The Daily and the Weekly in Rural Paper Life
Editor Dan Wheiston argues the morning daily and country weekly serve different readers. The daily highlights national figures while the weekly centers on farmers and townsfolk, showing how both sustain community life through local notes and human interest.
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John Smith
William Brown
Charles Jones
Smith
Daily
Brown
Jones
The
Country Weekly
Bill Brown
Charley Jones
John
Jack” Smith
Agricultural
Grandma Brown
Drayman
Charley
Our ten thousand murders and the pistol ban
The piece argues Sears Roebuck and Butler Bros will stop selling pistols by mail and urges nationwide action to end interstate pistol sales. It cites 10,000 annual U S murders by police stats and contends bans would reduce pistol violence and police workload.
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Helena
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Butler Bros
Uncle Sam
United States
Argument over revolver regulation and self defense
The piece argues that revolvers face stricter access in many states via police permits or registration, but mail order sales ease limits. It notes fears of defenseless households and cites rifles or sawed off shotguns as alternative armaments. The text questions who wrote the remark and hints at a crossword puzzle quip.
Reed Point News From Reed Point Montana Holiday Highlights
Reed Point notes holiday visits from families including Hyer Guthriel and Guthrie from Livingston and Caspers Bertha Imlay. Elias Dahl recovered from appendicitis, Mrs. Lena Carleton hosted ex pupil Francis Carleton, and a baby girl was born to Earl Cole and Sylvia Yates at Park City. Obituary for E G Moore details a 61 year life with family. Funeral at Reed Point Methodist Church, burial in Laurel with Masonic rites.
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E. A. Hyer
Roberts
Mont
Vinton
Guthriel
Baby
Livingston
Ira Myers
Main Street
Jack Deeney
Jack
Gardiner
Lena Carleton
Brumfield
Missoula
Bozeman
Elias Dahl
Livingston Hospital
Earl] Cole
Park City
Cole
Chicago
Mercedes Harlan
Kenneth
Esther Nelson
Cloyd
Laurel
Manis and
Willlum
Big Timber
Karen Belle Johnson
Towner
N. D
Prof. Bauer
McAllister
E. G. Moore
Bill Findley
Midwest
Wyo
Elmer Glen Moore
Knoxville
Ill
Bedford
Iowa
Lulu Head
Parkham
Laurel, Mont
Reed Point
Alice Glen
Willis Moore
Ponca City
Okla
Scott Moore
Sheridan
H. M. Firth
J. L. Thomas
Norwalk
Calif
J. R. Hoover
Nampa
Idaho
E. F. Perryman
Edgemont
S. Dak
Methodist Church
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Vaitene
Eyery
Big At
Big Timber, Montana
Jerome Williams
Sweet Grass County
American’ Press Association
Postoffice
Big. Timber
Montana
Mike
Aly
Iit
Tag
Bessie Deefiey
Emigrant
Ole Dahl
Ole
Mel .Oleson
Milford ‘Price
Billings
Harry Hart
Julius and
H. Gunderson of
Melville
Andrew Tjaaland
Veterans Hospital
McCauley
Swift
W. R. Stokes
OWL Creek Coal
L. F. Douthett
Bh Dappy
Scandinavian
Montana Power Co
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