Ramsey Milholland in a Noisy Midwest School Scene
Ramsey Milholland endures a humiliating morning in a one room class as Dora Yocum shines in declamation and arithmetic. He spirals from sneaking glances at her shoulder blades to a tense fight with Wesley Bender after school, all amid a classroom light with sarcasm and memory.
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Germany
Ramsey
Ramsey Milholland
Dora Yocum
Dora
Pfa
Fred Mitchell
Paul Revere
Old North Church
Rumsey
Shakespeare
Rey
Dora’ Yocum
George Washington
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Wesley Bender
Dora Yocum's
Wesley
Foreign Office
Young Bender
Wes
Dirty Wes
Pers
Dore Yocum
Teacher's Pet in a Small Town Parade Memory
Ramsey Milholland recalls a Decoration Day Parade with his Civil War veteran grandfather who teaches him the conflict's significance. Years later Ramsey, not a standout student, harbors a strong dislike of German alongside math dislike, shaping his remembered training.
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Ramsey Milholland
Ramsey
High School Entry Haunts A Grudging Reunion
Four years after a rift, Ramsey enters high school with her present company. He struggles to forgive as exams loom and she appears more changed, her look described as awful. The fragment traces lingering resentment and social tension during adolescence.
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Ramsey
Just Gimme One Chance to Hum That Girl
A provocative line features a character pleading for a moment with a woman described as “that girl.” The remark hints at flirtation and social tension within the scene, reflecting the era’s informal slang and attitudes toward romance.
Incomplete dialogue hints at gold wire length claim
A fragmentary exchange shows a girl asking for hair nets and an invisible life. A clerk confirms, then a line notes an ounce of gold could be drawn into a 50 mile long wire, suggesting a dramatic or illustrative example.
Montana Board Approves 550000 Building Bonds Sale
The Montana state board of education moves to sell 550000 in educational building bonds to fund completion of the current building program. The plan adds to last fall’s 2804000 bond issue and may fund memorials at the state college and university.
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Helena
State Board of Education
State Board of Examiners
E. C. Elliott
Board of Examiners
State College
State University
State Miners Join Nationwide Strike
About 4 500 coal miners in Montana and North Dakota walk out as a nationwide strike roils the industry. In Montana Roundup fields north of Billings 1 000 quit, 2 000 affected in Carbon county areas Red Lodge Washoe Bear Creek. Wage scales drop from about eight dollars to five or six dollars for various skilled and laborer roles. Some workers earned large checks during recent weeks due to storage of surplus coal.
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Billings
Montana
North Dakota
Robert Condon
United Mine Workers of America
Carbon County
Red Lodge
Washoe
Bear Creek
Northwestern Improvement Company
Montana Coal and Iron and Anaconda
International
Rotarian district closes with gala Missoula ball
Governor ball capped the Twentieth Rotarian district convention in Missoula. Nearly 200 couples danced as visiting Rotarians and locals attended. Charles P. McCarthy of Boise was nominated district governor to succeed Tom Davis, with formal election due in June at the Los Angeles conference. Bids for next year’s convention came from Livingston and Pocatello, but a winner will be announced later.
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Missoula
Charles P. McCarthy
Boise
Idaho
Tom Davis
Butte
McCarthy
Los Angeles
Livingston
Pocatella
Midland Empire Fair to be held next fall by commission
The Midland Empire fair commission told Yellowstone County Taxpayers' association representatives they would hold the fair next fall, aiming to make the 1922 exposition the biggest yet. Association members opposed both fairs on economy, while Billings merchants later favored hosting the event.
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Billings
Midland Empire Fair Commission
Yellowstone County Taxpayers’ Association
Donation of Day's Pay to Save Butte Schools
James H. Baldwin, a Butte school trustee, asks citizens to donate one day’s pay to fund public schools in district No. 1 past April 14. He warns that defeat of the six mill levy could close schools for the rest of the term unless alternative financing is found.
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Butte
James H. Baldwin
Baldwin
Logging Operations Halt as Rivers Carry Looming Lumber Fleet
Logging in Flathead valley largely stops for winter while the Stillwater Flathead Bigfork and Flathead Lake shores host a vast railway of lumber exceeding 45 million feet. The stock awaits spring thaw and high water to float to Somers Lumber Company mill at Somers.
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Kalispell
Flathead Valley
Stillwater
Flathead
Bigfork
Flathead Lake
Somers
Billings Boys Camp Planned At Y M C A Beartooth Forest
Two summer camps for Billings boys will be held at the Y M C A camp in the Beartooth forest reserve this year. The younger boys camp runs August 1 to 11, the older group 16 years and up from August 15 to 25, followed by a three day leaders conference to close the season.
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Billings
Beartooth Forest Reserve
Butte Mining Firms Plan Merger to Resume Operations
A committee of Butte Bullwhacker Mining stockholders and Butte-Duluth Mining bondholders announced Friday a sanctioned consolidation proposal. The adjoining properties aim to resume mining on both sites, with Butte-Duluth recently declared insolvent.
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Butte Mining Firms
Merger Butte
Butte Bullwhacker Mining Company
Butte-Duluth Mining Company
Butte-Duluth
Montana Notes From Diverse Local Items
A county league forms with 40 members at Wailer. Glendive organizes rifle club with 89 on list. Cascade files diphtheria tests for about 200 children. Green A Hathaway, 92, dies at Wilsall. John McDonnell, 89, a MT pioneer, dies at Bozeman. Four of five new MSU Bozeman buildings underway. Richland County Taxpayers’ association forms in Sidney with 50 attendees. Weowna refinery in Winnett adds stills and runs one carload daily. Gallatin high wins 1921 state interscholastic music contest. Glendive second, Kalispell third. Billings hosts summer normal school for teachers funded by citizens. Boulder’s Jefferson County high school accredited in northwest list of 24 MT high schools. Beets contracts reach 10,000 acres this season, up from 6,250 in 1921. Grain totals show 4,310,000 bushels in private elevators and mills, 4,789,000 on farms. Great Falls treasurer recovers $40,250 from National Surety for bank loss. health order blocks horsehair shaving brushes to curb anthrax. Paradise fire destroys four business district buildings. Uranium ore tests near Red Lodge suggest potential 25 percent radioactivity.
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Weowna
Winnett
Ooo
Gallatin County High School
Big Timber
Glendive
Kalispell
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