrage, helped push the suffrage amendment, and plans to introduce women’s measures in the upcoming legislative session.
Miss Josie Fuller, 17, Holtville, California, runs a 50 head hog herd for pleasure and profit. She aims to be the best hog expert in her district and notes pig culture offers money and fun though not a debutante finishing school. Her pork fetches 3 12 cents a pound, and she nearly won a UC prize before judges reduced her score for time spent with dogs.
A collection of pithy quips about men and women, marriage, work, and class. It plays on vanity, independence, and social expectations, noting changes like a woman entering Congress and the spread of phonographs, with satirical takes on domestic life and finance.
A man at a shooting gallery wins bull's-eyes and reveals he is the blind man at the corner of Brown and Smith streets, explaining this is his day off.
Agawam tracks reach the terminus. Butte death of A P Smith at 54. Helena judge found guilty of reckless driving on appeal. Helena inspector Andrews appointed in charge of Montana Idaho district. Kalispell boy wounds another with rifle. Thompson Falls plans appeal of Edith Colby murder conviction. Livingston and Gardiner unite to restore Yellowstone park garrison. Great Falls eyes lights for smelter stack to illuminate 150 miles. Poplar grain theft hits farmers. Helena Second Montana regiment pay issues concern army. Montana compensation board spends 445735.70 for 2248 payees. Butter tree set for Dec 23 in Helena. Dillon hosts Christmas Eve choir and gifts drive. Ulm reports tripling grain elevators and 100000 bushels marketed locally.
A catalog of historical dress patterns with sizes, required fabric amounts, and 10 cent prices. Includes shirt waists, capes, corset cover drawers, aprons, girls dresses, and costumes dated 1888 to 1900 with specific material yardages and bust measurements.
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