How to Select Shirt Fabrics
This article outlines common shirting fabrics used in men’s shirts and notes fabric characteristics. Broadcloth, oxford, madras, chambray, percale, and covert are described with details on weave, weight, quality, care, and suitability for different shirt types and seasons.
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Bureau of Home Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Julia E. Brekko
North Dakota
Extension Service
Madras
Chambray
Calavo Club Sandwich Idea Replaces Chicken
A club sandwich uses calavo slices instead of chicken and pairs them with tomato bacon and lettuce. Lemon juice salt and optional condiments elevate the fruit while buttered bread gains zest from horseradish mustard or catsup. Calavo is praised by women athletes for digestibility and minerals.
Vintage Montana Kitchen Recipes Include Poppy Gelatin Mold
A handwritten collection from Jennie Pomeroy Selmer Bergland and Victor Melanson outlines three Montana recipes. Gelatin molded olives with pineapple and almonds yields a cold dessert. Banana Nut Bread uses ripe bananas and lemon juice. Tomato Bean Soup blends tomato soup with baked beans, onion, butter, and optional bacon for a hearty starter.
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Selmer Bergland
Fairview
Mont
Victor Melanson
Glasgow
Population Declines Reported at Deer Lodge Institutions
Reports to the state board of examiners show the Deer Lodge penitentiary census fell from 548 to 54 in March while the state asylum inmate count slipped from 1,902 to 1,892 in the same period.
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Deer Lodge
State Board of Examiners
Traffic Deaths Down In February Here
Four fewer highway deaths occurred in February than the year before. Lou Boedecker reports February 1939 vehicle damage totaled 30,600 dollars versus 22,075 this February. For January and February overall fatalities were 16 this year, down from 22 in 1939.
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Lou Boedecker
State Highway Patrol
Relief funds sent to 17 995 needy in state this month
The state public welfare department mailed checks totaling 288 748 for use by 17 995 needy persons. Old age pensions amounted to 219 348 averaging 18 per person. Aid to dependent children totaled 65 512 averaging 11 60 per child. Aid to needy blind totaled 3 887 averaging 20 89 per person.
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State Public Welfare Department
Palagi appeals ouster over election breach ruling
Guy Palagi of Great Falls appeals the Cascade county district court decision ousting him from the sheriff's office for violating the corrupt election practices act. Re elected in November 1938, he served until early November 1939 when removed. He faced charges of spending more than $10,000 to secure re election.
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Guy Palagi
Great Falls
State Supreme Court
Cascade County District Court
Snowpack Drops 20 Percent Across Key Mountain Watersheds
USGS early April measurements across 12 watersheds show 20 percent less snow stored than a year earlier. The survey covered Missouri and Yellowstone river basins including Ten Mile Creek near Helena Marias Pass Hebgen Dam Goat Mountain Sun River Kings Hill Stemple Pass Little Prickly Pear Helena area Elkhorn Springs Beaverhead West Yellowstone Madison drainage. Brazil launches new public works program.
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United States Geological Survey
Missouri
Yellowstone
Ten Mile Creek
Helena
Marias Pass
Hebgen Dam
Goat Mountain
Sun River
Kings Hill
Musselshell River
Stemple Pass
Little Prickly Pear Creek
Elkhorn Springs
Beaverhead
West Yellowstone
Madison
Pattern 108 Young Charm in a Princess Style
Pattern 108 offers a fitted-and-flared princess style frock for junior miss sizes 11 through 17 with five front panels and four back panels. Easy straight seams and a clear sewing guide promise quick completion, with lace edge details and optional bright color contrasts. Pattern price is 15 cents, multi-size data and mailing address included.
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Claire Tilden
M.N
Fifth Avenue
New York
N.Y
Hurdy Gurdies First Night Clubs in Montana
In early Montana mining towns like Virginia City and Bannack prospectors sought entertainment in hurdy gurdies, the forerunners of night clubs. Dance tickets funded dancing girls as champagne sold high and drinks varied, with a bar crowd and varied costumes. The scene mixed rough frontier characters, flirtation, and occasional violence amid lively, provocative dancing.
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T. J. Kerttula
Virginia City
Bannack
Emily Post
U. S
Wild Bill Leads Dizzy Dance Night with Wild Spinning Steps
A chaotic scene in dance halls as Wild Bill vaults into the music with rusty grace and bold spur work. Partners struggle to keep time while promoters urge order. Revelry turns to tension as alcohol loosens tempers and fights loom, with judges and lawmakers among the crowd and the threat of deadly violence if conflicts flare.
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Bill
Bacouato
Boothill
Bowl Salads All Season From These Green Crops
The article explains diverse lettuce types and other leafy greens for year round bowl salads. It contrasts head lettuce with leaf varieties like butter and crisp types, Romaine, endive, corn salad, upland cress, and Chinese cabbage, noting vitamin A content, flavor, and growing tips. It emphasizes rich soil and steady growth for tender leaves and advises rotation of crops to avoid bitterness.
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Grand Rapids
Cornelius Rehases Notable Registered Holstein Bull
John H. Ronan Cornelius rehased a registered Holstein bull from Hofstetter Holstein farm in Miles City. The bull is by King Bessie Ormsby Henger veld, a top Montana record sire, with a dam that produced over 1000 pounds of butterfat in a year.
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Ronan
John H. Cornelius
Hofstetter Holstein Farm
Miles City
Bessie Ormsby
Unclear verdict echoes in Montana vigilante history
The passage reflects on a murder case where jurors likely favored innocence due to friendship and survival pressures in frontier Montana. It notes formal trials were dignified yet verdict seemed preordained, with vigilante history suggesting social codes influenced justice more than law.
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Montana
Grown-Up Lucy Gilman Returns in CBS Serial Roles
Grown-up Lucy Gilman, once a child actress on Myrt and Marge, resumes a full grown role as Edna Seymour and plays with Jimmy Kent. She arrives in New York for a vacation to audition for Life Begins as Virginia Craig, accompanied by sister Toni. Lucy has radio experience spanning 11 years.
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Lucy Gilman
Myrt
Marge
Edna Seymour
Jimmy Kent
New York
Lucy
Toni
Virginia Craig
Foss named acting chief surgeon at Northern Pacific Hospital
Dr. A. R. Foss, on the staff since 1922, is appointed acting chief surgeon by the Northern Pacific Beneficial Association. He fills the vacancy caused by the leave of Dr. G. M. Jennings, hospital chief surgeon since 1913, who must step back due to ill health.
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Missoula
A. R. Foss
Northern Pacific Hospital
Northern Pacific Beneficial Association
G. M. Jennings
Jennings
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Ieee
Los Angeles
Vanuike
Irs
Jennie Pomeroy
Trego
Brazil
Jou
Old Queker Company
Lawrenceberg
Indtene
Young Charm
Princess
Lubbock
Tex
Hurdy Gurdies
The
Fashion Academy
Radio
Helen Menken
CBS
Cornsalad
Mac Waren
Kathryn Mg G. Ie
Edita Bex
Old Sunny Brook
Kentucky
Traight Bourbon
National Distillers Products Corporation
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